Chapter Summaries

After Ma Hongjun visited a brothel to relieve his evil fire, Prince Xue Beng befriended him and used money and a meal to win him over. Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy with a new patron, and Dai Mubai was drawn into their indulgent lifestyle.

• Ma Hongjun borrowed ten Gold Soul Coins from Dai Mubai and went to Drunk Flower House, where he hired Xiao Jin and Xiao Xi.
• Xue Beng visited Drunk Flower House after Ma Hongjun had left, then encountered him at a restaurant.
• After learning Ma Hongjun was a talented Soul Elder who had once pursued Xue Ke, Xue Beng offered him a meal and money to build an alliance against Xue Qinghe.
• Ma Hongjun accepted Xue Beng’s offer of brotherhood and returned to Shrek Academy with a bag of Gold Soul Coins.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai about his visit and Xue Beng’s generosity, and Dai Mubai joined their debauched outings.

Xue Ke defeated the Imperial Fighting Team in a training match, then discovered that Yufeng was actually Bai Chenxiang, a girl from the Speed Clan. The chapter ended with Xue Ke stunned by Bai Chenxiang’s identity.

• Xue Ke challenged all seven Imperial Fighting Team members and defeated them one by one, using her Golden Bell Shield, Song of Life, and combat skills.
• Xue Ke flew after Yufeng, accidentally knocked her unconscious, and carried her back to her dormitory.
• Xue Ke confronted Yufeng about her disguise, and Yufeng admitted that she was a girl.
• Yufeng removed her makeup and revealed that her real name was Bai Chenxiang and that she was twelve years old.
• Xue Ke recognized Bai Chenxiang as a member of the Speed Clan and reacted with shock.

Bai Chenxiang revealed why she had disguised herself and fled home, and Xue Ke offered a possible cure for her stalled cultivation. After agreeing to visit Bai Chenxiang’s grandfather during the holiday, Xue Ke and Qian Renxue ended their training, shared their breakthroughs, and discussed Xue Ke’s upcoming plans.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Xue Ke and learned that Bai Chenxiang was a girl in disguise, promising to keep her identity secret.
• Bai Chenxiang explained that absorbing an offensive Soul Ring had raised her Soul Power to Level 36 but left her cultivation nearly stagnant.
• Xue Ke said she might be able to cure Bai Chenxiang and proposed meeting Bai He, while considering how the Eight-petal Immortal Orchid could secure the Speed Clan’s support.
• Bai Chenxiang agreed to visit the Speed Clan settlement with Xue Ke after the academy holiday began, and Dugu Yan took the group out to eat.
• In the Dao Demon Space, Xue Ke and Qian Renxue ended their cultivation after reaching Levels 67 and 40, respectively.
• Xue Ke told Qian Renxue she planned to obtain a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, visit the Speed Clan, and then go to Spirit City.

After learning that Dai Mubai had abandoned their responsibilities, Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy and sought refuge with Xue Ke at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Ke welcomed her, gave her rare cultivation treasures, and prepared to help her withdraw from Shrek Academy and join the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Zhu Zhuqing cut ties with Dai Mubai after seeing him spend time with Prince Xue Beng and visit brothels with him.
• Xue Ke welcomed Zhu Zhuqing to her dormitory, where Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to follow and serve her.
• Xue Ke gave Zhu Zhuqing the Floating Willow Movement Technique and Narcissus Jade Bone, which helped Zhu Zhuqing break through to Rank 30.
• Xue Ke introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang, and planned for Zhu Zhuqing to join the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Xue Ke and her friends agreed to accompany Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy the next day so she could withdraw, and Xue Ke could confront Dai Mubai and learn about Tang San.

Xue Ke brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy to withdraw, confronted Dai Mubai, and then sought out Tang San for a spar. The chapter ended with Xue Ke facing Tang San on the training platform, while Dugu Yan anticipated trouble.

• Xue Ke arrived at Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang to withdraw Zhu Zhuqing and transfer her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Flender she was leaving because she wanted to change her fate and no longer wanted to be around Dai Mubai, but Flender objected.
• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing and attacked Xue Ke, who defeated him and warned him not to pursue Zhu Zhuqing again.
• Xue Ke asked Flender about Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang led her group to the training grounds.
• Tang San, now at Soul Power Level 36, accepted Xue Ke's challenge, and she stepped onto the platform to spar with him.

Xue Ke defeated Tang San at Shrek Academy, humiliated him over Yu Xiaogang's theory, and left after the adults nearly clashed. Back in his dormitory, Tang San doubted himself and considered cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, but Yu Xiaogang talked him out of it for the time being.

