Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se refined a fifth-rank Rejuvenating Purple Pill during the competition, and his worn Medicine Cauldron exploded before the pill was complete. He finished refining it without a cauldron while Holden completed a fifth-rank Rejuvenation Pill, leaving the championship undecided.

• Yun Yun asked Gu He to identify the pills Xiao Se and Holden were refining, and Gu He explained that tangible energy ripples would confirm a fifth-rank pill.
• Xiao Se's Rejuvenating Purple Pill released energy ripples, but his Medicine Cauldron began to crack and Fa Ma and Gu He feared it would fail.
• Xiao Se's Medicine Cauldron exploded, prompting Holden to mock him and claim the championship.
• Xiao Se revealed a Medicine Cauldron made of Azure Flame and completed his pill without a cauldron, astonishing Gu He and Fa Ma.
• Holden completed a pill that also produced energy ripples and claimed it could benefit Dou Huang experts; Xiao Se recognized it as a Rejuvenation Pill and calmly awaited the result.

Xiao Se won the Alchemist Grand Meeting by presenting a genuine Fifth-Rank Rejuvenating Purple Pill, which restored Hai Bo Dong’s lost cultivation. Holden tried to dispute the result and then fled, while Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian pursued him; Xiao Se asked that Holden be captured alive.

• Holden presented a Fifth-Rank Rejuvenation Pill, and Xiao Se revealed his own Fifth-Rank Rejuvenating Purple Pill as the contestants and spectators watched.
• Holden demanded an outside inspection, but Xiao Se gave the Rejuvenating Purple Pill to Hai Bo Dong to test its effects.
• Hai Bo Dong swallowed the pill and recovered his cultivation, rising from a two-star Dou Huang to a five-star Dou Huang.
• Holden swallowed an antidote that restored his original appearance, revealed his Dou Wang cultivation, and fled toward the outskirts of Gama City.
• Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian chased Holden, and Xiao Se asked Hai Bo Dong to leave him alive for questioning.

Xiao Se won the Alchemist Grand Meeting and rejected Yun Yun’s offer to make him the next Sect Leader of the Yun Lan Sect. After reuniting with Hai Bo Dong, he learned that a mysterious poison-wielding female Dou Emperor had helped Holden escape and suspected she was Little Fairy Doctor.

• Fa Ma announced Xiao Se as the champion, and the crowd celebrated his victory.
• Nalan Jie praised Xiao Se’s talent and urged Nalan Yanran to pursue him, embarrassing her.
• Liu Ling congratulated Xiao Se and vowed to study alchemy before challenging him again.
• Yun Yun offered Xiao Se the future leadership of the Yun Lan Sect and its full support, but he declined while promising to help when he could.
• Xiao Se pursued Hai Bo Dong back to the Mittel Auction Headquarters and learned that Holden had escaped with help from a mysterious female Dou Emperor who wielded poison and hidden weapons.
• After hearing that the woman appeared young and had a strand of white hair, Xiao Se suspected she was Little Fairy Doctor.

Xiao Se collected the Soul Fusion Pill formula and discovered that his hidden champion’s reward was a Breakthrough Sect Pill formula left by a mysterious Dou Zun. He sold pills through Ya Fei before preparing to leave the Imperial City, where she asked whether he would return.

• Xiao Se learned from Hai Bo Dong that the mysterious Dou Huang had headed toward the eastern Demon Beast Mountain Range, then planned to collect his rewards and register for Canaan Academy.
• Fa Ma gave Xiao Se the Soul Fusion Pill formula and revealed that the champion’s reward was a Breakthrough Sect Pill formula left by a mysterious black-robed man who had suppressed him with his aura.
• Fa Ma explained that the mysterious man had ordered him to hold the Alchemist Grand Meeting two years later and offer the formula as its champion’s prize.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Se that the Mittel Auction had found only one item from his list, and Xiao Se asked her to sell the pills he had brought.
• Ya Fei realized Xiao Se was preparing to leave the Imperial City and asked whether he would return.

Xiao Se cultivated the first layer of Fire God's Wrath, then used a Soul Land Travel Ticket to reach the world of Soul Land with Long Kui. After Zhu Zhuqing fell from the sky, he caught her and waited for her to wake so he could learn where they were.

