Chapter Summaries

After Lightning Academy lost to Xiao Ze, Yu Yuanzhen recognized that his team needed to improve, while Xue Ye worried that he had no way to win Xiao Ze’s loyalty. Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er brought Xiao Ze and the others to Skywater Academy, where their close attention to him drew curious onlookers.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Lightning Academy’s defeated members that Xiao Ze had spared their lives and resolved to address the team’s coordination problems.
• Xue Ye praised Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament results, then learned Xiao Ze had never used the academy’s resources and wondered how to win him over.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan speculated that Xiao Ze might eventually leave the Heaven Dou Empire, but agreed not to interfere.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er led Xiao Ze and the others through Skywater City to Skywater Academy and showed them its grounds.
• Skywater Academy students gathered to watch Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er chat with Xiao Ze, and Shui Yue'er told them to stop crowding around.

Shui Yiyao questioned Xiao Ze about his intentions toward Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, then accepted their relationship after he answered honestly. Xiao Ze gave Shui Yiyao rare products from his Martial Soul, and their hands brushed as she took them.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er were teased by Skywater Academy students about bringing Xiao Ze back, until Shui Yiyao arrived and ended the commotion.
• Shui Yiyao asked Xiao Ze whether he could care for her nieces, and he said he loved them and would treat them well while admitting he had other women.
• Shui Yiyao accepted Xiao Ze's relationship with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and the sisters thanked her.
• Xiao Ze gave Shui Yiyao agricultural products from his Martial Soul and explained that they could improve her body and cultivation.
• Shui Yiyao took the Blue-Gold Soul Tool from Xiao Ze, and their fingertips brushed, leaving both momentarily frozen.

Xiao Ze visited Skywater Academy, where Shui Yiyao reacted strangely to their accidental touch and showed him the academy’s training ground. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong decided to offer Xiao Ze three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and ordered Moon Guan to recruit him, while Hu Liena learned she would face the formidable competitor she had met years earlier.

• Shui Yiyao accepted Xiao Ze’s supplies and was left wondering about her feelings after he touched her hand.
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er showed Xiao Ze the Mirror Lake Corridor and Skywater Academy’s Mimicry Training Ground.
• Bibi Dong reviewed reports about Xiao Ze’s Summoned Beasts and decided to keep the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as a recruitment offer.
• Bibi Dong ordered Moon Guan to recruit Xiao Ze when he came to Spirit Hall, and to detain him if recruitment failed.
• Moon Guan told Hu Liena that Xiao Ze, the child she had met in the Star Dou Great Forest, would soon face her in the grand finals.

Xiao Ze and the women grew stronger over the year as their Soul Powers and Martial Souls improved. Ye Lingling’s Life Tribulation Twin Lotus recovered, and the God of Agriculture confirmed that the Demigod Artifact was restored.

• Moon Guan refused to explain Xiao Ze’s strength to Hu Liena, but urged her and the others to cultivate; Hu Liena grew anxious that Xiao Ze might be stronger than her.
• Xiao Ze reached level fifty-four at age fourteen, gained six Epic Grade Spirits, and decided to pause creating more Spirits until he could raise his existing ones to Legendary Grade.
• Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing saw their Martial Souls evolve, while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan reached Soul King level alongside Xiao Ze.
• Ye Lingling told Xiao Ze that the Life Tribulation Twin Lotus seemed close to recovering, and the women gathered as it began to glow.
• The God of Agriculture confirmed that the Life Tribulation Twin Lotus had recovered, noting that its injuries had been lighter than those of the Divine Artifact.

Ye Lingling tested the recovered Green Jade Hairpin and discovered that its two Light Wheels greatly extended her healing range and let her turn healing into powerful attacks. After Xiao Ze warned her about its Soul Power cost and the danger of reflected damage, Ning Rongrong reminded him that the Soul Master Tournament was approaching, and he agreed to return to Qingxi Village.

