Chapter Summaries

Le Ling and Xue Ke encountered Xue Beng being overwhelmed by Small Human-Faced Demon Spiders during the hunt, and Le Ling helped Xue Ke collect the unconscious beasts. After a dispute over the rules, Le Ling attacked Xue Xing and left him injured as Luoxen and Dugu Bo carried him away.

• Le Ling, Chen Xin, Xue Ke, and Luoxen found Dugu Bo restraining a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider while Xue Beng struggled against more than a hundred smaller spiders.
• Le Ling knocked many Small Human-Faced Demon Spiders unconscious, and Xue Ke collected them in her Storage Soul Guiding Device.
• Xue Beng accused Le Ling of stealing his Soul Beasts, but Le Ling argued that he had not captured them and that Dugu Bo's help violated the hunting rules.
• Xue Xing tried to force Le Ling to help Xue Beng and surrender the Man Faced Demon Spiders, so Le Ling's Great Fox Tail struck him into a tree.
• Dugu Bo and Luoxen carried the injured Xue Xing away, while another furious bombardment sounded from the hunting ground.

Le Ling and Xue Ke took the soul beasts they had captured into Xue Ke’s Storage Soul Guiding Device, while Chen Xin sided with them and escorted Xue Beng out of the hunting grounds. Chen Xin then asked to speak privately with Le Ling, prompting Xue Qinghe to hurry after them when he realized what might be happening.

• Le Ling finished bombarding the Small Human-Faced Demon Spiders and Spider Queen, and Xue Ke collected them in her Storage Soul Guiding Device.
• Xue Beng accused Le Ling and Xue Ke of stealing his soul beasts, but Chen Xin dismissed his complaint and took him out of the hunting grounds.
• The knights removed Xue Beng’s Storage Soul Guiding Device and counted the soul beasts stored in Xue Ke’s wristband, finding over a hundred.
• Xue Ke told Le Ling that they could skip the next day’s hunt and return when the ten-thousand-year soul beast for the grand prize was released.
• Chen Xin asked Le Ling to take a walk with him, while Xue Ke returned to the campsite and met Xue Qinghe.
• After hearing that Chen Xin had taken Le Ling aside, Xue Qinghe recalled Luoxen’s report and hurried toward the grassland.

Chen Xin urged Le Ling to begin a relationship with him so she might forget Qian Daoliu, but an imperial summons interrupted them. As Le Ling entered the Emperor’s camp with Xue Ke, Chen Xin’s protectiveness and the accusations against Le Ling set up a confrontation with Xue Xing and the Fourth Prince.

• Chen Xin asked Le Ling to give him a chance, arguing that a new relationship might help her forget Qian Daoliu, and she admitted his words made her waver.
• General Roksen told Le Ling that Prince Xue Xing and the Fourth Prince had accused her of stealing a soul beast and assaulting people, and had also reported Princess Xue Ke.
• Palace Steward Yu Kang summoned Le Ling to meet the Emperor, and Chen Xin insisted on accompanying her.
• Chen Xin held Le Ling’s hand and put his arm around her shoulders, claiming it would deter Xue Xing and the Fourth Prince from targeting her.
• Xue Ke came out of the Emperor’s camp, linked arms with Le Ling, and led her inside while promising that she and the Crown Prince would protect her.

Le Ling faced accusations from Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng over the soul beasts she had captured, while Chen Xin and Dugu Bo testified that she had acted properly. Xue Ye heard both sides but had not yet decided how to resolve the dispute when he asked Ning Fengzhi for a solution.

• Xue Ye questioned Chen Xin about pursuing Le Ling, and Chen Xin confirmed it while Xue Qinghe reacted with jealousy.
• Le Ling clarified that she and Chen Xin were longtime friends, and Chen Xin and Dugu Bo testified that she had not violated the hunting rules.
• Xue Ye concluded that Le Ling had helped Xue Beng, but Xue Xing argued that the soul beasts should be divided because they had discovered them first.
• Le Ling challenged Xue Xing to release half the spiders so Xue Beng could capture them himself, and Xue Qinghe rejected the proposed split and defended her.
• Xue Ye stopped the argument and asked Ning Fengzhi whether he had a solution.

Ning Fengzhi proposed a compromise over the captured Man Faced Demon Spiders, but Xue Beng tried to make Le Ling help him capture them. Le Ling and Xue Ke left with the Crown Prince, while Xue Xing and Xue Beng began plotting to stop Le Ling from claiming the First Prize Soul Beast.

• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi to resolve the dispute, and Ning Fengzhi proposed giving Xue Beng some Man Faced Demon Spiders while letting him capture the rest himself.
• Xue Beng asked Xue Ye to order Le Ling to help him, and Le Ling called him shameless and criticized his character as a potential heir.
• Xue Ke defended Le Ling as her teammate, and she left with Le Ling after rejecting Xue Beng's attempt to recruit her.
• Ning Fengzhi reported that Xue Ke led the hunt while Le Ling had captured no soul beasts, apparently saving her effort for the First Prize Soul Beast.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng privately resolved to prevent Le Ling from obtaining the First Prize Soul Beast.

Le Ling reassured Xue Qinghe that Chen Xin had only protected her, then flew Xue Ke to the hunting grounds on the event’s final afternoon. After Chen Xin questioned her about her relationship with Xue Qinghe, the First Prize Soul Beast appeared and the group gave chase.

• Xue Qinghe confronted Le Ling about Chen Xin’s closeness, and Le Ling told her he had only been standing up for her.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin saw Le Ling stroke Xue Qinghe’s face and wondered whether the two were more than a Crown Prince and adviser.
• Le Ling carried Xue Ke to the hunting-grounds entrance with her Flame Wings, where Chen Xin and Luoxen joined them.
• Chen Xin asked Le Ling about her relationship with Xue Qinghe, and she said he was sometimes like a child who depended on her.
• A multicolored Soul Beast appeared, and the group pursued it after hearing that it was the First Prize.

Le Ling pursued the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk, a ninety-thousand-year Light Attribute soul beast, while Chen Xin said he would help her claim it after the hunting event. She subdued it despite attacks from the other participants, and Xue Ke stood guard over the fallen beast.

• Le Ling and Chen Xin caught up with the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk, and Le Ling learned it had ninety thousand years of cultivation.
• Le Ling blocked the sparrowhawk's light and attacked it with six Heavenly Fox clones, but its light blades kept them at bay.
• More than fifty participants fired arrows at Le Ling to stop her from capturing the First Prize Soul Beast, and Xue Ke and Luoxen arrived to witness it.
• Le Ling melted the arrows with her Flame Wings and knocked the sparrowhawk down with Flame Burst Strike.
• Xue Ke stood in front of the fallen sparrowhawk and warned the participants not to steal it, making them hold back.

Le Ling won the Heaven Dou Imperial Family Hunting Event and negotiated to exchange her promised additional reward for a chance to enter the Heaven Dou Military Department. The chapter ended with Xue Ye considering her request as the assembled crowd awaited his answer.

• Le Ling secured the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk, and Luoxen declared the hunting event over.
• At the closing ceremony, the master of ceremonies announced Le Ling as the first-place winner, and Xue Ye offered her an additional reward.
• Le Ling revealed her Soul Power Level was sixty-seven and asked to exchange the reward for a condition.
• Le Ling requested permission to enter the Heaven Dou Military Department, leaving Xue Ye, Xue Qinghe, and the crowd waiting anxiously for his decision.

At the hunting event’s closing ceremony, Le Ling received the Six-tailed Neon Fox spirit bone and secured the Emperor’s promise to let Marshal Ge Long decide whether she could join the Heaven Dou military. After Chen Xin pressed her about her motives and feelings, she avoided answering and returned to camp to absorb the spirit bone.

• Le Ling asked Emperor Xue Ye to make entry into the Heaven Dou military her reward, and he arranged for Marshal Ge Long to meet her and decide whether she could join.
• Xue Ye ordered Chief Steward Yu to summon Ge Long to the palace, and Le Ling received the Six-tailed Neon Fox’s left-arm spirit bone as the hunting event’s first-place prize.
• Chen Xin told Le Ling that third-place winner Mu Hua was a lieutenant general privately placed in the military by Prince Xue Xing, then asked why she wanted to join the military.
• Le Ling claimed she sought money and advancement, while Chen Xin offered to support her financially and asked her to give their relationship a chance.
• Le Ling changed the subject and hurried back to camp to absorb the spirit bone, leaving Chen Xin wondering whether Qian Daoliu still mattered so much to her.

Le Ling absorbed the Six-tailed Neon Fox’s left arm Soul Bone and explained how she had used the hunting event’s extra reward to seek entry into the Heaven Dou Military Department. After returning to Heaven Dou City, she was summoned with Xue Qinghe to meet Marshal Ge Long at the emperor’s palace.

• Le Ling absorbed the Six-tailed Neon Fox’s left arm Soul Bone and demonstrated its light-claw skill to Ling Yuan and Xiao Qiu.
• Le Ling explained that she had used Xue Ye’s extra reward as a condition to secure an assessment for the Heaven Dou Military Department, hoping to rise quickly through its ranks.
• Le Ling and the others returned to Heaven Dou City, where she waited in Xue Qinghe’s study for news about her military appointment.
• Xue Qinghe objected to Le Ling exchanging letters with Chen Xin to locate Shrek Academy, while Le Ling said Chen Xin would only help find the school.
• Chief Eunuch Yu informed Xue Qinghe and Le Ling that Xue Ye and Marshal Ge Long were waiting in the Council Hall, and they left to meet them.

