Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran reunited with Tang Ya, Huo Yun'er, Vina, and Ma Xiaotao, easing jealousy and replenishing Ma Xiaotao’s restriction while concealing their unusual dynamic. The group then discussed Tang Ya’s year at the academy, where she defended her talent and claimed her Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers let her defeat most two-ring Soul Grandmasters.

• Tang Ya hugged Huo Yun'er, and Lin Ran embraced Vina before encouraging her to hug Huo Yun'er too.
• Lin Ran held out his hand to Ma Xiaotao, who rubbed her head against it so he would replenish her restriction; he stroked her head and pinched her cheek.
• Lin Ran pressed Ma Xiaotao’s forehead to suppress her martial soul and finished replenishing her restriction, then explained his actions to Huo Yun'er, Vina, and Tang Ya.
• Lin Ran asked Tang Ya about her year at the academy, and she boasted that she had become a famous genius there.
• Lin Ran doubted Tang Ya’s talent, so she insisted that she had mastered Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers and could fight Soul Elders.

Lin Ran learned that the Body Sect had recruited many talented students through kidnapping and coercion, then inspected the academy and its enrollment list. The list confirmed how many students had been forced to join, leaving Lin Ran to face the consequences of the sect’s methods.

• Lin Ran praised Tang Ya and Vina for mastering their skills, then learned the Body Sect’s elders had abducted geniuses and stolen statues to force factions to send students to Body College.
• Tang Ya listed several talented students at the academy, and Lin Ran decided to visit it the next day.
• Lin Ran toured the expanded Body College and asked the Fourth Elder for its enrollment list.
• Lin Ran read that Su Tong had joined after a deacon convinced her that her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul might be a Body Martial Soul, while Jiang Nannan and Xie Huanyue had joined for personal reasons.
• Lin Ran discovered that Xiao Xiao and dozens of others had been coerced into joining, while Nan Shui Shui had offered her daughter to the sect as a gesture of peace.

Lin Ran planned to reform Body College by improving its reputation, removing unsuitable students, and creating a Talent Class. Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao learned that the Young Sect Master was responsible for the recruitment that brought her to the academy and began considering challenging him, while Lin Ran arrived at the cafeteria with Tang Ya and Vina.

• Lin Ran told the Fourth Elder he had completed his cultivation in the sect and asked for authority to remove unsuitable students and establish a Talent Class.
• The Fourth Elder agreed to report Lin Ran's plans to the Sect Master and help arrange teachers, dormitories, and resources.
• At lunch, Xiao Xiao told Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo she still wanted to vent her anger at the academy despite recognizing its benefits.
• Lan Luoluo told Xiao Xiao that the Young Sect Master had proposed recruiting students and had joined the academy, then urged Xiao Xiao to challenge him.
• Lin Ran, Tang Ya, and Vina arrived at the cafeteria, where Vina explained how students earned points to pay for food and other resources.

Lin Ran gathered the students recruited over the past year and offered them the choice to leave the academy or stay for further training. Xiao Xiao surprised the Lan sisters by deciding to remain, though she concealed her reasons behind Lan Luoluo’s mistaken assumption.

• Students in the cafeteria watched Lin Ran arrive with Princess Vina, Tang Ya, and Ma Xiaotao, while Lan Luoluo urged Xiao Xiao to challenge him.
• Xiao Xiao defended Lin Ran, saying the Body Sect steward had misunderstood his intentions, and Lan Susu agreed with her.
• Lin Ran summoned the recent recruits to the training field and introduced himself as the Body Sect’s Young Sect Master and Du Busi’s student.
• Lin Ran acknowledged that many students had not come willingly and offered to let anyone leave, promising better training for those who stayed and compensation for reasonable objections.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo prepared to say goodbye to Xiao Xiao, but she said she was staying; when Lan Luoluo guessed she planned to grow strong enough to defeat Lin Ran, Xiao Xiao reluctantly agreed.

Lin Ran confronted students who accused the Body Sect of wasting their time, defeated them, and announced rewards for those who stayed and a new Talent Class. The academy grew consumed by competition for the class as Lin Ran continued fighting to approach Rank 30.

• Lin Ran exposed the students’ progress records, challenged those demanding compensation, and knocked them all down before ordering them to be bedridden for a year.
• Lan Luoluo abandoned her plan to oppose Lin Ran and urged Xiao Xiao to give up on suppressing him.
• Lin Ran offered one thousand points to students who stayed at the academy and announced a Talent Class with priority access to resources for the top-ranked students.
• The academy’s students crowded the Soul Fighting Arena and Beast Fighting Arena to climb the rankings, while Lin Ran fought multiple opponents daily to approach Rank 30.

