Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan brought Ning Rongrong to the academy, where Director Zhao used his position to let her register ahead of the other applicants. Oscar fell for Ning Rongrong at first sight, but seeing her with Li Xuan left him heartbroken; he still vowed to win her over.

• Li Xuan told Ning Rongrong stories about his travels, then sent her to register while he went to meet his companions.
• Oscar spotted Ning Rongrong in the registration line and decided he had fallen in love with her.
• Director Zhao let Ning Rongrong register at a separate table, then coldly refused to do the same for other applicants.
• Li Xuan arrived, and Director Zhao knelt to greet him; Ning Rongrong learned that Li Xuan was the academy's dean.
• Oscar saw Ning Rongrong chatting happily with Li Xuan and resolved to pursue her despite the odds.
• Dai Mubai sensed something and turned to look into the distance, his pupils contracting.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Li Xuan and enrolled at Shrek Academy alongside Dugu Yan, while Director Zhao defended their admission by revealing their high Soul Power levels. At Li Xuan’s villa, the Shrek storyline began and the system triggered a Spirit Arena mission.

• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and reunited with Li Xuan, who registered her and Dugu Yan without an entrance test.
• Rejected applicants protested that Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan had been admitted unfairly, so Director Zhao revealed their Soul Power levels as thirty-three, thirty-five, and forty-one.
• Director Zhao explained that Dugu Yan was Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and that Li Xuan was Poison Douluo’s grandson-in-law, silencing the protests.
• A rejected freckle-faced youth wept as he left, while Tang San asked whether the academy could make an exception and Dai Mubai defended its rules.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others resolved to return to cultivation and prove themselves.
• At Li Xuan’s villa, the system announced that the Shrek Academy storyline had begun and triggered a Spirit Arena mission.

Li Xuan chose the advanced mission to lead a team to a Gold Soul Fighting Badge and began planning to form two Shrek teams. He proposed establishing a kingdom, sent Qin Yue to spread his plans, and ended the day resting on Zhu Zhuqing’s lap.

• Li Xuan chose the advanced mission and decided to form Shrek Team One and Shrek Team Two, with the goal of defeating Tang San’s team alone for an extra reward.
• Li Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong that he wanted to establish a kingdom so he could marry several royal consorts, and he urged them to grow stronger for his future country.
• Li Xuan said he would take the girls for practical combat training the next day, and Dugu Yan left with Ning Rongrong while Ning Rongrong felt uneasy about Li Xuan’s closeness with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Xuan wrote a detailed proposal for establishing a country and gave it to Qin Yue, instructing her to work with Director Zhao and seek Liu Erlong’s help if needed.
• Li Xuan rested his head on Zhu Zhuqing’s lap, noticed her pleasant fragrance, and agreed not to cultivate more of the flowers that had given her the scent.

Li Xuan reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would stay by her side, then cooked her favorite braised fish and asked her to share it with him for life. Zhu Zhuqing accepted tearfully and fell asleep in his arms, waking the next morning to find something amiss.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Li Xuan she would support whatever decision he made, and they quietly rested together.
• Li Xuan cooked braised fish for Zhu Zhuqing, while neighboring teachers suffered from the irresistible aroma they could not taste.
• Li Xuan asked Zhu Zhuqing if she would eat his cooking for the rest of her life, and she hugged him and gladly agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained through her tears that she had feared Li Xuan had abandoned her after half a year apart, then fell asleep in his arms.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke the next morning, turned her head, and blushed when she noticed something was wrong.

Zhu Zhuqing woke beside Li Xuan and left him to sleep, while Dugu Yan told Ning Rongrong about the girls who admired him and went to care for him. After watching Dugu Yan tend to Li Xuan, the group set out to meet Tang San and the others and travel to Suotuo City.

• Zhu Zhuqing slipped away from Li Xuan while he slept, and Li Xuan woke briefly before going back to sleep.
• Dugu Yan told Ning Rongrong that she cared for Li Xuan and that Princess Xue Ke and Zhu Zhuqing also liked him, leaving Ning Rongrong uneasy.
• Ning Rongrong asked to go with Dugu Yan to Li Xuan's villa, but Dugu Yan refused and left without her.
• Dugu Yan found Zhu Zhuqing cultivating at the villa and then washed, dressed, and prepared breakfast for Li Xuan while Zhu Zhuqing watched and memorized her routine.
• Li Xuan, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing finished breakfast and met Ning Rongrong outside before setting out to meet Tang San and the others and head to Suotuo City.

