Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong realized that Xuan Hao’s devotion to her had not faded as he grew older, and she struggled to face the feelings he treated as natural. She decided not to reject him outright, understanding that doing so could shatter his fragile sense of security.

• Bibi Dong questioned why Xuan Hao had brought the Eight Spider Lances to her before giving them to any of the beauties around him.
• Xuan Hao said he always thought of Bibi Dong first when he got something valuable and insisted that anyone entering his household had to respect her as its Main Wife.
• Bibi Dong recalled how she had found Xuan Hao near the Star Dou Great Forest and recognized his deep dependence on her as a sign of his unmet need for love and security.
• Bibi Dong realized that Xuan Hao’s feelings for her had only grown stronger, despite his age and the many girls around him.
• Bibi Dong decided against telling Xuan Hao that his feelings were distorted because she feared he would hide his heartbreak behind a carefree act.
• Bibi Dong understood that Xuan Hao’s arrogance and rage concealed a kind heart, deep insecurity, and anger at his own perceived weakness.

Bibi Dong tried to guide Xuan Hao to think about his future relationships and stop focusing on her, but he challenged the boundary between them. The chapter ended with Xuan Hao pinning her to the sofa and asking what followed from her insistence that they could not cross that line.

• Bibi Dong embraced Xuan Hao and reminisced about when he was a child, then decided to guide his feelings gradually rather than reject them outright.
• Bibi Dong discussed postponing Xuan Hao's Holy Son title and asked him to consider which of the girls around him could lead his future household.
• Xuan Hao suggested that Bibi Dong was more suited than Na'er to manage his household, leaving her flustered.
• Bibi Dong told Xuan Hao that she was his teacher and elder sister and that he could not keep thinking about her or cross their boundaries.
• Xuan Hao suddenly pinned Bibi Dong to the sofa and asked why he could not think about her; when she insisted they could never cross the line, he replied, "And then?"

Xuan Hao insisted that he and Bibi Dong could be together while he also built a future family, but Bibi Dong struggled to face her feelings and painful past. As Hu Liena approached, Xuan Hao declared that he would seize everything he wanted, even if he had to stop at nothing.

• Bibi Dong urged Xuan Hao to accept that their lives would eventually separate, but he argued that they could stay together and have everything.
• Xuan Hao confronted Bibi Dong about whether she wanted their relationship, and she silently acknowledged her feelings while believing her past made her unworthy of love.
• Hu Liena approached the hall, prompting Bibi Dong to pull away, but Xuan Hao seized her wrist and refused to let her retreat.
• Xuan Hao dismissed public opinion as a concern and demanded to know why Bibi Dong kept denying her feelings.
• Xuan Hao gripped Bibi Dong's shoulders and vowed to seize everything he wanted, even if he had to stop at nothing.

Xuan Hao returned to Spirit Hall and found Bibi Dong avoiding him after an intense private encounter, while Hu Liena remained unaware of the reason. He left with Hu Liena, insisting she stay out of the matter as Bibi Dong took time alone.

• Hu Liena entered Bibi Dong's hall just as Bibi Dong broke away from Xuan Hao and fled to change clothes.
• Hu Liena questioned Xuan Hao about the tense atmosphere, and he pulled her into an embrace instead of explaining.
• Bibi Dong returned in formal papal robes, told Hu Liena to take Xuan Hao to rest, and hurried to her study.
• Xuan Hao and Hu Liena left for his courtyard, where he warned her not to interfere with his conflict with Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena guessed that Xuan Hao's romantic affairs in Heaven Dou City had angered Bibi Dong, but Xuan Hao privately thought that explanation would have been simpler.

Xuan Hao sensed Rakshasa malice erupting from Bibi Dong’s chamber and found the entrance to the Rakshasa Secret Realm open. After he used a mental roar to draw her out, Bibi Dong emerged in a violent, possessed state and accused him of forcing her.

• Hu Liena noticed Xuan Hao’s troubled mood, stayed with him briefly, and then returned to her residence.
• The Ice Dragon King sensed a dangerous surge of Rakshasa power from Bibi Dong’s direction and warned Xuan Hao.
• Xuan Hao rushed to Bibi Dong’s chamber, found the Rakshasa Secret Realm entrance open, and was stopped from entering by the Ice Dragon King.
• Xuan Hao sent a powerful mental roar into the secret realm, provoking Bibi Dong to burst out onto the bedroom floor.
• Bibi Dong, transformed and overcome by Rakshasa malice, asked Xuan Hao why he would not listen and kept forcing her.

