Chapter Summaries

Su Ran appeared at Peach Blossom Spring Academy and persuaded Bibi Dong to stay as an assistant teacher, explaining that he was recovering after helping her and the Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit. After Bibi Dong reunited with him, Ghost Douluo punished Flender and Zhao Wuji for overcharging him for Peach Blossom Honey.

• Ghost Douluo met Bibi Dong outside Peach Blossom Spring Academy, but she ordered him not to disturb the school and prepared to leave.
• Su Ran called Bibi Dong back and explained that he had been recovering from injuries sustained while dispelling the Rakshasa God's evil thought and stabilizing the Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit's remnant soul and origin.
• Bibi Dong realized she had misunderstood Su Ran, apologized, and agreed to remain at Peach Blossom Spring Academy as an assistant teacher.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji gossiped about Su Ran and Bibi Dong before Ghost Douluo visited their Peach Blossom Honey shop.
• Flender charged Ghost Douluo one thousand Gold Soul Coins per jar, and Ghost Douluo demanded a guarantee that the honey was sweet.
• Ghost Douluo beat Flender and Zhao Wuji, forced them to swallow the Gold Soul Coins, and left them regretting their high prices.

Su Ran announced that Bibi Dong had reconciled with Peach Blossom Spring Academy and appointed her an assistant teacher, openly calling her someone important to him. The students were stunned by the appointment and their closeness, and Qian Renxue fainted.

• Su Ran gathered the students and reminded them to treat Bibi Dong respectfully, criticizing Ning Rongrong for failing to set a good example.
• Su Ran gave Bibi Dong a Peach Blossom Master Token and announced that she would help manage the academy and teach its students.
• Bibi Dong accepted the position, promising to protect the academy and pass on the Dao.
• The students erupted in shock at Su Ran's announcement and his declaration that Bibi Dong was important to him.
• Ning Rongrong felt devastated, while Qian Renxue fainted and Hu Liena called for help.

Su Ran introduced Bibi Dong as his teaching assistant and assessed his students’ cultivation, praising their progress while sharply reprimanding Shui Yue’er for neglecting training. Shui Yue’er accepted his punishment of seven days facing the wall and writing a self-criticism.

• Shui Yue’er woke Qian Renxue by telling her Bibi Dong had been driven from the academy, but Qian Renxue nearly fainted again when she saw Bibi Dong with Su Ran.
• Su Ran reassured the students that Bibi Dong would only teach independently after passing his standards and that he would remain responsible for their cultivation.
• Su Ran praised and advised several students, including Wang Sheng, Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, Shui Bing’er, Yao Zi, Mu Yunteng, Green Bamboo, and Xiao Chenyu.
• Su Ran criticized Shui Yue’er for falling behind in cultivation and ordered her to face the wall for seven days and write a self-criticism.
• Shui Yue’er held back tears and said she had no objections to the punishment.

Su Ran returned to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, heard about events during his absence, and learned that Shui Yue'er had gone to the back mountain crying after he reprimanded her. He went to find her, while Bibi Dong prepared to help him resume lessons.

• Wang Sheng, Meng Yiran, and Dugu Yan told Su Ran that the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and Spirit Hall branch hall had opened beside the academy, and that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had visited.
• Su Ran warned Wang Sheng how to respond if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan returned, then reassured Meng Yiran that his restless Soul Power and cough were nothing serious.
• Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, and Wang Sheng asked Su Ran to be gentler with Shui Yue'er, explaining that she had been crying and had neglected her cultivation while asking about him.
• Su Ran told Bibi Dong to help prepare for lessons restarting the day after tomorrow, then vanished to the back mountain to look for Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Yue'er cried and struck a Peach Blossom Tree, lamenting that Su Ran had scolded her despite her worries and preparations for his return.

Su Ran reassured Shui Yue'er and explained the potential of the Flowing Water Fist and Fubo Technique, encouraging her to take cultivation seriously. He then began teaching her the advanced technique Flowing Water Rock Shatter.

