Chapter Summaries

Wang Sheng, a disciple of Peach Blossom Spring Academy, defeated Dai Mubai in a duel outside Shrek Academy, drawing Ning Rongrong’s interest in the rival school. When Flender threatened Wang Sheng and demanded compensation, Su Ran appeared and offered to spar with the Shrek dean himself.

• Wang Sheng recruited Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu for Peach Blossom Spring Academy, but Tang San and Xiao Wu enrolled at Shrek Academy, followed by Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai challenged Wang Sheng and mocked his academy, but Wang Sheng revealed his Thousand Year Soul Ring and defeated Dai Mubai with Tiger Form Fist.
• Ning Rongrong decided to join Peach Blossom Spring Academy after seeing Wang Sheng defeat Dai Mubai, and Wang Sheng explained that Su Ran had trained him.
• Flender pressured Wang Sheng to pay five hundred Gold Soul Coins and move the academy, but Su Ran dispelled Flender’s Soul Power pressure and offered to spar with him.

Su Ran accepted Ning Rongrong as his first disciple, and the recruitment system strengthened his soul skills and granted him techniques suited to her martial soul. When Flender challenged Peach Blossom Spring Academy and Li Yusong attacked, Su Ran revealed that he was a Soul Sage and prepared to fight.

• Su Ran arrived at the academy, reassured Wang Sheng, and accepted Ning Rongrong as his disciple.
• Su Ran received the recruitment rewards, including a shared Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul and strengthened soul skills.
• Flender demanded that Su Ran merge his academy with Shrek or pay compensation and move away.
• Su Ran rejected Flender's demands and agreed to settle the dispute in a fight with Li Yusong.
• Li Yusong attacked with his staff without using a soul skill, and Su Ran summoned his Divine Flower Branch martial soul and revealed seven Soul Rings.

Su Ran revealed himself as a seven-ring Soul Sage and defeated Li Yusong with his fourth soul skill, then returned to Peach Blossom Spring Academy with Wang Sheng and Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong began life as his disciple by being assigned chores, while Shrek prepared to test its new students.

• Su Ran used Crimson Moon Peach Blossom to blast Li Yusong away, injuring him and sending the Shrek group flying, while he protected Ning Rongrong from the petals.
• Su Ran asked Flender whether he qualified to open an academy, then led Wang Sheng and Ning Rongrong back to Peach Blossom Spring Academy as Flender took Li Yusong and Dai Mubai for treatment.
• Zhao Wuji received Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy and prepared to test their Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong acknowledged Su Ran as her teacher and was assigned a room and responsibility for cleaning the academy's Inner Court.
• Wang Sheng explained that Su Ran believed chores trained students, then left to practice Tiger Form Fist; Ning Rongrong asked why Su Ran always wore a mask.

Su Ran taught Ning Rongrong that support-type Soul Masters could burden a team when they lacked the ability to protect themselves, and argued that they should develop their own defense and attack. He left her to decide whether she would stay for the lesson or leave Peach Blossom Spring Academy.

• Su Ran punished Ning Rongrong with thirty strikes for arriving late, and she threatened to transfer to Shrek Academy.
• Su Ran began a lesson on the core training of support-type Soul Masters and had Ning Rongrong summon her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Su Ran used calculations to argue that a support Soul Master’s buffs might not offset the teammates needed to protect them, especially when both teams were evenly matched.
• Su Ran explained that support Soul Masters became more valuable alongside stronger teammates and could benefit their team further if they could defend themselves.
• Su Ran announced that support Soul Masters should invest in defense and told Ning Rongrong she could leave if she was not sincere about learning.

Ning Rongrong apologized to Su Ran and chose to learn the Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield, a cultivation art meant to develop her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda’s defensive potential. Su Ran set her training regimen and promised to remove his mask once she made progress.

• Ning Rongrong admitted she was wrong for being late and threatening to drop out, and Su Ran accepted her self-criticism.
• Su Ran demonstrated how painful the training could be, then showed Ning Rongrong the Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield manual and explained its potential.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to endure the training and become a support Soul Master who could defend herself.
• Su Ran prescribed daily body conditioning and Qi cultivation for Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong asked to see Su Ran’s face, and he promised to remove his mask once she had made some progress.

Su Ran trained Ning Rongrong in the Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield until she condensed her First Golden Bell Qi. When Ma Hongjun harassed her on her way back to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, Ning Rongrong struck him with her newly gained strength, leaving him astonished and more determined to pursue her.

