Chapter Summaries

After Dugu Yan recovered from the effects of Whale Rubber, Dugu Bo tried to arrange her marriage to Ye Liuyun, who refused because he would not treat her as a bargain or accept a match decided for him. Dugu Yan denied having feelings for Ye Liuyun and withdrew, while he urged Dugu Bo to protect her himself once their deal was complete.

• Dugu Bo freed Dugu Yan from Ye Liuyun’s Blue Silver Grass, and she was mortified by her behavior under Whale Rubber’s influence.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Ye Liuyun’s restraint proved his character and announced that he intended to betroth her to him.
• Dugu Bo offered Ye Liuyun his protection and the Dugu Clan’s wealth in exchange for marrying Dugu Yan, but Ye Liuyun refused the arranged match and said he did not like her.
• Dugu Yan overheard them, stopped her grandfather, denied that she liked Ye Liuyun, and said they would part ways after he cured their poison.
• Dugu Bo scolded Ye Liuyun for rejecting Dugu Yan, but Ye Liuyun told him to protect her himself and focus on removing his physical flaws.

Ye Liuyun and Dugu Yan reached level forty and set out with Dugu Bo to hunt their fourth Spirit Rings. After Dugu Bo engaged a nearly seventy-thousand-year Amethyst Thorn Dragon, Ye Liuyun and Dugu Yan killed a ten-thousand-year Flash-Scale Earth Dragon Python, leaving Dugu Yan poised to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yan reached level forty, and Ye Liuyun consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power before they prepared to hunt Spirit Rings.
• Ye Liuyun gave Dugu Yan a Nine Orifice Soul-Stabilizing Flower so she could withstand a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and she vowed to challenge him after they obtained their rings.
• The three entered Sunset Forest's core region, where Dugu Bo confronted a nearly seventy-thousand-year Amethyst Thorn Dragon and sent Ye Liuyun and Dugu Yan away from the battle.
• Ye Liuyun spotted a ten-thousand-year Flash-Scale Earth Dragon Python and asked Dugu Yan whether she would risk fighting it; she chose to attack and drew Dugu Bo's poisoned short sword.
• Ye Liuyun struck the python with his Immortal Azure Emperor Armor and Wither skill, allowing Dugu Yan to stab its skull and kill it.
• Ye Liuyun concealed the python's corpse and told Dugu Yan to absorb the black Spirit Ring while he stood guard.

Ye Liuyun and Dugu Yan reached level forty, and Ye Liuyun gave her a Nine Orifice Soul-Stabilizing Flower so she could attempt a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring. While fleeing the clash between Dugu Bo and an Amethyst Thorn Dragon, they killed a ten-thousand-year Flash-Scale Earth Dragon Python suited to Dugu Yan, and she prepared to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yan broke through to level forty, while Ye Liuyun consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power.
• Ye Liuyun gave Dugu Yan a Nine Orifice Soul-Stabilizing Flower, and she accepted it and challenged him to a fight after they obtained their fourth Spirit Rings.
• Dugu Bo led Ye Liuyun and Dugu Yan into Sunset Forest, where he confronted a nearly seventy-thousand-year Amethyst Thorn Dragon and ordered them to flee.
• Ye Liuyun spotted a ten-thousand-year Flash-Scale Earth Dragon Python and asked Dugu Yan to decide whether to fight it; she chose to proceed and drew her poisoned shortsword.
• Ye Liuyun used his Spirit Bone skill Wither to crack the python's skull, and Dugu Yan killed it with her poisoned blade.
• Ye Liuyun concealed the python's corpse beneath the earth and told Dugu Yan to absorb the black Spirit Ring that rose from it.

Dugu Yan endured a deadly spiritual assault and absorbed a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring with Ye Liuyun’s help, reaching level 42. After she confessed her interest in him, his advice about genuine kindness made her reconsider her feelings, and Dugu Bo rejoiced at her achievement when they emerged.