• Xiao Se refined Queen Medusa's Essence Blood, cultivated the first layer of Fire God's Wrath, and advanced to nine-star Great Fighter.
• Xiao Se put the drowsy Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python in the Wishful Treasure Sack and used the Soul Land Travel Ticket.
• Xiao Se arrived on a mountain near Soto City with Long Kui, who recognized the world's energy as soul power.
• Xiao Se removed Zhu Zhuqing from the System Warehouse, and she appeared to be falling from the sky.
• Xiao Se used his Purple Cloud Wings to catch Zhu Zhuqing and brought her to the mountaintop as she began to wake.

Xiao Se rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the System Warehouse and introduced her to Long Kui, explaining that they came from the Dou Qi Continent. After Zhu Zhuqing recognized a nearby city and admitted she was hungry, Xiao Se carried her down from the mountain using his Purple Cloud Wings.

• Zhu Zhuqing awoke after escaping the darkness and cautiously questioned Xiao Se about where she was.
• Xiao Se introduced himself and Long Kui, explained their origins, and learned that Zhu Qing was a false name Zhu Zhuqing had given.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled her despair over Dai Mubai and discovered that she had been trapped in the darkness for two days.
• Xiao Se showed Zhu Zhuqing a city she recognized, and she admitted she was hungry.
• Long Kui entered the Demon Sword, spoke to Zhu Zhuqing from within it, and Xiao Se carried Zhu Zhuqing off the cliff with his Purple Cloud Wings.

Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing discussed how she had been transported to his world before they recognized Shrek Academy’s six students at a crowded restaurant. Zhu Zhuqing denied having any relationship with Dai Mubai as he argued with the staff over finding a table.

• Xiao Se told Zhu Zhuqing that a powerful spatial technique or Soul Skill might have transported her, and she asked him about his world.
• Xiao Se noticed Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu at the restaurant and recognized the group as Shrek Academy’s students.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew cold and trembled when she saw Dai Mubai, then told Xiao Se she no longer had any relationship with him.
• Dai Mubai demanded that the restaurant clear a table for his group, while Tang San urged him to find another restaurant and reminded him they had to reach the Great Soul Arena for the headmaster’s assembly.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun tried to drive Xiao Se away from his table so they could approach Zhu Zhuqing, but Xiao Se broke Dai Mubai’s arm when he attacked. Tang San confronted Xiao Se and prepared to fight, while Zhu Zhuqing joined Xiao Se’s side.

• Ma Hongjun spotted Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai led the Shrek group over to Xiao Se’s table.
• Dai Mubai demanded that Xiao Se leave, but Xiao Se refused and Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai to scram.
• Dai Mubai attacked Xiao Se, who caught his wrist and shattered the bones in his arm.
• Ma Hongjun released his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, and Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass while demanding that Xiao Se let Dai Mubai go.
• Xiao Se accused Tang San of hypocrisy and mocked Shrek Academy’s rule about causing trouble.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her Netherworld Cat martial soul and told Xiao Se she would fight alongside him.

Xiao Se threw Dai Mubai out of the restaurant and challenged the Shrek group to meet him outside Soto City. Tang San led the group to confront him, while Xiao Se sensed a powerful presence watching from above the clouds.

• Xiao Se released Dai Mubai, then threw him out of the restaurant and threatened to castrate him if the Shrek group failed to meet him outside Soto City.
• Tang San planned to fight Xiao Se with help from Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar, while Xiao Wu warned that Xiao Se seemed dangerous.
• Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing waited outside Soto City with Dai Mubai hanging upside down from a tree.
• Xiao Se told Zhu Zhuqing he could not tolerate men who might have mistreated them if he had been weaker, and she agreed Dai Mubai and the others deserved punishment.
• Xiao Se sensed a powerful aura above the clouds and suspected Tang Ri Tian was watching as Tang San and his companions arrived.

Xiao Se defeated Tang San and Ma Hongjun after they challenged him to free Dai Mubai, then faced Shrek headmaster Flander. Flander attacked from the air, and Xiao Se rose to meet him with a battle-qi-coated fist.

• Xiao Se demanded that Tang San defeat him to take Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San and Ma Hongjun as they attacked.
• Xiao Se used Ma Hongjun to disrupt Tang San's attack, then battered both men and knocked out several of their teeth.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Tang San, who fainted after urging her to run; Xiao Se sensed Flander nearby.
• Flander arrived with Oscar and, after hearing Ning Rongrong's account, challenged Xiao Se to teach him a lesson.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to fight alongside Xiao Se, but Xiao Se refused and called Flander out to battle.
• Flander used his Four-Eyed Owl martial soul and launched wind blades, while Xiao Se dodged, spread his Purple Cloud Wings, and struck at him with an azure battle-qi-coated fist.

