Chapter Summaries

Su Mo teased Wu Sidu about her family’s ties to Star Luo, then startled her by revealing what he knew about the Xu Family. After he returned her emergency device, Wu Sidu learned he was not a Federation spy and heard how he had discovered the family secret.

• Su Mo questioned why Wu Sidu’s family had sought out the Xu Family, making her suspicious of how much he knew.
• Wu Sidu took out an emergency device, but Su Mo used his abilities to take it from her before she could alert the families.
• Su Mo returned the device after realizing Wu Sidu was frightened, and she picked it up with relief.
• Wu Sidu asked whether Su Mo was monitoring the Xu Family for the Federation, but he denied it and pointed out they were about the same age.
• Su Mo explained that Xu Xiaoyan had told him Wu Sidu was coming, and that he had inferred the Xu Family’s Star Crown Sect connection from its surname and Star Aspect attribute.

Wu Sidu explained her family’s plans for her and Xu Xiaoyan before leaving to meet the Xu Family. On his way home, Su Mo found Gu Yue secretly enjoying dessert alone and teased her about her past habit of following Tang Wulin.

• Wu Sidu’s grandfather called to question her delay in visiting the Xu Family, and she blamed traffic before ending the call.
• Wu Sidu left Su Mo, who reminded her to read less of The Overbearing Pavilion Master's Forced Love, embarrassing her.
• Su Mo spotted Gu Yue eating ice cream alone in a dessert shop and joined her.
• Su Mo teased Gu Yue about sneaking out for sweets and asked whether she and Tang Wulin had fallen out.
• Gu Yue denied being Tang Wulin’s tagalong but privately admitted she had once followed him around constantly.

Gu Yue tried to keep Su Mo from spreading gossip about her, but he used his knowledge of her teacher to bargain for an explanation of why she had distanced herself from Tang Wulin. Her account of a bet involving a friend failed to convince him, and the chapter ended with Su Mo arguing that Tang Wulin could be the Sea God's son.

• Gu Yue warned Su Mo not to tell anyone about the gossip, then realized he knew Leng Yaozhu was her teacher and questioned how he learned it.
• Su Mo admitted he had deliberately piqued Gu Yue's curiosity and asked why she had suddenly distanced herself from Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue claimed she had come to Eastsea Academy to win a bet with a friend who liked Tang Wulin, but had since lost interest in the bet.
• Su Mo challenged Gu Yue's story, arguing that someone of her friend's status could not plausibly have crossed paths with Tang Wulin's family.
• Gu Yue said her friend had been lost as a child and adopted by Tang Wulin's family, and Su Mo recognized she meant Na'er.
• Su Mo mocked Gu Yue's explanation and claimed Tang Wulin could be the Sea God's son because they shared the surname Tang, Blue Silver Grass, and a sense of closeness to the Sea God couple.

After learning more about Gu Yue’s growing interest in human life, Su Mo was summoned to the Xu Family estate. He arrived to find Xu Xiaoyan and her family waiting, but Wu Sidu was absent.

• Su Mo challenged Gu Yue’s explanation, then left after she refused to say more.
• Gu Yue reflected on how experiencing human society had helped her understand the pull that drew Na'er away from her mission.
• Four Spirit King guards invited Su Mo to meet their master, and he suspected the summons was connected to Wu Sidu.
• Su Mo rode to the Xu Family estate and considered how the family’s plans to restore their nation could benefit him.
• Xu Xiaoyan greeted Su Mo excitedly at the estate while Xu Xiaoyu disapproved of her unreserved reaction.

Su Mo arrived at the Xu Family residence, where Xu Xiaoyan’s parents welcomed him and showed their approval of a match between him and Xu Xiaoyan. Xu Xiu met Su Mo in his study and opened a hidden elevator, leading him toward an undisclosed destination.

• Xu Dayan warmly greeted Su Mo and asked Xu Xiaoyan to take him to see Xu Xiu.
• Xu Xiaoyan clung to Su Mo’s arm, while Xu Xiaoyu protested his parents’ apparent support for the pair.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Su Mo that only she, Xu Dayan, and Xu Xiu knew about Wu Sidu.
• Xu Xiaoyan brought Su Mo to Xu Xiu’s study, where Xu Xiu teased her and asked Su Mo if he had guessed why he was summoned.
• Xu Xiu activated a concealed mechanism that moved the bookshelf aside and revealed an elevator underground.

Su Mo accompanied Xu Xiu and Xu Xiaoyan into the Xu Family’s underground base, where he reunited with Wu Sidu. Xu Xiu shocked them by proposing to betroth both Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu to Su Mo, leaving Su Mo to suspect that Xu Xiu wanted his help restoring their country.

