Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan brought Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Sacred Soul Village to spend the New Year with his family, who welcomed them warmly. The family celebrated their arrival and criticized Tang San for neglecting Old Jack, while Old Jack remained silent.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Manshan that she had taught Zhu Zhuyu the Jing Tian Treasure Codex, and Lin Manshan announced that they would visit Sacred Soul Village before traveling to Suotuo City and Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Manshan took the three women shopping for gifts, where Zhu Zhuyun frightened a group of impertinent young nobles by revealing her four Soul Rings.
• Lin Manshan and the three women arrived at Old Jack's home, where Miao Ni welcomed them and Lin Manshan introduced them to his family as his wives.
• The family accepted gifts from Lin Manshan and the three women, and Jiemeng and Jie Qi complained that Tang San never visited or showed gratitude to Old Jack.

Lin Manshan reunited his family, planned to move them to Heaven Dou City, and brought Zhu Zhuyun and the other women into their home. After Xiao Wu insulted him, Zhu Zhuyun mocked the closeness between Xiao Wu and Tang San, prompting Xiao Wu to curse at her.

• Lin Manshan told his family he planned to join an Advanced Soul Master Academy in Heaven Dou City and bring them there, and Old Jack agreed to consider resigning as village chief.
• Jiemeng was teased about his feelings for Cherry, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Yu moved in with the family and later paid respects at Lin Manshan's parents' graves.
• Tang San returned to the village with Xiao Wu, and Lin Manshan later encountered them while walking with Zhu Zhuyun and the others.
• Xiao Wu called Lin Manshan a playboy and warned Tang San not to become like him, but Lin Manshan stopped Zhu Zhuyun from confronting her.
• Zhu Zhuyun insinuated that Xiao Wu and Tang San seemed more like a couple than siblings, and Xiao Wu jumped out and cursed at her.

Lin Manshan challenged Xiao Wu to fight after demanding an apology, and she accepted, confident she could easily defeat him. He resisted her Charm and struck her in the abdomen, knocking her unconscious as Tang San rushed to help.

• Lin Manshan demanded that Xiao Wu apologize for insulting Zhu Zhuyun and offered to settle the dispute through a fight.
• Xiao Wu accepted the challenge, while Zhu Zhuyun and the others stepped back to watch and Tang San kept guard.
• Tang San let Xiao Wu fight Lin Manshan after judging that her Soul Power and abilities gave her a clear advantage.
• Xiao Wu charged Lin Manshan and used her Second Spirit Ability, Charm.
• Lin Manshan resisted the Charm, pretended to be affected, then struck Xiao Wu in the abdomen and sent her crashing to the ground unconscious.

After Lin Manshan defeated Xiao Wu, he and Tang San agreed to settle their rivalry in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Lin Manshan left with Zhu Zhuyun and the other girls, then revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.

• Zhu Zhuyun defended Lin Manshan after Xiao Wu fainted from backlash and argued that Xiao Wu had challenged him and could not complain about losing.
• Tang San carried Xiao Wu away, suppressed his anger, and silently resolved to remember Lin Manshan and wait for a chance to avenge her.
• Lin Manshan warned Tang San that Xiao Wu’s insults could provoke someone far stronger, then challenged him to face off in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Tang San accepted the challenge and left with Xiao Wu, while Lin Manshan privately planned to settle their accounts after bringing Old Jack and the others to Heaven Dou City under Dugu Bo’s protection.
• That night, Zhu Zhuyun cried out in surprise when Lin Manshan told her Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.

Lin Manshan prepared to leave Nuoding City with the three women and traveled toward Suotuo City, while Tang San and Xiao Wu also set out for Shrek Academy. After arriving in Suotuo City, Lin Manshan asked a vendor for directions to the Rose Hotel.

• Lin Manshan rejected Zhu Zhuyun's suggestion to report Tang Hao to Spirit Hall, reasoning that Tang Hao might escape with Tang San and could be useful later.
• Lin Manshan confirmed that Tang San and Xiao Wu were staying at Nuoding Academy, then announced that he and the three women would leave the next morning.
• Lin Manshan transferred his courtyard to Tie Shan's Family, bought supplies with the three women, and continued teaching them their cultivation arts.
• Lin Manshan and the three women left Nuoding City by carriage and reached Suotuo City two days later.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San and Xiao Wu toward Shrek Academy while he departed for Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Manshan arrived in Suotuo City, bought candied hawthorns, and asked a vendor how to get to the Rose Hotel.

