Chapter Summaries

Zhuo Sheng decided to fly everyone from Suotuo City to Tiandou City in a carriage, despite warnings that the trip would be rough. After a day and night of extreme flight, he landed outside Tiandou City exhausted, while his passengers stumbled out sick and swore never to ride with him again.

• Dugu Yan reported that Qin Ming had a private matter connected to Flender and could not travel with them yet.
• Zhuo Sheng arranged for Dugu Yan to buy a large carriage and announced that he would carry it through the air to Tiandou City.
• Dugu Yan bought a spacious carriage, and Zhuo Sheng took off with everyone aboard under an unstable soul power shield.
• Jiangzhu used wind control to reduce the resistance and turbulence as Zhuo Sheng continued flying at extreme speed.
• Zhuo Sheng landed outside Tiandou City the next morning, nearly drained of soul power, while Oscar and the others staggered out and retched.

Zhuo Sheng returned to Tian Dou City after a long absence, where Qian Ling confronted him about his travels and his promise to teach her to condense a soul core. She learned that Tang Xing had badly injured him near Suotuo City, leaving her alarmed by the threat he posed.

• Zhuo Sheng brought the group to the Tian Dou Imperial Hotel and settled into his luxury suite.
• Qian Ling questioned Zhuo Sheng about his long trip, Zhu Zhuqing, and his unfulfilled promise to teach her soul-core condensation.
• Zhuo Sheng told Qian Ling he was nearing rank seventy and suggested they work on the soul core after he obtained his seventh soul ring.
• Qian Ling noticed Zhuo Sheng's weakness and asked who had injured him, and he admitted that Tang Xing had nearly defeated him near Suotuo City.
• Zhuo Sheng explained that Tang Xing's overwhelming strength made contacting Spirit Hall pointless, and Qian Ling recognized how difficult he would be to stop.

Zhuo Sheng told Qian Ling about his encounter with Tang Xing, then went to Yuexuan with Xue Qinghe to complain to Tang Yuehua. Tang Yuehua listened as Zhuo Sheng accused Tang Xing of attacking him without warning.

• Qian Ling questioned Zhuo Sheng about how he survived meeting Tang Xing, and Zhuo Sheng said Tang Xing had no reason to kill him.
• Qian Ling explained that Xue Qinghe had spread information about Zhuo Sheng's identity after he exposed his ten-thousand-year soul bone in Suotuo City.
• Zhuo Sheng insisted Tang Xing had attacked him for no good reason and declared that he would seek an explanation from Tang Yuehua.
• Zhuo Sheng dragged Xue Qinghe to Yuexuan, where Tang Yuehua dismissed her students and brought them to a private room.
• Zhuo Sheng told Tang Yuehua that Tang Xing had ambushed and beaten him, and claimed that revealing his family's backing had saved him.

After telling Tang Yuejing that Tang Hao had attacked him, Zhuo Sheng explained to Qian Ling why he wanted her to know the truth. Their argument about desire and relationships ended with Zhuo Sheng accusing Qian Ling of craving ordinary people's worship while believing herself above them.

• Tang Yuejing worried about Tang Hao when Zhuo Sheng told her he had attacked him, then apologized when Zhuo Sheng complained that she had ignored his injuries.
• Zhuo Sheng told Tang Yuejing that Tang Hao had struck first and warned that Tang Hao would be the first suspect if Tang Xing later died.
• Qian Ling questioned why Zhuo Sheng had warned Tang Yuejing, and Zhuo Sheng said he wanted to prevent misunderstandings and act with a clear conscience.
• Qian Ling challenged Zhuo Sheng about whether he would leave Yuehua if she rejected him, and Zhuo Sheng said he would investigate her reasons before accepting her choice.
• Zhuo Sheng asked Qian Ling whether she dared admit what she truly wanted, then accused her of craving the worship of ordinary people while considering herself superior to them.

Zhuo Sheng confronted Qian Ling about her pride, need for control, and inability to love, then explained why he had kept his distance from her. He left their relationship unresolved, insisting their needs and ways of living were too different to be together.

• Zhuo Sheng told Qian Ling that her interest in him came from wanting to conquer him, not from love, and said she was incapable of understanding others.
• Qian Ling lost control, grabbed Zhuo Sheng by the collar, and dragged him into a dark alley.
• Qian Ling accused Zhuo Sheng of being a shameless flirt who had no right to lecture her about love.
• Zhuo Sheng explained that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stayed with him because he made them happy and gave them the affection and security they needed.
• Zhuo Sheng told Qian Ling he had always respected her but kept his distance because their needs and ways of living were fundamentally incompatible.

