Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing awakened the Sky Azure Bull Python and chose to evolve it into the Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python, gaining an unusual Soul Ring and powerful abilities. His parents learned about his strength and began planning to condition his body so he could absorb a stronger Second Soul Ring when he was older.

• At the Spirit Rhinoceros Sect's awakening ceremony, Chu Qing's Sky Azure Bull Python evolved into the Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python, and Azure Dragon power formed his First Soul Ring.
• Chu Qing discovered that his Azure Four Phenomena Soul Skill controlled wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and that the ring could grow by absorbing compatible Soul Rings.
• Chu Qing told Chu Jiazheng and Xue Lingyi about his Soul Skill, flight, and Slow Domain; Chu Jiazheng warned him to hide the ability from outsiders.
• Chu Jiazheng proposed giving Chu Qing a 30,000-year Soul Bone and preparing him to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his Second Soul Ring.
• Chu Jiazheng and Xue Lingyi brought Chu Qing a 30,000-year Shield Armored Spirit Rhinoceros left arm bone and planned to strengthen his body until he was twelve.

After six years of failing to develop reliable self-created Soul Skills, Chu Qing absorbed a 5,500-year-old Black Feather Demon Snake as his Second Soul Ring and gained Feathered Transformation. The Soul Ring also caused his Martial Soul to evolve, and the chapter ended with Chu Jiazheng praising the power of his boosted punch.

• Chu Qing's attempt to combine wind and lightning into a Thunder Storm Bullet exploded twice, delaying his trip to hunt for a Soul Ring by two days.
• Chu Qing and the elders tracked down the Black Feather Demon Snake and ambushed it at night, allowing Chu Qing to deliver the killing blow.
• Chu Jiazheng gave Chu Qing half a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Chu Qing successfully absorbed the snake's Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Chu Qing gained the Feathered Transformation Soul Skill, and black feathers appeared beneath his Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python's scales as his Martial Soul evolved.
• Chu Qing activated Feathered Transformation and struck Chu Jiazheng, who was unhurt but said the punch could have sent an ordinary Soul Elder flying.

Chu Qing raised his First Soul Ring to over a thousand years by absorbing energy from Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, while his parents pushed to arrange a childhood betrothal in Lingdou City. The family left for the city, and Chu Qing learned that resistance and financial problems had stalled efforts to promote Soul Tools.

• Chu Qing asked to train in the forest outskirts, and Chu Jiazheng and Xue Lingyi stayed with him while the sect elders returned home.
• Chu Jiazheng and Xue Lingyi discussed finding Chu Qing a marriage match in Lingdou City, but Chu Qing protested that he would choose for himself.
• Chu Jiazheng killed a two-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf, and Chu Qing absorbed its Soul Ring energy to raise his cyan First Soul Ring past a thousand years.
• Chu Qing, Chu Jiazheng, and Xue Lingyi hunted Soul Beasts for five or six days, raising Chu Qing’s First Soul Ring to three thousand five hundred years before he began feeling resistance.
• Xue Lingyi insisted they travel to Lingdou City to meet a potential match and explained that the Dou Ling Empire needed Chu Qing to accept responsibilities tied to his imperial blood.
• On the carriage journey, Chu Qing asked why his father had not promoted Soul Tools, and Chu Jiazheng and Xue Lingyi explained the political, financial, and practical obstacles.

Chu Qing met his aunt Xue Lingxun and cousin Xu Sanshi in Lingdou City, where the families reunited and Chu Qing revealed his unusual Soul Rings. After the boys wandered off separately, they unexpectedly met at a brothel and discussed the imperial banquet, where Xu Sanshi warned Chu Qing about a possible betrothal to Princess Xue Li and the arrival of Ning Tian.

• Xue Lingyi brought Chu Qing and Chu Jiazheng to Ease Pavilion, where Xue Lingxun and her family were waiting.
• Chu Qing showed his cyan and purple Soul Rings, and Xue Lingxun said her half of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had not gone to waste.
• Xu Sanshi took Chu Qing outside, dropped his polite act, and challenged him to show what he could do before they agreed to meet at seven for the imperial palace visit.
• Chu Qing and Xu Sanshi unexpectedly met at the same brothel, agreed to keep their visit secret, and Chu Qing asked Xu Sanshi to watch for Jiang Nannan.
• Xu Sanshi said Chu Qing might be betrothed to Princess Xue Li and mentioned that Ning Tian would also attend the imperial banquet.

