Recaps

The group members competed in their first reward draw, and Group Member Number Nine won a God-Bestowed Soul Ring with an extraordinary roll. She sent it to Su Yan, who returned it and explained its custom Soul Skill; the chapter revealed that Number Nine was Ye Lingling.

• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing rolled for the reward, but Group Member Number Nine beat them with six six six.
• Tang Yuehua joined the draw as Little Moon but forfeited after seeing Number Nine's winning roll.
• Bibi Dong and the other members tried to bargain for Number Nine's Soul Ring, but Number Nine sent it to Su Yan in an Exclusive Red Packet.
• Su Yan returned the Soul Ring to Number Nine and told her that its custom Soul Skill could grow stronger as her Soul Power increased.
• Ye Lingling was revealed to be Group Member Number Nine.

Ye Lingling reflected on the tragic limits of her family's Nine Heart Begonia inheritance as the group discussed Custom Created Soul Skills and welcomed a new member. After the chat ended, Su Yan absorbed his Third Soul Ring and chose a Great Sage-inspired escape-and-counterattack skill.

• Ye Lingling saw the Custom Created Soul Skill reward and resolved to create a skill that encouraged people to respect life and spread the healing power of Nine Heart Begonia.
• Ning Rongrong realized she had missed the chance to create a combat skill, while Bibi Dong was mocked for claiming no reward could tempt her before taking one.
• Su Yan introduced Little Moon to the group and said he would tell everyone about Yu Xiaogang's past and future the next day.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong sensed that Su Yan's promised story would concern them, while Su Yan ended the chat and began absorbing his Third Soul Ring.
• Su Yan chose Gather Form Disperse Qi, a skill that let him become white smoke, leave a false body, turn invisible, and escape before counterattacking.

Su Yan learned that the academy’s graduation competition would mark the end of his studies and discussed his plans with Xiao Wu, who asked him to join Shrek Academy. He promised to visit her in Suotuo City after handling his own business, then used the Chat Group’s new private chat feature to speak with Ning Rongrong and Bibi Dong.

• Wang Sheng told Su Yan that the graduation competition was that day, and Tang San accused Su Yan of turning Xiao Wu against him before leaving to prepare for the competition.
• Su Yan told Wang Sheng he was not afraid of Tang San and joked with him about which academy he might attend.
• Xiao Wu asked Su Yan where he planned to go after graduation and invited him to Shrek Academy, but Su Yan said he would decide after visiting Suotuo City.
• Su Yan privately told Ning Rongrong that she should follow her heart and leave home, while denying to Xiao Wu that he was the same person as the Su Yan beside her.
• Su Yan explained to Bibi Dong that the private chat feature only let her message him, because he did not trust her to speak with the other group members.

Su Yan arranged to meet Zhu Zhuqing at the Star Luo Empire’s border after she decided to flee, then prepared for the academy competition and a confrontation with Tang San. The Group Chat gathered as Su Yan teased the revelations he planned to make about Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Yan told Zhu Zhuqing he had guessed her identity and agreed to meet her at the Balak Kingdom–Star Luo Empire border after she left that night.
• Su Yan, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng ate together, and Su Yan told them to wait for his upcoming match with Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to win first place, while Tang San worried that Su Yan might lose before they could face each other.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to arrange an early match between Tang San and Su Yan.
• Group Chat members gathered for Su Yan’s account of Yu Xiaogang, and Su Yan teased the story before beginning it.

At Nuoding Academy’s graduation competition, Su Yan exposed Yu Xiaogang’s lack of cultivation talent and challenged the credibility of his Martial Soul theories. He explained that Yu Xiaogang’s theories were flawed because he had revised Spirit Hall records he could not independently verify.

• Su Yan and the others arrived at Nuoding Academy’s arena for the graduating class’s final competition.
• Su Yan described Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao mutation and argued that Yu Xiaogang’s inability to break through Level 30 undermined claims of his talent.
• Hu Liena accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Spirit Hall knowledge and claiming it as his own, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong defended him.
• Su Yan said Yu Xiaogang had compiled and revised Spirit Hall records rather than copying them word for word, introducing errors he lacked the ability to test or verify.
• The Group Chat members understood that Yu Xiaogang’s theories could contain flaws because he had altered reliable records without the cultivation experience to confirm his conclusions.

Su Yan exposed flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s theories and condemned how he had treated Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, leaving both women unable to defend him. The chapter ended as Tang San faced Su Yan in the academy competition, furious over Xiao Wu’s closeness to Su Yan.

