Chapter Summaries

Meng Yiran became a Three-Ring Soul Elder, but the Titan Giant Ape’s arrival forced everyone to flee the Star Dou Great Forest. Luo Ye drew the beast away and realized Gu Yuena was behind its pursuit, while Gu Yuena appeared ahead of him to lead him to safety.

• Meng Yiran absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, and the Dragon Duke returned to report that he had failed to kill Zhao Wuji and that the Titan Giant Ape had appeared nearby.
• The Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager left with Meng Yiran after Luo Ye declined to travel with them.
• Luo Ye urged Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu to flee in different directions, then charged toward the Titan Giant Ape to draw it away.
• The Titan Giant Ape chased Luo Ye under Gu Yuena’s orders, and Luo Ye realized she was staging a rescue.
• Luo Ye wrote in his diary that he feared the Titan Giant Ape would kill him, and Gu Yuena appeared ahead of him and told him to run her way.

Luo Ye escaped the Titan Giant Ape with Gu Yuena and convinced himself that she had reincarnated, forcing her into that role through his assumptions. When Luo Ye asked whether she remembered him, Gu Yuena told him she did.

• Luo Ye saw Gu Yuena and concluded that she had reincarnated and arranged the Titan Giant Ape's pursuit to meet him.
• Luo Ye secretly admitted he had entered the Star Dou Great Forest to test Gu Yuena and planned to make her accept his reincarnation story.
• Gu Yuena read Luo Ye's diary and worried that denying his theory would reveal she could see it, while struggling with the burden of pretending to have past-life memories.
• The Titan Giant Ape stopped pursuing Luo Ye and Gu Yuena, then decided to return to Sister Xiao Wu.
• Luo Ye asked Gu Yuena whether she knew him, and she read his diary's plea before telling him that she remembered him.

Gu Yuena pretended to be Luo Ye’s reincarnated companion, comforting him and agreeing to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with him. As they went to meet Zhu Zhuqing and the others, the women who held Diary Instances realized Gu Yuena was not truly reborn and grew furious at her deception.

• Gu Yuena accepted Luo Ye’s embrace and claimed she remembered their past life, while inwardly admitting she had no memories of one.
• Luo Ye apologized for failing to save the soul beast clan in his past life, and Gu Yuena reassured him that she believed in him.
• Gu Yuena explained that she had given Tang San and Oscar several ten-year soul rings instead of killing them, and Luo Ye praised her revenge.
• Gu Yuena agreed to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Luo Ye, and they headed to find Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• The women who held Diary Instances read that Gu Yuena had supposedly been reborn and angrily recognized her deception.

Luo Ye asked Gu Yuena to persuade Xiao Wu to leave Shrek Academy with him, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reacted to Gu Yuena’s closeness to him. After Xiao Wu condensed her third soul ring, she accepted that Tang San was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and realized she had begun to welcome his setbacks.

• Luo Ye asked Gu Yuena to convince Xiao Wu to leave Shrek Academy, and Gu Yuena agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong complained that Gu Yuena had pretended to be a Reincarnator to get close to Luo Ye, but Zhu Zhuqing decided Gu Yuena’s presence would help Xiao Wu leave.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing went to find Xiao Wu, who was condensing her third soul ring with Er Ming guarding her.
• After becoming a Three-Ring Soul Elder, Xiao Wu read the diary and learned that Gu Yuena had gone to Luo Ye and that Tang San’s third soul ring had been reduced to ten years.
• Xiao Wu realized she felt pleased about Tang San’s setback because she believed Luo Ye’s diary and accepted that Tang San was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon who would harm her.

Xiao Wu accepted that Luo Ye’s warnings had come true and decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to support Gu Yuena’s plan. Qian Renxue considered inviting Luo Ye to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Hu Liena urged Bibi Dong to arrange a chance meeting at the Star Dou Great Forest; Bibi Dong was confident Luo Ye would come to Spirit Hall himself.

