Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yunzhou took Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest for important business, leaving his other disciples at Supreme Academy. More than a month later, Dugu Bo returned to the academy and encountered Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, and Lan while asking who had been entrusted with overseeing it.

• Jiang Yunzhou refused to take his other disciples on the trip, explaining that Xiao Wu's identity would help him, and left with her.
• Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, and Lan waited anxiously at Supreme Academy for Jiang Yunzhou to return.
• The three women argued over their reasons for visiting the academy, while Lan grew uneasy.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the academy, recognized Lan's apparent secret, and introduced himself as Jiang Yunzhou's appointed teacher and caretaker.
• Tang Yuehua said she was temporarily overseeing the academy, and Liu Erlong claimed she had come to chat because she was bored.

Dugu Bo told Liu Erlong and Lan that Jiang Yunzhou might have gone to Star Dou Great Forest, then settled at Supreme Academy. Lan left to search for him, but Liu Erlong caught up and questioned her fear of Dugu Bo.

• Liu Erlong pressed Dugu Bo for news of Jiang Yunzhou, but he refused to share details and said he would be stationed at Supreme Academy.
• Dugu Bo told Lan that Jiang Yunzhou might have gone to Star Dou Great Forest, and Lan decided to leave and look for him.
• Liu Erlong chose to stay at the academy, then caught Lan and dragged her toward Lanba Academy.
• Liu Erlong asked Lan whether she had rushed to leave because she feared Dugu Bo, and Lan asked if Liu Erlong knew something.

Lan agreed to stay in Liu Erlong’s cottage while waiting for news, and the merger of Shilaike into the Imperial Dou Team left Yu Xiaogang and Hulande regretting their decision. After learning Liu Erlong had founded Lanba Academy, they brought the group there to visit her.

• Liu Erlong persuaded Lan to stay at her cottage on the back mountain, where Lan also became her taste tester.
• Shilaike merged into the Imperial Dou Team, with Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, the Shi Family Brothers, and Yu Feng on the main roster while Ma Hongjun and Meng Yiran became reserves.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang and Hulande that Liu Erlong had opened Lanba Academy in Tiandou City.
• Yu Xiaogang and Hulande regretted joining the Imperial Dou Team and led the Shilaike group to Lanba Academy under the pretext of exploring the area.
• Hulande told Tang San and Dai Mubai that he and Yu Xiaogang had come to visit their old friend, then asked the gatekeeper to notify Liu Erlong.

Liu Erlong met her former acquaintances at the academy gates with Lan, while Tang San felt an inexplicable blood connection to Lan. She rejected Hulande and Yu Xiaogang’s assumptions of a warm reunion and told them to address her as Dean Liu.

• A gatekeeper told Liu Erlong that a group of old acquaintances had come looking for her, and Lan offered to accompany her.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Hulande waited outside Supreme Academy, with Tang San restraining himself from entering because he feared Jiang Yunzhou.
• Liu Erlong and Lan arrived, and Tang San felt a deep, unfamiliar closeness to Lan that reminded him of his mother.
• Lan recognized Tang San but decided not to acknowledge him, choosing to live for herself and avoid the group.
• Hulande tried to reunite Liu Erlong with Yu Xiaogang, but she ignored Yu Xiaogang and refused to invite them into the academy.
• Liu Erlong told the visitors to leave once they had said what they came to say and asked them to call her Dean Liu.

Liu Erlong rejected Hulande and Yu Xiaogang, while Tang Yuehua intervened when Tang San approached Lan and asked why she seemed familiar. Tang San left unwillingly, still determined to pursue the connection, and Tang Yuehua turned back to ask what was wrong with Hulande and Yu Xiaogang.

• Liu Erlong refused to perform Martial Soul Fusion with Hulande and Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang insisted they leave.
• Tang Yuehua noticed the gathering at Lanba Academy and approached Lan as Tang San asked Lan why she gave him a familiar feeling.
• Tang Yuehua stepped between Tang San and Lan, rebuked Tang San, and defended Lan from his advances.
• Tang Yuehua mocked Liu Erlong, Hulande, and Yu Xiaogang over the Yellow Jin Iron Triangle, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave with Hulande.
• Lan told Tang San she had no obligation to answer him, and Tang San left reluctantly after being called away.
• Tang Yuehua turned back to Hulande and Yu Xiaogang and asked why they looked so awful.

Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu returned to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Jiang Yunzhou checked his rapid cultivation progress and visited the Blue Silver Grass tribe land to find Ah Yin. He discovered that Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King were gone, then left with Xiao Wu and Er Ming for the Lake of Life.

• Tang Yuehua ignored Liu Erlong's protests and went with Lan to visit where Lan was living.
• After ten days of travel, Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu reached the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu called Er Ming to carry them deeper inside.
• Jiang Yunzhou checked his panel and saw that his disciples' Soul Rings had raised his eighth ring to red and left him close to another breakthrough.
• Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu rode Er Ming to the Blue Silver Grass tribe land, where Jiang Yunzhou found Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King missing.
• Jiang Yunzhou returned to Xiao Wu and told Er Ming to take them to the Lake of Life.

Jiang Yunzhou brought Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life and persuaded Da Ming and Er Ming to let him enter its depths. After cutting through Di Tian’s Spatial Barrier and confronting him, Jiang Yunzhou offered a Dragon Pill in exchange for meeting the Silver Dragon King and obtaining the Ice Silkworm.

• Er Ming carried Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life, where Xiao Wu explained Jiang Yunzhou’s plan to Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming allowed Jiang Yunzhou to dive into the lake, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to wait for him.
• Jiang Yunzhou found Di Tian’s Spatial Barrier and cut an opening in it with One Sword Severing Law.
• Di Tian confronted Jiang Yunzhou and demanded to know how he had reached the barrier.
• Jiang Yunzhou showed Di Tian a Fire Dragon King Dragon Pill and offered to trade it for the Ice Silkworm and a meeting with the Silver Dragon King.

Jiang Yunzhou negotiated with the Silver Dragon King to trade two Dragon Pills for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. After the deal, he introduced himself and became her friend, leaving open the possibility of returning to visit.

• Jiang Yunzhou offered Di Tian two Dragon Pills in exchange for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but insisted on his original terms when Di Tian tried to bargain.
• Di Tian summoned the other ferocious beasts to surround Jiang Yunzhou, while Jiang Yunzhou tried to persuade Zi Ji and Bi Ji with an offer to help them take human form.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened after sensing the Ice Fire Dragon King’s aura and ordered Di Tian to let Jiang Yunzhou enter.
• The Silver Dragon King agreed to trade Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for the two Dragon Pills.
• Jiang Yunzhou told the Silver Dragon King his name and asked to be friends, and she accepted.

Jiang Yunzhou befriended the Silver Dragon King, gave Zi Ji and Bi Ji Humanoid Transformation Pills, and returned from the lake to ask Da Ming and Er Ming to help find the Emperor Ruishou. He set off with Xiao Wu for Tiandou City while his disciples waited sadly for them at the academy’s New Year’s dinner.

• Jiang Yunzhou said goodbye to the Silver Dragon King after she began healing, then gave Zi Ji and Bi Ji Humanoid Transformation Pills before leaving the Underground Palace.
• Xiao Wu pulled Jiang Yunzhou ashore and showed her relief that he had returned unharmed.
• Jiang Yunzhou asked Da Ming and Er Ming to help find the Emperor Ruishou, gave them Humanoid Transformation Pills, and asked Er Ming for a ride.
• Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu headed back to Tiandou City, hoping to reach it before the New Year.
• At Supreme Academy, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing prepared a reunion dinner, but the disciples grew gloomy when Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu did not arrive.

Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu returned to Tiandou City and took in Ziling, a battered traveler who had come looking for someone. At Supreme Academy, Jiang Yunzhou reunited with Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong and recognized that Lan was the Blue Silver Grass he had been searching for.

• Jiang Yunzhou and Xiao Wu spotted the disguised Ziling at the city gate and learned that bandits had robbed her during her journey to Tiandou City.
• Ziling gave Jiang Yunzhou her name and asked him to take her in for a few days, so he and Xiao Wu brought her back with them.
• At Supreme Academy, Jiang Yunzhou ran into Tang Yuehua, Liu Erlong, and Lan, who had come to the academy together.
• Jiang Yunzhou used his Netherworld Eyes to identify Lan's true form and wondered why she had changed her name.

