Chapter Summaries

Gu Ye built the Hand of God Medical Clinic’s reputation in Heaven Dou City while growing closer to Liu Erlong. Ye Lingling and her aunt, Ye Zhixing, came to join him, and Dugu Yan arrived seeking a cure, leaving Gu Ye’s request dependent on persuading her grandfather, Dugu Bo.

• Gu Ye treated commoners at his clinic, earning thousands of Surgery Points and spreading its reputation across Heaven Dou City.
• Liu Erlong waited for Gu Ye at Blue Tyrant Academy’s back mountain, but he stayed at his clinic to cultivate.
• Ye Lingling and Ye Zhixing visited Gu Ye, and Ye Lingling helped him treat patients while her aunt observed his methods.
• Dugu Yan arrived after failing to find Dugu Bo and asked Gu Ye what he wanted in exchange for curing her completely.
• Gu Ye told Dugu Yan that he needed something only Dugu Bo had, so Dugu Yan looked to Ye Lingling for help persuading him.

Gu Ye returned to Blue Tyrant Academy to teach, then spent the evening at Liu Erlong’s home and cultivated until he broke through to rank fifty-five. The chapter ended with him offering to give Liu Erlong’s Martial Soul an in-depth treatment.

• Dugu Yan left the medical clinic after Ye Lingling could not persuade Gu Ye to treat her, and Jiang Zhu then escorted Gu Ye back to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Gu Ye taught a class on basic Soul Master knowledge and Martial Souls, answering questions from the students, including Jiang Zhu.
• Gu Ye met Liu Erlong in the back mountain, teased her about assigning him her class, and cooked dinner before returning to his room to cultivate.
• Gu Ye broke through from rank fifty-four to rank fifty-five, and Liu Erlong entered his room to confirm it.
• Gu Ye praised Liu Erlong’s talent and asked whether she wanted him to give her Martial Soul an in-depth treatment.

Gu Ye explained his ability to operate on Martial Souls and persuaded Liu Erlong to let him treat her mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul. He stimulated its dormant lightning source, causing lightning to emerge from the fire-wreathed dragon as Liu Erlong felt an intense tingling sensation.

• Gu Ye told Liu Erlong that his treatment could awaken the lightning attribute inherited from her Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, though he concealed that he could not yet fully restore it.
• Gu Ye explained his theories about Martial Soul inheritance and mutation while handling Liu Erlong's released Martial Soul, then asked her to keep his abilities secret.
• Liu Erlong agreed to the treatment, trusted Gu Ye, and lay on his bed with her Martial Soul released over her body.
• Gu Ye used his Surgical Space to locate Liu Erlong's weak lightning source and stimulated it with his Surgical Blade.
• Lightning arcs burst from Liu Erlong's fire-wreathed Fire Dragon Martial Soul, and a powerful tingling, numbing sensation swept through her.

Liu Erlong fled after Gu Ye stimulated her martial soul’s lightning, leaving both of them embarrassed. The next day, Xue Qinghe found Gu Ye’s clinic and invited him to the palace to treat Xue Ye, while secretly considering how to subdue him.

• Liu Erlong asked Gu Ye to restore her martial soul, then hurried out of his room; afterward, she blushed while wondering whether he had misunderstood her.
• Gu Ye made breakfast for Liu Erlong but left without waking her, and she washed his blanket after he departed.
• Elder Chen told Xue Qinghe that Xue Ye’s condition was worsening and mentioned Gu Ye’s clinic as a possible source of treatment.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Gu Ye at the clinic and invited him to the imperial palace to examine Xue Ye; Gu Ye agreed.
• On the carriage ride, Xue Qinghe failed to persuade Gu Ye to join him and considered bringing Gu Ye to the secret chamber at his residence.

Gu Ye discovered that Xue Ye had been poisoned and secretly suppressed the poison while making the emperor feel temporarily stronger. Xue Qinghe took Gu Ye away from the palace bedchamber and insisted on bringing him to her palace, leaving Gu Ye wary of what she intended.

• Xue Qinghe brought Gu Ye to Xue Ye's bedchamber and presented him as a physician who might cure the emperor.
• Gu Ye examined Xue Ye and realized Xue Qinghe had poisoned him with a hidden slow-acting poison.
• Gu Ye suppressed the poison and injected Xue Ye with a drug that temporarily restored his strength while gradually weakening him over time.
• Xue Ye praised Gu Ye's treatment and promised a reward, while Xue Qinghe concealed her alarm and thanked him.
• Xue Qinghe took Gu Ye from the palace and insisted he accompany her to her palace, despite his attempt to return to his Medical Hall.