Zhuo Sheng challenged Qian Ling’s jealousy over his relationship with Bibi Dong and argued that her desire for him came from rivalry and the distance he kept between them, not love. He left Qian Ling speechless as he explained that love depended on mutual emotion rather than status, wealth, or obligation.

• Qian Ling demanded to know what Zhuo Sheng felt for Bibi Dong and accused them of having feelings beyond those of teacher and disciple.
• Zhuo Sheng said Qian Ling was comparing herself with Bibi Dong and asked whether she would pursue any man Bibi Dong loved.
• Qian Ling insisted that she wanted Zhuo Sheng himself, and Zhuo Sheng argued that she would lose interest if she actually obtained him.
• Zhuo Sheng explained how jealousy and competing for his favor affected the women around him, then described love as an exchange of emotions and desire.
• Zhuo Sheng told Qian Ling that status and responsibility could not create love, and said love began as an equal contest of souls.

Zhuo Sheng tried to persuade Qian Ling that love was an ordinary emotional transaction and admitted he was a pleasure-seeking womanizer. Qian Ling rejected his attempt to drive her away and vowed she would never let him go, leaving Zhuo Sheng speechless in the alley.

• Zhuo Sheng argued that love came from biology and emotion rather than money or status, and that unreachable love could seem purer than love one possessed.
• Qian Ling challenged Zhuo Sheng’s claims about love and security, but struggled to refute his reasoning.
• Qian Ling asked why Zhuo Sheng flirted with Mu Xue and Zhu Qing if he considered love so base, and Zhuo Sheng called himself a lecherous bastard who chased pleasure.
• Qian Ling recognized Zhuo Sheng’s attempt to make himself repulsive so she would leave him and declared she would never let him go.
• Qian Ling walked out of the alley, and Zhuo Sheng sighed as he realized his arguments had not changed her resolve.

Zhuo Sheng arranged to return to the Icefire Yin Yang Well with the girls and went to meet Qian Ling at the Crown Prince's residence. Qian Ling pressed him to clarify his feelings and asked whether he would save her if she faced mortal danger, leaving Zhuo Sheng unable to answer.

• Zhuo Sheng told the girls they would return to the Icefire Yin Yang Well in two days, and they all insisted on going with him.
• Zhuo Sheng sent Qian Ling back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Ning Rongrong to show Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing around Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Ling left for Seven Treasure City, while Ning Rongrong took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shopping and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to request leave.
• Zhuo Sheng went to the Crown Prince's residence to calm Qian Ling, who was waiting for him as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Ling asked Zhuo Sheng whether he liked her and whether he would save her if she were about to die, and Zhuo Sheng fell silent.

Qian Ling used Zhuo Sheng’s own reasoning to argue that he would welcome her advances, leaving him unable to refute her. She concluded that his reluctance to get close came not from disliking her, but from anticipating the conflicts their different principles would bring.

• Qian Ling asked whether Zhuo Sheng would resist if she forced a kiss on him, then reasoned that his strength meant any successful kiss would be something he secretly wanted.
• Zhuo Sheng touched Qian Ling’s forehead and asked if she was sick, but he could not answer her argument.
• Qian Ling reflected that Zhuo Sheng would only debate when he did not want to use force and believed he might be in the wrong, while he would defend people he cared about without concern for fairness.
• Qian Ling concluded that Zhuo Sheng was tempted by her and had kept his distance because he believed their conflicting survival principles would bring future trouble and pain.

Qian Renxue demanded that Xuan Hao accept her as his Main Wife and set limits on his relationships with other women, and he reluctantly agreed. Their discussion turned into a tense inventory of his romantic entanglements, ending with Qian Renxue forbidding him from pursuing anyone else without her permission.

• Qian Renxue offered to tolerate Xuan Hao's other partners if he accepted her as the Main Wife and let her veto future women.
• Qian Renxue threatened to ruin Xuan Hao's arrangements with the other girls if he refused, and Xuan Hao reluctantly accepted her terms.
• Xuan Hao named Na'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and Bibi Dong as women involved or likely to become involved with him.
• Qian Renxue swallowed her anger over Xuan Hao naming Bibi Dong and declared that he could pursue no one else without her permission.
• Xuan Hao protested that he could not predict whom he might fall in love with, and Qian Renxue angrily told him to stop pursuing every woman he met.