Ning Rongrong discovered that Li Xuan had made his villa, keys, and clothes into Soul Tools, then tried to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused. At the academy entrance, Flender prepared Tang San and the others for Spirit Arena matches, hoping their victories would help him reclaim authority over the academy's teaching.

• Li Xuan gave Ning Rongrong a villa key, and she realized the key and villa were Soul Tools with multiple functions.
• Li Xuan revealed the concealed formations on his clothes, surprising Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing with his Soul Tool craftsmanship.
• Ning Rongrong urged Li Xuan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he declined and left for the Spirit Arena with her following.
• Flender praised Tang San and the other students, and encouraged them to prove their combat strength in the Spirit Arena matches.
• Flender planned to use Tang San and the others to defeat Li Xuan's team and regain authority over the academy's teaching.

Li Xuan rejected Ning Rongrong’s attempt to recruit him into her sect, then traveled with her and the other girls to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena. After kicking Iron Ox into a wall for insulting Zhu Zhuqing, Li Xuan was called to compete against Wind Fire Team.

• Ning Rongrong kept asking Li Xuan to join her sect, and he agreed only to think about it so she would stop asking.
• Li Xuan rode to Suotuo City with the three girls while Flender, Tang San, and the others walked; Tang San grew quiet when asked about his Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Tang San’s group won its individual and team matches while Li Xuan registered a team of himself and the three girls.
• Iron Ox insulted Zhu Zhuqing in the corridor, so Li Xuan kicked him into the wall and warned his teammates not to provoke him.
• The referee announced Li Xuan Team versus Wind Fire Team, and Captain Fenghuo suspected Li Xuan was the powerful man they had just encountered.

Li Xuan’s team advanced to the match, but the Wind Fire Team surrendered as soon as they saw him on the stage. Flender led Tang San and the others to a corridor, where they found the damage that explained the team’s fear.

• Ning Rongrong again tried to recruit Li Xuan as he led her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan toward the Competition Stage.
• Tang San and the others debated whether Li Xuan’s four-person team could defeat the larger and more experienced Wind Fire Team.
• The Wind Fire Team recognized Li Xuan and Captain Fenghuo surrendered before the match began, giving Li Xuan’s team the victory.
• Li Xuan led the stunned girls away while the audience and Tang San’s group wondered why the Wind Fire Team had surrendered.
• Flender took Tang San and the others to a corridor, where they saw a shattered wall with a human-shaped indentation.

After learning that Li Xuan had reached level fifty, Tang San pursued him and found him confronting Tang Hao. Tang Hao revealed that Li Xuan had withstood the full aura of a Title Douluo without changing expression or using his martial spirit, leaving Tang San shaken and warned to treat Li Xuan as an opponent.

• Flender showed Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai the damaged wall and explained that Li Xuan had severely injured Iron Ox without using his martial spirit.
• The group overheard Li Xuan tell Ning Rongrong that his Soul Power Level was fifty, stunning Tang San and the others.
• Tang San suspected Li Xuan was connected to the Divine Calculation Sect and hurried after him.
• Tang San found Li Xuan facing his father, Tang Hao, who had tested Li Xuan with his full Title Douluo aura.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Li Xuan had endured the pressure without changing expression or using his martial spirit, and advised him to prepare to regard Li Xuan as an opponent.

Tang Hao warned Tang San to investigate Li Xuan cautiously, while Li Xuan planned to pursue criminals and eventually claim Tang San’s Man Faced Demon Spider. After enjoying Li Xuan’s seasoning at lunch, Ning Rongrong secretly sent her father a letter urging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to recruit him.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to test whether Li Xuan belonged to the Divine Calculation Sect and to treat him with caution if he did.
• Li Xuan planned to register as a Bounty Hunter and hunt criminals for Soul Imprints, while waiting for a chance to defeat Tang San and claim the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Li Xuan gave Ning Rongrong and the others bottles of his special seasoning, and Ning Rongrong was impressed by how much it improved her cooking.
• Ning Rongrong secretly wrote a letter praising Li Xuan and asked Seventh Sister to deliver it directly to her father.
• Ning Rongrong hoped the sect would recruit Li Xuan and privately considered how well he suited her future husband requirements.

