Chapter Summaries

Long Jie defeated Sword Freak with Ice and Fire Duality, won the match to become Ning Rongrong's guardian, and earned the approval of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leaders. He left for Lan Ba Academy, while Ning Fengzhi said Ning Rongrong would visit him in a few days.

• Long Jie challenged Sword Freak to decide their match with one move, then unleashed the Blazing Firebird while activating his Skull Wisdom Soul Bone.
• Long Jie used Ice and Fire Duality to freeze Sword Freak's sword energy and defeat him, then helped him up and accepted his promise to fight again.
• Ning Rongrong rushed onto the stage and embraced Long Jie, while the three leaders accepted him as her guardian.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Long Jie as Uncle Ning, but Long Jie asked to return to Lan Ba Academy to see Little Wu and the others.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Long Jie leave and said he would have Ning Rongrong visit him in a few days.

After winning Ning Rongrong’s heart and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, Long Jie received the Words Convey the Dao ability and discovered Moon Pavilion was being forced to close. He challenged Tang Yuehua to fight for her ideals, but left her stunned by accusing her of depending on the nobles.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Long Jie a gold token and entrusted Ning Rongrong to his care, while Chen Xin encouraged him to cultivate.
• Long Jie received Words Convey the Dao for winning Ning Rongrong’s heart, gaining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, and changing the original story.
• Long Jie found Moon Pavilion closed and learned from Tang Yuehua that it might shut down for good.
• Long Jie deduced that nobles had cut off Moon Pavilion’s funding, driven away its noble students, and spread rumors about it.
• Tang Yuehua admitted she still wanted Moon Pavilion to educate commoners, but Long Jie accused her of being unable to pursue that ideal without noble support.

Long Jie encouraged Tang Yuehua to fight to save Moon Pavilion and gave her money and a plan to attract students by teaching him in public. He wrote a month of lesson materials overnight, then scolded Tang Yuehua after she woke from a staged nap, leaving her confused by his concern.

• Tang Yuehua angrily defended her efforts to open Moon Pavilion to commoners, and Long Jie offered to help make it accessible to everyone.
• Long Jie gave Tang Yuehua a gold card with two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and proposed that she teach him outside Moon Pavilion to draw attention.
• Long Jie went to Tang Yuehua's study and wrote thirty pages of teaching materials while she ground ink and eventually fell asleep.
• Long Jie touched Tang Yuehua's face and pinched her awake, then scolded her for falling asleep with a stranger nearby.

Long Jie and Tang Yuehua prepared a thirty-day teaching plan to save Moon Pavilion, then began their public lessons amid mockery from passersby. The first day ended with Long Jie revealing that Tang Yuehua would need to follow the materials rather than improvise, leaving her stunned by the demand to memorize the full script.

• Long Jie gave Tang Yuehua teaching materials and fell asleep in her room while she studied them through the night.
• Tang Yuehua praised the materials, but Long Jie reminded her that they had to save Moon Pavilion for the lessons to matter.
• Tang Yuehua opened Moon Pavilion with Long Jie and endured the crowd's insults as he sat outside in ragged clothes.
• Tang Yuehua began a poetry lesson, but Long Jie pretended to be illiterate, so she taught him to read instead.
• After Moon Pavilion closed, Tang Yuehua questioned Long Jie's change of plan, and he told her to memorize the entire thirty-day script.

Long Jie restored Moon Pavilion’s reputation by reciting a moving poem about a charcoal seller, but its lack of funding and students remained unresolved. He warned Tang Yuehua that Moon Pavilion’s future depended on whether it served nobles or commoners.

• After ten days of lessons, Tang Yuehua asked Long Jie to write a poem about ordinary people.
• Long Jie helped an old charcoal seller who had been kicked aside by a wealthy young master, then recited a poem about the seller’s hardship.
• Moved by the poem, the crowd praised Tang Yuehua and bought charcoal to support Moon Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua celebrated the return of Moon Pavilion’s reputation, but Long Jie pointed out that funding and students were still problems.
• Long Jie told Tang Yuehua that nobles would keep students away if Moon Pavilion accepted commoners, forcing her to choose whom the academy would serve.

