Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lan returned after demolishing the arena, and her closeness with Ye Qiu intensified the jealousy and awkwardness in the VIP room. The Shrek group left to enter other Spirit Battles, while Qin Ming asked Dugu Yan to stay and discuss the proposed match with them.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing admired Xiao Lan’s strength, while Ye Qiu explained that she had borrowed some of his Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu suggested spending the night with Ye Qiu, and he agreed after Dugu Yan nodded; the others teased and kissed him.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others entered and caught Ye Qiu surrounded by the girls, prompting shock, envy, and resentment from Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Lan returned, praised her own performance, and sat on Ye Qiu’s lap as Qin Ming tried to ease the awkwardness.
• Yu Xiaogang refused Qin Ming’s invitation to stay, then left with Tang San and Dai Mubai to take part in other Spirit Battles.
• Ye Qiu prepared to leave with the girls, but Qin Ming asked Dugu Yan to stay and discuss the proposed match with Shrek.

Ye Qiu took Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to register for spirit battles, while Xiao Lan stayed with Dugu Yan and the Imperial Fighting Team. As Ye Qiu watched the others, a conflict seemed to break out; meanwhile, Ye Lingling noticed Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and felt a new hope for her cursed clan.

• Ye Qiu left Xiao Lan with Dugu Yan and took Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to register for solo and team spirit battles.
• Ning Rongrong insisted that she, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing leave the waiting area where Flender and the others were; Ye Qiu watched them with his Sharingan and noticed a conflict.
• Qin Ming showed the Imperial Fighting Team the Shrek Team roster, and Yu Feng pointed out that Tang San’s third Spirit Ring was listed as white.
• The Imperial Fighting Team agreed to Qin Ming’s proposed friendly match against Shrek.
• Ye Lingling saw Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda on the roster and felt hope for the first time, prompting Dugu Yan to call her back to attention.

Ye Qiu learned that Ning Rongrong and the others had agreed to a friendly match against the Imperial Fighting Team before leaving Shrek. After their Spirit Battles ended, Ning Rongrong was the most injured, having been punished by Ye Qiu for provoking Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ye Lingling recovered from her daze and agreed to the friendly match, while Dugu Yan accepted the group’s decision.
• Ye Qiu told Dugu Yan that Ning Rongrong and the others were preparing to withdraw from Shrek, and Dugu Yan guessed he had made Tang San’s third Spirit Ring white.
• Ning Rongrong returned and told Ye Qiu that Master had insisted they fight the Imperial Fighting Team before leaving, and Ye Qiu accepted the match after learning she had already agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to compete in a one-on-one Spirit Battle, while Xiao Lan agreed to team up with Dugu Yan for a two-on-two match.
• After the Spirit Battles ended, Ning Rongrong was the most injured because Ye Qiu had smacked her bottom for provoking Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to fight.

Ye Qiu brought Dugu Yan and the others to the Star Dou Great Forest’s Lake of Life, where Dugu Yan learned that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and met Da Ming and Er Ming. The chapter ended by revealing that figures beneath the lake were watching them and waiting for the Master's command.

• Ye Qiu took the girls from Shrek Academy to the Star Dou Great Forest after they packed their things.
• At Lake of Life, Dugu Yan was startled by Er Ming and Da Ming, and Ye Qiu explained that they were Xiao Wu’s sworn younger brothers.
• Xiao Wu revealed that Xiao Lan was a Blue Silver Emperor, and Ye Qiu introduced Dugu Yan as his future wife.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Lan went with Er Ming for a tour while Ye Qiu took Dugu Yan to the cabin to explain everything.
• Beneath Lake of Life, several figures watched Ye Qiu and the others on a light screen as an Ice Silkworm asked Di Tian when they could leave; Di Tian told it to wait for the Master's command.

At the Lake of Life cabin, Ye Qiu spent the night entertaining the women while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong competed over who would have him. Dugu Yan won, and Ye Qiu promised to be her “Celebration Banquet” the following night if she won her spirit battle.

