Chapter Summaries

Su Yu returned to find Ning Rongrong traumatized and unable to speak, and comforted her as she clung to him. He coaxed her into eating porridge, and she insisted that he take a sip before she continued.

• Flender told Su Yu that Ning Rongrong had lost her voice after suffering a severe shock.
• Su Yu entered the dormitory, and Ning Rongrong tried to reach him before clinging to him and weeping.
• Ning Fengzhi and Zhu Qing left Su Yu alone with Ning Rongrong.
• Su Yu promised to stay, comforted Ning Rongrong, and urged her to eat properly.
• Su Yu fed Ning Rongrong warm porridge, and she insisted that he drink some first before accepting more.

Su Yu helped Ning Rongrong eat and reassured Ning Fengzhi that she was resting safely. After Su Yu recounted his return from the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Fengzhi identified the bull-headed, snake-bodied beast as the Sky Azure Bull Python, a powerful king-level Soul Beast.

• Su Yu shared porridge with Ning Rongrong until she finished eating and fell asleep peacefully.
• Su Yu told Ning Fengzhi that Zi Ji had rescued him, and that he and Zi Ji escaped after Bi Ji came to find them.
• Su Yu described encountering a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast with a bull’s head and a snake’s body, surprising Flender and the others.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the beast was the Sky Azure Bull Python, one of two king-level Soul Beasts in the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi recounted how a Titled Douluo had seen the Sky Azure Bull Python emerge from a lake beside the Titan Giant Ape.

Ning Fengzhi stayed at Shrek Academy to watch over Ning Rongrong as she recovered, while Su Yu remained at her bedside. Ning Rongrong woke from a nightmare and clung to Su Yu, who promised not to leave her again.

• Ning Fengzhi told the others about the Sky Azure Bull Python and praised Bi Ji and Zi Ji for protecting Su Yu.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to stay at Shrek Academy until Ning Rongrong recovered, and Flender welcomed him.
• Su Yu sat beside the frail Ning Rongrong, held her hand, and promised to take her for treats and help her regain her strength.
• Ning Rongrong woke in panic, and Su Yu reassured her that he had returned and would stay with her.
• Su Yu lifted Ning Rongrong to help her wash, struck by how weak and light she had become.

Ning Rongrong remained unable to speak and clung to Su Yu, who cared for her while Ning Fengzhi watched jealously. After breakfast, Sword Douluo arrived with Tang Yuehua and introduced her to Su Yu.

• Su Yu comforted Ning Rongrong, helped her wash, and promised to make her favorite osmanthus cake.
• At breakfast, Ning Rongrong refused Ning Fengzhi's offer to feed her and accepted porridge from Su Yu instead.
• Ning Fengzhi grew jealous as Ning Rongrong defended Su Yu and focused her affection on him.
• Su Yu hurried out of the cafeteria with Ning Rongrong after breakfast, while Ning Fengzhi resigned himself to his daughter's attachment to Su Yu.
• Sword Douluo flew in on the Seven Kill Sword with Tang Yuehua, introduced her as the master of Moonlight Pavilion, and then realized he had forgotten she was still aboard.

Tang Yuehua used her Ruyi Ring to calm Ning Rongrong after her fright-induced loss of speech, while Su Yu and Ning Fengzhi cared for her. Bone Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy with Ye Linglong, who offered a remedy and prepared to help Ning Rongrong recover.

• Tang Yuehua met Ning Fengzhi and learned that Ning Rongrong had lost her voice after being frightened in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Yuehua used her Ruyi Ring and Noble Ring to soothe Ning Rongrong until she fell asleep, then advised daily guidance and outings to help her recover.
• Bone Douluo brought Ye Linglong to Shrek Academy and promised to send the medicinal ingredients he owed the Nine Heart Begonia Sect.
• Bone Douluo found Su Yu beside Ning Rongrong's bed and learned that Tang Yuehua had helped calm her.
• Ye Linglong examined Ning Rongrong and gave Su Yu honey dew to dissolve in warm water for her when she woke.

