Recaps

Zhao Ming helped Dugu Yan break through to level thirty-five, and Dugu Bo revealed that he and his granddaughter were suffering from inherited Snake Venom. Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan she had been promised as Zhao Ming’s maid in exchange for a cure, leaving her to accept the arrangement so they could both survive.

• Zhao Ming used the Demonic Eye Demon Tree Branch’s poisonous energy to help Dugu Yan break through to level thirty-five.
• Dugu Bo introduced Zhao Ming and Zi Ji to Dugu Yan, then explained that Zhao Ming was level forty-three and Zi Ji could rival a level ninety-seven Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Snake Venom had poisoned them both and had caused her father’s early death.
• Dugu Bo assured Dugu Yan that Zhao Ming had come to cure them, then claimed he had promised her as Zhao Ming’s maid in return.
• Dugu Yan agreed to become Zhao Ming’s maid after he cured their poison, while Dugu Bo concealed that he had invented the promise.

Zhao Ming wondered whether he could return to Earth, then spoke with Dugu Yan about the terms of her service as his maid. He agreed to make her his maid for only one month and promised not to behave improperly toward her.

• Zhao Ming asked the system whether he could return to Earth, and the system said he would need strength to shatter the void.
• Dugu Yan thanked Zhao Ming for helping her cultivation and nervously asked to serve as his maid without being expected to do anything improper.
• Zhao Ming agreed that Dugu Yan would serve as his maid for one month and promised to leave her alone.
• Zhao Ming required Dugu Yan to avoid romantic involvement with other men during that month, and she happily agreed.
• Dugu Yan left for the night, relieved that she could reunite with Yu Tianheng after her month of service.

Dugu Yan began serving Zhao Ming as his personal maid, helping him dress and agreeing to take care of his clothes. She left to wash his laundry after he threatened to punish her if it was not clean.

• Dugu Yan woke Zhao Ming and explained that senior students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had few regular classes.
• Zhao Ming dismissed the idea of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, claiming its headmaster was no match for him.
• Dugu Yan helped Zhao Ming get dressed, then went to tidy his room and wash his clothes.
• Dugu Yan protested when she found Zhao Ming's underwear, but he insisted that washing it was part of her duties as his maid.
• Zhao Ming threatened to spank Dugu Yan and create rules for managing her, so she left with his clothes to wash them.

Zhao Ming reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Zi Ji and Dugu Bo, then used its herbs to strengthen his body and ice-fire powers. He began considering whether Ice Empress and Snow Empress could help him balance his Undying Flame.

• Zhao Ming, Zi Ji, and Dugu Bo arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, where Zhao Ming admired its divided icy and fiery waters and the surrounding herbs.
• Dugu Bo offered Zhao Ming the medicinal herbs and left him to stay at the well while he worked on curing Dugu Bo's poison.
• Zhao Ming stopped Little Dragon Girl from eating a herb and told Zi Ji to guard her while he examined the plants.
• Zhao Ming cut down and swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then entered the well as their energies transformed and strengthened his body.
• Zhao Ming released a powerful blast of ice and fire that bored holes into the cliff, then considered absorbing Ice Empress and Snow Empress's Soul Rings to balance his ultimate energies.

Zhao Ming collected the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s rare medicinal herbs and let Little Dragon Girl eat the ones he did not plan to use. After she consumed the last herb, the system announced that she was evolving and would be able to speak normally afterward.

• Zhao Ming used the system to identify and gather the medicinal herbs, planning to give selected treasures to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and others.
• Zhao Ming told Little Dragon Girl to eat the remaining herbs while leaving their roots intact, and she grew larger as she devoured them.
• Zhao Ming reassured Zi Ji that he would help her and the Soul Beast Clan, then spent the afternoon resting in her arms.
• Little Dragon Girl ate the remaining herbs, grew from two meters to three meters, and then fell asleep in Zi Ji's arms.
• The system announced that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was evolving from the early to the middle phase of the Infant Stage and would be able to speak normally afterward.