• Dugu Yan began absorbing the Flash-Scale Earth Dragon Python’s ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, but its violent energy and Soul Shock overwhelmed her.
• Ye Liuyun used his Rebirth Spirit Bone Skill to repair Dugu Yan’s body and urged her to resist the spiritual assault, eventually provoking her with the thought of Dugu Bo’s death.
• Dugu Yan overcame the Soul Shock, completed the absorption, and rose to Soul Power Level 42.
• Dugu Yan thanked Ye Liuyun and confessed that she wanted to try being with him, but he warned her not to mistake sudden kindness for someone’s true nature.
• Dugu Yan reflected on Yu Tianheng’s motives and recognized Ye Liuyun’s generosity, then asked him to go easy on her in their future duel.
• Ye Liuyun dispersed the Blue Silver Grass barrier, and Dugu Bo saw Dugu Yan’s black Spirit Ring and celebrated her achievement.

Ye Liuyun absorbed a ten-thousand-year Myriad Illusion Vine Spirit Ring and gained a clone-producing fourth Spirit Skill, then used an incarnation to conceal his seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He left Dugu Bo to distract Tang Hao while his incarnation headed to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu’s supplies.

• Dugu Yan completed her ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, and Dugu Bo thanked Ye Liuyun before helping him search Sunset Forest for a suitable Spirit Beast.
• Ye Liuyun chose a roughly thirteen-thousand-year Myriad Illusion Vine, and Dugu Bo subdued it while Ye Liuyun drained its life force and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Ye Liuyun absorbed the ring without difficulty, reached Soul Power level forty-two, and demonstrated his Blue Silver Avatar clone and its ability to use his other Spirit Skills.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Liuyun said he would cultivate in seclusion and told Dugu Yan to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy without drawing attention.
• Ye Liuyun created an incarnation to take his place, asked Dugu Bo to make a commotion elsewhere to distract Tang Hao, and sent the incarnation toward Shrek Academy carrying Xiao Wu’s supplies.

Ye Liuyun returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, a divine Immortal Herb that Tang San identified as an extraordinary treasure. Xiao Wu confessed her past and asked Ye Liuyun to join her in taking revenge on Spirit Hall, but he refused and left her questioning their bond.

• Ye Liuyun returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and gave Xiao Wu the cold jade box containing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Tang San recognized the flower as a legendary Immortal Herb, and the Shrek members reacted with envy and shock.
• Xiao Wu pulled Ye Liuyun into the dormitory and asked why he had given her such a precious treasure instead of using it himself.
• Xiao Wu told Ye Liuyun that Spirit Hall had killed her mother, admitted she had first approached him to use his strength, and confessed that he had become important to her.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Liuyun to be with her and help avenge her mother, but Ye Liuyun bluntly refused, leaving Xiao Wu bewildered and hurt.

Xiao Wu confronted Ye Liuyun over his refusal to help her take revenge on Spirit Hall, then sought support from Tang San, who vowed to stand by her and confessed his feelings. Left alone, Ye Liuyun began to question whether his plans for Xiao Wu had become the kind of controlling interference he despised.

• Xiao Wu admitted she had originally approached Ye Liuyun with ulterior motives but asked whether their seven years together meant he would face Spirit Hall for her.
• Ye Liuyun said Tang San would help her get revenge and refused to interfere, prompting Xiao Wu to leave in tears.
• Tang San followed Xiao Wu and promised to make her enemy his own, then confessed that he had always liked her.
• Ning Rongrong found Ye Liuyun alone and suggested Xiao Wu had wanted comforting words, leading him to realize he had been arranging Xiao Wu’s future under the excuse of acting for her own good.
• Ye Liuyun asked Ning Rongrong to leave him alone, and she said she would go check on Xiao Wu.

After misunderstanding the blooming Lovesick Heartbreak Red as proof that Xiao Wu chose Tang San, Ye Liuyun decided to leave Shrek Academy. When Yu Xiaogang tried to shame him into staying, Ye Liuyun struck him and announced his departure.

