Chapter Summaries

Ya Li brought Na'er to visit Lu Li, Na Nali, and Leng Yaozhu after Leng Yaozhu's breakthrough, easing relations between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda. Na'er joyfully reunited with her family, while Ya Li questioned whether Yun Ming could really sever the ties between them.

• Lu Li and Leng Yaozhu discussed Ya Li's visit as a gesture of goodwill between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li arrived with Na'er, who eagerly greeted Lu Li, Na Nali, and Leng Yaozhu.
• Ya Li watched Na'er enjoy time with her family and reflected that Yun Ming could not simply cut Na'er off from the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li congratulated Leng Yaozhu on breaking through to Limit Douluo and praised her transformation.
• Na'er congratulated Leng Yaozhu and compared her strength with Long Yeyue's, prompting Leng Yaozhu to say they would all surpass Long Yeyue.

Na'er visited Lu Li and his companions, discussed her future strength, and asked to stay with them for a few days before breaking through to three rings. After Na'er went to see Lingling, Lu Li and Na Nali secretly shared their spiritual perception to listen in as Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu began a private discussion.

• Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li assured Na'er that she could one day surpass Long Yeyue, and Na'er resolved to become as powerful as Lu Li.
• Na'er asked to spend a few more days with Lu Li and his companions before becoming a Soul Elder, and Ya Li agreed to try to arrange up to three days if it did not hinder her cultivation.
• Ya Li asked Lu Li and Na Nali to take Na'er to Lingling while she discussed something with Leng Yaozhu.
• Na'er praised Lingling's holy appearance, delighting Lingling, while Lu Li and Na Nali exchanged amused looks.
• Lu Li and Na Nali used shared spiritual perception to secretly watch Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu's conversation.

Ya Li proposed reconciling Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda, and Leng Yaozhu and Lu Li agreed to pursue friendship if Shrek was willing. Leng Yaozhu then declared that Lu Li should eventually bring Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda under his command.

• Na Nali joked with Lu Li while they secretly watched Ya Li meet Leng Yaozhu.
• Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu to help restore Shrek Academy’s relationship with the Spirit Pagoda and asked whether Lu Li would join her effort.
• Leng Yaozhu assured Ya Li that she and Lu Li were willing to reconcile if Shrek Academy also sought friendship.
• After Ya Li and Na'er left, Leng Yaozhu told Lu Li she would help him bring Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda under his command.
• A side story showed Long Yeyue, Yun Ming, Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, and Chen Xinjie reacting to Lu Li’s status as the Seagod’s heir.

Lu Li’s allies considered using the Seagod Trident to gain control of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while Federation leaders discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s rising power and plotted against Shrek. After the Federation’s council election left Shrek with no councilors, Long Yeyue erupted in fury at the Sea God Pavilion.

• Leng Yaozhu argued that Lu Li’s Seagod Trident made him the rightful leader of Shrek Academy and could help him take control of Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• Geng Ping dismissed calls to restrain the Spirit Pagoda and told Tang Chusan to focus on Shrek and the Tang Sect as the Federation’s enemies.
• Yu Guanzhi met Geng Ping privately, and they discussed the coming council election and deciding who should remain in office.
• At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yun Ming told Long Yeyue that none of Shrek’s five original councilors had been retained in the Federation election.
• Long Yeyue slammed the table and angrily accused the Federation of provoking Shrek.

Shrek Academy’s leaders reacted angrily after the Federation’s council list gave the Spirit Pagoda numerous seats and left Shrek with none, then debated how to repair their relationship with the Federation. At the suburban villa, Lu Li and Leng Yaozhu discovered that Qiangu Dongfeng had secretly added them and Na Nali to the list.

• Long Yeyue, Cai Yue'er, and Yun Ming condemned the council selections after seeing that the Spirit Pagoda had over ten seats and Shrek had none.
• Yun Ming said the council chairman claimed Shrek’s candidates had been outperformed under stricter selection standards, and Long Yeyue demanded that Shrek confront the Federation.
• Ya Li and Chu Ge explained that the Spirit Pagoda had built goodwill through donations and support for ordinary Soul Masters, prompting Ye Kun to urge Shrek to improve its ties with the Federation.
• Long Yeyue agreed that relations should improve but vowed to make the Federation pay for damaging Shrek’s reputation, leaving Ya Li doubtful that reconciliation was possible.
• At the suburban villa, Lu Li, Leng Yaozhu, and Bai Haoze wondered why their names appeared on the council list.
• Na Nali revealed that Qiangu Dongfeng had submitted all three of their names, along with her own under the identity Li Na.

After the Federation’s council reshuffle strengthened the hawks, Ya Li visited Leng Yaozhu to ask how she could persuade Shrek’s leaders to cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda and Federation. Di Tian watched her leave and mistakenly concluded that she was secretly visiting Lu Li for a rendezvous.

