Chapter Summaries

After confirming Zhu Zhuqing was safe, Le Ling visited her at the arena, clarified her feelings to Chen Xin, and accepted Zhu Zhuqing as her disciple. Dai Mubai overheard that Zhu Zhuqing had joined Spirit Hall and hurried to report it to his father.

• Qian Renxue confirmed Zhu Zhuqing was safe, and Le Ling went to the Heaven Dou Great Douluo Arena to see her.
• Ning Rongrong accidentally revealed Le Ling's past feelings for Chen Xin, and Le Ling told him she loved the Great Offering instead; Chen Xin left, and Ning Fengzhi followed him.
• Le Ling explained to Ning Rongrong that love depended on personal feelings, then asked Zhu Zhuqing to become her disciple.
• Zhu Zhuqing eagerly accepted Le Ling as her teacher, and Le Ling gave her a palace entry token.
• Le Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong left to celebrate over a Sea Feast, while Dai Mubai overheard them and hurried to Shrek Academy to write to his father in the Star Luo Empire.

Shrek Academy lost to Meng Yiran's Exotic Beast Academy in the advancement tournament, and Tang San could not discover how she had absorbed an over-limit spirit ring. Le Ling began to suspect she was pregnant, and Xue Qinghe took her to the camp quarters to be examined by a physician.

• After losing to Exotic Beast Academy, Tang San asked Meng Yiran how she had absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's spirit ring, but she refused to tell him.
• Le Ling dry-heaved outside the arena, and Mo Yin realized from her hint that she might be pregnant.
• Meng Yiran found Le Ling and told her she had followed her advice by training hard and keeping her External Soul Bone secret.
• Xue Qinghe hurried to Le Ling and took her back to the camp quarters after calling for a physician.
• Ling Yuan and Meng Yiran followed, while Mo Yin said they would learn what was wrong after the physician examined Le Ling.

Le Ling learned that she was pregnant after Physician Liu confirmed it, and Xue Qinghe arranged for her to return to the palace while keeping the news secret. Before leaving, Le Ling warned Xue Qinghe that Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast, prompting alarm.

• Le Ling told Physician Liu about her symptoms, and he confirmed through her pulse that she was pregnant.
• Xue Qinghe celebrated the news, asked about caring for Le Ling during pregnancy, and instructed Physician Liu to keep it secret.
• Le Ling allowed Meng Yiran to share the news with her grandparents, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Dugu Bo’s side.
• Xue Qinghe suggested that Le Ling, Ling Yuan, and Mo Yin return to the palace while she watched Tang San.
• Le Ling told Xue Qinghe that Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast, and Xue Qinghe reacted with shock.

Le Ling prepared to return to the palace after revealing that she was pregnant, while Xue Qinghe promised to protect her and their child. Chen Xin learned the news and fled heartbroken, and the Heaven Dou promotion matches ended with Shrek in sixth place as Xue Qinghe was appointed to lead the teams to Spirit City.

• Xue Qinghe arranged for Le Ling to return to the palace, told the Personal Guard Captain to send Qian Daoliu his letter, and planned for Le Ling to recuperate in Spirit City.
• Le Ling revealed her pregnancy in front of Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin fled before she could finish speaking.
• Le Ling asked Ning Fengzhi to tell Chen Xin that she still regarded him as an elder brother, and Ning Fengzhi agreed before the carriage left for Heaven Dou City.
• Seven days later, the promotion matches ended with Shrek ranking sixth among the fifteen teams advancing to the finals.
• Xue Ye announced that the finals would be held in Spirit City and that Xue Qinghe would lead the Heaven Dou teams there in three days.

Le Ling traveled with the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams toward Spirit City, where Ning Fengzhi brought her sour ginger to ease her pregnancy-related nausea. After ten peaceful days, the procession took a remote shortcut and sensed a chilling presence from the hills.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Le Ling pickled sour ginger that eased her retching and explained that Chen Xin had arranged for it.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Le Ling’s Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul made her more fertile, and she confirmed it.
• Ling Yuan complained that Ning Fengzhi had deliberately mentioned Chen Xin and matchmaking, while Le Ling teased her and Qian Renxue.
• The procession traveled peacefully for ten days, then took a remote shortcut between two hills.
• The Royal Knights’ captain sensed danger as a chilling aura drifted down from both sides of the path and ordered everyone to stay alert.

Le Ling and the Crown Prince's party came under attack during the academy procession, as boulders and black-clad fighters separated them from the other academies. After the attackers on their side proved to be Bibi Dong's Death Warriors, one died before Le Ling could question him, confirming her suspicions about who had sent them.

