Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingchuan returned to Heaven Dou City after his journey and reunited with Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow. As the group welcomed him home, Huang Quan unexpectedly hurt him, while Alicia teased Mirror Flow about smiling.

• Lu Mingchuan hurried back from Vast Sea City to Heaven Dou City after cutting his return voyage short.
• Alicia sensed Lu Mingchuan's arrival, and she and Huang Quan went to meet him at the academy.
• Alicia threw herself into Lu Mingchuan's arms, and he teased her by pinching her cheeks until she escaped.
• Lu Mingchuan embraced Huang Quan, who secretly gripped his waist hard enough to make him cry out in pain.
• Alicia noticed Mirror Flow's faint smile and asked her to smile again, but Mirror Flow told her to let go.

Bibi Dong wrestled with voices urging her to kill Lu Mingchuan, while he spent an ordinary day with Huang Quan, Alicia, and Mirror Flow and discovered his cultivation had accelerated dramatically. He reached level seventy-three, then Qian Renxue arrived at his residence.

• Bibi Dong dreamed of Yu Xiaogang, saw Lu Mingchuan’s face in his place, and crushed her teacup as her hatred grew; a dark figure watched from the God Realm and left.
• Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan woke late after spending the night together, while Alicia and Mirror Flow prepared breakfast and waited for them.
• After breakfast, Huang Quan went to sleep, Alicia asked Mirror Flow for stories, and Lu Mingchuan noticed his Imaginary Energy limit rising far faster as he cultivated.
• Lu Mingchuan entered Brother Monkey’s dungeon, defeated him with a barrage of punches, and found that the fight had further boosted his cultivation speed.
• Lu Mingchuan reached level seventy-three, and Qian Renxue arrived at his residence without her disguise.

Qian Renxue told Lu Mingchuan that her plan to take over Tiandou was nearly complete, then confessed her feelings and was rejected. A year later, Lu Mingchuan obtained the Worldline Shuttle and invited the three women to visit a future parallel world.

• Qian Renxue reported that Xue Ye would not survive the year and that she was prepared to take over Tiandou, then confessed her feelings to Lu Mingchuan.
• Lu Mingchuan rejected Qian Renxue, who vowed to make him accept her before leaving his courtyard.
• Mirror Flow dragged Lu Mingchuan into his room, and the following night Alicia prepared herself for her turn with him.
• A year passed, and Lu Mingchuan reached level 84 before drawing the Worldline Shuttle, which could take them to a future point in a parallel world.
• Lu Mingchuan invited Mirror Flow, Huang Quan, and Alicia to travel with him, and Alicia eagerly wondered how their interference would change the future.

Lu Mingchuan brought Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow to a parallel world in the Unrivaled Tang Sect era, where they encountered Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. After assuring the silkworm he had no interest in its soul ring, Lu Mingchuan urged it to become Huo Yuhao’s intelligent soul ring.

• Lu Mingchuan activated the Timeline Traverser and took Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow through a portal to a parallel world.
• The group arrived in a forest, where Lu Mingchuan recognized Huo Yuhao by his White Tiger Dagger, blue hair, and the dead baboon beside him.
• Lu Mingchuan discovered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hiding underground and blocked its attempt to flee.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged, announced that it was a million-year soul beast, and threatened Lu Mingchuan and his companions.
• Lu Mingchuan said he did not want the silkworm’s soul ring and told it to become Huo Yuhao’s intelligent soul ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm approached Huo Yuhao and told him not to resist.

Huo Yuhao received the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his Wisdom Soul Ring, while Electrolux entered his Sea of Consciousness and became a gray bead. After Huo Yuhao began recovering, Lu Mingchuan met Beibei and Tang Ya, and Alicia struck up a conversation with Tang Ya; Huo Yuhao then groaned as he began to wake.

• Huo Yuhao closed his eyes as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prepared to sacrifice itself, but Electrolux appeared and entered Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness as a gray bead.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completed its sacrifice, and Huo Yuhao's injuries began to heal.
• Beibei and Tang Ya arrived, checked Huo Yuhao, and thanked Lu Mingchuan for watching over him.
• Lu Mingchuan told Beibei that Huo Yuhao had been chased by a Wind Baboon and had used a Soul Tool to kill it.
• Alicia introduced herself to Tang Ya and asked about her past with Beibei, while Lu Mingchuan watched them.
• Huo Yuhao groaned as the group chatted, beginning to wake.

