Chapter Summaries

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.

Blue Tyrant Academy entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Emperor Xue Ye opened the Heaven Dou City qualifiers. Salas arranged the first-round draw to test the team Ning Fengzhi favored, leaving Blue Tyrant Academy’s match for the following day.

• Liu Erlong returned after registering Blue Tyrant Academy, and she and Gu Ye left the rest area to watch the teams enter the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Blue Tyrant Academy onto the field, where she spotted Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Platinum Bishop Salas, and Blazing Fire Academy’s Huo Wu.
• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi praised the contestants while hinting that he favored a team capable of contending for the championship.
• Salas drew the first-round matchups, including Blue Tyrant Academy versus Blue Sunshine Academy and Purple Star Academy versus Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Blue Tyrant Academy’s match was scheduled for the next day, while Tang San’s Shrek team was set to face Purple Star Academy in the day’s opening match.

Gu Ye watched Zhu Zhuqing make her debut for Blue Tyrant Academy in the qualifiers, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe observed her and Gu Ye recalled her earlier suspicions about his visit to Xue Ye's imperial harem. Zhu Zhuqing's team overwhelmed Blue Sunshine Academy, leaving the tournament's strongest teams aware of her strength.

• Gu Ye and his companions watched the opening qualifier, then met Ning Fengzhi, who encouraged Ning Rongrong ahead of her team's match.
• Gu Ye prepared Zhu Zhuqing for Blue Sunshine Academy, warning her to attack quickly if the team used seven gemstone Martial Souls.
• Xue Qinghe joined Gu Ye and Liu Erlong in the stands to watch Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Ye suspected that Qian Renxue was jealous of his disciple.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed four soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking the audience and the VIP guests.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and their teammates quickly defeated Blue Sunshine Academy, and the referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner.

Gu Ye learned that Bibi Dong wanted Qian Renxue to recruit him into Spirit Hall, while Mao Duo'er missed him and hoped to see him at the tournament. The chapter ended with Duo'er sparring against Hu Liena at Spirit Hall.

• Xue Qinghe summoned Gu Ye, showed him Bibi Dong's letter ordering Qian Renxue to recruit him, and asked what made Bibi Dong so interested in him.
• At Spirit Hall, Mao Duo'er thought about Gu Ye, whom she still regarded as her master despite becoming Bibi Dong's second disciple.
• Hu Liena teased Duo'er about missing Gu Ye, then invited her to spar as Yan and Xie Yue stopped their own fight to watch.
• Duo'er agreed not to use the power of her eyes, then easily dodged Hu Liena's opening kicks with her keen reactions.

Bibi Dong learned that Gu Ye had restored Duo'er's Martial Soul and given Zhu Zhuqing a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and she resolved to recruit him and meet him at Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Gu Ye avoided promising Qian Renxue a future together, then returned late to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing eyed him suspiciously.

• Hu Liena and Duo'er sparred at Spirit Academy, and Yan and Xie Yue recognized how formidable Duo'er's eye abilities were.
• Bibi Dong read reports about Gu Ye's Martial Soul surgery and Zhu Zhuqing's ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and decided she needed Gu Ye under her command.
• Bibi Dong sent a letter through Qian Renxue to urge Gu Ye toward Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue remained unaware of the request.
• Qian Renxue asked Gu Ye how he would treat her in the future, but he avoided making a commitment and reassured her with affection.
• Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing waited for Gu Ye at Blue Tyrant Academy, then scrutinized him when he finally returned late.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy, a powerful fire-attribute team, in the tournament. Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted her teammates as the match began, leaving Xiao Wu clashing with Huo Wushuang.

• Liu Erlong warned Zhu Zhuqing and the others that Blazing Fire Academy had balanced strength and specialized fire-attribute fighters, but Zhu Zhuqing and her team vowed to win.
• Blue Tyrant Academy and Blazing Fire Academy entered the arena, where Zhu Zhuqing sized up Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang focused on Ning Rongrong as a priority target.
• Both teams released their martial souls and took their formations when the referee began the match.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her nine-layered Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, startling Salas and drawing a calm response from Ning Fengzhi.
• Huo Wu signaled Huo Yun and Huo Yu to target Ning Rongrong while Blazing Fire Academy's support fighters gathered Sparks to strengthen their team.
• Ning Rongrong amplified Tai Long's power, Xiao Wu's speed, and Huang Yuan's Soul Power; Xiao Wu dodged Huo Wushuang's charge and kicked at him.