• Shui Bing'er apologized for Shui Yue'er's angry words, and Su Ran said he would speak with her.
• Su Ran found Shui Yue'er complaining by the peach tree, and she quickly begged him not to send her back to Skywater Academy.
• Su Ran let Shui Yue'er voice her grievances and warned that dangers might arise beyond even his ability to control.
• Shui Yue'er admitted she felt her Flowing Water Fist and Fubo Technique were too weak, and Su Ran described their potential to reach an ultimate attribute.
• Su Ran demonstrated Flowing Water Rock Shatter, teaching Shui Yue'er to focus gathered flowing-water momentum into a single punch.

After Su Ran demonstrated the destructive power of Flowing Water Rock Shattering Fist, Shui Yue'er resolved to train seriously and reach its highest stage. She began practicing through painful injuries, received healing ointment from Shui Bing'er, and asked her sister to train with her as she aimed to challenge Wang Sheng and Rongrong.

• Su Ran demonstrated Triple Overlapping Waves of Flowing Water Rock Shattering Fist and urged Shui Yue'er to progress steadily.
• Shui Yue'er resolved to train hard enough to challenge Wang Sheng and Rongrong, then practiced the difficult third stage until water threads wounded her arms and fingers.
• Shui Bing'er brought Shui Yue'er Black Jade Wound Healing Ointment from Su Ran, and Shui Yue'er used it to treat her wounds.
• Shui Yue'er asked Shui Bing'er to train fists with her so she could surpass her sister's Cold Ice Cotton Palm and Heavenly Frost Fist.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to train with Shui Yue'er and warned that she would tell Su Ran if Shui Yue'er gave up.

Su Ran began his first public lesson by asking students to debate whether Soul Power, Human-Soul Union, or Martial Soul optimization and attributes mattered most in cultivation. The discussion turned into a challenge when Subduing Demon Douluo defended traditional Soul Master theory and agreed to fight Su Ran’s disciples with his power restricted.

• Liu Erlong watched Su Ran teach from the edge of the Teaching Grove, but the Golden Circlet’s headache restraint forced her to sit and recite the Heart Cleansing Incantation.
• Su Ran asked his students to discuss which mattered most in Soul Master cultivation: increasing Soul Power, achieving Human-Soul Union and Martial Soul Proficiency, or optimizing Martial Souls and attributes.
• Ning Rongrong and the core disciples supported Human-Soul Union, while Subduing Demon Douluo argued that Soul Power growth and additional rings gave Soul Masters the greater advantage.
• Wang Sheng questioned the saying that those with fewer rings and bones should run, prompting Subduing Demon Douluo to insist that the saying assumed equal Martial Soul quality.
• Su Ran proposed an academic duel between Subduing Demon Douluo, restricted to roughly Soul Emperor strength, and his Soul King disciples; Subduing Demon Douluo accepted and entered a Peach Forest Clearing.

At Su Ran’s open class, Qiu Ruoshui defeated Subduing Demon Douluo in a spear-and-staff spar, surprising the gathered disciples and elders. Subduing Demon Douluo protested the result, while Qian Renxue grew jealous of Bibi Dong’s closeness to Su Ran.

• Su Ran selected Qiu Ruoshui to spar with Subduing Demon Douluo because their Martial Souls and combat skills were suited to the demonstration.
• Subduing Demon Douluo suppressed his Soul Power to rank fifty-one and attacked Qiu Ruoshui with his Coiled Dragon Staff and self-created techniques.
• Qiu Ruoshui endured his assault, released her spear to evade the impact, then controlled it into a returning strike that left its tip at the back of his head.
• The disciples applauded Qiu Ruoshui, and Su Ran praised her skill while Bibi Dong praised his guidance.
• Subduing Demon Douluo disputed his defeat, but Huliena explained how Qiu Ruoshui had won, and Qian Renxue told him not to demand a rematch.
• Qian Renxue watched Bibi Dong stand close to Su Ran and wondered angrily whether she was his assistant teacher or his girlfriend.

