Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan carried the exhausted Liu Erlong away despite the red-cloaked official’s demand to punish her, and his intimidating presence forced the official to let him go. Later, the official released Tang San and the others after learning they were Li Xuan’s students, while Li Xuan took Liu Erlong to her room at Blue Tyrant Academy and watched over her as she slept.

• Liu Erlong collapsed after her battles, and Li Xuan caught her and carried her away.
• Li Xuan refused to hand Liu Erlong over for punishment, and the red-cloaked official stayed silent rather than challenge him.
• The red-cloaked official ordered Tang San and the others to come with him, but relented after Ma Hongjun said they were Li Xuan’s students.
• Grandmaster led the injured group back toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Li Xuan walked with Liu Erlong until she fell asleep.
• Li Xuan brought Liu Erlong to her bedroom at Blue Tyrant Academy, covered her with a blanket, and guarded her until she woke at noon.

After Liu Erlong was devastated by seeing Grandmaster's happy family, Li Xuan cooked her a lavish meal that restored her appetite and comforted her. He left her to wash the dishes, and she agreed with a faint smile.

• Li Xuan woke beside Liu Erlong and insisted on cooking lunch for her while she rested.
• Liu Erlong lay alone, remembering Grandmaster's family and quietly crying until the smell of Li Xuan's cooking stirred her appetite.
• Li Xuan served Liu Erlong Eight Treasures Purple Cloud Soup, Purple Leaf Vegetable, and fish, and she praised the dishes as she ate.
• Liu Erlong thanked Li Xuan for caring for her, and he told her to wash the dishes.

After being driven out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and rejected by every academy they approached, Tang San and his companions sought help from Tang San’s aunt. Meanwhile, Li Xuan toured Blue Tyrant Academy, where Song Tiantian decided to pursue him after he rejected her offer of friendship, and Jiang Zhu told Tailong she already liked someone else.

• After Heaven Dou Royal Academy expelled Grandmaster and the others, they found Blue Tyrant Academy’s teacher notice but fled when they learned it belonged to Liu Erlong, then faced rejection at the other academies they visited.
• Tang San led the disheartened group toward Moonlight Pavilion to seek advice from his aunt.
• Liu Erlong asked Li Xuan to walk around the academy, and he left her to rest.
• Song Tiantian offered Li Xuan flowers and asked to be friends, but he coldly declined and walked away; she resolved to keep pursuing him.
• Tailong pressed Jiang Zhu to accept his gift and become his girlfriend, but she refused and said she already liked someone far better than him.

Jiang Zhu rejected Tailong because she still hoped to reunite with Li Xuan, who appeared just as she was leaving and agreed to take her with him. When Tailong attacked Li Xuan in anger, Li Xuan sent him crashing into a wall.

• Jiang Zhu rejected Tailong and left, explaining that she still could not forget Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan appeared and greeted Jiang Zhu, who ran into his arms and said she would not let him leave again.
• Li Xuan offered to take Jiang Zhu with him as his Little Maid, and she agreed.
• Tailong confronted Li Xuan in a rage and swung a fist at him.
• Li Xuan sent Tailong flying into a nearby wall, leaving him stunned.

Li Xuan defeated Tailong after Tailong tried to pursue Jiang Zhu, then left with her. Liu Erlong revealed that Li Xuan was Blue Tyrant Academy’s true dean and expelled Tailong, whose family later realized Li Xuan was too powerful to challenge.

• Tailong’s lackeys tried to pull him from the wall, but Li Xuan took Jiang Zhu and left while Tailong stayed behind in pain.
• Tailong’s lackeys brought him to Liu Erlong and reported that Li Xuan had beaten him and pursued Jiang Zhu.
• Liu Erlong recognized Li Xuan, revealed that he owned the academy, and expelled Tailong for causing trouble.
• Tailong returned to the Strength Clan and told his father and grandfather that Li Xuan had beaten him and gotten him expelled.
• Tailong’s grandfather stopped Tailong and his father from seeking revenge, explaining that Li Xuan was Poison Douluo’s granddaughter’s husband; Tailong’s father recalled that Li Xuan had nearly caused a war between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.

Tailong's grandfather received a letter from his master instructing him to protect Tang San, while Tang San and his companions sought help from Tang Yuehua to find an academy. When Tang Yuehua revealed that her prized disciple was Li Xuan, Tang San explained their past conflict, and she urged him to apologize and return to Li Xuan's academy.