Ye Linglong treated Ning Rongrong, who woke and gradually recovered physically while remaining unable to speak. Tang Yuehua and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members prepared to leave Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi said goodbye to his daughter.

• Ye Linglong gave Su Yu honeyed medicinal dew for Ning Rongrong and promised to check on her after she woke.
• Ning Rongrong woke and persuaded Su Yu to lie beside her, where they both fell asleep together.
• Over the next three days, Ning Rongrong regained strength and walked around the academy with Su Yu, but her voice did not return.
• Tang Yuehua completed her treatment and told Ning Rongrong that she would need to overcome the emotional barrier herself before her voice could return.
• Ye Linglong and Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo prepared to return to their respective duties.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to take care of herself at Shrek Academy and asked her to be plump and healthy when he next visited.

Su Yu took Ning Rongrong into Suotuo City to help her recover, carrying her around and buying her pastries and sweets. When she suddenly disappeared, he searched for her as Bule and E'kao were in an alley with the little mute girl they had found.

• Ning Fengzhi left Ning Rongrong in Su Yu's care, and Su Yu promised to look after her and help her gain weight.
• Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong through Suotuo City, and she shyly clung to him as they passed another mother and daughter.
• Ning Rongrong chose osmanthus cake and Sugar Snowballs, and Su Yu bought them for her.
• Ning Rongrong suddenly vanished, so Su Yu anxiously searched for her.
• Bule called the little mute girl a bargain and threatened to keep her, while E'kao questioned his interest in her.

Su Yu rescued Ning Rongrong from Bule and fought Tianya and E'kao when they attacked him. He subdued all three men and left them alive but unable to harm anyone again, then comforted Ning Rongrong.

• Bule attacked Ning Rongrong in the alley, and a hovering sword cut him before he could harm her.
• Su Yu appeared, shielded Ning Rongrong, and warned Tianya, E'kao, and Bule not to touch her.
• Tianya and E'kao revealed their Soul Emperor powers and attacked Su Yu, but he blocked Tianya's assault.
• Su Yu used his fifth soul skill to trap the three men in a blood-red barrier and pin them to the ground.
• Su Yu sent hundreds of swords against the three men, leaving them alive but unable to commit further evil.
• Su Yu embraced Ning Rongrong and reassured her that she was safe.

Su Yu comforted Ning Rongrong after dealing with the men who had bullied her, then took her shopping in Suotuo City. Back at the dormitory, he discovered that Rongrong could speak, leaving him overwhelmed with joy.

• Ning Rongrong cried and gestured angrily at the three people Su Yu had punished, and he comforted her with a strawberry candy.
• Ning Rongrong pointed to a shopping center, so Su Yu took her shopping until she fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing met Su Yu carrying the sleeping Ning Rongrong back to Shrek Academy and spoke quietly with him.
• Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong to his dormitory and tried to wake her for a bath.
• Ning Rongrong woke and called Su Yu bad, and Su Yu realized she could speak.

Ning Rongrong regained her ability to speak and tearfully confessed that she loved Su Yu and wanted to marry him someday. Su Yu admitted that he liked her too, and the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong teasingly asking whether he wanted to taste her lips.

• Ning Rongrong joyfully realized she could speak again and embraced Su Yu, crying as she told him how worried she had been.
• Ning Rongrong confessed that she loved Su Yu as more than a brother and wanted to stay with him and marry him someday.
• Su Yu told Ning Rongrong that he liked her but warned her that he was not a good man, and Ning Rongrong silenced him with a kiss on the corner of his mouth.
• Ning Rongrong teased Su Yu about running away with a yellow-haired boy, and Su Yu told her not to joke about it.
• Ning Rongrong reassured Su Yu that she would only leave with him, then flirtatiously asked if he wanted to taste her lips.

