Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingmo explained that Zhu Zhuqing could become independent, but he believed her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai had influenced her into forgiving and depending on him. His claims about fusion skills twisting people’s thoughts left Zhu Zhuqing questioning her future and Ning Rongrong horrified.

• Lin Qingmo criticized Zhu Zhuqing for forgiving Dai Mubai despite knowing about his romantic exploits, and Zhu Zhuqing realized he knew her reasons for coming to Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether she could change, and Lin Qingmo replied that confidence and freedom from tradition could let her become an outstanding Soul Master without depending on anyone.
• Lin Qingmo said Zhu Zhuyun had never truly intended to kill Zhu Zhuqing, but the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill had made Zhu Zhuqing more dependent on Dai Mubai.
• Lin Qingmo argued that Martial Soul Fusion Skills could twist emotions and wills, citing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as well as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Ning Rongrong called the effect a brainwashing skill, while Zhu Zhuqing remained confronted with the possibility that her feelings and future had been shaped by the fusion skill.

After learning that Martial Soul Fusion Skills could distort feelings, Zhu Zhuqing vowed never to fuse with Dai Mubai. Lin Qingmo then told the chat group he had stolen Tang San’s mother, while Ah Yin showed her affection for him through Blue Silver Grass.

• The Ice Empress envied humans’ Martial Soul Fusion Skills, but Snow Empress cautioned that their side effects made them undesirable.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized her fusion with Dai Mubai could make her lose herself and vowed never to use it, even if her family blamed her.
• Liu Erlong worried that her own past feelings for Yu Xiaogang might have been affected by a fusion skill, while Bibi Dong and Daddy Douluo noted that sibling fusions were exceptions.
• Liu Erlong asked why Lin Qingmo had gone to Suotuo City, and he said he had become Tang San’s enemy and had stolen his mother.
• The chat group reacted with shock, and Ah Yin declared that she liked A-Qing rather than Tang San as her Blue Silver Grass tenderly wrapped around Lin Qingmo.

After Snow Empress questioned whether Lin Qingmo protected Xiao Wu to harvest her hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone, Lin firmly denied it and promised to protect her. He then challenged the group’s belief that hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were rare, pointing to the Ten Great Beast Kings, the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, and sea soul beasts, leaving everyone eager for his explanation.

• Snow Empress asked Lin Qingmo whether he planned to absorb Xiao Wu’s spirit ring and spirit bone, and Xiao Wu silently trusted that he would never hurt her.
• Lin Qingmo told Snow Empress that he regarded Xiao Wu as a friend and would never harm her for power, prompting Xiao Wu to embrace his arm and reaffirm her faith in him.
• Ah Yin comforted Xiao Wu through her blue silver grass, while Bibi Dong asked whether Lin would always protect her and Lin promised to do all he could.
• Ice Empress doubted that Lin could resist the temptation of Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone, but Lin dismissed them as nothing special.
• Ning Rongrong and others insisted that hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were extraordinarily rare, and Lin challenged them to look into the Ten Great Beast Kings, the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, and sea soul beasts.
• Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing admitted they had never heard of those titles, and Lin said they came from Peerless Tang Sect, a setting ten thousand years in the future, leaving the group waiting for his explanation.

Lin Qingmo revealed the ages and names of the Ten Great Beast Kings, the Far North’s Three Heavenly Kings, and the ocean’s Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, shocking humans and Soul Beasts alike. Bibi Dong resolved to verify his claims, while Snow Empress restrained Ice Empress from immediately hunting him.

• Lin Qingmo listed the Ten Great Beast Kings and disclosed that several were hundreds of thousands of years old, including Ice Empress.
• Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bibi Dong reacted with shock as they considered how the Beasts could overturn the balance of power.
• Lin Qingmo named the Heavenly Snow Woman, Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, and Titan Snow Demon King as the Far North’s Three Heavenly Kings.
• Lin Qingmo revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was nearly one million years old and had once opposed the Sea God, prompting Bibi Dong to take his knowledge seriously.
• Ice Empress demanded that Lin Qingmo be killed, but Snow Empress stopped her and urged her to observe rather than risk exposing the Far North.

Lin Qingmo revealed that the Star Dou Great Forest contained a Million-Year Soul Beast and a God-Level Soul Beast Co-Lord, shocking the Chat Group. He then told them that Bibi Dong would become the Rakshasa God, but warned that her God Position twisted the mind and turned its bearer into a creature of pure evil.

