Chapter Summaries

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.

Zhao Ming found records claiming Yu Tianheng had been involved with another woman and fathered a child, then showed them to Dugu Yan. Devastated, Dugu Yan ended her relationship with Yu Tianheng and declared herself Zhao Ming’s maid.

• Zhao Ming found detailed records linking Yu Tianheng to Jin Lili and revealing that they had a child together.
• Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan about the records and handed her the booklet.
• Dugu Yan read the evidence, became furious with Yu Tianheng, and concluded that he had pursued her for her grandfather’s influence.
• Zhao Ming comforted Dugu Yan, who said she would have nothing more to do with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan declared that she would become Zhao Ming’s maid, and Zhao Ming welcomed her decision while privately imagining a future with her.

Zhao Ming summoned Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students to uncover who had spread rumors about Dugu Yan, then killed a student who challenged his threat. The frightened students accused Yu Tianheng, leaving him under suspicion while Ye Lingling watched.

• Zhao Ming inspected the assembled students, noticed Ye Lingling, and ordered them to bow to him.
• Zhao Ming said someone among them had spread rumors slandering Dugu Yan and threatened to kill everyone if the culprit was not found.
• When a noble student challenged him, Zhao Ming burned the student to ash with Black Flame.
• Zhao Ming offered a reward for clues, and Dugu Yan massaged his shoulders as he sat down.
• Several students accused Yu Tianheng of spreading the rumors and claimed he had resented Zhao Ming and Dugu Yan.

Zhao Ming confronted Yu Tianheng over rumors about Dugu Yan and learned that Yu Tianheng had been secretly involved with Jin Lili, who was pregnant with his child. After Yu Tianheng admitted the affair and accused Dugu Yan of cheating with Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming beat him and insisted that he and Dugu Yan had done nothing.

• Yu Tianheng denied wrongdoing and appealed to Meng Qianji, who refused to protect him.
• Students revealed that Yu Tianheng and Jin Lili had been involved behind Dugu Yan's back, and Jin Lili admitted she was pregnant with his child.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he had been with Jin Lili and looked to Dugu Yan for a reaction, but she kept her attention on Zhao Ming.
• Zhao Ming slapped Yu Tianheng and condemned him for cheating on Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng accused Dugu Yan of cheating with Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming denied that they had ever done anything together before striking him again.

Dugu Yan revealed that Zhao Ming had only detoxified her inherited poison, disproving Yu Tianheng’s accusations and exposing his own betrayal. She confirmed she was still a virgin and ended her relationship with Yu Tianheng, leaving him with no hope of reconciliation.

• Dugu Yan explained that Zhao Ming had detoxified the inherited Snake Venom threatening her life, and Ye Lingling confirmed she had noticed the poison in her body.
• Dugu Yan revealed her cultivation had risen to level thirty-six, convincing the students that she had not been unfaithful to Yu Tianheng.
• Ye Lingling and Yufeng apologized for doubting Dugu Yan, while Dugu Yan said the ordeal had shown her Yu Tianheng’s true character.
• Dugu Yan displayed her Cinnabar Mark as proof that she was still a virgin, and Yu Tianheng begged her to forgive him.
• Dugu Yan reminded Yu Tianheng that Jin Lili was carrying his child and declared that she had nothing more to do with him.

Zhao Ming exposed Jin Lili as the one who had spread rumors about Dugu Yan, while Yu Tianheng refused to protect her despite her pregnancy. Dugu Yan asked Zhao Ming to spare Jin Lili, and Yu Tianheng was left disgraced before everyone in the hall.

• Zhao Ming confronted Jin Lili, and Yu Tianheng showed no intention of saving her from his threat.
• Jin Lili confessed that she had tried to ruin Dugu Yan's reputation so Yu Tianheng would leave her and take Jin Lili as his partner.
• Dugu Yan asked Zhao Ming to spare the pregnant Jin Lili, and he agreed.
• Zhao Ming ordered Jin Lili to slap herself twenty times, while the onlookers scorned Yu Tianheng.