• Tailong's grandfather sent Tailong and his father to kneel in the ancestral hall, then received a letter naming Tang San as the Young Master and pledged to protect him.
• Tang San and his companions gained entry to Moonlight Pavilion after Tang San fought its butler and caught Tang Yuehua's attention.
• Tang Yuehua offered to arrange places for Tang San's group at her prized disciple Li Xuan's academy.
• Tang San and his companions froze when Tang Yuehua named Li Xuan, whom they had previously known as their teacher and later clashed with.
• After hearing Tang San's account of Dai Mubai's expulsion, Tang Yuehua criticized Tang San for leaving and urged him to apologize to Li Xuan.
• Tang San refused to return to Li Xuan's academy and asked Tang Yuehua to find them another school.

Tang San and his companions found a new home at Iron Ox Academy after other academies refused to accept them. Li Xuan reunited with Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, where she began asking about his conflict with Tang San.

• Tang Yuehua failed to find an academy willing to accept Tang San and his companions, but Iron Ox Academy offered them a place and a spot in the All-Continent Spirit Master Competition.
• Tang San and the others joined Iron Ox Academy, where Dean Iron Ox handed management authority to Flender; Tailong, his father, and his grandfather also arrived to join them.
• Tang Yuehua gave Tang San money and urged him to get along with Li Xuan before leaving for Moonlight Pavilion.
• Li Xuan surprised Tang Yuehua in her room, hugged her, and asked whether she had finished the Emotion Water; Tang Yuehua urged him to sit down and began asking about his conflict with Tang San.

Li Xuan offered Tang Yuehua a place for Tang San and his companions at his Iron Ox Academy, then revealed his plans to establish a nation and pursue Tang Yuehua. He gave her a Divine Redwood box containing a Nine Essences Divine Flower that could break her Soul Power limit, but she refused to accept it, leaving Li Xuan threatening to force the gift on her.

• Li Xuan told Tang Yuehua that Tang San and the others could attend his Iron Ox Academy, and she thanked him for helping them.
• Tang Yuehua asked about the Void God Organization's actions, and Li Xuan said he wanted to establish a nation so he could give his wives proper status and marry them.
• Li Xuan urged Tang Yuehua not to worry about her age, claiming his Emotion Water could delay aging, and took her hand as he expressed his interest in her.
• Li Xuan gave Tang Yuehua a Divine Redwood box and told her it held a gift she needed, despite her reluctance to accept something so valuable.
• Tang Yuehua opened the box and discovered a Nine Essences Divine Flower that could raise her Soul Power and remove her bottleneck before level fifty.
• When Tang Yuehua refused the flower, Li Xuan said he had planned to use it as a proposal gift and now thought coercion was necessary.

Li Xuan gave Tang Yuehua a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that raised her Soul Power and renewed her appearance, then helped her obtain a compatible illusion-based soul skill. She tested the skill successfully, leaving her delighted by her transformed strength and prospects.

• Li Xuan asked Tang Yuehua to become the queen consort of his future Void God Kingdom, but she reminded him that she had decided never to marry.
• Li Xuan revealed that he had allied with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and claimed he could conquer the Heaven Dou Empire, then urged Tang Yuehua to eat the treasure.
• Tang Yuehua consumed the treasure, and her Soul Power rose from level nine to level nineteen as her body became younger and Emotion Water's effects emerged.
• Li Xuan summoned a ten-year misty Spirit Beast, and Tang Yuehua killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Tang Yuehua used her new illusion skill through music and her Innate Domain, briefly drawing Li Xuan and the others into illusions.

Li Xuan strengthened Tang Yuehua and gave her new resources, planning to use her Domain to help him understand how to obtain one. The next morning, he met Princess Xue Ke at Moonlight Pavilion and reflected that their future kingdoms might make them enemies.

• Li Xuan gave Tang Yuehua another Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, raising her Soul Power to level twenty-five.
• Li Xuan gave Tang Yuehua a dagger and a ten-year-old soul beast to kill; she absorbed its soul ring and gained a soul skill based on emotional control and internally generated poison.
• Li Xuan gave Tang Yuehua Emotion Water and its condensed essence, told her to keep them secret, and arranged to return the next day to cultivate the power of a Domain.
• The next morning, Princess Xue Ke and several girls greeted Li Xuan at Moonlight Pavilion, where he dismissed the others and had Princess Xue Ke peel an orange for him.
• Li Xuan considered Princess Xue Ke's kind nature and worried that their opposing kingdoms might prevent them from remaining close.

