Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu revealed his symbiotic connection with Xiao Lan and brought Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he explored his new abilities. Xiao Lan then used a new transformation ability to impersonate Ning Rongrong and kiss Ye Qiu, and she offered to teach him the ability if he kissed her.

• Ye Qiu showed that Xiao Lan had become a Spirit Elder with three thousand-year Spirit Rings and explained that they shared a symbiotic relationship.
• The Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger retrieved the Crimson Flame Demonic Wolf's Right Leg Bone, and Ye Qiu took Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Qiu examined his new Soul Skills, discovered that Blue Silver Ice Fire Break could draw out the well's Ice and Fire powers, and found that his Blue Silver Domain had awakened again.
• Xiao Lan transformed into Ning Rongrong and kissed Ye Qiu, but he realized who she was and pulled away.
• Xiao Lan explained that the Seed of Life had given her the transformation ability and offered to teach it to Ye Qiu if he kissed her.

Ye Qiu received Xiao Lan’s Life Mimicry ability and navigated a tense meal with Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan. After Ning Rongrong confronted him about his feelings and learned that she was not the first to know his secrets, she decided to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a few days to explore the world, while Ye Qiu stored two Soul Skills in her eyes.

• Xiao Lan passed the glowing Seed of Life to Ye Qiu through a kiss, giving him the Life Mimicry ability to alter appearances and imitate similar Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan competed over their cooking and over Ye Qiu, and Ning Rongrong soon softened and helped him finish the food.
• Dugu Yan reminded Ning Rongrong that she had not been the first to come into Ye Qiu’s life, leaving Ning Rongrong unsettled as she returned with him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Ye Qiu favored Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, or Zhu Qing, and Ye Qiu said he would do his best to treat everyone equally.
• Ning Rongrong announced that she would leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a few days to see the world, and Ye Qiu accepted her decision.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong kissed on the grass as he used Ame-no-Takahime-no-Mikoto to store Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto in her eyes.

Ye Qiu worried that his plans to visit Suotuo City would draw Tang Hao’s attention, then pressed Qian Renxue to deliver the Spirit Concealment Technique she had promised him. Seven days later, Ning Rongrong departed Heaven Dou City, Zhu Zhuqing continued toward Suotuo City after her sister’s forces rescued her from an ambush, and Xiao Wu reluctantly prepared to leave Nuoding Academy with Tang San under Tang Hao’s watch.

• Ye Qiu told Qian Renxue he had reached Soul Elder and demanded the promised item; she agreed to have it delivered within a few days, though she secretly resolved to delay it.
• After their overnight cultivation, Ye Qiu vanished before Qian Renxue could finish speaking, angering her enough to destroy the stone bed and order the prepared soup thrown away.
• Seven days later, Ye Qiu met Dugu Yan and Xiao Lan after seeing Ning Rongrong off from Heaven Dou City, then returned with them to Sunset Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing was surrounded by Dai Weisi’s men near the Star Dou Great Forest, but her sister’s Spirit Kings rescued her and asked her to bring back what the eldest young lady needed.
• At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu packed to leave for Suotuo City with Tang San, secretly wishing to wait for Ye Qiu while Tang Hao’s surveillance forced her to go.

Xiao Wu and Tang San arrived in Suotuo City and fought Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, where Xiao Wu defeated him. Zhu Zhuqing then appeared and declared that she would protect Xiao Wu, leaving Xiao Wu shocked by her warning about the Couples Hotel and the mysterious “him.”

• Tang San pulled Xiao Wu into Suotuo City on a cart, and they went to the Rose Hotel after agreeing to find lodging.
• Dai Mubai blocked Xiao Wu at the hotel and challenged Tang San, who fought him with his Blue Silver Grass but was eventually injured.
• Xiao Wu challenged Dai Mubai, used her Teleportation and Waist Bow abilities to defeat him, and made him apologize before he left.
• Zhu Zhuqing approached Xiao Wu and said she would protect her, then warned her that the hotel was a Couples Hotel and asked whether she feared making “him” sad.
• Xiao Wu struck Tang San with her braid and accused him of bringing her to a Couples Hotel, while he insisted he had not known what kind of place it was.

Zhu Zhuqing brought Xiao Wu to safety, while Tang San encountered Ning Rongrong and was dragged into a shop after trying to attack her. In Heaven Dou City, Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue created a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Angel Annihilation Divine Light, before Ye Qiu asked her for a favor.

