Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge discovered that Dugu Bo’s aphrodisiac incense had led to him becoming intimate with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling as well as Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran, and promised to take responsibility for all four. After the women’s Soul Power unexpectedly increased, Bai Ge suspected the Yin Yang Imperial Immortal Art had activated, and they prepared to go check on Xiao Wu.

• Bai Ge recognized the incense burner as Dugu Bo’s aphrodisiac incense and promised to take responsibility for Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine Spirit Begonia to heal the women, dressed, and left the quiet room after Bai Ge told her to be careful.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran discovered that their Soul Power had risen by two levels, while Bai Ge found he had advanced from level forty-nine to level fifty.
• Bai Ge suspected the Yin Yang Imperial Immortal Art had activated during their intimacy and caused the cultivation increases.
• Ning Rongrong remembered Xiao Wu, and the group decided to clean up the room before going outside to check on her.

Bai Ge worried over Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings, then drew the Spirit Skill Twin Flower Shadow from a Gold Rank Lottery Chance. As he prepared to speak with Zhu Zhuqing, someone entered his room and slipped beneath his blanket.

• Bai Ge invited Zhu Zhuqing to stay the night, and she accepted.
• Bai Ge worried that Zhu Zhuqing might still love Dai Mubai, though her behavior seemed to suggest feelings for him instead.
• Bai Ge used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance and obtained Twin Flower Shadow, a Spirit Skill that created a controllable real illusion and made him invisible for half an hour.
• Bai Ge realized he could not use Twin Flower Shadow until he had a Spirit Ring to carry it.
• As Bai Ge prepared to visit Zhu Zhuqing, someone entered his room, climbed beneath his blanket, and embraced him from behind.

Bai Ge comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she confessed her love and explained her connection to Dai Mubai. She revealed that she had fled the Star Luo Empire to escape her family’s deadly succession struggle and came to Shrek hoping to find support from Dai Mubai, only to discover he had abandoned their shared fate.

• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that she loved Bai Ge and asked whether he would love and protect her, and Bai Ge promised that he would.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Bai Ge that she was the legitimate daughter of the Zhu Family, Dai Mubai’s fiancée, and part of a traditional marriage alliance between the Zhu and Dai families.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that both families used a brutal succession system in which heirs fought until only one remained, while the defeated were killed, crippled, or exiled.
• Zhu Zhuqing said that her older sister repeatedly tried to kill her and that her family ignored her pleas for help, so she trained and eventually escaped to survive.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Bai Ge that she came to Shrek Academy because she believed Dai Mubai would care for her, but found that he had given up and did not even recognize her.

Bai Ge promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo Empire and gave her the Yin Yang Imperial Immortal Art to help her grow stronger. After spending the night together, Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran, who welcomed her as a friend.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Bai Ge why she had turned to him and asked him to protect her from her family; Bai Ge promised that he and the Pill Pavilion would support her.
• Bai Ge told Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran had reached level 43 after receiving special treatment, then offered to help her cultivate faster.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Bai Ge's offer, and he transmitted the Yin Yang Imperial Immortal Art to her so they could cultivate it together.
• The next morning, Bai Ge told Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran about Zhu Zhuqing, and they sympathized with her situation.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined the others for breakfast, and Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran welcomed her and offered to be lifelong friends.

Su Moshan and Ye Zhilan pledged the Nine Heart Begonia Family to Bai Ge’s Pill Pavilion, and he arranged for Ye Lingling to transfer to Shrek Academy so he could teach her alchemy. The family left to complete her withdrawal procedures, with Ye Lingling expected to join Shrek Academy the next day.

• Bai Ge greeted Ye Lingling and her parents, Su Moshan and Ye Zhilan, when they arrived at the castle.
• Su Moshan pledged the Nine Heart Begonia Family to the Pill Pavilion, and Ye Zhilan also expressed her allegiance.
• Bai Ge, Meng Shu, Su Moshan, and Ye Zhilan discussed the terms of the family’s cooperation with the Pill Pavilion.
• Bai Ge asked Su Moshan and Ye Zhilan to transfer Ye Lingling from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to Shrek Academy so he could teach her alchemy.
• Su Moshan and Ye Zhilan agreed to arrange Ye Lingling’s withdrawal, then left with her to complete the required procedures.