Zhao Ming explained how Dugu Bo could contain the poison in his body and gave him antidotes before Dugu Bo went into seclusion to try the treatment. He then gave Dugu Yan a Spirit Bone so he could cure her poison, leaving her touched and willing to offer herself to him, though he refused while she still cared for Yu Tianheng.

• Zhao Ming told Dugu Bo to force his poison into a Spirit Bone and gave him antidotes made with Zhao Ming's blood.
• Dugu Bo asked about Dugu Yan's condition, then instructed her to attend to Zhao Ming while he went into seclusion.
• Zhao Ming teased Dugu Yan about not washing his clothes, and she accepted a symbolic spanking for failing to finish the task.
• Zhao Ming explained that Dugu Yan needed a Spirit Bone to contain her poison and gave her a jade-green one.
• Dugu Yan offered herself to Zhao Ming out of gratitude, but Zhao Ming declined while she still had feelings for Yu Tianheng.

Dugu Yan absorbed Zhao Ming's Spirit Bone, advanced to level thirty-six, and felt increasingly indebted to him. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng heard rumors that Dugu Yan was spending time with another man and decided to investigate, determined to keep her for himself.

• Dugu Yan absorbed Zhao Ming's Spirit Bone and broke through to level thirty-six.
• Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan he would help move the poison in her body into the Spirit Bone, and she thanked him before he left.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Dugu Yan had missed training and heard rumors that she was with another young man.
• Yu Tianheng decided to find out what Dugu Yan was doing and vowed not to let anyone take her from him.

Zhao Ming finished removing Dugu Yan’s poison, and she began serving as his maid under their agreement. Yu Tianheng found them together, misunderstood the treatment, and attacked Zhao Ming, who overpowered him before Dugu Yan asked him to stop.

• Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan that her poison was gone and reminded her to call him young master during her month as his maid.
• Yu Tianheng overheard sounds in Dugu Yan’s bedchamber, kicked open the door, and assumed she had been intimate with Zhao Ming.
• Dugu Yan tried to explain that Zhao Ming had been treating her illness, but Yu Tianheng accused her of cheating on him.
• Zhao Ming embraced Dugu Yan and declared that she was his woman, provoking Yu Tianheng to attack him.
• Zhao Ming sent Yu Tianheng crashing into a wall and suppressed him with his aura until Dugu Yan begged Zhao Ming to let him go.

Yu Tianheng misunderstood Zhao Ming detoxifying Dugu Yan and left, convinced she had betrayed him, while Dugu Yan was hurt by his accusations. Zhao Ming comforted her and privately admitted he had orchestrated the encounter to drive them apart, leaving him intent on claiming her for himself.

• Dugu Yan checked on Yu Tianheng, who assumed she had been unfaithful with Zhao Ming and walked away in despair.
• Yu Tianheng waited outside for Dugu Yan to follow and explain, but she did not come, so he left heartbroken.
• Zhao Ming comforted Dugu Yan, who blamed herself for the misunderstanding and chose not to pursue Yu Tianheng.
• Zhao Ming urged Dugu Yan to explain things to Yu Tianheng later, though he knew he had arranged the encounter and intended to make their relationship deteriorate.
• Dugu Yan went to tidy Zhao Ming's room, while he watched her leave and resolved to take her for himself.

Zhao Ming headed to Blue Tyrant Academy to confront Tang San after six years apart. Tang San, confident in his new strength and his father’s protection, was startled when Zhao Ming appeared before him.

• After removing Dugu Yan’s poison, Zhao Ming decided to visit Blue Tyrant Academy and seek out Tang San.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San easily defeated a Soul Elder during combat class and drew the admiration of the students.
• Tang San reflected on his hatred of Zhao Ming, his longing for Xiao Wu, and his belief that his level-thirty-five cultivation and Tang Hao’s protection would let him defeat Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming called Tang San by the teasing name “Tang Dou Dou,” and Tang San trembled before turning to face him with hatred.