• Ning Rongrong urged Xiao Wu to judge Ye Liuyun by his actions, and Xiao Wu remembered how he had cared for her since their days at Nuoding Academy.
• Ning Rongrong concealed her feelings for Ye Liuyun, while Xiao Wu accepted that he might not return her love; the Lovesick Heartbreak Red bloomed during the night.
• Ye Liuyun saw Xiao Wu wearing the flower and assumed she had chosen Tang San, so he left breakfast without speaking to her.
• Ye Liuyun told Flender that he was leaving Shrek Academy, but Yu Xiaogang accused him of abandoning the group and its tournament plans.
• Ye Liuyun slapped Yu Xiaogang into the mud and said he was leaving, stunning everyone on the training ground.

After Ye Liuyun left Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong caught up with him and challenged him for abandoning the chance to change the world. Her words shook him and his true body, leaving him stopped and unsettled.

• Ye Liuyun departed after attacking Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San treated his teacher and Xiao Wu silently wished Ye Liuyun well.
• Ning Rongrong chased Ye Liuyun to the academy gates and offered him a place at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused and said he would cultivate alone.
• Ning Rongrong called Ye Liuyun a coward and argued that his occasional acts of kindness did not address the world’s unjust rules.
• Ning Rongrong declared that she wanted a great man who would lead the way for everyone, not someone who ran away from changing the world.
• Ye Liuyun was deeply shaken by Ning Rongrong’s words, and his true body stopped thousands of miles away as well.

Ye Liuyun left Shrek Academy despite Ning Rongrong pleading with him to stay, while his true body reached Nuoding City and unexpectedly found Wang Sheng collecting protection money. Wang Sheng explained that his parents had died by suicide after they could not afford treatment, leaving Ye Liuyun struggling to respond to his former classmate’s desperation.

• Ye Liuyun refused to stay at Shrek Academy, and Ning Rongrong tearfully told him she hated him as he left.
• Ye Liuyun's true body arrived in Nuoding City and planned to arrange for Wang Sheng to receive an address connected to items hidden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Liuyun recognized Wang Sheng leading a group collecting protection money at a tavern and stopped him from slipping away.
• Wang Sheng admitted he had joined a gang to support his family after his parents became seriously ill and treatment proved too expensive.
• Wang Sheng told Ye Liuyun that his parents had taken their own lives to avoid burdening the family, and Ye Liuyun fell silent.

Ye Liuyun comforted Wang Sheng, who wanted to stop collecting protection money and provide a better life for his family. Ye Liuyun promised to help him become a teacher, and Wang Sheng agreed to learn from him.

• Wang Sheng teased Ye Liuyun about being troubled by a pretty girl, and Ye Liuyun thought of Ning Rongrong.
• Wang Sheng confessed that he feared his wife and child would suffer because he was poor and admitted he no longer wanted to collect protection money.
• Ye Liuyun offered Wang Sheng a box to deliver to a powerful expert and a bag of Gold Soul Coins, but Wang Sheng refused the money and asked for help finding honest work.
• Ye Liuyun suggested Wang Sheng open a restaurant or seek a teaching position at Nuoding Academy, and offered to recommend and tutor him.
• Wang Sheng agreed to learn from Ye Liuyun and pursue becoming a teacher so his child could have a better life.

Ye Liuyun taught Wang Sheng and Xiao Ya how to identify and survive encounters with Spirit Beasts, while Wang Sheng resolved to leave his gang’s dirty work behind to protect his family. When gang members came to confront him, Ye Liuyun urged him to tell them he was quitting and promised to stand by him.

• Ye Liuyun visited Wang Sheng’s home and demonstrated how to recognize a Datura Snake, explaining its traits, dangers, age, and weaknesses.
• Wang Sheng and Xiao Ya learned from Ye Liuyun’s clear lesson on Spirit Beasts and how to deduce traits of unfamiliar creatures.
• After Xiao Ya went to soothe their baby, Wang Sheng admitted he wanted to leave criminal work and protect his family from its consequences.
• Ye Liuyun encouraged Wang Sheng to change his life, and Wang Sheng regained his determination.
• Gang members knocked at the gate and demanded to know why Wang Sheng had left his protection-money duties early.
• Ye Liuyun told Wang Sheng to explain that he was quitting and assured him he would help.

