Recaps

Zhao Ming exposed Ruhua’s true appearance while she was kissing Tang San, revealing her to be an eighty-ninth-rank Evil Soul Master. Tang San broke down as the students mocked him, and the chapter ended with Ruhua preparing to attack Zhao Ming.

• The system revealed Ruhua’s aged, ugly appearance as she kissed Tang San, shocking the onlookers.
• Tang San recoiled in horror and refused to believe that the old crone was Ruhua, while Ruhua recognized that her disguise had been exposed.
• The students ridiculed Tang San and praised Zhao Ming, who denied setting him up and said he had helped reveal Ruhua’s true face.
• Ruhua identified Zhao Ming as the one who had noticed her condition, and Zhao Ming revealed that she was an eighty-ninth-rank Evil Soul Master with a Succubus Martial Soul.
• Ruhua unleashed her evil energy, summoned her eight Soul Rings, and threatened to drain Zhao Ming’s vital essence.

Zhao Ming confronted Ruhua, an eighty-ninth-level Evil Soul Master who had infiltrated Shrek Academy to prey on Tang San, and overwhelmed her with his strength. As the academy’s students knelt in admiration, Zhao Ming launched a deadly volley of black flame sword arrows at Ruhua.

• Zhao Ming revealed Ruhua’s identity and explained that she had been absorbing Tang San’s essence to strengthen herself.
• Ruhua summoned hundreds of Nether Ghost Shadows, but Zhao Ming shattered them with a sword strike empowered by Ning Rongrong.
• The Shrek students and teachers watched Zhao Ming’s power in awe, while Tang San despaired and the students rebuked him for resenting Zhao Ming.
• Ruhua struggled against Zhao Ming as her aged body weakened, and Zhao Ming unleashed countless Black Flame Sword Arrows toward her.

Zhao Ming defeated Ruhua after she drained Tang San’s vital essence, and Zi Ji stopped her from escaping. Before dying, Ruhua returned the energy she had taken to Tang San, leaving him in her arms as her life ended.

• Ruhua siphoned Tang San’s vital essence to strengthen herself, but Zhao Ming wounded her with his Black Flame Swords.
• Ruhua used a secret technique to flee and threatened to take revenge on Zhao Ming’s women, but Zi Ji blocked her escape.
• Zhao Ming refused to spare Ruhua, and she asked to see Tang San one last time.
• Ruhua apologized to Tang San and returned the vital essence and energy she had absorbed, raising his cultivation to the Soul Ancestor realm.
• Ruhua died in Tang San’s arms, while Tang San showed no affection for her.

Tang San grieved over Ruhua’s death and regretted how he had treated her, while Zhao Ming dismissed the danger she had posed and comforted Ning Rongrong and Oscar. The Shrek students left the square, and Oscar planned to recover from his injuries and the damage to his Spirit Bone.

• Tang San held Ruhua and wept, blaming himself for her death and wishing she would wake up.
• Ning Rongrong and the others mourned Ruhua, while Zhao Ming reflected that Tang San deserved to live with his regret and that he had been prepared to kill Ruhua to protect his companions.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhao Ming about Zi Ji, and Zhao Ming admitted their relationship before teasing Rongrong.
• Zhao Ming ordered the Shrek Academy students to leave and keep quiet about what had happened.
• Zhao Ming checked on Oscar, who said Tang San had damaged his Big Green Hat but that the Spirit Bone had protected him and seemed stronger as his hair grew greener.

After Zhao Ming displayed his strength, he spoke privately with Liu Erlong and made clear that he wanted to be with her. Liu Erlong accepted his invitation to go out, though she blushed and fled to change clothes in the wrong direction.

• Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers praised Zhao Ming's strength, while Liu Erlong felt happy and resolved to cultivate harder so she could stay by his side.
• Zhao Ming asked Liu Erlong to spend the day with him, and she agreed, anticipating what he wanted to tell her.
• As they walked through the academy woods, Zhao Ming held Liu Erlong's hand despite her embarrassment and told her he would help her cultivate.
• Zhao Ming told Liu Erlong that their relationship was whatever she wanted it to be, then invited her to go for a walk outside the academy.
• Liu Erlong went to change clothes but walked in the wrong direction, and Zhao Ming pointed it out.