Huo Yuhao awakened after acquiring a white Soul Ring and four soul skills, while Lu Mingchuan and his companions traveled to Shrek City. There, Lu Mingchuan injured Liu Ling after the young noble harassed the women in his group, and Liu Ling’s companions confronted him.

• Huo Yuhao woke, confirmed he had become a Soul Master, and thanked Lu Mingchuan before talking with Tang Ya about the Tang Sect.
• Lu Mingchuan left Tang Ya, Beibei, and Huo Yuhao, then agreed with Alicia to visit Shrek and traveled there with their companions.
• Alicia explored Shrek City with the group until Lu Mingchuan stopped her and a feminine-looking man offered to show her around.
• Lu Mingchuan told Liu Ling to get lost after Liu Ling leered at the women and tried to claim them as commoners.
• Liu Ling attacked Lu Mingchuan with his martial soul, but Lu Mingchuan blocked the strike and stabbed Liu Ling in the leg with a golden skewer.
• Several men dressed like Liu Ling pushed through the crowd and confronted Lu Mingchuan after seeing Liu Ling injured.

Lu Mingchuan killed Liu Ling after Liu Ling and his companions offended his group, then brought his wives into Shrek Academy to meet its headmaster. After admiring the grounds, he headed toward the dormitories to find the master of Sea God Pavilion.

• Lu Mingchuan killed several men and Liu Ling, despite Liu Ling threatening him with his father’s status as City Lord of Häagen-Dazs City.
• Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow joined Lu Mingchuan, and the group continued toward Shrek City as several groups backed down after sensing his aura.
• At Shrek’s eastern gate, Lu Mingchuan asked to see the headmaster, and the admissions official let him and his wives enter.
• The group passed the Shrek Seven Devils statues and Sea God Lake, then Lu Mingchuan headed toward the dormitories to look for the master of Sea God Pavilion.

Lu Mingchuan and his companions visited Shrek Academy, where Mu En agreed to guide them while trying to gauge their intentions. After Lu Mingchuan challenged Shrek’s praise of Zhou Yi’s promotion record, Mu En finally asked what they had come to the academy for.

• Lu Mingchuan told Alicia and Huang Quan that they would inspect Dragon God Douluo’s condition, visit Sea God Lake, and later look for this world’s God Realm.
• Mu En sensed Lu Mingchuan and his companions’ immense power, then offered to guide them around Shrek Academy so he could watch them.
• Lu Mingchuan accepted Mu En’s offer and asked whether he knew Zhou Yi, whose students all reached the inner academy.
• Lu Mingchuan pointed out that Zhou Yi had achieved her perfect promotion rate by expelling students who could not advance, but Mu En defended the academy’s standards.
• After guiding the group around under mounting pressure, Mu En asked Lu Mingchuan to explain their purpose at Shrek Academy.

Lu Mingchuan left Shrek Academy and visited the Silver Dragon King to ask how to reach the God Realm, but he returned without a way there. He took Huang Quan and the others back to their own world, where Mirror Flow led him to their room while Huang Quan pinched Alicia’s cheeks.

• Mu En returned after suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul and resumed showing Lu Mingchuan’s group around Shrek Academy.
• Lu Mingchuan declined to stay longer and told Alicia they would seek the Silver Dragon King to learn how to reach the God Realm.
• Di Tian brought Lu Mingchuan to the Silver Dragon King, who asked why he carried one of her scales.
• Lu Mingchuan left without learning how to reach the God Realm and decided to return to his own world with his companions.
• Lu Mingchuan used the Timeline Shuttle Device to return home, where Mirror Flow led him to their room and Huang Quan pinched Alicia’s cheeks.

On Lu Mingchuan’s birthday, he celebrated with Alicia, Huang Quan, Mirror Flow, and the others before sharing an intimate moment with Huang Quan. Meanwhile, the Sea God and Asura God agreed to wait for a chance to eliminate Lu Mingchuan, and Alicia offered Mirror Flow a place with her for the night.

• In the God Realm, the Sea God asked Asura God about their plan, and Asura said they would wait for a chance to descend and kill Lu Mingchuan.
• Alicia and the others celebrated Lu Mingchuan’s birthday at The Hunt Academy, while Old Jack watched before returning home.
• Mirror Flow said that what seemed random had been destined, then left with Alicia so Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan could speak alone.
• Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan joked with cake, and Huang Quan led him into the inner room, where they became intimate and she told him he was the best repayment to them.
• Alicia took Mirror Flow to her room, and Mirror Flow accepted Alicia’s embrace and went to sleep.

