Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu carried Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver Grass welcomed their emperor’s return. He reached the forest’s heart and came face to face with the Blue Silver King.

• Ye Qiu rested during his journey with Ah Yin, who soothed his fatigue and grew jealous as he thought about Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu rode on Er Ming’s shoulder, holding onto the hope that Ye Qiu would come find her.
• At daybreak, Ye Qiu reached a barren stretch and used his Purple Demon Eyes to see the Blue Silver Grass hidden beneath the earth.
• As the sun rose, the Blue Silver Grass emerged and revealed the concealed forest; Ah Yin explained that the clan used the illusion to protect itself.
• The Blue Silver Grass recognized Ah Yin as their emperor, opened a path for Ye Qiu, and welcomed her with blue light.
• Ye Qiu walked to the center of the forest and saw the tens-of-thousands-of-years-old Blue Silver King.

Ah Yin reunited with the Blue Silver Grass clan, whose offerings restored her strength and helped her form an energy body. While she absorbed the remaining energy, Ye Qiu completed his External Soul Bone absorption and reached level forty-four.

• The Blue Silver King welcomed Ah Yin back as the Blue Silver Emperor, and the Blue Silver Grass offered her their gathered energy.
• Ah Yin promised to protect her subjects, and their energy strengthened her form and transformed the potted Blue Silver Emperor plant.
• Ye Qiu began absorbing the External Soul Bone while Ah Yin continued receiving energy from the forest.
• After finishing the absorption, Ye Qiu found that Ah Yin had returned to an energy body and was looking at him.
• Ah Yin passed some warm energy to Ye Qiu, raising him to level forty-four, then pulled away when he teased her about kissing him.
• Ah Yin returned to her true form to absorb the remaining energy while Ye Qiu watched her.

Ye Qiu tested his new Eight Spider Lances while Ah Yin recovered her strength and revealed her restored Soul Skills. The chapter ended with Ye Qiu laughing at Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Wings demonstration, and Ah Yin angrily defending her desire to fly.

• The Blue Silver King thanked Ye Qiu for escorting Ah Yin and gave him several fruits, which Ye Qiu ate.
• Ye Qiu revealed his Eight Spider Lances, tested their enhanced strength and mobility, and identified them as an External Soul Bone.
• Ah Yin told Ye Qiu that her cultivation had surpassed ten thousand years, her Blue Silver Domain had recovered to its second stage, and she could provide several more Soul Skills.
• Ah Yin demonstrated her Blue Silver Fragrance, With Light and Dust, and Blue Silver Overlord Spear, then described her Blue Silver Wings Soul Skill.
• Ye Qiu laughed when Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor form tried and failed to fly with its new wings, and Ah Yin angrily said she wanted to indulge herself.

Ye Qiu reassured Ah Yin about Tang Hao and got her promise to protect him, then entered her body to copy her Soul Skills and Blue Silver Domain. The chapter ended with Ye Qiu and Ah Yin kissing and teasing each other inside her green space.

• Ye Qiu asked Ah Yin whether Tang Hao would retaliate, and Ah Yin promised she would never let Tang Hao hurt him.
• Ah Yin agreed that she would protect Ye Qiu anytime, then returned to her true body in embarrassment when he asked to copy her abilities.
• Ye Qiu entered Ah Yin's body and copied her Soul Skills and Blue Silver Domain, which had advanced to its third stage, Myriad Manifestations.
• Ye Qiu and Ah Yin embraced and kissed in the green space, and Ah Yin accused him of forcing her after he tried to touch her.

Ye Qiu returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with Ah Yin, then reentered the forest to make his absence seem convincing and test the Eight Spider Lances. After Oscar and Tang San obtained their third Soul Rings, Ye Qiu finally returned to the town in a battered state and ignored Ning Rongrong as he went to his room.

• Ye Qiu teased Ah Yin before leaving her body, then flew toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and descended among the Blue Silver Emperor vines.
• Ye Qiu brought Ah Yin back from the Blue Silver Forest, put her in the Ruyi Baibao Pouch, and flew toward the town while she complained and clung to his waist.
• Ye Qiu landed near the forest and went back inside, intending to make his disappearance convincing and test the Eight Spider Lances' devouring ability.
• Oscar gained Excited Spicy Sausage from a roughly fourteen-hundred-year-old Devil Pepper Tree, and Tang San gained Blue Silver Strangulation from a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old poisonous viper.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group out of the forest, and they gathered for dinner in town as Ning Rongrong waited anxiously for Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu entered the hotel covered in dust, blood, and torn clothes, ignored Ning Rongrong, checked in, and headed upstairs.