• Dugu Yan learned Xiao Wu and Xiao Lan’s identities, then joined the card games with Ning Rongrong, wagering Ye Qiu’s company for the night.
• After losing a round, Xiao Wu sat in Ye Qiu’s arms while Xiao Lan cheered them on; Dugu Yan then beat Ning Rongrong and won the wager.
• Ning Rongrong pulled Ye Qiu away from Xiao Lan, and he kept her and Zhu Zhuqing company until they left after midnight.
• Dugu Yan offered to help Ye Qiu, but he stopped her and said the night was unsuitable because she had a spirit battle the next day.
• Ye Qiu promised to be Dugu Yan’s Celebration Banquet if she won and to comfort her if she lost, and she happily fell into his arms.

Dugu Yan urged Ye Qiu to take Ye Lingling as well, admitting that she felt isolated from his other women. After a day of training together, Ye Qiu and the girls went to the Soto Great Spirit Arena for the Shrek Team’s group spirit battle against the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Qiu she wanted him to take Ye Lingling too because she felt outnumbered and left out among Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Ye Lingling lay awake in Suotuo City, thinking about Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul and feeling her heart race.
• The next morning, Ye Qiu reunited with the girls and taught Dugu Yan and Xiao Lan new techniques while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu cultivated Purple Demon Eyes.
• Ye Qiu and the girls spent the day practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teasing Xiao Lan and Dugu Yan.
• Ye Qiu took the girls to dinner, then went to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where Qin Ming, Yu Xiaogang, and the others were waiting for the group spirit battle.

Ye Qiu watched as the Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek prepared for their match, while Xiao Wu and the others went to join their respective teams. The teams entered the arena and summoned their Martial Souls, leaving the battle just about to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang led Shrek away to prepare for the match, while Xiao Wu kissed Ye Qiu goodbye and joined them.
• Ye Qiu wished Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong luck, then left with Xiao Lan to watch from the audience.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek discussed their tactics, though Zhu Zhuqing rejected Yu Xiaogang's plans.
• Doudou introduced both teams and explained the match rules as they entered the arena.
• The fourteen competitors released their Soul Power and summoned their Martial Souls as the teams prepared to fight.

Tang San's white Spirit Ring drew ridicule before the Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team began their match. Zhu Zhuqing led a sudden charge that scattered the Imperial Fighting Team's formation, leaving both sides attacking and defending key targets.

• Yu Feng mocked Tang San's white Spirit Ring, and the arena audience joined in before Doudou announced the match's start.
• Dai Mubai attacked the Shi Family Brothers, but their Black Tortoise defenses stopped his blows, and Yu Tianheng struck at him with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Tang San pulled Dai Mubai out of danger and ordered Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to attack while Ning Rongrong boosted them.
• Zhu Zhuqing split into seven clones and charged alongside Xiao Wu, while Ma Hongjun confronted Yu Feng and Dai Mubai engaged Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan attacked Zhu Zhuqing's clones, Shi Mo sent his shell fragments after them and Xiao Wu, and Osler rushed toward Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to bypass the Shi Family Brothers and strike toward the Imperial Fighting Team's heart.

The Shrek Team gained the advantage as Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing trapped Osler, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing pressured Dugu Yan’s side. Dugu Yan released her Emerald Serpent Emperor Shadow and Jade Phosphor Purple Poison to cover her teammates’ retreat, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing regrouped to target Yu Tianheng.

• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng clashed as Ma Hongjun and Tang San kept Yu Feng from breaking free.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement trapped Osler, and Zhu Zhuqing struck him with Hell Stab.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to reach Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Zhu Zhuqing’s Clones surrounded the Shi Family Brothers.
• Dugu Yan unleashed Emerald Serpent Emperor Shadow and Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, forcing Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and their Clones to retreat; the Shi Family Brothers destroyed two Clones.
• Xiao Wu escaped the poison with Teleportation and called Zhu Zhuqing to help attack Yu Tianheng, who was suppressing Dai Mubai.

The Shrek Team fought the Imperial Fighting Team as Dugu Yan’s poison and the arena’s shrinking space put Shrek under pressure. Tang San dispersed and ignited the poison, but Dugu Yan healed and strengthened her team; with Zhu Zhuqing revealing her Shadow Spider Spears, Ye Qiu judged the battle’s outcome decided.