Lin Ran defeated Wang Qiu, a new student wielding the Golden Dragon Spear, in the Soul Fighting Arena. After the Life Goddess asked him to befriend her, Lin Ran invited Wang Qiu to join the Talent Class, but she insisted on earning her place herself.

• Lin Ran finished off another team of challengers before Wang Qiu stepped onto the platform and declared she would end his winning streak.
• The Life Goddess recognized Wang Qiu as Xiao Wu Tong and noticed that Tang San had given her the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Wang Qiu attacked Lin Ran with her spear, teleporting around him, but Lin Ran dodged her strikes and knocked the spear and Clear Sky Hammer away.
• Lin Ran stopped his fist just before Wang Qiu's face, and she admitted defeat while vowing to beat him in the future.
• The Life Goddess asked Lin Ran to get along with Wang Qiu, and Lin Ran invited her to join the Talent Class.
• Wang Qiu rejected Lin Ran's offer to pull strings and said she would earn her place through her own strength.

Wang Qiu'er watched Lin Ran defeat challengers and then observed Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan challenge him. Tang Ya's Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers trapped Lin Ran in a storm of vines and blades, but he broke free with his Blood Phoenix Wings.

• Wang Qiu'er stayed to watch Lin Ran fight and admitted to herself that he was formidable.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan stepped into the arena to challenge Lin Ran, drawing Wang Qiu'er's attention when she heard their titles.
• Jiang Nannan attacked while Tang Ya supported her, but Lin Ran shattered Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass, caught Jiang Nannan, and resisted her Charm.
• Tang Ya used Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers to bind Lin Ran in a tornado of vines and sharp leaves.
• Lin Ran unfurled his Blood Phoenix Wings and flew through the weakest point in the storm, escaping with wounds that healed immediately.

Lin Ran defeated Tang Ya, who rejected Wang Qiu’s request to join the Tang Sect and declared the sect finished. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao kept selling grilled fish outside Shrek Academy and finally met Bei Bei, who told him Xu Sanshi had gone home.

• Lin Ran captured Tang Ya after breaking through her Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Ya jokingly offered to honor her wager by warming his bed.
• Wang Qiu asked to join the Tang Sect, but Tang Ya refused and explained that the sect had been destroyed and she no longer intended to revive it.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense raged at Tang Ya’s decision and vowed to bring his parents to the Lower Realm to deal with the people he considered deserving of death.
• Huo Yuhao continued selling grilled fish outside Shrek Academy, hoping to meet Tang Ya and join the Tang Sect, while staying cautious about revealing his unusual knowledge.
• Bei Bei bought two grilled fish from Huo Yuhao and said Xu Sanshi had returned home because of a family matter.

Huo Yuhao sold a Titled Douluo’s Space Soul Tool Ring to fund his search for the Blade of Life, but Shrek Academy traced the ring back to him. Meanwhile, the Body Sect’s Second Elder discovered that Wu Feng had become an Evil Soul Master and was meeting with the Holy Spirit Cult’s Great Elder.

• Bei Bei told Huo Yuhao to look for the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City, leaving Huo Yuhao to suspect that Bei Bei and Xiao Ya had fallen out.
• Huo Yuhao sold the Space Soul Tool Ring at Shrek Academy’s auction house for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and bought a smaller ring.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek City with a merchant caravan bound for Star Luo City to seek the Blade of Life.
• Lin Hui Qun recognized the sold ring as belonging to the missing Xiao Zhou, and her investigation identified Huo Yuhao as a suspect.
• The Body Sect’s Second Elder followed Wu Feng to a secluded courtyard in Ming Du and sensed a Titled Douluo and other sinister auras inside.
• Wu Feng entered the courtyard’s main hall and addressed the Holy Spirit Cult’s Great Elder.

The Second Elder followed Wu Feng and discovered his connection to the Holy Spirit Cult, learning that Wu Feng was taking the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade to the Star Luo Empire. In Star Luo City, both the Second Elder and Huo Yuhao prepared to attend the Starlight Auction, where the blade was listed for sale.

• The Second Elder tracked Wu Feng to a courtyard and discovered he had become an Evil Soul Master and was meeting the Holy Spirit Cult's Great Elder.
• The Great Elder ordered Wu Feng to deliver the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade to the Star Luo Empire and directed him toward the Extreme North, intending to use him to test the Snow Empress.
• The Second Elder followed Wu Feng across the border to Star Luo City and watched him visit the Starlight Auction House, report to the Body Sect, and stay at the Star Emperor Hotel.
• The Second Elder received an invitation to the auction, spotted the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade on its item list, and decided to buy it back for the old Sect Master.
• Huo Yuhao secured permission to attend the auction, hoping to obtain the Blade of Life, and arrived at the Starlight Auction House that night.