• Boulders rolled down from both hillsides, and the knights and academy teachers moved to protect the carriages and evacuate the students.
• Le Ling and Qian Renxue suspected either Star Luo or Bibi Dong had arranged the attack, while Le Ling warned that Bibi Dong might also be targeting her.
• Black-clad fighters descended on the academies, and Ling Yuan identified the men attacking Le Ling's party as different from the Spirit Hall forces attacking the other schools.
• Ling Yuan and Mo Yin fought the attackers while Captain Qin and the personal guards protected Le Ling and Xue Qinghe.
• Le Ling ordered Ling Yuan and Mo Yin to leave one attacker alive, but the captive killed himself just as she tried to use Time Rewind, confirming that Bibi Dong was behind the attack.

Le Ling intervened in Spirit Hall’s attack on Shrek Academy, preventing Yue Guan from killing Tang San or taking Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with a golden-haired man appearing on a hill and calling to Le Ling.

• Ling Yuan spotted Yue Guan near Shrek Academy’s carriages, and Le Ling led the others to investigate.
• Dugu Bo, Dragon Duke, and Snake Grandma stopped a Golden Eagle Soul Master from attacking Tang San, while Yue Guan noticed Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Yue Guan told Le Ling that Bibi Dong had ordered Tang San killed, but Le Ling forbade it because Tang San was useful to her and struck him when he challenged her.
• Le Ling refused to let Yue Guan take Xiao Wu, declaring that Xiao Wu was her Soul Ring and revealing that she was a transformed Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Tang San promised to protect Xiao Wu, but Le Ling restrained the Shrek group as Flender and Liu Erlong tried to attack her.
• A golden-haired man appeared atop a hill and called out to Le Ling.

Qian Daoliu flew out to find Le Ling and discovered Bibi Dong had sent black-clad Death Warriors to attack the Heaven Dou Division, putting his wife and unborn child at risk. He found Le Ling unharmed, took her to Spirit City himself, and left Qian Renxue and the others to resume the journey.

• After receiving news that the Heaven Dou Division was traveling to Spirit City, Qian Daoliu flew out to find Le Ling and encountered the black-clad Death Warriors on the hill path.
• Qian Daoliu found Le Ling safe and confronted Yue Guan about carrying out Bibi Dong's unapproved mission; Le Ling told Yue Guan to report the events truthfully.
• Qian Daoliu released the Shrek members from his Soul Power suppression and ordered Ling Yuan and Dugu Bo to take Tang San and Xiao Wu to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu picked up Le Ling and flew toward Spirit City, leaving Qian Renxue to organize the main force.
• Ling Yuan and Dugu Bo brought Tang San and Xiao Wu into the Crown Prince's carriage, and Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou Division onward toward Spirit City.

Qian Daoliu carried Le Ling back toward Spirit City, and they discussed Bibi Dong’s connection to the Rakshasa God and the risks of confronting her. Le Ling explained her Heavenly Fox Sacred Body and refused Qian Daoliu’s marriage proposal, while he hurried them home after learning intimacy might be safe during her pregnancy.

• Qian Daoliu agreed not to attack Bibi Dong and planned to have Steward Yao summon her to the Worship Hall so Le Ling could test her under the Angel God's protection.
• Le Ling told Qian Daoliu that her Heavenly Fox Sacred Body had enabled her pregnancy, but she kept her suspicion about carrying twins to herself.
• Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling to marry him, but she refused because the memory of seeing him wed another woman still caused her pain.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether they could be intimate during her pregnancy, and Le Ling said her healer had found her healthy and her Sacred Body should protect her if they were careful.
• Le Ling reminded Qian Daoliu to let her cultivate and to restrain himself, and he flew faster toward Spirit City.

Le Ling returned to Spirit City with Qian Daoliu, who hurried her to their new house, where she playfully blindfolded him and made his confinement depend on how long he could endure. Three days later, she met the Six Offerings and ordered Steward Yao to summon Bibi Dong, leaving her ready to meet with her.

• Qian Daoliu brought Le Ling back to Spirit City, then rushed with her to their new house while the Six Offerings wondered at his haste.
• Le Ling revisited the portrait Qian Daoliu had hung for her and teased him about his promised confinement.
• Le Ling blindfolded Qian Daoliu and told him his confinement would be shorter if he endured her teasing for longer.
• Three days later, Steward Yao explained that Qian Daoliu had ordered the Worship Hall cleaned regularly because Le Ling was pregnant.
• Le Ling greeted the Six Offerings, then ordered Steward Yao to summon Bibi Dong from the Papal Palace.

Le Ling confronted Bibi Dong about the attack on the hill path and tested whether the Rakshasa God would intervene. Their clash brought forth the Angel God's and Rakshasa God's divine senses, and Bibi Dong left after they faced off.