Su Ran explained Martial Soul Evolution Theory, teaching that disciplined cultivation could evolve low-quality Martial Souls toward ultimate forms, and announced the criteria for Registered Disciples seeking promotion. Qian Renxue worried that Bibi Dong would proctor the exam, then eagerly answered when Su Ran called her and Hu Liena over.

• Subduing Demon Douluo conceded the contest and reflected on Qiu Ruoshui's impressive spear technique and Peach Blossom Spring Academy's training.
• Su Ran conceded that Human-Soul Union could cultivate soul power faster than blindly increasing it, and revealed that Wang Sheng had only level-ten soul power at age twelve.
• Su Ran explained Martial Soul Evolution Theory, describing how methods, medicinal herbs, and cultivation could guide Martial Souls toward ultimate forms.
• Su Ran announced that three Registered Disciples would be promoted based on their combined scores in the academy's motto, Martial Soul knowledge, and proximity of their Martial Souls to the ultimate state; Bibi Dong would proctor the exam.
• Qian Renxue worried that Bibi Dong's involvement would ruin her chance to advance, but proudly answered when Su Ran called her and Hu Liena over.

Su Ran gave Hu Liena and Qian Renxue study materials for the Registered Disciple promotion assessment and promised each a cultivation path and gift. He showed Qian Renxue two possible angel cultivation routes, leaving her to consider which one to pursue.

• Su Ran gave Hu Liena and Qian Renxue study booklets and promised to create an exclusive cultivation route for each of them.
• Qian Renxue worried that Bibi Dong would treat her unfairly as an invigilator, and Su Ran promised to ensure fairness.
• Su Ran promised Hu Liena a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox cultivation method and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then offered Qian Renxue two possible paths.
• Su Ran showed Qian Renxue the Twelve-Winged Angel Heaven-Slicing technique and the more powerful but painful Fallen Angel · Sentencing path.
• Su Ran told Qian Renxue to take a month to consider her choice and said she could seek her elders' advice.

After the Registered Disciples completed their advancement assessments, Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong about her chances and shared sour Azure Smoke Plums with her and Qian Renxue. Bibi Dong first enjoyed the plums, then became nauseated and retched, leaving her wondering why the sensation felt familiar as Qian Renxue suspected something was wrong.

• The Registered Disciples discussed their chances of advancing, with Xue Wu, Qiu Ruoshui, and Yu Hairou considered strong candidates.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong about her assessment results, and Bibi Dong said they should be near the top.
• Hu Liena offered Azure Smoke Plums to Bibi Dong, who found them sour-sweet and ate several despite Hu Liena's disbelief.
• Hu Liena offered a plum to Qian Renxue, who bit into it and found it overwhelmingly sour.
• Bibi Dong suddenly felt nauseated, retched by a pond, and wondered why the feeling seemed familiar while Qian Renxue watched her suspiciously.

Su Ran explained to Bibi Dong why a soul master’s seventh Soul Ring should match their attributes and body, while Bibi Dong reflected on his kindness during her stay at Peach Blossom Spring Academy. She left the academy with a letter for Su Ran, saying she did not want to make things difficult for him and that she and the child would wait for him.

• Bibi Dong brought Su Ran the performance roster for the Registered Disciple assessment and found him researching trial grounds for his disciples.
• Su Ran explained that a seventh Soul Ring’s attributes and compatibility determined the Martial Soul Avatar’s effects and side effects, using Shui Bing’er as an example.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Ran’s care for his students and his potential to transform the Soul Master World, and he told her he wanted everyone to become better.
• After more than a month at Taoyou Pavilion, Bibi Dong prepared to leave, grateful for Su Ran’s medicine and the fifty-thousand-year Torso Bone he had given her.
• Bibi Dong left a letter for Su Ran, slipped out of the academy, and said she and the child would wait for him.