Lin Manshan arrived at the Rose Hotel with Zhu Zhuyun and the other women, where Dai Mubai challenged him over the last room and tried to buy Zhu Zhuqing. Lin Manshan struck Dai Mubai and sent him flying, then disappeared before the women beside Dai could react.

• An older man directed Lin Manshan and the three veiled women to the Rose Hotel, and Lin Manshan discreetly stored their candied hawthorn skewers in his soul tool.
• Lin Manshan booked the hotel's only remaining deluxe room after the attendant explained that the city was full of visitors.
• Dai Mubai arrived and claimed the room was reserved for him, while recognizing a sense of compatibility between himself and the women.
• Dai Mubai offered to pay for the room and tried to make a deal for Zhu Zhuqing, provoking Zhu Zhuyun.
• A burly black figure appeared and punched Dai Mubai in the chest, breaking his ribs and sending him flying before vanishing.

Lin Manshan defeated Dai Mubai after he provoked him, then paid for the hotel damage and took Zhu Zhuyun and the others to their room. The group arrived at the lavishly decorated suite, where Zhu Zhuyun calmly remarked on its romantic furnishings.

• Lin Manshan slammed Dai Mubai into a wall, crushed his ribs, and warned him to stay away from his door.
• Dai Mubai feared Lin Manshan’s influence and left the hotel without seeking help from Flender.
• Lin Manshan compensated the hotel manager for the damage, and the manager waived three days of rent and gave him the room keys.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked whether Dai Mubai often brought female companions to the hotel, and the manager answered evasively.
• Lin Manshan led Zhu Zhuyu and the other women to the rose-filled suite, where Zhu Zhuyun observed that it was nicely decorated.

Lin Manshan took Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyu to the Rose Hotel, where he discussed their training and admitted he had come to confront Dai Mubai over his treatment of Zhu Zhuqing. After leaving the women to rest, he explored Suotuo City and found the Spirit Hall-authorized General Store he planned to visit the next morning.

• Lin Manshan entered the Rose Hotel’s heart-shaped bedroom with the three women, then followed Zhu Zhuyun to inspect its enormous bathtub.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Lin Manshan to massage her after training, and he promised to prepare medicinal solutions in Heaven Dou City to help her recover from practicing Startled Swan Steps and Refined Jade Hand.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked why Lin Manshan had brought them to the hotel, and he said he had wanted to teach Dai Mubai a lesson for offending Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Manshan told the women he would go out to learn the route for the next day, then left them to rest.
• Lin Manshan wandered through Suotuo City, found a closed Spirit Hall-authorized General Store, and decided to return the next morning.

Lin Manshan bought a strange crystal from Flender and was invited to visit Shrek Academy with the three girls accompanying him. Flender, hoping to recruit the group and improve the academy’s fortunes, decided to prepare Dai Mubai and Hong Jun to impress them.

• Lin Manshan bought a low-grade-looking crystal from Flender for one hundred Gold Soul Coins after Zhu Zhuyun sensed that the shop’s goods carried Soul Power fluctuations.
• Lin Manshan declined to test the shop’s Soul Tools and started to leave with Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Yu.
• Flender suggested that Lin Manshan visit Shrek Academy, and Lin Manshan agreed to consider the academy while thinking about observing Tang San’s techniques.
• After Lin Manshan and the girls left, Flender assessed their strength and background, then considered using Dai Mubai and Hong Jun to attract them to Shrek Academy.

Lin Manshan explained Shrek Academy’s poor conditions, deceptive admissions, and dismal record to Zhu Zhuyun and the others, convincing them not to visit. After lunch, he planned to catch some creatures outside the city before they set out for Heaven Dou City the next day.

• Zhu Zhuyun asked Lin Manshan about Flender and Shrek Academy, and Lin Manshan explained that Dai Mubai attended the academy and that Flender had tried to recruit them.
• Lin Manshan described Shrek Academy’s harsh admission fee, poor facilities, small student body, and record of only fourteen graduates from sixty-two students, including deaths during Spirit Beast hunts.
• Lin Manshan and Zhu Zhuyun criticized Shrek Academy and doubted its boast that one graduate had become Spirit Hall’s youngest elder.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Lin Manshan not to visit Shrek Academy, and Lin Manshan agreed to take her back to the hotel before leaving for Heaven Dou City the next day.
• Lin Manshan said he would catch some creatures outside the city, and Zhu Zhuyun and the others joined him after lunch.

Lin Manshan and Zhu Zhuyun tracked Tang San and Tang Hao’s arrival in Suotuo City and discussed their next steps. Zhu Zhuyun proposed founding an academy, and Lin Manshan named it Tian Xing Academy as they began planning its future.