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu visited Bai Ge and asked Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran to teach them Pure Land of Bliss. As they began sharing dances, Bai Ge prepared to leave for Sunset Forest and planned to refine pills for the Little Maids and Xiao Wu.

• Bai Ge met Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu, who came to seek guidance after watching Pure Land of Bliss.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran explained that they had little dance experience but agreed to teach the visitors Pure Land of Bliss and Peach Blossom Love Song.
• Ning Rongrong used Bai Ge's Huawei Honor Max to provide the recorded music, while Meng Yiran showed Shui Bing'er a kimono.
• Bai Ge decided to accompany Meng Shu to Sunset Forest to hunt his fifth Spirit Ring, then visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine pills.
• Bai Ge planned to make Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills for the ten Little Maids and a Spirit Grade Breath Concealing Pill for Xiao Wu using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Bai Ge and Meng Shu searched Sunset Forest for a spirit beast aged between twenty and thirty thousand years, hoping its ring would grant Bai Ge an illusion- or clone-type skill. After finding no Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts by dusk, they continued hunting at night under Meng Shu’s protection.

• Bai Ge entered Sunset Forest with Meng Shu to seek a powerful spirit beast suitable for his next Spirit Ring.
• As they traveled deeper, Bai Ge explained that Spirit Masters’ reliance on Spirit Rings was steadily reducing spirit beast populations, and suggested that their future force might help address the problem.
• Meng Shu said that protecting spirit beasts was a concern for a great force such as Spirit Hall, and Bai Ge asked him to imagine their own group becoming such a force.
• After nightfall, Bai Ge chose to keep searching instead of camping, relying on Meng Shu’s Titled Douluo pressure and his own abilities to deter and spot nearby spirit beasts.

Bai Ge and Meng Shu found a powerful Earthshaker Roar battling a Phantom Demon Leopard in Sunset Forest. Meng Shu injured both beasts, and Bai Ge killed the wounded Phantom Demon Leopard to claim it as the Spirit Beast he needed.

• Bai Ge and Meng Shu entered the territory of a powerful Spirit Beast and followed an earthshaking roar to a ruined valley.
• Bai Ge identified the battling beasts as an Earthshaker Roar and a Phantom Demon Leopard, whose cultivation suited his needs.
• As the badly injured Phantom Demon Leopard tried to retreat, Bai Ge told Meng Shu to prepare to act.
• Meng Shu struck both beasts with his Raging Dragon Strike, leaving the Phantom Demon Leopard near death while the Earthshaker Roar fled.
• Bai Ge cut off the Phantom Demon Leopard's head with the Juque Sword.

Bai Ge absorbed the Phantom Demon Leopard’s Spirit Ring and gained Twin Flower Shadow, though its phantom clone was weaker than he expected. He then set out with Meng Shu for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to prepare pills for the Pill Pavilion and his companions.

• Meng Shu guarded Bai Ge as he absorbed the Phantom Demon Leopard’s twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring and imprinted Twin Flower Shadow onto it.
• Bai Ge awakened with Twin Flower Shadow, whose invisible phantom clone possessed sixty percent of his strength, and demonstrated the skill to Meng Shu.
• Bai Ge explained that he wanted a powerful offensive skill from his next Spirit Ring, then told Meng Shu they were heading onward.
• Bai Ge planned to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Extreme Hot Yang Spring to prepare High-grade Pills for the Pill Pavilion.
• Bai Ge planned to use the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to make Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills for the ten Little Maids and a Spirit Grade Breath Concealing Pill for Xiao Wu.

Bai Ge returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to spend a month refining pills and cultivating. After reaching level fifty-three and producing hundreds of bottles of high grade Pills, he successfully completed eleven Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.

• Bai Ge asked Meng Shu to return to Shrek Academy and tell Ning Rongrong and Yiran he would be away for a month.
• Bai Ge crossed Dugu Bo's Poison Array, reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and set up his alchemy furnace over the Extreme Hot Yang Spring.
• Bai Ge spent half a month refining Qi Replenishing Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills while cultivating to level fifty-three.
• Bai Ge began refining a Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill by combining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower with yin-attributed medicinal ingredients.
• Bai Ge completed the refining process and stored eleven Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills in a Small Jade Bottle.

