Chapter Summaries

Zhu Qing struggled with her feelings after seeing Zhu Zhuyun leave, while her friends comforted her without pressing her to explain. Su Yu teased Qian Renxue about their past and their relationship, and their conversation ended with an accidental kiss on his cheek.

• Zhu Zhuyun left after telling Zhu Qing that her affairs with Dai Mubai had nothing to do with her, and Zhu Qing watched her go with troubled feelings.
• Tang San and Oscar helped Dai Mubai up, and Oscar gave him a sausage to ease his injuries.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan comforted Zhu Qing, who cried briefly before urging them to celebrate the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's happy day.
• Qian Renxue approached Su Yu with wine, and he teased her about the life he had exchanged to save her and the poison he had sucked from her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue tried to thank Su Yu, but her lips brushed his cheek when she leaned toward him, and he joked that she should kiss him in her real appearance next time.

Su Yu teased Qian Renxue while she was disguised as Xue Qinghe, and she changed back just before maids passed by and mistook them for a couple. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong led Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Dugu Yan into the wine cellar, where they sampled Peach Blossom Wine and began chatting as Ning Rongrong grew flushed.

• Qian Renxue provoked Su Yu, who pulled her close and threatened to expose Xue Qinghe’s supposed preference for men if she did not change back.
• Qian Renxue dropped her disguise as approaching footsteps neared, and Su Yu kissed her as two maids passed and mistook them for a couple.
• After the maids left, Qian Renxue scolded Su Yu, then walked into the hall and changed back into Xue Qinghe’s appearance.
• Ning Rongrong led Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Dugu Yan into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s wine cellar to try her Father’s Peach Blossom Wine.
• The girls each sipped the sweet wine and chatted, while Ning Rongrong became red-faced holding half a cup.

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Qing got drunk on fruit wine in the cellar, and Su Yu carried them back to their rooms. The next morning, Su Yu checked on Ning Rongrong, who blushed as she remembered sneaking off to drink.

• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing became drunk in the wine cellar, while Ning Rongrong tried to look after them before falling asleep beside Zhu Qing.
• Su Yu found the four girls asleep in the cellar and carried Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing back to their rooms.
• The next morning, Su Yu had the maids prepare hangover soup and went to check on Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong woke to Su Yu beside her bed, denied that her head was dizzy, and blushed as she remembered the night before.

Su Yu woke the girls who had gotten drunk on hidden Peach Blossom Wine and brought them hangover soup. After tending to Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu, he accidentally walked in on Zhu Qing changing after her bath, leaving them both embarrassed.

• Su Yu gave Ning Rongrong hangover soup, and she apologized for sneaking wine and leading the others to drink.
• Su Yu woke Dugu Yan and brought her soup; she remembered drinking the Peach Blossom Wine and complained that Ning Rongrong had called it sweet water.
• Su Yu found Xiao Wu awake and learned she had mistaken a wine barrel for a giant carrot while drunk.
• Su Yu entered Zhu Qing's room while she was wiping her hair, quickly apologized, and left after she covered herself.
• Zhu Qing came out, accepted Su Yu's apology, and slowly drank the hangover soup he had brought her.

Su Yu returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, who joined because she wanted to be wherever he was. Three days later, Yu Xiaogang proposed sending Shrek’s students to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students so they could compete in the tournament, but Flender questioned whether the academy would accept them.

• Su Yu returned to Shrek Academy and introduced Dugu Yan as a prospective student.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather supported her joining and that she wanted to follow Su Yu, then accepted the academy’s tuition and modest conditions.
• Dugu Yan enrolled at Shrek Academy and left with Su Yu and Ning Rongrong.
• Three days later, Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Shrek should leave its current location to prepare for the tournament in Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shrek’s students compete using the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team’s spot as exchange students, and Flender asked whether the academy would accept them.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City so the students could join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and compete on a larger stage. After leaving their old campus, the group arrived in the prosperous city, where Su Yu had arranged for Zi Ji and Bi Ji to prepare a villa.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Flender to trust his plan to take Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender announced the move to Heaven Dou City, and the students and teachers prepared to leave.
• Flender reminisced about Shrek Academy as he and the teachers departed for the children's future.
• Su Yu sent Zi Ji and Bi Ji ahead to Heaven Dou City with his card to buy a three-room villa.
• Three days later, the Shrek group arrived in Heaven Dou City and explored its grand walls and bustling streets.

Flender and the Shrek group searched Heaven Dou City for Heaven Dou Royal Academy before Dugu Yan revealed it stood outside the city across a vast mountain estate. There they reunited with Qin Ming, who greeted Flender and Zhao Wuji respectfully.

• The Shrek group toured Heaven Dou City, while Ma Hongjun admired the women and Flender urged everyone onward.
• After they failed to find the academy, Dugu Yan told Flender it was outside the city and led the group there.
• Flender was astonished by the academy's mountain grounds, while Yu Xiaogang and the other teachers praised its secluded setting.
• Qin Ming recognized Dugu Yan, then greeted Flender and Zhao Wuji with respect when he saw them.

Qin Ming brought Flender and the Shrek teachers and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he arranged for them to meet the Education Committee about becoming exchange students. He explained the academy’s hierarchy and generous teacher salaries before leading the group to the three Soul Douluo who governed the academy.

• Qin Ming recognized Flender and Zhao Wuji, then offered to help Shrek’s students join Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students.
• Qin Ming arranged for Flender’s group to wait in the reception hall while he spoke with the Education Committee Members.
• Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s student and teacher ranks, its leadership, and his own Heaven Dou Level appointment and salary.
• Qin Ming led Flender and the others to the Education Committee, where Flender sensed the immense Soul Power of the three seated elders.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee welcomed Flender and the Shrek group, then offered generous terms to bring them into the academy. Flender rejected the offer to join, and Meng Shenji proposed a separate Shrek Institute with Flender as its dean.

• Flender formally greeted Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who introduced themselves as senior members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Academic Affairs Committee.
• Meng Shenji welcomed the Shrek teachers and students and explained that Prince Xue Xing controlled exchange student quotas, but the committee could admit all of Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender refused the offer to join and said Shrek Academy would leave.
• Meng Shenji offered to establish a Shrek Institute, appoint Flender as its dean, let him assign the teachers’ positions, and provide substantial monthly subsidies.
• Meng Shenji asked Flender whether he was satisfied with the new conditions.

Flender rejected Meng Shenji’s offer to absorb Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy and prepared to leave Heaven Dou City. Su Yu revealed that Blue Tyrant Academy’s dean was Flender’s old friend Liu Erlong, prompting Flender to head there instead.

• Flender rejected Meng Shenji’s conditions, defended Shrek Academy, and left the Education Committee with Su Yu and the others.
• Qin Ming apologized for the committee’s intentions, and Flender reassured him while urging him to make Shrek proud at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Su Yu suggested joining Blue Tyrant Academy and revealed that its dean was Liu Erlong.
• Flender reacted with shock to Liu Erlong’s name and decided to visit Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had something important to handle and walked away alone.

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.