Chapter Summaries

On the road back to Heaven Dou City, Lin Qingmo suspected that one or more of his companions were secretly members of the Chat Group after noticing how closely their identities matched its nicknames. The group returned in tense silence, with everyone hiding their anxiety while Lin Qingmo planned to investigate them later.

• Lin Qingmo compared Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan with the Chat Group nicknames and found their matches suspicious.
• Lin Qingmo reasoned that Liu Erlong had unusually left her position as Blue Tyrant Academy headmaster to become an instructor at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, making her his chief suspect.
• Lin Qingmo pretended to fall asleep and decided to investigate the suspected Group Members after they returned to the Academy.
• Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing worried that Lin Qingmo had recognized them and tried to hide their reactions.
• Ye Lingling and Yu Feng noticed the group's awkward silence but could not understand why everyone seemed preoccupied.

Hu Liena told Bibi Dong about the mysterious Chat Group that had appeared in her consciousness and described its users’ claims that they knew the future. Bibi Dong listened in silence, leaving Hu Liena waiting anxiously to learn how her teacher would respond.

• Hu Liena became furious after someone in the Chat Group called her an ungrateful wretch.
• Xie Yue visited Hu Liena, who denied having feelings for Yan, and told her that Bibi Dong had summoned her.
• Hu Liena went to the Pope Palace and greeted Bibi Dong, who asked whether she was hiding something.
• Hu Liena admitted that a strange Light Screen had appeared in her consciousness and explained that it connected people who communicated through text.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that a Chat Group user had slandered her and Bibi Dong, claimed to know the future, and might be using a strange soul skill.

Hu Liena learned that Bibi Dong was also in the Chat Group and believed A-Qing’s prediction that Hu Liena would betray her and cause her death. Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena to change that future, and Hu Liena swore to prove her loyalty.

• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena what A-Qing had said, and Hu Liena explained the prediction that she would fall for Tang San and bring about Bibi Dong’s death.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she was in the Chat Group too, and Hu Liena panicked that her teacher had been testing her honesty.
• Bibi Dong comforted Hu Liena, then told her that A-Qing’s predictions had almost never been wrong and might describe a real future.
• Bibi Dong reminded Hu Liena that the future had not happened yet and that they could change it.
• Hu Liena swore to change her fate and never disappoint Bibi Dong.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Qingmo confronted Xiao Wu about the Chat Group identity she had concealed. Xiao Wu admitted she was A Rogue Rabbit, leaving the secret between them no longer hidden.

• Liu Erlong told everyone to rest after their soul hunt.
• Lin Qingmo stared at Xiao Wu while she sat for him to braid her hair, then pulled her into his arms.
• Lin Qingmo teased Xiao Wu and asked whether she was hiding something, naming A Rogue Rabbit as an example.
• Xiao Wu realized she had no reason to keep the identity secret from Lin Qingmo and confessed that she was A Rogue Rabbit from the Chat Group.

Xiao Wu confessed to Lin Qingmo that she had hidden her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and he reassured her while concluding that other Chat Group members were hiding their identities too. He proposed a larger plan to uncover them, and Xiao Wu thanked him for saving her from Tang Hao and Tang San before they kissed.

• Xiao Wu explained that she had concealed her identity because the Chat Group frightened her and she feared Lin Qingmo would be upset.
• Lin Qingmo revealed that he had bluffed to confirm his suspicion, then comforted Xiao Wu and accepted her explanation.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Qingmo that several Chat Group members seemed to avoid sensitive topics and were likely hiding their identities.
• Lin Qingmo rejected Xiao Wu's offer to test members individually and whispered a larger plan to her, which she agreed to support.
• Xiao Wu thanked Lin Qingmo for revealing that Tang Hao had watched her and that Tang San was involved, saying he had saved her from becoming someone else's Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qingmo kissed Xiao Wu, and she embraced him.

Lin Qingmo hosted a dinner after the Soul Hunting Operation, where several women nervously avoided drinking as he watched them. He exposed their Chat Group aliases one by one, leaving them stunned and caught off guard.