• Na Nali explained that she had helped secure council seats for the Lu Li family, while Leng Yaozhu noted that Shrek had no representatives and the Tang Sect had only one.
• Leng Yaozhu told Lu Li that Ya Li had reported Long Yeyue was furious with the Federation and intended to make it pay.
• Ya Li visited Leng Yaozhu alone and asked for advice about Yun Ming and Long Yeyue resisting closer ties with the Spirit Pagoda and Federation.
• Leng Yaozhu advised Ya Li to speak candidly at Shrek’s next meeting, and Ya Li agreed to do so.
• After Ya Li left, Lu Li, Na Nali, and Leng Yaozhu speculated about her relationship with Yun Ming and why she had confided in Leng Yaozhu.
• Di Tian saw Ya Li leave and wrongly decided she had been visiting Lu Li for a secret rendezvous.

Di Tian misread Ya Li’s meeting with Lu Li as a romantic affair, while Ya Li and Yun Ming secured two Federation council seats for Shrek Academy. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Ya Li proposed that Shrek repair its relationship with the Spirit Pagoda, shocking Long Yeyue.

• Di Tian watched Ya Li leave and decided her apparent closeness with Lu Li would help the Dragon Clan’s revival.
• Ya Li returned to Sea God Island with candied hawthorn for Na'er, and Yun Ming asked her to accompany him to Bright City to seek Federation council seats.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li secured two War God Temple slots for Shrek Academy, but Yun Ming clarified that they belonged to him and Ya Li, not Long Yeyue.
• Long Yeyue grew angry at being excluded and called for the academy to obtain another slot from the Federation.
• Ya Li proposed that Shrek Academy improve its relationship with the Spirit Pagoda, leaving Long Yeyue stunned.

Ya Li urged Shrek Academy to improve relations with the Spirit Pagoda, but Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er denounced her proposal and Yun Ming ended the meeting without defending her. After Ya Li left, Cai Yue'er suspected she had ties to the Qiangu Clan, and Yun Ming insisted she had been bewitched.

• Ya Li proposed that Shrek Academy build friendly relations with the Spirit Pagoda and the Federation.
• Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er condemned Ya Li's proposal as an insult to Shrek, while Ya Li argued that cooperation would help the academy.
• Yun Ming ended the Sea God Pavilion meeting and told Ya Li not to raise matters unrelated to Shrek's future direction.
• Ya Li left after Yun Ming agreed to speak with her later, and she heard Long Yeyue criticize her as she departed.
• Cai Yue'er wondered if Ya Li had become close to the Qiangu Clan, and Yun Ming angrily denied it, saying Ya Li had been bewitched.

Yun Ming told Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er that Ya Li’s contact with the Spirit Pagoda came through Lu Li and Na'er, prompting Long Yeyue to demand a closer look at Lu Li. At home, Lu Li rejected the system’s mission to win Long Yeyue’s favor and traded its reward for a boost to his soul spirits’ cultivation age.

• Yun Ming warned Cai Yue'er to stop speaking badly about Ya Li and explained that Ya Li had grown close to Leng Yaozhu because of Lu Li.
• Yun Ming revealed that Na'er was Lu Li’s younger sister and that her ties to the Spirit Pagoda had brought Ya Li into contact with them.
• Long Yeyue accused Lu Li of influencing Ya Li and told Yun Ming to bring Lu Li to Shrek Academy if they continued meeting.
• The system offered Lu Li a mission to win Long Yeyue’s favor, but he traded the reward for a ten-percent increase in all soul spirits’ cultivation age.

Lu Li and the others learned that Ya Li’s proposal to cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda had met fierce opposition at the Sea God Pavilion meeting. Ya Li returned devastated by Yun Ming’s silence, leaving the group doubtful that the proposal could proceed as she had hoped.

• Lu Li wondered whether Long Yeyue’s recent actions were connected to Ya Li’s plan to propose cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Na Nali accidentally admitted that she had been slacking off on cultivation, and Lu Li turned her teasing accusation back on her.
• Ya Li arrived at Leng Yaozhu’s home and said the meeting had gone badly after Long Yeyue and Cai Yue’er opposed her proposal.
• Ya Li revealed that Yun Ming had stayed silent during the meeting, apart from telling her, “Ya Li, enough.”
• Lu Li concluded that the cooperation proposal could not proceed as Ya Li had imagined, and Leng Yaozhu comforted her.

Ya Li left Leng Yaozhu’s villa determined to pursue reconciliation between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda herself. After returning to Yun Ming, she realized their relationship could not return to what it had been and resolved to keep working for Na’er and the academy’s children.

• Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu whether reconciliation between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda was still possible, and Leng Yaozhu said it would be difficult.
• Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu to keep advocating for peace within the Spirit Pagoda and vowed to keep trying at Shrek Academy.
• Ya Li left the villa, resolved to pave the way for Na’er’s future, while Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, and Lu Li discussed her situation and Shrek Academy’s refusal to take a conciliatory path.
• Lu Li agreed that force might be needed, and Leng Yaozhu considered using more forceful methods against Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li to forget the dispute and never raise it again, but Ya Li silently resolved to continue pursuing her goal.

Ya Li reassured Na'er that she was no longer troubled by her ties to Shrek Academy and planned to visit Lu Li and Leng Yaozhu with her. Later, Lu Li spotted Di Tian watching the villa and summoned him, and Di Tian introduced himself as Lao Di.

• Na'er noticed Ya Li seemed unhappy, but Ya Li insisted she would stop caring about people who had not cared about her and accepted Na'er's candy.
• Ya Li told Na'er they would visit Lu Li and Leng Yaozhu that weekend, and Na'er eagerly agreed.
• Leng Yaozhu took Na Nali and Lingling shopping while Lu Li stayed home, and both women kissed him goodbye.
• After seeing the others off, Lu Li noticed Di Tian hiding nearby and called him out.
• Di Tian appeared at the villa and told Lu Li to call him Lao Di.

Lu Li welcomed Ya Li and Na’er to his villa after Di Tian assured him he was only there to protect him. Na’er’s blunt matchmaking comments embarrassed Ya Li and Lu Li, and Leng Yaozhu returned to find Ya Li’s face flushed.

• Lu Li thanked Di Tian for protecting him, and Di Tian promised to pass his gratitude to his lord before leaving.
• Ya Li and Na’er arrived, and Lu Li led them into his villa while explaining that Leng Yaozhu and Lili had gone out.
• Na’er asked whether Ya Li and Lu Li had become good friends, prompting both of them to question what she meant.
• Na’er explained that she wanted the two people who treated her best to be friends, and Ya Li clarified that her friendship with Lu Li was different.
• Lu Li warned Na’er not to say such things around Yun Ming, and Na’er privately favored Ya Li becoming close to Lu Li instead.
• Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, and Lingling returned, and Leng Yaozhu noticed that Ya Li’s face was red.

Ya Li tried to hide her embarrassment after Na'er suggested she and Lu Li should become good friends, while Leng Yaozhu and Na Nali questioned Lu Li about what had happened. Back at home, Ya Li explained to Na'er that she was willing to be friends with Lu Li but would not become his close friend because she had a family and considered Leng Yaozhu her best friend.

• Ya Li brushed off Leng Yaozhu and Na Nali's questions about her flushed face and left the living room with them and Lu Li.
• After Lu Li explained Na'er's comment, Leng Yaozhu and Na Nali teased him about Ya Li, and Na Nali asked what would happen if they became close by accident.
• Ya Li told Na'er not to make comments about her relationship with Lu Li, and Na'er asked why Ya Li did not want to be his good friend.
• Ya Li said she was willing to be friends with Lu Li but that close friendship was inappropriate because she had a family, and she named Leng Yaozhu as her best friend.

Na'er challenged Ya Li's belief that she and Yun Ming were best friends, arguing that Yun Ming did not make Ya Li happy, before Yun Ming interrupted their conversation. A month later, Lu Li reached Rank 94, and a warning from Leng Yulai revealed that Dark Blood Demon and Qiangu Dongfeng would meet in Skysea City the next day to pursue a scheme involving Lu Li.

• Na'er told Ya Li that she did not believe Ya Li and Yun Ming were best friends because Yun Ming did not make Ya Li happy.
• Na'er said she wanted Ya Li and Lu Li to become best friends, and Ya Li warned her not to let Yun Ming hear the idea.
• Yun Ming entered with spirit fruit, and Na'er told him she and Ya Li had been discussing their cultivation plans.
• A month later, Lu Li broke through to Rank 94 at age nineteen, becoming the youngest Rank 94 Title Douluo in history.
• Leng Yulai sent a Soul Tool message warning that Dark Blood Demon and Qiangu Dongfeng would meet in Skysea City the next day, and Lu Li realized Qiangu Dongfeng had not informed him.
• Na Nali summoned Qiangu Dongfeng through the Light and Dark Purple Gold Bell, and he claimed he had tried to inform her moments earlier.

Lu Li and Na Nali learned that Dark Blood Demon planned to meet Qiangu Dongfeng in Skysea City and decided to turn the meeting into a chance to capture him. As the group prepared, Leng Yulai secretly mixed a powerful sleeping agent into a drink for her own plan.