Zhuo Sheng and Qian Ling argued about his close relationships with other girls, and Qian Ling declared she would no longer pretend to be an understanding wife. When she tested his willingness to take their relationship further, Zhuo Sheng insisted he respected her and wanted them to take their time, leaving Qian Ling secretly satisfied that he truly cared about her.

• Zhuo Sheng argued that the girls around him were longtime friends or childhood companions, leaving Qian Ling unable to refute him.
• Qian Ling warned Zhuo Sheng not to get greedy and said they would all go down together if he pushed her too far.
• Zhuo Sheng carried Qian Ling to the bed, where she took the initiative and pinned him beneath her.
• Zhuo Sheng hesitated and said they should wait, explaining that he respected Qian Ling and did not want to rush their newly confirmed relationship.
• Qian Ling pretended to sulk while privately realizing Zhuo Sheng valued her feelings and dignity.

Xuan Hao reassured Qian Renxue that he wanted to wait before taking their relationship further, but she confronted him about his intimacy with the other girls. After he admitted they had played suggestive games without crossing the final line, Qian Renxue teased him and proposed trying the games herself, then relented when he reminded her that Tang Hao had injured him.

• Xuan Hao embraced Qian Renxue and asked her to give their relationship more time before they went further.
• Qian Renxue challenged Xuan Hao about how close he had become with Ning Rongrong, Na'er, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xuan Hao admitted that he and the girls had played intimate games but insisted they had not crossed the final line.
• Qian Renxue laughed at Xuan Hao's complaints about being left frustrated, then said she wanted to try the games herself.
• Xuan Hao pleaded for mercy because Tang Hao had injured him, and Qian Renxue dropped the matter and held him.

Qian Ling and Zhuo Sheng acknowledged that their ambitions and ideas of freedom would take them down different paths after the tournament. The next morning, Zhuo Sheng discovered Meng Yiran had told the others his suspicions about Xue Qinghe, leading them to misunderstand his night at the Crown Prince's residence.

• Qian Ling refused Zhuo Sheng's suggestion that she abandon her pursuit of the Heaven Dou Empire's throne and travel with him.
• Zhuo Sheng explained that he valued strength as a way to gain freedom and had no interest in a throne or political power.
• After spending the night at the Crown Prince's residence, Zhuo Sheng went to meet Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran at the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel.
• Zhuo Sheng questioned Meng Yiran about the group's strange behavior, and she admitted she had shared his old suspicion about Xue Qinghe's secret hobbies.
• Xiao Wu and the others mistook Zhuo Sheng's tired appearance for evidence that Xue Qinghe had taken advantage of him, and Zhuo Sheng scolded them for their assumptions.

Xuan Hao brought the girls to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he left Dugu Bo responsible for their safety and cultivation questions before entering the spring to cultivate and break through to Level 70. The story left him submerged in the well while Na'er prepared to replant the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Xuan Hao flew with the girls to Sunset Forest in a specially made carriage and landed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo appeared and scolded Xuan Hao for bringing the girls into the dangerous valley.
• Xuan Hao asked Dugu Bo to watch over the girls while he cultivated, and praised Dugu Bo's strength as a Level 95 Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo agreed only to offer the girls occasional advice and complained that Xuan Hao had disrupted his travel plans.
• Xuan Hao gave Na'er two Soul Tools and asked her to replant the Blue Silver Emperor stored inside them.
• Xuan Hao jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving the girls surprised and Zhu Zhuqing blushing at their shameless remarks.

Qin Ming persuaded Zhuo Sheng to bring Shrek Academy’s teachers and students to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for better resources and opportunities. Zhuo Sheng agreed on the condition that Shrek kept its name and independence, and set the move for three months later.

• Qin Ming visited Zhuo Sheng and invited him and Shrek Academy’s teachers to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming argued that Shrek’s students needed better resources and the chance to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, leaving Zhuo Sheng conflicted.
• Zhuo Sheng summoned Qin Ming and agreed to bring the children to the academy if Shrek retained its name and independent status and its teachers controlled their education.
• Qin Ming assured Zhuo Sheng that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy would accept those conditions.
• Zhuo Sheng set the move for three months later so the teachers could settle their affairs in Soto City, and Qin Ming left to arrange their entry.