Gu Ye followed Xue Qinghe to the Crown Prince’s palace, where Qian Renxue revealed her identity and admitted she had brought him to the secret chamber to deal with him. Their fight ended with Gu Ye weakening Qian Renxue using Soul Dissipation Powder, leaving her unable to move or use Soul Power.

• Gu Ye agreed to accompany Xue Qinghe to the Crown Prince’s palace despite sensing a Titled Douluo guarding it.
• Xue Qinghe led Gu Ye through a hidden passage to a secret chamber and confirmed she was Qian Renxue after he exposed her identity.
• Gu Ye told Qian Renxue he had recognized her disguise when he touched her hand and later confirmed it in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue attacked Gu Ye, and they exchanged blows in the secret passage as Gu Ye relied on his strength to fight her.
• Gu Ye revealed that he had used Soul Dissipation Powder, leaving Qian Renxue weak and unable to use her Soul Power.

Gu Ye overpowered Qian Renxue in the secret chamber and left after warning her that he knew her identity and secrets. Qian Renxue vowed to make him pay, while Gu Ye fled to Blue Tyrant Academy’s rear mountain to avoid retaliation.

• Gu Ye used Soul Dissipation Powder and acupoint-tapping to immobilize Qian Renxue, forced her to reveal her true appearance, and assaulted her in the secret chamber.
• Afterward, Gu Ye told Qian Renxue that Xue Ye’s poison was only suppressed and warned her against sending the Titled Douluo after him or exposing her identity.
• Gu Ye escaped the palace using Surgical Space, passed Snake Lance Douluo, and left the imperial grounds with tokens from Xue Ye and Qinghe.
• Gu Ye closed the Medical Hall, left a letter for Ye Lingling, and hid at the rear mountain of Blue Tyrant Academy because he feared Qian Daoliu’s retaliation.
• Qian Renxue recovered, dressed, and vowed to make Gu Ye suffer, but chose to protect her undercover mission for the time being.

Gu Ye continued teaching at Blue Tyrant Academy and grew closer to Liu Erlong, who asked him to perform Martial Soul Surgery again. The chapter ended with Gu Ye treating Liu Erlong in her room as the surgery’s sensations made her blush and struggle to endure them.

• Qian Renxue resolved to control Gu Ye but decided not to act against him yet because he knew her identity and mission.
• Gu Ye spent several days teaching at Blue Tyrant Academy, while he and Liu Erlong grew more comfortable living together in the back mountain.
• Liu Erlong watched Gu Ye train her elite students, and the students began speculating that she and Gu Ye were a couple after seeing him take her hand.
• Liu Erlong joined Gu Ye in making dinner, then asked him to perform Martial Soul Surgery again because her martial soul had grown stronger.
• Gu Ye performed Martial Soul Surgery on Liu Erlong in her room, and the lightning-induced sensations made her blush and grip her skirt.

Gu Ye grew closer to Liu Erlong while waiting at Blue Tyrant Academy for signs of Qian Renxue and the arrival of Zhu Zhuqing’s group. Zhu Zhuqing missed Gu Ye at Shrek Academy, while Bule decided to follow the students to Heaven Dou City and seek a chance to target Xiao Wu and Tang San.

• Gu Ye treated Liu Erlong’s Martial Soul, and the two grew increasingly intimate as they spent the following days living together at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong complained that students were spreading rumors about her and Gu Ye, then fled his office when he suggested their living arrangement made the rumors understandable.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing missed Gu Ye and trained with Xiao Wu while waiting to travel to Heaven Dou City; Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong also discussed Gu Ye and Yu Xiaogang’s recent changes.
• Yu Xiaogang admired his increasingly youthful appearance and looked forward to more of Gu Ye’s treatments.
• Bule learned that Shrek Academy would soon leave for Heaven Dou City and resolved to infiltrate Heaven Dou Royal Academy to target Xiao Wu and Tang San.

Gu Ye pursued Liu Erlong after treating her martial soul, and she agreed to consider starting a new life with him. Meanwhile, Xue Hong returned to the Balak Kingdom with Qin Xiao to challenge Xue Song, while Qian Renxue waited for Gu Ye to reappear.

• Kadan learned that Xue Hong had returned to the Balak Kingdom with Qin Xiao and decided to wait for Gu Ye's instructions before going back.
• Qian Renxue learned of the succession plans in the Balak Kingdom, stopped watching Gu Ye's clinic, and planned to retaliate when he lowered his guard.
• Gu Ye took Liu Erlong to his room for martial soul surgery, then kissed her and urged her to move on from Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong admitted she needed time to decide, and Gu Ye gave her ten days while kissing her again.
• Xue Hong visited Xue Song with Qin Xiao and prepared to seek revenge and claim the throne.
• Gu Ye held Liu Erlong as she recovered, but she declined to stay in his room for the night.