Xiao Se defeated Flander with a single punch, then explained his Dou Skills to Zhu Zhuqing as they walked through Soto City. He sensed Tang Ri Tian waiting for him and flew to the inn roof to face the Haotian Douluo, whose aura Xiao Se deflected.

• Xiao Se struck Flander with Exploding Fist, breaking through his defensive soul skill and knocking him unconscious.
• Xiao Se told Flander to teach his students responsibly, and Flander admitted he had been taught a lesson.
• Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing entered Soto City, where Xiao Se explained the names and ranks of the skills he had used.
• Xiao Se sensed that Tang Ri Tian had come after him and told Zhu Zhuqing to wait at an inn.
• Xiao Se flew to the roof to confront Tang Ri Tian and used Returning Origin Soul Art to deflect his overwhelming aura.

Xiao Se lured Tang Ri Tian outside Soto City and claimed that Tang San was a soul possessing his son’s body, making Tang Ri Tian reconsider his memories of Tang San. Their fight began in earnest as Xiao Se empowered his Demon Sword and Heavenly Flame to face Tang Ri Tian’s Clear Sky Hammer.

• Long Kui warned Xiao Se that Tang Ri Tian was powerful, and Xiao Se led Tang Ri Tian outside Soto City to fight.
• Xiao Se told Tang Ri Tian that Tang San had been possessed and cited his unusual childhood and techniques as evidence.
• Tang Ri Tian recalled suspicious details about Tang San and asked whether anyone else knew, while Xiao Se prepared to fight with the Demon Sword.
• Tang Ri Tian charged with his Clear Sky Hammer as Xiao Se unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, scorching Tang Ri Tian’s hand when he struck the flame.
• Xiao Se wrapped himself in Heavenly Flame with Heavenly Serpent Wrath, then swung an enormous flame-covered sword down against Tang Ri Tian’s Chaotic Cloak attack.

Xiao Se and Tang Ri Tian’s clash produced a huge explosion, but Xiao Se survived and restrained Tang Ri Tian. He unleashed his Angry Buddha Lotus Flame at Tang Ri Tian and flew away as an even larger blast erupted.

• Xiao Se and Tang Ri Tian’s weapons collided, creating a giant explosion visible from Soto City.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched the distant mushroom cloud and worried that Xiao Se had been hurt.
• At Shrek Academy, Flander and Zhao Wuji realized the explosion could mean Tang Ri Tian was fighting Xiao Se, and Flander feared the academy would be caught in their conflict.
• Xiao Se recovered inside the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover while Hong Kui offered to deal with the bloodied Tang Ri Tian.
• Xiao Se immobilized Tang Ri Tian with the Vast Sea Immobilization Cover, formed an Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, and launched it at him before withdrawing the cover and flying away.
• The fire lotus exploded around Tang Ri Tian, raising a mushroom cloud larger than the first.

Xiao Se let the wounded Tang Ri Tian escape after planting doubts about Tang San, while Tang Ri Tian warned Shrek Academy to flee and kept his distance from his son. At Sunset Forest, Bi Bi Dong tended the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and mourned someone whose return she awaited.

• Xiao Se chose not to pursue Tang Ri Tian, believing his Ring Detonation made a fight too costly, and hoped his accusations would turn Tang Ri Tian and Tang San against each other.
• Tang Ri Tian reached Shrek Academy, warned Flander and the others to hide, and ordered them not to reveal what had happened before departing without taking Tang San.
• Flander decided to evacuate Shrek Academy, admitting that its teaching philosophy had helped bring disaster upon them.
• Bi Bi Dong questioned Dugu Bo about visitors to the valley, then dismissed him and entered the valley alone.
• Bi Bi Dong watered the flowers near the cottage, changed into a plain dress, and expressed her wish to wait in the mortal world for someone's return.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to travel with Xiao Se, who gave her an Immortal Herb to refine while they waited to return to the Dou Qi Continent. Meanwhile, Shrek’s group fled Soto City after Tang Ri Tian’s defeat, and Ning Rongrong stayed behind to look for information about Xiao Se.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke to find Xiao Se had covered her with his robe, and Xiao Se invited her to travel with him after she admitted she had nowhere to go.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Se’s invitation, and he gave her the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to refine before they left for another world.
• The Shrek group fled through the night to Phoenix Village, while Ning Rongrong stayed in Soto City with Shao Xin and Li Yu Song to gather information about Xiao Se.
• Ning Rongrong spent the morning shopping with Shao Xin and Li Yu Song, then headed toward the place where she had met Xiao Se.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished refining the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which cleared her meridians and raised her soul power to level thirty.