• Lin Qingmo gathered Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Feng, and Xiao Wu for dinner at the academy pavilion.
• Yu Feng and Ye Lingling drank until they fell asleep, while Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan avoided the wine.
• Lin Qingmo waited until Xiao Wu sat beside him, then put down his chopsticks and rose to address the others.
• Lin Qingmo called Xiao Wu “A Rogue Rabbit” and Ning Rongrong “Little Witch.”
• Lin Qingmo named Zhu Zhuqing “Big-Breasted Kitty,” Dugu Yan “Yanzi,” and Liu Erlong “Mother Tyrannosaurus,” shocking them all.

Lin Qingmo confronted the women in the pavilion and pressured them into revealing their Chat Group identities. Liu Erlong admitted she was Mother Tyrannosaurus after Lin Qingmo threatened to expose her past with Yu Xiaogang.

• Lin Qingmo told the women he knew they were Chat Group members, and Xiao Wu declared herself A Rogue Rabbit.
• Lin Qingmo invoked Dugu Bo’s connection to his master, and Dugu Yan admitted she was Yanzi.
• Lin Qingmo teased Ning Rongrong about proposing to her, prompting her to reveal she was Little Witch.
• Zhu Zhuqing openly admitted she was Big-Breasted Kitty and said Lin Qingmo had changed her life.
• Liu Erlong revealed she was Mother Tyrannosaurus after Lin Qingmo threatened to share her embarrassing past involving Yu Xiaogang.

Lin Qingmo reassured the women that he would not expose their secrets, and they promised to protect Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He identified several other Chat Group members, then fled when the tipsy women teased him about the group being his harem.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Liu Erlong promised to keep Xiao Wu’s identity secret, while Liu Erlong asked Xiao Wu to become her goddaughter.
• Ning Rongrong also promised to stay silent and blushed when Lin Qingmo questioned her guilt, drawing laughter from the group.
• Lin Qingmo identified Bo Saixi as a Level 99 Peerless Douluo, Hu Liena as the Martial Soul Hall Saintess, and Bingbing and the Heavenly Snow Woman as the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Lin Qingmo admitted he could only guess at the identities of Golden Liquid Angel and The Pope Herself, and had no clue about Green Green Grass; he urged everyone to be cautious in the Chat Group.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out that every Chat Group member seemed to be female, and Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan teased Lin Qingmo that it was his harem group.
• Lin Qingmo ended the gathering and left amid the women’s laughter, while their candid conversation had brought them closer.

Qian Renxue ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate Hu Liena, while Bo Saixi studied the Chat Group’s claims about Tang San and Lin Qingmo. After a month away, Tang San returned to Blue Tyrant Academy changed and distant, leaving Yu Xiaogang unsettled.

• Qian Renxue sent Porcupinefish Douluo to Spirit City to monitor Hu Liena and report her movements.
• Bo Saixi reviewed the Chat Group messages, learned that Tang San would become the Sea God, and decided to wait before questioning Lin Qingmo.
• During Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s holiday, Yu Feng and Ye Lingling went home, and Lin Qingmo wondered whether Yu Feng might be Bai Chenxiang without a home to return to.
• Yu Xiaogang worried about Tang San while Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar hoped he would not return.
• Tang San came back to Blue Tyrant Academy with a scar, a colder aura, and a distant manner, answering Yu Xiaogang’s questions only with an indifferent “Mm.”

Tang San returned to the Training Ground as a level 47 Soul Ancestor and revealed that he had cultivated his Clear Sky Hammer as his Second Martial Soul. His rapid rise shocked Shrek’s students and devastated Yu Xiaogang, who believed Tang San had sacrificed the potential of his Twin Martial Souls.

• Flender sensed that Tang San had reached Soul Ancestor level, and Tang San revealed his level 47 Soul Power and purple, purple, purple, black Spirit Rings.
• Dai Mubai and the others realized Tang San had cultivated his Second Martial Soul, while Yu Xiaogang recognized the rings as belonging to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San explained that Tang Hao had hunted four Spirit Rings for him and believed his new strength could let him challenge Lin Qingmo and protect Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai resented Tang San’s rise, while other students envied his Twin Martial Souls and Tang Hao’s help.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Tang San of wasting his talent by cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer before reaching a much higher level, and lamented that its Spirit Rings could no longer achieve the perfect configuration he had envisioned.