Long Jie and Tang Yuehua discovered that nobles had opened Yang Pavilion across from Moon Pavilion and forced its former students to stay there. Long Jie wrote a calligraphy piece declaring Moon Pavilion’s purpose and asked Tang Yuehua to spread it across the continent to rally scholars against the nobles’ blockade.

• Tang Yuehua asked why Long Jie was helping her and Moon Pavilion, and he jokingly said it was because he was smitten with her beauty.
• On the fifteenth day, Long Jie found Moon Pavilion empty and discovered that Yang Pavilion had taken its former students, who wore Jia Shackles and could not leave.
• Long Jie told Tang Yuehua that the nobles were behind the students’ forced absence, making them the real target of Moon Pavilion’s struggle.
• Long Jie wrote a declaration of Moon Pavilion’s mission and asked Tang Yuehua to use her influence to spread it across the continent.

Long Jie’s running script inspired scholars and students to support Moon Pavilion’s admission of commoners, and Tang Yuehua welcomed the returning students and opened the Pavilion to people of every background. After returning to Blue Tyrant, Long Jie discovered a crowd of beautiful women arguing over whether he was someone’s boyfriend.

• Tang Yuehua posted Long Jie’s running script at Moon Pavilion and spread it through inscriptions and former students.
• Inspired by the script, students at Yang Pavilion resolved to return to Moon Pavilion, and the Old Mister led them out with the guards following.
• The students knelt before Tang Yuehua, who declared that Moon Pavilion would accept talented disciples regardless of background.
• Long Jie returned to Blue Tyrant and went to look for Little Wu, but stopped when he heard a crowd arguing about who his boyfriend was.
• Long Jie saw Little Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Jiang Zhu, and seven other beautiful girls gathered in the plaza.

Long Jie returned to find Shui Bing'er and the Tianshui Battle Team waiting for him, and his other girlfriends made the reunion painfully awkward. Shui Bing'er admitted she might wait for him, while Long Jie ended the chapter giving Liu Erlong an Immortal Herb and hearing her demand roses.

• Shui Bing'er asked Ning Rongrong to let her see Long Jie, who was hiding nearby after hearing she had come with the Tianshui Battle Team.
• Liu Erlong discovered Long Jie, and the Tianshui girls surrounded him and demanded an explanation about his relationships.
• Little Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong acted intimate with Long Jie in front of Shui Bing'er, then left after rebuking him.
• Shui Bing'er said she would wait until Long Jie's other girlfriends were gone, then departed with the Tianshui Battle Team.
• Liu Erlong teased Long Jie about adding her to his harem, and he gave her a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Liu Erlong asked Long Jie whether he was trying to woo her and said she preferred roses.

Long Jie gave Liu Erlong a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then went to reconcile with Shui Bing'er by reassuring her and offering a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. Shui Bing'er forgave him, leaving Long Jie with three more women to make peace with.

• Long Jie convinced Liu Erlong that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum would make her look younger, and she teased him about courting her before taking it to her office.
• Long Jie went to the Tianshui Battle Team's gathering place and asked to speak with Shui Bing'er alone, despite the other girls criticizing him for his relationships with other women.
• Shui Bing'er questioned Long Jie about whether he truly loved her, and he reassured her that he wanted to become strong so he could give her a home.
• Long Jie gave Shui Bing'er a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, explaining that it would let her summon the phoenix without help.
• Shui Bing'er believed Long Jie, leaned into his embrace, and forgave him; Long Jie thought that three more women remained to settle with.

Long Jie tried to make peace with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Little Wu after visiting Shui Bing'er, offering gifts to win the first two over. He gave Little Wu the Lovesick Heartbroken Red and asked her to test whether it recognized her, leaving their relationship uncertain.

• Long Jie went to the Blue Tyrant Battle Team's training room, where Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Little Wu were upset with him.
• Long Jie embraced Ning Rongrong and gave her a Qi Luo Tulip, and she forgave him.
• Long Jie gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and a cat-tail External Soul Bone, and she kissed him and thanked him.
• Ning Rongrong and Little Wu complained that Zhu Zhuqing had received a Soul Bone, and Long Jie promised to find suitable ones for them.
• Long Jie gave Little Wu the Lovesick Heartbroken Red and asked her to drip a drop of blood onto it to see whether it would acknowledge her as its master.