• Xiao Wu told Er Ming she had to leave the Star Dou Great Forest for Gu Yuena’s plan, and Er Ming urged her to go.
• Qian Renxue condemned Gu Yuena for pretending to be a Reincarnator and considered inviting Luo Ye and his companions to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Hu Liena complained that Gu Yuena had used the Reincarnator pretense she had planned to use to grow closer to Luo Ye.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and bring Luo Ye to Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong said he would come to Spirit Hall on his own.

After leaving Shrek, Luo Ye reunited with Gu Yuena and the three girls, then chose Heaven Dou Royal Academy as their next destination instead of Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong remained confident that Luo Ye would eventually come to Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong insisted that Luo Ye would come to Spirit Hall, while Hu Liena doubted her confidence and offered to bring him herself.
• Luo Ye introduced Gu Yuena to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, and Gu Yuena privately urged Xiao Wu to act naturally around her.
• After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Luo Ye said he would not return to Shrek, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu each agreed to leave with him.
• Luo Ye asked the four women to choose their next academy, and Ning Rongrong suggested Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Luo Ye agreed to head to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, surprising the women, who had expected him to choose Spirit Hall.

Luo Ye chose to travel to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Gu Yuena and Shrek’s Three Beauties so he could help Qian Renxue, rather than visit Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong raged over his choice, while Hu Liena blamed her teacher’s stubbornness and worried that Luo Ye and Qian Renxue would grow closer.

• Luo Ye decided to go to the Heaven Dou Empire to help Qian Renxue cultivate and seek an Immortal Herb, while also building friendships with several other women.
• Luo Ye ended his diary entry and set out for the Heaven Dou Empire with Gu Yuena and Shrek’s Three Beauties.
• Bibi Dong smashed another table and cursed Luo Ye for choosing Qian Renxue over her and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena reminded Bibi Dong that she had urged her to seek out Luo Ye, then suggested they could still catch up with him.
• Bibi Dong refused to pursue Luo Ye and insisted she would wait for him to come to Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue was delighted that Luo Ye had chosen Heaven Dou Royal Academy for her sake and resolved to win his support against Bibi Dong. Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er discussed Luo Ye’s move and how they might approach him, leaving the other academies to seek chances to interact with him in Heaven Dou City.

• Qian Renxue was pleased that Luo Ye had chosen Heaven Dou Royal Academy because of her and decided to build a relationship with him so he would support her bid to replace Bibi Dong as Supreme Pontiff.
• Dugu Yan celebrated with Ye Lingling that Luo Ye was coming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Ye Lingling worried about Qian Renxue’s identity as the real Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Yan reminded Ye Lingling that exposing Qian Renxue would violate the diary rules and could provoke conflict between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, so Ye Lingling let go of her concern.
• Shui Yue'er lamented that Luo Ye had not chosen Skywater Academy, and Shui Bing'er suggested they could still meet him through exchanges and sparring with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang San, Oscar, and Zhao Wuji blamed Luo Ye for their disastrous ten-year soul rings and left the Star Dou Great Forest, vowing to make him pay. As Tang San fought a soul beast to vent his anger, Canghui Academy arrived and mocked Shrek Academy after seeing his white third soul ring.

• Zhao Wuji urged the dispirited Tang San and Oscar to return to Shrek Academy, while Tang San demanded to know what he could do with his weakened Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dai Mubai blamed Luo Ye for the chain of events that led to their poor soul rings, and Tang San and Oscar joined him in vowing to kill Luo Ye.
• The group left the forest, with Tang San privately wondering whether Xiao Wu would return to Shrek Academy if Luo Ye did not.
• Tang San attacked a thousand-year soul beast to vent his frustration, while Zhao Wuji sent Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to help.
• Canghui Academy arrived and its teacher laughed at Shrek Academy after noticing the white third soul ring on Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.

Zhao Wuji led Tang San and the others back to Shrek Academy after their wait for Luo Ye failed, and revealed that Tang San and Oscar had acquired white third soul rings. Flender and Yu Xiaogang were shocked by the rings, with Yu Xiaogang collapsing upon seeing them.

