Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong provoked Dai Mubai while standing up for Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Ming stopped him when he tried to attack. Gu Rong watched from hiding, impressed by Su Ming but troubled by the thought that he might win Rongrong’s affection.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai, who grew furious and lunged at her throat.
• Xiao Wu prepared to protect Ning Rongrong, while Su Ming watched for Dai Mubai to make a move.
• Su Ming bound Dai Mubai with vines before he could strike Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Rong, observing from the shadows, admired Su Ming’s quick control and considered recruiting him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong realized Su Ming might have designs on Ning Rongrong and worried that their little princess would be taken from them.
• Ning Rongrong opened her eyes and saw Dai Mubai immobilized in vines.

Su Ming stopped Dai Mubai from striking Ning Rongrong, challenged him to admit his mistakes toward Zhu Qing, and declined Ning Rongrong’s invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Dai Mubai agreed to apologize to Zhu Qing, though he secretly resented Su Ming, who left Ning Rongrong’s feelings and his own future plans on his mind.

• Su Ming restrained Dai Mubai with vines when Dai Mubai moved against Ning Rongrong, then criticized him for abandoning Zhu Qing and betraying her expectations.
• Ning Rongrong invited Su Ming to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Su Ming refused because he did not want to bind himself to a sect.
• Su Ming reassured Ning Rongrong that they could remain friends, and Xiao Wu grew jealous when Ning Rongrong accepted his head pat without resisting.
• Su Ming pressed Dai Mubai to acknowledge his mistakes, and Dai Mubai said he would leave Ning Rongrong alone and apologize to Zhu Qing.
• Su Ming released Dai Mubai, who hid his resentment and considered finding a chance to retaliate against him.

After Dai Mubai’s confrontation with Ning Rongrong, Su Ming reassured her that he could handle any retaliation, and the group returned to the academy. Zhu Zhuqing learned what had happened and felt guilty that Ning Rongrong had nearly been hurt while defending her, but Ning Rongrong said the confrontation had served her own purpose; she had achieved her goal, though she had not yet explained it.

• Su Ming dismissed the idea that Dai Mubai could threaten him, and Xiao Wu said she trusted his strength.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong returned to the girls’ dormitory, where Zhu Zhuqing asked why they had taken so long.
• Xiao Wu recounted Dai Mubai’s actions, and Zhu Zhuqing felt guilty that Ning Rongrong had nearly been harmed while standing up for her.
• Ning Rongrong reassured Zhu Zhuqing and said she had confronted Dai Mubai for her own reasons as well.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that she had achieved her goal, but she did not explain what it was.

Ning Rongrong explained that she had tested Su Ming’s feelings for her, and she, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their relationships with him. The conversation ended with Rongrong explaining that Su Ming would need to win over her family to marry her.

• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that she had provoked the situation to test whether Su Ming truly liked her, and Xiao Wu warned her not to risk her safety that way again.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Xiao Wu would mind if Su Ming pursued her, and Xiao Wu admitted she had felt jealous when Su Ming touched Rongrong’s head.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu about taking her relationship with Su Ming further, and Zhu Zhuqing joined in by pointing out that Xiao Wu was older than twelve.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would not consider Su Ming until she had resolved her situation with Dai Mubai, while Xiao Wu insisted Su Ming could handle any danger.
• Ning Rongrong explained that anyone seeking to marry her would likely have to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Su Ming would need her father and grandfathers’ approval.

Ning Rongrong admitted she already had a favorable impression of Su Ming and said she would marry whoever evolved her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The girls discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s victory over Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that the Diary’s rewards had given her defense-ignoring attacks and a Soul Power-replenishing cultivation technique.

• Ning Rongrong admitted to Xiao Wu that Su Ming had made a favorable impression on her, though she said her family elders’ approval and the evolution of her Martial Soul mattered.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that becoming a god in the original work suggested her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Su Ming wrote in his diary that the Soul Fighting Arena had broadened his knowledge but offered little challenge, and he wanted a stronger sparring partner from their own side.
• Su Ming recorded that Zhu Zhuqing had defeated Tang San with Netherworld Slash, whose Bleeding Effect made it stronger than in the original work.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that a Diary reward had given her a defense-ignoring attack, letting her overcome Tang San’s Mysterious Jade Hand and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her incomplete Nine Yin Manual Internal Cultivation Method let her Soul Power continuously replenish itself.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu discussed their rewards and relationships with Su Ming before reading his theory that Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Slash could ignore defense. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing relieved that Su Ming had not fully uncovered the secret behind her skill.