Chu Qing and Xu Sanshi attended a palace banquet where the Dou Ling Emperor hoped to mend ties with their families and recruit the young geniuses into the imperial fold. The gathering grew tense when Xue Leng and Mad Lion Douluo clashed with Ning Tian’s protector, drawing Chu Qing into their hostility.

• Chu Qing and Xu Sanshi arrived at the palace banquet with their families and traded irreverent comments about the dancers and noble guests.
• The Dou Ling Emperor waited eagerly for the young geniuses, hoping to reconcile with Xue Lingxun’s family and bring Chu Qing into the imperial fold.
• Xue Kui and Xue Leng arrived with Mad Lion Douluo, and Chu Jiazheng warned Chu Qing to avoid provoking them.
• Xue Leng eyed Ning Tian as a prospective match for his son, while Wu Feng’s grandmother confronted him and Mad Lion Douluo.
• Wu Feng’s grandmother praised the Spirit Rhinoceros Sect’s young sect master and warned Xue Shi to stay away from Ning Tian and Wu Feng, prompting Xue Leng’s party to turn hostilely toward Chu Qing.

Chu Qing challenged Xue Shi and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s young sect master, Ning Tian, to a spar, then brought Princess Xue Li onto his side as a third opponent. The onlookers wondered how he could win, and the chapter ended as they waited to see what Chu Qing would do.

• Xue Leng mocked Chu Qing and the Spirit Rhinoceros Sect, and Chu Qing openly said he disliked the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Shi challenged Chu Qing, and Chu Qing agreed to spar with him on the stage.
• Chu Qing invited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to send someone to join the fight, and Wu Feng’s grandmother sent Ning Tian.
• Princess Xue Li volunteered to support Chu Qing, and he told her to stand beside Ning Tian and copy her actions.
• The spectators grew increasingly doubtful as Chu Qing faced Xue Shi, Ning Tian, and Xue Li.

Chu Qing revealed his Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python Martial Soul and unprecedented Azure First Soul Ring during the three-on-one battle, stunning the spectators and making Xue Shi doubt his chances. As Xue Shi charged up with Ning Tian’s support, Chu Qing prepared to face the trio.

• Xue Shi, Ning Tian, and Xue Li released their Martial Souls, and Xue Shi marveled that Ning Tian had two Soul Rings despite her age.
• Princess Xue Li revealed her mutated Four-Winged Swan Martial Soul and unusually powerful deep-yellow Soul Ring.
• Chu Qing transformed and revealed his Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python Martial Soul with an Azure First Soul Ring and a purple Second Soul Ring, astonishing the crowd and the Titled Douluo.
• Mad Lion Douluo identified the pressure of Chu Qing’s Azure Soul Ring as comparable to a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Ning Tian grew eager to test his strength.
• Xue Shi activated Wild Lion’s Furious Aura, and Ning Tian boosted his strength and speed before he challenged Chu Qing to attack.

Chu Qing fought Xue Shi onstage, using wind and lightning manipulation before blocking Xue Shi’s strongest attack with his Soul Bone. Xue Shi admitted defeat and promised to challenge Chu Qing again.

• Ning Tian reassured Xue Shi that Chu Qing’s cyan Soul Ring was unlikely to give him a powerful explosive skill, and Xue Shi charged forward.
• Chu Qing used Storm Bullets and repeated tornadoes to disrupt Xue Shi, then struck him with a series of punches and kicks while Xue Li’s healing support repeatedly failed to help at the right moments.
• Xue Shi charged again with Ning Tian’s boosts, but Chu Qing’s wind-enhanced punches and lightning drove him back and raised the fight’s intensity.
• Xue Shi unleashed his Second Soul Skill, Fierce Flame Frenzied Dance Break, but Chu Qing blocked it with his Moon-Gazing Armguard Soul Bone and kicked him away unharmed.
• Xue Shi withdrew his Martial Soul, acknowledged his loss, and said he would challenge Chu Qing again; Chu Qing accepted while choosing not to humiliate him further because of the powerful figures connected to Xue Shi.