Xuan Hao confronted Bibi Dong as the Rakshasa God's evil thought drove her toward madness, refusing to abandon her despite the danger. After her spider legs attacked, he used the Ice Dragon King's power to freeze them and punch Bibi Dong through the bedchamber wall, deciding they would have to fight before they could talk.

• Xuan Hao walked through Bibi Dong's purple-black mist and urged her to leave her past behind and trust him.
• Bibi Dong raged that she could never escape her suffering, while Xuan Hao challenged her to believe in him or drag him down with her.
• The Ice Dragon King unleashed her Dragon Soul Power to seize control of Xuan Hao and pull him away from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong sensed the power and attacked Xuan Hao with her eight spider legs, but he used Absolute Zero to freeze them.
• Xuan Hao struck Bibi Dong with a powerful punch that sent her through the bedchamber wall, then told the Ice Dragon King they had to fight her.

Xuan Hao used the Ice Dragon King's power to fight the Rakshasa-controlled Bibi Dong, but Qian Daoliu's intervention drove her strength higher. Xuan Hao combined the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' powers to knock Bibi Dong unconscious, then collapsed himself, leaving Qian Daoliu wondering who had fought her.

• The Ice Dragon King gave Xuan Hao all his Dragon Soul Power, raising his strength to the level of a Limit Douluo.
• Xuan Hao sealed the Pope's residence inside an ice cocoon and fought Bibi Dong, who attacked him relentlessly under the Rakshasa malice's control.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel's Light to melt the ice cocoon, and the Angel God's aura pushed Bibi Dong into a frenzy and raised her power to the peak of level 99.
• Xuan Hao summoned the Fire Dragon King's power and combined it with the Ice Dragon King's, briefly reaching the demigod realm and knocking Bibi Dong unconscious.
• The two Dragon Kings' powers withdrew, and Xuan Hao collapsed unconscious beside Bibi Dong as Qian Daoliu wondered who had fought her.

After waking in Spirit City, Xuan Hao reassured Bibi Dong and explained how he had survived her loss of control. He left for Heaven Dou City, promising to return when she was ready and telling her he would accept staying with her in the shadows if that was what made her happy.

• Xuan Hao woke in a bedchamber in Spirit City and found Bibi Dong sitting beside him, troubled by what had happened.
• Xuan Hao explained that the Remnant Souls of two ancient Dragon Kings had lent him their power, while Bibi Dong recognized that he was downplaying its cost and avoided questioning her.
• Xuan Hao told Bibi Dong he would return to Heaven Dou City and come back after she had sorted out her feelings.
• Before leaving, Xuan Hao promised Bibi Dong he would stay with her even if she chose to remain in the shadows, as long as that made her happy.
• After Xuan Hao left, Bibi Dong sat alone, overwhelmed by his willingness to share her darkness.

Bibi Dong confronted her feelings for Xuan Hao after he forced her to face their bond, while Xuan Hao left Spirit City to recover from the battle that had depleted him and his dragon souls. He headed for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Hu Liena to watch over Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong admitted that she had long recognized Xuan Hao's feelings but had hidden behind their master-and-disciple and sibling-like roles, and she wept over his confession.
• Xuan Hao visited Hu Liena and told her that Bibi Dong had lost control during cultivation, asking her not to disturb their teacher or question her about the previous night.
• Xuan Hao told Hu Liena that he had to meet Ning Rongrong and the others in Suotuo City and recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Hu Liena hugged Xuan Hao and urged him to take care of himself before he left Spirit City.
• After teleporting above the city, Xuan Hao coughed blood as the Ice Dragon King warned that both dragon souls were exhausted and Xuan Hao's body was badly weakened.
• Xuan Hao spread his Golden Dragon Wings and flew toward Sunset Forest to recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After recovering from his injuries at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xuan Hao reunited with the awakened Ah Yin and offered to take her outside the valley. Ah Yin longed to go but could not move in her Blue Silver Grass body, so Xuan Hao explained that his Universe Ring could carry her if she was planted in a flowerpot.

• Xuan Hao emerged from the springs after two months of recovery, reached Soul Power level sixty-eight, and promised the Ice Dragon King he would not recklessly risk his life again.
• Ah Yin formed a Spiritual Power projection and asked whether Xuan Hao was leaving to meet his friends.
• Xuan Hao said he had found Ah Yin as unusual Blue Silver Grass and brought her to the valley to recover, while Ah Rou greeted Ah Yin warmly.
• Xuan Hao invited Ah Yin to leave the valley with him, and Ah Yin said her rooted Blue Silver Grass body could not travel.
• Xuan Hao explained that his Universe Ring could hold living things if Ah Yin was dug up with her roots and soil and placed in a flowerpot.