• Ning Rongrong praised Zhu Zhuqing’s rewards, and Zhu Zhuqing praised Rongrong’s God-Bestowed Soul Ring and Soul Ring age increase while reflecting on how to thank Su Ming.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about considering Su Ming, but Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to end her relationship with Dai Mubai first; Xiao Wu accepted that Su Ming might have other partners.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she had obtained the complete Wind God Leg technique and explained how she had incorporated its moves into her Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw.
• Su Ming’s Diary proposed that Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Slash ignored defense, and Bibi Dong speculated that a system reward might have granted Zhu Zhuqing attacks that bypassed defense.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she should tell Su Ming about her skill but decided it was too soon to share such a secret.

Su Ming considered how to help Ning Rongrong evolve her Martial Soul and wondered whether giving her the Aromatic Silk Beauty would win her affection. Ning Rongrong reacted with embarrassment to his thoughts, while Su Ming realized that winning her over might mean facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two protective Titled Douluo.

• Su Ming noticed Xiao Wu’s unusually powerful kick during the two-on-two matches and wondered why she seemed stronger than he expected.
• Su Ming described the future defensive and invincibility skills of Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Rongrong became excited at the prospect of evolving her Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong considered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might join Spirit Hall, while Su Ming acknowledged that he did not yet know how to reach the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Su Ming questioned whether Tang San had truly failed to dodge Ning Rongrong’s kiss in the original story and said he would openly welcome a kiss rather than force anyone.
• Ning Rongrong blushed as the girls teased her, and Su Ming considered winning her affection before giving her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, despite the likely opposition of the Sword Bone Two Titled Douluo.

Su Ming considered teaching Ning Rongrong Lingbo Weibu so she could defend herself, while Bibi Dong hoped to recruit him into Spirit Hall. After the spirit battle, Ma Hongjun provoked Xiao Wu and her friends, and Dai Mubai lost his temper when Zhu Qing mocked him.

• Su Ming considered teaching Ning Rongrong Lingbo Weibu after deciding she needed a way to protect herself.
• Xiao Wu explained that Lingbo Weibu used Soul Power and would suit Ning Rongrong, who resolved to learn it if Su Ming taught her.
• Bibi Dong thought about how Su Ming's techniques could strengthen Spirit Hall, while Su Ming considered joining it to improve ordinary people's lives and gather faith.
• Ma Hongjun tried to drag Dai Mubai to a brothel and insulted women, angering Xiao Wu and the others before he left alone.
• Zhu Qing mocked Dai Mubai over his past, and Dai Mubai gathered Soul Power as she walked away, but he refrained from attacking while others watched.
• Ning Rongrong unexpectedly stepped into the conflict, prompting Su Ming to recall her original-story behavior and leaving her embarrassed by his diary comments.

Bo Saixi discovered a mysterious diary containing Su Ming’s account of the future and learned that Tang San was destined to inherit the Sea God’s power. Doubting Tang San’s character and resisting the thought of sacrificing herself for him, she hoped Su Ming would prevent him from obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Bo Saixi sensed a diary appear before her despite her powerful perception and searched Sea God Island for whoever had brought it.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other guardians gathered outside the Sea God Hall, but Bo Saixi found no intruder and opened the diary.
• Bo Saixi read Su Ming’s entries and inferred that the diary’s rewards had already changed the circumstances and strength of Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bo Saixi learned of Tang San’s past as a Tang Sect disciple who secretly learned forbidden techniques and questioned why Lord Sea God had chosen him as an inheritor.
• Bo Saixi deduced that Tang Chen was Tang San’s grandfather and worried that Tang San might obtain the missing Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before Su Ming could stop him.

Bo Saixi learned she could not reveal the Diary, while Su Ming cultivated and received a Virtual Learning Space for practicing talisman-making. He entered the space to begin exploring it, leaving his physical body safely seated in cultivation.

• Bo Saixi tried to ask the Seven Sacred Pillars whether they could see the Diary, but an immense pressure stopped her from saying its name, so she dismissed them.
• Su Ming practiced the Soul Power Body Forging Technique and reflected on his Spiritual Power, Mangekyo Sharingan, and Divine Might.
• At midnight, Su Ming received the Virtual Learning Space, where he could practice making talismans using virtual materials.
• Su Ming entered the space with his spiritual body while his physical body remained seated, and talisman papers and materials appeared before him.