• Tang San attacked Xue Ke with Blue Silver Grass and a barrage of poisoned hidden weapons, but her Golden Bell Shield blocked them all.
• Xue Ke burned away Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, beat him severely, and taunted him about whether his Martial Soul or he himself was useless.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Xue Ke, while Flender confronted her and four Soul Sages threatened him until Xue Ke called them off and departed with Dugu Yan and the others.
• Tang San returned to his dormitory and questioned whether he was useless, prompting Yu Xiaogang to reassure him that his Twin Martial Souls gave him great potential.
• Tang San asked if cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer would let him defeat Xue Ke, but Yu Xiaogang persuaded him not to begin cultivating it yet.

Xue Ke bid farewell to Xue Qinghe before departing for the Star Dou Great Forest, while helping him decide how to handle Emperor Xue Ye’s demand that he choose a consort. Xue Qinghe selected Spirit Hall loyalist Su Jingwen as his Crown Princess, and she arrived in Heaven Dou City and grew fond of him.

• Xue Qinghe complained to Xue Ke that Emperor Xue Ye was pressuring him to choose a consort, and she advised him to marry the daughter of a noble loyal to Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ke said goodbye to Bai Chenxiang and the other girls before leaving Heaven Dou City for the Star Dou Great Forest, accompanied by four Soul Sages.
• After consulting with Spirit Hall, Xue Qinghe chose Su Jingwen, daughter of Count Su Zhongwen, as his Crown Princess, and Emperor Xue Ye announced their marriage.
• Su Jingwen arrived in Heaven Dou City with her father and dowry, met Xue Qinghe, and resolved to fulfill her duties as Crown Princess.

Xue Ke entered the Star Dou Great Forest with four Soul Sages to hunt a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast for her fourth Soul Ring. After her group encountered Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation over a wounded Blazing Lion, they parted on polite terms, with Xie Yue expressing interest in meeting her again.

• Xue Ke told Elder Mo she intended to hunt a ten-thousand-year Crimson Flame Scaled Beast or Earth Profound Turtle, and explained that her past Soul Rings made her confident she could absorb one.
• Xue Ke’s group searched the outer region, camped overnight, and entered the forest’s mixed region the next morning.
• The group encountered a wounded Blazing Lion, and three Soul Sages subdued it after it attacked Xue Ke.
• Three Spirit Hall elders and the young men Xie Yue and Yan arrived and claimed they had discovered the Blazing Lion first.
• Xue Ke agreed to leave the Blazing Lion to Spirit Hall, introduced herself to Xie Yue, and departed with her group as he watched her go.

Xue Ke found the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast she had been seeking in Thunderclap Valley and defeated it to obtain its soul ring. The beast’s twenty-four-thousand-year soul ring appeared as Xue Ke retrieved the Seven-Colored Thunder Flower from its mouth.

• Xue Ke and Elder Mo heard a battle in Thunderclap Valley and saw the Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon fighting the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast over a Seven-Colored Thunder Flower.
• The Crimson Flame Scaled Beast absorbed the Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon’s lightning attack and reflected it, grievously wounding the pregnant dragon.
• Xue Ke sent Elder Mo and the others to watch for nearby soul beasts, then transformed her Jade Swan Martial Soul into the Dark Flame Emperor Goose and attacked the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast.
• Xue Ke combined the Child of Reincarnation’s green fire with her Black Flame Ray to break the beast’s Crimson Flame Shield and burn it nearly to death.
• Xue Ke took the Seven-Colored Thunder Flower from the beast’s mouth, and the twenty-four-thousand-year-old Crimson Flame Scaled Beast died, leaving a black soul ring.

Xue Ke healed the Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon, absorbed the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast's soul ring, and reached Soul Ancestor at level 42. After demonstrating her new soul skills, she discovered a soul bone beside the beast's corpse.

• Xue Ke returned the Seven-Colored Thunder Flower to the dying Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon, then healed it with her Jade Swan Martial Soul's Song of Life.
• The Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon gave Xue Ke the Seven-Colored Thunder Flower and flew overhead while she absorbed the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast's black soul ring.
• Xue Ke reached level 42, became a Soul Ancestor, and vowed to make Tang Hao pay for his blood debt.
• Xue Ke demonstrated her Jade Light Protection armor, which shielded and reflected attacks, and explained its limits to Elder Mo and the others.
• Xue Ke used her Dark Flame Emperor Goose Martial Soul to form the Extinction Dark Flame Saber and cut a deep gash in a cliff.
• As Xue Ke prepared to leave Thunderclap Valley, the Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon uncovered an arm-shaped soul bone in the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast's corpse, and Xue Ke went to inspect it.

Xue Ke discovered that her transformed body rejected the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast’s soul bone, then was abducted by Di Tian and Bi Ji while leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter left her in their custody, bound for the Lake of Life, as Elder Mo and the others headed back to Heaven Dou Empire.