Li Xuan traveled to Suotuo City with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, who continued urging him to join her sect. At the Bounty Hunter Guild, the women’s beauty and Li Xuan’s apparent good fortune left the bounty hunters envious.

• Li Xuan explained to Ning Rongrong that the Little Red Horse was an intelligent Exotic Beast that remembered routes and understood maps.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San encouraged Oscar to pursue Ning Rongrong, and Oscar resolved to confess to her.
• Li Xuan arrived in Suotuo City and brought the three girls into the Bounty Hunter Guild.
• The bounty hunters envied Li Xuan for having three beautiful companions, while the blue-haired young man and Brother Zhao complained about the unfairness of his love life.

Li Xuan registered as a bounty hunter in Suotuo City, where the City Lord treated him with great deference. He accepted a mission to hunt the formidable Slaughterer and asked the guild steward for the target’s information and location.

• Li Xuan registered himself and Zhu Zhuqing and the others as bounty hunters, while Dugu Yan offered him three Purple Cards worth three hundred thousand gold coins.
• The City Lord of Suotuo City arrived and respectfully greeted Li Xuan, who recognized him as a subordinate of the Second Prince of Barak and dismissed his offer to host him.
• Li Xuan took the girls to a private room to accept high-level missions, leaving the bounty hunters stunned by the City Lord’s deference.
• The female steward warned Li Xuan that the Slaughterer had killed seven experts above level forty, but Li Xuan insisted on taking the mission and asked for the target’s information and location.

Li Xuan set out with Ning Rongrong and the others to hunt the Level 51 Slaughterer, but revealed that he had a thirty-thousand-year Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle pet. After sending Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to help Qin Yue, he secretly sent two more eagles to protect them and continued toward the mission.

• Li Xuan accepted the dangerous mission to capture The Slaughterer and departed for Karl Village with his companions.
• Li Xuan's Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle, Little Gold, arrived, astonishing Ning Rongrong with its power and obedience to him.
• After reading a letter about Qin Yue and the others encountering trouble, Li Xuan sent Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to assist them.
• Li Xuan gave Zhu Zhuqing a Soul Guidance Cannon and a ring of dangerous items to protect herself.
• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing flew away on Little Gold, and Li Xuan signaled two more Purple-Eyed Golden Eagles to follow and guard them.
• Li Xuan returned to the carriage to continue the mission, while Ning Rongrong asked whether he had just given the eagles an order.

Li Xuan slept on Ning Rongrong’s lap during the carriage ride to Karl Village, while she grew more fond of him. After the Bounty Guild learned he had accepted a mission against a powerful bandit village, its Guild Master sent hunters and soldiers to rescue him, but Li Xuan reached the village with Ning Rongrong and hinted at another of his many spirit beast pets.

• Li Xuan rested his head on Ning Rongrong’s thighs, and she quietly watched over him as the carriage traveled toward Karl Village.
• The Guild Master learned that Li Xuan had taken the mission to eliminate The Slaughterer and urgently summoned bounty hunters and city guards to rescue him from Karl Village.
• Numerous experts and soldiers left Suotuo City for Karl Village while Li Xuan slept in the carriage beside Ning Rongrong.
• Li Xuan woke near Karl Village and told Ning Rongrong she could wait in the carriage, but she insisted on accompanying him.
• Li Xuan told Ning Rongrong that he had many little pets and waved his hand to show her another one.

Li Xuan took Ning Rongrong to a stronghold aboard an eighty-thousand-year mutated Great Stone Man, then returned after completing his mission and stored the Spirit Beast in his Natural Space. As they resumed their journey, Li Xuan rested his head on Ning Rongrong’s legs and redirected the carriage toward Shrek Academy.

• The Great Stone Man bowed to Li Xuan, carried him and Ning Rongrong to a stronghold, and revealed that it was an eighty-thousand-year mutated Spirit Beast.
• Li Xuan warned Ning Rongrong to keep the Great Stone Man secret, then vanished while she waited on its shoulder.
• Ning Rongrong worried about Li Xuan when she smelled blood, and the Great Stone Man insisted on calling her Madam because it believed she was Li Xuan’s woman.
• Li Xuan returned after completing his mission, brought Ning Rongrong back to the carriage, and stored the Great Stone Man in his Natural Space.
• Li Xuan rested his head on Ning Rongrong’s legs and activated Soul Power, turning Little Red Horse away from Suotuo City and toward Shrek Academy.