• Su Yan and the Group Chat members discussed how Yu Xiaogang had altered Spirit Hall’s materials and left flaws in his theories.
• Su Yan said Yu Xiaogang had mishandled Tang San’s first Soul Ring hunt, prompting Xiao Wu and the Group Chat to mock Bibi Dong’s defense of him.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong became angry and upset as they could not refute the criticism of Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Yan accused Yu Xiaogang of ruining Bibi Dong’s and Liu Erlong’s lives, then admitted he wanted multiple wives and concubines.
• A Teacher announced that Tang San would face Su Yan in the third match, and Tang San leaped into the arena, enraged by Xiao Wu’s closeness to Su Yan.

Su Yan entered the arena to face Tang San, despite warnings that he could not win, and won the academy’s support with a speech about proving himself. He stunned everyone by revealing his mutated Martial Soul Little Monkey had reached Level 38, leaving Tang San and Yu Xiaogang shocked before the match began.

• Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng warned Su Yan that Tang San was too strong, but Su Yan leaped into the arena and declared he would fight to prove himself.
• The students and academy staff praised Su Yan’s perseverance, while Yu Xiaogang grew jealous of the recognition and blamed Su Yan’s good looks.
• Tang San introduced himself as a Level 28 Control System Battle Soul Master, prompting the audience to doubt Su Yan could compete with him.
• Su Yan summoned Little Monkey and revealed it as a Level 38 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder with a mutated Spirit Monkey Qi Tian Martial Soul.
• Little Monkey appeared in golden armor with an Iron Rod and three Soul Rings, leaving the academy crowd astonished and Yu Xiaogang nearly fainting from shock.

Su Yan revealed that he had reached Soul Power Level 38, shocking Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Tang San attacked to prove himself, but Little Monkey sent him flying, leaving the onlookers baffled and Yu Xiaogang furious.

• Nuoding Academy’s principal and teachers reacted in shock when Su Yan’s Soul Power reached Level 38, while Yu Xiaogang denied it and urged Tang San to defeat him.
• Tang San charged Su Yan with his first and second Soul Skills, Hidden Weapons, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, determined to win in front of Xiao Wu.
• Su Yan used his third Soul Skill, Gather Form Disperse Qi, but showed no visible effect, prompting Tang San and the crowd to suspect he was bluffing.
• Little Monkey struck Tang San from behind and sent him soaring through the air, while Su Yan worried that the blow might have hurt him too badly.
• The principal, teachers, and spectators could not explain how Tang San had flown, and Yu Xiaogang despaired as his hopes for Tang San collapsed.

Yu Xiaogang panicked when Tang San was sent flying, while Su Yan’s humiliating defeat of Tang San left him devastated. Xiao Wu shared a picture of Yu Xiaogang crying in the Group Chat and collected red packets as members demanded to know what had happened.

• Teachers rushed after Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang chased them while crying over his safety and his own ruined reputation.
• Xiao Wu photographed Yu Xiaogang crying and posted the picture in the Group Chat, prompting ridicule and questions from its members.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong reacted with alarm, and Xiao Wu asked for red packets in exchange for finding out why Yu Xiaogang was crying.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue sent Xiao Wu twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins each, while Liu Erlong sent her two thousand.
• Su Yan asked Xiao Wu where she had taken the picture and joked that Yu Xiaogang should get fifteen minutes to compose himself before Su Yan explained what happened.
• Xiao Wu went to watch Yu Xiaogang comfort Tang San, who was physically unharmed but emotionally shattered after Su Yan sent him flying with one strike.

After Tang San was injured in his match with Su Yan, the Healing Soul Masters found that only his butt and a few other minor areas were hurt, but Yu Xiaogang’s extreme distress drew mockery in the Group Chat. Su Yan then discussed Yu Xiaogang’s humiliating past and obsession with proving himself, leaving Little Moon hinting that she had a story of her own.

• The Healing Soul Masters diagnosed Tang San with a swollen butt, a slightly displaced hip bone, and minor fractures, while the principal and teachers praised Su Yan for holding back.
• Xiao Wu and the Group Chat members mocked Yu Xiaogang for crying over Tang San’s minor injuries, and Bibi Dong asked whether Tang San could be replaced as Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.
• Su Yan asked the Group Chat to stay civil as the principal and teachers surrounded him with praise, and the competition resumed without Tang San.
• Su Yan explained that Yu Xiaogang had suffered humiliation and expulsion after his Martial Soul mutation, and argued that proving himself had become his obsession.
• Little Moon said she could relate to Yu Xiaogang’s suffering, then denied having a story when the others pressed her.