Bai Ge finished refining Spirit Grade pills and returned to the Castle after a month at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He reunited with Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing, then offered Zhu Zhuqing the last Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill to improve her aptitude.

• Bai Ge refined the Lovesick Heartbreak Red into a single Spirit Grade Breath Concealing Pill and stored it in a Small Jade Bottle.
• Bai Ge spent half a month refining more than four hundred bottles of high grade Pills, bringing his total to eight hundred bottles.
• Bai Ge left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned to the Castle, where Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed him back.
• Bai Ge learned that Ye Lingling had transferred to Shrek Academy and was learning pill refinement at the Pill Pavilion.
• Bai Ge explained that he had refined Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills for Spirit Eye and the others, and offered the last pill to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to accept the pill, and she was deeply moved by their kindness.

Bai Ge gave the ten little maids and Zhu Zhuqing Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills to improve their aptitudes. After the pills cleansed their bodies and boosted their cultivation, the girls discovered they were covered in foul-smelling grime and rushed to bathe, leaving Zhu Zhuqing embarrassed.

• Bai Ge asked the ten little maids about their cultivation, and Spirit Eye felt discouraged when she revealed her low level.
• Bai Ge reassured Spirit Eye and gave the maids and Zhu Zhuqing Spirit Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.
• The ten little maids and Zhu Zhuqing swallowed the pills and spent hours expelling impurities as Bai Ge stood guard.
• The girls awoke with stronger cultivation, and Holo announced she had reached level ten.
• The grime and its stench alarmed the girls, who hurried to the bathrooms to wash.
• Bai Ge asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had clothes to change into, and she covered her face and fled toward the bathroom in embarrassment.

Bai Ge explained Spirit Eye’s potential as a Mental Martial Soul and gave her the Immortal Grade Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to help her evolve. After consuming its spiritual droplets, Spirit Eye completed her transformation, though the chapter did not yet reveal what new abilities she gained.

• Bai Ge explained how strengthening the body can evolve a Body Spirit and described Spirit Eye’s potential as a Mental Martial Soul.
• Bai Ge told Spirit Eye about Huo Yuhao and encouraged her to aim to become a Titled Douluo.
• Bai Ge gave Spirit Eye the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, explaining that its effects could awaken her Martial Soul’s mental attribute.
• Spirit Eye drank the spiritual droplets and refined the herb’s medicinal power as her seven-colored Spirit Eye Martial Soul appeared.
• Spirit Eye’s transformation finished, and she opened her eyes with a streak of seven-colored light in them.

Spirit Eye awakened Spiritual Power after her martial soul evolved, and Bai Ge gave Xiao Wu a pill to conceal her identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Xiao Wu took the pill and found that it completely sealed away her aura, leaving her safer from discovery as the tournament approached.

• Spirit Eye told Bai Ge that her martial soul had evolved and that she could see her surroundings in black and white, and Bai Ge congratulated her on awakening Spiritual Power.
• Bai Ge gave Xiao Wu a Spirit Grade Breath Concealing Pill and warned that Spirit Hall might discover her identity at the tournament finals.
• After Bai Ge left, Xiao Wu hid the pill's purpose from Tang San and returned to the dormitory alone.
• Xiao Wu recalled how humans had killed her mother in the Star Dou Great Forest and why she had entered the human world to find her mother's killer.
• Xiao Wu consumed the pill and found that its energy sealed her soul beast aura inside her body.

Bai Ge opened the Pill Pavilion, where factions quickly bought up much of its limited stock. Xue Qinghe sought Bai Ge’s advice on attracting commoners to his academy and handling obstructive nobles, then left resolved to reconsider how he governed his fief.

• Bai Ge opened the Pill Pavilion and limited each faction’s purchases, but the arriving factions still bought more than half the reserves.
• Xue Qinghe visited Bai Ge and explained that commoners were avoiding his free academy while minor nobles opposed his plans to recruit talent directly.
• Bai Ge advised Xue Qinghe to promise academy graduates jobs in his shops, restaurants, and hotels, and to provide practical training suited to those roles.
• Bai Ge told Xue Qinghe to use his authority as Crown Prince to punish minor nobles who obstructed his reforms.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Bai Ge and left, considering how his policies might change his fief.

