Chapter Summaries

Gu Ye's group found a ten-thousand-year Spirit Charm Fox, allowing Kadan to advance to Soul King, but the beast's corpse yielded a ten-thousand-year soul bone that sparked deadly greed. Gu Ye killed two guards who tried to claim it, leaving the remaining guards terrified.

• Qian Renxue rejected Gu Ye's offer to travel together and continued deeper into the forest with Snake Lance Douluo and her guards.
• Gu Ye told Kadan and Yan Xi that Qian Renxue's companion was a Titled Douluo, and his group resumed searching for soul beasts.
• Yan Xi and the guards subdued a ten-thousand-year Spirit Charm Fox, and Kadan absorbed its soul ring to reach level fifty-one and become a Soul King.
• A ten-thousand-year soul bone appeared on the fox's corpse, and two guards rushed to seize it.
• Gu Ye used his Surgical Space to sever one guard's hand, then killed him and the first guard who had tried to take the soul bone, terrifying the remaining five.

Gu Ye’s group secured a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then fled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest after finding the severely injured Qian Renxue. The chapter ended with Gu Ye preparing to treat her and ordering Kadan to have Yan Xi eliminate the three remaining guards.

• Gu Ye intimidated the guards, gave the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to Kadan, and later killed a guard who tried to steal it at night.
• Gu Ye’s group heard a battle nearby, suspected Qian Renxue was involved, and chose to head in another direction.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Qian Renxue’s party while Snake Lance Douluo protected her, killing the guards and leaving Qian Renxue badly injured.
• Qian Renxue collapsed in front of Gu Ye’s group and asked him to save her, so Gu Ye carried her away from the battle.
• After reaching a cave, Gu Ye told Yan Xi to keep watch and asked Kadan to have Yan Xi deal with the remaining three guards.

Gu Ye treated the injured Qian Renxue in a cave, while Kadan’s jealous teasing caused Qian Renxue to wake up believing Gu Ye had exposed her on purpose. Qian Renxue stayed in the cave for the night after Gu Ye warned her of the dangers in Star Dou Great Forest.

• Kadan told Yan Xi that the three guards should be killed, and Yan Xi swiftly killed them.
• Gu Ye removed Qian Renxue’s clothes and treated her chest and back wounds while she was unconscious.
• Kadan entered the cave, grew jealous of Gu Ye’s attention to Qian Renxue, and exposed her just as she began to wake.
• Qian Renxue woke, saw Gu Ye, and angrily blamed him for seeing her naked, while Kadan secretly laughed.
• Gu Ye told Qian Renxue that her injuries were healed and urged her to stay because traveling through Star Dou Great Forest at night was dangerous.
• Qian Renxue stopped trying to leave and sat down to rest in the cave.

After recovering from their injuries, Gu Ye’s group continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Renxue, who had given them a false name. They found two mating Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beasts, and Gu Ye decided to hunt the twenty-thousand-year beast for his fifth soul ring.

• Qian Renxue told Gu Ye that the Titan Giant Ape had injured her and called herself Qian Xue, while Snake Lance Douluo fled the beast and eventually escaped.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue joined Gu Ye, Kadan, and Yan Xi as they searched the forest, and she gradually gained a better impression of Gu Ye.
• After two days of searching, Gu Ye spotted two Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beasts mating and estimated that one was twenty thousand years old and the other was a thousand years old.
• Gu Ye declared that he would make the twenty-thousand-year Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beast his fifth soul ring and told Yan Xi to help him kill it quickly.

Gu Ye killed a twenty-thousand-year Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beast and absorbed its soul ring as his fifth, leaving the others astonished when he emerged with a new soul skill and reached rank fifty-two.

• Gu Ye used Surgical Space and Arc Surgical Blade to ambush the mating Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beast, while Yan Xi joined in and helped beat it nearly to death.
• Gu Ye killed the beast, told the smaller Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beast it was free to leave, and prepared to absorb the soul ring despite Kadan's concern.
• Gu Ye successfully absorbed the soul ring, broke through from rank fifty to rank fifty-two, and surprised Qian Renxue, Kadan, and Yan Xi.
• Gu Ye revealed that his fifth soul skill was Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Blade, which formed a high-speed drill capable of ignoring defense and damaging the heart.