Li Xuan left Karl Village after killing the Slaughterer, the village chief, and every bandit, while Ning Rongrong let him rest against her on the carriage. The City Lord and Guild Master found the bodies and confirmed Li Xuan had completed the mission, but the City Lord suddenly sensed something was wrong as they headed out.

• Li Xuan asked Ning Rongrong to wash his clothes as another condition for revealing his secret, then fell asleep with his head on her legs while she allowed him to stay close.
• The City Lord and Guild Master hurried to Karl Village to rescue Li Xuan, worried that the dangerous mission had put him in grave danger.
• The rescuers found every bandit, the Slaughterer, and the village chief dead from a single sword strike to the throat.
• The City Lord and Guild Master found Li Xuan's letter and mission token, learning that he had completed the mission and wanted the reward delivered to Shrek Academy.
• As the City Lord and Guild Master approached the village's front entrance, the City Lord stopped and said something was very wrong.

Li Xuan and Ning Rongrong traveled toward Shrek Academy through heavy rain, sharing a blanket in the carriage and falling asleep together. The next morning, Ning Rongrong discovered she had drooled on Li Xuan’s clothes, and he woke while she tried to wipe it away.

• The City Lord and Guild Master concluded that Li Xuan had extraordinary scouting abilities after he left them a letter, then hurried away as torrential rain began.
• Ning Rongrong worried that the rain would harm Little Red Horse, and Li Xuan reassured her while teasing her about its reward.
• As the carriage grew cold, Li Xuan covered himself and Ning Rongrong with a blanket and rested his head on her shoulder.
• Ning Rongrong eventually fell asleep beside Li Xuan and woke the next morning in his arms, with drool on his clothes.
• Ning Rongrong tried to wipe the drool from Li Xuan’s chest, but he opened his eyes and saw it, leaving her mortified.

Ning Rongrong returned to Li Xuan’s villa, accepted his request to eat there and wash his clothes, and went back to the academy happily doing his laundry. Oscar reached level thirty and tried to impress her, but her indifferent reaction left him heartbroken when he recognized Li Xuan’s clothes.

• Li Xuan asked Ning Rongrong to come to his villa for meals and keep washing his clothes, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Ning Rongrong returned to her courtyard and happily washed Li Xuan’s clothes.
• Oscar and Tang San broke through to level thirty, and Oscar resolved to surpass Li Xuan and win Ning Rongrong’s affection.
• Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun visited Ning Rongrong, but she reacted calmly to Oscar’s breakthrough.
• Oscar recognized the gold-trimmed clothes Ning Rongrong was washing as Li Xuan’s and asked her about them in disbelief.

Ning Rongrong defended Li Xuan, wrote to her sect praising him, and revealed her feelings for him in her letters. Three days later, Ning Fengzhi showed the letters to Sword Douluo, who prepared to judge whether Li Xuan was worthy of Rongrong.

• Ning Rongrong defended Li Xuan when Oscar criticized him and warned Oscar not to speak ill of him again.
• Oscar vented his jealousy to Tang San and Ma Hongjun, then resolved to win Ning Rongrong over with sincere care while Tang San offered to teach him hidden weapons.
• After washing Li Xuan's clothes, Ning Rongrong sent a letter to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect praising him and urging the sect to recruit him.
• Three days later, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo read Rongrong's letters, and Sword Douluo arrived to hear about the person she liked.
• Ning Fengzhi handed the letters to Sword Douluo, who said he would not approve of Li Xuan if his strength was inadequate.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo traveled to Shrek Academy to secretly assess Li Xuan and ensure Ning Rongrong was not being deceived. After watching Rongrong feed Li Xuan an orange, they saw Oscar demonstrate hidden weapons, and Li Xuan dismissed Oscar's skill as unimpressive before preparing five silver coins.

• Sword Douluo read Ning Rongrong's letters and was astonished by Li Xuan's strength, Soul Tool crafting, spirit beasts, and other abilities.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo discussed Rongrong's apparent crush on Li Xuan and agreed to investigate him, with Bone Douluo remaining to guard the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy and secretly watched Ning Rongrong peel an orange for Li Xuan.
• Oscar demonstrated his hidden-weapon technique to Li Xuan, and Tang San challenged Li Xuan after he criticized its potential.
• Li Xuan called Oscar's four days of practice unimpressive, ate an orange Rongrong offered him, and took five silver coins from his Space Ring.