Ye Liuyun stopped Kuang Lei Bao from extorting Wang Sheng and forced the gang to leave without escalating the conflict. With Wang Sheng and Xiao Ya safe for the moment, Ye Liuyun encouraged Wang Sheng to study and promised to recommend him to Nuoding Academy.

• Wang Sheng told Kuang Lei Bao he was quitting the gang, but Kuang Lei Bao demanded repayment of a fabricated debt.
• Ye Liuyun stepped in and intimidated Kuang Lei Bao with his Soul Power, warning him to take his men and stay away from Wang Sheng's family.
• Kuang Lei Bao threatened Wang Sheng before leading his underlings away, and Ye Liuyun let them go to avoid provoking retaliation.
• Wang Sheng and Xiao Ya thanked and praised Ye Liuyun, who felt better after helping them.
• Ye Liuyun told Wang Sheng to keep studying Spirit Beasts and promised to speak to Nuoding Academy about a teaching position for him.

Ye Liuyun returned to Nuoding Academy, encouraged a new Work-Study Student, and secured Wang Sheng a chance to become a teacher. After a month of intense study, Wang Sheng set out to take the academy’s examination while Ye Liuyun prepared a celebratory meal.

• Ye Liuyun met a ragged Work-Study Student at the academy gates and encouraged her after a teacher mocked her chances of matching his achievements.
• Ye Liuyun recommended Wang Sheng to the dean, who offered him an interview and agreed to a salary of ten Gold Soul Coins per month if he passed the basic theory examination.
• Ye Liuyun taught Wang Sheng a punishing study method, and Wang Sheng committed himself to mastering the Spirit Beast handbook.
• Wang Sheng studied intensely for a month, then left for the academy interview with Ye Liuyun’s recommendation letter.
• Ye Liuyun refused Xiao Ya’s offer of money and went to buy vegetables so he could cook for Wang Sheng’s family.

Ye Liuyun waited with Xiao Ya for Wang Sheng to return with news of his new teaching job, but learned that a Spirit Master had killed him and the City Guard had dumped his body at a mass grave. After burying Wang Sheng, Ye Liuyun left for the city, vowing to avenge him.

• Ye Liuyun prepared a feast with Xiao Ya, and they waited for Wang Sheng to return from Nuoding Academy with good news.
• When Wang Sheng did not come home by nightfall, Ye Liuyun went to the academy and learned that Wang Sheng had left around noon after being hired as a teacher.
• Ye Liuyun questioned vendors along Wang Sheng's route and learned that a passing Spirit Master had struck Wang Sheng, who later died from his injuries.
• The pastry seller told Ye Liuyun that the City Guard had taken Wang Sheng's body to the Mass Grave outside the city.
• Ye Liuyun found Wang Sheng's corpse, buried it with Blue Silver Grass, and vowed to avenge his brother as he headed back toward the city.

Ye Liuyun hunted down the Lightning Gang after learning Wang Sheng had died, but discovered the gang had not killed him. He learned Wang Sheng had been casually struck dead by an extravagant Spirit Master, leaving Ye Liuyun unsure whom to blame and unable to face Xiao Ya.

• Ye Liuyun confronted Kuang Lei Bao in the tavern and used his Spirit Bone skill, Burst, to kill the gang members who attacked him.
• Ye Liuyun trapped the remaining thugs with Blue Silver Grass, tortured Kuang Lei Bao, and learned from a lackey that a Spirit Master had killed Wang Sheng.
• Ye Liuyun rejected the gang members' pleas for mercy, and the Lightning Gang's cries and screams continued through the night.
• The next morning, Ye Liuyun questioned the pastry shop owner and then the tea shop owner about Wang Sheng's death.
• The tea shop owner explained that Wang Sheng had bumped into a passing Spirit Master, who struck him with Soul Power, while bystanders did nothing.
• Ye Liuyun realized Wang Sheng had died through casual cruelty and public indifference, and he could not bring himself to return to Xiao Ya.