Gu Ye and his companions left the Star Dou Great Forest after obtaining their soul rings, carrying a mysterious object that turned out to be an External Soul Bone. They camped for the night, and Kadan followed Gu Ye into a nearby grove as he went to gather firewood.

• Gu Ye declined to explain to Qian Renxue how he absorbed a soul ring more than twenty thousand years old, and the group agreed to leave the forest.
• Kadan found a strange object beside the Poison Dragon Heart-Drilling Beast's corpse, and Gu Ye put it away for later study.
• Snake Lance Douluo followed Qian Renxue's trail, found the beast's corpse, and confirmed she had left the forest safely.
• Gu Ye used his system to identify the object as a rare External Soul Bone, then decided not to refine it.
• The group traveled by carriage and camped outdoors for the night, and Kadan followed Gu Ye into the nearby grove after he went to gather firewood.

Gu Ye and his companions left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Renxue parted ways with them before returning to her inspection duties. Gu Ye brought Kadan and Yan Xi to his Medical Hall in Suotuo City, while Qian Renxue planned to report what she had learned about him to Bibi Dong.

• Kadan joined Gu Ye in a secluded grove, and they discussed his External Soul Bone before returning to camp with firewood.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Ye she would take a different route, and the group continued their journey after a quiet night at camp.
• Qian Renxue parted from Gu Ye at the next town, while Gu Ye and his companions continued toward Suotuo City.
• Snake Lance Douluo caught up with Qian Renxue, who headed toward Silves Kingdom and planned to send Bibi Dong information about Gu Ye.
• Gu Ye returned to his Medical Hall with Kadan and Yan Xi, and he agreed to let Kadan share his room.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished her training at Shrek Academy and prepared to go to the Soul Arena for a soul battle.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Gu Ye's medical clinic after winning her fifteenth consecutive spirit fight and found Gu Ye in bed with Kadan. Upset by Kadan's closeness to her teacher, Zhu Zhuqing pulled Gu Ye into the next room and kept him from returning to Kadan.

• Zhu Zhuqing declined Xiao Wu's invitation to go to the spirit arena with Dai Mubai and went to Suotuo City alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated a rank-thirty-six Soul Elder, extending her winning streak to fifteen spirit fights.
• After the arena closed, Zhu Zhuqing went to Gu Ye's medical clinic and entered his room, where she found him sleeping with Kadan.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Gu Ye and left the room angrily, while Kadan showed no concern about being seen.
• Gu Ye followed Zhu Zhuqing to the next room, but she pulled him onto the bed and insisted on keeping him with her for the night.

Gu Ye stayed with Zhu Zhuqing through the night as she asked him about changes to her Martial Soul and her recent breakthrough, while Kadan waited alone for him. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing and Gu Ye cooked breakfast together, prompting Kadan to decide she would join them.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Gu Ye to examine her changed Martial Soul and told him about her spirit battles and breakthrough to level thirty-two.
• Kadan stopped waiting for Gu Ye when he failed to return to their room, suspecting Zhu Zhuqing had kept him there.
• Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep against Gu Ye and hugged him, so he stayed beside her through the night.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing woke beside Gu Ye but stayed in bed out of shyness until he got up to make breakfast.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Gu Ye in the kitchen, and Kadan grew jealous as she watched them cook together and decided to join in.

After Kadan returned to the Great Spirit Arena, Zhu Zhuqing joined Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong for an evening in Suotuo City before heading to their team spirit fights. Bule secretly followed them and recruited Tianya and Old Goose to help ambush the three girls after their matches.

• Kadan left the Medical Hall after a week of serving Gu Ye, and Zhu Zhuqing was relieved to have more chances to visit him at night.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Grandmaster had moved the team's spirit fights to that evening, then brought her and Ning Rongrong into Suotuo City to shop.
• After the three girls headed toward the Great Spirit Arena, Bule followed them and decided to enlist Tianya and Old Goose rather than attack them in public.
• Bule found Tianya and Old Goose near the brothels and told them he had spotted three spirit-master girls he wanted to ambush.
• Tianya and Old Goose agreed to help and showed Bule the medicinal powder they planned to use.