Su Yan proposed three explanations for Bibi Dong’s relationship with Yu Xiaogang: divine manipulation, Yu Xiaogang using her to access Spirit Hall records, or Bibi Dong’s own poor judgment. Bibi Dong rejected the accusations, but Su Yan left her confronting the possibility that Yu Xiaogang had approached her for access to Spirit Hall’s records.

• Su Yan asked how Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong had become involved and suggested the Asura God might have arranged their relationship to make Bibi Dong a stepping stone for Tang San.
• Su Yan proposed that Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s restricted records, which he needed to investigate his Martial Soul and break through level thirty.
• The group reasoned that Yu Xiaogang had needed help from someone inside Spirit Hall and that Bibi Dong, a sheltered and trusting Saintess, could have provided it.
• Bibi Dong recalled her past with Yu Xiaogang but insisted he would never have used her, while Hu Liena urged her to face reality.
• Su Yan dismissed conspiracy theories as his third possibility and insulted Bibi Dong for treating Yu Xiaogang, whom his family had discarded, as a treasure.

Bibi Dong erupted after Su Yan and the chat group mocked her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, then demanded to hear about Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. Su Yan continued condemning Yu Xiaogang and criticized Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu for letting him escape, while Hu Liena left Heaven Dou City to comfort Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong angrily lashed out at Su Yan and the chat group after they called her blind for loving Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong privately agreed that Bibi Dong had been blind, prompting Bibi Dong to threaten her and demand the story of Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
• Hu Liena told Qian Renxue she was returning to Spirit City to stay with Bibi Dong and hoped the two women would reconcile.
• Su Yan resumed his criticism of Yu Xiaogang, saying he had tried to elope with Bibi Dong without considering the consequences for her.
• Su Yan blamed Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu for failing to punish Yu Xiaogang and protect Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong reacted to Su Yan’s revelations about Yu Xiaogang, while Su Yan announced that the story would move on to Yu Xiaogang’s travels and his relationship with Liu Erlong. His claims also exposed Tang Yuehua’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s family secrets, leaving the group to tease Liu Erlong after she insisted Yu Xiaogang was only a friend.

• Bibi Dong regretted meeting Yu Xiaogang and demanded to see him seduce Liu Erlong, prompting Liu Erlong to protest in the group chat.
• Xiao Wu refused to lend Su Yan more money, explaining that she wanted him to keep coming back to her.
• Su Yan announced Yu Xiaogang’s travels and revealed that he had become involved with his cousin Liu Erlong after meeting Flender.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Su Yan had exposed her feelings for her brother, while Zhu Zhuqing reacted to the revelation of generations of cousin marriages in her family.
• Liu Erlong claimed that she had a friend who got together with Xiao Gang without knowing their identities, and Hu Liena and the others mocked her thin disguise.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, the group chat questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had known Liu Erlong was his cousin before their wedding, and suggested he may have concealed the truth deliberately. Liu Erlong collapsed under the accusations and memories, left unable to decide whether Yu Xiaogang had been merely useless or had planned it all.

• Liu Erlong changed her group-chat name, prompting Su Yan and the others to question how she and Yu Xiaogang could have developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill without recognizing their family connection.
• Su Yan recalled how Yu Xiaogang fled on Liu Erlong’s wedding day after Yu Luomian revealed they were cousins, leaving Liu Erlong to face humiliation and grief alone.
• Group members condemned Yu Xiaogang and argued that he may have known Liu Erlong’s identity, while Xiao Wu grew furious over Liu Erlong’s slaughter of Soul Beasts.
• Liu Erlong collapsed onto the grass at Blue Tyrant Academy as memories and her father’s earlier questions resurfaced.
• Liu Erlong wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had researched Martial Soul Mutations because he was truly inept or had deliberately hidden what he knew, and wished he had only been useless.

Bibi Dong and the Group Chat mocked Liu Erlong after Su Yan revealed Yu Xiaogang’s betrayals, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to flee the Star Luo Empire. After the graduation tournament, Su Yan left Nuoding Academy, and Xiao Wu promised to meet him at Shrek Academy before realizing his warning about her friend was strange.