After Chu Qing defeated Xue Shi, Heavenly Sun Douluo challenged the young people at the banquet to compete and persuaded the emperor to offer a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as a prize. Xu Sanshi was ordered to lose to Yang Tian to appease the Heavenly Sun Family, but after being knocked off the stage and encouraged by his parents, he returned to fight.

• Mad Lion Douluo warned Xue Leng and Xue Kui that Chu Qing could become a threat if they failed to win him over, while Xue Kui hoped the Spirit Rhinoceros Sect would cooperate with them.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo arrived, praised the young generation, and challenged Xue Lingxun and her husband by proposing that his grandson Yang Tian test their son.
• The Dou Ling emperor agreed to let young talents aged fifteen and under compete for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Yang Tian chose to face Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi's father told him to hold back and lose to Yang Tian to ease tensions with the Heavenly Sun Family, and Xu Sanshi retreated until Yang Tian kicked him off the stage.
• Xu Sanshi's father urged him to fight back, and Xue Lingxun healed and encouraged him; Xu Sanshi wiped away his tears and leaped back onto the stage to challenge Yang Tian.

Xu Sanshi defeated Yang Tian and two more challengers before yielding the stage to Chu Qing, who won his match through skill and restraint. The Dou Ling emperor declared that the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone’s recipient was clear and arranged rewards for the other young fighters.

• Xu Sanshi kicked Yang Tian off the stage twice, and the Dou Ling emperor praised both boys to calm Heavenly Sun Douluo.
• Xu Sanshi defeated two more challengers, then asked Chu Qing to take his place while he recovered.
• Chu Qing faced Xue Shiqi, displayed his cyan and purple Soul Rings, and fought without using a Soul Skill until Xue Shiqi conceded.
• The spectators admired Chu Qing’s strength and courtesy, while Heavenly Sun Douluo and Mad Lion Douluo both considered taking him as a disciple.
• The Dou Ling emperor declared that the Soul Bone’s recipient was evident and ordered rewards for the other contestants.

Chu Qing gave the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone he won to Xu Sanshi, strengthening their friendship and earning the approval of Xu Sanshi’s family. Later, Chu Qing joined a card game with the young nobles and discovered that Xue Shiqi had stacked their deck with Ferocious Beast cards, though their first match ended in a likely loss.

• Chu Qing gave Xu Sanshi the Soul Bone, and Xu Sanshi accepted it after his father encouraged him to take it.
• Xu Sanshi promised to repay Chu Qing with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone when he became a Titled Douluo, and Chu Qing asked for one from a top-ten Ferocious Beast.
• After the banquet, Chu Qing’s family greeted Heavenly Sun Douluo, who told Yang Tian that Chu Qing was more formidable than he was at the same age.
• Chu Qing joined Xue Shiqi and Li Zhongyuan’s Soul Beast card game, where he drew five top-ten Ferocious Beast cards and a Twin Martial Souls card.
• Li Zhongyuan’s awakened Soul Beasts attacked Chu Qing’s deck, and Xue Shiqi admitted their luck was poor before asking to play another round.

Chu Qing played Soul Fighting cards against Princess Xue Li, building a powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger before her trap card destroyed it and secured her advantage. After the game, the Dou Ling Emperor arranged for Princess Xue Li to give Chu Qing a Soul Bone, while Xu Sanshi prepared to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Chu Qing had given him.

• Princess Xue Li offered Chu Qing her cards, but he accepted a deck from Li Zhongyuan and began playing against her.
• Chu Qing awakened the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, equipped it with Soul Bone and Soul Ring abilities, and raised its cultivation by devouring Xue Li’s Four-Winged Swans and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xue Li used Black Dragon’s Protection to summon Di Tian and destroy Chu Qing’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then agreed to play another game with him.
• Yang Tian watched Chu Qing enjoying the card game and left enviously after Xue Shiqi explained that Yang Tian’s grandfather would not let him play.
• The Dou Ling Emperor decided Princess Xue Li should find a chance to give Chu Qing a Soul Bone, and Xu Sanshi began preparing to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Chu Qing had given him.