At the Great Soul Arena, Gu Ye treated Ning Rongrong while Zhu Zhuqing watched and grew unsettled by their intimacy. Bule arrived to scout the women he and his companions planned to abduct, but Gu Ye noticed his suspicious behavior as Bule fixated on Xiao Wu and the blue-haired man beside her.

• Bule, Tianya, and Old Goose prepared an ambush in a secluded alley and sent Bule into the Great Soul Arena to scout for their targets.
• After their matches, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing visited Gu Ye in the Treatment Room and found him treating a mature woman.
• Gu Ye gave Ning Rongrong another treatment before her team battle, while Zhu Zhuqing secretly watched and reacted with jealousy and confusion.
• Bule spotted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing leaving to join Xiao Wu, and he followed them while fantasizing about taking all three women.
• Bule noticed the blue-haired man touching Xiao Wu and silently vowed to hurt him, while Gu Ye had already sensed that Bule seemed suspicious.

The Shrek Seven won their team battle, and Flender gave them the next day off. As Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others went out together, Bule gathered Old Goose and Tianya to plan around the three girls.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass support, then fought at high speed and helped the Shrek Seven win their match.
• Bule watched Tang San pull Xiao Wu into his arms and grew jealous, then became fixated on Zhu Zhuqing as well.
• Flender praised the team’s training and announced that they could rest the following day.
• Dai Mubai invited the group to stroll through Suotuo City, and Xiao Wu persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to join despite her plans to study with Gu Ye.
• Bule spotted the group leaving the Great Soul Arena and showed Old Goose and Tianya the three girls he had been watching.

Bule lured Xiao Wu and Tang San’s group into a trap, poisoning Xiao Wu and trapping Tang San and Ma Hongjun. Tianya and Old Goose then confronted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the Shrek students outmatched and in danger.

• Bule, Tianya, and Old Goose planned to drug and capture the Shrek Seven, then Bule provoked Ma Hongjun and leered at Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu approached Bule, but he released a cloud of drugged powder that made her collapse; Tang San chased Bule while Zhu Zhuqing stayed to help Xiao Wu.
• Bule trapped Tang San and Ma Hongjun inside his Heavenly Net Double Cover and waited for Tianya and Old Goose to act.
• Dai Mubai prepared to check on Tang San and Ma Hongjun, but Tianya and Old Goose arrived; Tianya revealed his five spirit rings and confronted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

Gu Ye rescued Zhu Zhuqing and killed Tianya and Old Goose after they attacked the group and poisoned Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu. He took the poisoned girls to his clinic, while Tang San defeated Bule and hurried there after finding Oscar’s message.

• Tianya and Old Goose overpowered Dai Mubai and attacked Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar, while their powder poisoned Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Gu Ye appeared beside Zhu Zhuqing and killed Tianya and Old Goose with a slash from his Surgical Blade.
• Gu Ye examined Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, carried Ning Rongrong to his clinic, and told Zhu Zhuqing to bring Xiao Wu; he treated Dai Mubai and woke Oscar.
• Oscar supported Dai Mubai toward Gu Ye's Medical Clinic, while Tang San broke free of Bule's cover, defeated Bule, and found Oscar's message directing him to the clinic.
• Bule, who had appeared dead, climbed back up in the alley.

Bule escaped after Tang San nearly killed him, while Gu Ye treated Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu at the Medical Hall after they were drugged. The two recovered, and Tang San arrived to find Xiao Wu safe, though he remained uneasy about what had happened.

• Bule crawled out of the alley rather than risk confronting the others, abandoning Old Goose and Tianya to save himself.
• Gu Ye took Ning Rongrong to the Medical Hall, where he and Zhu Zhuqing treated her and Xiao Wu for a powerful aphrodisiac while Oscar tended to the injured Dai Mubai.
• Gu Ye cured Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, who woke and hurriedly dressed after recalling their drugged behavior.
• Tang San rushed into the Medical Hall after hearing Xiao Wu cry out and found her with Gu Ye and Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Ye warned Tang San against acting impulsively, then told the group to rest and leave for Shrek Academy; Ning Rongrong followed him out.