Jiang Yunzhou recognized Lan, heard why she had come to find him, and agreed to let her stay at the academy as his disciple. Lan hoped to be with him forever, and the chapter left them entering the academy together after discussing the Blue Silver King and Dugu Bo.

• Jiang Yunzhou sent Xiao Wu to take Ziling inside, then asked Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong to leave him alone with Lan.
• Lan explained that she had come to find Jiang Yunzhou and asked him to take her in forever.
• Jiang Yunzhou agreed to let Lan stay at the academy and proposed making her his disciple, while Lan insisted she meant to be with him forever.
• Lan told Jiang Yunzhou that the Blue Silver King had sacrificed itself to become her growing first soul ring.
• Lan said Dugu Bo had returned to the academy and seemed to know her identity without making trouble for her, and Jiang Yunzhou led her inside.

Jiang Yunzhou returned to Supreme Academy, where Lan joined him and his disciples welcomed him to dinner. Dugu Bo thanked Jiang Yunzhou for helping him reach level 93, while Dugu Yan hurried her grandfather away before he could interfere with her hopes of being with Jiang Yunzhou.

• Jiang Yunzhou told Lan that Xiao Wu was a soul beast in human form and asked her to move into Supreme Academy and get along with his other disciples.
• Shui Bing'er and the other disciples crowded around Jiang Yunzhou and escorted him to dinner, where his return revived the academy's cheerful atmosphere.
• Dugu Bo thanked Jiang Yunzhou for the Poison Transformation Secret Record, which had improved his old injuries and helped him break through to level 93.
• Jiang Yunzhou asked Dugu Bo to call him by his name rather than Dean, and Dugu Bo happily agreed.
• Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to stop drinking and go cultivate or check on his home, and Dugu Bo realized he felt like a third wheel among the academy's couples.

Jiang Yunzhou shared a reunion dinner with his disciples when Qian Renxue arrived disguised as Xue Qinghe and agreed to drink with him. The evening ended with the two trading suggestive remarks while the other women watched, and Jiang Yunzhou felt gratified to be enjoying his first true reunion dinner in this world.

• Dugu Bo left the gathering to return home, while Dugu Yan stayed after Jiang Yunzhou told her to sit properly.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, arrived and exchanged teasing remarks with Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue told Jiang Yunzhou she was displeased he had returned without informing her, and he invited her to drink.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her progress to level seventy-six and agreed not to stop drinking until she and Jiang Yunzhou were both drunk.
• Jiang Yunzhou and Qian Renxue traded suggestive comments about staying up together and discussing the ways of life's propagation, prompting jealousy among the women.
• Jiang Yunzhou looked around at the gathering and felt grateful to be sharing his first real reunion dinner in this world.

After Qian Renxue invited Jiang Yunzhou to the imperial palace, the two spent the night together in her private chamber. She woke embarrassed but content, and Jiang Yunzhou left after promising to visit again when he had time.

• Jiang Yunzhou noticed Ziling struggling to join the academy gathering and considered teaching her martial arts techniques and finding her work.
• Qian Renxue asked Jiang Yunzhou to take her back to the palace, and he agreed despite the jealous looks from the others.
• Jiang Yunzhou reassured Liu Erlong privately that he would return the next night, then left the academy with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue led Jiang Yunzhou to her meditation chamber, revealed her true appearance, and asked him to kiss her.
• Jiang Yunzhou and Qian Renxue spent the night together, and she woke beside him feeling embarrassed but at peace.
• Jiang Yunzhou kissed Qian Renxue goodbye and promised to visit when he had time.

Jiang Yunzhou offered Ziling a place at Supreme Academy as his secretary and promised to find a way for her to cultivate. He invited Ning Rongrong to accompany him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to deliver the Rose Tulip, then sent Ziling away so he could speak privately with Lan.

• Jiang Yunzhou asked Ziling about her future, reassured her he was not sending her home, and hired her as his secretary.
• Jiang Yunzhou promised to find a cultivation path for Ziling, who accepted the position and began calling him Boss.
• Jiang Yunzhou invited Ning Rongrong to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with him the next day so he could deliver the Rose Tulip to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly treated the visit as a betrothal, clung to Jiang Yunzhou, and kissed his cheek before he sent her to fetch Lan.
• Jiang Yunzhou asked Ziling to wash his clothes so he could discuss something privately with Lan.

