Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong sneaked into Lin Feng’s bed hoping he would teach her how to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Qian Renxue unexpectedly entered while still in her true form. Lin Feng hid them both before Ning Rongrong could see her, leaving Qian Renxue concealed beside the bed.

• After finding Shrek Academy’s huts unbearable, Lin Feng bought a lakeside estate near Azure Wave Lake and had it furnished for the group.
• Ning Rongrong obsessed over Lin Feng’s promise that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could gain two more stories and decided to seek his help.
• Wearing a revealing silk nightdress, Ning Rongrong slipped into Lin Feng’s bedroom and offered to serve him if he taught her the evolution method.
• Lin Feng recognized Ning Rongrong’s real motive, but she pressed closer and tried to guide his hand to her shoulder.
• Qian Renxue opened the bedroom door in her true form, and Lin Feng used his time ability to cover Ning Rongrong and pull Qian Renxue behind the bed curtains.
• Ning Rongrong stayed beneath the quilt while Lin Feng claimed a maid had brought calming incense, and Qian Renxue sat hidden beside the bed.

Yu Xiaogang’s public lecture at Shrek Academy was derailed when Paimon challenged his theories and Lin Feng demonstrated that his claimed rules were false. Yu Xiaogang collapsed in humiliation, while Flender and Tang San rushed to help him.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as Shrek Academy’s Deputy Chief Instructor and announced his public lecture on the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that there were no trash Martial Souls, only trash people, and Paimon mocked him for being nearly fifty and stuck at level twenty-nine.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang’s theories and recited their claimed Soul Ring limits and Martial Soul rules.
• Lin Feng revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings, and Paimon demonstrated her time control, Anemo attacks, and defensive abilities.
• Lin Feng refuted Yu Xiaogang’s rules, after which Yu Xiaogang collapsed and Flender and Tang San rushed to help him.

Zhu Zhuqing visited Lin Feng at night and pledged that she had severed her feelings for Dai Mubai. Lin Feng helped her break through to level twenty-eight and promised to take her to the Soto Great Soul Arena to challenge Dai Mubai.

• Zhu Zhuqing slipped through Lin Feng's bedroom window and said that Dai Mubai was dead to her after abandoning her during their flight from the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Feng drew Zhu Zhuqing into his arms and used Paimon's time authority to slow time while he treated her meridians with Electro and Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through from level twenty-seven to level twenty-eight as the treatment cleared her meridian blockages.
• Lin Feng told Zhu Zhuqing he would take her to the Soto Great Soul Arena so she could defeat Dai Mubai herself, and she pledged her life to his command.

Tang San challenged Lin Feng to avenge Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation, but a failed mental attack left him injured and sprawled in the mud. He then discovered Xiao Wu had spent nearly all his savings on treats for Paimon, while Lin Feng left with his group for the Soto Great Soul Arena.

• Tang San stopped Lin Feng on the road and challenged him to a friendly spar, while Paimon mocked his motives.
• Tang San attacked Paimon with the Purple Demon Eye, suffered a divine backlash, and fell face-first into the mud when Lin Feng tripped him without using his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu arrived with costly carrot cakes for Paimon and said she had paid forty Gold Soul Coins for them.
• Tang San found that Xiao Wu’s recent purchases had emptied his savings in the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, but he hid his anger from her.
• Xiao Wu and Paimon discussed finding peach pudding, and Lin Feng led the group toward the Soto Great Soul Arena.