After Chu Qing reached level thirty, he organized the Soul Fighting Society with Xu Sanshi and the other young nobles, aiming to turn their card game into a continent-wide business. The Dou Ling Emperor approved the plan and promised the society land and support throughout the empire.

• Chu Qing asked Xu Sanshi's father to find him a seven- to nine-thousand-year-old snake-type Soul Beast, and both fathers left to search for one.
• Chu Qing founded the Soul Fighting Society with the other young nobles and persuaded them that selling Soul Fighting Cards could grow into a powerful organization.
• Xue Shiqi, Li Zhongyuan, and Xu Sanshi agreed to join, while Yang Tian said he needed more time to consider it.
• Chu Qing called for standardized cards and fair rules, prompting the group to examine and challenge their overpowered homemade cards.
• Princess Xue Li told the Dou Ling Emperor about the society, and he promised the group the best site in Lingdou City for its headquarters and support across the empire.

The Soul Fighting Society opened in Lingdou City, and Chu Qing absorbed a mutated nine-thousand-year Purple-Gold Ouroboros as his Third Soul Ring. He reached level 40 and revealed a Soul Skill that could greatly increase his Soul Power, leaving the others astonished.

• Princess Xue Li brought Elder Zhan to advise and protect Chu Qing, and the group established the Soul Fighting Society at Swan Square.
• The Society began producing Soul Fighting Cards, but they remained popular only among children, so Chu Qing proposed promoting them by defeating Shrek in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Xu Sanshi's father brought Chu Qing a mutated nine-thousand-year Purple-Gold Ouroboros, which Chu Qing killed and absorbed over three days and nights.
• Chu Qing announced that his Soul Power had reached level 40 and named his Third Soul Skill Ouroboros Mutual Generation.
• Chu Qing explained that his Soul Skill created a shrinking formation that increased and stored his Soul Power, prompting Xue Zhan to predict that he would someday reign supreme in his era.

Chu Qing received a 90,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor External Soul Bone and reassured Princess Xue Li that he would protect her from a political marriage. He met his fourth great-uncle, Xue Chen, and began absorbing the Soul Bone after learning Xue Chen served the Sun Moon Empire as Shadow Douluo.

• Chu Qing accepted the rare Soul Bone from Princess Xue Li and promised to protect her from being forced into a political marriage.
• Chu Qing escorted Princess Xue Li through the night market, then returned to the Soul Fighting Society and discovered that the man posing as Xue Zhan was his fourth great-uncle, Xue Chen.
• Ning Changqiu, sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, asked Chu Qing to make Soul Fighting Cards and offered ancient records in return.
• Xue Zhan told Xue Chen that Chu Qing had reached Soul Power Level 40 and discussed protecting him from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xue Zhan revealed that Xue Chen was Shadow Douluo of the Sun Moon Empire and would warn them if Chu Qing faced a targeted threat.
• Chu Qing took Ginger Softness Grass and began absorbing the Man Faced Spider Emperor Soul Bone, whose skill was Man Faced Demon Puppet.

Chu Qing absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor's external finger bone and discovered that its Soul Skill could create a powerful, disguised puppet while concealing his real body. He later agreed to a business partnership with Ning Changqiu, who showed him a treasure left by Ning Rongrong for a descendant with the potential to become a god.

• Chu Qing used Man Faced Demon Puppet to create a false body that could take on Xue Shiqi's appearance, while Xue Zhan explained the Soul Bone's origins and abilities.
• Chu Qing asked Xue Zhan about gaining spiritual power through his next Soul Ring, then decided to focus on cultivation while he developed the Soul Fighting Society.
• The next day, Ning Changqiu offered to distribute Soul Fighting Cards within the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's territory and invest in Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing agreed to the distribution partnership, declined the offering elder position, and invited Ning Changqiu to become an honorary vice president of the Soul Fighting Society.
• Ning Changqiu opened a treasure box and revealed a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda left by Ning Rongrong for a descendant with the potential to become a god.

Chu Qing refused the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s priceless treasure embryo and returned to the Soul Fighting Society with records to turn into cards. While cultivating, he discovered that the Will of the Plane had been communicating through his spider bone and wanted him to support Huo Yuhao’s rise to godhood.

