Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong encountered Yu Xiaogang again, but he fled from her, leaving her disappointed. After she led the group to camp, Long Jie found her awake and began telling her a story about a couple whose romance ended when they learned they were siblings.

• Liu Erlong greeted Yu Xiaogang, but he ran away without facing her, and Flander welcomed her back.
• Liu Erlong told Flander to have Tang San stop killing the Water Spiders, and Tang San absorbed the Cave Demon Spider's spirit ring.
• Liu Erlong led Long Jie and the others away, then realized at night that she had forgotten Jiang Zhu needed a spirit ring.
• Long Jie set up camp and cooked soup while Liu Erlong remained quiet and volunteered to keep watch.
• Long Jie sat with Liu Erlong by the campfire and began telling her a story about Little Liu, Little Xiaogang, and Little Dong.

Long Jie told Liu Erlong about Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong, then revealed that he was Bibi Dong’s disciple and confessed his feelings by kissing Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong said she might become his woman if he could help her forget Yu Xiaogang and fall in love with him.

• Liu Erlong confronted Long Jie for mocking her and twisted his ear while he teased her about Yu Xiaogang.
• Long Jie claimed that Yu Xiaogang had loved Bibi Dong and had chosen Liu Erlong as a substitute before abandoning her on their wedding day.
• When Liu Erlong asked how he knew the story, Long Jie revealed a Spirit Hall token and said he was Bibi Dong’s disciple.
• Long Jie kissed Liu Erlong and admitted that he was trying to win her over.
• Liu Erlong told Long Jie she still had feelings for Yu Xiaogang but might become his woman if he made her forget him and fall in love with Long Jie.

Long Jie protected Liu Erlong from a powerful Unicorn Explosive Dragon, taking a severe blow so she could kill it. As Jiang Zhu treated him, Liu Erlong realized Long Jie truly cared for her and began to reconsider her feelings.

• Liu Erlong sent Long Jie to wake the others when an eighty-thousand-year Unicorn Explosive Dragon charged toward their camp.
• Liu Erlong fought the beast, discovered its eyes were vulnerable, and injured them with a fireball.
• The blinded Unicorn Explosive Dragon attacked Liu Erlong with its horn and a fireball from its tail.
• Long Jie used Abyssal Guardian to shield Liu Erlong, suffering serious injuries and reflecting damage onto the beast.
• Liu Erlong killed the injured Unicorn Explosive Dragon and returned to Long Jie as Jiang Zhu treated him.
• Liu Erlong compared Long Jie's sacrifice with Yu Xiaogang's abandonment and began to waver in her feelings.

After Long Jie was injured, he persuaded Liu Erlong to absorb an eighty-thousand-year soul ring, but an Emerald Swan seized him and Little Wu while she was occupied. Liu Erlong finished her absorption and set out to rescue them, while Long Jie remained unconscious in Bi Ji’s secluded valley.

• Liu Erlong began absorbing the Unicorn Explosive Dragon’s soul ring while Long Jie and the girls guarded her.
• An Emerald Swan arrived, grabbed Little Wu, knocked Long Jie unconscious, and flew away with them despite Zhu Zhuqing’s attempt to stop it.
• After absorbing the soul ring, Liu Erlong obtained a soul ring for Jiang Zhu and returned toward Heaven Dou City, vowing to rescue Long Jie.
• In a secluded Flower Valley, Bi Ji assured Little Wu that Long Jie would recover and urged her to consider how she would explain what happened to him.

Long Jie woke beside Little Wu and learned that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form. He reassured her that he still loved her, then recognized Bi Ji as the legendary Star Dou Great Forest Guardian.

• Long Jie woke after more than ten hours and embraced and kissed Little Wu while Bi Ji watched.
• Little Wu confessed that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form.
• Long Jie said he had already suspected the truth because of Little Wu’s rabbit ears and past encounter with a soul beast, and told her he would not hate her.
• Long Jie addressed Bi Ji as Senior, then quickly switched to Older Sister after she objected to being called old.
• Bi Ji made Little Wu call her Older Sister, and Long Jie realized she was the legendary Star Dou Great Forest Guardian.

Bi Ji recalled the fiery-winged human who had saved her clan and created the spring, while Long Jie left the spring untouched after Bi Ji stopped him. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue ordered a token search for Long Jie, and Liu Erlong found someone at Lan Ba Academy who gave her renewed hope.