Little Wu accepted Long Jie's love after the Lovesick Heartbroken Red revealed her feelings, while Meng Yiran prepared to use a deadly poison to take revenge. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo injecting Meng Yiran with a poison that he said would make her beautiful.

• Little Wu offered her heart's blood to the Lovesick Heartbroken Red, which revealed her love for Long Jie and acknowledged her as its master.
• Long Jie confessed that he wanted Little Wu as his lover, kissed her, and asked her to be his woman; she accepted, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined them.
• Meng Yiran cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Dragon Snake Couple and Dugu Bo, who had trained her in poison arts.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Meng Yiran had fused her venoms into a poison she could use only once, which would kill her but could take down even a Soul Saint.
• Dugu Bo offered Meng Yiran a painful poison that he said would make her beautiful, and injected it into her face as she focused on revenge.

Long Jie visited Moon Pavilion and learned that Tang Yuehua had restored its standing, then received a kiss from her. He realized the pavilion faced a new problem: despite being able to recruit commoners again, none had enrolled.

• Long Jie visited Moon Pavilion and saw that students had returned, the guards respected him, and his name had been added beneath the entrance couplet.
• Long Jie thanked Tang Yuehua for restoring Moon Pavilion, and she kissed him on the cheek as a reward.
• Tang Yuehua teased Long Jie with a short blade when he tried to kiss her, then asked for his help with a new problem.
• Long Jie reasoned that the nobles had lifted their blockade and Moon Pavilion could recruit commoners, but no commoners had come.

Long Jie helped Tang Yuehua attract commoners to Moon Pavilion by writing the question “Are kings and nobles born to rule?” Their calligraphy spread across the continent and drew eager students to the pavilion. The phrase reached Emperor Xue Ye, who read it with interest.

• Tang Yuehua asked Long Jie to help bring commoners to Moon Pavilion, and he refused until she offered him a kiss as compensation.
• After Tang Yuehua kissed him, Long Jie wrote “Are kings and nobles born to rule?” and told her to publicize the words.
• Tang Yuehua spread the phrase through Heaven Dou City and across the continent, prompting commoners to flock to Moon Pavilion.
• Long Jie stayed at Moon Pavilion while Tang Yuehua handled the influx of students.
• Emperor Xue Ye studied Long Jie's calligraphy and laughed that it was interesting.

Xue Ye, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong admired Long Jie's calligraphy and ordered it displayed or distributed. At Moon Pavilion, Long Jie warned Tang Yuehua that expanding education everywhere could threaten the empire, leaving her embarrassed after realizing the danger.

• Xue Ye read Long Jie's calligraphy about whether rulers were born to their stations and laughed at its message.
• Qian Renxue ordered the calligraphy carved into a stele and displayed at the Crown Prince's Residence, then resolved to see what Long Jie could do.
• Bibi Dong ordered the calligraphy displayed at Spirit Hall and sent Long Jie's other work to every Spirit Hall Branch for memorization.
• Tang Yuehua asked Long Jie to fund her plan to recall Moon Pavilion's students and establish academies throughout the land.
• Long Jie warned Tang Yuehua that educating everyone could leave the empire without commoners to serve it and put Moon Pavilion in danger.
• Tang Yuehua realized she had not acted on her plan yet and became awkwardly embarrassed.

After Tang Yuehua confessed her feelings, Long Jie became her lover and received powerful Soul Bone rewards from the System. The next morning, Heaven Dou Royal Knights arrived at Moon Pavilion to take him to a palace banquet, and Long Jie agreed to go with Xue Ke.

• Tang Yuehua told Long Jie she had promised commoners to establish Heaven-Inch Filled Academy, then confessed that she liked him and became his lover.
• The System rewarded Long Jie with three hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones and a three-minute Time Ticket for altering the original work.
• Long Jie considered his new Soul Bones and put away the Time Ticket when a commotion broke out outside Moon Pavilion.
• Heaven Dou Royal Knights surrounded Moon Pavilion and tried to seize Long Jie, but he froze them with his Soul Power.
• Xue Ke stopped the knights, recognized Long Jie as the Literary Saint, apologized for their previous meeting, and invited him to the Great Emperor's banquet.
• Long Jie questioned whether he could refuse the invitation, then agreed to go with Xue Ke.

