Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran defeated Huo Yuhao with a powerful strike that left him unconscious and severely injured, then agreed to wait at Shrek for the promised Soul Spirit contract method. He returned to the outer courtyard, where Wang Dong greeted him with delight and reproach.

• Lin Ran tracked Huo Yuhao through his bloodline and broke through his Simulation soul skill before overpowering him with a strike combining Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Mental Power.
• Mu En caught the unconscious Huo Yuhao, examined his injuries, and confirmed that Lin Ran had held back; Lin Ran asked when Huo Yuhao would provide the Soul Spirit contract method.
• Mu En invited Lin Ran to stay in the Sea God Pavilion, but Lin Ran declined and said he would wait at Shrek until Huo Yuhao woke.
• Wang Dong lamented Lin Ran's seventeen-day absence in her dormitory, then excitedly recognized him when he appeared and asked if he still knew how to come back.

Lin Ran and Wang Dong spent time together at Shrek Academy, where they discussed Huo Yuhao and his reborn past. The next morning, Lin Ran woke beside Wang Dong and an unfamiliar blue-haired woman who had emerged from his body.

• Lin Ran healed Wang Dong, reunited with her in her feminine appearance, and decided they would stay at Shrek Academy before returning to Body College.
• Wang Dong told Lin Ran that Huo Yuhao had acted strangely and seemed to know her well, and Lin Ran said Huo Yuhao had been a reborn Goddess who might have loved her in a previous life.
• Wang Dong insisted she would never love Huo Yuhao and admitted she minded Lin Ran's other partners, while Lin Ran promised he would not let her down.
• Mu En learned that Lin Ran and Wang Dong were together and worried about how Huo Yuhao would react when he woke.
• During the night, a figure floated out of Lin Ran's body and slipped under the blanket beside him and Wang Dong.
• The next morning, Lin Ran woke to find an unfamiliar blue-haired woman holding him from behind.

Lin Ran discovered that the mysterious woman who emerged from his fifth soul ring had no memories beyond knowing he was her master, so he named her Xiao Lan. After Huo Yuhao gave him the Soul Spirit Contract information to settle their wager, Lin Ran left with plans to use the contract to keep Xiao Lan in the Illusory Sea Pearl.

• A blue-haired woman appeared from Lin Ran's fifth soul ring and called him her master, while Wang Dong woke and misunderstood the situation.
• Lin Ran realized the woman was connected to his fifth soul ring, but she could not remember her identity or use its skills.
• Lin Ran named the woman Xiao Lan and told her not to emerge unless he called her.
• After a week with Wang Dong, Lin Ran returned to the Sea God Pavilion and received Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit Contract research to settle their wager.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to win back what he had lost, but Lin Ran told him that past-life possessions and relationships did not have to remain his.
• Lin Ran memorized the contract information, burned the papers, and planned to contract with Xiao Lan and place her in the Illusory Sea Pearl.

Lin Ran left Sea God Island with Wang Dong, while Huo Yuhao learned they had gone together and became convinced Lin Ran had stolen her from him. After Mu En subdued him, Huo Yuhao woke and clung to the hope that a restriction imposed by Tang San would keep Lin Ran from becoming intimate with Wang Dong.

• Wang Dong told Lin Ran to keep their relationship from Qiu'er for now, then warned him not to betray her.
• Du Busi accepted Wang Dong as Lin Ran's partner and promised her an eighty-thousand-year Left Arm Bone of the Bright Unicorn Beetle.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that Lin Ran and Du Busi had taken Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao accused Lin Ran of abducting her.
• Huo Yuhao's Mental Power turned his eyes into an Abyss, so Mu En knocked him unconscious and warned that Lin Ran could drive him onto the evil path.
• After waking, Huo Yuhao recalled seeing Wang Dong with a concealed man and decided Lin Ran had bewitched her.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Tang San must have placed a restriction on Lin Ran too, leaving him a chance with Wang Dong.

After recovering, Huo Yuhao planned to recruit Body Sect students and seek out valuable opportunities while preparing to fight Lin Ran six years later. He learned that Ma Xiaotao had died years ago and visited her cenotaph with Zhang Lexuan.

• Huo Yuhao apologized to Mu En and asked about Lin Ran and Dong'er, while Mu En hid that they were living together.
• Huo Yuhao asked the academy to inform the Clear Sky Sect about Dong'er and sent Zhang Lexuan to recruit promising students from Body College.
• Huo Yuhao told Mu En he knew of immortal herbs that could help Ma Xiaotao, but Mu En revealed that she had died during a soul hunt after Di Tian attacked.
• Mu En said Du Busi had led Di Tian to Xuan Zi, and Huo Yuhao vowed to avenge Ma Xiaotao.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan took Huo Yuhao to Ma Xiaotao's cenotaph outside Shrek City and told him her body had never been found.