Su Yu and Ning Rongrong endured teasing from Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing over his split lip before the students gathered at Shrek Academy’s square. Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong challenged the value of his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

• Xiao Wu noticed Su Yu’s split lip at breakfast, while Ning Rongrong blushed and hid her face in her porridge.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing teased Ning Rongrong about biting Su Yu’s lip, and Su Yu helped her escape their questioning.
• The students gathered in the square, where Flender asked Ning Rongrong if she had recovered, and she said she was ready to train.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as his longtime friend and the Corner of Wisdom of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Su Yu asked Yu Xiaogang about publishing the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Ning Rongrong said her father considered only some parts worthwhile.

Su Yu and Ning Rongrong faced teasing from Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing over his split lip before the group gathered at Shrek Academy’s square. Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as his longtime friend and the Corner of Wisdom, while Su Yu praised his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and Ning Rongrong dismissed the work.

• Xiao Wu noticed Su Yu’s split lip at breakfast, and he claimed he had scraped it on a cup while Ning Rongrong hid her embarrassment.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing teased Ning Rongrong about biting Su Yu’s lip as they walked to the square, and Su Yu helped her slip away from them.
• Su Yu and the others arrived at the square, where Flender greeted Ning Rongrong and confirmed that she had recovered.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as his close friend and the Corner of Wisdom from the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Su Yu asked Yu Xiaogang about the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang downplayed the praise while showing his pride.
• Ning Rongrong said that some parts of Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies were worthwhile, according to her father.

Su Yu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories by pointing out that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had Innate Full Soul Power and that Yu Xiaogang himself was stuck at level twenty-nine. Flender ended the discussion and dismissed the students, leaving Yu Xiaogang visibly shaken.

• Ning Rongrong defended her father and criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories, prompting Su Yu to step in and question Yu Xiaogang respectfully.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Innate Soul Power corresponded to Martial Soul quality and insisted that a weak Martial Soul could not produce high Innate Soul Power.
• Su Yu cited Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power as a contradiction, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to explain without revealing Tang San’s second Martial Soul.
• Su Yu pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s low Innate Soul Power and level-twenty-nine limit challenged his claim that only Soul Masters could be useless.
• Flender intervened, ended the exchange, and dismissed everyone until their assembly the next day.

After confronting Yu Xiaogang over his treatment of Ning Rongrong, Su Yu spent the day in Suotuo City with her and the others. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang assigned the students a stone-carrying endurance run, and Dai Mubai questioned why his basket held far more stones than everyone else's.

• Su Yu reassured Ning Rongrong that Yu Xiaogang could not trouble him, and the group spent the day in Suotuo City.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that he would make the students' cultivation plans, then gave Tang San, Zhu Qing, and Ma Hongjun individual advice.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to carry stones in baskets and run from the academy to Suotuo City and back three times, allowing them to share loads.
• Ma Hongjun asked why there were only seven baskets, and Yu Xiaogang said Su Yu could set his own training because he had reached Spirit King.
• The students found their baskets, and Dai Mubai questioned Yu Xiaogang after seeing that his held more than twice as many stones as the others.

Yu Xiaogang explained the different training loads and led the team through a grueling weighted march. The group reached Shrek Academy exhausted, and Xiao Wu discovered that Ning Rongrong had injured her shoulder.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had tailored each student's load to their role, physique, and potential, and the team set out after preparing.
• Ning Rongrong struggled to continue, but Zhu Qing and Xiao Wu shared her burden while Tang San and Oscar took rocks from Dai Mubai's backpack.
• During the final stretch, Ning Rongrong took rocks from Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing to lighten their loads, despite her incomplete recovery.
• The team reached Shrek Academy, where they collapsed or rested from exhaustion.
• Xiao Wu noticed blood on Ning Rongrong's clothes, and Ning Rongrong said her shoulder was only scraped.

