Recaps

Flender led the group to Blue Tyrant Academy to seek teaching positions and enroll their students, then began the teacher assessment. He suggested the group might not need testing, angering the academy’s assessors and leaving a confrontation about to begin.

• Flender realized he did not know where Blue Tyrant Academy was, so Dugu Yan led the group there.
• The academy’s receptionist explained that the students needed to pass an admission assessment, while the adults could take a teacher assessment.
• The receptionist led Flender and the others through the academy to a hall where three Spirit King assessors awaited them.
• Flender volunteered to go first and learned that candidates above level fifty had to fight one assessor and endure for ten minutes.
• Flender said they might not need to take the test, prompting the assessors to accuse him of slighting Blue Tyrant Academy.

Flender and his companions proved their high Soul Master levels to Blue Tyrant Academy’s teachers and were taken to meet the dean, Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong and Flender recognized each other when she turned to face the visitors, leaving both stunned.

• Flender explained that he and his companions were above Soul King level, then the group displayed their Soul Rings and revealed three Soul Saints among them.
• Yin Shu introduced himself, apologized for doubting the visitors, and agreed to take them to the dean to discuss teaching positions.
• Yin Shu led Flender and the others through the forest to Liu Erlong’s secluded cottage, where Flender recognized her voice as she sang.
• Liu Erlong turned to greet the visitors, recognized Flender, and dropped her watering kettle in shock.

Flender reunited with Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy and sought a tournament spot for the Shrek students. Liu Erlong welcomed them by renaming the academy Shrek Academy, with herself as dean and Flender as vice dean, and arranged a celebratory dinner.

• Flender and Liu Erlong warmly reunited and told each other how they had established their academies after the Golden Iron Triangle split.
• Flender explained that he had brought his students to Heaven Dou City so they could enter a tournament, and Liu Erlong promised Blue Tyrant Academy's spot to them.
• Liu Erlong offered Flender the dean position and proposed renaming Blue Tyrant Academy Shrek Academy, but Flender insisted she remain dean and accepted the vice dean role.
• Flender introduced Su Yu, Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing to Liu Erlong, who welcomed them and promised to arrange their dormitories.
• Liu Erlong insisted on treating everyone to dinner, and Flender stopped objecting when he saw the students' excitement.

After a lavish dinner, the group explored Heaven Dou City's night market, while a drunken Dai Mubai tried to take Zhu Qing into a dance hall. Zhu Qing rejected him, and Tang San and Oscar stepped in as Dai Mubai grew angry and tried to touch her again.

• Liu Erlong hosted the group for dinner, and Flender and Zhao Wuji became drunk enough to be carried back to the academy.
• Su Yu took Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing around Heaven Dou City’s night market while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun dragged Tang San and Oscar toward a dance hall.
• Zhu Qing confronted Dai Mubai outside the dance hall, and he drunkenly invited her inside before reaching for her waist.
• Zhu Qing slapped Dai Mubai’s hand away and told him he disgusted her, angering him as he insisted he was her fiancé.
• Tang San and Oscar tried to restrain Dai Mubai and take him back to the academy, but he flung their hands away.

Dai Mubai drunkenly slapped Zhu Qing and threatened the others, prompting Su Yu to stop him. Zhu Qing broke off their engagement and left for the academy with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan, while Su Yu followed behind.

• Dai Mubai grabbed Zhu Qing and slapped her, then claimed he had the right to discipline his fiancée.
• Tang San and Oscar restrained Dai Mubai, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu condemned him and Su Yu shielded them.
• When Dai Mubai staggered toward Xiao Wu, Su Yu kicked his knee and knocked him to the ground.
• Zhu Qing told Dai Mubai they were finished, then left with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan as Su Yu followed.
• Oscar and Tang San helped Dai Mubai up, but he dragged them toward a nightclub and kicked Ma Hongjun awake to join them.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Qing on the way back to the academy.