Lin Ran traded life energy for the Lightning God Technique and considered how to adapt it to the Dou Qi Continent. He then exchanged for the Blood Demon Technique, hoping it would complement his blood martial soul and dark-attributed short blade.

• Lin Ran chose the Lightning God Technique and traded life energy to obtain it, along with cultivation insights, a Summoning Technique, and sealing methods.
• Lin Ran realized that adapting the Lightning God Technique would require a new cultivation system and a way to keep its marks from dispersing.
• Lin Ran considered asking the Ice Empress about the Summoning Technique and wondered whether the Dragon King Scale could let him summon the Dragon King or Gu Yuena.
• Lin Ran used more life energy to complete the trade, then examined the available martial arts techniques.
• Lin Ran exchanged for the Blood Demon Technique, intending to combine it with his blood martial soul and dark-attributed short blade.

Lin Ran studied the Lightning God Technique by fighting a mastered version of himself in the Void Arena, then identified the principles and training he needed to improve it. The next day, he joined his academy classmates in the Spirit Hall for a gathering prompted by his battle.

• Lin Ran fought a version of himself that used the Lightning God Technique to strike from the void and overwhelm him with relentless attacks.
• Lin Ran detected the spiritual ripple behind the opponent’s apparent teleportation and realized the technique imprinted its rune into the surrounding void using spiritual power.
• Lin Ran continued sparring through the night, then decided to study spiritual power and sealing techniques, improve his control of the Dragon Roaming Spear, and learn to sense spatial elements.
• Lin Ran arrived at the academy’s Spirit Hall, where the genius class had gathered, and observed the cultivation and progress of classmates including Feng Xiaotao, Qiu Jian, Ice Ning, and Long Yu.

Lin Ran announced Ben Gao Academy’s plans for the Demon King Realm Tournament and taught its students secret cultivation methods suited to them. Afterward, he visited Jiang Youyou and said he needed her help cultivating.

• Lin Ran announced that Qin Yan, Nan Qiuqiu, Ling Luochen, and Long Yu would form the main tournament team, with ten more places chosen by strength.
• Lin Ran warned the students not to share the Ben Gao Sect’s secret meditation methods with outsiders and began passing them on.
• Nan Qiuqiu received the Fire Chapter of the Spirit Birth Scripture, while Lin Ran taught different chapters to the other students and gave Long Yu, Wang Jianfeng, and Yan Huanyue the first volume of the Baptism Scripture.
• After the students left to cultivate, Lin Ran went to Jiang Youyou and Nan Qiuqiu’s residence and told Jiang Youyou that he needed her help cultivating.

Lin Ran took Jiang Youyou to her home, checked Jiang Xuan’s recovery, and began using his Blood Source martial soul to study Jiang Youyou’s cultivation. The chapter ended as Lin Ran activated his third soul skill and Jiang Youyou saw his remarkable soul rings.

• Lin Ran explained that his blood could let him sense Jiang Youyou’s martial soul and soul power, and she agreed because she wanted to help, not merely out of gratitude.
• Lin Ran held Jiang Youyou’s hand as they went to visit her mother, Jiang Xuan, in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Ran examined Jiang Xuan and found that she had recovered well but still needed nourishing food and rest.
• Jiang Youyou told Lin Ran that she earned academy points through treatment assignments to buy medicine and nourishing food for her mother.
• Lin Ran asked Jiang Youyou to open her mouth, sent a drop of his blood into it, and activated his third soul skill, Source of Blood.
• Jiang Youyou was shocked to see Lin Ran’s five soul rings, including a distinctive transparent ring.

Lin Ran tested how his blood thrall affected Jiang Youyou, then studied the spatial fluctuations of her Soft-Boned Rabbit teleportation skill. He spent the day trying to teach her the Longevity Formula and began guiding her with Mind Reading after she failed to learn it on her own.

• Lin Ran used Source of Disease to assimilate Jiang Youyou's blood, and she admitted that she craved his blood and wanted to merge with him.
• Lin Ran soothed Jiang Youyou's craving, then had her use the Soft-Boned Rabbit's teleportation skill three times while he studied its spatial fluctuations.
• Lin Ran learned that Jiang Youyou had struggled to understand the Longevity Formula despite his repeated instruction.
• Jiang Youyou teased Lin Ran about his behavior and asked what he had meant that morning, but Lin Ran began guiding her cultivation without answering.

Lin Ran helped Jiang Youyou overcome her troubled feelings and successfully cultivate Mind Reading, then guided her through the Everlasting Art. As Jiang Youyou entered meditation, Lin Ran considered using illusions to help others cultivate without relying on emotional upheaval.