• Bi Ji sent Long Jie away so she could speak privately with Little Wu, and Long Jie explored the garden's guarded medicinal herbs.
• Long Jie reached the spring and nearly touched its water, but Bi Ji appeared and sternly forbade him from doing so.
• After Long Jie left, Bi Ji remembered a red-winged human who had saved the Emerald Swan Clan and placed the stone that brought forth the river.
• Liu Erlong told Xue Qinghe that Long Jie had been captured by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and asked for help rescuing him.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Fifth Squad of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights to search the outskirts of the Heaven Dou Great Forest, and Liu Erlong returned to Lan Ba Academy.
• Liu Erlong spotted someone at the academy entrance and felt hope for Long Jie's rescue.

Long Jie and Little Wu left Bi Ji’s garden and reunited with Liu Erlong and Dugu Bo after escaping the Star Dou Great Forest. Long Jie learned that Qian Renxue had abandoned him during the crisis, leaving him furious despite understanding her decision to minimize losses.

• Bi Ji reluctantly let Long Jie and Little Wu leave, warning Little Wu not to trust humans, and sent a soul beast to escort them out.
• Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong confronted the Titan Giant Ape in the forest’s central region, but the Sky Azure Bull Python drove them away and noticed Little Wu’s scent on them.
• The Raging Horse flung Long Jie and Little Wu near the central region, where Liu Erlong and Dugu Bo found them and welcomed them back.
• Long Jie and the others left the forest and found the Heaven Dou Royal Knights searching the outskirts for him.
• Liu Erlong told Long Jie what Qian Renxue had done, and Long Jie grew angry that she had abandoned him.

Long Jie welcomed Dugu Yan and Meng Lina to Lan Ba Academy and learned that Meng Lina was actually Meng Yiran, whom Dugu Bo wanted him to help get close to her enemy. After a group of students arrived from the Crown Prince's Residence, Long Jie assigned them to form a second team.

• Long Jie returned to Lan Ba Academy and learned that Dugu Bo had arranged for Dugu Yan and Meng Lina to join the Blue Tyrant Battle Team.
• Dugu Yan explained that she had left Heaven Dou Imperial Academy because Yu Tianheng was there, and Long Jie welcomed her and Meng Lina.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Meng Lina was actually Meng Yiran, whose life force he had restored, and asked Long Jie to help her approach her enemy without falling in love with her.
• Long Jie began training Meng Yiran with the team, then Liu Erlong summoned him to meet five students sent by the Crown Prince's Residence.
• After hearing the students' levels, Long Jie assigned them to the Blue Tyrant Second Team and named the control-type student captain.

Long Jie assigned the five Soul Masters sent by Xue Qinghe to the Blue Tyrant Second Team, while Qian Renxue watched his defiance with interest. Meanwhile, Shrek arrived at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy seeking permission to use its facilities and compete as its second team, and Qin Ming welcomed them.

• Long Jie ordered the five Soul Masters placed on the Blue Tyrant Second Team, and Liu Erlong supported his decision.
• Xue Qinghe told the guard to ignore the Soul Masters, then wondered whether Spirit Hall had helped her and decided she should not let her relationship with Long Jie grow too strained.
• Long Jie bet Liu Erlong that Xue Qinghe would come reconcile with him, then focused on training the Blue Tyrant Battle Team.
• Flander, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek group met with Meng Shenji and proposed competing as Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team.
• Qin Ming arrived and excitedly welcomed Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to have Shrek join the Heaven Dou First Team after learning that Dugu Yan had strengthened Blue Tyrant. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Long Jie and Xue Qinghe publicly smoothed over their supposed dispute, and Long Jie ended the chapter by kissing Liu Erlong after she lost their bet.

• Meng Shenji warned Yu Xiaogang that Shrek could not defeat Blue Tyrant, now strengthened by Dugu Yan, and proposed that Shrek join the Heaven Dou First Team.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted a joint team arrangement between the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team and the Shrek Battle Team.
• Xue Qinghe visited Blue Tyrant Academy, apologized to Long Jie, and explained away the failed attempt to recruit Blue Tyrant members.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Long Jie reminded Liu Erlong that she had lost their bet, and she agreed to kiss him.
• Long Jie turned his head as Liu Erlong leaned in, kissed her on the lips, and pulled her into his arms.