Xuan Hao brought Ah Yin out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reached Suotuo City, where he secretly watched Na'er train Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. After the sparring, the girls complained about his absence before suddenly fixing their attention on Zhu Zhuqing's chest.

• Ah Rou persuaded Ah Yin to leave the valley with Xuan Hao, who placed Ah Yin's true body in a jade flowerpot and stored it in his Universe Ring.
• Xuan Hao flew to Suotuo City and learned that Ning Rongrong and the others spent their days training outside the city under Na'er.
• Xuan Hao found the girls sparring in a grove, where Na'er used her elemental control to overwhelm Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu despite Ning Rongrong's support.
• Na'er ended the exhausting match and corrected Xiao Wu's and Zhu Zhuqing's fighting techniques.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Na'er complained that Xuan Hao might be flirting with other women, then all three stared at Zhu Zhuqing's chest.

Ning Rongrong and the others teased Zhu Zhuqing about her figure until Dai Mubai arrived and demanded to speak with his fiancée. After he knocked Ning Rongrong down with his Soul Power, Zhu Zhuqing rejected him, and Dai Mubai warned her that they needed to unite against Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.

• Ning Rongrong envied Zhu Zhuqing's figure, then brazenly squeezed her while Xiao Wu called her a pervert.
• Dai Mubai entered the clearing and told Zhu Zhuqing they needed to talk, insisting she was his fiancée.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing and bringing up their engagement only after she grew stronger and joined Xuan Hao.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his rank-thirty-seven Soul Power, knocking the exhausted Ning Rongrong to the ground.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, who warned her that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun still threatened their lives and urged them to join forces.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s demand to return to their engagement, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu defended her. When Dai Mubai tried to seize Zhu Zhuqing, Xuan Hao appeared and threatened him, leaving Dai Mubai pinned beneath his overwhelming pressure.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she had chosen Xuan Hao and would never return to him.
• Ning Rongrong warned Dai Mubai that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai claimed he would overlook Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship with Xuan Hao if she returned, and Xiao Wu condemned his hypocrisy.
• Dai Mubai tried to grab Zhu Zhuqing, but Xuan Hao’s Bloodline Power froze him in place.
• Xuan Hao confronted Dai Mubai and threatened to kill him, questioning why he dared threaten someone under Xuan Hao’s protection.

Xuan Hao punished Dai Mubai after Zhu Zhuqing stopped him from killing the Star Luo prince, leaving Dai gravely mutilated and unconscious. As Xuan Hao and the girls headed back to the hotel, Ning Rongrong proposed dumping Dai in a brothel.

• Zhu Zhuqing stopped Xuan Hao from killing Dai Mubai, warning that killing a Star Luo prince would bring serious trouble.
• Dai Mubai mocked Xuan Hao and threatened Zhu Zhuqing, so Xuan Hao kicked him between the legs and left him unconscious and bleeding.
• Xuan Hao covered the girls’ eyes and led them away, explaining that Dai Mubai’s injuries had destroyed his ability to function as a man.
• Ning Rongrong suggested they return, put Dai Mubai in a sack, and dump him in a Suotuo City brothel, shocking the others.

Zhuo Sheng took the badly injured Dai Mubai to Soto City and sold him to an underground slave market, claiming the plan would punish traffickers as well as humiliate Dai Mubai. Back at the hotel, Ning Rongrong revealed she had predicted the sale, and Zhuo Sheng explained that he expected Dai Mubai to slaughter the slave dealers after waking.

• Daji jokingly suggested disposing of Dai Mubai, and Zhuo Sheng produced a burlap sack and carried him away.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Zhuo Sheng might send Dai Mubai to a filthy establishment, while Ning Rongrong guessed he would sell him to a slave market.
• Zhuo Sheng returned to the hotel and admitted he had sold Dai Mubai for eight hundred gold soul coins.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she had predicted Zhuo Sheng would profit from Dai Mubai, and Zhuo Sheng defended the sale as a way to make Dai Mubai attack the slave dealers.

Nana confronted Zhuo Sheng about postponing their relationship and spent the night with him in intimate games, though he said he would not go all the way. The next morning, Zhuo Sheng tried to hide why Nana was still asleep, but another girl noticed his guilty behavior.

• Nana sneaked into Zhuo Sheng's room and complained that he had left her waiting in Soto City for half a year.
• Nana accused Zhuo Sheng of having intimate experiences with Sister Yanyan and brought out toys she had bought in Soto City.
• Zhuo Sheng pressed Nana beneath him and agreed to their games while promising not to take the final step.
• The next morning, Zhuo Sheng stopped Xiao Wu from waking Nana and told her Nana was resting because she was tired.
• A tall girl confronted Zhuo Sheng in the hallway and asked why he looked guilty.

