Recaps

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong grew jealous of Gu Ye and Liu Erlong’s closeness, while Yu Xiaogang returned to the Medical Hall determined to win Liu Erlong back. He fled after hearing Gu Ye and Liu Erlong together, and Flender led Tang San and the others after him.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided she wanted to confess her feelings to Gu Ye, and Ning Rongrong also considered telling him how she felt.
• Gu Ye took Liu Erlong to rest, reassured her that he would treat her well, and she embraced him.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Medical Hall while Flender, Tang San, and the others watched from nearby, hoping he would reconcile with Liu Erlong.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing directed Yu Xiaogang to Gu Ye’s room, where he heard Liu Erlong and Gu Ye inside and fled in shock.
• Flender noticed Yu Xiaogang running away and led Tang San and the others in pursuit, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong resumed sparring.

Gu Ye continued his relationship with Liu Erlong while Ning Rongrong decided to train regularly at his clinic with Zhu Zhuqing. Yu Xiaogang appeared to accept the breakup and announced tougher training for his students, but privately he remained distressed; the chapter ended with Gu Ye wondering how he would arrange the night with all three women staying over.

• Gu Ye left Liu Erlong resting and discussed Ning Rongrong's training, explaining that she should remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the upcoming tournament while visiting his clinic with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to visit the clinic every week, and Gu Ye considered Liu Erlong's academy as a possible alternative for her.
• Yu Xiaogang brooded over Liu Erlong's relationship with Gu Ye while Flender, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others left him alone.
• Yu Xiaogang emerged that evening, claimed he had accepted Liu Erlong and Gu Ye's relationship, and announced that the students' training would become more intense.
• At dinner, Ning Rongrong eagerly ate after training while Liu Erlong served Gu Ye, who wondered where he would sleep with Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong staying at the clinic.

Gu Ye accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation and met Qian Renxue in the Secret Chamber, where she asked him to explain how he knew her secret and take responsibility for what happened between them. Qian Renxue challenged him to defeat her fairly before she would discuss becoming his woman, leaving the two poised to face off.

• After Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong left, Gu Ye received Xue Qinghe’s invitation to the imperial palace and decided to go.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Xue Qinghe to ask about Emperor Xue Ye’s recovery, then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Ye arrived at the palace and met Xue Qinghe alone, who asked how he knew her secrets and told him to take responsibility for their past encounter.
• Gu Ye suggested they talk in the Secret Chamber, and Qian Renxue agreed and led him there.
• When Gu Ye reached for Qian Renxue, she seized him, but he explained he only wanted her to reveal her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue challenged Gu Ye to defeat her through his own strength, without medicine, before she would seriously discuss their relationship.

Gu Ye apologized to Qian Renxue in the Secret Chamber, then forcefully kissed her, prompting her to turn the tables and make him repay her double. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see Ning Rongrong, where Xiao Wu learned Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-nine.

• Gu Ye apologized to Qian Renxue and asked her to let him protect her, but then pulled her into his arms and kissed her without permission.
• Qian Renxue dimmed the Secret Chamber and turned the tables on Gu Ye, making him repay her double.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the education committee members confirmed Ning Rongrong was studying there.
• Meng Shenji and the others led Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo toward the mimicry training room to find Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing met Xiao Wu and Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed that she had reached level thirty-nine.

Tang San and the others discovered that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-nine, while Sword Douluo identified Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Human-form Soul Beast. Xiao Wu admitted her identity, and Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi prepared to kill her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• Tang San saw Zhu Zhuqing's level thirty-nine Soul Power and was shaken by how quickly she had surpassed him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ning Rongrong happily reunited with them.
• Sword Douluo sensed Xiao Wu's identity as a Human-form Soul Beast and, with Ning Fengzhi, focused on capturing her.
• Sword Douluo drew the Seven Kill Sword and declared that Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, while Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong tried to stop him.
• Xiao Wu admitted she was a Human-form Soul Beast and apologized to Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing for hiding the truth.

When Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin tried to capture Xiao Wu, Tang San and their companions intervened, but Ning Rongrong finally stopped them by promising a way to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reconsidering their plan to hunt Xiao Wu.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin decided to capture Xiao Wu after she confirmed she was a Human-form Soul Beast, and Chen Xin crushed Tang San with his Soul Power when he tried to stop him.
• Tang San attacked Chen Xin with a Silent Sleeve Dart, but Chen Xin knocked it away; Yu Xiaogang then revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao's son.
• Ning Rongrong and Flender pleaded with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to spare Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing affirmed that Xiao Wu was still her sister and friend.
• Ning Rongrong threatened to never forgive her father and Sword Grandpa if they harmed Xiao Wu, then offered them news that could change their minds.
• Ning Rongrong claimed she knew a way to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, making Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reconsider hunting Xiao Wu.

Ning Rongrong revealed that Gu Ye could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Tang Hao and Sword Douluo stopped Xiao Wu from being hunted, setting the Shrek Seven Devils' disbanding in motion. In the Secret Chamber, Gu Ye discussed his growing strength and the Balak Kingdom with Qian Renxue, who grew jealous when he brought up Kadan.

• Ning Fengzhi promised Ning Rongrong he would not attack Xiao Wu, and she revealed that Gu Ye knew how to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang Hao confronted Sword Douluo Chen Xin outside the training room, and they reached an agreement that made Chen Xin abandon the hunt for Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo left Xiao Wu unharmed, though her exposed identity made her stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy untenable and began the Shrek Seven Devils' disbanding.
• In the Secret Chamber, Qian Renxue insisted Gu Ye must defeat her through his own strength before she would accept him, and Gu Ye revealed that he had reached rank fifty-seven.
• Gu Ye told Qian Renxue to back Kadan instead of Xue Hong as ruler of the Balak Kingdom, but Qian Renxue rejected his advice after realizing his closeness to Kadan.
• Gu Ye left Xue Qinghe's palace after declaring that he would defeat Qian Renxue and become her man, while Qian Renxue went to bathe.

Gu Ye met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo after Xiao Wu’s identity as a soul beast was exposed, and Ning Fengzhi sought his help with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s defect. Gu Ye refused to treat Ning Fengzhi for now but left open the possibility of helping when he became stronger, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin offered the sect’s support if he could help Ning Rongrong.

• Gu Ye returned to the Medical Hall and learned from Zhu Zhuqing that Sword Douluo had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity and brought her to meet Gu Ye.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to speak privately with Gu Ye, while Tang San promised Xiao Wu he would always regard her as his younger sister.
• Tang San offered Ning Rongrong his hidden weapons in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protecting Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong agreed to help.
• Gu Ye told Ning Fengzhi that he could not currently treat the defect in his martial soul because his strength was insufficient and the procedure would exhaust him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help if Gu Ye could treat Ning Rongrong’s martial soul defect.

Gu Ye agreed to help Ning Rongrong fix her Martial Soul defect, while Tang San and the others let Xiao Wu leave for the Star Dou Great Forest after her identity as a Human-form Soul Beast was exposed. Xiao Wu turned back and secretly visited Gu Ye’s clinic to propose a deal, as Tang Hao watched from outside.

• Gu Ye agreed to help Ning Rongrong resolve her Martial Soul defect after Ning Fengzhi promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would assist him with any request.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed not to hunt Xiao Wu, and Tang San demonstrated his hidden weapons before arranging to discuss a transaction with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After leaving the clinic, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender agreed Xiao Wu should return to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San saw her off outside Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Wu changed her mind and returned to Heaven Dou City, while Tang Hao secretly followed her.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Gu Ye’s clinic after dark and privately explained that she wanted to make a deal with him, as Tang Hao watched from outside.

Gu Ye helped Xiao Wu conceal her soul-beast aura, and Blue Tyrant Academy formed a seven-person team that planned to train in Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Shrek’s remaining students merged with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, while Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan reached rank forty.

• Gu Ye agreed to conceal Xiao Wu’s aura in exchange for her staying at his clinic for ten days, while he also treated Liu Erlong and helped Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Liu Erlong and Gu Ye planned a Sunset Forest trip for Liu Erlong’s eighth soul ring and training for the new Blue Tyrant Academy team, including soul rings for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu asked to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong comforted her as she stayed with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender decided to merge Shrek’s remaining four students into Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Yu Xiaogang began choosing three students from its existing team to join them.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan both broke through to rank forty, and Dugu Yan decided she would thank Gu Ye when he was available.

Gu Ye brought Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the Blue Tyrant Academy students to Sunset Forest to hunt soul rings and train, giving Zhu Zhuqing the chance to lead the group. After nightfall, Zhu Zhuqing took the first watch and noticed two overlapping silhouettes inside Gu Ye’s tent.