• Xue Ke failed to absorb the Crimson Flame Scaled Beast’s right arm bone and realized her cultivation had transformed her bones, making them reject soul bones with impure energy.
• Xue Ke stored the soul bone and parted from the Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon, which flew away roaring in reluctance.
• The silver dragon ordered Di Tian and Bi Ji to find Xue Ke and bring her to the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji appeared near Xue Ke’s group, immobilized Xue Ke and her guards with their pressure, and carried Xue Ke through a black hole.
• Elder Mo concluded that the group could not challenge the two powerful beings and decided to return to Heaven Dou Empire to report to Your Majesty.

Emperor Xue Ye blamed the Clear Sky Sect for Princess Xue Ke’s abduction and punished Moonlight Pavilion, while Tang Hao angrily rejected responsibility for the sect’s troubles. Qian Renxue continued searching for Xue Ke, sensing that she was alive but unable to find her or reach her through the Dao Demon Space.

• Xue Ye suspected both the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall of abducting Xue Ke, then cut Moonlight Pavilion’s salaries and restricted its noble students’ financial support.
• Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Xiao and the elders that Xue Ye had punished Moonlight Pavilion over Tang Hao’s past attempt to assassinate Xue Ke.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders argued over how to respond, and Tang Yuehua promised to use her connections to persuade Xue Ye to reverse the decree.
• Tang Yuehua warned Tang Hao by letter that his actions were hurting the sect, and Tang Hao cursed the Heaven Dou Empire and vowed that he and Tang San would seek justice.
• Qian Renxue searched for Xue Ke through her forces and the Dao Demon Space, sensing that Xue Ke was alive but unable to locate her.

Di Tian and Bi Ji brought Xue Ke to the world beneath the Lake of Life and explained why they had chosen her. They revealed that the Seed of Life in her spiritual sea could heal the injured Beast Lord, leaving Xue Ke to consider the revelations.

• Di Tian carried Xue Ke to the Lake of Life, where the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python obeyed his command to guard it.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji took Xue Ke through the lake into a hidden primordial forest and assured her they would not harm her.
• Di Tian revealed that he was an eight-hundred-and-ten-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, and Bi Ji said she was a Jade Swan like Xue Ke’s Martial Soul.
• Bi Ji explained that she had left a fragment of her spiritual consciousness in Xue Ke and that the Seed of Life had helped evolve Xue Ke’s Swan Martial Soul into a Jade Swan.
• Bi Ji told Xue Ke that the Beast Lord needed the Seed of Life’s energy to recover and admitted that the Beast Lord had created the Sunflower Scripture for Xue Ke to learn.

Xue Ke met the Silver Dragon King and was made to use the Seed of Life to heal her. After the Seed repelled the Silver Dragon King’s attempt to enter Xue Ke’s consciousness, Xue Ke left wearing a dragon scale the Silver Dragon King had given her.

• Bi Ji asked Xue Ke to help heal the Silver Dragon King, and Xue Ke agreed because she felt indebted to the Beast Lord.
• Bi Ji brought Xue Ke through a spatial gate, where Xue Ke met the Silver Dragon King and learned how severely injured she was.
• Xue Ke entered her sea of consciousness and activated the Seed of Life, whose energy slightly improved the Silver Dragon King’s injuries.
• The Silver Dragon King sent her divine consciousness into Xue Ke’s sea of consciousness, but a green figure from the Seed of Life struck it out and injured her.
• Xue Ke suspected the Silver Dragon King and Bi Ji had deceived her, then asked to leave.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Xue Ke a dragon scale to wear, and Xue Ke left with Bi Ji through a spatial gate.

Xue Ke absorbed the Essence of Life for seven days, reaching Rank 44 before Bi Ji escorted her out of the Star Dou Great Forest. The Silver Dragon King revealed that she had engineered events to make Xue Ke willingly use the Seed of Life to heal her, and resolved to keep Xue Ke under her control.

• Bi Ji lent Xue Ke the Essence of Life, and Xue Ke absorbed its energy until she reached Rank 44 after seven days of cultivation.
• Xue Ke worried that Qian Renxue would be alarmed by her disappearance, and Bi Ji escorted her toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Da Ming and Er Ming asked Xue Ke to find and protect Xiao Wu, but Xue Ke refused to promise help and considered how her interference had changed events.
• The Silver Dragon King praised Bi Ji for regaining Xue Ke's goodwill, then revealed that the Seed of Life and the Sunflower Scripture had led her to devise a plan to make Xue Ke heal her injuries.
• The Silver Dragon King recalled that Di Tian and Bi Ji had failed to extract the Seed of Life from Xue Ke when she was six, and vowed that Xue Ke would not escape her grasp.