Ye Qiu returned to the inn pretending to be devastated over Xiao Wu, while privately revealing that he had faked his distress with Ah Yin’s help. He agreed to delay exposing Tang Hao until Ah Yin could settle unfinished business, and Ning Rongrong came to his room with food.

• Ning Rongrong and the other Shrek students watched Ye Qiu go upstairs, believing Xiao Wu had been lost in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Qiu removed Ah Yin from his waist and admitted that her grip had nearly strangled him; she healed the marks she had left.
• Ye Qiu told Ah Yin he planned to expose Tang Hao and his son, but agreed to wait while she dealt with something unfinished.
• Ah Yin caught Ye Qiu leaving the bathroom in his underwear and hurried back into her plant pot, flustered by his teasing.
• Ning Rongrong brought a food container to Ye Qiu's room and knocked on his door.

Ning Rongrong brought Ye Qiu food while he kept his grief-stricken act, and she continued caring for his meals during the group’s stay in town. Three days later, Zhao Wuji gathered the Shrek students to leave, and Ning Rongrong was delighted to see Ye Qiu downstairs.

• Ning Rongrong brought Ye Qiu a late-night meal, but he took the food and shut the door before she could stay and talk.
• Ye Qiu ate the meal while Ah Yin teased him for not appreciating Ning Rongrong’s kindness.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong found the empty food container outside Ye Qiu’s room, while Zhu Zhuqing decided not to bring him the meal she had prepared.
• During the two days in town, Ning Rongrong supplied Ye Qiu’s meals as he cultivated with Ah Yin and checked on the others using Soul Power images.
• Three days later, Zhao Wuji woke the Shrek students to lead them back, and Ye Qiu came downstairs and greeted Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong came downstairs, saw Ye Qiu, and brightened at his return to the group.

After the group returned to Shrek Academy, Ye Qiu helped Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing endure the run with his healing abilities. At the dorms, he went in with Ning Rongrong to collect Xiao Wu’s belongings, while secretly watching Yu Xiaogang meet Zhao Wuji and the others.

• Ning Rongrong sat beside Ye Qiu at breakfast and asked if he had recovered, but he answered her coldly.
• On the run to Suotuo City, Ye Qiu replenished Ning Rongrong’s vitality and helped her breathe more easily; Zhu Zhuqing also ran beside him to recover.
• The group discussed Oscar and Tang San’s third Soul Skills during a rest, and Ma Hongjun reacted badly to Oscar’s spicy sausage.
• After a full day of travel, Zhao Wuji sent the tired students back to their dorms while he went to report to the dean.
• Ye Qiu secretly watched Yu Xiaogang meet Zhao Wuji and the others, then followed Ning Rongrong and explained that he had come to collect Xiao Wu’s things.
• Ning Rongrong let Ye Qiu into her dorm, thinking his distraction came from missing Xiao Wu.

Ye Qiu packed Xiao Wu’s belongings while Ning Rongrong mistook his confidence that Xiao Wu was alive for denial and planned to take him to the Soul Arena. The next morning, Ye Qiu bantered with Ah Yin as she helped him dress and offered to do his laundry.

• Ye Qiu entered Ning Rongrong’s dorm and gathered Xiao Wu’s belongings while Ning Rongrong hurriedly hid her own dirty laundry.
• Ye Qiu told Ning Rongrong that Xiao Wu was not dead, but Ning Rongrong assumed he could not accept reality and agreed to help him tidy up.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Ye Qiu of a promise and announced that she would take him and Zhu Qing to the Soul Arena the next day.
• Ye Qiu woke beside Ah Yin, who handed him his clothes, and he wondered why Tang Hao had not returned.
• Ah Yin gathered Ye Qiu’s dirty clothes and challenged him to admit she could do the job; Ye Qiu laughed and agreed.

After Xiao Wu’s departure, Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would take charge of the students’ instruction. Yu Xiaogang gave them a brief introduction to his plans, while Ye Qiu remained wary of him and confronted Ma Hongjun’s teasing.