• Lin Qingmo explained that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a Million-Year Soul Beast exploited by the Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Qingmo revealed that the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beast Co-Lord was the God-Level Silver Dragon King, leaving Ning Rongrong, Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress stunned.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether humans also had gods, and Lin Qingmo named Tang San, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue as future gods while describing the God Realm.
• Bibi Dong was shocked to learn she would become the Rakshasa God, then felt uneasy when Lin Qingmo warned that her God Position would corrupt her mind.

Bibi Dong learned that the Rakshasa God's final trial would corrupt her into a monster, and Lin Qingmo assured her he would not hate her if she turned back from the brink. She chose to put the trial aside and seek another way forward, while the Chat Group debated the cost of godhood before a crash interrupted the battle at the Rose Hotel.

• Bibi Dong read Lin Qingmo's warning that the Rakshasa God's ninth trial would twist her into a monster and feared she might hurt A-Qing.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Qingmo would hate her, and he said he would not hate her if she turned back from the brink.
• Bibi Dong decided to set the God Trial aside and look for another way to settle her grievances without becoming a monster.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Liu Erlong, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress discussed the dangers and costs of godhood.
• Lin Qingmo advised everyone to build their strength and protect those around them, until a tremendous crash sounded in the Rose Hotel lobby.

Tang San and Dai Mubai’s fight at the Rose Hotel turned after Dai Mubai overpowered Tang San, but Tang San retaliated with hidden weapons and struck Dai Mubai in the crotch. Lin Qingmo shared a photo of the aftermath in the Chat Group, leaving everyone stunned and amused.

• Dai Mubai broke free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with his Third Spirit Skill and knocked Tang San down, injuring him.
• Dai Mubai offered to call the fight a draw, but Tang San refused to accept defeat and quietly prepared hidden weapons.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to distract Dai Mubai, then attacked him with poisoned darts and needles.
• Tang San’s specially prepared triangular dart struck Dai Mubai in the crotch, making Dai Mubai collapse and scream in pain.
• Lin Qingmo posted a photo of the scene in the Chat Group, and Liu Erlong and others reacted with shock and laughter.

Tang San defeated Dai Mubai with a sneak attack that left him gravely injured, but Xiao Wu and Lin Qingmo had already left, so Tang San could not show Xiao Wu his victory. The group reacted to the fight, Zhu Zhuqing considered her broken engagement a relief, and Lin Qingmo prepared to rest at the Rose Hotel with Xiao Wu as Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong questioned their plans.

• Tang San struck Dai Mubai with a targeted sneak attack, and Dai Mubai collapsed in agony before being carried away for treatment.
• Tang San celebrated his victory, then discovered Xiao Wu and Lin Qingmo were gone and realized Xiao Wu had not seen the fight.
• Lin Qingmo shared a recording of the battle in the chat group, where Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai and condemned Tang San's underhanded attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw the images of Dai Mubai's injury and felt relieved that the marriage contract might no longer constrain her.
• Lin Qingmo told the chat group that he and Xiao Wu had booked a room at the Rose Hotel, prompting Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to question their arrangements.

Lin Qingmo’s suggestive remark about “dry-wet separation” alarmed the women watching the Light Screen, and Bibi Dong set off for Suotuo City to check on him and Xiao Wu. At the Rose Hotel, Ning Rongrong tried to befriend Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu, but Lin Qingmo rejected her and shut the door.

• Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu blushed and reacted to Lin Qingmo’s “dry-wet separation” remark, while he insisted he only wanted to sleep with Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong warned Lin Qingmo not to get intimate with Xiao Wu, then decided to go to Suotuo City and inspect their situation herself.
• An old man in Worship Hall noticed that Bibi Dong had been leaving Spirit City more often and wondered why.
• Ning Rongrong approached Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu outside Room 202, claiming she wanted to make friends with them.
• Lin Qingmo introduced himself and Xiao Wu, said they were going to sleep, and shut the door on Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong left Room 202 after Lin Qingmo shut the door on her, deciding to surprise him at Shrek Academy. Inside, Lin Qingmo asked Xiao Wu whether she liked him, and after she confessed, he admitted that he liked her but might not devote himself only to her, leaving her response unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong grew angry at Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu, then decided to go to Shrek Academy early and surprise them.
• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu to bathe first, then sat with her and asked whether she had feelings for him.
• Xiao Wu confessed that she had liked Lin Qingmo since he protected her at Notting Academy.
• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu that he liked her because she was pretty and cute, then asked whether she would still like him if he could not devote himself only to her.