After Dai Mubai struck and betrayed her, Zhu Qing struggled with her hurt and grief, but Su Yu comforted her in the woods. He took her up on the Immortal Slaying Sword to see Heaven Dou City at night.

• Dugu Yan comforted Zhu Qing after Dai Mubai struck her, and Xiao Wu and the others tried to distract her as they returned to the dormitory.
• Unable to sleep, Zhu Qing went alone to the woods and cried in a tree while confronting how Dai Mubai had shattered her hopes.
• Su Yu joined Zhu Qing, offered her osmanthus cake, and draped a warm coat over her shoulders.
• Su Yu invited Zhu Qing to see Heaven Dou City at night, and she took his hand as he lifted them into the air on the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Su Yu encouraged Zhu Qing to pursue the strength to escape the Star Luo Empire’s marriage contract, and she resolved to become a Titled Douluo and change her fate. The next morning, Dai Mubai left a hotel room after a night of revelry and met Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun in the hallway.

• Su Yu showed Zhu Qing the world from above and told her that strength could make the marriage contract and the Star Luo Empire’s control insignificant.
• Zhu Qing leaned against Su Yu, thanked him, and said she knew what she had to do.
• Su Yu flew with Zhu Qing on the Immortal Slaying Sword, and she shouted that she would become a Titled Douluo and change her own fate.
• Su Yu helped Zhu Qing return to the academy courtyard, and she kissed his cheek before fleeing to her dormitory.
• Dai Mubai woke in a hotel room beside two women, left them Gold Soul Coins, and departed.
• Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun emerged from nearby rooms as Dai Mubai opened his door, each bearing lipstick marks.

After waking from a night of drinking, Dai Mubai learned he had struck Zhu Qing and resolved to apologize. Following the morning’s Mimicry Training Ground session, he approached her, but Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan blocked his way, and his exchange with Ning Rongrong grew hostile.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San told Dai Mubai that he had struck Zhu Qing while drunk, and Tang San urged him to apologize.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San arrived late at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Flender directed them to join the formation for training.
• Flender led the students through a morning session at the Mimicry Training Ground and told them to return for afternoon cultivation.
• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Qing to apologize, but Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan stood between them and accused him of mistreating her.
• Dai Mubai insisted he was sorry, then angrily told Ning Rongrong to move aside and said he was not afraid of her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Zhu Qing rejected Dai Mubai’s apology and ended their engagement after he grabbed and pursued her, leaving him humiliated and giving up on confronting Dai Weisi. While Dai Mubai withdrew from academy life, Zhu Qing and her companions focused on cultivation and advanced their Soul Power.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan blocked Dai Mubai from approaching Zhu Qing as he tried to apologize for striking her.
• Zhu Qing declared that their engagement was over, rejected Dai Mubai’s appeal to their families’ alliance, and slapped him when he continued grabbing at her.
• Zhu Qing left with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan while Oscar and Ma Hongjun helped Dai Mubai return to the dormitory.
• Over the next three days, Zhu Qing avoided Dai Mubai, and he gave up on explaining himself and disappeared from the academy outside of classes.
• Zhu Qing reached rank thirty-nine, Ning Rongrong reached rank forty-four, Xiao Wu reached rank forty, Su Yu reached rank fifty-eight, and Dugu Yan reached rank fifty-four.

Su Yu secretly visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Mansion and warned her that Xue Beng was secretly building power with Prince Xue Xing. When Qian Renxue feared that removing Xue Beng would expose her, Su Yu proposed framing a prince of the Star Luo Empire, leaving his plan unresolved.

• Su Yu infiltrated the Crown Prince's Mansion and persuaded Qian Renxue to reveal her true appearance.
• Su Yu embraced Qian Renxue and told her he had come to check on her before warning that Xue Beng was more capable and connected than he seemed.
• Qian Renxue explained that Xue Beng's ties to Prince Xue Xing and control of half the empire's military made it too dangerous to kill him herself.
• Su Yu said he could solve the problem without acting personally and suggested that a prince of the Star Luo Empire could be blamed for Xue Beng's death.