As the Elite Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament approached, Grandmaster put the Shrek Team through combat, tactical, and cultivation training. The team completed its preparations with only three days left before the tournament began.

• With the tournament a little over a month away, Grandmaster began special training for the ten-member Shrek Team, which included Bai Ge, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling’s evolved Nine Spirit Begonia made her a stronger battlefield support than Oscar’s Recovery Sausage, though Oscar remained willing to help the team and could still contribute through his other sausages.
• Grandmaster recruited Tailong and Jiang Zhu as substitutes and planned the qualifying-round lineup so the team could conceal some of its strength.
• During training, Ye Lingling rose to level 42, Dai Mubai to level 46, Ma Hongjun to level 43, Oscar to level 42, Tailong to level 39, and Jiang Zhu to level 36.
• After training ended, Grandmaster gave the team two days off and reserved the final day to explain the tournament rules and precautions.

With the tournament starting the next day, Grandmaster explained its rules and precautions to the Shrek team, warning Bai Ge about his lethal Ice Fire Thunder Explosion and telling Ning Rongrong she could not bring Little Black into a match. He began outlining the tournament format with a map of Douluo Continent, leaving the explanation unfinished.

• Grandmaster gathered the Shrek team and explained the tournament’s age limit, seven-member match limit, and ban on killing opponents.
• Grandmaster warned Bai Ge not to use Ice Fire Thunder Explosion, and Bai Ge agreed.
• Grandmaster prohibited outside items, including Bai Ge’s Pills, Xiao San’s Hidden Weapons, and Ning Rongrong’s Shadow Winged Serpent, Little Black.
• Ning Rongrong accepted that she could not bring Little Black into the tournament matches.
• Grandmaster showed the team a map marking the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire as he began explaining the tournament format.

Grandmaster explained the tournament’s qualifying, promotion, and knockout formats, then told Shrek Team which members should stay hidden during the qualifiers. The Heaven Dou Imperial City regional tournament began the next morning, drawing crowds eager to see the competing Soul Masters.

• Grandmaster explained how academies qualified for the tournament and how the finals and promotion matches would work.
• Grandmaster instructed Ning Rongrong and Ling Ling to stay hidden during the qualifying round, advised Mu Bai and the others to limit their appearances, and required Tailong and Jiang Zhu to compete in every match.
• The Heaven Dou Imperial City regional qualifier officially began at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Spectators gathered before sunrise to see the young Soul Masters, while nobles hoped to recruit promising talent.

Bai Ge and the Shrek Team entered the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and registered for the Elite Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament. The system then issued Bai Ge a staged mission, with a God-tier Lottery Chance for winning the championship, and he reaffirmed his determination to take first place.

• Bai Ge and the Shrek Team arrived at the arena in their silver-and-blue uniforms, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun joked about the crowds and girls.
• Bai Ge's ten Little Maids cheered for him with flags, embarrassing him and drawing envious comments from spectators.
• Bai Ge warned Ma Hongjun not to entertain thoughts about his maids, and the team proceeded into the arena.
• Grandmaster registered the twelve Shrek Team members for the tournament, making their entry official.
• The system issued Bai Ge a staged mission with rewards for victories and a God-tier Lottery Chance for winning the tournament, strengthening his resolve to claim the championship.

At the Heaven Dou City division tournament opening ceremony, Ning Fengzhi praised the competitors and hinted that one team could win the championship. His remarks led the powerful figures watching to suspect he favored Shrek Team.

• The Soul Master teams entered the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, while Heaven Dou First Team and Skywater Academy's Sugar Water Troupe were absent.
• Xue Ye declared the qualifying round open and encouraged the competitors to bring glory to the Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi delivered an address, then said he favored a team with championship potential but kept its identity secret.
• The spectators speculated about Ning Fengzhi's choice, while Salas, Xue Ye, and other powerful figures suspected he meant Shrek Team because of its victory over Heaven Dou First Team and his family ties to the team.