Li Xuan sent Princess Xue Ke back to the palace, then learned about Tang Yuehua’s Noble Ring Domain while trying to win her affection. In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye and his ministers planned to secretly arrest Li Xuan for his Soul Tool knowledge, and Xue Ke rushed in to plead for him.

• Li Xuan sent Xue Ke back to the palace and asked her to visit Moonlight Pavilion again the next day.
• Li Xuan visited Tang Yuehua, explained the effects of Emotion Water essence, and asked her to stay by his side.
• Tang Yuehua released her Noble Ring Domain as Li Xuan carefully sensed its power.
• Xue Ye and his ministers agreed to secretly arrest Li Xuan and obtain his method for making Soul Tools, while keeping Poison Douluo unaware.
• Xue Ke hurried into the Emperor’s study and begged Xue Ye not to arrest Li Xuan, but Prince Xue Xing scolded her.

Xue Ye and his ministers debated capturing Li Xuan, but intelligence about his connections to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and three Title Douluo made them reconsider. They proposed recruiting him through a marriage alliance with Princess Xue Ke, who fled the study blushing.

• Princess Xue Ke defended Li Xuan and warned that capturing him could provoke Poison Douluo and his powerful Soul Tools.
• Xue Ye showed the ministers an intelligence report revealing Li Xuan's ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Rongrong, leaving them alarmed by his three Title Douluo allies.
• The ministers agreed they could not risk provoking Li Xuan and argued over how to preserve the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom.
• A minister proposed recruiting Li Xuan with a marriage alliance, and the ministers identified Princess Xue Ke as a suitable bride.
• Princess Xue Ke realized the ministers were discussing her marriage to Li Xuan, blushed, and ran from the study.

Xue Ye agreed to pursue a political marriage between Princess Xue Ke and Li Xuan in hopes of preventing war and securing the empire’s future. Xue Ke and Li Xuan both welcomed the match, while Qian Renxue remained curious about Li Xuan and continued investigating the missing Green Fatty.

• Xue Ye accepted the ministers’ advice to negotiate a marriage alliance with Li Xuan and discuss territorial enfeoffment.
• Xue Ke happily learned she might marry Li Xuan, and Qian Renxue offered to oppose the arrangement before discovering Xue Ke liked him.
• Qian Renxue wondered what had made Xue Ke fall for Li Xuan, then returned to investigating the missing Green Fatty.
• Three days later, Li Xuan teased Xue Ke by calling the intended bride a foolish little pig.
• Li Xuan admitted he had known the proposed bride was Xue Ke and agreed to marry her, then drew her into his embrace.

Li Xuan tried to keep Tang San’s group out of the Continental Spirit Master Tournament, but the world’s power forced Iron Ox to register them anyway. Iron Ox returned to the academy and secretly planned to disgust them with his cooking as they prepared to leave for the competition.

• Princess Xue Ke recovered from her embarrassment, kissed Li Xuan, and stayed in his embrace.
• Iron Ox registered Dai Mubai and the others despite Li Xuan’s orders, and the system warned Li Xuan that the plot was repairing itself.
• Iron Ox nearly killed himself for failing Li Xuan, but Li Xuan stopped him and sent him back to manage the academy.
• Iron Ox decided to cook without washing his hands and reveal the truth when the students left, hoping to help Li Xuan without disrupting his plans.
• On departure day, Oscar saw Iron Ox cook without washing his hands, learned that he did so routinely, and tried to hurry everyone away from breakfast.
• Ma Hongjun kept eating and praising the food, while Oscar watched in disgust as Iron Ox brought out another plate.

Dai Mubai and the others left Iron Ox Academy after Oscar revealed that Dean Iron Ox cooked without washing his hands, then reached Heaven Dou City for the competition. When the preliminary matchups were drawn, Shrek Academy received the bye, meaning Li Xuan benefited instead of them.