Liu Erlong accepted Zhao Ming’s proposal to become his woman despite their age difference, and the two left Shrek Academy together. Flender saw them depart, wished Liu Erlong happiness, and began to let go of his hopes for her.

• Liu Erlong dressed in a black dress and pantyhose before joining Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming embraced Liu Erlong and asked her to be his woman, and she agreed despite worrying about their age difference.
• Zhao Ming carried Liu Erlong into the air after she asked him to take her for a walk outside the academy.
• Zhao Ming spotted Flender hiding by a tree and kept Liu Erlong’s eyes closed so she would not see him.
• Flender wished Liu Erlong happiness, accepted that she would not be his, and walked away in tears.

Zhao Ming and Liu Erlong confessed their feelings and agreed that he would give her the status of a wife, despite her concerns about Xiao Wu and the others. They spent the day alone in a secluded meadow, where Zhao Ming explained his desire to be Yin Zhiping and the chapter ended after they became intimate.

• Zhao Ming flew with Liu Erlong above Heaven Dou City and teased her while holding her in the air.
• Liu Erlong asked to keep their relationship private, but Zhao Ming promised to be honest with Xiao Wu and the others and make her his wife.
• Zhao Ming and Liu Erlong kissed in midair before he carried her down to a secluded meadow outside Heaven Dou City.
• As they walked through the meadow, Zhao Ming said he wanted to be Yin Zhiping and explained what he meant to Liu Erlong.
• Zhao Ming covered Liu Erlong's eyes with a ribbon, and the two spent the day together intimately.

Zhao Ming spent the day with Liu Erlong, who accepted him as her husband, then carried her back to Shrek Academy to humiliate Yu Xiaogang. At a fresh grave, Tang San blamed Zhao Ming for Ruhua’s death and vowed revenge, while Yu Xiaogang’s hatred deepened after seeing Liu Erlong with Zhao Ming.

• Zhao Ming and Liu Erlong spent the day together, and she shyly called him husband when they were alone.
• Tang San mourned Ruhua at her grave, blamed Zhao Ming for her death, and vowed to torture Zhao Ming and take revenge.
• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San, then saw Zhao Ming carrying Liu Erlong back to the academy and realized she had become Zhao Ming’s woman.
• Zhao Ming told Yu Xiaogang to stay away from Liu Erlong, kicked and stomped him, and warned that his suffering had only begun.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed Zhao Ming and regretted that he had never claimed Liu Erlong before Zhao Ming did.

After Liu Erlong spent the night with Zhao Ming, he received the Simulation Cloak and discussed their relationship and his ambition to unify the continent with her. He left her to rest and walked through Shrek Academy, where the students admired him.

• Zhao Ming received the Simulation Cloak for winning over Liu Erlong and tested its ability to imitate a Level 99 Titled Douluo's aura and conceal his Soul Power.
• Zhao Ming embraced Liu Erlong, and they discussed marriage, his plans to unify the continent, and her wish to become strong enough not to hold him back.
• Liu Erlong asked Zhao Ming to leave so the others would not suspect their relationship, and he promised to visit her again after she rested.
• Zhao Ming walked through Shrek Academy during outdoor cultivation, drawing the admiration of students and the attention of many girls.

Zhao Ming met Ye Tianxin, the Sect Master of the Nine Heart Begonia Sect, and she proposed that he marry her daughter, Ye Lingling. Zhao Ming agreed and arranged to meet Ye Lingling that evening, while Ye Tianxin assumed the match was settled.

• Zhao Ming dismissed the system’s teasing about adding Shrek Academy girls to his harem.
• Zhao Ming noticed Ye Tianxin and mistook her resemblance to Ye Lingling as a sign she might be Ye Lingling’s mother.
• Ye Tianxin revealed she had witnessed Zhao Ming defeat a Soul Douluo and hoped to secure his protection for the Nine Heart Begonia Sect.
• Ye Tianxin proposed that Zhao Ming marry Ye Lingling, and Zhao Ming agreed while asking what Ye Lingling thought.
• Zhao Ming arranged for Ye Tianxin to bring Ye Lingling to meet him that evening at a couples’ hotel.

Ye Lingling feared her mother would force her to marry someone else, since she believed Zhao Ming had forgotten her. Ye Tianxin revealed that Zhao Ming was the husband she had chosen, and learned that he was also the man Ye Lingling loved.