• Ye Zhi Qiu mocked Tang San and Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji placated him and led the students away rather than risk a fight.
• Ye Zhi Qiu refused to attack the weakened Shrek group, fearing Zhao Wuji could escape and bring trouble upon Canghui Academy later.
• Zhao Wuji's group gave up waiting for Luo Ye outside the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek Academy with only five people.
• Flender feared that four students, including Ning Rongrong, had died, but Zhao Wuji explained that they were missing and might not return to the academy.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that Tang San's and Oscar's soul rings were problematic, and they displayed their white third soul rings to Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, saw Tang San's white third soul ring, and collapsed.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender were horrified to discover that Tang San and Oscar had acquired ten-year Soul Rings, and they blamed Zhao Wuji for the disastrous expedition. Flender decided to make Luo Ye the scapegoat and declared that Shrek Academy had to kill him.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San about his white third Soul Ring, then struck him after learning that all three of the Clear Sky Hammer's Soul Rings were also white.
• Flender angrily demanded that Zhao Wuji explain why Tang San and Oscar had absorbed ten-year Soul Rings.
• Zhao Wuji described the Titan Giant Ape's pursuit and said Tang San, Oscar, and the others had mysteriously blacked out and awakened with the rings.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender agreed that they had to find and kill whoever was responsible.
• Flender blamed Luo Ye for the incident and said Shrek Academy had to kill him so he would bear Tang Hao's wrath.

After the Shrek group blamed Luo Ye and the Titan Giant Ape for their failed Soul Hunting Operation, they resolved to train and defeat Luo Ye. Meanwhile, Luo Ye brought Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companions to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong explained to her father why she had left Shrek Academy.

• Tang San vowed to kill Luo Ye and the Titan Giant Ape, and Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang San claim the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring and Spirit Bone as compensation.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to stay at Shrek Academy, while Tang San worried that Luo Ye had coerced Xiao Wu into leaving.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar lamented losing Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, but Flender urged the students to train so they could defeat Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye's group arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Xiao Wu relied on Gu Yuena's help to conceal her soul beast aura.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Sword and Bone Douluo welcomed Ning Rongrong, who told her father that Shrek Academy was trash and that she had left with several classmates.

After leaving Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong introduced Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu to Ning Fengzhi and asked him to help them enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Ning Fengzhi prepared to take them there, Qian Renxue arrived disguised as Xue Qinghe, eager to meet Luo Ye, the fiancé she had never met.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong criticized Shrek Academy after investigating its poor training and graduation record.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi to help her group enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Luo Ye said they only needed an exception to enroll.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, and Xiao Wu were Three-Ring Soul Elders, while Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank twenty-seven.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to take the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and considered recruiting the talented youths into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue arrived disguised as Xue Qinghe and focused her curious attention on Luo Ye, her unseen fiancé.

Qian Renxue reunited with Luo Ye while leading him and the others toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but she grew unsettled when he showed no sign of writing about their meeting. His new diary entry explained that he did not know how to approach her in this life and recalled the loneliness and hurt she had endured.

• Qian Renxue concealed her emotional reaction to seeing Luo Ye and asked Ning Rongrong why she had left Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong said she had quit Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi praised her new companions as rare talents.
• Qian Renxue offered to bring the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to let her handle it.
• Qian Renxue led Luo Ye and the others away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then worried that Luo Ye had not written about meeting her.
• Luo Ye's diary entry said he did not know how to approach Qian Renxue without their past-life engagement and recalled how Bibi Dong's coldness had left her feeling unwanted.

Luo Ye wrote a diary entry to comfort Qian Renxue and promise to help her reconcile with Bibi Dong. Qian Renxue was deeply moved by his affection, while Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu also reacted to his devotion and their own past choices.

• Luo Ye wrote that he understood Qian Renxue’s loneliness and wanted to become someone she could rely on.
• Luo Ye recalled Bibi Dong’s treatment of Qian Renxue and vowed to help the mother and daughter reconcile.
• Luo Ye wrote that he would come to save Qian Renxue, and Qian Renxue felt cherished after reading his entry.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her years of seeking Bibi Dong’s love and realized Luo Ye genuinely cared for her.
• Gu Yuena and Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Luo Ye’s diary would deepen Qian Renxue’s feelings for him.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu felt moved by Luo Ye but envied the women he had helped, regretting their past ties to Shrek Academy.