After Bibi Dong left Peach Blossom Spring Academy for Spirit City, Qian Renxue learned that she was pregnant with Su Ran’s child and chose to pursue the Twelve-Winged Judgment Fallen Angel path. Su Ran gave her its cultivation method and the One Thought God Demon Twin Flower, while Qian Renxue kept her suspicions about Bibi Dong to herself.

• Qian Renxue found Bibi Dong gone and read her farewell letter, then collapsed after learning its contents.
• Su Ran read Bibi Dong’s letter and felt dejected that she had left without saying goodbye.
• Qian Renxue inferred from Su Ran’s reaction and the second letter that Bibi Dong was pregnant with his child.
• Qian Renxue told Su Ran she had chosen the Twelve-Winged Judgment Fallen Angel path, and he warned her about its dangers.
• Su Ran gave Qian Renxue the fallen cultivation manual and the One Thought God Demon Twin Flower, instructing her to wait for his help if problems arose.
• Qian Renxue considered telling Su Ran the truth about Bibi Dong but decided to keep quiet so she would not lose her own chance with him.

Su Ran announced the Registered Disciples’ promotion results, then privately taught Hu Liena a cultivation technique and gave her a Soul Bone. Wang Sheng confessed that he had fallen in love with Xuan Cao and planned to get engaged, and Su Ran agreed to officiate the wedding and seek compensation from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Su Ran announced that Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Xue Wu had earned promotion to Core Disciple, praising the newcomers’ results.
• Su Ran taught Hu Liena the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Law and Soul Seizing Technique and gave her the Ten-Thousand-Year Qingqiu Flash Spirit Tail Bone; Hu Liena learned that Bibi Dong had left the academy.
• Su Ran heard students teasing Wang Sheng and asked him what was going on.
• Wang Sheng told Su Ran that he had fallen in love with Xuan Cao, a village girl he met while buying ingredients for the academy.
• Wang Sheng said he planned to get engaged to Xuan Cao the following month and asked Su Ran to witness the wedding.
• Su Ran agreed to officiate and said he would seek medical expenses from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a betrothal gift.

Su Ran brought Liu Erlong to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to collect compensation for the clan’s past attack on his students. Yu Xiaogang, desperate for revenge, learned Su Ran had arrived and eagerly had his maid push him to the square, where Su Ran began listing the compensation he demanded.

• Su Ran invited Liu Erlong to guide him to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and she agreed despite her estrangement from the clan.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to spur Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to overcome their fear of Peach Blossom Spring Academy, but they mocked and humiliated him.
• After hearing Su Ran’s announcement, Yu Xiaogang grabbed his maid, confirmed Su Ran had arrived, and ordered her to push him to the square.
• Su Ran and Liu Erlong entered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where clan experts confronted them over the clan’s feud with Peach Blossom Spring Academy.
• Su Ran said the clan must compensate his students for their past injuries and began demanding Gold Soul Coins, Soul Bones, jade, pearls, and other valuables.

Su Ran confronted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan over its treatment of Peach Blossom Spring Academy and Liu Erlong, demanding compensation and justice. After Yu Yuanzhen intervened, Su Ran revealed an evolved set of Soul Rings and attacked him, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Su Ran rejected Yu Luomian's claim that the clan had acted mercifully and demanded compensation for his disciple's betrothal gifts.
• Su Ran wounded several clan elders with a single Peach Blossom Sword, while Yu Xiaogang secretly urged his family to kill Su Ran and summoned Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Luomian offered compensation if Su Ran would heal Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng, but Su Ran refused and beat him with a Peach Blossom Branch for abandoning Liu Erlong and injuring Wang Sheng.
• Liu Erlong rejected Yu Luomian's appeal to family ties and told Su Ran to act without considering her.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Su Ran with a lightning dragon, but Su Ran emerged unharmed and revealed four black and five red-gold Soul Rings.
• Su Ran charged Yu Yuanzhen in the sky as the clan head pleaded for a peaceful discussion, and Yu Xiaogang wondered why Su Ran's Soul Rings had changed.