• Zhu Zhuqing invited Xiao Wu to stay with her, and Xiao Wu agreed while Tang San followed them and booked a separate room.
• Xiao Wu asked Zhu Zhuqing about Ye Qiu, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she liked him and had come to protect Xiao Wu for his sake.
• Tang San tried to trade his Silent Sleeve Arrow for Ning Rongrong's Plate Crystal, but she rejected it and insulted his Hidden Weapon.
• Tang San prepared to attack Ning Rongrong, but the shopkeeper seized him and dragged him inside after demanding compensation for the damaged storefront.
• Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, destroying a stone table with a spatially distorting beam they named Angel Annihilation Divine Light.
• Ye Qiu asked Qian Renxue for help forcing Tang Hao to leave Suotuo City, and she reacted with irritation.

Ye Qiu persuaded Qian Renxue to send people to Suotuo City to keep Tang Hao away, then confided his worries about Xiao Wu to Dugu Yan. By morning, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing had reached Shrek Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing stunned Li Yusong with her thousand-year second Spirit Ring.

• Ye Qiu used his third condition to secure Qian Renxue's agreement to send reinforcements to Suotuo City and keep Tang Hao from approaching the area.
• Ye Qiu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's secret realm and told Dugu Yan he did not know how to explain himself to Xiao Wu; Dugu Yan suggested persuading Xiao Wu to become his first woman.
• Xiao Lan walked in on Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan left to rinse off after Xiao Lan fell asleep again.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and joined the admissions line while Li Yusong explained its strict entry requirements.
• Ning Rongrong passed the preliminary test, then Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing underwent their checks; Li Yusong and Tang San were shocked when Zhu Zhuqing revealed her thousand-year second Spirit Ring.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s first tests and were sent to face Zhao Wuji’s combat trial. Before the trial began, Ning Rongrong revealed that Ye Qiu had written Xiao Wu a letter, leaving Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing eager to see it.

• Dai Mubai led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing past the middle checkpoints after their Soul Power exceeded rank twenty-five, and Zhu Zhuqing shattered the testing crystal with her rank-thirty-two strength.
• Dai Mubai brought the group to Zhao Wuji, who announced that they had to hold out against him for one stick of incense and was identified as a rank-seventy-six Soul Saint.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong introduced themselves, and Ning Rongrong recognized Zhu Zhuqing and hinted that Ye Qiu still thought about her.
• Xiao Wu asked Ning Rongrong whether Ye Qiu was doing well, and Ning Rongrong assured her that he was and had written her a letter.
• Xiao Wu snapped at Tang San to be quiet and demanded that Ning Rongrong give her the letter.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to pass Zhao Wuji’s test before pursuing the person Ning Rongrong said had promised to meet them. The girls and Tang San fought Zhao Wuji together, but his fourth Spirit Ability locked onto Ning Rongrong and he reached her with a bear-paw strike.

• Ning Rongrong reassured Xiao Wu that a promised reunion was coming, and Xiao Wu agreed to focus on passing the test.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and supported Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San as they began the trial against Zhao Wuji.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated attacks against Zhao Wuji, who broke their restraints and countered them with his Spirit Abilities.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her powerful second Spirit Ability to pierce Zhao Wuji’s defenses, poison him, and force him to retaliate.
• Zhao Wuji used his fourth Spirit Ability to lock onto Ning Rongrong, then leaped to her and swung a bear paw at her face.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San fought Zhao Wuji during the Shrek Academy test, which ended with Tang San knocked unconscious and the group passing. That evening, Xiao Wu awoke in the dormitory while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched over her.

• Ning Rongrong struck Zhao Wuji with Rasengan, and Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San joined the attack before Zhao Wuji used his spirit abilities to gain control of the fight.
• Zhao Wuji injured Xiao Wu, but Zhu Zhuqing rescued her, and Xiao Wu used Charm to give them time to escape; Tang San then insisted on facing Zhao Wuji alone.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with Hidden Weapons, poison, Blue Silver Grass, and his movement skills, but Zhao Wuji endured the assault and knocked him unconscious when the incense burned out.
• Zhao Wuji declared that the group had passed, then summoned Oscar to make sausages for himself and Tang San before Dai Mubai led the students to the dormitories.
• That evening, Ning Rongrong cared for the unconscious Xiao Wu while Zhu Zhuqing moved her bed into their room, and Xiao Wu woke up.