Tang San confronted Zhao Ming at Blue Tyrant Academy, convinced that his level-thirty-five cultivation would let him defeat him and reclaim Xiao Wu. Zhao Ming challenged Tang San to withstand three moves to learn about Xiao Wu, and Tang San prepared to fight.

• Tang San recognized Zhao Ming and, reassured by his own strength and Hidden Weapons, threatened to kill him and take Xiao Wu back.
• Zhao Ming mocked Tang San about their past and his girlfriend Ruhua, while Tang San privately resolved to leave her once he reclaimed Xiao Wu.
• Tang San demanded to know where Xiao Wu was, and Zhao Ming claimed her as his own and offered to answer if Tang San could withstand three moves.
• Blue Tyrant Academy's students and teachers reacted to the confrontation, but Tang San told the teachers to stay out of it.
• Tang San released his level-thirty-five Soul Power and declared that he would reclaim his past humiliations from Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming easily defeated Tang San and received a system mission to humiliate him, with rewards tied to Tang San’s negative emotions. After Zhao Ming continued to overpower and publicly shame Tang San, the academy’s teachers intervened.

• Tang San attacked Zhao Ming with Blue Silver Grass and Spider Web Restraint, but Zhao Ming burned away the grass and kicked him aside.
• The system gave Zhao Ming a mission to humiliate Tang San and revealed a progress bar measuring Tang San’s negative emotions.
• Tang San tried to fight Zhao Ming with Tang Sect techniques, but Zhao Ming repeatedly slapped him while taunting him over Xiao Wu.
• Tang San fired a Zhuge Crossbow at Zhao Ming, who dodged the bolts and kicked Tang San hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Several Blue Tyrant Academy teachers called for Zhao Ming to stop.

Zhao Ming defeated Tang San and overpowered three Blue Tyrant Academy teachers who tried to stop him. Liu Erlong arrived, and Zhao Ming received a mission to win her over, leaving him intent on pursuing her.

• Zhao Ming dismissed Tang San as a genius because of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and easily defeated him.
• Three Blue Tyrant Academy teachers attacked Zhao Ming, but he struck them down and made them mistake him for a Soul Emperor.
• The teachers apologized to Zhao Ming, while the students began distancing themselves from Tang San.
• Liu Erlong arrived, and Zhao Ming admired her beauty.
• Zhao Ming received a mission to win Liu Erlong over, with a Simulation Cloak as the reward, and decided to pursue her.

Zhao Ming defended his attack on Tang San by accusing him of coveting Xiao Wu and trying to disrupt their relationship. Liu Erlong demanded proof, leaving Tang San facing public suspicion at Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Liu Erlong found Tang San injured and asked Zhao Ming why he had attacked him.
• Zhao Ming and Tang San confirmed that they were about the same age, shocking Liu Erlong and the Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Liu Erlong challenged Zhao Ming’s conduct, while Zhao Ming accused her of judging the dispute unfairly by trusting Tang San without hearing him out.
• Zhao Ming claimed Tang San had improper intentions toward Xiao Wu and that he had attacked him after hearing him voice filthy thoughts about her.
• Liu Erlong asked Zhao Ming what proof he had, as the surrounding students began piecing together his accusation against Tang San.

Zhao Ming turned Tang San’s accusations against him, convincing Blue Tyrant Academy’s students and Liu Erlong that Tang San had pursued Xiao Wu and tried to disrupt Zhao Ming’s relationship. Liu Erlong led Zhao Ming away to discuss the matter privately while Tang San was left to recover.

• Tang San angrily denied Zhao Ming’s claim that he was trying to ruin Zhao Ming and Xiao Wu’s relationship.
• Zhao Ming prompted the students to recall Tang San’s argument about Xiao Wu, and the crowd began to scorn Tang San and sympathize with Zhao Ming.
• Liu Erlong questioned Li Zhan, who confirmed hearing Tang San and Zhao Ming argue over Xiao Wu.
• Tang San pleaded with Liu Erlong to believe that Zhao Ming was slandering him, but Zhao Ming insisted Xiao Wu had always loved him.
• Zhao Ming offered to let Liu Erlong investigate at Nuoding Academy, and she led him away to speak privately while Li Zhan took Tang San to get medicine and rest.