• Ye Qiu skipped breakfast and arrived at the training ground, where Ah Yin retreated into the Ruyi Baibao Pouch after seeing Tang San.
• Flender addressed Xiao Wu’s departure and told Ye Qiu and the other students to focus on becoming strong.
• Flender introduced the teachers and praised Yu Xiaogang as the Grandmaster and a leading authority on Martial Soul theory.
• Flender appointed Yu Xiaogang to take complete responsibility for the students’ instruction, and Yu Xiaogang gave them brief directions.
• Oscar questioned Tang San about Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San reassured him that they should follow his teacher’s instructions.
• Ma Hongjun joked about being called Fourth Brother, and Ye Qiu threatened him with a venomous transformation.

Ye Qiu agreed to take Ning Rongrong to the Soul Arena, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai over his treatment of women. Dai Mubai raised his hand to strike Ning Rongrong, but Zhu Zhuqing stepped between them and condemned him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ma Hongjun tried to persuade Ye Qiu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to call him their brother, but Ning Rongrong demanded a red envelope and Zhu Zhuqing challenged him to beat her first.
• Oscar went back to the dormitory, Ma Hongjun headed for town alone, and Tang San went after Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Rongrong accused Ye Qiu of deliberately tickling her, then reminded him of his promise to train with her and take her to the Soul Arena; Ye Qiu agreed.
• Ning Rongrong took Ye Qiu to Zhu Zhuqing, who rejected Dai Mubai's attempt to reconcile and criticized his past behavior with two women.
• Ning Rongrong defended Zhu Zhuqing and challenged Dai Mubai, who raised his hand to strike her before Zhu Zhuqing stepped in front and condemned him.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left the academy with Ye Qiu, provoking Dai Mubai as they headed to Suotuo City. On the way, Ye Qiu criticized Grandmaster’s abilities and training methods, and Zhu Zhuqing asked to speak with him after the Soul Fighting matches about growing stronger.

• Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu toward Suotuo City, while Dai Mubai angrily followed after warning Zhu Zhuqing not to go out with men.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Qiu about Grandmaster, and he described Yu Xiaogang’s low cultivation level and fart-based Soul Skill.
• Ye Qiu dismissed Grandmaster’s theories and said his training involved running with rocks on their backs.
• Ye Qiu offered to help Zhu Zhuqing grow stronger, and she agreed to talk with him after the Soul Fighting matches.

Ye Qiu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Dai Mubai cut in line to register for a match. Ning Rongrong agreed to pay for her and Ye Qiu’s matches and registered their team as the Qiu Rong Team, while Ye Qiu’s level-fourty-four Soul Power surprised her.

• Ye Qiu led Ning Rongrong to a mask stall, then continued with her and Zhu Zhuqing toward the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai followed them to the registration counter, cut in line, and dismissed Ning Rongrong’s objection while Ye Qiu let him proceed.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to engage with Dai Mubai, and he registered for a Soul Fighting match, expecting to impress her with a win.
• Ye Qiu privately told Ning Rongrong that Dai Mubai would end up with green on his head, then persuaded her to pay for their doubles match and his singles match.
• Ning Rongrong named their team the Qiu Rong Team, paid at the counter, and was surprised to discover Ye Qiu had reached level forty-four.

Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong entered a doubles match against two level forty-nine Soul Ancestors, while Dai Mubai’s insult deepened Zhu Zhuqing’s distrust of him. The chapter ended as both teams revealed their Martial Souls and their opponents teased Ning Rongrong.

• Dai Mubai called Ning Rongrong deadweight, prompting her to insult him and Zhu Zhuqing to reject his attempts to explain himself.
• Ye Qiu reassured Ning Rongrong that he would protect her, and the two proceeded to the Soul Battle Stage as Dai Mubai doubted their chances.
• The host announced that the Qiu Rong team would face Yun Yao, whose members were the level forty-nine Soul Ancestors Hong Ying and Lu Yao.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong summoned their Martial Souls, revealing Ye Qiu’s four Soul Rings, including a black one, and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Hong Ying and Lu Yao teased Ning Rongrong about flirting with Ye Qiu as the match began.

Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong entered the Soul Battle Stage using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, with Ye Qiu controlling their combined body as Qiu Rong. After fighting off Hong Ying and Lu Yao, Ye Qiu took Ning Rongrong into the sky with his Blue Silver Wings.