• Le Ling met Bibi Dong in the Great Offering's hall while Qian Daoliu stayed nearby with his brothers to discuss military affairs.
• Bibi Dong claimed Spirit Hall would investigate the attack on Le Ling, but Le Ling accused her of sending the attackers, and Bibi Dong suggested Zhu Zhuqing might have tipped off Star Luo.
• Le Ling mocked Bibi Dong's progress in her God's Trial and threatened to ask Qian Daoliu to take over as Pope, prompting Bibi Dong to prepare to attack.
• Le Ling mentioned Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong charged at her before the Golden Angel Statue and Rakshasa God's Divine Sense appeared and confronted each other.
• Qian Daoliu rushed to protect Le Ling as the Six Offerings joined them; after the divine lights vanished, Bibi Dong left, and Le Ling told Qian Daoliu she had provoked Bibi Dong to test the Rakshasa God.

After Le Ling explained that the Angel God’s blessing had protected her and her unborn child, she decided to cultivate beneath the Golden Angel Statue. She also arranged for Qian Daoliu, Azure Luan, and Guang Ling to enter confinement, while she took charge of the Worship Hall and military affairs for ten days.

• Le Ling explained that the Angel God had blessed her because her unborn child carried Six-winged Angel blood, and Qian Daoliu said the blessing suggested the child would have extraordinary talent.
• Le Ling decided to cultivate beneath the Golden Angel Statue for the child’s sake, and Qian Daoliu had Steward Yao prepare a place for her.
• Le Ling insisted that Qian Daoliu begin his promised confinement the next day and assigned Golden Crocodile to oversee the Worship Hall while she handled its affairs.
• Azure Luan tried to delay Qian Daoliu’s confinement, so Le Ling ordered him to join Qian Daoliu; she also sent Guang Ling after he tried to defend Azure Luan.
• Le Ling assigned the military department to Sixth Offering for ten days, and Qian Daoliu agreed not to delay his confinement after she warned that each day of delay would add five days.
• Le Ling began cultivating in the main hall, while the other Offerings realized they should never offend her again.

Le Ling punished several Offerings for spreading gossip while Qian Daoliu served a lonely confinement sentence, and Spirit Hall personnel saw her take charge of its affairs. After the Heaven Dou and Star Luo contingents arrived in Spirit City, Xue Qinghe and Zhu Zhuqing visited Worship Hall, where Xue Qinghe learned Qian Daoliu was still confined and hurried to see him.

• Le Ling ordered Jiang Mo confined after Steward Yao reported the gossip, and Azure Luan joined Guang Ling in confinement after hearing his protests.
• Three days later, Golden Crocodile and Qian Jun praised Le Ling's management, then learned Qian Daoliu was being denied food while Azure Luan, Guang Ling, and Jiang Mo received lavish meals.
• The Heaven Dou Empire's academy contingent arrived in Spirit City, joining the Star Luo Empire contingent that had arrived the day before.
• Xue Qinghe and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Worship Hall, where Steward Yao greeted them and explained that Le Ling was managing affairs while Qian Daoliu remained confined.
• Xue Qinghe eagerly asked Steward Yao to take him to see Qian Daoliu.

Xue Qinghe returned to the Worship Hall and went with Le Ling to visit the confined Offerings, while Zhu Zhuqing silently followed her teacher. Qian Daoliu’s confinement was lifted for the day, and the family and Offerings gathered in the side hall to welcome Xue Qinghe.

• Xue Qinghe asked Zhu Zhuqing to tell her teacher he was going to the confinement rooms, and Le Ling joined him as they set out with Steward Yao.
• Le Ling released Jiang Mo after he apologized for spreading rumors, but Zhu Zhuqing ignored his attempts to flirt with her.
• Guang Ling asked Le Ling to release him and Azure Luan, but she continued to Qian Daoliu’s room, and the two Offerings followed.
• Qian Daoliu embraced Le Ling, welcomed Xue Qinghe back, and lifted his confinement for the day while Steward Yao went to summon the other Offerings.
• Golden Crocodile, Lion, Qian Jun, Ling Yuan, and Mo Yin joined the group for afternoon tea, and Jiang Mo asked Le Ling for Zhu Zhuqing’s name.

Le Ling introduced Zhu Zhuqing as her new disciple to the Offerings, while Jiang Mo repeatedly tried to provoke the aloof girl into responding. After Zhu Zhuqing returned to the inn by carriage, Jiang Mo joined her for the ride, and Qian Daoliu carried Le Ling away.