• Xiao Wu slammed Yu Tianheng into the arena, but Dugu Yan’s purple fog summoned pythons that dragged him away while her teammates attacked Shrek.
• Tang San used waterskins, Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fireline to ignite and dispel the Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.
• Dugu Yan applied red and blue poison buffs, and the Imperial Fighting Team recovered its strength with help from the Nine Heart Begonia.
• Zhu Zhuqing extended eight Black Slender Spider Spears as the teams prepared to fight again.
• Ye Qiu watched with Xiao Lan and concluded that Zhu Zhuqing’s Shadow Spider Spear had decided the Spirit Battle.

Shrek defeated the Imperial Fighting Team after Zhu Zhuqing used her poison to eliminate opponents, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling standing. Dugu Yan left with Ye Lingling after teasing Ning Rongrong about Ye Qiu promising to comfort her, while Ning Rongrong remained upset that Shrek’s victory brought her no reward.

• Dugu Yan spread her poison across the arena with Yu Feng’s wind, but Shrek’s fighters split up and countered the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Zhu Zhuqing poisoned Osler and had a clone push him off the arena, helping Shrek secure victory.
• Ye Qiu left with Xiao Lan to meet Ning Rongrong and the others after Doudou announced the result.
• Ning Rongrong taunted Dugu Yan, who said Ye Qiu had promised to comfort her that night if she lost.
• Dugu Yan thanked Zhu Zhuqing for removing poison from her teammates, then left with Ye Lingling after urging Ning Rongrong to catch up.
• Xiao Wu explained to Zhu Zhuqing why Ning Rongrong was angry: Dugu Yan would receive comfort after losing, while Shrek got no reward for winning.

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan reunited with Ye Qiu after leaving Shrek, while Ning Rongrong arranged for Oscar to join the sect. Ye Qiu told Zhu Zhuqing they would set out to find her sister the next day.

• Ning Rongrong gave Oscar a sect token and told him to report to the sect after she left Shrek.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discussed the team's first defeat and Dugu Yan's plans to spend time with Ye Qiu.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing met Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan at the exit, where Ye Qiu promised Zhu Zhuqing they would find her sister the next day.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived, and Dugu Yan leaned against Ye Qiu while Ning Rongrong teased her.

Ye Qiu brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret realm, where she reunited with Dugu Bo and confronted him about drugging her. After Dugu Yan asked Ye Qiu to explain their plans for the night, Dugu Bo left them alone but gave Ye Qiu a packet of powder.

• Ye Qiu arranged for Dugu Yan and Xiao Lan to stay with Ye Lingling in Suotuo City while he planned to return for them the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Ye Qiu goodbye and left teeth marks around his lips before he took Dugu Yan away with Kamui.
• Ye Qiu brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret realm, where Dugu Bo welcomed his granddaughter back.
• Dugu Yan tugged Dugu Bo's beard and confronted him about drugging her; Dugu Bo defended his actions by blaming Ye Qiu's many women and his concern for her marriage.
• Dugu Yan asked Ye Qiu to tell Dugu Bo what they needed, and Ye Qiu requested that Dugu Bo leave for the night so he and Dugu Yan could be together.
• Dugu Bo happily agreed, then gave Ye Qiu a packet of powder and instructions before vanishing.

Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan spent the night together after he gave her the medicine Dugu Bo had prepared for helping her conceive twins. They woke in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret realm, where Dugu Yan blushed and complained that Ye Qiu had gone too far.

• Ye Qiu brought Dugu Bo's packet of medicinal powder to Dugu Yan and explained that it could help her conceive twins.
• Dugu Yan put the powder in her Soul Tool, then shared an intimate evening with Ye Qiu after bathing together.
• Ye Qiu's system announced that his class transfer to Jade Scale Knight had succeeded.
• Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan woke beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Yan shyly scolded him for taking her there during the night.

Ye Lingling asked Ning Rongrong how her Martial Soul had evolved, and learned that Ye Qiu had given her an Immortal Herb. Ye Lingling began wondering whether Ye Qiu could help her family, while Qin Ming hosted a banquet for the remaining Shrek members.