• Ye Lingling used the Green Jade Hairpin, which she identified as the Life Tribulation Twin Lotus, and learned that its white Light Wheel could heal everyone within one kilometer while its black Light Wheel converted healing into damage.
• Xiao Ze arranged a test against Di Zun, and Ye Lingling’s black Light Wheel blasted the Soul King-level beast hard enough to nearly trigger its Absolute Defense State.
• Xiao Ze cautioned Ye Lingling about her vulnerability to reflected damage and the artifact’s high Soul Power consumption, and she agreed to focus mainly on healing and keep the hairpin’s power hidden.
• The God of Agriculture suggested that Ye Lingling might create her own God Position, and Xiao Ze considered that she could forge her own path.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Xiao Ze that the Soul Master Tournament was near, and he agreed to return to Qingxi Village after many years away.

Xiao Ze and the women left Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Ning Rongrong’s luxurious carriage and traveled slowly toward his childhood home. They arrived at Qingxi Village, where Xiao Ze paused at the familiar entrance.

• Ning Rongrong announced that the group would leave the next day to visit Xiao Ze’s elders.
• Xiao Ze and the women departed the academy in Ning Rongrong’s carriage, pulled by four trained hundred-year Soul Beasts.
• The group spent several days traveling and enjoying the route, with Xiao Ze massaging Ning Rongrong along the way.
• The carriage stopped at the entrance to Qingxi Village, and Xiao Ze recognized the old Huai Tree, the scattered wooden houses, and the nearby stream.

Xiao Ze returned to Qingxi Village with his wives and reunited with the villagers who had watched him grow up. After treating everyone to a feast and secretly giving them Pills, he enjoyed the village’s simple happiness but knew he could not settle there.

• Xiao Ze brought Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and the others to Qingxi Village and recalled his childhood there.
• Aunt Wang recognized Xiao Ze and called the villagers over, who celebrated his return and marveled at his wives.
• Xiao Ze offered to pay for lunch, and the villagers gathered for a lavish feast in the village square.
• Shui Yue'er told the village chief that Xiao Ze was Heaven Dou City's most talented Soul Master, and Xiao Ze said he would soon enter the continent-wide Soul Master Tournament.
• Xiao Ze secretly added Pills to the food to improve the villagers' health as they sang and celebrated.
• Watching the villagers enjoy themselves, Xiao Ze wished he could live quietly there but accepted that it was impossible.

Xiao Ze revisited the cultivation spot near Qingxi Village with the women, then spent three days enjoying the village before setting out for Nuoding City. The village chief saw him off with a reminder that Qingxi Village would always be his home.

• Xiao Ze showed the women the creek where he had trained and recalled how his cultivation had once withered the grass and trees.
• Dugu Yan and Huo Wu promised Xiao Ze they would return to Qingxi Village with him, and he agreed.
• Xiao Ze and the women spent the night together at his old home and stayed in Qingxi Village for three days.
• Xiao Ze and the women prepared to leave for Nuoding City and met the village chief outside his home.
• The village chief urged Xiao Ze to make his mark and return whenever he needed to rest, and Xiao Ze departed as the chief watched him go.

Xiao Ze returned to Nuoding City with his girlfriends to visit Principal Xiao, whom he had not seen in two years. He reunited with Grandpa Xiao and introduced the women as his future wives, leaving them together in joyful celebration.

• Xiao Ze and the women decided to remain in Qingxi Village until his elderly relatives passed away before leaving for the God Realm.
• Principal Xiao wondered whether Xiao Ze would enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Master Tournament and guessed how much his cultivation had advanced.
• Xiao Ze bought assorted fish from Old Li, who refused payment, so Xiao Ze secretly left a hundred Gold Soul Coins behind.
• Xiao Ze entered Nuoding Academy and reunited with Principal Xiao, who had become a Soul Emperor.
• Xiao Ze introduced his eight girlfriends to Principal Xiao as his future wives, and Principal Xiao excitedly welcomed them.

Xiao Ze introduced his eight wives to Grandpa Xiao and invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a teacher so he could watch the upcoming All Continent Advanced Academy Elite Competition. Grandpa Xiao agreed, and Xiao Ze and the women returned to Nuoding City for the night.