Le Ling sought entry into the Heaven Dou Military Department and faced a surprise attack arranged by Marshal Ge Long as an assessment. She defeated Mu Hua with her innate skill and asked Emperor Xue Ye whether she had passed, leaving the decision pending.

• Xue Ye introduced Ge Long to Xue Qinghe and Le Ling, who asked for permission to enter the military department to study.
• Ge Long set an assessment, and Mu Hua suddenly attacked Le Ling in the imperial hall.
• Le Ling used Phantom to slow Mu Hua, summoned her Fire Phoenix Sword, and held its blade to his throat.
• Mu Hua admitted that Le Ling had bewitched him, and Le Ling confirmed she possessed a spiritual control innate skill.
• Le Ling asked Xue Ye whether her performance had passed the assessment.

Le Ling secured permission to join the Heaven Dou Empire's Military Department and prompted Emperor Xue Ye to order an investigation into its personnel. As the others left the palace, she explained that she had used the investigation to remove potential obstacles to her entry.

• Ge Long opposed Le Ling's entry into the Military Department, and Prince Xue Xing erupted when she suggested he had secretly placed people there.
• Xue Qinghe defended Le Ling, and Xue Ye approved her entry while ordering the Military Supervision Department to check every member of the Heaven Dou Military Department.
• Xue Xing grew alarmed because he had secretly arranged for Mu Hua and others to enter the department, while Mu Hua feared the investigation would expose his appointment.
• Xue Ye told Le Ling to report to the Military Department in three days, then dismissed the court; Xue Xing, Ge Long, and Mu Hua left the hall.
• Le Ling told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that she had invoked the emperor's authority to clear out people who might undermine her.
• Xue Qinghe left hand in hand with Le Ling, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin departed for Seven Treasures City.

Le Ling refused to read Qian Daoliu’s letter and demanded that Azure Luan and Guang Ling convey her angry message to him. She stormed out of the study but stopped when she spotted a letter addressed to her from Chen Xin.

• Xue Qinghe gave Le Ling and Azure Luan their letters from Spirit City, but Le Ling refused to read hers.
• Qian Renxue coaxed Le Ling to read the letter while Azure Luan explained that he and Guang Ling had been ordered to return and handle military matters.
• Le Ling told Azure Luan to relay her insults to Qian Daoliu and insisted that he and Guang Ling could leave while Ling Yuan and Mo Yin stayed with her.
• Azure Luan refused to pass along her insults but suggested she write them in a letter, and Qian Renxue urged Le Ling to read Qian Daoliu’s letter and reply.
• Le Ling left the study in anger, then snatched a letter addressed to her from Chen Xin when the captain arrived.

After reading Chen Xin’s letter about Ning Rongrong joining Blue Tyrant Academy, Le Ling learned of Qian Renxue’s painful feelings about Bibi Dong and comforted her. Qian Renxue took Le Ling’s acceptance as her granddaughter to heart and arranged for them to visit Blue Tyrant Academy the next day.

• Le Ling read Chen Xin’s letter explaining that Shrek Academy had settled at Blue Tyrant Academy and asking her to look after Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue described Liu Erlong and revealed that Yu Xiaogang, whom Liu Erlong loved, had a deep connection with Bibi Dong.
• Le Ling comforted Qian Renxue, said she accepted her as a granddaughter, and clarified that she had not forgiven Qian Renxue’s grandfather.
• Qian Renxue eagerly asked to visit Blue Tyrant Academy with Le Ling and ordered the Personal Guard Captain to prepare a carriage and travel supplies.
• Le Ling offered to help Qian Renxue review her state documents, while Azure Luan and the others left the study to give them time alone.

Prince Xue Xing met Marshal Ge Long secretly at the Marshal's residence to discuss the Military Supervision Department’s investigation and the risks to their network in the military. Ge Long claimed he had arranged for someone to make the investigation a show, then took Xue Xing to a pleasure courtyard.

• A cloaked Xue Xing arrived at the Marshal's residence through the rear gate, where Mu Hua led him to Ge Long.
• Ge Long said he wanted to take Le Ling for himself, while Xue Xing warned that she served the Crown Prince and was helping him oppose them.
• Xue Xing worried that the investigation could expose Mu Hua and the people he had secretly placed in the Military Department.
• Ge Long assured Xue Xing that his contact in the Military Supervision Department would make the investigation appear real while concealing their network.
• Ge Long took Xue Xing to a secluded pleasure courtyard, where women's voices soon drifted out.