After Wang Sheng was killed, Ye Liuyun told Xiao Ya the truth and tried to support her and her child. He vowed to hunt down Wang Sheng’s killer and end the feudal age.

• Ye Liuyun questioned the teahouse owner, learned the killer had lightning-wreathed claws and was heading toward the Spirit Beast Forest, and paid the witnesses.
• Ye Liuyun told Xiao Ya that Wang Sheng was dead, and she described her plans to raise their child in the countryside.
• Ye Liuyun blamed himself, while Xiao Ya comforted him and said she still had hope for her child’s future.
• Ye Liuyun gave Xiao Ya the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and over a hundred Gold Soul Coins, and promised to send his clone to help her settle in the countryside.
• Ye Liuyun vowed to pursue Wang Sheng’s killer to the death and declared that he would end the feudal age.

Ye Liuyun decided to use marriage to Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence as a path toward changing the empire. When Nuoding City’s lord confronted him over the Lightning Gang, Ye Liuyun recognized the corruption behind the gang and struck back with his Spirit Bone skill.

• Ye Liuyun’s avatar told Dugu Yan that an Immortal Herb beneath the Herb Garden Cottage could resolve her family’s Martial Spirit backlash and help her Martial Spirit evolve.
• In Nuoding City, Ye Liuyun resolved to pursue Ning Rongrong and use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s wealth and political influence to gain power.
• Six soldiers arrived to take Ye Liuyun to the city lord, who entered the courtyard and threatened him over the Lightning Gang.
• Ye Liuyun recognized the city lord as the force protecting the Lightning Gang and saw that his first Spirit Ring was shabby.
• The city lord attacked Ye Liuyun with a scaled beast claw, but Ye Liuyun restrained it with his Immortal Azure Emperor Armor and used his left arm Spirit Bone skill, Wither.

Ye Liuyun killed the Soul Ancestor Gu Tie, then went with six terrified soldiers to the City Lord's Mansion. There, City Lord Xiao Han ordered Gu Tie to hang him, and Ye Liuyun revealed that Gu Tie was dead.

• Ye Liuyun displayed his ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring and killed Gu Tie with Blue Silver Grass after refusing his pleas for mercy.
• Ye Liuyun washed, changed into a long robe, and ordered the six soldiers to kneel and wait before making them lead him to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Deputy city lord Su Zheng tried to dismiss Ye Liuyun, but the soldiers stayed behind him out of fear.
• City Lord Xiao Han arrived, declared that he ruled Nuoding City, and ordered Gu Tie to hang Ye Liuyun.
• Ye Liuyun calmly told Xiao Han that Gu Tie had gone to the Underworld.

Ye Liuyun confronted City Lord Xiao Han over his corruption and cruelty, then killed him after Xiao Han refused to accept his judgment. The chapter ended with Xiao Han’s guards and retainers attacking Ye Liuyun in the City Lord’s Mansion, where Ye Liuyun began cutting them down with his Blue Silver Grass.

• Xiao Chenyu recognized Ye Liuyun, and Xiao Han realized he had provoked the legendary Nuoding Academy genius.
• Xiao Han apologized and offered treasures, but Ye Liuyun forced him to kneel and condemned him for bullying the weak and abusing his power.
• Ye Liuyun declared Xiao Han deserved death, and Xiao Han threatened him with the authority of the Heaven Dou Empire before ordering his men to attack.
• More than twenty Soul Elders and four Soul Ancestors surrounded Ye Liuyun in the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Ye Liuyun killed the first attacker with a blade of Blue Silver Grass, then used World of Trees to tear through the Soul Elders.