• Xiao Ze introduced Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Meng Yiran, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu to Grandpa Xiao and explained their backgrounds.
• Grandpa Xiao learned that Xiao Ze had become a Soul King and marveled at his wives' powerful families and affiliations.
• Xiao Ze invited Grandpa Xiao to attend the competition with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Grandpa Xiao accepted the offer to join as a teacher.
• Xiao Ze and the eight women left Nuoding Academy and returned to Nuoding City, where he explained that Grandpa Xiao had stayed at the academy for nearly twenty years because he loved living there.

Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong and the others just before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began. At the opening ceremony, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team prepared to face a drawn opponent, while Xiao Ze and his companions watched from the academy’s rest area.

• Xiao Ze gave Grandpa Xiao a recording Soul Tool so the academy could watch the tournament matches later.
• Xiao Ze returned to the academy with Ning Rongrong and the others, and Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er each kissed him goodbye before the competition.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated being home, and Xiao Ze told her they would watch the matches the next day.
• Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong arrived at the packed Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where they saw Tang San and other competitors gather for the opening ceremony.
• Xiao Ze and his companions reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s rest area as the Second Team prepared for its exhibition match.

Xiao Ze and Heaven Dou Royal Academy entered the tournament, and the qualifiers’ draw matched their second team against Blue Tyrant Academy. As the first match began, Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s strength impressed the spectators and Xue Ye, while Yu Xiaogang and Flender worried about facing its main team.

• Xiao Ze led Heaven Dou Royal Academy into the arena, where the emperor declared the tournament open and Salas drew the first-round matchups.
• Salas announced that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team would face Blue Tyrant Academy, and Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Ze about Liu Erlong.
• Yufeng and Osler’s Soul Ancestor ranks shocked spectators, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi praised Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s prospects.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender discussed Lightning Academy’s chances, acknowledging that they could not defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main team.

At the tournament, Xiao Ze visited Liu Erlong after Blue Tyrant Academy began losing, and the two grew closer as she admitted through her actions that she had fallen for him. Xiao Ze reciprocated by holding her hand, while Ning Rongrong and the others learned that their relationship was progressing.

• Yu Xiaogang and Flender discussed Blue Tyrant Academy's chances and Xiao Ze's rapid growth, while Tang San silently resented being left behind.
• After Yufeng knocked a Blue Tyrant Academy student from the arena, Xiao Ze went to Liu Erlong's rest area at Ning Rongrong's urging.
• Liu Erlong teased Xiao Ze, asked about his cultivation, and told him she had accepted her feelings for him after a year of missing him.
• Liu Erlong took Xiao Ze's hand, and he eventually tightened his grip and held hers in return.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported to Ning Rongrong and the others that Xiao Ze and Liu Erlong were holding hands, prompting their excited speculation about the pair.

Xiao Ze returned from meeting Liu Erlong and endured teasing from the women, while Shui Yue'er began plotting to pair her aunt with him. On the fourth day of the tournament, Skywater Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, and the match began with Skywater holding the advantage in Soul Ancestors and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy's rest area, where Ning Rongrong and the others questioned him about holding Liu Erlong's hand.
• Shui Yue'er heard about Xiao Ze and Liu Erlong and decided to test whether her aunt might be willing to be with him.
• Xiao Ze advised Skywater Academy to beware of Elephant Armor Academy's defense, its Third Soul Skill, and Huyan Li's defensive Head Bone.
• Skywater Academy and Elephant Armor Academy entered the arena, and Huyan Li reacted with surprise when he learned Shui Bing'er was Level 47.
• The referee started the second round's fifth preliminary match between Skywater Academy and Elephant Armor Academy.

Skywater Academy used Xue Wu’s snowstorm and Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s attacks to wear down Elephant Armor Academy, then the sisters unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling. Huyan Li gathered his remaining teammates behind the Energy Wall formed by his Head Bone as the Ice Snow Tornado descended.