After returning to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, Su Ran encountered Xue Ke and Xue Beng, who had come with Tang Yuehua to study under him. He reprimanded Wang Sheng for letting Xue Beng threaten him, while the imperial visitors were left stunned by Su Ran.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan paid Su Ran a million Gold Soul Coins, nine chests of valuables, a Soul Bone, and precious jade after he defeated the clan's experts.
• At the academy gate, Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed avoiding trouble as Wang Sheng refused to let Xue Beng drive his royal carriage inside.
• Xue Beng tried to force his carriage through the gate, but Su Ran arrived and overturned it with a gust of Peach Wind, sending Xue Beng flying.
• Tang Yuehua introduced herself and Xue Ke and explained that the Heaven Dou Emperor had sent Xue Ke and Xue Beng to study at the academy.
• Su Ran scolded Wang Sheng for failing to fight back against Xue Beng, and Wang Sheng promised to punch anyone who tried it again.

At Peach Blossom Spring Academy, Su Ran had Wang Sheng beat Prince Xue Beng for humiliating him and expelled Xue Beng from the academy. Xue Ke chose to stay as a student, while Tang Yuehua offered a performance to celebrate Wang Sheng’s wedding.

• Tang Yuehua urged Xue Beng to apologize to Su Ran, but Su Ran told him to apologize to Wang Sheng for calling him a lowly gatekeeper.
• Su Ran presented Wang Sheng with treasure as compensation and a test, challenging him to beat Xue Beng and prove he could defend his family’s dignity.
• Wang Sheng accepted the challenge, struck Xue Beng, and beat him out of the academy; Su Ran refused to accept Xue Beng as his student.
• Xue Ke asked to study at Peach Blossom Spring Academy, and Su Ran let her begin with the Registered Disciples; Tang Yuehua decided to accompany her.
• Tang Yuehua offered to perform Rainbow Garments: Dragon and Phoenix Sing in Harmony for Wang Sheng’s wedding, while Meng Yiran said Xue Beng still could not enter the academy.

Wang Sheng married Xuan Cao at Peach Blossom Spring Academy, where Su Ran presided and gifted the bride a life-extending flower. Qian Renxue failed to return from Spirit City, and the wedding was interrupted by an urgent report from Subduing Demon Douluo.

• Su Ran and the academy prepared an elaborate wedding celebration for Wang Sheng and Xuan Cao, drawing disciples, villagers, and guests from the City of Slaughter.
• Wang Sheng and Xuan Cao arrived at the academy, and Su Ran appeared as their witness amid the guests’ admiration.
• Su Ran wished the couple well, gave Xuan Cao a bluish-gold Shang Yue Ling Xuan, and witnessed their bows to heaven and earth and their elders.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Qian Renxue was absent, and Hu Liena explained that she had gone to Spirit City to invite Pope Teacher but had not returned.
• Subduing Demon Douluo tried to fly through the Peach Blossom Array, then called out that he had an urgent report from Spirit City and needed to see Su Ran immediately.

Worship Hall’s elders surrounded Pope’s Hall and demanded that the pregnant Bibi Dong either end her pregnancy or surrender the papacy. As Qian Daoliu moved to take her authority, Qian Renxue arrived and urgently told her grandfather to stop.

• Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan warned Bibi Dong that Worship Hall had gathered its experts around Pope’s Hall.
• Qian Daoliu and the other elders accused Bibi Dong of defying the Angel’s will and demanded she abort her child or resign as pope.
• Bibi Dong refused to give up her child or position, and Qian Jun Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo attacked her as Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan fought to protect her.
• Bibi Dong tried to retreat and warned Qian Daoliu that her child’s father would retaliate, but she agreed to hand over the Pope’s Scepter while vowing to reclaim her authority.
• Qian Renxue arrived from Peach Blossom Spring Academy and urgently told Qian Daoliu not to take Bibi Dong’s position as pope.