After Gu Ye saved the Shrek students from three attackers, Zhu Zhuqing stayed at his clinic to grow stronger, while Dai Mubai worried that his serious waist wound had damaged his kidney. The next day, Flender brought the students to Gu Ye’s clinic so Dai Mubai could be examined and Yu Xiaogang could receive his scheduled treatment.

• Gu Ye treated Dai Mubai’s injuries and charged for the medicine, while Tang San and the others thanked him before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing stayed overnight at Gu Ye’s clinic, determined to become stronger after realizing she could not defeat her attacker.
• Flender learned that Gu Ye and Tang San had killed the attackers and decided the students’ ordeal could serve as a lesson in their training.
• Dai Mubai woke with severe pain around his waist, and Flender agreed to take him to Gu Ye for a proper examination.
• Zhu Zhuqing helped Gu Ye prepare breakfast and work at the clinic before Flender arrived with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the other students.

Flender brought Shrek Academy’s students to Gu Ye’s clinic to thank him, provide Martial Soul blood as payment, and seek treatment for Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang. Gu Ye treated them while secretly keeping Dai Mubai weakened and continuing Yu Xiaogang’s hormone injections; after Flender left, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong stayed at the clinic.

• Flender thanked Gu Ye for saving the students and asked him to treat Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar released their Martial Souls so Gu Ye could collect their Martial Soul blood as payment.
• Gu Ye treated Dai Mubai’s visible injuries and secretly injected him with something, leaving his deeper weakness unchanged.
• Gu Ye gave Yu Xiaogang his second special hormone injection and told him later sessions might improve his Martial Soul.
• Gu Ye treated Ma Hongjun, then Flender left with the other students while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong stayed behind.

Gu Ye pushed Zhu Zhuqing through nearly two months of exhausting combat training, helping her reach Soul Power level thirty-four. After carrying her to a medicinal bath, he prepared a stronger medicine for her and warned that it would hurt.

• Ning Rongrong asked to stay at the Medical Hall, and Gu Ye agreed on the condition that she work like Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Zhuqing for a bath and spent the night at the Medical Hall.
• Over the next month or two, Gu Ye trained Zhu Zhuqing intensely until she could barely move.
• Gu Ye praised Zhu Zhuqing's effort and said she had gained two Soul Power levels, reaching level thirty-four.
• Gu Ye carried Zhu Zhuqing to her room, where she accidentally fell into the bath barrel while distracted by his words.
• Gu Ye poured a new medicine into Zhu Zhuqing's bath and warned her to endure the pain.

Zhu Zhuqing endured Gu Ye’s painful medicinal treatment while Shrek Academy trained for an upcoming team battle. Meanwhile, Qin Ming brought the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to Suotuo City Great Spirit Arena, where he discovered the Shrek Academy Team and considered arranging a match between them.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Gu Ye to add all the medicine to her bath, and he left her to continue the treatment.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai trained intensely until Yu Xiaogang announced that the team would rest that afternoon and gather for a strong opponent’s spirit battle that evening.
• Ning Rongrong hurried to find Gu Ye and Zhu Zhuqing after Yu Xiaogang dismissed the students.
• Qin Ming arrived at Suotuo City Great Spirit Arena with Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the rest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, and Kadan escorted them to VIP Room Three.
• Qin Ming reviewed information on local teams, found the Shrek Academy Team, and requested more details because he wanted the two academies to face each other.

Yu Tianheng’s group heard rumors that Gu Ye’s clinic could cure Martial Soul defects and set out to investigate. At the clinic, Zhu Zhuqing’s medicinal treatment led to an increasingly intimate moment with Gu Ye, leaving her questioning whether he had almost kissed her.

• Osler told Yu Tianheng’s group about the Hand of God clinic’s rumored ability to cure Martial Soul defects, so they changed course to visit it.
• After Zhu Zhuqing became too weak to leave her medicinal bath, Gu Ye wrapped her in a towel and carried her to bed.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s stiff arms kept her clinging to Gu Ye, and he explained that nervousness and the medicine’s effects had caused the stiffness.
• Gu Ye leaned close to Zhu Zhuqing, but touched her forehead and asked whether she was overheated before leaving her to rest.
• Zhu Zhuqing dressed and wondered whether Gu Ye had almost kissed her, then tried to dismiss the thought because he was her teacher.