• Bibi Dong gloated over Liu Erlong’s ignorance and argued with the Group Chat about Yu Xiaogang’s spiritual affair, his use of Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul secret, and his child with Liu Erlong.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave home because Dai Mubai had fled and she feared being forced into producing heirs in the Star Luo Empire.
• Su Yan finished the graduation friendship tournament without fighting his final opponents, who both conceded, while Xiao Wu won three matches.
• At Nuoding Academy’s entrance, Xiao Wu reluctantly returned Little Monkey to Su Yan after he promised to visit her at Shrek Academy.
• Su Yan told Xiao Wu to follow Tang San to Shrek Academy and avoid wandering because of what had happened with her friend, leaving Xiao Wu puzzled by his warning.

Tang San struggled to accept his defeat by Su Yan while Yu Xiaogang hoped to learn the secret of Su Yan’s Martial Soul mutation at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong saw Su Yan on the road, became captivated by his looks, and asked the group chat how to find him, prompting Xiao Wu to grow jealous.

• Tang San refused food and questioned how Su Yan had surpassed him, while Yu Xiaogang suggested Su Yan’s Martial Soul had mutated again.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to rely on his Clear Sky Hammer and claimed he could uncover the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang said Su Yan planned to attend Shrek Academy, where Flender could help him learn Su Yan’s mutation secret.
• Ning Rongrong photographed Su Yan’s profile as he rode past her carriage, then hurried after him but could not catch up.
• Ning Rongrong asked the group chat for help finding Su Yan, and Bibi Dong called him a scumbag while Xiao Wu objected and became jealous.

Xiao Wu agreed to meet Ning Rongrong in Nuoding City after learning that she had seen Su Yan, and the two met while hiding their identities from the group chat. Xiao Wu then realized that Spirit Hall might investigate Nuoding Academy and expose Su Yan.

• Xiao Wu worried that revealing Su Yan’s identity to Bibi Dong could put him in danger, but agreed to meet the Seven Treasures Little Princess to discuss what she knew.
• Ning Rongrong arranged to meet Loves Eating Carrots at a marketplace in Nuoding City, and both women recognized each other by their carrots.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong left the marketplace together and introduced themselves privately.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded Xiao Wu to give the group chat misleading information so their identities would be harder to uncover.
• Xiao Wu realized that Bibi Dong might send Spirit Hall to investigate Nuoding Academy and expose Su Yan.

Ning Rongrong realized that Xiao Wu’s classmate Su Yan was probably the same person as the powerful Su Yan in the Group Chat, while Xiao Wu struggled to accept the idea. Meanwhile, Su Yan contacted Zhu Zhuqing, who was fleeing pursuers, and arranged to meet her near the border.

• Ning Rongrong learned that Xiao Wu’s classmate Su Yan was Little Monkey’s Master and had defeated Tang San and made Yu Xiaogang cry.
• Ning Rongrong argued that Xiao Wu’s Su Yan and the Group Chat’s Su Yan were the same person, and Xiao Wu began to suspect it too.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu messaged the Group Chat, but Su Yan did not respond, prompting Ning Rongrong to suspect he and Cat had something going on.
• Su Yan privately asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she was in danger, and she told him that pursuers were still following her.
• Su Yan told Zhu Zhuqing he would meet her near the border and she agreed to follow their planned route.

Su Yan discovered Ning Rongrong had likely recognized him, while Bibi Dong admitted to Hu Liena that she was only pretending to be crazy to avoid the Group Chat’s mockery. Zhu Zhuqing’s pursuers cornered her in a forest, and she sent Su Yan a message that they had caught up to her.

• Su Yan found an embarrassing candid photo of himself riding a horse and realized Ning Rongrong had probably identified him.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena she was pretending to be crazy because she could not face the Group Chat’s teasing about her past.
• Hu Liena defended Bibi Dong in the Group Chat, while Bibi Dong continued demanding that Liu Erlong come out.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong agreed to travel to Suotuo City together the next morning, though Xiao Wu had forgotten Ning Rongrong was searching for Su Yan.
• Zhu Zhuqing fled Zhu Zhuyun and four Soul Ancestors through a forest, fell into a beast trap, and sent a picture of her attackers to the Group Chat.
• Zhu Zhuqing privately messaged Su Yan that her pursuers had caught up with her.

Su Yan arrived to save Zhu Zhuqing from Zhu Zhuyun and proved strong enough to defeat her Soul Masters. He took Zhu Zhuqing away after sparing Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing and Su Yan shared a kiss at dawn.

• Zhu Zhuyun ordered her Soul Masters to attack Zhu Zhuqing, but Su Yan arrived and deflected a hidden arrow with sword qi.
• Su Yan told Zhu Zhuyun he would protect Zhu Zhuqing, and Little Monkey killed one attacker before Su Yan struck down the other three with invisible sword qi.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Yan to spare Zhu Zhuyun, and he urged Zhu Zhuyun to leave and choose her own fate in two years.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Zhu Zhuqing not to return, then disappeared into the forest as Zhu Zhuqing watched her go.
• Su Yan and Zhu Zhuqing left together, and they kissed beneath the rising sun.