• Qin Ming learned that Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others had reached rank forty and decided to take them to Sunset Forest in a few days.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong’s planned dinner for two was interrupted by Zhu Zhuqing, who later took Gu Ye away under the pretext of learning from him.
• Gu Ye, Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the academy students traveled to Sunset Forest to hunt soul rings for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong and train as a team.
• Gu Ye told the students to make their own decisions unless they faced mortal danger, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested a formation before leading them into the forest.
• After a safe day of searching, Zhu Zhuqing organized dinner and assigned the students to take turns on night watch.
• As Zhu Zhuqing began her watch, she saw two overlapping silhouettes inside Gu Ye’s tent.

At Sunset Forest, Ning Rongrong obtained her third soul ring from a Nightmare Soul that Gu Ye captured. The next morning, Gu Ye’s group resumed searching for a soul ring for Zhu Zhuqing after defeating a Violent Tiger.

• Qin Ming, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji discussed training the three newly joined students and preparing the team for the tournament.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang lay awake missing Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Liu Erlong, respectively.
• Xiao Wu sensed nearby Nightmare Souls, and Gu Ye captured a thousand-year one for Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Nightmare Soul and gained a third soul skill that amplified Soul Power by fifty-five percent.
• The group rested safely through the night, then the Blue Tyrant Academy team defeated a three-thousand-year Violent Tiger while searching for Zhu Zhuqing’s soul ring.

Gu Ye’s group found Dugu Bo’s poison formation while searching for Zhu Zhuqing’s fourth Spirit Ring, then unexpectedly met the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group nearby. After both groups settled in for the night, Gu Ye planned to use an Immortal Grade Herb to attract Spirit Beasts the next day, while Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan thanked Gu Ye for curing her poison.

• Gu Ye changed the search from Spirit Beasts to Dugu Bo’s poison formation and found it by tracing poisoned plants and creatures.
• Gu Ye’s group encountered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy party, where Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu and learned she was now a Blue Tyrant Academy student.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that Ning Rongrong had reached rank thirty and Zhu Zhuqing rank forty, and Gu Ye’s group set up camp near the poison formation.
• Gu Ye told Tang San to ask Xiao Wu about why she had returned, while Yu Xiaogang remained outwardly indifferent as Gu Ye showed affection toward Liu Erlong.
• Gu Ye revealed that he would use Immortal Grade Herbs to lure Spirit Beasts the next day and advised Flender’s group to leave to avoid danger.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling visited Gu Ye’s camp, where Dugu Yan thanked him for helping her overcome her poison.

Gu Ye and Liu Erlong grew closer while keeping watch, and Yu Xiaogang secretly saw them kiss and discuss having a child, leaving him devastated. By morning, Gu Ye’s group prepared to attract spirit beasts, and he went to warn Heaven Dou Royal Academy to leave the area.

• Tang San tried to speak with Xiao Wu, but she politely declined, so he returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s camp.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong kept watch together, cuddled by the bonfire, and kissed while Yu Xiaogang watched from behind a tree.
• Gu Ye asked Liu Erlong whether she wanted a child, and she said she did and would follow his wishes.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to camp looking drained, then accepted Flender’s advice to stop dwelling on Liu Erlong.
• After breakfast, Gu Ye’s group prepared to attract spirit beasts, and Gu Ye set out to warn Heaven Dou Royal Academy to leave.

Gu Ye used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to lure spirit beasts so Zhu Zhuqing and her companions could train and find her a suitable fourth soul ring. After Gu Ye and Liu Erlong defeated the gathered beasts, Gu Ye chose a purple cat with Intangibility Instant Flash for Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ye Lingling spoke with Gu Ye before Heaven Dou Royal Academy left, and Gu Ye began preparing to lure spirit beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing's group fought several attracted spirit beasts, using them for combat training before ten-thousand-year beasts arrived.
• Gu Ye sent Zhu Zhuqing and her companions into Dugu Bo's poison formation, then he and Liu Erlong fought the remaining spirit beasts.
• Liu Erlong defeated a purple, catlike spirit beast that could turn intangible and flash away, while Gu Ye used his Electromagnetic Knife against other ten-thousand-year beasts.
• After the battle, Gu Ye told Zhu Zhuqing that the purple cat was suitable for her fourth soul ring because it possessed Intangibility Instant Flash.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, Gu Ye sent her and the other students back to Blue Tyrant Academy while he and Liu Erlong searched Sunset Forest for a suitable soul beast. Their search led them to a valley where two powerful soul beasts fought, but the arrival of an Azure Winged Thunder Dragon changed the situation.