Lu Mingchuan spent the day cultivating while Alicia and the others went shopping, leaving him without his usual guards. Flender and Liu Erlong took advantage of their absence to approach Lu Mingchuan’s courtyard, but Flender sensed danger as Liu Erlong insisted on pressing ahead.

• Lu Mingchuan woke at noon, ate the meal the three women had left, and returned to his room to cultivate.
• Alicia, Mirror Flow, and Huang Quan went shopping in Heaven Dou City, and an informant reported their absence to Flender.
• Flender and Liu Erlong set out for The Hunt Academy, planning to attack Lu Mingchuan while his guards were away.
• Liu Erlong led Flender through a rear entrance toward Lu Mingchuan’s courtyard, while a burly man nearby sensed intruders and vanished in a flash of lightning.
• Flender urged Liu Erlong to withdraw after sensing danger, but she refused and said she could handle Lu Mingchuan alone.

Volibear defeated Liu Erlong and Flender after they attacked him, leaving both unconscious for Lu Mingchuan to deal with. Back at the Imperial Team, Ma Hongjun suspected the pair had gone after Lu Mingchuan, and the former Shrek group prepared to search for them.

• Flender agreed to help Liu Erlong attack Volibear, and they both unleashed their martial souls.
• Volibear caught Liu Erlong's attack, broke her right fist, and knocked her unconscious after she transformed into her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Volibear struck Flender with lightning, then carried both unconscious attackers away while leaving them alive for Lu Mingchuan.
• Ma Hongjun failed to find Flender and told the former Shrek group that Flender and Liu Erlong might have gone to confront Lu Mingchuan.
• Zhao Wuji accepted Ma Hongjun's suspicion, and Oscar urged the group to hurry to Hunting and look for Flender and Liu Erlong.

Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students sought help from the Education Committee to save Flender and Liu Erlong from Lu Mingchuan. At The Hunt Academy, Volibear killed Flender and Liu Erlong before Lu Mingchuan realized who they were.

• Zhao Wuji stopped Oscar from rushing after Flender and Liu Erlong, and Ma Hongjun suggested asking the Education Committee for help.
• Zhao Wuji told Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan that Flender and Liu Erlong had gone to confront Lu Mingchuan and asked them to intervene.
• Meng Shenji agreed to help, and he and the other committee members hurried with Zhao Wuji toward The Hunt Academy.
• Volibear told Lu Mingchuan that he had crippled two intruders, and Lu Mingchuan ordered him to kill them and discard their bodies.
• Volibear killed Liu Erlong and Flender, and the system awarded Lu Mingchuan 50,000 points.
• Lu Mingchuan stopped Volibear and asked about the pair’s martial souls, realizing they might have been Liu Erlong and Flender.

Lu Mingchuan confirmed that Volibear had killed Flender and Liu Erlong, who had come to capture him and take him back to cure Yu Xiaogang. When Imperial Team’s education committee members asked for the pair’s return, Lu Mingchuan told them they were dead, and the group left without a way to avenge them.

• Lu Mingchuan recognized Liu Erlong, and Volibear burned her and Flender’s corpses to ash.
• The three education committee members from Imperial Team arrived at The Hunt Academy and asked Lu Mingchuan to return Flender and Liu Erlong.
• Lu Mingchuan said his guard had mistaken them for thieves and killed them, then told the visitors they could search for the corpses.
• After leaving the academy, Zhao Wuji grieved for his friends, while Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan warned him not to seek revenge.
• Zhao Wuji promised he would not confront Lu Mingchuan and said he still needed to help Flender care for the children; Meng Shenji wondered what to tell them.

After learning that Flender and Liu Erlong had died, Oscar left with Ma Hongjun and went to Yu Xiaogang’s room. Hearing Yu Xiaogang mutter about Lu Mingchuan, Oscar slit his throat, and Yu Xiaogang died.

• Zhao Wuji told the students that Flender and Liu Erlong had died and urged them to stay and cultivate rather than seek revenge.
• Oscar left the room in grief, and Ma Hongjun followed him to make sure he did not do anything foolish.
• Dai Mubai secretly celebrated Flender’s death, while Zhao Wuji resolved to take Flender’s place and train the students.
• Oscar led Ma Hongjun to Yu Xiaogang’s room, and Ma Hongjun let him enter with a dagger.
• Oscar heard Yu Xiaogang muttering about Lu Mingchuan, then slit Yu Xiaogang’s throat and killed him.