Lin Qingmo accepted Xiao Wu’s feelings and agreed to date her, but a powerful intruder abducted him before they could kiss. Bibi Dong brought him to a sealed chamber and claimed his first kiss as an act of possessive obsession.

• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu he could not promise exclusive devotion, and Xiao Wu confessed her love and revealed that she was a hundred-thousand-year Transformed Soul Beast.
• Lin Qingmo accepted Xiao Wu’s feelings and asked her to date him.
• A powerful force plunged the room into darkness and knocked Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu unconscious.
• A black-robed Bibi Dong carried Lin Qingmo away, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious in the room.
• Bibi Dong placed Lin Qingmo in a secret chamber, declared him hers, and kissed him while imagining shadows binding him in her domain.

Ah Yin helplessly watched Bibi Dong’s possessiveness overwhelm Lin Qingmo, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress considered asking him whether Soul Beasts could become gods. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai learned Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapon had left him crippled, and Zhao Wuji prepared to retaliate.

• Ah Yin tried to protect Lin Qingmo from Bibi Dong but was suppressed by her Soul Power.
• Ice Empress questioned whether Soul Beasts could become gods, and Snow Empress suggested asking Lin Qingmo through the Chat Group.
• Ice Empress threatened to interrogate Lin Qingmo if he deceived them, while Snow Empress urged her to observe him first.
• Dai Mubai learned that Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapon had ruined his foundation and left him unable to be a man unless a Title Douluo-level healer could regrow the damaged parts.
• Zhao Wuji, enraged by Dai Mubai’s injury, announced that he would drag Tang San out and cripple him in return.

Flender stopped Zhao Wuji from immediately retaliating against Tang San, explaining that Tang San was likely Yu Xiaogang’s gifted disciple and that Dai Mubai’s status made the incident politically dangerous. The next morning, Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu woke together with no memory of the night before, though Xiao Wu said they had gotten together.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji to wait before confronting Tang San, since he was likely Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and a promising student for Shrek Academy.
• Flender explained that exposing Dai Mubai’s injury could give the Star Luo Empire’s Eldest Prince a chance to target him, and Zhao Wuji reluctantly agreed to wait.
• Dai Mubai sobbed over his ruined ambitions and vowed to make Tang San pay blood for blood.
• Lin Qingmo woke in the Rose Hotel with an aching body and red marks, but could not remember what had happened after Xiao Wu confessed her feelings.
• Xiao Wu woke beside Lin Qingmo and said she remembered confessing her feelings and that they had gotten together, though she also could not recall the rest of the night.

Hu Liena reported that she and Xie Yue had perfected their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but she found Bibi Dong unusually affectionate and wondered if her Master was dating someone. At Shrek Academy’s admissions area, Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu challenged Li Yusong’s refusal to refund rejected applicants, and Ning Rongrong’s identity forced him to change the policy, leaving five candidates—including a resentful Tang San.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she and Xie Yue had perfected Demon Charm, then left wondering whether her Master was in love after seeing her gentle smile.
• Bibi Dong stroked a handkerchief and murmured about A-Qing and the firsts she had kept, while thinking darkly of the little rabbit.
• Li Yusong intimidated rejected applicants at Shrek Academy and refused to refund their admission fees.
• Xiao Wu questioned Li Yusong’s refusal, and Lin Qingmo shielded her from his pressure before deciding they would leave the Academy.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and announced she would leave too, prompting Li Yusong to agree to refund rejected applicants and restate the admission requirements.
• Lin Qingmo, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San remained at the admissions area, where Tang San glared resentfully at Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu holding hands.

At Shrek Academy’s admissions, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San passed the registration test before Xiao Wu revealed she was a level thirty-two Soul Elder. Lin Qingmo stopped Li Yusong from testing Xiao Wu’s age by touch, declaring her his lover and leaving Tang San consumed by jealousy.

• Ning Rongrong registered as a level twenty-six Support-type Soul Grandmaster and passed the admissions test.
• Zhu Zhuqing registered as a level twenty-seven Agility-attack-type Soul Grandmaster, passed, and privately wondered whether Xiao Wu was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast mentioned in the Chat Group.
• Tang San registered as a level twenty-nine Control-type Soul Grandmaster and passed, while secretly thinking about killing Lin Qingmo.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was a level thirty-two Power-attack Type Battle Soul Elder with a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, astonishing the applicants and Li Yusong.
• Li Yusong tried to check Xiao Wu’s age by feeling her bones, but Lin Qingmo refused, citing her Spirit Hall documents and saying she was his lover.
• Xiao Wu blushed happily at Lin Qingmo’s declaration, while Tang San clenched his teeth until his gums bled with jealousy.