• Qiangu Dongfeng played a recording of Dark Blood Demon proposing a meeting in Skysea City to discuss assassinating Lu Li, and Na Nali ordered him to go as agreed while she and Lu Li followed.
• Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, and Lu Li discussed Dark Blood Demon's soul-devouring abilities and resolved to eliminate him, with Lu Li noting that Leng Yulai was also involved.
• Leng Yaozhu discovered that Leng Yulai had blacklisted her and asked Na Nali to tell Leng Yulai to add her back.
• That night, Leng Yulai poured ten doses of sleeping agent into a glass of water as she prepared to act against Dark Blood Demon.

Leng Yulai secretly drugged two drinks while preparing to help Lu Li, then gave one to Dark Blood Demon as he questioned her about Lu Li. Dark Blood Demon left with the drugged milk tea and planned to travel with Leng Yulai to Skysea City the next morning.

• Leng Yulai added a massive dose of sleeping drug to both the warm tea and the strawberry milk tea before Dark Blood Demon arrived.
• Dark Blood Demon asked Leng Yulai about Lu Li’s habits, girlfriend, and the seals around the places where he stayed.
• Leng Yulai claimed she had learned little about Lu Li and offered Dark Blood Demon a drink, which he accepted and finished.
• Dark Blood Demon took the milk tea with him and told Leng Yulai they would leave for Skysea City the next morning.
• After Dark Blood Demon vanished, Leng Yulai celebrated that he had taken the drugged drinks and hoped he would fail to capture Lu Li.

Dark Blood Demon dismissed Leng Yulai’s abilities but prepared precautions for his planned meeting with Qiangu Dongfeng. Meanwhile, Na Nali, Lu Li, and Leng Yaozhu listened to Leng Yulai’s cryptic message and doubted she had a workable plan, while Leng Yulai believed her sedatives would help defeat the Blood Demon.

• Leng Yulai sent Na Nali a voice message boasting that she did not do pressure, and Dark Blood Demon decided she was unlikely to know anything useful.
• Dark Blood Demon planned to meet Qiangu Dongfeng with Leng Yulai and gave Cai Wu a Soul Tool linked to his divided soul, ordering him to contact Ghost Emperor if anything went wrong.
• The next morning, Na Nali played Leng Yulai’s message for Lu Li and Leng Yaozhu at the Starlight Grand Hotel in Skysea City.
• Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu doubted Leng Yulai could devise a clever scheme, while Lu Li suggested she might have done something unexpected.
• Leng Yulai thought her sedatives could make the Blood Demon seek death, and Gu Yue asked her how she planned to do it.

Dark Blood Demon and Leng Yulai met Qiangu Dongfeng outside Skysea City to plan Lu Li’s assassination, but Dark Blood Demon suddenly collapsed before the plan could proceed. Lu Li, Na Nali, and Leng Yaozhu revealed themselves and stopped Leng Yulai from leaving, hinting that her role had been more useful than expected.

• Dark Blood Demon asked Leng Yulai to buy him another milk tea, and she reluctantly went to the shop.
• Dark Blood Demon and Leng Yulai met Qiangu Dongfeng and a powerful black-haired woman in the forest outside Skysea City.
• Qiangu Dongfeng said he would draw Leng Yaozhu away so Dark Blood Demon could attack Lu Li, while Leng Yulai silently resented Dark Blood Demon for belittling Lu Li.
• Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu watched from the shadows as Dark Blood Demon discussed where to ambush Lu Li.
• Dark Blood Demon suddenly became dizzy and collapsed before Qiangu Dongfeng could act.
• Leng Yulai tried to leave with Dark Blood Demon, but Qiangu Dongfeng stopped her, and Lu Li and the others appeared, saying her usefulness exceeded their expectations.

Leng Yulai stunned everyone by defeating Dark Blood Demon, a Limit Douluo, with an enormous dose of knockout drugs. She reunited with Leng Yaozhu and learned that Lu Li, Na Nali, and Lingling were present with Qiangu Dongfeng, whose sudden loyalty left her baffled.

• Leng Yulai turned to find Leng Yaozhu, Lu Li, Na Nali, and Lingling praising her for defeating Dark Blood Demon.
• Leng Yulai was shocked to see Qiangu Dongfeng acting obediently toward Black Phoenix at Na Nali's command.
• Na Nali asked Leng Yulai how she had managed to take down the much stronger Dark Blood Demon.
• Leng Yulai revealed that she had put ten packets of knockout drug in each cup of water and another ten in milk tea, and Dark Blood Demon had consumed enough for the drugs to work.
• Leng Yaozhu and the others reacted in disbelief as Lu Li joked that Leng Yulai deserved the title Potion Douluo.