• Su Ran put Ning Rongrong through a strict cultivation regimen, and after a month she condensed her First Golden Bell Qi, earning him a hundred years on each of his soul rings.
• Li Yusong recovered enough to walk, while Dai Mubai's injuries mostly healed, and Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were shocked to learn they had lost to Peach Blossom Spring Academy's teacher and student.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun watched Ning Rongrong run with weighted packs and criticized her demanding training.
• Ma Hongjun blocked Ning Rongrong, asked her to be his girlfriend, and insulted Su Ran for making a Support System Soul Master train her body.
• Ning Rongrong warned Ma Hongjun to stop pestering her and defending Su Ran, then struck him with Golden Bell Qi and sent him flying.

Ning Rongrong used the Golden Bell Shield and Wing Chun to defeat Ma Hongjun, but he attacked her again from a distance after recovering. Su Ran arrived and demonstrated Inch Strength, sending Ma Hongjun flying.

• Ma Hongjun transformed and attacked Ning Rongrong with Phoenix Fireline, but her Golden Bell Shield protected her from the flames.
• Ning Rongrong used Wing Chun and Inch Strength to break through Ma Hongjun's attack and knock out his front teeth.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun a Recovery Great Sausage, and Ma Hongjun resumed attacking Ning Rongrong from a distance.
• Su Ran arrived, braced Ning Rongrong, and used Inch Strength to extinguish Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fireline and send him flying.

Su Ran defended Ning Rongrong after Ma Hongjun harassed her, sending Wang Sheng to punish him and confronting Shrek Academy’s teachers. He returned to Peach Blossom Spring Academy after defeating Zhao Wuji, while Flender promised to discipline his students.

• Su Ran ordered Wang Sheng to give Ma Hongjun the same treatment he had given Ning Rongrong, then went alone to Shrek Academy to confront its teachers.
• Ning Rongrong recalled Su Ran’s care during her training and grew curious about the face beneath his mask as she watched him leave.
• Wang Sheng beat Ma Hongjun outside Shrek Academy, while Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to strengthen him.
• Flender apologized to Su Ran and promised to discipline Ma Hongjun, then fined him 100 Gold Soul Coins for the trouble he had caused.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Su Ran had defeated Zhao Wuji with a Peach Blossom Branch after challenging Shrek’s teachers.
• Oscar told the others that Ma Hongjun had also lost to Ning Rongrong, leaving the Shrek students astonished.

Wang Sheng trained diligently while Su Ran treated Ning Rongrong’s burns and guided her cultivation. Ning Rongrong opened the Second Layer Golden Bell and reached rank twenty-seven, then reminded Su Ran of his promise to show her his face, and he removed his mask.

• Wang Sheng practiced Tiger Form Fist at Peach Blossom Spring Academy, inspired by Su Ran’s advice to keep training.
• Su Ran applied medicine to Ning Rongrong’s burns, warned her about Ma Hongjun, and told her she could try opening the Second Layer Golden Bell.
• Ning Rongrong opened five acupoints while bathing and condensed the Second Layer Golden Bell, increasing her defensive power and reaching rank twenty-seven.
• Ning Rongrong found Su Ran waiting with a meal, told him about her breakthrough, and asked him to honor his promise to show his face.
• Su Ran agreed and slowly removed his mask.

After Ning Rongrong condensed the Second Golden Bell and reached Level 27, Su Ran revealed his face, leaving her captivated. She resolved to cultivate diligently and win his affection, while the chapter ended with an author’s notice about the novel’s update schedule.

• Ning Rongrong condensed the Second Golden Bell, reached Level 27, and Su Ran gained Soul Power and Soul Ring age increases.
• Su Ran removed his Immortal Dragon Peach Blossom Mask, and Ning Rongrong was stunned by his appearance.
• Su Ran returned to his main house and told Ning Rongrong to rest, while she remained fascinated by him.
• Ning Rongrong lay awake, wrote to Ning Fengzhi about her safety and her feelings for Su Ran, and planned to become his student-wife.
• The author announced that the trial period would begin the next day, with two daily updates at midnight.

Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy to ask Su Ran to take her as his disciple, hoping to become strong enough to survive the imperial struggle in the Star Luo Empire. Su Ran refused her, telling her to reconsider her judgment and motives before asking again.

• Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy despite Dai Mubai trying to stop her, saying Peach Blossom Spring Academy gave her hope.
• Wang Sheng brought Zhu Zhuqing to Su Ran at Peach Blossom Spring Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Ran to accept her as his disciple so she could develop her Martial Soul and become stronger.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she wanted to survive and return to the Star Luo Empire with Dai Mubai to defeat Dai Weisi and her older sister.
• Su Ran refused to take Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple, saying her judgment was flawed, and told her to return when she understood the problem.

After Dai Mubai tried to force himself on Zhu Zhuqing, she escaped from the mountain and returned to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, saying she now understood why Su Ran had refused her. The chapter ended with Wang Sheng summoning Su Ran as Dai Mubai arrived in pursuit.

• Ning Rongrong asked Su Ran why he had not accepted Zhu Zhuqing, and he stayed silent while tending the Peach Trees.
• Dai Mubai complained about Zhu Zhuqing to Ma Hongjun, who encouraged him to assert himself, while Tang San and Xiao Wu objected to Ma Hongjun’s advice.
• Dai Mubai went to Peach Blossom Spring Academy looking for Zhu Zhuqing, but Wang Sheng told him she had left that morning.
• Dai Mubai found Zhu Zhuqing on a peak and tried to force himself on her; she activated her Martial Soul and then leaped down the mountainside to escape.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Peach Blossom Spring Academy injured and told Wang Sheng that she now knew the answer; Wang Sheng rang the Peach Blossom Bell as Dai Mubai chased after her.

After Zhu Zhuqing escaped Dai Mubai and reached Peach Blossom Spring Academy, she chose to become Su Ran’s disciple so she could grow stronger and free herself from her family’s control. Su Ran defended her choice against Dai Mubai, who demanded a Soul Master Duel, and asserted that his own strength gave him the right to decide.

• Dai Mubai pursued Zhu Zhuqing to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, where Wang Sheng stood ready to stop him from forcing his way inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing knelt before Su Ran, asked him to accept her as a disciple, and completed the ceremony with Peach Blossom Tea and the Peach Blossom Token.
• The disciple-recruitment system gave Su Ran increased Soul Power, strengthened his Soul Rings, and rewarded him with a Nether Beast Soul Bone and a Nether System secret technique to select.
• Su Ran told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing had joined Peach Blossom Spring Academy and could choose where to study, while Dai Mubai insisted she was his fiancée.
• Dai Mubai challenged Zhu Zhuqing to a Soul Master Duel, but Su Ran refused and said she would become stronger than him within a year.
• Su Ran declared that he was stronger under the Star Luo rules and summoned a Peach Blossom Branch from the sky.

Su Ran accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple and challenged her to surpass Dai Mubai within a year. He gave her the Ten Palaces of Hell secret manual and left her wondering about his mask and the forbidden Azure Nether Way.

• Su Ran reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would protect her, then sent Ning Rongrong away to cultivate.
• Su Ran told Zhu Zhuqing to surpass Dai Mubai within a year so she could defend herself against him.
• Su Ran introduced Zhu Zhuqing to the Crossing the Yellow Springs movement technique and three supreme arts, ruling out the Azure Nether Way for now.
• Su Ran gave Zhu Zhuqing the Ten Palaces of Hell secret manual, explaining that it could help her overcome the gap between her strength and Dai Mubai's.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the manual and asked Su Ran why he always wore a mask.

Su Ran taught Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate the Ten Palaces of Hell and treated her injuries, while his disciple gains increased his Soul Power Level to 73. Later, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Su Ran, and Zhu Zhuqing realized that Ning Rongrong had feelings for their teacher.

• Su Ran demonstrated the Ten Palaces of Hell and explained how Zhu Zhuqing could summon King Qin Guang and use the Netherworld Decree.
• Su Ran treated Zhu Zhuqing's injuries, arranged a place for her to stay, and discovered that taking her as his disciple had raised his Soul Power Level to 73 and strengthened his Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong visited Zhu Zhuqing, compared their lessons from Su Ran, and asked what ultimate skills he had offered her.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Su Ran wore a mask, and Ning Rongrong insisted that disciples should not develop unusual feelings for their teacher.
• Zhu Zhuqing guessed that Ning Rongrong liked Su Ran, and Ning Rongrong blushed and tried to stop her from saying more.