At Shrek Academy’s registration desk, Lin Qingmo revealed that he was a Rank Forty Battle Soul Ancestor despite having Blue Silver Grass. His three purple Spirit Rings stunned everyone, including Dai Mubai, who arrived ready to confront Tang San.

• Li Yusong accepted Lin Qingmo’s Spirit Hall certification instead of testing his bones and asked him to state his Martial Soul and Soul Power Level.
• Lin Qingmo announced that he was a Rank Forty Control System Battle Soul Ancestor, and Tang San angrily accused him of lying.
• Lin Qingmo revealed his Blue Silver Grass and three purple Spirit Rings, shocking Li Yusong, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San.
• Lin Qingmo said he had not yet hunted his Fourth Spirit Ring and asked whether anyone still had questions.
• Dai Mubai arrived intending to attack Tang San, but froze in shock after seeing Lin Qingmo’s three purple Spirit Rings.

Lin Qingmo revealed three thousand-year Spirit Rings, shocking Tang San and impressing Li Yusong enough to admit him to Shrek Academy. The group proceeded to the final assessment, where Lin Qingmo proposed a plan to face Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye but could not deny Lin Qingmo's three real Purple Spirit Rings, leaving him shaken and questioning Yu Xiaogang's theories.
• Li Yusong accepted Lin Qingmo into Shrek Academy and hurried off to tell the headmaster, while Dai Mubai led the new students to the final assessment.
• Dai Mubai suppressed his hostility toward Tang San as the group followed him to the clearing, with Tang San trailing behind in a daze.
• Zhao Wuji set the final test: the students and Dai Mubai had to last one incense stick against him, a level-seventy-six Soul Saint.
• After Dai Mubai identified Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Bright King, Lin Qingmo said the group might pass if they followed his arrangements.

Lin Qingmo led the group in their test against Zhao Wuji, but Tang San ignored the plan and was knocked unconscious with one punch. Lin Qingmo then revealed his three thousand-year Spirit Rings and transformed the testing ground into a vast field of giant Blue Silver Grass.

• Zhao Wuji released his seven Spirit Rings and began the test as Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San rushed Zhao Wuji alone with Blue Silver Grass, was pulled in, and was knocked unconscious by a single punch.
• Lin Qingmo told the others to continue without Tang San, and Zhao Wuji mocked them for thinking they could last against him.
• Lin Qingmo revealed three purple Spirit Rings and activated Azure Soul-Bathed Barrier, spreading a barrier across the testing ground.
• Dozens of enormous Blue Silver Grass stalks burst from the ground inside Lin Qingmo's barrier and grew into a towering forest.

Lin Qingmo used his second and third Spirit Skills to create a vast Blue Silver Grass forest and a towering Blue Silver Spirit Tree, then coordinated Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing in an assault that kept Zhao Wuji off balance. Tang San was enraged by the contrast between Lin Qingmo’s power and his own, while Zhao Wuji finally lost patience with the children’s relentless attacks.

• Lin Qingmo’s second Spirit Skill split his Blue Silver Grass into hundreds of vines, and his third fused the thickest vines into a towering Blue Silver Spirit Tree.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San were stunned by Lin Qingmo’s power, and Tang San spat blood in fury at the contrast with his own Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Qingmo ordered the attack and sent branches and vines surging toward Zhao Wuji, who used his Vajra Bear Martial Soul Possession to tear through them.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Eight-Stage Kick to strike Zhao Wuji’s back, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked from the front and sides.
• Lin Qingmo used the vines to pull Xiao Wu and the others out of Zhao Wuji’s reach after each strike, frustrating him until he roared in anger.

Zhao Wuji overwhelmed Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing with his spirit skills, then targeted Ning Rongrong while Lin Qingmo’s Blue Silver Grass kept him occupied. Lin Qingmo intercepted Zhao Wuji’s attack with his bare fist, revealing physical strength that shocked the teacher.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Immovable Bright King Body, Vajra Palm, and Gravity Enhancement to repel the three attackers and break through Lin Qingmo’s vines.
• Lin Qingmo sent a fresh wave of Blue Silver Grass vines at Zhao Wuji and taunted him as the battle intensified.
• Zhao Wuji used Position Tracking to mark Ning Rongrong, then instantly closed the distance and struck at her.
• Lin Qingmo appeared in front of Ning Rongrong and caught Zhao Wuji’s Vajra Palm with his fist.
• Lin Qingmo explained that he had trained his body despite following the Control-type path, leaving Zhao Wuji stunned by his strength.