After arranging the purge of Xue Xing and Xue Beng, Qian Renxue visited Lu Mingchuan to ask his advice and spend time with him. Xue Xing and Xue Beng then came to The Hunt Academy seeking an alliance, leaving Lu Mingchuan to hear their request.

• Oscar killed the Grandmaster, erased the traces, and left with Ma Hongjun.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Mingchuan that Xue Ye would soon die and asked how to deal with Xue Xing and Xue Beng; Lu Mingchuan advised killing Xue Beng and confiscating Xue Xing's household.
• Qian Renxue tried to get close to Lu Mingchuan and asked how to cultivate faster before leaving to handle her duties as Crown Prince.
• Qian Renxue considered making Lu Mingchuan her consort if she became Emperor, then grew suspicious of Xue Xing and Xue Beng's recent absence.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived at The Hunt Academy and sought an alliance with Lu Mingchuan, who asked what they wanted.

Prince Xue Xing failed to win Lu Mingchuan’s support and decided to secretly build his strength to kill Xue Qinghe before he could take the throne. Back home, Lu Mingchuan reunited with Alicia, who said someone had watched her group while they were out.

• Xue Xing offered Lu Mingchuan control over Heaven Dou City in exchange for an alliance against Xue Qinghe, but Lu Mingchuan refused.
• Xue Xing concluded that Xue Qinghe had no real ties to The Hunt Academy and resolved to use his troops and deathsworn warriors to kill him.
• Xue Xing planned to put Xue Beng on the throne and laughed at the prospect of ruling through him.
• Alicia returned to Lu Mingchuan, kissed him, and said she had noticed someone watching her group while they were out.

Qian Renxue learned that Yu Xiaogang had died after Oscar killed him, and she ended her surveillance of Shrek while preparing to set Heaven Dou City in motion. At The Hunt Academy, Mirror Flow used a new rhythm to overwhelm Lu Mingchuan, leaving him foaming at the mouth.

• Cixue told Qian Renxue that Liu Erlong and Flender had been killed while trying to kidnap Lu Mingchuan, and that Oscar had killed Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue ordered Cixue to stop watching Shrek and confirmed that Xue Ye had at most half a month to live.
• Qian Renxue learned that her preparations were complete and said it would soon be time to stir up Heaven Dou City.
• Mirror Flow told Lu Mingchuan she planned to wear him out so he would not be charmed by another woman.
• Lu Mingchuan initially held his own against Mirror Flow, but her new rhythm overwhelmed him and left him foaming at the mouth.

Zhao Wuji chose not to investigate Yu Xiaogang's murder, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar struggled with their guilt and helplessness. As Heaven Dou City fell quiet, Xue Qinghe repelled an attack on the Crown Prince's Mansion and prepared to retaliate against Xue Xing, while Qian Renxue readied her plan to begin the next day.

• Zhao Wuji deduced who had killed Yu Xiaogang but refused to investigate, then left his students to cultivate.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar discussed whether they regretted killing Yu Xiaogang, and Oscar later stood silently facing The Hunt Academy.
• Lu Mingchuan relaxed with Alicia and Huang Quan as the city remained unusually peaceful.
• Cixue killed the Soul Masters who infiltrated the Crown Prince's Mansion, and Xue Qinghe ordered him to rest.
• Xue Qinghe sent shadowy figures out to prepare a return gift for Xue Xing, then entered a hidden room and removed his disguise.
• Qian Renxue bathed and wondered why Lu Mingchuan had not responded to her advances, then reflected that her plan would begin the next day.

Xue Xing and Xue Beng were killed by assassins, clearing the way for Qian Renxue to launch the Tiandou Coup at noon. While waiting at Lu Mingchuan’s residence, Qian Renxue asked Alicia to help her in exchange for letting Alicia touch her wings.

• Xue Xing dismissed Xue Beng’s concerns, but assassins arrived and killed Xue Xing and Xue Beng before setting the residence on fire.
• The assassins escaped as servants rushed to fight the blaze, and only two bodies were recovered.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Mingchuan that she would begin the Tiandou Coup at noon and said she planned to show herself only at the end.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Alicia touch her wings if Alicia helped her with a task, then whispered instructions to her.