Bibi Dong acknowledged that she had wrongly blamed Qian Renxue for her resentment toward Qian Xunji and resolved to make amends. She also realized Luo Ye had been trying to help them reconcile, but Hu Liena stopped her from summoning Qian Renxue and Luo Ye back to Spirit Hall.

• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong why she had always treated Qian Renxue coldly.
• Bibi Dong recognized that Qian Renxue was innocent of Qian Xunji's actions and admitted to herself that she had mistreated her daughter.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Qian Renxue could still forgive her, and Hu Liena encouraged her to keep trying to make amends.
• Bibi Dong took back her accusation that Luo Ye was a traitorous disciple and praised him as her best disciple.
• Bibi Dong proposed ending Qian Renxue's undercover mission and bringing her and Luo Ye back to Spirit Hall, but Hu Liena warned that doing so would expose her knowledge of Luo Ye's diary.

Bibi Dong regretted how she had treated Qian Renxue and failed to bring Luo Ye to Spirit Hall, while Hu Liena could offer no way to change the situation. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue brought Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, and Shrek's Three Beauties to seek places as core students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving its deans astonished by their talent.

• Bibi Dong regretted her past choices and asked Hu Liena how they could bring Luo Ye and Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall, but Hu Liena had no solution.
• Qian Renxue led Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Dean Meng Shenji to let them take the entrance assessment.
• Meng Shenji welcomed the group and agreed to admit them, but Qian Renxue clarified that she wanted all five to become core students based on their talent.
• Luo Ye and the others introduced themselves, revealing three Soul Elders and two high-level Soul Grandmasters.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin were shocked by the five youngsters' levels, and Meng Shenji asked which academy had deceived them.

Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu left Shrek Academy and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as core students. As Qian Renxue showed them around, Xue Beng approached Gu Yuena and tried to introduce himself.

• Luo Ye explained to Meng Shenji that the group had left Shrek Academy after discovering its treatment of students, and Qian Renxue vowed to make the academy close.
• Meng Shenji offered the five geniuses the academy’s resources and top-level treatment, and they agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue led the newcomers on a tour while students gathered to see them, but most kept their distance because she was there.
• Xue Beng became captivated by Gu Yuena, walked up to her, and asked to get acquainted, leaving Qian Renxue struggling to hold back her reaction.

Qian Renxue rebuked Xue Beng for approaching Gu Yuena and warned the academy students not to trouble her friends. After Luo Ye’s diary revealed Xue Beng’s past crimes, Qian Renxue and the others resolved that he deserved to die, and Dugu Yan asked whether the newcomers had truly been accepted as core students.

• Qian Renxue scolded Xue Beng for trying to approach her friends, and he fearfully backed down.
• Luo Ye’s diary described Xue Beng’s past aid to Tang San, persecution of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s survivors, and role in slaughtering soul beasts.
• Qian Renxue, Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing developed intense killing intent toward Xue Beng.
• Qian Renxue warned everyone that troubling Luo Ye, Gu Yuena, or the others meant opposing her, and said they were core students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan asked Qian Renxue whether Dean Meng Shenji had agreed to make the newcomers core students.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling challenged Luo Ye’s group to a spirit battle to get closer to him and build a future teammate relationship. Luo Ye’s diary revealed that Yu Tianheng had killed both women in their previous life, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling alarmed by the danger they faced.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling challenged Luo Ye’s group to a spirit battle, and Qian Renxue encouraged Luo Ye to accept.
• Ye Lingling agreed to join the Imperial Dou Team’s five-person lineup after Qian Renxue pointed out that Luo Ye’s team had Ning Rongrong as an auxiliary Spirit Master.
• Luo Ye wrote that he had wanted to build a relationship with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and viewed their future teamwork as a natural reason to grow closer.
• Luo Ye’s diary revealed that Yu Tianheng had tried to force Dugu Yan to submit, later threatened her, and killed both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling in their previous life.