• Xu Xiu opened the underground base’s secured entrance, and Xu Xiaoyan held Su Mo’s hand to guide him through the active security system.
• Xu Xiu led Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan through the passage to a vast, heavily stocked base equipped with surveillance of the Xu Family residence.
• Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan found Wu Sidu at the surveillance console, and the two cousins greeted each other warmly.
• Xu Xiu announced that he wanted to betroth both Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu to Su Mo.
• Wu Sidu and Xu Xiaoyan reacted with shock, while Su Mo wondered whether Xu Xiu intended to enlist his strength in restoring their country.

Su Mo questioned Xu Xiu’s sudden proposal to marry him to Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu, while learning that the families wanted to bind his talent to their cause. Xu Xiaoyan discovered she had been added to a marriage plan originally intended for Wu Sidu and was left torn over whether to share Su Mo with her cousin.

• Su Mo reflected that his supposed secret organization had only Leng Yulai and Ning Bei as reliable combatants, with Leng Yulai supplying intelligence through the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Xiu insisted that Su Mo accept his proposal before he explained his motives, but Xu Xiaoyan stepped in to object to him deciding Wu Sidu’s marriage.
• Xu Xiu told Xu Xiaoyan to withdraw instead, then secretly explained that he had originally planned to match Wu Sidu with Su Mo and added Xu Xiaoyan after noticing her feelings for him.
• Xu Xiu explained that he and Wu Yi wanted to bind Su Mo to their families, protect their secret, and secure a chance for the Star Luo Empire’s return through the coming Shrek Seven Devils.
• Xu Xiaoyan learned there was no changing the decision and felt torn between giving up Su Mo and sharing him with Wu Sidu.

Xu Xiu tried to arrange Wu Sidu’s marriage to Su Mo for the Star Luo Empire, but Su Mo rejected the proposal because Wu Sidu deserved the right to choose her own life. Xu Xiu then turned to Xu Xiaoyan, who firmly stopped him from proposing another match.

• Xu Xiaoyan privately considered that she might accept being with Wu Sidu, but Su Mo asked Xu Xiu to first find out what Wu Sidu wanted.
• Xu Xiu explained that Wu Sidu’s grandfather had decided the marriage, leaving Wu Sidu disappointed that she had no choice in her future.
• Su Mo rejected the proposal and told Xu Xiu that he valued Wu Sidu as a person, not as a means to gain martial talent or political support.
• Xu Xiu realized he could not force Su Mo into the engagement and began turning to Xu Xiaoyan instead.
• Xu Xiaoyan warned Xu Xiu not to suggest anything, threatening to stop speaking to him if he did.

Xu Xiu revealed that the Xu and Wu Families had arranged Wu Sidu’s marriage to Su Mo because of an ancient divine oracle from Dai Mubai. He believed Shrek Academy’s current crisis and the new Shrek Seven Devils might offer the Star Luo Empire a chance to return to the Douluo Continent.

• Xu Xiu stopped Su Mo from swearing by the Sea God and made him swear by the God of War, worshipped by the Xu Family.
• Xu Xiu explained that the Star Luo Empire had left the Douluo Continent because Dai Mubai had delivered a divine oracle to its descendants.
• Xu Xiu said Dai Mubai had instructed the Star Luo descendants to wait overseas for a future chance to return.
• Xu Xiu revealed that the oracle tied that chance to Shrek Academy facing an unprecedented crisis and the new Shrek Seven Devils changing the continent’s fate.
• Xu Xiu said the Xu and Wu Families needed to infiltrate the new Shrek Seven Devils and use their strength to bring the Star Luo Empire back.

Xu Xiu argued that Shrek’s public humiliation was an unprecedented crisis and admitted that he had tried to betroth Wu Sidu to Su Mo so they could use the Shrek Seven Devils to aid the Star Luo Empire’s restoration. Xu Xiaoyan condemned his plan, while Wu Sidu quietly found herself drawn to Su Mo.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu questioned Xu Xiu’s claim that Shrek faced an unprecedented crisis, but he argued that its loss of prestige was the greatest threat it could face.
• Wu Sidu wondered whether marrying Su Mo might not be so bad, and Su Mo recognized that he had deliberately encouraged her feelings.
• Xu Xiu explained that he had arranged Wu Sidu’s betrothal to Su Mo so they could join the Shrek Seven Devils and persuade their friends to support the Star Luo Empire’s restoration.
• Xu Xiaoyan condemned Xu Xiu for planning to use their friendships for political gain.