Tang San brutally defeated Dai Mubai in a sparring match and declared himself Captain of the Shrek Team, silencing everyone who might object. Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had damaged the potential of his Twin Martial Souls by pursuing quick power, while the people left behind faced an uncertain future.

• Tang San blasted Dai Mubai through a stone pillar with his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving him unconscious with serious injuries.
• Ma Hongjun accused Tang San of nearly killing Dai Mubai, but Tang San said Dai Mubai had refused to admit defeat and was unfit to be Captain.
• Tang San declared himself Captain of the Shrek Team and challenged anyone who objected; Yu Tianheng and the others stayed silent.
• Tang San warned Yu Tianheng to know when to speak and when to keep quiet before leaving the Training Ground.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai taken for treatment as Ma Hongjun angrily condemned Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San's thousand-year Spirit Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer had compromised the potential of his Twin Martial Souls.

Liu Erlong returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Dugu Bo helped her reach Level 83 and obtain an 80,000-year Fire Dragon Beast Soul Ring and Torso Bone. Lin Qingmo gave her two more Soul Bones and asked whether she had given up on Yu Xiaogang, leaving her visibly shaken.

• Dugu Bo reported that he had helped Liu Erlong hunt a spirit beast, and Lin Qingmo summoned her into the cultivation room.
• Liu Erlong told Lin Qingmo that she had reached Level 83 after hunting an 80,000-year Fire Dragon Beast with Dugu Bo.
• Liu Erlong offered Lin Qingmo the beast's 80,000-year Torso Bone, but he returned it to her and gave her two 40,000-year arm bones as well.
• Lin Qingmo asked Liu Erlong why she had left Blue Tyrant Academy and come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead of seeking comfort from Flender.
• Lin Qingmo asked whether learning about Yu Xiaogang in the Chat Group had made Liu Erlong lose hope in him, and she lowered her head in silence.

Liu Erlong admitted how deeply Yu Xiaogang had disappointed her, and Lin Qingmo urged her to let go of the past and choose a new future. When he asked her to stay by his side and become one of his people, Liu Erlong mistook his recruitment offer for a romantic confession, and Lin Qingmo clarified that he meant they should be allies.

• Liu Erlong recalled her happy years with Yu Xiaogang and Flender in the Golden Iron Triangle and confessed that she had been disappointed in Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Qingmo told Liu Erlong that she had given Yu Xiaogang enough and should stop trapping herself in the past.
• Lin Qingmo invited Liu Erlong to stay by his side and become one of his people.
• Liu Erlong blushed and objected that she was much older than Lin Qingmo, mistaking his words for a romantic advance.
• Lin Qingmo realized the misunderstanding and explained that he meant Liu Erlong should become an ally who could lend him support.

Lin Qingmo explained to Liu Erlong that the Chat Group’s growing membership could expose his identity and put him in danger, so he wanted her help building strength and influence. Liu Erlong agreed to protect him and sealed her promise with a Martial Soul Oath.

• Liu Erlong realized Lin Qingmo had not confessed to her and became mortified, while Lin Qingmo tried not to laugh.
• Lin Qingmo told Liu Erlong that members of Spirit Hall and Sea God Island had joined the Chat Group and that they might soon identify him.
• Lin Qingmo explained that he needed trusted allies and asked Liu Erlong to become his strength rather than his woman.
• Liu Erlong agreed to protect Lin Qingmo and swore a Martial Soul Oath that bound her to him.

After Liu Erlong fused three Soul Bones, she reached level eighty-six and rushed to kiss Lin Qingmo in an emotional burst. Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived and caught them in the act.

• Liu Erlong accepted Lin Qingmo’s offer to work with him.
• Lin Qingmo meditated while Liu Erlong’s Soul Power erupted in the courtyard.
• Liu Erlong rose from the flames as an eighty-sixth-level Spirit Douluo after fusing three Soul Bones.
• Liu Erlong charged into Lin Qingmo’s room and kissed him.
• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong opened the courtyard gate and saw them kissing.

Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong were caught kissing by Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and another girl, leaving Liu Erlong mortified and Xiao Wu waiting for an explanation. In the living room, Liu Erlong admitted that her excitement over breaking through to Spirit Douluo rank had led her to kiss Lin Qingmo, while Ning Rongrong awkwardly tried to make light of it.

• Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong noticed Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and another girl watching them at the door after they kissed.
• Ning Rongrong tried to pretend the four girls had not seen anything, while Dugu Yan teased Xiao Wu about Lin Qingmo kissing Liu Erlong.
• Xiao Wu silently fixed Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong with a resentful gaze, and Liu Erlong blushed with embarrassment.
• The six gathered in the living room, where Liu Erlong explained that fusing with the Soul Bone Lin Qingmo gave her had raised her Soul Power to level eighty-six.
• Liu Erlong admitted that her breakthrough excitement had made her lose control and kiss Lin Qingmo, and Ning Rongrong awkwardly tried to excuse the kiss.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan confronted Liu Erlong about her passionate kiss with Lin Qingmo, making her question whether it had been mere excitement. Dugu Yan’s comparisons to Flender and Yu Xiaogang enraged Liu Erlong, who emphatically denied she could ever kiss Yu Xiaogang.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Liu Erlong had kissed Lin Qingmo and pointed out that such a kiss usually showed deep closeness.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan teased Liu Erlong about how absorbed she had been in the kiss, leaving her unable to explain herself.
• Dugu Yan asked Liu Erlong to imagine kissing Flender instead, and Liu Erlong recoiled in disgust.
• Dugu Yan suggested Yu Xiaogang as another alternative, prompting Liu Erlong to slam the table and angrily deny she could ever kiss him.

Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing pressed Liu Erlong to admit that she had feelings for Lin Qingmo, but Xiao Wu interrupted before she answered and asked to speak with her alone. Left behind, Lin Qingmo said his relationship with Liu Erlong depended on Xiao Wu’s choice, while the others reacted to his answer.

• Dugu Yan argued that Liu Erlong’s kiss showed feelings beyond gratitude, and Zhu Zhuqing directly asked whether she liked Lin Qingmo.
• Xiao Wu called Liu Erlong “Mama Er Long,” asked if she had fallen for Lin Qingmo, then requested a private conversation before Liu Erlong could answer.
• After Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong left, Dugu Yan asked Lin Qingmo how he would treat Liu Erlong and Xiao Wu.
• Lin Qingmo said he would accept a relationship with Liu Erlong only if Xiao Wu agreed, and that he did not want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
• Ning Rongrong felt unexpectedly affected by Lin Qingmo’s answer, while Zhu Zhuqing subtly smiled.

Lin Qingmo learned that Liu Erlong had admitted to Xiao Wu that she had fallen for him. Liu Erlong visited his room at night, confirmed her feelings, and asked him to call her Er Long, leaving him stunned by her declaration.

• Xiao Wu asked Lin Qingmo how the Chat Group members should treat one another now that their identities were known, and he advised them to keep those identities unspoken.
• Lin Qingmo explained the situations involving the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Hu Liena, and Bo Saixi while the others wondered what Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong had discussed.
• Xiao Wu declined Lin Qingmo's invitation to stay the night and left, making him fear she was angry with him.
• Liu Erlong came to Lin Qingmo's room in her pajamas and told him Xiao Wu had asked whether she had fallen for him.
• Liu Erlong confirmed her feelings and told Lin Qingmo to call her Er Long.

Liu Erlong confronted Lin Qingmo about Xiao Wu’s approval of a possible relationship, then Lin Qingmo accepted Liu Erlong’s advances and kissed her. Xiao Wu waited nearby, vowing to challenge the Eastern Emperor, when she heard three people approaching the building.

• Liu Erlong told Lin Qingmo that Xiao Wu did not mind him being with other women, and Lin Qingmo realized she was serious.
• Liu Erlong recalled Xiao Wu’s claim that the Eastern Emperor had taken Lin Qingmo by force and that Xiao Wu wanted her help opposing the Title Douluo.
• Liu Erlong pinned Lin Qingmo against a wall and asked him for a direct answer about her feelings.
• Lin Qingmo embraced Liu Erlong, teased her, and kissed her.
• Xiao Wu encouraged Liu Erlong from the corridor and vowed to make the Eastern Emperor recognize her as Lin Qingmo’s true woman.
• Xiao Wu heard three people approaching the building and reacted with alarm.