Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ming told Tang Yuehua that he could help her awaken her suppressed Martial Soul and restore her ability to cultivate. After class, he brought her to her private chamber and explained that the process would be painful, leaving Tang Yuehua eager to try.

• Zhao Ming asked the system how to awaken Tang Yuehua's Martial Soul, and it suggested using a Nine-Grade Purple Orchid or a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zhao Ming assured Tang Yuehua that he could help her cultivate again, and she spent the day wondering whether he truly had a solution.
• After class, Tang Yuehua offered Zhao Ming a favor and led him to her private chamber to discuss her condition.
• Zhao Ming claimed that a powerful bloodline suppressed Tang Yuehua's exceptional Martial Soul and innate domain.
• Zhao Ming warned Tang Yuehua that his method would be painful, and she agreed that she was willing to endure it.

Zhao Ming used a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma to awaken Tang Yuehua’s Martial Soul and help her transform. Tang Yuehua succeeded but fainted from exhaustion, and Zhao Ming left her resting in bed while plotting to take the Four Great Clans from Tang San.

• Zhao Ming gave Tang Yuehua a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, reassuring her that he wanted nothing in return.
• Tang Yuehua removed her outer clothes and endured the herb’s fierce energy as Zhao Ming guided it into her body.
• Tang Yuehua awakened a Jade Flute Martial Soul and emerged more beautiful after the transformation.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Zhao Ming and fainted from exhaustion, so Zhao Ming carried her to bed.
• Zhao Ming vowed to win Tang Yuehua over and planned to take the Four Great Clans, including the Strength Clan, from Tang San.

After Zhao Ming helped Tang Yuehua awaken her Martial Soul, he cared for her while she recovered and she began considering a future with him. Zhao Ming left her in Steward Ord’s care, promising him a greater future if he protected her.

• Tang Yuehua woke after awakening her Martial Soul, and Zhao Ming explained that her earlier failure had been due to a problem during the awakening.
• Zhao Ming helped Tang Yuehua sit up, covered her with a robe, and fed her soup while she recovered from absorbing the Purple Ganoderma’s energy.
• Tang Yuehua said she planned to obtain her first Soul Ring the next day, and Zhao Ming agreed to visit again after she returned.
• After Zhao Ming left, Tang Yuehua reflected on his talent and kindness and wondered whether she could accept his affection.
• Zhao Ming warned Steward Ord to protect Tang Yuehua and demonstrated power that astonished him.
• Zhao Ming told Steward Ord that diligent service could take him beyond Soul Saint, then instructed him to arrange for women to care for Tang Yuehua.

Zhao Ming learned that Tang San had beaten Oscar and Ma Hongjun over Ruhua, so he went to the academy plaza to see what happened. There, Tang San continued attacking them while Ruhua denied ever loving Oscar.

• Zhao Ming played the harp for Ning Rongrong, who confronted him about smelling like other girls.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhao Ming that Tang San had beaten Oscar and Ma Hongjun because Oscar pursued Ruhua, and Zhao Ming took her to the plaza.
• Tang San held Ruhua and made her declare that she loved him, then kicked Oscar and warned him to stay away.
• Ruhua denied having feelings for Oscar, leaving him devastated, while Tang San continued kicking him.
• Ma Hongjun threatened Tang San with Zhao Ming's arrival, and Tang San wrapped him in Blue Silver Grass Vines and lashed at him.

Tang San beat Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then tried to flaunt his love for Ruhua in front of Zhao Ming. As Tang San kissed her in the crowded square, Zhao Ming ordered the system to reveal Ruhua’s true face.

• Tang San defeated Oscar and Ma Hongjun and waited for Zhao Ming to arrive so he could show off his relationship with Ruhua.
• Zhao Ming arrived with Ning Rongrong, checked on Oscar, and told him not to be sad.
• Tang San warned Zhao Ming to keep Oscar away from Ruhua and declared that Ruhua was his woman.
• Tang San kissed Ruhua while spinning around in front of the gathered students, believing she was merely shy.
• Zhao Ming ordered the system to reveal Ruhua’s true face while Tang San was kissing her.

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.