• Ning Changqiu offered Chu Qing the sect’s last Nine Treasure Glazed Tile treasure embryo, which could evolve a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda or greatly boost another Soul Master’s attributes.
• Chu Qing’s spider bone seemed to warn him away from the embryo, and he refused it, promising to help the sect prosper instead.
• Chu Qing left with copies of the Battle of the Two Gods records, and Xue Shiqi and Li Zhongyuan began adapting them into Soul Fighting Cards.
• While cultivating, Chu Qing used spider silk to question the Will of the Plane, which revealed that it had pushed him into the open to shield Huo Yuhao, the true child of fortune.
• The Will of the Plane told Chu Qing that Wang Qiu’er had been freed from Tang Wutong’s divine sense and was destined to meet Huo Yuhao, then cut off contact when Chu Qing asked to sleep with her.

Chu Qing’s Soul Fighting cards became a major success, and he refused Mad Lion Douluo’s offer to become his disciple while accepting a Golden Sun Flower. After Xue Leng plotted to endanger him indirectly, Chu Qing prepared to seek his fourth Soul Ring and planned to ask Yang Tian about obtaining a safe Golden Sun Flower.

• Chu Qing decided to make Martial Soul cards for every generation of the Shrek Seven Devils as the Soul Fighting cards began earning money.
• Xue Shi invited Chu Qing to meet Mad Lion Douluo, who offered to take him as a disciple, but Chu Qing refused because he had already accepted Dark Douluo as his master.
• Mad Lion Douluo gave Chu Qing a Golden Sun Flower said to improve spiritual power and shared some cultivation experience with him.
• After Chu Qing left, Xue Leng ordered his people to publicize Chu Qing’s talent so that dangerous fans might come after him.
• Chu Qing told Xue Zhan he wanted to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, and Xue Zhan warned him not to consume the Golden Sun Flower until he could obtain one directly from the Heavenly Sun Family.
• Chu Qing said he would discuss the Golden Sun Flower with Yang Tian the next day.

Chu Qing learned that Golden Sun Flowers grew beside the Heavenly Sun Family’s ancestral hall, and Yang Tian secretly stole ten for him. As Chu Qing prepared to seek a powerful fourth Soul Ring, he and Yang Tian discussed expanding Soul Fighting Cards and devising a scheme to pit rival Martial Souls against each other.

• Yang Tian told Chu Qing that Golden Sun Flowers grew by his family’s ancestral hall, but Heavenly Sun Douluo refused to give them away unless Chu Qing came for them himself.
• Yang Tian secretly gave Chu Qing ten stolen Golden Sun Flowers and warned that he might be punished by being made to kneel in the ancestral hall.
• Yang Tian suggested that Chu Qing search Lerna Swamp for a regenerating Nine-Headed Serpent Hydra, which Heavenly Sun Douluo had once encountered as a six-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
• Yang Tian discussed setting up a Soul Fighting Cards distribution point for the Heavenly Sun Family, and Chu Qing promised to reserve territory for them as the business expanded.
• Chu Qing proposed using Soul Fighting Cards to stir up rivalries between Martial Souls, then suggested pitting the Heavenly Sun Martial Soul against the Flame Mad Lion Martial Soul and later releasing an upgrade card for the Heavenly Sun Martial Soul.

Chu Qing and his companions hunted a twenty-thousand-year Hydra in Lerna Swamp, where Xuan Zi revealed that he had driven away the hidden attackers. After Chu Qing absorbed the Hydra’s Soul Ring, Xuan Zi offered to take him as a disciple and promised him a future at Shrek.

• Chu Qing, Xue Zhan, Wu Feng's grandmother, and two Spirit Rhinoceros Sect elders went to Lerna Swamp to hunt its twenty-thousand-year Hydra, with Chu Qing serving as bait for an ambush.
• Wu Feng's grandmother burned the Hydra while Xue Zhan repeatedly cut off its regenerating heads, and Xuan Zi appeared beside the wounded beast, saying he had scared away the lurking attackers.
• Chu Qing killed the Hydra and absorbed its pitch-black Soul Ring, enduring its Soul Shock through the night before waking the next day.
• Xuan Zi offered to make Chu Qing his disciple, identifying himself as the level 98 Taotie Douluo and promising him Shrek status, rare resources, and eventual leadership of the Sea God Pavilion.