• Le Ling introduced Zhu Zhuqing to the Offerings, who welcomed her into Spirit Hall and promised to treat her as one of their own.
• Jiang Mo teased Zhu Zhuqing, who finally called him an idiot, making the others laugh.
• At dinner, Zhu Zhuqing described Jiang Mo as temperamental, narcissistic, and obnoxious, while he denied being interested in her.
• Le Ling arranged a carriage to take Zhu Zhuqing back to the inn after the banquet, but Jiang Mo climbed aboard and insisted on going with her.
• After the carriage left, Qian Daoliu scooped Le Ling into his arms and carried her toward their new room.

Le Ling teased Qian Daoliu with a blindfold and restraints, while Dai Mubai grew jealous after seeing Zhu Zhuqing with Jiang Mo. The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament began, and Jiang Mo intervened when Dai Mubai tried to kiss Zhu Zhuqing.

• Le Ling tied up Qian Daoliu and threatened to add five days to his confinement if he gave up, then teased him through the night.
• Jiang Mo asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she had feelings for her childhood fiancé, and she answered no before leaving the carriage.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing leave with Jiang Mo and angrily headed toward the Star Luo Empire's hotel.
• The tournament finals began in Spirit City, and Shrek Academy drew Dragon Kui Academy for its first-round match.
• Dai Mubai grabbed Zhu Zhuqing and tried to kiss her, but Jiang Mo kicked him and pulled Zhu Zhuqing to his side.

Jiang Mo defended Zhu Zhuqing when Dai Mubai tried to stop her from ending their engagement, then escorted her to Shrek Academy’s rest area. He returned to the spectator stands, where Qian Jun teased him and asked whether he had taken a liking to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai and declared that their engagement was canceled, but Dai Mubai insisted she could not end it without his approval.
• Jiang Mo kicked Dai Mubai and used his Soul Power to pin him down, declaring that Zhu Zhuqing was a Spirit Hall member and his friend.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Jiang Mo had defended her, and he told her they were friends before agreeing to change how he spoke to her.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Jiang Mo, but she angrily walked away when he asked her to smile; he followed, coaxing her as they went.
• Jiang Mo escorted Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy’s rest area, then returned to the stands, where Qian Jun asked if he had taken a liking to her.

Jiang Mo denied having feelings for Zhu Zhuqing while Qian Jun recognized his growing affection. As Shrek Academy prepared to face Dragon Kui Academy without the injured Dai Mubai, Le Ling watched Zhu Zhuqing and spoke with Chen Xin, who said seeing her happy with someone else had made him understand.

• Jiang Mo told Qian Jun that he teased Zhu Zhuqing because she was pretty and fun, while Qian Jun realized Jiang Mo had already developed a favorable impression of her.
• Shrek Academy learned that Dai Mubai was injured and would miss the match against Dragon Kui Academy, so the team arranged a replacement lineup.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to stay with him, but she left without answering, and Ning Rongrong followed her.
• Shrek Academy began its match against Dragon Kui Academy while Le Ling watched Zhu Zhuqing and considered how a possible match against Zhu Zhuyun could help her disciple overcome her inner demon.
• Chen Xin sat beside Le Ling and said that seeing her smile happily with another man had helped him understand his feelings.

Chen Xin asked Le Ling to acknowledge him as her brother, but Qian Daoliu objected out of jealousy and sought reassurance that she loved only him. Half a month later, Shrek Academy was eliminated from the finals, and Ling Yuan pursued Tang San and Xiao Wu after learning they had fled toward the outskirts of Spirit City.

• Chen Xin asked Le Ling to make him her brother so Qian Daoliu would be his brother-in-law, but Qian Daoliu objected and carried Le Ling away.
• Qian Daoliu admitted he feared losing Le Ling again, and she reassured him that Chen Xin could never replace him in her heart.
• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Zhu Zhuqing beat Zhu Zhuyun, then lost to Spirit Hall Academy and failed to reach the top-three contest.
• Ling Yuan arrived to take Tang San and Xiao Wu away, but Flender said he did not know where they were.
• A guard reported that Tang San and Xiao Wu had been seen near the outskirts of Spirit City, so Ling Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the guards chased after them while the remaining Shrek members were held back.

Tang Hao tried to help Tang San and Xiao Wu escape Spirit City, but Qian Daoliu defeated him and ordered all three imprisoned. Afterward, Qian Daoliu took his pregnant wife Le Ling to admire the terraced fields outside the city.

• Tang Hao led Tang San and Xiao Wu through the forest, but Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Spirit Hall guards pursued them.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Tang Hao and declared that none of the three would escape, so Tang Hao detonated his soul rings and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Daoliu overwhelmed Tang Hao, who shoved Tang San and Xiao Wu away before being knocked unconscious.
• Ling Yuan restrained Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Qian Daoliu ordered Ling Yuan to imprison them and strengthen the guards around Tang Hao.
• Le Ling arrived, and Qian Daoliu escorted her to the terraced fields, where they watched the sunset together.