Xu Xiu revealed that the Xu and Dai Families had preserved their influence and the Core Flame for generations to help rebuild the Star Luo Empire, and he asked Su Mo to aid them. After Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu worried about being drawn into the plan, Su Mo suggested Wu Sidu could avoid becoming a Shrek Seven Devil by failing to fit in with the team.

• Xu Xiu explained that the Xu and Dai Families had concealed their history and preserved the Core Flame to prepare for the Star Luo Empire's return.
• Xu Xiu pleaded with Su Mo to help the families rebuild the Star Luo Empire, and Su Mo agreed to offer some assistance if he became a Shrek Seven Devil.
• After Xu Xiu left, Xu Xiaoyan apologized to Su Mo for involving him in the families' affairs.
• Su Mo pointed out that Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu could avoid the families' plan by not becoming Shrek Seven Devils.
• Su Mo whispered a strategy to Wu Sidu: she could make herself incompatible with the other Devils and be excluded from the team.

After learning that Tang Wulin was found as a child rather than born to Tang Ziran and his wife, Gu Yue suspected he was Tang San's son and ordered Zi Ji to put him in mortal danger. Zi Ji set out for Eastsea Academy, leaving Tang Wulin's fate uncertain.

• Gu Yue received Leng Yaozhu's investigation showing that Tang Wulin was found in the wilderness ten years ago and realized he might be Tang San's son.
• Gu Yue called Zi Ji, who was secretly guarding her in Donghai City, and ordered her to come to Eastsea Academy and kill Tang Wulin.
• Zi Ji warned that Tang Wulin's death could provoke Na'er, so Gu Yue clarified that she only wanted him driven to the brink of death.
• Gu Yue explained her plan, and Zi Ji accepted the order, cloaked herself in evil energy, and flew toward Eastsea Academy.

Zi JI attacked Tang Wulin in his room to test his potential, pushing him to the brink until his Golden Dragon King's Bloodline awakened. After Zi JI left him wounded, Tang San swore revenge on Gu Yue for ordering the test.

• Zi JI ambushed Tang Wulin and used her spiritual power to keep the building's residents from noticing the attack.
• Zi JI crushed Tang Wulin with escalating gravity until he was badly injured and near death.
• Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King's Bloodline erupted, breaking Zi JI's gravity before he passed out.
• Zi JI stabbed Tang Wulin in the chest with a carving knife, narrowly missing his heart, then disappeared.
• Tang San revealed that he had stayed silent to avoid exposing himself and vowed that Gu Yue had courted death.

Tang Wulin was found stabbed in his dorm and rushed to the hospital, while Su Mo realized the attack was not carried out by the assassin he had contacted and began suspecting Gu Yue. Gu Yue noticed Su Mo’s suspicion and secretly decided to have Zi Ji deal with him.

• Tang San blamed Wu Zhangkong for the unexpected events that had disrupted his plans for Tang Wulin and Gu Yue.
• Xie Xie found Tang Wulin in a wrecked room with a carving knife in his chest, called emergency services, and alerted Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue hurried to Tang Wulin’s room, saw his critical condition, and demanded to know whether emergency responders were coming.
• Su Mo saw a photo of Tang Wulin in the hospital and learned from Mu Xi that an unidentified intruder had stabbed him and escaped.
• Su Mo suspected Gu Yue was behind the attack after realizing the culprit likely had access to a Titled Douluo, and Gu Yue decided to send Zi Ji after him.

Su Mo suspected that the attack on Tang Wulin concealed another objective, prompting Gu Yue to plan to have Zi Ji kill him. Liang Xiaoyu invited Su Mo to join the Tang Sect’s Min Hall, then discovered Mu Chen had not known Tang Wulin joined the Tang Sect and went to speak with Wu Zhangkong.

• Su Mo told Mu Xi and the others that the attacker likely had another objective besides killing Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue secretly resolved to have Zi Ji deal with him that night.
• Liang Xiaoyu praised Su Mo’s analysis and invited him to join the Tang Sect’s Min Hall, but Su Mo refused.
• Mu Xi pulled Su Mo away from Liang Xiaoyu and warned him to stay away from the old man.
• Liang Xiaoyu greeted Mu Chen and Yuan Baoer, then revealed that Tang Wulin had joined the Tang Sect, surprising Mu Chen.
• Liang Xiaoyu approached Wu Zhangkong, who had been keeping watch beside Tang Wulin’s bed and was relieved that the Tang Sect elder had arrived.

Liang Xiaoyu investigated Tang Wulin’s attempted assassination and suspected either Gu Yue’s faction or the Holy Spirit Cult, while Wu Zhangkong reconsidered Gu Yue’s connection to Tang Wulin. That night, Zi Ji came to kill Su Mo, but he recognized her and tried to stop her by revealing himself.