Su Yu promised to help Qian Renxue overcome every obstacle, while Dai Mubai and Xue Beng repeatedly visited Tian Chun Pavilion seeking the courtesan Ling Yuan. The chapter left Dai Mubai with Ling Yuan, who hinted that she could not accompany him that day.

• Su Yu comforted Qian Renxue and promised to help clear the obstacles in her path.
• Dai Mubai visited Tian Chun Pavilion, learned Ling Yuan was with another guest, and went upstairs with two women.
• Xue Beng arrived with his entourage, boasted that he would cover their expenses, and went upstairs with a woman after learning Ling Yuan was unavailable.
• Dai Mubai and Xue Beng both spent several days unable to see Ling Yuan, and Xue Beng paid extra to arrange a visit.
• Dai Mubai returned to Tian Chun Pavilion, found Ling Yuan by a second-floor window, and pulled her into his arms.
• Ling Yuan told Dai Mubai she could not accompany him that day, but he held on as she protested that he was bullying her.

Dai Mubai enjoyed Ling Yuan’s company at Tian Chun Pavilion until Xue Beng arrived and learned that she was upstairs with the new Young Master Dai. Xue Beng stormed up to confront his rival, interrupting them just as Dai Mubai’s mood turned cold.

• Ling Yuan flirted with Dai Mubai and led him upstairs, where they drank wine and continued their playful encounter.
• Xue Beng arrived at Tian Chun Pavilion and learned that Dai Mubai had invited Ling Yuan upstairs before him.
• Xue Beng angrily dismissed the women who tried to distract him and led his attendants up the stairs to confront Young Master Dai.
• Dai Mubai stopped when he heard Xue Beng and his attendants approaching, while Ling Yuan tried to draw his attention back.

Dai Mubai was interrupted while with Ling Yuan by Xue Beng, who attacked him with his lackeys. Dai Mubai defeated them, humiliated Xue Beng in front of the crowd, and walked away, leaving Xue Beng furious.

• Xue Beng burst into Dai Mubai and Ling Yuan's room and ordered his lackeys to beat Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his White Tiger Martial Soul and Soul Power, blasting the lackeys away.
• Dai Mubai punched Xue Beng through a second-floor window, and the prince crashed into a table below.
• Dai Mubai jumped down and mocked Xue Beng as the crowd laughed, while Xue Beng's lackeys held him back.
• Dai Mubai walked away, and Xue Beng furiously slapped his lackeys across the head.

Dai Mubai fought Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmaster lackeys after Xue Beng offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to anyone who crippled him. He overwhelmed four of them with his Third Soul Skill and caught the fifth as he tried to flee.

• Xue Beng ordered his five lackeys to attack Dai Mubai and promised a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin reward.
• The five Soul Grandmasters activated their Martial Souls and surrounded Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai released his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and knocked out the Earth Splitting Rhinoceros Soul Master.
• Dai Mubai seized the Gale Wolf and Blazing Tiger Soul Masters, smashed them together, and threw them aside.
• Dai Mubai kicked the Pangolin Soul Master into a pillar, leaving him motionless.
• The Bell Bird Soul Master tried to escape, but Dai Mubai caught his ankle in midair.

Dai Mubai defeated Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmasters, then brutally beat Xue Beng after the prince threatened him. Dai Mubai came to his senses and realized he had killed Xue Beng.

• Dai Mubai overwhelmed Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmasters in Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Dai Mubai stopped Xue Beng from sneaking away and kicked him through the pavilion’s wooden door.
• Dai Mubai pinned Xue Beng down and continued beating him as Xue Beng threatened him and his loved ones.
• Dai Mubai stomped Xue Beng until the prince fell silent and died.
• Dai Mubai’s rage faded, and he staggered back in shock when he realized Xue Beng was dead.

Dai Mubai killed Xue Beng in Heaven Dou City after Su Yu secretly amplified Dai Mubai’s violent impulses, then fled the city. Su Yu told Qian Renxue what happened, and she was summoned to the palace as the crisis began to unfold.