Long Jie spent time with Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua before returning to Lan Ba Academy to train the Blue Tyrant Battle Team for the approaching tournament. With seven days left before the competition, the team took a break, Ning Rongrong was sent home to obtain a soul ring, and Tai Long secretly left the academy.

• Long Jie kissed Liu Erlong, then visited Tang Yuehua at Moon Pavilion and spent time with her before playing the xiao and teaching her for three days.
• Long Jie returned to Lan Ba Academy and led three months of training, raising his and the team's Soul Power before the tournament.
• Liu Erlong announced that the tournament would begin in seven days and gave the team a day to relax.
• Liu Erlong ordered Ning Rongrong to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to obtain a soul ring, while Zhu Zhuqing and Little Wu persuaded Long Jie to stay.
• Tai Long quietly slipped out of Lan Ba Academy as the others headed to Heaven Dou City, unnoticed by everyone.

Long Jie took Little Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan shopping in Heaven Dou City, where a confrontation with Yu Tianheng ended with Dugu Yan rejecting him for good. Afterward, Long Jie urged her to begin a new relationship, and Dugu Yan asked if he meant with him.

• Little Wu led Long Jie to a carrot vendor, while Long Jie bought her a huge carrot and bought Zhu Zhuqing a Cat Mask.
• Long Jie gave Dugu Yan a snake-shaped hairpin, but Yu Tianheng and two women arrived and mocked her.
• Long Jie punched one of the women, and Yu Tianheng challenged him to fight in the arena.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng their relationship was over and left, while Long Jie stopped Yu Tianheng from pursuing her.
• Long Jie told Dugu Yan to start a new relationship, and she asked if he was asking her to start one with him.

Long Jie stopped Dai Mubai and Tang San from hurting Zhu Zhuqing and Little Wu, then nearly killed Tang San before the Heaven Dou Royal Knights intervened. At the Crown Prince’s Residence, Xue Qinghe offered to help kill Tang San, but Long Jie refused to involve her.

• Long Jie and Dugu Yan rushed to a fight where Dai Mubai faced Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San had bound Little Wu with Blue Silver Grass.
• Long Jie knocked Dai Mubai away, freed Little Wu, and attacked Tang San, but Tai Nuo stopped his blade before Long Jie sent him flying.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Knights arrived, forcing Long Jie to lower his weapon and leave after warning Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San admitted Dai Mubai had persuaded him to help kill Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai secretly heard a voice urge him to merge more deeply with it.
• Xue Qinghe warned Long Jie against killing anyone in Heaven Dou City and offered to help kill Tang San, but Long Jie refused.

Qian Renxue gave Long Jie money for the Blue Tyrant Battle Team’s uniforms and urged the team to win every match as they prepared for the Preliminary Competition. Meng Yiran infiltrated the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team’s hotel to meet Tang San, while Tai Long abruptly left Lan Ba Academy, prompting Long Jie to reconsider the team’s strategy.

• Qian Renxue gave Long Jie one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for uniforms and told him the Blue Tyrant Battle Team could not afford to lose.
• Meng Yiran went to the hotel rented by the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team, where Tang San helped her find another room and learned her name as Meng Lina.
• Meng Yiran planned to get closer to Tang San during the Preliminary Competition so she could kill him and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tai Long announced that he was leaving Lan Ba Academy, shocking Liu Erlong and the team.
• Long Jie told everyone to continue training, then told Liu Erlong that they needed to change their strategy.

Long Jie learned that the Blue Tyrant Battle Team had lost Tai Long and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, then agreed to help Meng Lina join Shrek for revenge. The chapter ended with Long Jie publicly beating her for betraying the team before the others intervened.

• Liu Erlong left Long Jie in charge of the Blue Tyrant Battle Team after Tai Long’s betrayal.
• Ning Rongrong told Long Jie that Tang San had won the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support for the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team.
• Long Jie reassured Ning Rongrong and discussed the team’s situation with the others, while Meng Lina stayed silent.
• Long Jie confronted Meng Lina, recognized that she used poison, and learned she wanted to join Shrek to pursue revenge.
• Long Jie agreed to help Meng Lina and staged a beating, but Little Wu, Zhuqing, Rongrong, and the others stopped him and began tending to her injuries.