• Huyan Li led Elephant Armor Academy in targeting Xue Wu, but Shui Bing’er froze the seven attackers long enough for Xue Wu to begin her dance.
• Xue Wu summoned a blizzard while Shui Yue’er’s chains wounded two opponents and drained their Soul Power.
• Shui Bing’er covered the arena in snowflakes and Ice Crystal Thorns, and Skywater Academy evaded the charging opponents until Hu Yan Shi could no longer fight and left the stage.
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er joined hands and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling.
• Huyan Li gathered Elephant Armor Academy’s six remaining members behind an Energy Wall formed by his Head Bone as the snowflakes became a massive Ice Snow Tornado.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er defeated Elephant Armor Academy with their powerful Ice Snow Tornado and reunited with Xiao Ze afterward. Seeing Xiao Ze with the sisters, Liu Erlong decided she needed to seek Ning Rongrong's approval.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er used their Ice Snow Tornado to break Elephant Armor Academy's defense and defeat all six opponents.
• The referee declared Skywater Academy the winner, while Chen Xin praised the power of the sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er hurried to Xiao Ze, who praised them and walked with them into the Rest Area.
• Liu Erlong felt jealous of Xiao Ze's closeness with the sisters and decided to find Ning Rongrong for her approval.
• Huo Wu confronted Xiao Ze about having Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er at his sides.

Ning Rongrong welcomed Liu Erlong into her relationship with Xiao Ze and brought her back to the villa. Liu Erlong joined the household, where Xiao Ze and the others reacted to her arrival.

• Huo Wu challenged Shui Yue'er to a contest for Xiao Ze’s attention, and Xiao Ze promised to pick Huo Wu up if she won.
• Ning Rongrong met Liu Erlong and revealed that she had encouraged Xiao Ze to seek her out, assuring her that she approved of their relationship.
• Liu Erlong accepted Ning Rongrong’s support, and Ning Rongrong invited her to come home with her.
• Ning Rongrong and Liu Erlong entered the villa together, surprising the others.
• Liu Erlong told Xiao Ze she would be living there and called him her future little man, while Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Ze about her decision.

Blazing Fire Academy defeated Godwind Academy after Huo Wu trapped the opposing team in flames and knocked three members out with Blazing Sun. Huo Wu celebrated by kissing Xiao Ze, while Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er resolved to keep an eye on the pair that night.

• Huo Wushuang held Feng Xiaotian back while Huo Wu surrounded Godwind Academy with flames and Huo Lie fought off their attempts to escape.
• Huo Wu unleashed her Fourth Soul Skill, Blazing Sun, and the Referee pulled three charred Godwind Academy members from the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian realized he could have flown over Huo Wushuang, but Godwind Academy soon surrendered and Blazing Fire Academy won.
• Huo Wu excitedly kissed Xiao Ze in the Rest Area, and Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er decided to watch them that night.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang led Blazing Fire Academy to defeat Godwind Academy, with Huo Wu's Blazing Sun knocking three opponents out of the match. Feng Xiaotian surrendered after his team lost its advantage, and Huo Wu celebrated by kissing Xiao Ze while Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er watched jealously.

• Huo Wushuang kept Feng Xiaotian occupied while Huo Wu's Prairie Fire trapped Godwind Academy's ground-bound fighters.
• Huo Wu sent three Godwind Academy members flying with her Third Soul Skill Fire Ring, then prepared her Fourth Soul Skill, Sun.
• Feng Xiaotian broke through Huo Wushuang's Dragon Breath, but Huo Wu's Blazing Sun struck before he could stop it and knocked three teammates out.
• Feng Xiaotian realized he could have flown past Huo Wushuang, and Godwind Academy surrendered.
• Huo Wu kissed Xiao Ze as she celebrated, while Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er discussed keeping watch on the pair that night.

As the academy matches continued, Ning Rongrong discussed capturing Ning Youyou because she was close to Oscar, but Xiao Ze dismissed the idea. That night, Huo Wu tried to sneak into Xiao Ze’s room and was caught by Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who dragged her away and tickled her until she apologized.

• Ning Rongrong pointed out Lightning Academy’s strength after its victory over Elephant Armor Academy, and Xiao Ze explained how its support and poison made it dangerous to other teams.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted to capture Ning Youyou because Ning Youyou was close to Oscar, but Xiao Ze told her she had no reason to do so.
• Huo Wu sneaked out in a sheer robe and reached for Xiao Ze’s door, where Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er caught her.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er carried Huo Wu to their room and accused her of trying to sneak off to Xiao Ze alone.
• Shui Yue'er pinned Huo Wu down while she and Shui Bing'er tickled her until Huo Wu begged for mercy.