• Lin Ran guided Jiang Youyou through Mind Reading's cultivation, but she failed because her thoughts were unsettled.
• Lin Ran reassured Jiang Youyou that he would not betray her feelings, and she explained how his help and dependability had led her to fall for him.
• Lin Ran began teaching Jiang Youyou the Everlasting Art, and she entered a meditative state and successfully started cultivating.
• Lin Ran realized he could use the Illusion Sea's record to create stimulating illusions and help future students cultivate.

Jiang Youyou cultivated the Longevity Art and refined Lin Ran’s immortal-grade pill, rapidly reaching level fifty and strengthening her martial soul. Grateful and affectionate toward Lin Ran, she tried to repay him before Jiang Mei interrupted them by entering the room.

• Jiang Youyou woke after successfully cultivating the Longevity Art and discovered that her cultivation speed had doubled and her Demonic Power had grown more condensed.
• Lin Ran embraced Jiang Youyou and sensed that their martial souls had become more compatible, with the potential to develop martial soul fusion skills.
• Lin Ran gave Jiang Youyou an immortal-grade pill made from Water Immortal Jade Flesh Bone and Heaven-Piercing Chrysanthemum, and she refined it overnight.
• Jiang Youyou woke at level fifty, thanked Lin Ran, and told him she could do for him what Sister Xiaotao could do.
• Jiang Mei opened the door while Lin Ran and Jiang Youyou were together, cutting off her greeting when she saw them.

Lin Ran and Shou Xiaotao discussed her former teacher, Yan Shaozhe, and made a bet about his reaction to her joining the Body Sect. Shou Xiaotao then explained how she had begun comprehending Lin Ran’s Fire Meditation Chapter and demonstrated its effect on her martial soul.

• Lin Ran said he would take Shou Xiaotao to visit Yan Shaozhe after the Demon King Realm, and they joked about how Yan might react to her joining the Body Sect.
• Lin Ran argued that Yan Shaozhe would be glad Shou Xiaotao was alive even if she joined another sect, and Shou Xiaotao agreed to bet that he would be angry when she told him she had joined voluntarily.
• Shou Xiaotao asked Jiang Nannan about the previous night and wondered if she was pregnant, but Lin Ran denied it.
• Shou Xiaotao told Lin Ran she had started comprehending his Fire Meditation Chapter after a day and night, and praised it as superior to Arthur’s advanced meditation method.
• Shou Xiaotao explained that the meditation method could guide her martial soul’s evil nature toward ultimate fire, then demonstrated how two opposing flames responded differently to soul power.

Lin Ran discussed the Longevity Art with Peach and Jiang Ningning, then gave Qiu Jian a new piece of Ice Marrow after she said she had made no cultivation progress. Peach later pulled Lin Ran into her room, where she asked what he and Jiang Ningning had done the previous night and said she wanted to dual cultivate too.

• Peach shared her insight into Mind Reading, and Lin Ran explained his understanding of the Longevity Art to her and Jiang Ningning.
• At dinner, Qiu Jian told Lin Ran she had made no progress and agreed to seek his help with her sword techniques the next day.
• Lin Ran gave Qiu Jian a new piece of Ice Marrow, and Peach and Jiang Ningning noticed how unusually expressive she became around him.
• After dinner, Peach teased Lin Ran and told Jiang Ningning she wanted her turn with him that night; Jiang Ningning reluctantly nodded.
• Peach took Lin Ran to her room and asked what he and Jiang Ningning had done the previous night, saying she wanted to dual cultivate too.

Lin Ran teased Nan Xiaotao, then offered her two pills to address or strengthen the evil attribute in her martial soul. After Nan Xiaotao chose the pill that preserved the attribute, Lin Ran began forming a soul beast contract with Little Rong.

• Lin Ran carried Nan Xiaotao to a mirror and teased her about how she looked when being bullied.
• Lin Ran gave Nan Xiaotao a choice between a pill that purified her martial soul and one refined from Primordial Immortal Grass that enhanced its evil and fire attributes.
• Nan Xiaotao chose the Primordial Pill, swallowed it, and began meditating.
• Lin Ran summoned Little Rong and taught her the soul beast contract method.
• Little Rong agreed to try forming a contract, and Lin Ran began the ritual using spiritual power from the Phantom Sea Pearl.

Lin Ran confirmed that Xiao Yin was Ah Yin after her Blue Silver Emperor ability awakened, but found that she had no memories of her former identity and remained bound to him. He stored her in the Sea of Illusions' Heart, then gave Shui Xiao Tao access to a simulated combat space, where she discovered how much stronger he had become.

• Lin Ran used the Sea of Illusions' Heart to form an unequal contract with Xiao Yin and confirmed she was Ah Yin when she displayed the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Ran found that Ah Yin's memories had not returned, then moved her into the Sea of Illusions' Heart to stay there.
• Shui Xiao Tao told Lin Ran she had reached rank seventy, and he planned to help her obtain a soul ring and improve her space attribute.
• Shui Xiao Tao warned Lin Ran that Wang Dong seemed interested in him, and Lin Ran told her Wang Dong was a woman.
• Lin Ran gave Shui Xiao Tao a mental access mark to the simulated combat space, where she was quickly defeated by a simulation of him.
• Lin Ran left Shui Xiao Tao exploring the space and went to find Cheng Cheng to give her an access mark too.