Meng Lina left Blue Tyrant after Long Jie angrily refused to stop her, then collapsed after Tang San caught her outside the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy hotel. Tang San began treating her injuries, but Meng Lina woke to find his hand on her chest.

• Meng Lina handed Long Jie a letter announcing she was leaving Blue Tyrant, and he ordered her to go and forbade the others from following.
• Meng Lina went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy hotel, where Tang San caught her after she stumbled and then carried her inside when she fainted.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San that Meng Lina belonged to the Blue Tyrant Battle Team, but Tang San refused to let that stop him from taking her to a room.
• Tang San found wounds across Meng Lina's body and began applying medicine, using the treatment as an excuse to grope her.
• Meng Lina coughed and opened her eyes while Tang San's hand was still on her chest.

Tang San tried to secure Meng Lina a place on the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team, insisting he would take responsibility for her after treating her injuries. When Meng Shenji refused to add her to the first team, Tang San demanded that they both join, and Meng Shenji assigned all of Shrek to the second team instead.

• Tang San treated Meng Lina's injuries, unaware that her poison was seeping into his hands, while she sat in silence consumed by killing intent.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to let Meng Lina join the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team, and Yu Xiaogang agreed that he could seek the education committee's approval.
• Tang San asked Meng Shenji to add Meng Lina to the first team, but Meng Shenji refused after Yu Tianheng and his teammates had objected to Tang San.
• Tang San threatened to leave with his companions unless Meng Lina joined, then rejected Meng Shenji's offer to place her on the second team and said he would join it too.
• Meng Shenji assigned all of Shrek to the second team, and Tang San left with Meng Lina.

Tang San moved his companions to the Heaven Dou Second Team to build Shrek’s reputation, but Yu Xiaogang pointed out that they lacked enough members to compete. Meanwhile, Tai Long’s departure left the Blue Tyrant Battle Team short-handed just three days before the preliminaries.

• Tang San apologized for moving his companions to the second team, but Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai supported his decision.
• Meng Lina greeted the team, while Dai Mubai refused to shake her hand.
• Tang San explained to Yu Xiaogang and Flander that he wanted Shrek to compete under its own name rather than be overshadowed by Heaven Dou.
• Yu Xiaogang noted that the team lacked enough members for the seven-person tournament, and Tai Long volunteered to find more people.
• Liu Erlong learned that Tai Long had taken Huang Yuan from the Blue Tyrant Battle Team, leaving it with only six members three days before the preliminaries.
• Liu Erlong said she would find a temporary replacement, and Long Jie asked whether someone sent by the Crown Prince could fill the spot.

After Huang Yuan left the Blue Tyrant Battle Team, Tang Yuehua comforted Long Jie, who regained his resolve and followed Tang San out of the city. He watched Tang Hao lead Tang San to a waterfall hideout, where a Blue Silver Grass plant reached out to touch Tang San.

• Long Jie left the Blue Tyrant Battle Team and went to Moon Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua soothed him and helped him recover his resolve.
• Long Jie decided to stop worrying about the team's losses and headed toward the Heaven Dou Battle Team.
• Long Jie secretly followed Tang San out of the city and overheard Tang San tell Tang Hao that he was a level 45 Soul Ancestor and had a girlfriend named Meng Lina.
• Tang Hao led Tang San deep into the forest to a hidden shelter behind a waterfall, where Tang San noticed a Blue Silver Grass plant with the aura of a Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Blue Silver Grass swayed and reached out to touch Tang San.

Tang Hao told Tang San that the Blue Silver Grass was his mother, A Yin, and blamed Spirit Hall for her sacrifice. After Tang San left, Long Jie confronted the weakened Blue Silver Emperor and tried to persuade her to leave the waterfall.

• Tang San sensed a connection to the Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao revealed that it was A Yin, Tang San's mother.
• Tang Hao recounted how Qian Xunji discovered A Yin's identity and hunted her, leading her to sacrifice herself after giving birth to Tang San.
• Tang San vowed to avenge his mother, keep cultivating, and never marry before fulfilling that vow, then left Tang Hao with A Yin.
• Tang Hao reminded A Yin that he had promised to keep Tang San safe, and she attacked him with her leaves before falling still again.
• Long Jie reached the waterfall, released a carp he had caught, and found the Blue Silver Emperor weakened and rooted in place.
• Long Jie tried to pull her from the ground and urged her not to abandon the Blue Silver Grass Clan, but she barely reacted.