After reaching level 70, Xuan Hao sought a true dragon remnant soul to help the Ice Dragon King create his Seventh Soul Ring and decided to investigate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Territory. Before leaving, he explained to Ah Yin how Tang Hao’s love for her could have coexisted with his schemes against her.

• After three months of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xuan Hao broke through to level 70 and considered his options for a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xuan Hao asked the Ice Dragon King to create another Growth Spirit Ring, and she said she needed a high-quality true dragon remnant soul as its core medium.
• Xuan Hao decided to search the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Territory for a remnant soul, planning to hunt the Evil Orca King if he found none.
• Xuan Hao noticed Ah Yin had awakened and heard her ask whether his accusations about Tang Hao’s schemes against her were true.
• Xuan Hao told Ah Yin that Tang Hao could genuinely have loved her while also plotting to use her for his own survival and ambitions.

Zhuo Sheng asked Zhu Erlong to accompany him to the Hidden Dragon Overlord Sect so he could find the Qilin clan remnants and wreck the place. Zhu Erlong agreed on the condition that he call her Sister and introduce himself as her little brother by association.

• Zhuo Sheng went to Canghui Academy and asked Zhu Erlong to lead him to the Hidden Dragon Overlord Sect, but she initially refused to return to her clan.
• Zhuo Sheng persuaded Zhu Erlong by offering to help her vent her resentment and explaining that her presence would make their attack look like an internal family dispute.
• Zhu Erlong worried that Yu Yuan could endanger Zhuo Sheng, while he asked her to protect him if the elders turned against him.
• Zhuo Sheng returned a Black Card containing nearly forty thousand Golden Soul Coins in protection fees, but Zhu Erlong refused to take the money back.
• Zhu Erlong agreed to go with Zhuo Sheng if he called her Sister and said he was her little brother by association.

Liu Erlong brought Xuan Hao into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s territory despite warning him about the clan’s likely retaliation. After the sentries recognized her strength and let them pass, word reached Yu Luomian that she had returned with a man.

• Liu Erlong warned Xuan Hao that the clan might retaliate, but he dismissed the threat and insisted on going in.
• Two hidden sentries blocked Liu Erlong and Xuan Hao at the territory’s border, and Liu Erlong revealed her Fire Dragon martial soul and Soul Sage strength.
• The sentries recognized Liu Erlong and stepped aside, allowing her to lead Xuan Hao toward the clan’s core buildings.
• Yu Luomian learned that Liu Erlong had returned with a man and that they had entered holding hands.

Zhu Erlong returned to the Hidden Dragon Overlord Dragon Sect with Zhuo Sheng, and Yu Yuan mistakenly assumed she wanted to reconcile with the family. She publicly declared that Zhuo Sheng had come to challenge the sect’s claim to be the world’s number one beast soul master, leaving the sect members furious and ready to respond.

• Yu Yuan heard that Zhu Erlong had returned and assumed she was ready to abandon her old grievances and rely on the family.
• News of Zhu Erlong’s return spread through the sect, drawing elders and disciples to the main hall square.
• Yu Yuan recognized Zhuo Sheng beside Zhu Erlong and was shocked to see her holding hands with the young prodigy.
• Zhu Erlong insulted Yu Yuan, blamed him for driving her from the family, and declared that she had returned to wreck the place.
• Zhu Erlong announced that Zhuo Sheng intended to challenge the Hidden Dragon Overlord Dragon Sect’s title as the world’s number one beast soul master, stirring the crowd’s anger.

Zhuo Sheng fought Jade Crown at the Azure Lightning Overlord Dragon sect, matching the elder's strength and countering his overwhelming speed with Golden Dragon Perception and defensive buffs. He left Jade Crown defeated and the watching disciples, including Zhu Erlong, stunned.

• Zhuo Sheng activated his Golden Dragon martial soul and charged Jade Crown after rejecting his final offer to make peace.
• Jade Crown revealed his mutated Violet Lightning Overlord Dragon martial soul, and the two traded powerful blows that showed Zhuo Sheng could match his strength.
• Jade Crown vanished in a burst of speed to ambush Zhuo Sheng, but Zhuo Sheng used Golden Dragon Perception to predict his attack.
• Zhuo Sheng's Golden Dragon Armor absorbed Jade Crown's violet lightning and rebounded the force into a punch that sent Jade Crown crashing into a stone pillar.
• The Azure Lightning Overlord Dragon disciples and Zhu Erlong stared in shock as Jade Crown lay defeated.