Xiao Wu woke and read Ye Qiu’s long letter, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing bickered over their connections to him. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu bought saltpeter with Xiao Lan and headed to the Crown Prince’s Mansion to ask Xue Qinghe for cannon barrels.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing cared for Xiao Wu as she woke, and Ning Rongrong gave her Ye Qiu’s letter.
• Xiao Wu read Ye Qiu’s letter privately, finding his monthly notes and a message promising she would always wait for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew jealous that Ye Qiu had not written to her and provoked Ning Rongrong by mentioning her help with his Spirit Rings.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing argued until Xiao Wu returned, and Ning Rongrong tried to investigate Zhu Zhuqing’s growth.
• Ye Qiu took Xiao Lan through ore shops to buy saltpeter, then headed to the Crown Prince’s Mansion to ask Xue Qinghe for cannon barrels.

Ye Qiu visited Xue Qinghe to request materials, then learned that Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo were heading to Suotuo City. After cultivating with Qian Renxue, Ye Qiu left for Suotuo City, leaving Dugu Yan with Dugu Bo and Xiao Lan.

• Ye Qiu asked Xue Qinghe to provide hollow iron pillars, while Xiao Lan ate at the mansion and Xue Ke became flustered around Ye Qiu.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing argued about their moments with Ye Qiu, while Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji after Tang San was injured.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Qiu that Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo would reach Suotuo City early the day after tomorrow, and Ye Qiu advanced to level thirty-two while cultivating with her.
• Ye Qiu accidentally glimpsed Qian Renxue's thoughts, upsetting her, then left a Yuanzhi Lily Flower before departing.
• Ye Qiu met Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, asked Dugu Bo to look after her, and set off toward Suotuo City after taking Xiao Lan and Dugu Yan to the academy.
• Ye Qiu appeared at a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where he planned to travel onward to Suotuo City using a marker he had left there.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing beat Ma Hongjun after he harassed Cuihua, then joined the other Shrek students for breakfast and learned about the academy. Flender assigned Ning Rongrong and Oscar a punishing run, while Tang San delivered Yu Xiaogang’s letter and learned that his teacher would be coming to Shrek.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua and beat him severely before Dai Mubai arrived to explain his Evil Fire problem.
• At breakfast, Tang San met Ma Hongjun and Oscar, and Dai Mubai explained the misunderstanding and Shrek’s rules to the students.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing she had learned to cook for Ye Qiu, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar joked about their chances with the girls.
• Flender welcomed the new students, collected tuition, and assigned Ning Rongrong and Oscar twenty laps around the village.
• Tang San gave Flender Yu Xiaogang’s letter, and Flender revealed that Yu Xiaogang was coming to Shrek Academy.

Ning Rongrong rejected Flender’s attempt to humiliate and drive her out of Shrek Academy, exposing the flaws in his arguments and defending her own potential. After the students voted four to two to let her stay, Flender accepted the result and led them to their next training.

• Ning Rongrong refused Oscar’s sausage during the morning run and used her speed boost to run off to Suotuo City, leaving Oscar to face extra laps.
• Flender discovered that Ning Rongrong had skipped the assigned run and gone shopping, then punished Oscar after he covered for her.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s claims that she was the weakest student, criticizing the abilities and prospects of Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar while praising her own potential and Ye Qiu’s protection.
• Ning Rongrong apologized for her harsh words while reminding Flender of her father, Ning Fengzhi, and Flender asked the other students to vote on whether she could stay.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Oscar voted to keep Ning Rongrong, and Flender accepted the four-to-two result before taking the students to training.

Flender took the Shrek students to the Soto Great Spirit Arena for practical combat training, where Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai in a one-on-one match. Dai Mubai then attacked Ning Rongrong, and as Ye Qiu entered Suotuo City, he sensed that the Ame-no-Takahime-no-Mikoto on her had been triggered.

• Flender led the Shrek students to the Great Soul Arena and explained its spirit battles and medal system.
• The students registered for spirit battles, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Cat Rabbit Combination.
• Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Mubai, used her Shadow Spider Spear to surpass his speed, and won the match.
• Dai Mubai lost his temper when Ning Rongrong mocked him and blasted her to the ground.
• Ye Qiu arrived in Suotuo City and sensed that the Ame-no-Takahime-no-Mikoto on Ning Rongrong had been triggered.

Ning Rongrong’s eyes activated Ye Qiu’s black-flame safeguard when Dai Mubai tried to harm her, and Tang San cut away the burning flesh to save him. Ye Qiu arrived at the arena, reunited with Ning Rongrong, and learned that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were fighting nearby.