• Zhu Zhuqing successfully absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring, advanced to rank forty-two, and revealed that her fourth soul skill was Void Flash.
• Gu Ye escorted Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others out of Sunset Forest, then returned to the depths with Liu Erlong to search for her soul beast.
• After several days of searching, Gu Ye and Liu Erlong bathed together at a lakeside and continued their hunt the next morning.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong found the Lizard Demon Worm and Centipede Poison Ran fighting in a valley and hid nearby, hoping to claim a reward after the battle.
• Dozens of other soul beasts gathered to watch the fight, but they fled when an Azure Winged Thunder Dragon appeared overhead; Liu Erlong identified it and pulled Gu Ye into hiding.

Gu Ye and Liu Erlong took advantage of three badly wounded soul beasts fighting to kill them, and Liu Erlong absorbed the Azure Winged Thunder Dragon’s soul ring and obtained its Soul Bone. After leaving Sunset Forest, they ran into Yu Xiaogang and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group on the road to Heaven Dou City.

• The Azure Winged Thunder Dragon joined the Centipede Poison Ran and Lizard Demon Worm’s fight, and Gu Ye and Liu Erlong ambushed the wounded beasts and finished them off.
• Liu Erlong absorbed the Azure Winged Thunder Dragon’s soul ring, rose from rank eighty to rank eighty-two, and awakened lightning as a second Martial Soul attribute.
• Liu Erlong revealed the Azure Winged Thunder Dragon’s Trunk Soul Bone and told Gu Ye she would give herself to him completely when they returned.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong rested overnight, left Sunset Forest the next day, and set out toward Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong encountered Ye Lingling, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Gu Ye remarked that Yu Xiaogang looked exhausted.

Gu Ye and Liu Erlong met Yu Xiaogang and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group on the road back to Heaven Dou City. Liu Erlong made clear that she now regarded Yu Xiaogang only as her cousin, then she and Gu Ye rode on to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Gu Ye met Yu Xiaogang, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and the others while riding with Liu Erlong, and learned that Yu Xiaogang had them running as training.
• Gu Ye invited Liu Erlong to speak, and she told Yu Xiaogang she saw him only as her cousin.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Gu Ye to treat Liu Erlong well, and Gu Ye assured him he would make her happy.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong rode away while Flender and Tang San stayed with the heartbroken Yu Xiaogang.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong returned to Heaven Dou City and headed straight for Blue Tyrant Academy.

After a month of training at Blue Tyrant Academy, Gu Ye and the team grew stronger while Liu Erlong advanced after refining a torso bone. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Bule lured Tang San to a meeting and approached him disguised as Xiao Wu.

• Liu Erlong refined her torso bone, raising her Soul Power to the peak of level eighty-five and strengthening her Thunder Blazing Dragon Martial Soul.
• Over the next month, Gu Ye reached level fifty-eight, and Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, Tai Long, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan improved through training.
• Bule decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy after failing to find Xiao Wu, and he sent Tang San a challenge before threatening him with Xiao Wu's supposed death.
• Tang San went to Bule's chosen meeting place after receiving the threat, then saw someone disguised as Xiao Wu and happily approached without noticing her unusual appearance.

Bule disguised himself as Xiao Wu to ambush Tang San, but Tang San survived the attack and turned Bule’s poison against him. Afterward, Tang San buried Bule and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he appeared to resume his usual life despite being changed by what happened.

• Bule used Covered Universe to disguise himself as Xiao Wu and stabbed Tang San with a poisoned, aphrodisiac-coated blade when Tang San embraced him.
• Tang San recognized Bule, suppressed the poison, and threw the dagger back at him, wounding him with the same poison and drug.
• Overwhelmed by the substances, Bule crawled toward Tang San, and Tang San later found him dead.
• Tang San buried Bule and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, brushing off Dai Mubai’s concern and going to his room.
• A few days later, Tang San resumed cultivating, speaking with Yu Xiaogang, and sparring with Dai Mubai and the others, though his outlook had changed.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament approached, Gu Ye’s students at Blue Tyrant Academy prepared under Liu Erlong’s guidance. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang, Qin Ming, and others gathering Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s two teams.