• Ye Lingling waited for Zhao Ming and worried that he had forgotten his promise to marry her.
• Ye Tianxin confronted Ye Lingling about loving someone and announced that the clan had chosen her a husband.
• Ye Lingling resisted the marriage at first, but Ye Tianxin explained that the Nine Heart Begonia Sect needed a powerful ally to survive.
• Ye Tianxin named Young Master Zhao Ming as Ye Lingling's intended husband, and Ye Lingling happily confirmed that she loved him.
• Ye Lingling told Ye Tianxin how she had met Zhao Ming, and Ye Tianxin welcomed the match as a promising future for the clan.

Ye Tianxin took Ye Lingling shopping at Tianyi Pavilion, where Lingling tried on fashionable clothes and lingerie. After staff gave them special treatment, Ye Tianxin realized the pavilion belonged to Zhao Ming, and Lingling looked forward to seeing him.

• Ye Tianxin helped Ye Lingling choose revealing clothes and lingerie at Tianyi Pavilion.
• The cashier gave Ye Tianxin a seventy-percent-off card, and she paid one hundred Gold Soul Coins for their purchases.
• Wang Sheng warned the security staff that Ye Lingling was Zhao Ming's woman and ordered them not to entertain improper thoughts about customers.
• Ye Lingling asked why the staff had treated them so respectfully, and Ye Tianxin explained that Tianyi Pavilion was Zhao Ming's property.
• Ye Tianxin teased Ye Lingling about their relationship with Zhao Ming, and Lingling planned to prepare herself before seeing him.

Zhao Ming celebrated his engagement to Ye Lingling with a romantic evening and invited her to transfer to Shrek Academy so they could be together and he could protect her. As they left, they encountered Xue Ke, who ran away in tears after seeing Zhao Ming with his fiancée.

• Zhao Ming welcomed Ye Lingling to a rose-filled room and told her he had arranged their marriage agreement with her aunt.
• Ye Lingling accepted Zhao Ming as her fiancé, and he urged her to transfer with Dugu Yan to Shrek Academy so he could watch over them.
• Zhao Ming and Ye Lingling shared an affectionate evening before he escorted her from the room.
• Xue Ke saw Zhao Ming and Ye Lingling together, accused him of hurting her, and ran away in tears.
• Zhao Ming told Ye Lingling that Xue Ke was an imperial princess and that they could not be together, then walked her toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Zhao Ming introduced Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to Xiao Wu and the others, and the women welcomed them as new sisters. As Zhao Ming left the academy entrance with them, Tang San secretly planned to use his Hidden Weapons and growing influence to kill him.

• Zhao Ming playfully spanked Ning Rongrong after she teased him, while Xiao Wu and the others watched.
• Zhao Ming told Xiao Wu and the others that Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan had joined Shrek Academy, then sensed them arriving at the entrance.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan waited at the academy gates as students recognized them and speculated that they had come to see Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming embraced Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, then introduced them to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others, who welcomed them warmly.
• Tang San watched Zhao Ming surrounded by the six girls and secretly resolved to finish his Hidden Weapons, subdue the remaining three great clans, and kill Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming left the entrance with the girls and calmly told Xiao Wu that he would deal with Tang San soon.

After months of waiting, Zhao Ming received confirmation that Tang San had completed the Hidden Weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Mo Tian also delivered an invitation to the sect’s grand ceremony, while Zhao Ming prepared to win over the Four Great Clans before Tang San could do so.

• Zhao Ming spent a peaceful sunset with Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan, who was massaging him, and learned that Mo Tian had come to see him.
• Mo Tian, now an elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reported that Tang San had delivered every Hidden Weapon he had been tasked with making.
• Zhao Ming teased Tang San about making more Hidden Weapons, but Tang San refused and hurried away, vowing to take revenge.
• Mo Tian gave Zhao Ming an invitation to the sect’s upcoming grand ceremony, and Zhao Ming agreed to attend.
• Zhao Ming decided it was time to subdue the Four Great Clans and anticipated Tang San’s reaction when he learned of Zhao Ming’s growing ties to Tang Yuehua.

Zhao Ming confessed to Tang Yuehua, and she accepted his feelings after he kissed her. He then asked for her help winning over the Four Great Clans, leaving her eager to support him.