Huo Yuhao tried to secure the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade at auction, but the Second Elder of the Body Sect bought it. After the Second Elder refused to surrender it, Electrolux took control of Huo Yuhao’s body and defeated him, leaving the fight unresolved as the Second Elder was blasted back and injured.

• Huo Yuhao offered his Sky Green Vine Soul Bone as proof of funds, then learned the Second Elder had outbid him for the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade.
• Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi to intervene, knowing that acting would force Elder Yi into a long slumber.
• Huo Yuhao confronted the Second Elder at the Star Emperor Hotel, but the Second Elder refused to hand over the blade and fled toward the outskirts of Star Luo City.
• Electrolux followed the Second Elder outside the city, where Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei and other powerful figures watched from afar.
• The Second Elder’s spiritual attacks failed against Electrolux, who eventually struck him with a gray magic formation and sent him flying over a thousand meters while coughing blood.

Du Busi defeated Electrolux, who fell into a deep slumber, while Huo Yuhao escaped Lin Ran’s attempt to kill him. Lin Ran obtained the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, but Wu Feng disappeared, prompting Lin Ran to send the Body Sect searching for him.

• Du Busi arrived with Lin Ran and fought Electrolux, eventually overpowering him and forcing him to fall into a slumber.
• Lin Ran spoke with the Life Goddess, who identified Huo Yuhao as another Child of Fortune.
• Lin Ran asked Du Busi to kill Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao escaped through space using a silkworm garment.
• Lin Ran obtained the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade after Du Busi’s battle ended.
• Lin Ran and Du Busi went to the Star Emperor Hotel to find Wu Feng, but the Second Elder reported that Wu Feng had fled.
• Lin Ran asked the Second Elder to watch for Wu Feng’s return and told Du Busi and the sect elders to search the Extreme North.

After escaping Di Tian, Huo Yuhao decided to travel to the Extreme North and seek out the Ice Empress, despite his injury and the risks. There, he discovered the Body Sect was searching the area, but he continued onward and hid in the Undead Demi-plane when its members approached.

• Huo Yuhao escaped to safety with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but worried about his setbacks and resolved to strengthen himself.
• Huo Yuhao chose to go to the Extreme North and persuade the Ice Empress to join him, while agreeing to conceal information about the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Snow Empress.
• A month later, Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered the Extreme North and learned that Body Sect members were searching for someone.
• Despite Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's warning, Huo Yuhao continued forward, convinced retreating might cost him his chance to obtain the Ice Empress.
• When the Body Sect searchers neared, Huo Yuhao hid in the Undead Demi-plane, and they found his footprints and expanded their search.

Lin Ran learned that Huo Yuhao was trapped in the Undead Demi-plane and decided to have an elder guard it. At Body College, Lin Ran and Wang Qiu'er bickered through moral education class, ending with Wang Qiu'er fleeing after accidentally groping him.

• A Body Sect Soul Saint spotted Huo Yuhao emerging from the Undead Demi-plane, forcing him to retreat and leaving him trapped inside.
• Lin Ran received the report and decided to arrange for an elder to watch the Undead Demi-plane to protect his own survival.
• Lin Ran teased Wang Qiu'er about her poor grades and the upcoming Talent Class selection as they sat in class.
• During moral education, Lin Ran stopped Wang Qiu'er from napping, and she retaliated by pinching his thigh.
• Wang Qiu'er accidentally grabbed Lin Ran's chest, then fled with teleportation when class ended, while Lin Ran told her not to leave.

Lin Ran confronted Huo Yun'er about whether she would side with him or Dai Yuhao, but her doubts about whether Dai Yuhao had taken over her son’s body changed his view of the situation. He comforted her and left the conversation resolved for now, while privately planning how to keep her from learning his secrets if she ever chose Dai Yuhao.

• Lin Ran returned home and told Huo Yun'er that he had encountered Dai Yuhao and asked her whether she would stay with him or seek out Dai Yuhao.
• Huo Yun'er asked whether the reborn Dai Yuhao was truly her son, recalling that a phantom entered her child's body when his martial soul awakened.
• Lin Ran realized that the reborn soul might have displaced Huo Yun'er's original son and apologized for pressuring her to choose.
• Lin Ran comforted Huo Yun'er, carried her to bed, kissed her forehead, and said he would find a proper way to deal with Dai Yuhao.
• After leaving, Lin Ran privately decided he would preserve his relationship with Huo Yun'er but restrict her access to his secrets if she sided with Dai Yuhao.