Su Yan rescued Zhu Zhuqing, and the two rode toward Suotuo City so she could end her engagement to Dai Mubai. As they discussed their mutual classmates and the others bound for Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing realized their paths would have crossed there even without the group chat.

• Su Yan led Zhu Zhuqing away from the Star Luo Empire, and she asked to visit Suotuo City to cut ties with Dai Mubai before following him freely.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Su Yan as they rode toward the nearest town, while members of the group chat celebrated her safety and asked about Su Yan.
• Ning Rongrong declared in the group chat that she liked both versions of Su Yan, leaving Zhu Zhuqing confused about what she and Loves Eating Carrots knew of him.
• Su Yan explained that Loves Eating Carrots was his classmate Xiao Wu and that he also studied with Tang San in Nuoding City.
• Su Yan told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong were also headed to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, where they would have met even without the group chat.

Su Yan traveled toward Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing, who learned more about Xiao Wu and grew closer to him. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong realized Zhu Zhuqing was Cat from the group chat and became jealous after seeing her message that Su Yan was asleep beside her.

• Su Yan told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and that Ning Rongrong had likely deduced his identity.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu traveled toward Suotuo City with Tang San, and Ning Rongrong suspected Cat was following Su Yan there.
• Ning Rongrong realized Zhu Zhuqing was Cat and feared she had gained a formidable rival for Su Yan's affection.
• Su Yan had Zhu Zhuqing rest with her head on his lap, and she fell asleep beside him after sending a teasing group-chat message.
• Ning Rongrong read Zhu Zhuqing's message that Su Yan was asleep and angrily confronted Xiao Wu.

The Chat Group mocked Liu Erlong for lurking, forcing her to appear and face jokes about her past with Yu Xiaogang. Su Yan then claimed Bibi Dong had encouraged Liu Erlong to pursue Yu Xiaogang before Bibi Dong died, leaving the group stunned and Bibi Dong denying the accusation.

• Bibi Dong called for Liu Erlong to be kicked out of the Chat Group for lurking, and Hu Liena praised her plan to draw Liu Erlong out.
• Liu Erlong appeared in the chat and angrily insulted Bibi Dong as the group teased her about Yu Xiaogang and the origin of Spiritual Love.
• Zhu Zhuqing laughed at the chat's jokes about Liu Erlong while riding in a carriage with Su Yan.
• Su Yan said Liu Erlong had agreed to be with Yu Xiaogang after Bibi Dong urged her to cast aside worldly restraints, and Bibi Dong denied saying it.

Su Yan and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel, where Su Yan expected they might encounter Dai Mubai. Xiao Wu sensed Su Yan nearby and set out to find him, while Dai Mubai appeared at the hotel with Twin Sisters.

• Bibi Dong scolded Hu Liena for supposedly wanting to harm her, and Hu Liena insisted she only wanted her teacher to recover.
• Su Yan rested on Zhu Zhuqing's lap in the carriage, guessed that Little Moon was Tang Yuehua, and explained how he could identify several Group Chat members.
• Su Yan and Zhu Zhuqing reached Suotuo City and chose to rest at the Rose Hotel, where the receptionist said only one room was available.
• Xiao Wu caught Su Yan's scent from a nearby street and hurried off with Tang San and Ning Rongrong to find him.
• Su Yan checked into the hotel with Zhu Zhuqing and saw Dai Mubai enter with Twin Sisters.

Zhu Zhuqing ended her engagement with Dai Mubai and declared that Su Yan was her boyfriend, but Dai Mubai challenged Su Yan after a dispute over a hotel room. Su Yan beat Dai Mubai in front of Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San, and Ning Rongrong recorded the fight.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai that they had no relationship anymore and introduced Su Yan as her boyfriend.
• Su Yan explained that they could each move on, but Dai Mubai grew angry when he learned the hotel had given his reserved room to someone else.
• Dai Mubai challenged Su Yan to a fight, and Su Yan told Little Monkey to watch and learn before knocking Dai Mubai down.
• Su Yan beat Dai Mubai with Wing Chun punches and Soul Power, then kicked him toward Tang San at the entrance.
• Ning Rongrong recorded Dai Mubai's beating and posted the video with a message praising Su Yan.