Ning Rongrong discovered that Zhu Zhuqing had spent the night with Zhuo Sheng and demanded her own share of his attention, setting off a month of secret nighttime visits by the three girls. While Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing sparred outside the city, Xiao Wu urged Zhuo Sheng to bring Zhu Zhuqing into their arrangement, convinced that she had already figured it out.

• Ning Rongrong smelled Zhu Zhuqing's fragrance on Zhuo Sheng and pressed him until he admitted that Zhu Zhuqing had slept in his room, though he insisted they had not crossed the final line.
• Ning Rongrong demanded that Zhuo Sheng keep her company for at least three nights, competing with Zhu Zhuqing for his attention.
• Over the next month, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu took turns visiting Zhuo Sheng at night, while Zhu Zhuqing focused on training and remained outwardly uninvolved.
• In a grove outside the city, Xiao Wu told Zhuo Sheng that Zhu Zhuqing had likely noticed their secret arrangement and suggested inviting her to join them.
• Zhuo Sheng objected that Zhu Zhuqing was intelligent, but Xiao Wu argued that her embarrassment and reserved nature were the only reasons she had not brought it up.

Zhu Zhuqing became distracted during sparring after realizing Ning Rongrong might be plotting to involve her in the girls’ secret, while Xiao Wu misread Zhuqing’s excuse about poor sleep as evidence she had discovered their secret. Zhuo Sheng sensed Tang Xing spying on them and prepared to use the Blue Silver Emperor against him if he moved against Xiao Wu.

• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing a suggestive look, and Zhu Zhuqing realized the strange nighttime sounds and the girls’ flushed mornings were connected to their secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing lost focus during sparring, and Xiao Wu accidentally punched her in the stomach before apologizing.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had not been sleeping well, making Xiao Wu worry that their nighttime activities had kept Zhuqing awake and exposed their secret.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing sparred carelessly, so Zhuo Sheng stopped them and sent them to rest and meditate.
• Zhuo Sheng sensed a concealed presence in the trees, but the watcher withdrew before he could pursue; he identified the spy as Tang Xing.
• Zhuo Sheng suspected Tang Xing planned to separate Xiao Wu from Tang San and resolved to counter him with the Blue Silver Emperor if he targeted Xiao Wu.

Flender recalled how Zhuo Sheng’s arrival had shattered Shrek Academy’s promising start and how Dai Mubai returned from a disappearance traumatized and mutilated, blaming Zhuo Sheng and Zhu Zhuqing. Meanwhile, Zhuo Sheng began training Zhu Zhuqing at the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena, where she would build battle experience by fighting without soul skills.

• Flender remembered how Zhuo Sheng had taken Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu from Shrek Academy, leaving Tang San dispirited and Dai Mubai deeply affected.
• Dai Mubai returned to Shrek after disappearing for half a month, physically and emotionally changed, and Flender asked Ma Hongjun to find out what had happened.
• Ma Hongjun’s teasing triggered Dai Mubai, who struck him through a dormitory wall and smashed the room apart.
• Dai Mubai recalled being sold into an underground black market and swore revenge on Zhuo Sheng and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhuo Sheng explained that Zhu Zhuqing needed real combat experience and ordered her to fight at the Grand Spirit Arena without using soul skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Zhuo Sheng’s training restriction and prepared to begin the second stage of her training.

The Royal Combat Academy's Imperial Team arrived at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, where Dugu Yan learned that Zhuo Sheng had become infamous after slaughtering attackers who sought a Ten-Thousand-Year spirit ring. Suspecting he had taken another girl, she stormed into his private room and found him dining with Ning Rongrong and two unfamiliar women, leaving her confused.

• Qin Ming led the Imperial Team into the Soto Grand Spirit Arena to wait for their high-level noble badges.
• Dugu Yan asked an arena supervisor about dangerous newcomers, and he warned the team about Zhuo Sheng and the deadly night when attackers were killed after pursuing him and a girl with a Ten-Thousand-Year spirit ring.
• Dugu Yan learned that the girl’s martial soul was a Nether Spirit Cat and concluded that Zhuo Sheng had given another girl the Azure Python Bull Python spirit ring.
• Dugu Yan sent Yu Tianheng and the others to the high-level viewing area, then went to Zhuo Sheng’s VIP room, followed by Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan kicked open the room and found Zhuo Sheng eating with a tall beauty while Ning Rongrong chatted with two unfamiliar girls, including one with rabbit ears and one in black.
• Dugu Yan suspected Zhuo Sheng had taken two new girls but wondered why Ning Rongrong seemed friendly with them.