Le Ling and Xue Qinghe traveled to Blue Tyrant Academy to find Tang San, while Mo Yin’s rejection of Ling Yuan was revealed to stem from his inability to feel emotions. They discovered the academy had been renamed Shrek Academy and set out to meet its new Dean, Flender.

• Azure Luan and Guang Ling departed, leaving Le Ling in Xue Qinghe’s care as the others traveled toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Le Ling learned that Mo Yin had rejected Ling Yuan’s confession because he had no heart, which lifted Ling Yuan’s spirits.
• Mo Yin teased Le Ling about favoring the blond man from Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue overheard Le Ling admit she missed him.
• The group arrived at the gates and found that Blue Tyrant Academy had been renamed Shrek Academy.
• Le Ling asked to see Liu Erlong, learned that Flender was now Dean and Liu Erlong was Vice Dean, then accepted the guard’s offer to take them to Flender.

Le Ling went to Shrek Academy and confronted Tang San, demanding to know where the Asura God was. After Tang San denied knowing anything and tried to leave, Ling Yuan subdued him, and Le Ling used Time Rewind to peer into his past.

• Le Ling and her companions arrived at Shrek Academy and asked Dean Flender to summon Tang San.
• Flender recognized Le Ling from the Star Dou Great Forest and sent a guard to fetch Tang San.
• Tang San arrived, recognized Le Ling, denied knowing the Asura God, and tried to leave.
• Ling Yuan released her Douluo-level pressure, forcing Tang San to his knees while Flender pleaded for mercy.
• Le Ling grabbed Tang San by the throat, lifted him up, and used Time Rewind to look into his past.

Le Ling used her overwhelming Soul Power to examine Tang San’s past, then restrained him and inflicted Phantom until he struck flirtatious poses in Flender’s office. She left Tang San there while deciding to let him remain free so she could use him to draw out the Asura God, then went strolling through Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe and their companions.

• Le Ling suppressed Tang San, viewed the memories of his two lives, and found no information about the Asura God.
• Tang San attacked Le Ling with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but she bound him with her Great Fox Tail and used Phantom to make him pose flirtatiously.
• Flender asked how long Tang San’s condition would last, and Le Ling said it would end when he broke her soul skill; Flender left him in the office.
• Le Ling told Mo Yin that the Asura God might have chosen Tang San as an inheritor without Tang San knowing, and rejected capturing him in case it prevented their meeting.
• Le Ling asked Xue Qinghe to watch Tang San and the former Shrek members, then agreed to stroll through Heaven Dou City with her companions.

Qian Renxue helped Le Ling consider her grandfather’s proposal and grew closer to her Princess Grandma, while Tang San’s humiliation at Shrek Academy left him mocked and unable to retaliate. On the third day, Le Ling departed for the Heaven Dou Military Department under Lieutenant General Mu Hua’s escort, with Ling Yuan disguised as her maid.

• Qian Renxue took Le Ling around Heaven Dou City, bought her jewelry, and persuaded her to read the letter from Qian Renxue’s grandfather; Le Ling’s anger eased, but she only said they would discuss the proposal later.
• Xue Qinghe’s watchers reported that Tang San had pranced around Flender’s office for an hour, and Flender advised him not to seek revenge against powerful people he suspected belonged to the imperial family.
• Tang San learned that the academy was mocking him over the incident and decided to avoid everyone by cultivating in a cabin in the forest after class.
• Le Ling prepared to enter the Heaven Dou Military Department, and Ling Yuan joined her disguised as a maid from the Crown Prince’s Palace.
• Chief Steward Yu brought Lieutenant General Mu Hua to escort Le Ling, and Xue Qinghe warned Mu Hua to protect her before seeing her off in the carriage.

Le Ling and Ling Yuan traveled with Mu Hua toward the Heaven Dou Military Department while discussing Emperor Xue Ye’s caution and Le Ling’s family history. Their carriage was diverted into an Illusion Space, where Ge Long confronted them with Mu Hua and an unfamiliar Soul Master.

• Le Ling explained that Xue Ye had sent Mu Hua to watch them and recalled how her Imperial Uncle had arranged her Eldest Brother’s death.
• The carriage stopped in a remote forest, and Le Ling and Ling Yuan discovered that Mu Hua had disappeared.
• Le Ling recognized the forest as an Illusion Space created by a powerful Soul Master.
• Ge Long emerged with Mu Hua and an unfamiliar man, then scrutinized Ling Yuan in her maid disguise.
• Le Ling told Ge Long that her spiritual control skill had helped her see through the illusion.