Gu Ye met Dugu Bo at the Medical Hall and negotiated to cure Dugu Yan’s poison in exchange for rare medicinal herbs. Dugu Bo agreed to gather the herbs from his garden and left for Sunset Forest, while Gu Ye waited for him to return.

• After spending the night talking with Liu Erlong, Gu Ye returned to the Medical Hall and sensed Dugu Bo nearby.
• Dugu Bo questioned Gu Ye about whether he could completely cure Dugu Yan’s poison, and Gu Ye confirmed that he could.
• Gu Ye told Dugu Bo he had already stabilized Dugu Yan’s condition and would cure her after Dugu Bo brought him medicinal herbs from an illustrated catalog.
• Dugu Bo recognized many of the requested herbs from his medicinal garden and agreed to return within five days with up to ten kinds.
• Dugu Bo visited Dugu Yan, then left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest to gather the herbs.

Gu Ye examined the Immortal Grade Herbs Dugu Bo collected and cured Dugu Yan’s poison, earning Dugu Bo’s gratitude and advice for handling his own poison. After Dugu Yan left, Gu Ye began extracting the medicinal essence from the Ice and Fire Immortal Products and planned to combine their poisons for attacks.

• Gu Ye returned to his Medical Hall after hiding from Qian Renxue’s possible retaliation and spent four days growing closer to Liu Erlong.
• Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan and the Immortal Grade Herbs Gu Ye had requested, and Gu Ye inspected the collection.
• Gu Ye treated Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul and body, removing her poison and assuring Dugu Bo that it would not return.
• Gu Ye advised Dugu Yan to force her Martial Soul poison into a future Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo left to consider using the same method for himself.
• Dugu Yan left the Medical Hall after Gu Ye failed to react to her attempts to get his attention.
• Gu Ye began extracting medicinal essence from the two Ice and Fire Immortal Products and planned to fuse their poisons into a weapon.

Gu Ye finished extracting the fire poison and medicinal essence from the Infernal Delicate Apricot, then grew closer to Liu Erlong as they began sharing a bed. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang's Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai attacked students who insulted them.

• Gu Ye completed extracting the Infernal Delicate Apricot's medicinal essence and fire poison, stored both liquids, and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Gu Ye shared dinner with Liu Erlong, then joined her in bed; the next morning, they left the back mountain together and continued their increasingly close life as a pair.
• Ning Rongrong guided Shrek Academy's group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing hoped to see Gu Ye and Xiao Wu worried about being discovered.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy students blocked the group's entrance, and Yu Xiaogang and Flender announced their exchange visit with Qin Ming.
• After a student called the Shrek group beggars and ordered them to leave, Dai Mubai kicked several students down and activated his Martial Soul.

Bule, disguised as Bu'er and serving Prince Xue Beng, intervened when Shrek Academy fought Heaven Dou Royal Academy students and badly injured Dai Mubai. Teacher Sun Buyu arrived and, after recognizing Shrek's strength, asked what had brought them to the academy.

• Dai Mubai beat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students until Flender told him to stop, and the injured students revealed that one of them was Prince Xue Beng.
• Bule, disguised as Bu'er, demanded that Shrek apologize, then attacked Dai Mubai and kicked him repeatedly, worsening his kidney injury.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji prepared to confront Bule, but Xue Beng threatened to have Shrek wanted by the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Teacher Sun Buyu arrived, criticized Xue Beng's lack of princely bearing, and politely asked Flender why Shrek had come.
• Flender said Shrek had come to discuss an exchange with Qin Ming and blamed the fight on the students insulting them as beggars.

The Shrek Academy group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming arranged rooms and dinner for them. Bule persuaded Xue Beng to let them stay so he could use the prince to pursue his revenge, while Zhu Zhuqing privately reflected on her feelings for her teacher.

• Sun Buyu recognized Flender’s group as Shrek Academy and apologized for Xue Beng and the students’ behavior before escorting them into the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained distant from Dai Mubai and decided she would leave Shrek Academy after the tournament, while Xue Beng vowed to seek revenge.
• Bule talked Xue Beng out of driving Shrek Academy away, convincing him to keep them at the academy so he could take revenge on Dai Mubai and pursue his own plans.
• Sun Buyu showed the group around Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Ming arranged single rooms and a dinner for them.
• Xue Beng decided to wait until Shrek Academy had joined before causing trouble and planned to bring Prince Xue Xing the next day.
• After bathing alone in her room, Zhu Zhuqing thought of her teacher and acknowledged to herself that she had fallen in love with him.