Niu Tian and Titan learned that Winter had returned to the Clear Sky Academy, while Tang Chen discovered that An Yuyu and the Sea God's Trident had vanished. As Tang Chen descended to the Douluo Continent to investigate, Little Wu asked Niu Tian and Titan who Winter was.

• Niu Tian told Titan that An Yuyu's letter claimed Winter had been taken by the Clear Sky Sect, then explained that she had likely gone to the Clear Sky Academy to find Qin Yan.
• Niu Tian and Titan worried that Winter and Qin Yan might have to merge as part of Tang San's plan for Wutong, and decided to go to Sea God Pavilion to consult Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen could not reach An Yuyu, even with the Sea God's Trident, and feared that both An Yuyu and the artifact had disappeared.
• Tang Chen told Little Wu he needed to investigate trouble on the Douluo Continent, then entered the Golden Ancient Tree through a secret passage.
• After Niu Tian and Titan waited without a reply, Little Wu asked them who Winter was and why they were asking about her.

Xiao Wu learned about Wu Tong’s clones, Qin Yan and Dong’er, and asked Niu Tian and Titan to watch over them and Lin Ran. Meanwhile, Xuanzi brought An Yuyu to the Earth Dragon Sect to trade for its hidden Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, leaving Nan Shuishui alarmed by his blunt demand.

• Xiao Wu questioned Niu Tian and Titan about Dong’er, Qin Yan, and Lin Ran, then asked them to watch over the three and notify her when Qin Yan and Dong’er returned.
• Xiao Wu learned that Tang San had sent Niu Tian and Titan to ask about Dong’er and Arthur, and said Dong’er should be free to choose whether she loved Arthur.
• Xiao Wu planned to gather several goddesses to clear Tang San’s name and asked to meet Qin Yan and Dong’er when they returned to the Supreme Sect.
• Xuanzi carried An Yuyu to Dragon City, where An Yuyu hoped to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and eventually surpass Lin Ran.
• An Yuyu explained the Earth Dragon Sect’s hidden chamber and its treasure to Xuanzi, who decided to offer a ten-thousand-year soul bone in exchange.
• Nan Shuishui welcomed Xuanzi and An Yuyu, then grew alarmed when Xuanzi demanded that the Earth Dragon Sect hand over its hidden place.

Xuanzi and An Yuyu confronted Nan Shuishui over the depleted secret realm, learning that an evil soul master had entered it six years earlier. Lin Ran and An Yuyu discovered the Ten Thousand Year Deep-Sea Ice Marrow was nearly gone, leaving Shrek Academy disappointed and Nan Shuishui intimidated.

• Xuanzi offered Nan Shuishui a ten-thousand-year soul bone as compensation, while An Yuyu offered to admit Nan Qiuqiu to Shrek Academy’s inner courtyard.
• Nan Shuishui revealed that an armored evil soul master had entered Earthdragon Sect’s secret realm six years earlier and weakened its effects, prompting Xuanzi to identify him as Poison Undying.
• An Yuyu asked to inspect the secret realm, and Xuanzi followed Nan Shuishui there.
• Lin Ran found the Ice God Temple reduced to a lonely seed and discovered the Ten Thousand Year Deep-Sea Ice Marrow pool was empty.
• An Yuyu gathered the remaining traces of the marrow, then returned to Xuanzi and confirmed the secret realm had been depleted.
• Xuanzi showed his displeasure toward Nan Shuishui with a spiritual attack that left her dizzy and pale.

Tang Hao confronted the Plane Will at the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that Ah Yin was missing after trying to seize the plane’s life core. At Arthur Academy, Lin Ran helped Qiu Jian begin cultivating the Eternal Life Technique, then left after guiding her through one cycle.

• Nan Shuishui apologized to Jing Zi for her sect’s failure to guard its secret grounds, then decided to report the matter to the Supreme Sect.
• Tang Hao entered the Golden Ancient Tree’s inner space and threatened to destroy it unless the Plane Will revealed Ah Yin’s whereabouts.
• The Plane Will told Tang Hao that Ah Yin was missing after attempting to seize her life core and warned that part of Ah Yin’s life origin had fused with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Tang Hao attacked the Plane Will with his Clear Sky Hammer, and they began another battle at the plane core.
• Lin Ran visited Qiu Jian to help her cultivate the Eternal Life Technique, showered at her request, and guided her through a complete cycle while holding her.
• Lin Ran left Qiu Jian’s room after she began to cultivate the technique on her own.