• Zhao Ming visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and stopped her from overexerting herself in cultivation.
• Tang Yuehua performed a dance for Zhao Ming, who confessed that he liked her and asked her to become his woman.
• Zhao Ming kissed Tang Yuehua, and she stopped resisting and accepted their relationship.
• Zhao Ming asked Tang Yuehua to help him win over the Four Great Clans, and she agreed to support him.
• Zhao Ming left Tang Yuehua expecting to see her again, while she watched him go with a happy smile.

Zhao Ming and Tang Yuehua visited the Defense Clan in Longxing City to recruit them, and Zhao Ming used his simulated aura to make Chief Niu Gao accept him as Master. The Defense Clan agreed to serve Zhao Ming, who promised to protect them.

• Tang Yuehua brought Zhao Ming to the Defense Clan and introduced him to Chief Niu Gao as her fiancé.
• Tang Yuehua apologized for the Clear Sky Sect’s treatment of the Four Great Clans and asked Niu Gao to join Zhao Ming’s faction.
• Niu Gao challenged Zhao Ming to prove his strength before he would acknowledge him as Master.
• Zhao Ming released a simulated Level 99 Titled Douluo aura, terrifying Niu Gao into submitting.
• Niu Gao pledged the Defense Clan’s loyalty, and Zhao Ming assured him he would not hold the challenge against him.

Zhao Ming revealed to Niu Gao that his cultivation was only at level 48, despite possessing strength comparable to a Titled Douluo, and asked him to summon the other major clans. After spending several days with Tang Yuehua, Zhao Ming left their room to meet the arriving clan leaders.

• Zhao Ming told Niu Gao his cultivation was level 48 and asked him to notify the other major clans.
• Niu Gao agreed to summon the clan leaders, believing they would join Zhao Ming and unite the Four Great Clans.
• Tang Yuehua questioned Zhao Ming about his strength, and he explained that a treasure amplified the aura he displayed.
• Zhao Ming and Tang Yuehua stayed together for several days, cultivating and spending time in their room.
• Tang Yuehua urged Zhao Ming to meet the clan leaders expected that day, and he left her to handle their arrival.

Zhao Ming prepared to take control of the Four Great Clans and asked after Bai Chenxiang, while their younger members discussed his strength and loyalties. Tailong revealed his admiration for Senior Zhao Ming and hoped the Strength Clan would abandon Tang San, leaving the clans’ alliance unresolved.

• Niu Ben told Zhao Ming that the other three clan patriarchs were meeting with Niu Gao, and Zhao Ming decided to wait before joining them.
• Zhao Ming learned that Bai Chenxiang had arrived and went to meet the younger members gathered in the main hall.
• Niu Er warned Bai Chenxiang and Yang Feifei to show Zhao Ming respect, saying he expected Zhao Ming to become Master of all Four Great Clans.
• Tailong said he recognized Zhao Ming as Senior Zhao Ming, whom he admired, and explained that Tang San was his young master only because his grandfather insisted.
• After Tailong described Zhao Ming killing a powerful Evil Soul Master, Bai Chenxiang and the others were astonished, while Tailong said he hoped his grandfather would stop following Tang San.

Zhao Ming met Bai Chenxiang at the Niu family hall, where his attention and teasing flustered her. After Bai Chenxiang challenged him to a speed race, Zhao Ming won by flying with his wings and claimed her jade pendant, leaving her wondering how to explain its loss.

• Zhao Ming reassured Tailong that he would not blame him for the grudge with Tang San, then turned his attention to Bai Chenxiang.
• Zhao Ming praised Bai Chenxiang and teased her about whether he liked her, prompting her to challenge him to a race to the city gate.
• Bai Chenxiang set the rules, gave herself a five-minute head start, and wagered her jade pendant against Zhao Ming.
• Bai Chenxiang used her Sharp-tailed Swift Martial Soul to reach the city gate, but Zhao Ming flew there with his wings and took the other half of the pendant.
• Zhao Ming returned to the hall first and kept the pendant, while Bai Chenxiang worried about explaining its loss to her mother.

The Four Great Clans argued over whether to follow Tang San or acknowledge Zhao Ming, while Niu Gao revealed Zhao Ming’s connection to Tang Yuehua. The clans agreed to serve Tang Yuehua and Zhao Ming, and Niu Gao led them to meet their new Master.