• Lin Manshan demonstrated the Spirit Communication Technique to Zhu Zhuyun and explained that he planned to use small creatures to monitor Tang San and Tang Hao at Shrek Academy.
• Lin Manshan sensed that Tang San and his companions had arrived in Suotuo City and left the Rose Hotel, confirming his prediction that they would eventually go to Heaven Dou City for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition.
• Zhu Zhuyun proposed building an academy in Heaven Dou City, with their family and allies running its cafeteria and maintenance.
• Lin Manshan agreed to establish an academy open to nobles and commoners, set strict rules, and named it Tian Xing Academy.

Tang San and Xiao Wu found Shrek Academy and were surprised by its shabby appearance, but its strict admission standards impressed Tang San. After joining the academy, they learned that Ma Hongjun and the others had been waiting for three beautiful prospective students who never appeared.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Shrek Academy, doubted it was the right place, and joined the registration line.
• Tang San watched several applicants fail the age and Soul Ring requirements, then admired the academy after learning its registration mentor was a Spirit Emperor.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Xiao Wu, but Tang San glared at him until he looked away.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed registration and entered the academy, where Dai Mubai explained Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul flaw.
• Dai Mubai introduced the academy's small student body, and Ma Hongjun revealed that the Dean had told them to impress three expected beauties who had not arrived.

Xiao Wu described Lin Manshan as a weak, talentless Soul Master, while Dai Mubai tried to make sense of his strength and his connection to the three women. After learning one woman was named Zhuyun, Dai Mubai rushed to the Rose Hotel but found they had left, then decided to return to the academy and focus on cultivation before dealing with Zhu Qing.

• Oscar told the group that three young women accompanying Lin Manshan had formidable cultivation, and Xiao Wu dismissed Lin Manshan as a Waste Soul Master from her old academy.
• Dai Mubai wondered how Lin Manshan could be so strong and wealthy despite Xiao Wu’s account, while Ma Hongjun lamented that three beauties followed him.
• Tang San named the oldest woman Zhuyun, prompting Dai Mubai to suspect Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing had left the Star Luo Empire with Lin Manshan.
• Dai Mubai hurried to the Rose Hotel to find the women, but the attendant told him they had checked out and left.
• Dai Mubai concluded that Zhu Qing’s departure might give him an advantage over Dai Weisi, then chose to return to the academy and cultivate.

Bibi Dong learned that Lin Manshan had donated 100,000 Gold Soul Coins to the Martial Soul Hall and ordered someone sent to Heaven Dou City. Lin Manshan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, avoided a confrontation with Xue Beng by invoking Dugu Bo, and was escorted inside by Sun Buyu as he prepared to recruit Dugu Yan.

• Ghost Douluo reported that Lin Manshan had donated 100,000 Gold Soul Coins to the Nuoding City Martial Soul Hall Branch, and Bibi Dong decided to send someone to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Manshan and his companions arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after more than ten days of travel.
• Xue Beng tried to claim Lin Manshan's female companions, but Lin Manshan mentioned Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, prompting Xue Beng to let them pass.
• Sun Buyu greeted Lin Manshan and his companions on the academy steps and offered to guide them to Dugu Yan.
• Sun Buyu introduced the academy as they walked, while Lin Manshan privately considered how Sun Buyu would react when he learned Lin Manshan had come to poach talent.

Lin Manshan reunited with Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and introduced her to Zhu Zhuyun and her two younger sisters. Dugu Yan welcomed them to Heaven Dou City and brought everyone to her residence, where they were about to meet Dugu Bo.

• Sun Buyu led Lin Manshan and the three Zhu sisters to Dugu Yan's training ground, where Dugu Yan rushed out and embraced Lin Manshan.
• Dugu Yan learned about Lin Manshan's relationship with the three women, then took leave from the academy and welcomed them as her sisters.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Yan walked to Heaven Dou City while he told her about the past two years, and she offered the Zhu sisters refuge from the Star Luo Empire.
• Dugu Yan explained that Dugu Bo had searched for Lin Manshan and was now staying at the estate as their agreed day drew closer.
• Dugu Yan led the group into her residence and introduced Lin Manshan as her husband to the household attendant.