• Ye Qiu transformed and enveloped Ning Rongrong in a black outfit, forming Qiu Rong and boosting their attributes by thirty percent.
• Qiu Rong dodged Hong Ying's spear attacks and battered her with a relentless barrage of punches.
• Lu Yao healed Hong Ying and increased her speed, but Qiu Rong blocked their attacks with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Hong Ying and Lu Yao joined forces, but Qiu Rong used Instant Transmission to evade them and send both opponents flying.
• Qiu Rong combined the Eight Spider Lances with Blue Silver Wings and carried Ning Rongrong into the sky.

Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong won the Two-on-Two Soul Battle after overwhelming Hong Ying and Lu Yao with their Thousand-Hand Guanyin fusion. Afterward, Ning Rongrong tried to comfort Ye Qiu over Xiao Wu, but discovered that he had hidden the memory of pursuing her in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong used their fusion to bombard Hong Ying and Lu Yao, then broke through Lu Yao's fourth Soul Skill and won the match.
• Hong Ying accepted the defeat and promised to win next time, while Ye Qiu carried the shaken Ning Rongrong off the arena.
• Ye Qiu teased Ning Rongrong by suggesting she could fill the emptiness left by Xiao Wu, and she rejected the idea of being a replacement.
• Ning Rongrong reconnected with Ye Qiu to inspect his memories but could not access his pursuit of Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Qiu admitted that he did not want to remember that part, and Ning Rongrong apologized.

Ye Qiu teased Ning Rongrong about their feelings before both fought in the Soul Fighting arena. After watching Dai Mubai repeatedly kneel during his match, Zhu Zhuqing lost her remaining hesitation about him.

• Ning Rongrong admitted she had a small amount of affection for Ye Qiu, and he disconnected from her thoughts after teasing her.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong returned to the waiting area, where Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing expressed concern for her.
• Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing entered their singles matches; Zhu Zhuqing quickly defeated her opponent, and Ye Qiu swiftly beat a Level 48 control-type Soul Master.
• Ye Qiu teased Ning Rongrong about going on a date, and she watched Dai Mubai repeatedly kneel to his opponent during his match.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai's humiliating performance and decided she had no obligation to remain with him.

Ye Qiu invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to eat, then met Zhu Zhuqing privately in a little grove. Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether Ye Qiu could be trusted after his reaction to Xiao Wu and said she would refuse his proposed cooperation if he could abandon a partner without guilt.

• Ning Rongrong noticed Ye Qiu beside her, then left the Soul Arena with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu to share a meal.
• Dai Mubai won his match after his opponent repeatedly restrained him and then jumped off the platform, but he was furious that Zhu Zhuqing had left.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong rejected Ye Qiu's invitation because she planned to begin her revenge against Oscar.
• Ye Qiu went to find Zhu Zhuqing in a little grove after checking that Tang Hao was not nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Qiu whether he had grieved for Xiao Wu and warned that she would refuse his cooperation if he could abandon a partner without guilt.

Ye Qiu persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to become his long-term partner, reassured her that Xiao Wu was safe, and explained his Soul Skill and their shared path to becoming stronger. Zhu Zhuqing accepted his offer and prepared to share memories with him as Ye Qiu activated Myriad Manifestations.

• Ye Qiu told Zhu Zhuqing he wanted a lasting partnership and admitted he was attracted to her, then poked her chest and narrowly blocked her counterattack.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Ye Qiu about Xiao Wu, and he implied she was safe without revealing what had happened to her.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to partner with Ye Qiu, and he explained that his Soul Skill could copy abilities, share thoughts, and enable joint cultivation.
• When Zhu Zhuqing worried she would become deadweight, Ye Qiu encouraged her by saying they could both grow into powerful Soul Masters with support from a true powerhouse.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to share memories with Ye Qiu, and he activated Myriad Manifestations as his black tadpole dissolved across her fingertips.

Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing fused their Martial Souls, allowing Ye Qiu to duplicate her Hell Spirit Cat and transform them into a powerful combined form. The fusion left Zhu Zhuqing embarrassed and angry at Ye Qiu’s teasing as he scanned their surroundings.

• Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing shared memories during their Martial Soul connection, and Ye Qiu saw how Zhu Zhuqing had suffered under her family’s abuse.
• Ye Qiu duplicated Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, creating a small black cat that rubbed against Zhu Zhuqing’s cheek.
• Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, merging into a black, purple-marked catlike figure with razor-sharp blades.
• Zhu Zhuqing complained that the fusion form felt too tight while Ye Qiu teased her through their mental connection.
• Ye Qiu stopped teasing Zhu Zhuqing and used their fused senses to scan the surrounding area.