Gu Ye pressed Liu Erlong for an answer, and she accepted him through her actions before spending the night with him. The next morning, he cared for her while Yu Xiaogang remained troubled by inexplicable symptoms, and Jiang Zhu guessed that Gu Ye and Liu Erlong had become lovers.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji discussed joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and how to find Gu Ye, while Yu Xiaogang privately hoped he would not meet Liu Erlong.
• Gu Ye asked Liu Erlong for her answer, and she embraced and kissed him, accepting their relationship without saying so directly.
• Yu Xiaogang felt chest tightness and a tingling scalp, blamed exhaustion and possibly Xue Beng, and failed to realize Liu Erlong was with Gu Ye.
• Liu Erlong told Gu Ye she had decided to join her life with his, and they spent the night together.
• Gu Ye made Liu Erlong a nourishing breakfast, then went to Blue Tyrant Academy while she rested; Jiang Zhu guessed that he and Liu Erlong had become a couple.

Gu Ye decided to stay with Liu Erlong one more night before returning to the Medical Hall, while the Shrek group sought a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Their welcome by the Board of Education turned tense when Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng and Bule, hinting that he might block their admission.

• Jiang Zhu teased Gu Ye about his relationship with Liu Erlong, and he sent her to class before deciding to stay with Liu Erlong another night.
• Gu Ye worried that Shrek Academy might take over Blue Tyrant Academy and resolved not to let it happen.
• Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the Shrek group and led them to meet Board of Education chief Meng Shenji and the other two elders.
• Meng Shenji welcomed Flender and the Shrek group, while he and another elder took a special interest in Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the boardroom with Xue Beng and Bule, then implied that Shrek's admission depended on whether Xue Beng was treated well.

Xue Beng and Bule planned to use the Imperial Fighting Team to challenge Shrek Academy after Shrek officially joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Zhu Zhuqing learned from Ye Lingling that Gu Ye had a clinic in the west of the city, and they agreed to visit him the next day.

• Xue Xing warned Meng Shenji and the other committee members not to let Xue Beng be bullied, then left Xue Beng with Bule at the academy.
• Bule suggested that Xue Beng enlist the Imperial Fighting Team to challenge Shrek, and the two went to find them.
• Shrek's students reported their ages and spirit ranks to Meng Shenji, who was astonished by their strength; Yu Xiaogang also introduced himself as the renowned Grandmaster.
• Qin Ming took Shrek's students around the academy, where Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team met them and sought another sparring match.
• Ye Lingling told Zhu Zhuqing that Gu Ye had a medical clinic in the west of the city and had employed her as a nurse assistant.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Lingling to take her to Gu Ye's clinic, and Ye Lingling agreed to go with her the next day.

Gu Ye returned to Liu Erlong after waiting in vain for news of Shrek Academy, and their growing attachment made it clear that his plans to live with Zhu Zhuqing could cause conflict. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang’s sudden unease made him suspect that something had happened to Liu Erlong, and he went to seek out Zhu Zhuqing.

• Qin Ming took the Shrek Academy group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Mimicry Training Ground, where they were distracted from sparring with Yu Tianheng and the others.
• Gu Ye returned to the rear mountain and joined Liu Erlong in the kitchen, where their cooking turned into an intimate encounter.
• After dinner, Liu Erlong demanded that Gu Ye keep living with her even if Zhu Zhuqing returned, and Gu Ye soothed her without resolving what he would do.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong spent the night together, while Yu Xiaogang grew worried that Liu Erlong might have another man or be in danger.
• Yu Xiaogang went to Zhu Zhuqing’s room to ask about Gu Ye.

Gu Ye reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling at his clinic, learned about Shrek Academy’s move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and tested Zhu Zhuqing’s progress. As Qian Renxue planned to visit the academy, Gu Ye left Liu Erlong waiting alone and considered how to introduce her to Zhu Zhuqing, especially with Yu Xiaogang nearby.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhu Zhuqing to invite Gu Ye to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for treatment, then worried about his recurring discomfort.
• Gu Ye spent the night with Liu Erlong, then returned to his clinic while she hoped he would come back that evening.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling reached Gu Ye’s clinic, helped treat patients, and told him about their experiences at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Gu Ye agreed to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day and tested Zhu Zhuqing’s improved strength in the courtyard.
• After learning Zhu Zhuqing was Gu Ye’s disciple, Qian Renxue planned to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy and sent Ning Fengzhi a message.
• Liu Erlong missed Gu Ye when he did not return, while Gu Ye planned to introduce her to Zhu Zhuqing after his academy visit.