• Dean Iron Ox gave the group food and travel flatbreads, while Oscar secretly watched him cook without washing his hands after using the toilet.
• After the group set off, Oscar told them what he had seen, and Ma Hongjun vomited while Dai Mubai and the others recoiled in disgust.
• The group arrived in Heaven Dou City, completed the competition procedures, and gathered at the Great Soul Arena for the opening and matchup draw.
• Bishop Salas drew the preliminary matchups, and the host announced that Shrek Academy had received the bye.
• Ma Hongjun celebrated before Oscar reminded him that they now represented Iron Ox Academy and that Li Xuan, not them, had received the bye.

After Tang San and Dai Mubai’s team won their match in under a minute, they encountered Li Xuan and his companions in the lobby, where Liu Erlong’s obedience and Zhu Zhuqing’s closeness to Li Xuan unsettled Grandmaster and Dai Mubai. As they left, Canghui Academy’s captain provoked them, unaware that someone had moved beside him.

• Grandmaster challenged Tang San and Dai Mubai’s team to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team within one minute, and they did so, stunning the audience.
• In the lobby, Liu Erlong confronted Grandmaster but returned to Li Xuan when he told her to sit beside him.
• Grandmaster and the others saw Li Xuan holding Liu Erlong’s hand and embracing Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai recalled that Zhu Zhuqing’s family had arranged her marriage to Li Xuan.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai led the group away, but Canghui Academy’s captain recognized them and mocked Shrek Academy.
• Tailong challenged the captain, who continued insulting Shrek Academy without noticing someone standing beside him.

Li Xuan punished Canghui Academy’s captain at the Great Soul Arena, where the guards revealed that Li Xuan was their boss. Shi Nian later learned that Li Xuan knew he had stolen a soul bone, so he fled Heaven Dou City, believing he had escaped.

• Li Xuan beat Canghui Academy’s captain and warned him to watch his mouth.
• Shi Nian challenged Li Xuan, but the Great Soul Arena guards knelt and called Li Xuan their boss.
• Li Xuan dismissed the guards and left before Shi Nian could apologize.
• Shi Nian spent the next day anxiously watching for an attack, but nothing happened.
• A voice accused Shi Nian of stealing a soul bone, prompting him to flee Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian reached a wooded area outside the city and celebrated his escape with the soul bone.

Li Xuan used powerful spirit beasts to kill the white-haired old man and reclaim his spirit bone. At the Great Spirit Arena, Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and waited with Ning Rongrong as Shrek Academy failed to appear for its match against Elephant Academy.

• Li Xuan confronted the white-haired old man with spirit beasts and ordered them to kill him over the stolen spirit bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she had chosen Li Xuan, even if being with him meant becoming a vase, and left with Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dai Mubai's mention of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill might upset Li Xuan, while Ning Rongrong reassured her.
• Elephant Academy entered the packed arena, but Shrek Academy did not appear when the host announced the team.

Li Xuan arrived at the arena by crossing through space, drawing attention from the spectators and the leaders of the Heaven Dou Empire. He reassured Zhu Zhuqing about her worries over Dai Mubai and promised that the two of them would demonstrate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong entered the arena without the rest of Shrek Academy, leading spectators to assume the team would surrender.
• Li Xuan emerged above the Competition Stage through a Space Ability, impressing Salas and Xue Ye.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Li Xuan's strength and told Xue Ye he expected Li Xuan to defeat Elephant Academy, even alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined Li Xuan, and Ning Rongrong quietly explained Zhu Zhuqing's worries about her family's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai.
• Li Xuan reassured Zhu Zhuqing and said that the two of them would perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill together, leaving her stunned.

Li Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing to trust him and promised they could perform a martial soul fusion, then Shrek Academy faced Elephant Academy with only three fighters. Zhu Zhuqing leapt into Li Xuan’s arms, triggering their fusion, and the resulting blue giant cat swept all seven opponents off the stage in seconds, leaving Dai Mubai stunned.

• Li Xuan reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she should leap into his arms during the match and leave everything to him.
• The female host started the match between Shrek Academy and Elephant Academy, and Hu Yanli led his team forward with their defensive soul skill.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Li Xuan would win despite Elephant Academy’s strength and Shrek Academy fielding only three people.
• Zhu Zhuqing threw herself into Li Xuan’s arms, and Hu Yanli attacked her as Dai Mubai and Tang San watched in alarm.
• Li Xuan and Zhu Zhuqing transformed into a blue giant cat, which knocked Hu Yanli and the rest of Elephant Academy off the stage.
• Dai Mubai stared in shock as the blue giant cat faded and Li Xuan held Zhu Zhuqing.