Ning Rongrong tried to persuade Su Ran to teach her the Dual Cultivation Ultimate Skill, Azure Nether Way, while he insisted it was unsuitable for her. At Shrek Academy, Flender scolded Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai for driving Zhu Zhuqing away, then urged the students to prepare for the Soul Master Competition.

• Ning Rongrong complained that Su Ran had offered Zhu Zhuqing three ultimate skills but had given her only one, and asked to learn the Azure Nether Way.
• Su Ran explained that the Azure Nether Way required an intimate male-female pair, preferably lovers, and doubled Ning Rongrong’s homework when she eagerly volunteered to study it with him.
• Flender berated Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai for bullying Zhu Zhuqing and losing an Agile Attack System soul master, while Dai Mubai offered to recruit a substitute and asked Flender to beat Su Ran.
• Flender refused to confront Su Ran, told Dai Mubai to fill the academy’s enrollment slot, and said Shrek had to compete for the Soul Master Competition championship.
• Tang San explained the competition to Xiao Wu, and Flender told the students to cultivate, prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and grow strong enough to defeat Peach Blossom Spring Academy.

Zhu Zhuqing successfully condensed an embryonic Ten-Layer Yama Palace, earning Su Ran a soul-ring-age increase and a Ghost Shuttle artifact. With Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong nearing level 30, Su Ran prepared to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest for their third soul rings while Wang Sheng stayed behind.

• Zhu Zhuqing spent a month training and finally condensed the embryonic form of the Ten Palaces of Hell vessel.
• Su Ran received a 200-year increase to all his soul-ring ages and the Ghost Shuttle, raising his first six soul skills above their previous ages.
• Su Ran praised Zhu Zhuqing, noted she had reached level 29, and said Ning Rongrong was also close to level 30.
• Su Ran told Zhu Zhuqing to stabilize her new vessel and prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for third soul rings.
• Su Ran told Wang Sheng he would take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing away for a few days while Wang Sheng remained at the academy.

Su Ran took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt their third soul rings, while the Shrek group traveled there on foot. After reaching the forest, Su Ran led the two girls toward the outer circle.

• Su Ran declined Flender’s offer to travel together and rode out with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing on two Azure Cloud White Dragon Horses.
• Zhu Zhuqing helped Ning Rongrong ride with Su Ran, and Ning Rongrong clung to him as they galloped toward the forest.
• Flender had the Shrek group run to the forest, while Xiao Wu complained about their hardship and Tang San encouraged her to keep going.
• Su Ran reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, settled the horses, ate lunch, and entered the forest.
• Su Ran explained the forest’s regions and led the girls toward the outer circle to hunt their third soul rings.

Su Ran pushed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to fight two soul beasts whose ages exceeded the standard limit for a Third Soul Ring, trusting their physiques and training to handle the danger. The girls overwhelmed and severely injured the beasts, leaving them ready to claim their soul rings.

• Su Ran explained that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's supreme arts and body training could let them absorb soul rings older than the usual limit, then told them to kill the beasts he had selected.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the challenge, and Ning Rongrong boosted her while drawing the Steel Bone Ironclad Tiger and Bloodthirsty Hell Wolf's attention by throwing her protected Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda at them.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Crossing the Yellow Springs to evade the Bloodthirsty Hell Wolf's poisoned claws and struck its vulnerable head with Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Ning Rongrong endured the Steel Bone Ironclad Tiger's attacks behind her golden bell shields and battered its eye with Wing Chun, Inch Strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing suppressed the Bloodthirsty Hell Wolf with the Ten Palaces of Hell Pillar, then threw a Ghost Shuttle that pierced the Steel Bone Ironclad Tiger's left eye, severely injuring both beasts.

Su Ran protected Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong as they absorbed their Third Soul Rings, then intervened when Shrek Academy and Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang disputed ownership of a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Chao Tianxiang asked Su Ran to judge who had the rightful claim.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong defeated two powerful Soul Beasts and began absorbing their Third Soul Rings while Su Ran guarded them.
• The girls endured the Soul Rings’ power, with their defensive abilities protecting them as their absorption neared completion.
• Su Ran heard Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang arguing over a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and warned them not to disturb his students.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Su Ran and prepared to leave, but Chao Tianxiang stopped him and asked Su Ran to judge the dispute fairly.
• Chao Tianxiang claimed she had chosen the serpent for Meng Yiran and wounded it before it escaped, while Zhao Wuji’s group had severely injured it afterward.