• Kadan became queen of Balak Kingdom with Xue Qinghe’s support and began building her own power, while Gu Ye continued teaching and treating people at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Gu Ye reached rank sixty-five after gaining a sixty-thousand-year sixth soul ring and an arm-bone soul bone.
• Liu Erlong explained the tournament rules to Blue Tyrant Academy’s seven students and reviewed their improved strengths, including Zhu Zhuqing at rank forty-six and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong at rank forty-two.
• Jiang Zhu asked where Gu Ye was, and Liu Erlong recognized her feelings for him while reminding her that he was likely busy.
• Liu Erlong asked Zhu Zhuqing about the team’s training coordination, and Zhu Zhuqing said it was going well.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiaogang, Qin Ming, and the others gathered the academy’s two battle teams.

Yu Xiaogang explained the tournament rules to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first and second teams while Skywater Academy arrived in Heaven Dou City. Shui Bing’er and Gu Ye noticed each other from passing carriages, leaving her distracted after he disappeared from view.

• Yu Xiaogang reviewed the teams’ progress and explained the upcoming tournament rules, then allowed them a few days to rest.
• The chapter described the Soul Power ranks of Shrek Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team, including Ye Lingling’s rapid improvement while assisting Gu Ye.
• Shui Bing’er spotted Gu Ye peeling oranges from her carriage, and Shui Yue’er and the other Skywater Academy women teased her about being attracted to him.
• Gu Ye recognized Shui Bing’er and looked forward to the tournament, imagining a match between her team and Zhu Zhuqing’s team.
• Gu Ye and Shui Bing’er exchanged gazes as their carriages passed, and Shui Bing’er remained distracted until Shui Yue’er told her he was gone.

Gu Ye returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and learned that Zhu Zhuqing had plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red because she loved him. He promised to grant her one wish if she achieved a top-three tournament result or defeated a Spirit Hall competitor, and the chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing kissing him.

• Liu Erlong questioned Gu Ye about missing his teaching plans, and he explained that the imperial palace had invited him to join the tournament’s healing team.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong returned to the academy, where Zhu Zhuqing was waiting for him with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to consume the herb, and Gu Ye recognized that she had plucked it because she loved him.
• Gu Ye offered to grant Zhu Zhuqing one wish if she placed in the tournament’s top three or defeated someone from Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing vowed to win and kissed Gu Ye.

Zhu Zhuqing grew increasingly bold in pursuing Gu Ye, flirting with him in the kitchen and beneath the dinner table while Liu Erlong remained unaware. Gu Ye restrained her because of Liu Erlong, then eagerly embraced Liu Erlong when she came to his room that night.

• After kissing Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Ye left her room to make dinner, and she followed him into the kitchen to help.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Gu Ye from behind while he cooked, then stole another kiss despite his warning that Liu Erlong might return.
• Liu Erlong came home and joined Gu Ye and Zhu Zhuqing for dinner, unaware of Zhu Zhuqing's earlier advances.
• Zhu Zhuqing secretly teased Gu Ye beneath the table, startling him while Liu Erlong chatted with him.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu read romance books in their dorm rooms, and the chapter revealed Ning Rongrong had encouraged Zhu Zhuqing's bold behavior.
• That night, Gu Ye embraced and kissed Liu Erlong when she entered his room, but she pushed him back and reproached him.

Gu Ye and Liu Erlong discussed Zhu Zhuqing's confession, and Gu Ye reaffirmed his attachment to Liu Erlong. Three days later, at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony, Gu Ye's group encountered old acquaintances and drew Shui Bing'er's curiosity.

• Liu Erlong asked Gu Ye about Zhu Zhuqing's feelings, and Gu Ye admitted Zhu Zhuqing had confessed to him.
• Liu Erlong insisted that Zhu Zhuqing remain Gu Ye's disciple, and Gu Ye showed Liu Erlong how deeply he cared for her.
• At the tournament opening ceremony, Gu Ye's group met Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Flender, and their students; Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan greeted them.
• Gu Ye led his students into the venue and exchanged a friendly challenge with Flender's group before they entered.
• Shui Bing'er recognized Gu Ye at the rest area, and her Skywater Academy teammates speculated about him as she grew curious about the young leading teacher.