Su Yu tended to Ning Rongrong after she exhausted herself during training, then helped her bathe and carried her to bed when she fell asleep in the tub. After an accidental glimpse left him flustered, he realized Ning Rongrong possessed Divine Beast Aptitude.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing worried over Ning Rongrong's injuries until Su Yu arrived and took her back to the dormitory.
• Su Yu treated Ning Rongrong's wounds and reassured her that she was brave, while warning her not to overexert herself.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Yu to help her bathe, but she went into the bathroom herself after he prepared warm water.
• Su Yu found Ning Rongrong asleep in the cooled bath, wrapped her in a towel, and carried her to bed.
• Ning Rongrong's towel slipped as she moved in her sleep, and Su Yu turned away and dealt with a nosebleed.
• Su Yu left Ning Rongrong sleeping and realized that she possessed Divine Beast Aptitude.

Ning Rongrong woke up embarrassed after realizing Su Yu had carried her from the bath while she was asleep, then discovered signs that he had gotten a nosebleed. She teased him on the way to breakfast, convinced he had seen her naked.

• Su Yu waited outside Ning Rongrong's room until dawn, while she slept and murmured affectionately about him.
• Ning Rongrong woke, remembered she had fallen asleep in the bath, and worried that Su Yu had seen her naked when he carried her back to bed.
• Su Yu brought Ning Rongrong warm water and admitted he had carried her back because the bathwater had gone cold.
• Ning Rongrong found bloodied tissues in the bathroom and realized Su Yu had gotten a nosebleed.
• Ning Rongrong joyfully clung to Su Yu on the way to breakfast and teased him about seeing her figure.

Su Yu and the Shrek group traveled to the Sunset Forest to find Third Soul Rings for Tang San and Zhu Qing. After Yu Xiaogang outlined suitable Soul Beasts and a target age range, the group spotted a large spiderweb and began investigating.

• Ning Rongrong teased Su Yu about his nosebleed as he carried her to the cafeteria.
• Half a month later, Flender took Tang San and Zhu Qing to the Sunset Forest to obtain their Third Soul Rings, bringing the others along in three carriages.
• The group entered the forest under Flender's orders to stay close, and Su Yu quietly warned Xiao Wu not to wander off.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended spider-type Soul Beasts for Tang San and fast Soul Beasts such as Lightning Leopards for Zhu Qing, with Third Soul Rings around 1,800 years old.
• The group found a large spiderweb on a tree trunk that appeared to belong to a spider-type Soul Beast over 1,500 years old.

The group found and fought a Cave Earth Demon Spider that seemed suitable for Tang San’s third Soul Ring, but Tang San was poisoned by its mucus during the attack. Zhao Wuji subdued the spider, leaving the group to decide whether Tang San could safely absorb its Soul Ring or needed treatment first.

• Yu Xiaogang identified the spider silk as belonging to a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Soul Beast suitable for Tang San, and Flender led the group along its trail.
• The group entered a dense forest, where a Cave Earth Demon Spider attacked Tang San from the treetops and corroded his Blue Silver Grass with venom.
• Zhao Wuji kicked Tang San clear of the spider’s pounce, and Tang San revealed that the spider’s poisonous mucus had already poisoned him.
• Flender checked Tang San’s pulse while Yu Xiaogang weighed retreating for an antidote against keeping the suitable Soul Ring opportunity.
• Zhao Wuji subdued the Cave Earth Demon Spider and brought it to the group, asking whether Tang San could hold on.

Su Yu used his Eight Spider Lances to absorb the poison in Tang San’s body, secretly extracting some of Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline. Tang San then absorbed the Cave Earth Demon Spider’s Soul Ring, struggling through its violent energy until it finally calmed and strengthened his Blue Silver Grass.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed to let Tang San absorb the Cave Earth Demon Spider’s Soul Ring while Flender guarded them.
• Su Yu used his Eight Spider Lances to draw out Tang San’s poison, secretly taking some of his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Tang San thanked Su Yu and began absorbing the fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San struggled as the Soul Ring’s energy battered his weakened body, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to guide it with his Soul Power.
• The Soul Ring’s energy calmed, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass emerged with a stronger aura.