• Dai Mubai panicked after killing Xue Beng, threatened the crowd, and fled toward Heaven Dou City’s gates.
• A bystander confirmed that Xue Beng was dead, and the crowd scattered from Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Su Yu revealed that he had used the Immortal Slaying Array Diagram to influence Dai Mubai and had kept Ling Yuan away from him.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Prince’s Mansion, where Su Yu told her that Dai Mubai had beaten Xue Beng to death.
• After Xue Ye summoned Qian Renxue to the palace, Su Yu held her by the waist and asked for a reward.

Su Yu pressed Qian Renxue for a reward, and she kissed him before he kissed her again. She later arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Xue Beng’s sudden death had left Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing grieving and suspicious.

• Su Yu held Qian Renxue close and asked for the affection he had always wanted.
• Qian Renxue gave Su Yu a quick kiss, and he pulled her back into a deeper kiss.
• On the carriage ride, Qian Renxue scolded herself for letting Su Yu take advantage of her, while privately recalling the kiss.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the palace and found Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing beside Xue Beng’s covered corpse.
• Xue Ye let Qian Renxue into the study, and she asked what had happened.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, concealed her involvement in Xue Beng’s death and secured an empire-wide hunt for Dai Mubai, while Xue Ye ordered Prince Xue Xing to investigate the Crown Prince. Back at the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Qian Renxue revealed herself to Su Yu and kissed him.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing that Xue Beng had been beaten to death by Dai Mubai, and Prince Xue Xing questioned the Crown Prince’s suspiciously timed outing.
• Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xue Qinghe, requested a wanted decree for Dai Mubai, and Xue Ye ordered the empire to hunt him down.
• After Qian Renxue left, Prince Xue Xing accused the Crown Prince of benefiting from Xue Beng’s death and asked to investigate; Xue Ye granted his request and promised not to show favoritism if evidence emerged.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, removed her disguise before Su Yu, and kissed him.

Su Yu and Qian Renxue teased each other over their future as emperor and empress before he returned to the academy. The next morning, the Tiandou Imperial Family issued a wanted notice for Dai Mubai, and Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Qian Renxue joked that she would make Su Yu her Male Empress once she became emperor, while Su Yu said he would make her his Empress after unifying the continent.
• Qian Renxue challenged Su Yu to beat her before taking Consorts, then let him leave for the academy.
• After Su Yu left, Qian Renxue privately vowed to become a god and take him away once he unified the continent.
• The Tiandou Imperial Family issued a wanted notice for Dai Mubai the next morning.
• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with soldiers, and Flender greeted them.

Prince Xue Xing accused Dai Mubai of killing Xue Beng and tried to search Blue Tyrant Academy, but Liu Erlong and Yu Yuandou stopped him. The academy’s investigation revealed that Dai Mubai and Xue Beng had fought over the courtesan Ling Yuan at Tian Chun Pavilion, leaving Xue Beng’s followers seriously injured.

• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and demanded that Flender hand over Dai Mubai, whom they named the empire’s most wanted criminal for killing Xue Beng.
• Flender said Dai Mubai had not returned to the academy, but Xue Xing ordered his soldiers to search the grounds.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Yuandou intervened, arguing that Dai Mubai had likely fled and that a search of the academy was inappropriate.
• Xue Qinghe persuaded Xue Xing to withdraw the soldiers while ordering the academy to report any information about Dai Mubai.
• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe ordered a wider investigation, while Liu Erlong sent people to learn what had happened to Xue Beng.
• An investigator told Liu Erlong and Flender that Dai Mubai and Xue Beng had fought at Tian Chun Pavilion over the courtesan Ling Yuan, and Xue Beng’s followers were now seriously injured.

After learning that Dai Mubai had allegedly killed Xue Beng, Flender revealed his identity as the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire to Xue Xing and urged Heaven Dou to search the border. Xue Xing ordered the border sealed and informed Xue Ye, who was shocked to learn the truth.