• Ye Qiu carried the exhausted Dugu Yan to the bathroom so she could clean up and rest.
• Ye Lingling visited Ning Rongrong and asked how she had evolved her Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong told Ye Lingling that Ye Qiu’s Immortal Herb had evolved her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted her cultivation.
• Ye Lingling thanked Ning Rongrong and wondered whether Ye Qiu could help her, then blushed as she remembered Dugu Yan’s invitation to serve Ye Qiu together.
• Qin Ming hosted a banquet for the remaining Shrek members while Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng were away.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to bring Shrek into Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the loss of their strongest girls left the school without a workable plan. Ye Qiu cared for Dugu Yan after their night together, then returned to find Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Lan, and Ye Lingling waiting at home.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Tianheng he could not return to the clan and promised to teach him, then proposed taking Shrek to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender opposed joining the academy but agreed after Yu Xiaogang argued that Shrek had lost its most talented girls and lacked funds to wait in Suotuo City.
• Ye Qiu treated Dugu Yan, brought her food and supplements, and said he would return with Xiao Lan to keep her company while Senior Dugu was away.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Ye Qiu’s absence while playing cards with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Lan ran to greet Ye Qiu when he returned and complained that Ning Rongrong had bullied her, prompting Ye Qiu to calm them and hurry back to Dugu Yan.

Ye Qiu reunited with Ning Rongrong and the others before using his spatial ability to send them to their destinations. He left Dugu Yan with Xiao Lan and departed with Zhu Zhuqing for Sunset Forest.

• Ye Qiu kissed Ning Rongrong, then learned that Qin Ming and the Shrek group had already left and offered to take Ye Lingling back safely.
• Ye Qiu used his Divine Might Space to send Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Qiu took Xiao Lan to Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Zhu Zhuqing noticed Dugu Yan seemed changed and felt both nervous and expectant.
• Ye Qiu said goodbye to Dugu Yan and left with Zhu Zhuqing for Sunset Forest.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu met Zhu Zhuyun at an inn in a border town, where two Soul Emperors ambushed them before Zhu Zhuyun appeared. Zhu Zhuyun recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and ended the tense reunion by claiming she had never truly intended to kill her.

• Ye Qiu took Zhu Zhuqing to the border town where Zhu Zhuyun had arranged to meet her.
• A family Death Soldier led Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu to Zhu Zhuyun’s room at an inn.
• Two Soul Emperor guards attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu, but Ye Qiu halted them and struck them back.
• Zhu Zhuyun emerged and teased Zhu Zhuqing about her cultivation and her relationship with Ye Qiu.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached Soul Ancestor, and Zhu Zhuyun reacted with surprise before threatening that she had once regretted not killing her sooner.
• Zhu Zhuyun laughed and said she had saved Zhu Zhuqing from death’s door and could not really have killed her.

Zhu Zhuyun teased Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu over tea and dinner, then confirmed that Ye Qiu could help Zhu Zhuqing obtain a Spirit Ring beyond the usual limit. Ye Qiu revealed that he could help Zhu Zhuyun obtain a fourth Spirit Ring of just over thirty thousand years, leaving her shocked.

• Zhu Zhuqing introduced Ye Qiu as her man, and she intercepted Zhu Zhuyun's flirtatious attempt to serve him tea.
• Ye Qiu called Zhu Zhuyun “Big Sis,” then agreed to call her “Sister” after she objected that the first title sounded too distant.
• Zhu Zhuyun called the household servants to bring dinner, and Zhu Zhuqing served Ye Qiu soup before also serving her sister.
• Zhu Zhuyun inferred that Ye Qiu was the key to Zhu Zhuqing obtaining a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, and Ye Qiu confirmed it.
• Ye Qiu told Zhu Zhuyun that he could help her obtain a fourth Spirit Ring of just over thirty thousand years, and she stared at him in shock.

Zhu Zhuqing learned that her marriage contract had been voided, but Dai Weisi had become a Spirit King after accepting the Fallen Ones’ offer. Zhu Zhuyun apologized for their past and urged her sister to become strong enough to escape their family’s fate, leaving Zhu Zhuqing seeking comfort in Ye Qiu’s arms.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that Ye Qiu had helped her reach Level 44 Soul Ancestor and obtain a thirty-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun said Dai Mubai’s defeat had settled the succession, freeing Zhu Zhuqing from her marriage contract.
• Zhu Zhuyun revealed that Dai Weisi had accepted the Fallen Ones’ olive branch and become a Spirit King, and asked Zhu Zhuqing to grow strong enough to help her escape.
• Zhu Zhuyun embraced Zhu Zhuqing, apologized for the past, and congratulated her on getting what she wished for.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried in Ye Qiu’s arms, then told him about her freedom and Dai Weisi’s new strength.