The female leads received their seven-day Soul Power increase, and Bo Saixi was astonished that the system could raise her power despite the Sea God's restrictions. After Ning Rongrong gained a Spiritual Power reward, Gu Rong confronted Flender outside Shrek Academy about Rongrong.

• Ning Rongrong's Soul Power rose from level thirty-four to level thirty-five, matching Zhu Zhuqing's level.
• Bo Saixi received a substantial Soul Power increase, restrained the resulting commotion, and told the Seven Sacred Pillars she had gained insight.
• Bo Saixi saw that Ning Rongrong had earned the day's reward, while Ning Rongrong discovered her Spiritual Power had increased.
• Gu Rong stood guard outside Shrek Academy after Rongrong had nearly been bullied, then confronted Flender and reminded him that Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's little princess.

Gu Rong confronted Flender over Ning Rongrong’s treatment and Dai Mubai’s near-fight with her, then beat him and appeared at Shrek Academy the next morning. Su Ming recognized Gu Rong as a threat to Xiao Wu and warned her to conceal her aura, leaving the group facing the Titled Douluo.

• Gu Rong learned that Flender had made Ning Rongrong run twenty laps and blamed him for Dai Mubai nearly beating her, then pressed Flender with his Titled Douluo power.
• Gu Rong ignored Flender’s pleas and beat him, while Flender resolved to question Dai Mubai about the previous night.
• Flender summoned Dai Mubai, heard his account of the conflict, and warned him that Gu Rong had come to Shrek and that he needed to apologize to Ning Rongrong.
• Su Ming sensed spatial fluctuations on the training field, shielded Xiao Wu, and warned everyone that an expert was coming.
• Gu Rong emerged from distorted space, and Su Ming quietly told Xiao Wu to conceal her aura and flee if she was discovered.

Gu Rong arrived at the academy to check on Ning Rongrong and learned that Su Ming had protected her from Dai Mubai. After confronting Oscar and Zhao Wuji, Gu Rong praised Su Ming and invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Gu Rong embraced Ning Rongrong, asked what had happened, and took her away to hear her explanation.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Su Ming to Gu Rong and credited him with helping her, while Gu Rong praised Su Ming for protecting her from Dai Mubai.
• Gu Rong warned Oscar to stay away from Ning Rongrong and said he had already beaten Flender over the arrangement that paired them together.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, but Gu Rong dismissed him, and Zhao Wuji backed down without protest.
• Gu Rong told Su Ming he valued his talent and strength and asked whether he wanted to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Gu Rong invited Su Ming to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Rongrong helped Su Ming defer the decision, and Gu Rong returned to discuss recruitment with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin. Several days later, Oscar reached level thirty, and Flender announced that Zhao Wuji would lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Ning Rongrong intervened when Gu Rong invited Su Ming to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Su Ming said he would consider it.
• Gu Rong left after telling Su Ming the sect would welcome him, while privately hoping Rongrong would keep him from joining Spirit Hall.
• Oscar concluded that his chances with Ning Rongrong were gone, and Zhao Wuji announced the students would train until Oscar reached level thirty.
• Several days later, Oscar told Flender he had reached level thirty, so Flender scheduled a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest for the next morning.
• Flender warned the students that they would have to kill their own Soul Beasts unless their lives were in danger, while Tang San looked forward to obtaining his Third Soul Ring.

Oscar reached level thirty, and Flender made eating Oscar’s sausages the group’s assignment before their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest. Su Ming protected the girls from having to eat them and wrote that Oscar’s likely third Spirit Skill, a one-minute flight, would become useless later.

• Flender ordered everyone to eat Oscar’s sausages so they could restore stamina during the journey.
• Su Ming ate both sausages himself and argued that the girls could rely on his Spirit Skill instead; Ning Rongrong offered to restore his Soul Power.
• The men ate Oscar’s sausages, while the three girls discussed Su Ming’s hidden abilities in the Diary.
• Su Ming wrote that Oscar and Tang San would hunt for their third Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest and predicted Oscar would obtain a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s flight ability.
• Su Ming judged the flight sausage too limited to remain useful in later battles, and Oscar felt an ominous chill in his dorm.

Su Ming reflected on the upcoming conflict with Blue Sunshine Academy and continued learning talisman crafting, while the women discussed the value of his talismans. Zhu Zhuqing explained how Space Talismans had helped her escape her family, leaving her with no talismans and no intention of returning to Dai Mubai.