• Liang Xiaoyu questioned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue about the attack, then dismissed the other students to discuss the case privately with Wu Zhangkong.
• Liang Xiaoyu told Wu Zhangkong that another attack would confirm the assailants wanted Tang Wulin dead, and that otherwise Gu Yue’s faction or the Holy Spirit Cult might be probing Tang Wulin’s secret.
• Liang Xiaoyu pointed out that Gu Yue had no prior connection to Tang Wulin, leaving Wu Zhangkong to reconsider his assumptions about her.
• After training that night, Su Mo sensed someone hiding in his residence and found Zi Ji waiting in the shadows.
• Zi Ji announced that she had come to kill Su Mo, but he recognized her voice and called her Sister Zi.

Su Mo revealed to Zi Ji that he was the missing Little Mo, and Zi Ji explained why Gu Yue had sent her to kill him. After learning how Gu Yue lost her memories and became involved with Tang Wulin, Su Mo and Zi Ji questioned her sudden change in behavior.

• Zi Ji stopped her attack when Su Mo called her “Sister Zi” and recognized him after he revealed that she had stolen his first kiss while disguised as Bi Ji.
• Zi Ji admitted that Gu Yue, whom she called the Master, had sent her to kill Su Mo.
• Zi Ji told Su Mo that Gu Yue had lost her memories after the planar turbulence, been adopted by Tang Wulin’s family, and become involved in a bet between Gu Yue and Na’er.
• Su Mo learned that Gu Yue suspected he knew she had arranged the assassination attempt on Tang Wulin and had ordered Zi Ji to silence him.
• Su Mo and Zi Ji agreed that Gu Yue’s orders and behavior had changed drastically, and Su Mo wondered what had caused the change.

Zi Ji reunited with Su Mo, learned that Leng Yulai had raised him, and urged him to return to the Star Dou Forest. Meanwhile, a would-be assassin attacked Tang Wulin in the hospital, but the chapter ended with a pale young man waiting in an alley after the attack failed.

• Zi Ji comforted Su Mo and heard how Leng Yulai had taken him in after he arrived in Eastsea City.
• Zi Ji learned that Leng Yulai belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult and feared Su Mo had suffered under her, but Su Mo said she had treated him well.
• Zi Ji asked how Su Mo had recognized her disguise as Bi Ji, and Su Mo said Bi Ji's breasts were smaller than hers.
• A mysterious intruder entered Tang Wulin's hospital room with a dagger, but the sleeping Tang Wulin struck the intruder first and the figure exploded.
• A pale young man in an alley outside the hospital realized there had been an ambush and watched with a ruthless expression.

Shadow Demon tried to assassinate Tang Wulin but was caught in Liang Xiaoyu’s trap and nearly captured. A mysterious girl’s bell freed Shadow Demon and interrupted Liang Xiaoyu, leaving her identity and intentions unclear.

• Shadow Demon fled after Liang Xiaoyu appeared, but Liang Xiaoyu tracked him down and sealed his meridians.
• Liang Xiaoyu revealed that he and Wu Zhangkong had moved Tang Wulin to the Tang Sect branch and spread false news of his hospitalization to lure out the assassin.
• Shadow Demon planned to devour ordinary people to recover, but Liang Xiaoyu intercepted him and prepared to take him for interrogation.
• A bell from a floating girl in a purple Lolita dress broke Liang Xiaoyu’s seal and distracted him, allowing Shadow Demon to escape.
• Liang Xiaoyu turned to confront the mysterious girl, who watched him with a faint, teasing smile.

Na Nali rescued Shadow Demon from Liang Xiaoyu, then found Shadow Demon reduced to ashes and recognized Leng Yulai’s aura at the scene. Liang Xiaoyu returned to the Tang Sect branch empty-handed and concluded that Na Nali had probably tried to assassinate Tang Wulin, making her Gu Yue’s fall guy.

• Liang Xiaoyu attacked Na Nali, but she escaped after directing a sound-wave blade toward a residential area and forcing him to stop her.
• Na Nali reached the shore where Shadow Demon was supposed to meet her and found only ashes bearing Leng Yulai’s dark aura.
• Na Nali realized Leng Yulai had likely silenced Shadow Demon and smiled at the new mystery.
• Liang Xiaoyu returned to the Tang Sect Eastsea City Branch and told Wu Zhangkong that Na Nali had rescued Shadow Demon.
• Liang Xiaoyu and Wu Zhangkong suspected Na Nali had attempted to assassinate Tang Wulin the previous night.