Zhao Ming visited Liu Erlong’s secluded residence, explained his conflict with Tang San, and turned down her offer to join Blue Tyrant Academy because he already belonged to Shrek Academy. Liu Erlong recognized him as Flender’s student and stopped him as he left to ask about his bleeding hand.

• Liu Erlong led Zhao Ming to her cottage by the lake and promised to handle Tang San’s plans to interfere with Zhao Ming and Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Ming explained that Tang San had pursued Xiao Wu before and said he had lost his temper after finding Tang San still obsessed with her.
• Liu Erlong invited Zhao Ming to join Blue Tyrant Academy, and Zhao Ming teased her by saying the girl he liked was right in front of him.
• Zhao Ming declined the invitation, revealing that he had already joined Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong recognized Zhao Ming as Flender’s student, then noticed his wound and asked how he had injured his hand.

Liu Erlong discovered that Tang San had poisoned Zhao Ming with a Zhuge Crossbow, then treated his wound and gave him medicinal powder. After Zhao Ming left, Liu Erlong looked forward to seeing him again when Flender brought Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Liu Erlong stopped Zhao Ming from leaving and found the poisoned crossbow bolt lodged against his arm.
• Liu Erlong realized Tang San had tried to kill Zhao Ming, but Zhao Ming said his body resisted ordinary poison and asked her not to blame Tang San too harshly.
• Liu Erlong brought Zhao Ming to her room, called him to address her as Aunt Liu, and treated his wound with crushed leaves and a bandage.
• Liu Erlong gave Zhao Ming medicinal powder, and he left without lingering.
• Liu Erlong watched Zhao Ming go and revealed that she and Flender had agreed that Shrek Academy would soon move to Blue Tyrant Academy, which she would hand over to him.

Zhao Ming comforted Zi Ji after she saw his injury, forbidding her from risking her life to protect him and ordering her not to attack Tang San. The two went to Zhao Ming’s room together, where Dugu Yan later arrived with his clean clothes and realized what they were doing.

• Zi Ji noticed Zhao Ming’s bandaged arm and vowed to kill whoever had hurt him, but Zhao Ming told her not to use her life-costing trump cards.
• Zhao Ming told Zi Ji not to attack Tang San because Tang San was important to his plans, and Zi Ji agreed to obey him.
• Zhao Ming took Zi Ji to his room, and they began an intimate encounter.
• Dugu Yan came to deliver Zhao Ming’s washed clothes, heard them inside, and left the clothes on a stone table before hurrying away.

Zhao Ming spent the morning caring for Zi Ji, then asked Dugu Yan to massage him in her room. As Dugu Yan tended to him, Zhao Ming relaxed and fell asleep.

• Zhao Ming tucked the blanket around the tired Zi Ji and told her to call him her husband when they were alone.
• Dugu Yan sat outside her bedroom, troubled by Yu Tianheng's misunderstanding and embarrassed by what she had heard the previous night.
• Zhao Ming teased Dugu Yan about the clothes she had washed and asked her to give him a massage.
• Zhao Ming lay on Dugu Yan's bed, guided her through massaging his back and feet, and fell asleep.

Dugu Yan woke beside Zhao Ming and feared he had taken her chastity, but learned he had only held her while they slept. Zhao Ming then offered to defend her from gossip at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan agreed to go with him.

• Dugu Yan fell asleep beside Zhao Ming after massaging him, and later woke with him holding her and kissing her shoulder.
• Dugu Yan bit Zhao Ming and accused him of taking her chastity, but he explained that he had only held her while they slept.
• Dugu Yan realized her clothes were intact and that she had misunderstood what happened.
• Zhao Ming teased Dugu Yan about resting on his bed, then apologized and offered to take responsibility if she wanted.
• Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan he would confront the people spreading rumors about her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she agreed to go.