• Su Ming judged Oscar’s Flying Sausage too limited to be useful later and decided not to help his rival find a better Soul Beast.
• Su Ming anticipated Ma Hongjun starting trouble with Blue Sunshine Academy and reasoned that Zhao Wuji would eventually confront their teacher.
• Su Ming planned to keep studying talisman crafting in the Learning Space and hoped to give Ning Rongrong talismans for self-defense once he could make them.
• Bibi Dong hoped Su Ming would master talisman crafting and teach trusted Spirit Hall members so they could produce talismans in quantity.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu about their experiences using talismans, and Zhu Zhuqing said Space Talismans had helped her escape the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled that her final Space Talisman had sent her to the Rose Hotel, where she saw Dai Mubai with twin women.

Su Ming continued learning talisman-making while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing discussed his talismans and received a reward for Xiao Wu. The Shrek group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Su Ming adjusted their formation to use Zhu Zhuqing’s agility for scouting.

• Xiao Wu praised Su Ming’s Space and Disguise Talismans and recalled how he had fooled Tang Hao with an ordinary Blue Silver Grass and swapped the hidden Soul Bone.
• Su Ming studied talisman-making in the Learning Space and received a reward that raised his First Spirit Ring’s age by five thousand years.
• Xiao Wu received a Learning Acceleration Card after Su Ming mentioned her twice in his Diary, and she planned to use it to study the Wind God Leg techniques.
• Zhao Wuji led the group to depart, while Dai Mubai assigned their formation for the journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Ming suggested that Zhu Qing scout ahead of him because her agility and Martial Soul made her well suited to the role.

Su Ming and the Shrek group traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then stopped for the night in a nearby town to rest and replenish supplies. As Dai Mubai and the others ordered dinner, Su Ming and the three girls went upstairs to avoid an impending conflict in the hotel hall.

• Xiao Wu supported Su Ming’s suggestion that Zhu Zhuqing scout at the front, and the group set out with Zhu Zhuqing leading and Dai Mubai and Tang San covering the rear.
• Su Ming used his Fourth Spirit Skill to support Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun complained that he had been left out.
• After traveling all day, the group reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Zhao Wuji told them to rest at a hotel and pay for their own lodging and meals.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar rented a shared room, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu chose another shared room, and Su Ming rented a room alone.
• Su Ming went upstairs with Xiao Wu and the other girls to avoid the coming conflict, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun stayed downstairs to order dinner.
• Dai Mubai agreed to pay for dinner after Ma Hongjun teased him about his larger Spirit Hall subsidy.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun provoked Blue Sunshine Academy and defeated its students, prompting their Soul King teacher to step in. Su Ming stayed upstairs to cultivate and began breaking through to Level Forty-Four as the fight escalated.

• Ma Hongjun leered at a female student from Blue Sunshine Academy, while Dai Mubai disparaged the academy and their comments angered its teacher.
• Oscar encouraged Tang San to treat the likely confrontation as cultivation, and Tang San accepted that they might need to fight.
• Su Ming decided to stay upstairs and cultivate, then realized he was close to breaking through and focused on reaching Level Forty-Four.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun fought the Blue Sunshine Academy students and drove them back.
• The Blue Sunshine Academy teacher revealed himself as a Soul King and challenged the Shrek students, so Dai Mubai urged Tang San and Ma Hongjun to hold out until Su Ming or Zhao Wuji came downstairs.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing stayed upstairs while Su Ming cultivated through a breakthrough, leaving Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others to handle a fight with Blue Sunshine Academy. After Su Ming reached Level 44 and learned what had happened, Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s advice to cause trouble, prompting Zhao Wuji to feel targeted.

• Xiao Wu used her Spiritual Power to sense that Su Ming was cultivating and nearing a breakthrough, so she and the others stayed outside his room instead of joining the fight downstairs.
• Su Ming opened his door half an hour later, and the group found hotel damage and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun injured after the conflict.
• Su Ming confirmed he had broken through to Level 44, and Zhao Wuji praised his rapid cultivation.
• Tang San brooded over how his attacks and Hidden Weapons had failed against the opposing teacher’s turtle-shell defense, and resolved to make a Zhuge Crossbow after the Star Dou Great Forest trip.
• Ma Hongjun complained that Su Ming had not helped, while Oscar defended him; Su Ming suspected Ma Hongjun had provoked the fight by staring at a girl.
• Ning Rongrong condemned Flender’s claim that a Soul Master who did not cause trouble was no good and asked why they did not provoke a Titled Douluo, leaving Zhao Wuji visibly uncomfortable.