Jiang Yunzhou gave Lan pills to strengthen her body and Spiritual Power, then visited Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong. The next morning, he returned to the academy and prepared to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong.

• Jiang Yunzhou gave Lan two pills, explained Spiritual Power cultivation, and promised to provide another Soul Nurturing Pill if needed.
• Lan kissed Jiang Yunzhou, and he accepted her affection as he began planning to strengthen her before she bound his ninth soul ring.
• Jiang Yunzhou visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, and the two became intimate in her office.
• Jiang Yunzhou went to Liu Erlong's house that night, joined her in the bath, and spent the night with her.
• Jiang Yunzhou returned to the academy the next morning, and Ning Rongrong traded her silence about his previous night for a kiss.

Jiang Yunzhou visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong and several others, bringing Ning Fengzhi an Immortal Herb that could resolve his Martial Soul defect. Ning Fengzhi consumed it and evolved his Martial Soul into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, breaking through to level eighty.

• Jiang Yunzhou arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Lan, and Ziling, where Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Jiang Yunzhou asked Ning Rongrong to show the girls around while he discussed his visit with Ning Fengzhi.
• Jiang Yunzhou gave Ning Fengzhi a Rose Tulip Immortal Herb that could help resolve his Martial Soul defect and evolve his Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the herb and consumed it while Jiang Yunzhou guarded him.
• Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and his Soul Power rose to level eighty.

Jiang Yunzhou repaired Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul defect, allowing it to evolve into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and gave him a pill to strengthen his body before he absorbed a soul ring. Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo then asked Ning Rongrong to accept her father taking another wife to continue the family’s Martial Soul inheritance, and she agreed while warning them not to offend Jiang Yunzhou.

• Ning Fengzhi awoke with his Martial Soul defect repaired, thanked Jiang Yunzhou, and agreed to call him Yunzhou.
• Jiang Yunzhou urged Ning Fengzhi to take a physique-tempering pill before hunting for a soul ring, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo hinted that they wanted him to marry again.
• Ning Rongrong learned that her father’s Martial Soul had evolved, cried in his arms, and teased Jiang Yunzhou about marrying her.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo took Ning Rongrong aside and asked whether she would accept her father finding another wife so the family’s Martial Soul could be passed down.
• Ning Rongrong agreed, saying her young sect master status did not matter to her, and warned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo never to offend Jiang Yunzhou.

Ning Rongrong showed Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo her God-tier Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and eagerly returned to Jiang Yunzhou. Ning Fengzhi advanced to level eighty-eight after obtaining a Soul Ring, and Jiang Yunzhou stayed at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect until Sword Douluo challenged him to a spar.

• Ning Rongrong told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that she supported the Sect's plans and then revealed her evolved Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, which she said had reached the top grade.
• Ning Rongrong credited Jiang Yunzhou for her Martial Soul and asked Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to prepare Red Packets for her sisters before leaving to find her teacher.
• Ning Fengzhi hosted a welcoming feast for Jiang Yunzhou and his group, then obtained a Soul Ring and returned at level eighty-eight, prompting another celebration.
• Jiang Yunzhou remained at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for several days and accepted Sword Douluo's invitation to spar.
• Sword Douluo warned Jiang Yunzhou that he was a level-ninety-six Super Douluo, and Jiang Yunzhou asked him to fight without restraint so he could witness the Seven Kill Sword.

Jiang Yunzhou sparred with Chen Xin, revealing an extraordinary Soul Ring Configuration and matching Chen Xin’s sword techniques and domains. The duel escalated when Jiang Yunzhou revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and used One Sword Severing Law.

• Chen Xin opened the spar with his first soul skill, but Jiang Yunzhou countered with Azure Leaf Sky Split and revealed a black first soul ring.
• Jiang Yunzhou used Leaf Shadow Thousand Patrol and fought Chen Xin evenly as they exchanged sword attacks across the arena.
• Jiang Yunzhou healed his wounds with Spirit Source Recovery, then summoned the Boundless Sword Tomb domain against Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Domain.
• Chen Xin and Jiang Yunzhou unleashed their sword techniques, clashing Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect with Myriad Transformation Sword Prison.
• Jiang Yunzhou revealed a Hundred Thousand Year red soul ring and used One Sword Severing Law, shocking Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• Bone Douluo advised Ning Fengzhi to go home and have more daughters soon.