After Zhao Ming cleared Dugu Yan’s name at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he left with Zi Ji while Dugu Yan explained that she was his maid. The three Faculty Seats began considering whether Ye Lingling could be matched with Zhao Ming.

• Zhao Ming warned the academy not to spread rumors about Dugu Yan, and Meng Shenji promised to discipline the students.
• Zhao Ming left with Zi Ji, telling Dugu Yan she could stay behind to talk with her friends.
• Dugu Yan told her teammates that Zhao Ming had cured her poison and that she served as his maid.
• Dugu Yan suggested Ye Lingling was the only other student suited to serve Zhao Ming, but Ye Lingling objected.
• The three Faculty Seats considered visiting Ye Tianxin to arrange a match between Ye Lingling and Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while he left to handle other matters, promising to visit her again soon. Dugu Yan accepted the separation and vowed to remain his maid, while Zhao Ming remembered her dormitory number and thought about seeing Ye Lingling there.

• Zhao Ming told Dugu Yan to return to the academy and focus on cultivating while he left for a few days.
• Dugu Yan asked Zhao Ming to visit her at dormitory 534 if he could not find her at home, and he remembered that Ye Lingling shared the room.
• The next morning, Dugu Yan waited outside Zhao Ming's room after bathing and dressing for his departure.
• Zhao Ming praised Dugu Yan's appearance and promised to return to Heaven Dou City and visit her.
• Dugu Yan said she would belong to Zhao Ming from then on, and he held her close before leaving.

Zhao Ming returned to Shrek Academy after curing Dugu Bo and reunited with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran. He gave Meng Yiran an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to improve her cultivation, and she accepted it.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing waited anxiously for Zhao Ming to return, while Meng Yiran spotted him approaching.
• Zhao Ming landed beside Meng Yiran, embraced her, and reunited with the four women.
• Zhao Ming led the women to his dormitory and presented Meng Yiran with the first gift because she had recognized him first.
• Zhao Ming explained that the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid could strengthen Meng Yiran's foundation and improve her cultivation speed.
• Meng Yiran initially offered the herb back, but Zhao Ming told her he had already taken immortal herbs, and she accepted it.

Zhao Ming gave immortal herbs to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu successfully plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red as proof of her sincere love for him. She chose to keep the flower rather than consume it, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing their herbs and Zhao Ming stayed with Xiao Wu.

• Zhao Ming gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that it could help her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve.
• Zhao Ming introduced the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Xiao Wu yielded to Zhu Zhuqing's request to try plucking it first before Zhu Zhuqing stepped aside.
• Xiao Wu professed her love for Zhao Ming, spat blood onto the flower, and successfully plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Xiao Wu kept the flower as a keepsake, and Zhao Ming gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing their herbs while Zhao Ming sat with Xiao Wu.

Zhao Ming and Xiao Wu discussed Shrek Academy’s planned move to an academy in Heaven Dou City and spoke about Tang San’s continued interest in Xiao Wu. Zhao Ming planned to keep humiliating Tang San for Negative Value while warning Xiao Wu to be cautious around him.

• Xiao Wu told Zhao Ming that Dean Flender planned to merge Shrek Academy with an academy in Heaven Dou City, and she agreed to go wherever Zhao Ming went.
• Zhao Ming reflected on his goals and the powerful forces he still had to face before he could live peacefully with Xiao Wu and the others.
• Zhao Ming told Xiao Wu that Tang San and Grandmaster were at Blue Tyrant Academy and that he had beaten Tang San after learning he still harbored thoughts about her.
• Xiao Wu condemned Tang San and vowed to defend herself, while Zhao Ming promised to protect her and eventually kill Tang San once he dealt with the Titled Douluo behind him.
• Zhao Ming planned to humiliate Tang San gradually at Blue Tyrant Academy to gain more Negative Value from him.