• A messenger reported that Dai Mubai had beaten Xue Beng to death in public, and Liu Erlong and Flender agreed they had to find him and investigate.
• Flender visited Xue Xing, revealed that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire, and offered to accept punishment to protect Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xue Xing ordered troops to seal and inspect the border between the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, then went to inform Xue Ye.
• Xue Xing told Xue Ye that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire and that he might be fleeing toward the border.

Xue Ye ordered Dai Mubai detained if he was found at the border, while Su Yu explained how Dai Mubai’s killing of Xue Beng could force Zhu Qing into danger. The chapter left Zhu Qing facing pressure to break off her engagement to Dai Mubai to avoid becoming a target of the two empires.

• Xue Xing urged Xue Ye to punish Dai Mubai for killing Xue Beng, and Xue Ye ordered Dai Mubai detained if he was found at the border.
• Su Yu told Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing that Dai Mubai had killed Xue Beng during a fight at Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Su Yu explained that the Star Luo Empire might hunt Dai Mubai or hand him over to Heaven Dou to avoid conflict between the empires.
• Su Yu warned that if Dai Mubai stayed hidden, the empires might target Zhu Qing because she was engaged to him.
• Su Yu said Zhu Qing might avoid trouble by breaking off her engagement, leaving her pale and shaken.

Zhu Qing decided to return to the Star Luo Empire and end her engagement to Dai Mubai, with Su Yu accompanying her to beat the royal family’s response. They reached Star Luo City after a day and a half, where the empire’s power rested with the Dai and Zhu families.

• Zhu Qing resolved to return to the Star Luo Empire and end her engagement despite Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan warning her of the danger.
• Su Yu offered to accompany Zhu Qing and explained that they needed to reach the empire before its emperor learned the full story; Zhu Qing accepted.
• Flender and Liu Erlong agreed to let Su Yu and Zhu Qing leave Blue Tyrant Academy, and Su Yu carried Zhu Qing away on his Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Zi Ji and Bi Ji also departed from Blue Tyrant Academy after Su Yu and Zhu Qing left.
• Su Yu and Zhu Qing arrived in Star Luo City after a day and a half, where the Dai and Zhu families ruled the empire and could combine their Martial Souls into a powerful fusion skill.

Su Yu, Zhu Qing, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji entered Star Luo City as Zhu Qing prepared to return to the Zhu Family and dissolve her engagement. After a Zhu Family elder’s son tried to claim the women and fled when he recognized Zhu Qing, the group continued toward the Zhu Family estate.

• Su Yu and Zhu Qing arrived at Star Luo City, where Bi Ji and Zi Ji appeared and joined them.
• The four walked through the city as onlookers admired the women and envied Su Yu.
• Gou Buli, the son of Zhu Family elder Gou Buli, confronted Su Yu and demanded that he leave the three women behind.
• Gou Buli recognized Zhu Qing as the Second Young Lady and hurried away with his servants.
• Zhu Qing said she wanted to resolve her matter with the Zhu Family, and the four continued toward the family estate.

At the Zhu Family’s Soul Power test, Zhu Haotian and Liu Yuerong worried that their daughters Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Qing would be forced to fight over the family inheritance. Zhu Haotian promised to try to have Zhu Qing’s engagement dissolved, while the test highlighted how far the other young descendants lagged behind Zhu Zhuyun.

• Zhu Haotian and Liu Yuerong discussed the Zhu and Dai Families’ rules that could make Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Qing fight for the inheritance.
• Zhu Haotian told Liu Yuerong he would try to persuade the emperor to dissolve Zhu Qing’s engagement after the test.
• Zhu Zhuyun took the Soul Power test and was recorded at Level 42 at age nineteen.
• The remaining tests showed that no other Zhu Family youth aged twelve to twenty had Soul Power above Level 30, leaving Zhu Haotian worried about the family’s future.