Long Jie was summoned to the Imperial Palace, where he revealed that he served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and gained Xue Ye’s approval. After the banquet, Qian Renxue invited him to the Crown Prince’s Residence, where her inexplicable fondness for him grew.

• Xue Ke accompanied Long Jie to the Imperial Palace, where Xue Beng recognized him and feared his return.
• Long Jie met Xue Ye and impressed the emperor, who praised his talent and toasted him.
• Long Jie declared that he served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, shocking Xue Beng and prompting Xue Ye to endorse the Crown Prince’s regency.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that Long Jie had joined her residence long ago, and Long Jie resolved to prevent Xue Beng from taking the throne.
• After the banquet, Qian Renxue invited Long Jie to the Crown Prince’s Residence, where Words Convey the Dao increased her favorability toward him by 30%.

Long Jie used a Spirit Hall token to hint to Qian Renxue that he could be an ally, then returned to Moon Pavilion and reunited with Tang Yuehua. The chapter ended with the two returning to their room and becoming intimate.

• Long Jie avoided speaking further about Xue Beng after Xue Qinghe warned him not to discuss his younger brother.
• Xue Qinghe offered Long Jie a reward, and Long Jie asked him to arrange substitutes for the Blue Tyrant Battle Team.
• Long Jie revealed Bibi Dong's Spirit Hall token to Qian Renxue, who reacted with surprise and then sent him away.
• Long Jie returned to Moon Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua anxiously greeted him and asked whether the Crown Prince had caused him trouble.
• Long Jie teased Tang Yuehua about compensating him, and they went to their room, where she began pleasuring him.

After spending half a month with Tang Yuehua, Long Jie returned to Lan Ba Academy and learned how much the girls had advanced through secluded cultivation. He prepared to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest with Liu Erlong, whose teasing left him disappointed.

• Long Jie left Tang Yuehua and returned to Lan Ba Academy, where Little Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu welcomed him.
• Little Wu revealed that she had reached level 40 after Lovesick Heartbroken Red acknowledged her as its master.
• Long Jie guessed that Ning Rongrong was level 38 and that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then kissed her.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Zhu told Long Jie that they had both reached level 40, and he announced that they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest together.
• Long Jie went to Liu Erlong's courtyard to ask her to join them and found her wearing a bathrobe after a bath.
• Liu Erlong teased Long Jie by loosening her bathrobe, but revealed that she was wearing clothes underneath.

Long Jie and Liu Erlong led Little Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiang Zhu into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Soul Rings for Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Zhu. After Liu Erlong captured an eight-thousand-year-old Tiger Demon Cat for Zhu Zhuqing, the enraged pack attacked, and Long Jie froze them all with his Seven Stars Blade.

• Liu Erlong told Long Jie that refining his Immortal Herb had raised her to level 80, and she agreed to join the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The next day, Long Jie, Liu Erlong, Little Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiang Zhu traveled to the forest, while Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Long Jie left her behind.
• Little Wu guided the group to the Tiger Demon Cat territory, where Zhu Zhuqing chose an eight-thousand-year-old Tiger Demon Cat for her Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong knocked the chosen Tiger Demon Cat unconscious, provoking the Tiger Demon Cat King and the rest of the pack to attack.
• Long Jie used his Seven Stars Blade and Polar Cold Light to freeze the pursuing Tiger Demon Cats.

Long Jie and the others searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul ring for Jiang Zhu after Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Tiger Demon Cat soul ring. They found Tang San with Yu Xiaogang, who froze when he saw Liu Erlong.

• Long Jie led the group away from the Tiger Demon Cats, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a soul ring that raised her Soul Power to level 42.
• Little Wu guided everyone to a marsh, where they found an eight-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider and its Water Spider mate; Jiang Zhu chose not to disturb them.
• Tang San killed the Cave Demon Spider with a crossbow and then killed several Water Spiders that attacked him.
• Liu Erlong confronted Tang San over killing the Water Spiders, and Tang San recognized Long Jie and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived with his group, saw Liu Erlong, and stood speechless.