Xue Ke rescued a Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon’s egg, but its hatchling imprinted on her and called her Mama, so she took him along and named him Xue Aotian. After entering the Dao Demon Space, she appeared to Xue Qinghe, who chose to sleep in his study, leaving Su Jingwen wondering whether he was incapable.

• The Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon brought Xue Ke to her cave, where Xue Ke used her Jade Swan Martial Soul and spiritual energy to restore the weakening dragon egg.
• The egg hatched, and the dark-green-marked baby dragon clung to Xue Ke and called her Mama despite her protests.
• The Blazing Nether Thunder Dragon asked Xue Ke to take the hatchling, and Xue Ke left the Star Dou Great Forest with him.
• Xue Ke sent letters to Bai Chenxiang and Emperor Xue Ye, then watched the baby dragon feed on her spiritual energy and named him Xue Aotian.
• Xue Ke entered the Dao Demon Space, and Xue Qinghe told Su Jingwen he would sleep in the study after sensing her arrival.
• Su Jingwen left the study and wondered whether Xue Qinghe was incapable.

Qian Renxue reunited with Xue Ke in the Dao Demon Space, heard about her dangerous encounter with the Silver Dragon King, and reconciled with her after scolding her for staying away. Xue Ke urged Qian Renxue to put her mission before her feelings, then teased her about her crown princess until Qian Renxue started spanking her.

• Qian Renxue found Xue Ke deep in thought and twisted her ear for disappearing without a word.
• Xue Ke explained her experiences in the Star Dou Great Forest, including meeting the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, and Qian Renxue apologized for blaming her.
• Xue Ke warned Qian Renxue not to let their bond cloud her judgment when future hardships forced them apart.
• Qian Renxue said she would remember Xue Ke's advice, then admitted she was hiding her identity from the crown princess, who had developed genuine feelings for her.
• Xue Ke joked that Qian Renxue should take more secondary consorts, so Qian Renxue chased her down and spanked her.

Xue Ke reunited with Bai Chenxiang in Liet City, where Ye Lingling asked for help breaking off her arranged engagement to Feng Lie Tian. Xue Ke planned to pose as Ye Lingling’s boyfriend and use the visit to challenge Godwind Academy.

• Xue Ke reached Liet City, checked into the Rose Hotel, and waited for Bai Chenxiang to arrive.
• Xue Ke met Bai Chenxiang and Ye Lingling, who explained that her fiancé, Feng Lie Tian, was an unambitious womanizer and that her grandfather supported her decision to end the engagement.
• Ye Lingling asked Xue Ke to accompany her to Godwind Academy and help break off the engagement, and Xue Ke agreed.
• Xue Ke said she would disguise herself as a man and pose as Ye Lingling’s boyfriend to persuade the Feng Family to accept the breakup.
• Xue Ke planned to seek a friendly spar with Godwind Academy while helping Ye Lingling.

Xue Ling Xi accompanied Ye Lingling to Godwind Academy to end her arranged engagement with Feng Lie Tian, offering Feng Wu Ming a rare herb as compensation. Feng Wu Ming agreed to the broken engagement only if Xue Ling Xi defeated his son, and the two prepared to fight.

• Xue Ling Xi and Ye Lingling arrived at Godwind Academy and asked to meet President Feng Wu Ming.
• Xue Ling Xi told Feng Wu Ming that he and Ye Lingling were in love and wanted to dissolve her childhood engagement.
• Feng Wu Ming challenged Xue Ling Xi’s claim and questioned whether Ye Lingling’s grandfather knew of the decision; Ye Lingling said her grandfather respected her wishes.
• Xue Ling Xi offered Feng Wu Ming a Seven-Colored Thunder Flower, and Feng Wu Ming agreed to end the engagement if Xue Ling Xi defeated Feng Lie Tian.
• Feng Lie Tian insulted Xue Ling Xi, who stepped onto the Soul Fighting Arena to begin the duel.

Xue Ling Xi defeated Feng Lie Tian and accepted Feng Xiao Tian’s challenge as the price for ending the engagement to Ye Lingling. Their duel began with both revealing their strength, and Feng Xiao Tian launched his Demon Wolf Storm at Xue Ling Xi in the air.

• Xue Ling Xi knocked Feng Lie Tian out with one punch, and Feng Wu Ming realized the young prince was far stronger than expected.
• Feng Lie Tian refused to end his engagement to Ye Lingling and accused Xue Ling Xi of insulting the Feng Family and the Ye Clan.
• Xue Ling Xi mocked Feng Lie Tian’s character and challenged him to name what would make him agree to break off the engagement.
• Feng Lie Tian demanded that Xue Ling Xi defeat his brother, Feng Xiao Tian, and Xue Ling Xi accepted the challenge.
• Feng Xiao Tian and Xue Ling Xi exchanged attacks in the arena, and Feng Xiao Tian flew into the air and unleashed his Demon Wolf Storm.