• Titan named Tang San as the Clear Sky Sect’s heir, but Yang Wudi and Niu Gao condemned Tang Hao and the sect for abandoning the Four Great Clans.
• Bai He calmed the dispute and asked Niu Gao to explain why he had acknowledged Zhao Ming as his Master.
• Niu Gao shared information about Zhao Ming’s powerful allies, prompting Yang Wudi and Bai He to pledge their clans’ service.
• Niu Gao explained that serving Zhao Ming meant supporting Tang Yuehua, and revealed that Zhao Ming had helped her cultivate again and was her husband.
• Titan accepted the arrangement, cut the Strength Clan’s ties to Tang San, and agreed to serve Tang Yuehua and Zhao Ming.
• Niu Gao led the four patriarchs out of the council hall to meet Zhao Ming and then visit Tang Yuehua.

The patriarchs of the Four Great Clans swore loyalty to Zhao Ming, who accepted their submission and arranged for the clans to select talented young members. He kept Bai Chenxiang by his side as a maid for the next few days, leaving her confused and aggrieved about his intentions.

• Niu Gao, Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Titan knelt before Zhao Ming and pledged the Four Great Clans' loyalty.
• Niu Er, Yang Feifei, Tailong, and Bai Chenxiang also paid their respects, but Zhao Ming stopped Bai Chenxiang from kneeling.
• Yang Wudi offered to send Yang Xingxing to serve Zhao Ming, but Zhao Ming refused and said Bai Chenxiang was enough.
• Bai He agreed to have Bai Chenxiang attend Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming asked the clan patriarchs to inform their clans and select talented youths.
• In the garden, Zhao Ming told Bai Chenxiang he had used her as an excuse to reject Yang Wudi's offer, then ordered her to massage him as his maid.
• Bai Chenxiang massaged Zhao Ming through the morning and hurried away as soon as he let her leave.

Titan and Tailong apologized to Zhao Ming for supporting Tang San, and Zhao Ming reassured them that he would not blame Tang Yuehua. After the clans' submission strengthened Zhao Ming's forces, he learned Tang San would arrive in Longxing City in three days and planned to confront him at a Four Clans Assembly.

• Titan and Tailong knelt before Zhao Ming, apologized for opposing him, and asked him not to take out their mistakes on Tang Yuehua.
• Zhao Ming assured Titan that Tang Yuehua was precious to him, and Tang Yuehua confirmed that Zhao Ming treated her well.
• Titan and Tailong praised Zhao Ming and Tang Yuehua as a good match, then left them together.
• Zhao Ming reflected that the Four Great Clans had submitted to him, while Tang Yuehua promised to remain by his side.
• Zhao Ming learned that Tang San was heading to Longxing City and decided to hold a Four Clans Assembly in three days.

Tang San arrived in Longxing City intending to subdue the Defense and Speed Clans, but Zhao Ming thwarted his attempt to flirt with Bai Chenxiang. Zhao Ming and Bai Chenxiang headed to the Four Clans Assembly, where he planned to announce that he had become Master of all four clans.

• Tang San reached Longxing City and planned to subdue the Defense Clan and Speed Clan, believing his Twin Martial Souls and cultivation would make them submit.
• Tang San spotted Bai Chenxiang and tried to introduce himself, while privately imagining that he could claim her after taking control of the Speed Clan.
• Zhao Ming appeared, called Bai Chenxiang his maid, and pulled her into his arms; Bai Chenxiang stayed with him after realizing he was trying to save face before Tang San.
• Tang San left in anger, vowing that Bai Chenxiang would suffer once he subdued the Speed Clan.
• Zhao Ming released Bai Chenxiang, teased her with the promise of a reward, and led her toward the Defense Clan's square for the Four Clans Assembly.

Tang San infiltrated the Four Clans Assembly intending to take control of the clans, but discovered that Titan had already pledged them to a new Master. Niu Bi forced Tang San to kneel with the assembled clans as they awaited their Master’s arrival.

• Tang San disguised himself as a member of the Speed Clan and learned from Niu Bi that the Four Clans Assembly was taking place.
• Tang San imagined using the four clans to defeat Zhao Ming and thought about showing Bai Chenxiang off to him.
• The four clan patriarchs gathered on the platform, and Tang San noticed Titan’s cold, indifferent gaze.
• Titan announced that the Strength, Defense, Breaking, and Speed Clans would unite under a common Master, and the clans swore loyalty.
• Niu Bi dragged Tang San to his knees, and Tang San looked toward the front, wondering who had won the clans’ allegiance.