Lin Ran asked the Life Goddess how to use the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade and how to strengthen his Mental Power, so she guided him to sense the essence of life within his body and soul. While he meditated, she read his books about Douluo Continent and began questioning the Sea God’s trustworthiness.

• The Life Goddess appeared after Lin Ran called her and explained that she had fallen asleep because the power left by her original self was too weak.
• The Life Goddess examined the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade and said its Life Gold could fuse with Lin Ran’s Blood Phoenix Soul Bone after he purified its impurities.
• At Lin Ran’s request, the Life Goddess awakened the origin of life within him and guided him to perceive it in his Mental Power and soul.
• While Lin Ran meditated, the Life Goddess read his books and found their criticism of Spirit Hall, Shrek Academy, and the Sea God’s actions concerning.
• After reading, the Life Goddess suspected Lin Ran opposed the Sea God and decided she might need to reconsider whether the Sea God could be trusted.

Huo Yun'er mistook the Life Goddess's guidance of Lin Ran for an intimate encounter, while the Goddess researched Tang San and Shrek Academy as Lin Ran meditated. After a week, Lin Ran awakened with major cultivation insights, and the Life Goddess prepared two portions of purified Life Gold for him to absorb.

• Huo Yun'er met the Life Goddess outside Lin Ran's room and misunderstood her comments about guiding him, imagining they had spent the night together.
• The Life Goddess asked Huo Yun'er to borrow books about Tang San and Shrek Academy, then spent a week checking them against Lin Ran's writings while guarding his meditation.
• The Life Goddess concluded that much of Lin Ran's account was true, including the old Asura God's favoritism and suspicious details about the Sea God, and decided to visit Shrek Academy with Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran woke from deep meditation, described his insights into his body, soul, and martial soul, and reported progress in Soul Dragon Wander and the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
• The Life Goddess advised Lin Ran to keep studying the essence of life and revealed two portions of purified Life Gold for him to absorb.

Lin Ran fused with Life Gold and Evil Spirit Gold, triggering a major transformation in his body, Spiritual Sea, and martial soul. After sharing the first level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture with the Life Goddess and inviting her into his Spiritual Sea, he revealed that she had entered the Illusory Sea Pearl.

• The Life Goddess fused Life Gold into Lin Ran's Spiritual Sea and Evil Spirit Gold into his body and soul bones.
• Lin Ran's cultivation transformed his life essence, strengthened his body and powers, and appeared to trigger a third awakening of his martial soul.
• The Life Goddess questioned Lin Ran about his meditation method, and he transmitted the first level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to her.
• Lin Ran invited the Life Goddess's Divine Sense to stay in his Spiritual Sea because the Golden Ancient Tree branch was running low on life force.
• The Life Goddess entered the Illusory Sea Pearl and asked where she was, and Lin Ran identified it.

Lin Ran confined the Life Goddess inside the Illusory Sea Pearl to protect his secrets, then returned to find Tang Ya and Vina discussing his supposed first time with an unknown woman. The chapter ended with Tang Ya trying to persuade Vina to stop preventing her from sneaking into Lin Ran’s room.

• Lin Ran told the Life Goddess he had confined her in the Illusory Sea Pearl so she would not reveal his secrets to the God of Destruction, and she reluctantly accepted his reasoning.
• After Lin Ran left, the Life Goddess examined the Super Divine Artifact while Lin Ran checked his Mental Power and planned to seek the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
• Lin Ran realized he had meditated for a week and confirmed that he still had the Talent Class roster.
• Before Lin Ran reached the living room, he overheard Tang Ya lamenting that an unknown woman had supposedly taken his first time.
• Tang Ya complained that Vina had helped the unknown woman and asked Vina to stop preventing her from sneaking into Lin Ran’s room, but Vina saw through her excuse.

After emerging from cultivation, Lin Ran reassured Tang Ya and Vina about his teacher and finalized plans for the Talent Class. The selected students gathered for their first class, where Lin Ran took attendance and silently bested Wang Qiu'er in a staring contest.

• Lin Ran overheard Tang Ya and Vina arguing about his supposed relationship with an unknown woman, then explained that the woman was another one of his teachers.
• Lin Ran comforted Tang Ya and Vina, then asked Vina to notify the students on his Talent Class list.
• The selected students gathered in the classroom the next morning, where Lin Ran observed their rivalries, friendships, and personalities.
• Lin Ran recalled that Long Aotian had followed him to the academy and joined the class after repeatedly challenging him to spar.
• Lin Ran stared down Wang Qiu'er until her cheeks reddened and she lowered her head.