Lin Manshan reunited with Dugu Bo and explained that he had found a safe method to remove the toxins, though it required suitable medicinal herbs. As they went to inspect Dugu Bo’s supplies, Lin Manshan revealed his first three Soul Ring year limits, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

• Dugu Yan welcomed Lin Manshan and the others to Dugu Bo’s residence, where Dugu Bo confronted Lin Manshan for staying away for over two years.
• After hearing Lin Manshan’s account, Dugu Bo warmly accepted him as his grandson-in-law and learned that a safe detoxification method only lacked suitable medicinal herbs.
• Dugu Bo said he had collected herbs and prepared a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, which Dugu Yan had not absorbed.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo went to inspect the herbs, and Lin Manshan explained the Three Daughters of the Zhu Family’s circumstances; Dugu Bo promised to protect them from the Dai Family and Zhu Family.
• When Dugu Bo questioned whether Lin Manshan could care for Dugu Yan, Lin Manshan disclosed that his first three Soul Rings were four hundred and fifty years, one thousand years, and ten thousand years old, stunning Dugu Bo.

Lin Manshan explained to Dugu Bo how his Great Saber Martial Soul absorbed Soul Rings and how his Soul Power helped him withstand powerful rings. Dugu Bo praised his abilities and showed him the Medicine Garden and dried herbs, where Lin Manshan gathered the needed ingredients but discovered they still lacked one Medicine Guide.

• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that his Great Saber Martial Soul absorbed Soul Ring energy into his body, leaving him without Soul Rings or soul skills, and that Soul Power and Purple Cloud Eye had helped him endure a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Manshan's strength and self-created techniques, then warned him not to reveal those abilities to outsiders.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo joked about the name Dugu Qiubai while heading to Dugu Bo's backyard Medicine Garden.
• Dugu Bo showed Lin Manshan his dried medicinal materials and told him to take whatever herbs he needed.
• Lin Manshan gathered the available herbs into the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and told Dugu Bo that they were still missing one Medicine Guide.

Lin Manshan learned that Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to use its herbs to cure him and improve Dugu Yan’s cultivation. The group prepared to visit the garden while Dugu Yan arranged to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and help establish their own academy.

• Lin Manshan explained that he needed a balanced fire-attribute herb to safely separate poison from the body, and Dugu Bo told him about his harsh natural Medicine Garden.
• Lin Manshan recognized the garden as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said he could cure Dugu Bo and potentially strengthen Dugu Yan there.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Lin Manshan examine their toxins and prepare medicine before they set out for the garden the next morning.
• Lin Manshan gave Dugu Bo a human meridian and acupoint diagram, and Dugu Bo thanked him for the medical guidance.
• At dinner, Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to help register Lin Manshan’s academy and acquire land, and she planned to recruit Ye Lingling and seek students from Skywater Academy.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help with registration and suggested building the academy on a mountain outside Heaven Dou City.

Lin Manshan discussed building an academy outside Heaven Dou City and asked Dugu Bo to bring Lou Gao, his adoptive family, and his blacksmith mentors to join it. He proposed using herbs from Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden to improve strength and possibly cure Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul flaw, while Dugu Bo insisted she would have to join the Lin Family; the chapter ended with Lin Manshan asking Dugu Yan to let him examine her poison.

• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo they could build the academy on a mountain outside the city and asked him to bring Lou Gao from Gengxin City and Lin Manshan’s adoptive family and blacksmith mentors from Nuoding City.
• Lin Manshan asked Dugu Yan whether Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul was the Nine Heart Begonia and said he might be able to cure its flaw using herbs from Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden.
• Dugu Bo said he would only help Ye Lingling if she married into the Lin Family, and Zhu Zhuyun suggested waiting until Ye Lingling had joined the academy before discussing the matter.
• Dugu Bo decided to inspect the Medicine Garden with Lin Manshan before making promises, while Dugu Yan planned to ask Ye Lingling whether she would leave school with her.
• After Dugu Bo left to buy tools, Lin Manshan asked Dugu Yan to let him examine her poison again, but her door did not open.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lin Manshan found a Ninth-grade Dragon Ganoderma that could strengthen Dugu Bo and evolve his Martial Soul. Dugu Bo eagerly imagined using its benefits to fight at close range, while Lin Manshan went to examine the valley’s other rare herbs.

• Lin Manshan revealed his ten-thousand-year external spirit bone to Dugu Bo and used its spider lances to climb down the cliff.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Manshan found a Ninth-grade Dragon Ganoderma and explained how it could give Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul a water attribute and strengthen his body.
• Dugu Bo became excited about using poison and close-combat techniques together, while Lin Manshan left him to inspect the other herbs.
• Lin Manshan identified several rare medicinal herbs in the valley and avoided touching a dangerous Blood Swan Kiss.