Zhao Ming accompanied Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where students were spreading vicious rumors about her. After Dugu Yan confronted several of them, Zhao Ming burned them to ashes and resolved to find whoever had started the rumors.

• Zhao Ming and Dugu Yan heard students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy gossiping that she had cheated on Yu Tianheng and slept with Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming suspected someone had deliberately spread the rumors, then confronted students who were insulting Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan kicked the students and summoned her Martial Soul to poison them while Zhao Ming's aura forced them to their knees.
• Zhao Ming burned the students to ashes after Dugu Yan had vented her anger, and Dugu Yan worried that killing them would bring serious consequences.
• Zhao Ming assured Dugu Yan that the academy could not cause him trouble and wondered who had started the rumors.

Zhao Ming took Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Academic Affairs Office to demand an investigation into the rumors about her, but the three Education Committee Chairmen focused on punishing him for killing four students. Zi Ji arrived to shield Zhao Ming from the chairmen, leaving her identity and power under scrutiny.

• Zhao Ming took Dugu Yan by the hand and brought her to the Academic Affairs Office, threatening consequences if the truth was not uncovered.
• Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee Chairmen learned that four students had been killed and ordered Zhao Ming arrested, while Meng Shenji also questioned why Dugu Yan’s rumors had gone unreported.
• Zhao Ming admitted killing the students and said they had bullied Dugu Yan, dismissing the consequences and the chairmen as insignificant.
• Zhi Lin released Soul Pressure toward Zhao Ming, but Zi Ji appeared and blocked it before it could reach him.
• Zi Ji told Zhao Ming she had secretly followed him because she feared he might be hurt, then refused to tell the chairmen her name.

Zi Ji overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee’s three Soul Douluo after Zhi Lin attacked her, while Zhao Ming reassured Dugu Yan that she could grow stronger with his help. The three chairmen remained suppressed, and Zhao Ming teased Dugu Yan about serving as his maid for life.

• Zhi Lin unleashed his Soul Douluo pressure at Zi Ji, but she injured him with a sweep of purple-black energy.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin summoned their Martial Souls and joined forces against Zi Ji.
• Zhao Ming comforted Dugu Yan and said Zi Ji was more than a match for the three chairmen.
• Zi Ji revealed her aura as a 270,000-year Fierce Beast and subdued the three Soul Douluo with her presence.
• Dugu Yan admired Zi Ji’s strength, and Zhao Ming offered to help improve her cultivation before joking that she should remain his maid for life.

Zhao Ming defended Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and forced the Education Committee Chairmen to submit. He gave them three hours to find the person who spread rumors about her, or they would die.

• Dugu Yan told Zhao Ming that she was not worth his efforts, while she privately reflected on her growing feelings for him and her relationship with Yu Tianheng.
• Zi Ji defeated Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, leaving the three Education Committee Chairmen badly injured.
• The chairmen apologized to Zhao Ming, and he spared them because Dugu Yan asked him to.
• Zhao Ming demanded that the chairmen find whoever spread the rumors about Dugu Yan within three hours, threatening to kill them if they failed.

Zhao Ming ordered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee to identify who had spread rumors about Dugu Yan, giving them three hours and threatening them with ruthless consequences. The investigation narrowed the suspects to people connected to Dugu Yan, and Zhao Ming began reading their names in a booklet.

• Zhao Ming gave Meng Shenji three hours to uncover who had spread rumors about Dugu Yan, and Meng Shenji agreed to investigate.
• Jin Lili revealed that she had spread the rumors to break up Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, hoping to become Yu Tianheng's partner and secure her unborn child's future.
• Jin Lili reassured her accomplice that they would be safe, while the girl feared the academy would discover their role in the deaths.
• Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee Chairmen organized teachers and students to investigate, recording people connected to Dugu Yan and examining Yu Tianheng's relationship with her.
• After two hours, Meng Shenji gave Zhao Ming a booklet of suspects, and Zhao Ming began reviewing it, starting with Ye Lingling.