• Dai Mubai reached for Ning Rongrong, whose altered eyes caused black flames to engulf him; Tang San cut flesh from Dai Mubai’s arm and treated him while Oscar fetched sausages.
• Flender arrived, heard that Dai Mubai had attacked first, and carried him away for treatment after Ning Rongrong said her safeguard had triggered automatically.
• Ye Qiu sensed the safeguard activating, hurried to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, and entered after seeing Flender fly past with Dai Mubai.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Oscar romantically but invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Ye Qiu then appeared, and she embraced and kissed him.
• Ye Qiu asked where Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were, and Ning Rongrong pointed him toward their spirit battle.

Ye Qiu reunited with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing at the Soto Great Spirit Arena after their victory, while Ning Rongrong and Tang San witnessed the encounter. When Tang San threatened Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu’s glance left Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass limp and unresponsive.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Duo Laimi and Li Mang as the Cat Rabbit Combination, winning their first battle at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Ye Qiu waited with Ning Rongrong to meet Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San returned from his own spirit battle to join them.
• Xiao Wu recognized Ye Qiu and rushed into his arms, while Zhu Zhuqing approached him and Ning Rongrong watched jealously.
• Tang San demanded that Ye Qiu release Xiao Wu and threatened him, but Xiao Wu stayed in Ye Qiu’s embrace as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong prepared to intervene.
• Ye Qiu agreed to quiet Tang San, then Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass wilted and stopped responding to his commands.

Ye Qiu trapped Tang San in Tsukuyomi and tortured him until he collapsed, then left the arena with Xiao Wu after giving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing training notebooks. As Ye Qiu carried Xiao Wu through the city and told her about his past, she led him to the Rose Hotel and insisted they go inside together.

• Ye Qiu used Tsukuyomi to bind Tang San to a cross and subject him to escalating pain for what felt like three days and three nights.
• Tang San returned to his body and collapsed after seeing Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu kiss, while Oscar was left to carry him.
• Ye Qiu gave Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong small notebooks and promised them surprises after they trained; then he used Kamui to leave with Xiao Wu.
• Ye Qiu checked for Tang Hao, found no sign of him, and took Xiao Wu shopping before carrying her through the streets and recounting his experiences since leaving Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu became upset when Ye Qiu described his involvement with other women, then asked him to take her to the Rose Hotel and refused to let him decline.

Ye Qiu reunited with Xiao Wu in Biyou Village and gave her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully picked and consumed. After learning she had secretly used her Remnant Shell to hide her soul beast aura, Ye Qiu promised not to leave her alone again, and the chapter ended with them preparing to spend the night together.

• Ye Qiu took Xiao Wu to Biyou Village and revealed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red he had saved for her.
• Xiao Wu shed blood onto the flower and picked it, proving her feelings were unwavering.
• Ye Qiu warned Xiao Wu that two level ninety-six Title Douluo would arrive in Suotuo City, and she admitted her Remnant Shell had long concealed her soul beast aura.
• Ye Qiu urged Xiao Wu to eat the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and she consumed it as its power began to enter her body.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to the stone house, where Xiao Wu insisted they share a bed and they began to undress.

After spending the night together, Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu left Biyou Village for Suotuo City so he could meet Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo. He proposed a plan to lure Tang Hao out, and the two elders agreed to help.

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s medicinal power raised Ye Qiu’s Soul Power close to level thirty-four and Xiao Wu’s to level thirty-eight.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu got dressed, paid their respects beneath the peach tree, and visited the village chief before leaving Biyou Village.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated that her Remnant Shell concealed her aura, and Ye Qiu agreed to bring her to Suotuo City.
• At the Martial Soul Hall Branch, Thomas escorted Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu to meet Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo.
• Ye Qiu described how he planned to lure Tang Hao out, and Qian Jun Douluo agreed to the plan and sent him a Glass Orb.

Ye Qiu lured Tang Hao away from Suotuo City by pretending to hold Ah Yin captive, then used her aura to direct him toward a prepared ambush. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo received the signal and prepared to face Tang Hao on a hill west of the city.

• Ye Qiu took Xiao Wu to buy a mask and food before sending her to the Divine Might Space for safety.
• Tang Hao beat Flender for failing to protect Tang San, learned that Ye Qiu had defeated him, and left after warning the academy to watch themselves.
• Ye Qiu, disguised as Uchiha Madara, drew Tang Hao into the wilderness and provoked him by threatening the Blue Silver Emperor in his flowerpot.
• Ye Qiu burned the potted grass, then used Kamui to escape underground and released Ah Yin's aura to make Tang Hao believe she was still alive.
• Ye Qiu directed Tang Hao to a hill west of Suotuo City, where Qian Jun and Jiang Mo prepared to confront him after receiving the signal.