After Zhu Zhuqing refined her Soul Power, Xiao Se took her to eat before heading to Sunset Forest for her Third Soul Ring. At the restaurant, they reunited with Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Se left her with a warning about Tang San.

• Xiao Se told Zhu Zhuqing she could advance several levels by refining her stored Soul Power, then planned to help her obtain her Third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing visited a restaurant where diners discussed Xiao Se's fight with Dai Mubai's group.
• Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing met Ning Rongrong, who apologized for her companions' behavior and introduced Shao Xin and Li Yu Song.
• Ning Rongrong treated Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing to a meal, and the three gradually grew more comfortable with one another.
• Before leaving, Xiao Se advised Ning Rongrong to be careful of Tang San.

Xiao Se warned Ning Rongrong, Shao Xin, Li Yu Song, and Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San might be an old soul possessing a child, prompting them to alert Shrek’s leaders and Ning Fengzhi. On the way to Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing revealed her real name, family, and betrothal to Dai Mubai, but Xiao Se dismissed the engagement as irrelevant.

• Xiao Se asked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing what they thought of Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing described him as arrogant, hypocritical, and scheming.
• Xiao Se claimed Tang San carried an old monster’s soul and warned the others not to confront him directly.
• Li Yu Song and Shao Xin hurried to inform Flander, while Ning Rongrong wrote to her father, Ning Fengzhi.
• Xiao Se and Zhu Zhuqing bought a map and flew toward Sunset Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her name was Zhu Zhuqing, that she was from the Zhu Family, and that she was betrothed to Dai Mubai; Xiao Se said the arranged engagement did not matter.

Flander and the other Shrek teachers discussed Xiao Se’s suspicions that Tang San was a Body Seizer and decided to keep Tang San apart from the students while they investigated. After learning that Xiao Se had defeated Flander as well, Tang San concealed his murderous intent and asked to obtain his Third Soul Ring.

• Shao Xin and Li Yu Song told Flander and the others what Xiao Se had said about Tang San, and the teachers agreed to investigate while having Tang San live near the teachers’ dormitory.
• Flander told Tang San that Xiao Se held no grudge against Shrek Academy and that the earlier fight had been a conflict between youngsters.
• Tang San comforted Xiao Wu, while Flander reported that Ma Hongjun had minor injuries and Dai Mubai would need ten days to half a month to recover.
• Ma Hongjun talked about getting even with Xiao Se until Oscar revealed that Xiao Se had defeated Flander in one move, and Flander confirmed it.
• Tang San resolved to kill Xiao Se and asked Flander to take him to obtain his Third Soul Ring because he expected to reach Rank 30 soon.

Xiao Se reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reunited with Bi Bi Dong, whose memories and feelings for him appeared to match his own. A flashback began, showing Xiao Se awakening inside the young Bi Bi Dong’s body and meeting her in her spiritual world.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her third soul ring, gained a speed-and-strength boost, and reached level thirty-five.
• Xiao Se placed Zhu Zhuqing in the Wishful Treasure Sack and flew toward the center of Sunset Forest.
• As Xiao Se approached the valley, he experienced a powerful sense of déjà vu, and Long Kui warned him about a powerful presence.
• A woman in white met Xiao Se in the air; both shed tears, and they exchanged their names as Bi Bi Dong.
• The chapter flashed back to Xiao Se waking inside young Bi Bi Dong’s body and speaking with her in her spiritual world.

Xiao Se revealed himself to young Bi Bi Dong after appearing inside her body, then persuaded her to keep his presence secret and seek a hidden treasure land in Sunset Forest. The chapter ended with Bi Bi Dong agreeing to go, despite the danger of being detected by her companions and powerful Soul Beasts.

• Xiao Se introduced himself to Bi Bi Dong, explained his arrival with a story about Mandarin Duck Brew, and returned control of her body.
• Bi Bi Dong kept Xiao Se's existence secret from Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei, then continued searching for her fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Se and Bi Bi Dong exchanged knowledge about their worlds as they traveled through Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Se told Bi Bi Dong that the forest concealed Immortal Herbs and a possible opportunity suited to her twin Martial Souls.
• Bi Bi Dong agreed to visit the treasure land with Xiao Se, while recognizing that her strength might not hide her from the Bishops or ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.