Chapter Summaries

The Shrek group registered for the Great Soul Arena and began their individual matches. Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Qingmo, and Xiao Wu won their bouts, while Dai Mubai’s worsening condition left him concerned about his ability to keep fighting.

• The group chose their Great Soul Arena codenames, and Lin Qingmo registered as Sapphire Star.
• Tang San defeated a level-twenty-eight opponent with Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons, then glanced toward Lin Qingmo in provocation.
• Dai Mubai won after a fierce clash with an Iron Armor Rhinoceros Soul Master, but coughed violently afterward and worried that his condition was worsening.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the footwork Lin Qingmo had taught her to outmaneuver a Gale Leopard Soul Master and make him surrender.
• Lin Qingmo defeated a level-thirty-five Soul Elder without releasing his Martial Soul, and Xiao Wu kicked her opponent out of the arena.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai watched Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu’s quick victories with uncertainty.

Flender announced double-team Soul Fighting, but the students’ attempts to choose partners exposed their tangled relationships. Lin Qingmo proposed teams at the end, leaving Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to pair among themselves.

• Flender announced a two-person Soul Fighting exercise and urged the students to choose partners freely.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to team with him, but she refused and chose Lin Qingmo, calling them a couple’s team.
• Dai Mubai proposed teaming with Zhu Zhuqing to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but she rejected him and went to Lin Qingmo.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong a Recovery Big Sausage and invited her to team up, but she mocked his proposal and chose Lin Qingmo instead.
• Ma Hongjun ridiculed Oscar, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar glared at Lin Qingmo; Flender stopped the argument and urged them to form teams.
• Lin Qingmo proposed that he team with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong team with Xiao Wu, and Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar pair off among themselves.

Lin Qingmo assigned the Shrek students into duos for the Soul Fighting matches, where Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong won handily while Ma Hongjun’s misfired attacks helped their opponents defeat Tang San. The chapter ended with Tang San fuming after the San-Ma Duo’s loss.

• Lin Qingmo assigned Xiao Wu with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing with himself, Tang San with Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai with Oscar, and the teams chose their names.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Xiao Wu defeated both level-29 opponents in under three minutes.
• Tang San tried to restrain the San-Ma Duo’s opponents with Blue Silver Grass, but Ma Hongjun’s flames repeatedly burned the vines away.
• The opponents took advantage of the chaos, knocked Ma Hongjun off the arena, and forced Tang San to admit defeat.
• Tang San ignored Ma Hongjun’s apology and muttered an insult as Xiao Wu mocked their lack of coordination.

Dai Mubai’s anger disrupted the Dai-Ao Duo’s teamwork, leading to their defeat and Oscar’s injury. In the final match, Lin Qingmo used his Blue Silver Grass to protect and reposition Zhu Zhuqing, letting her attack with confidence as the fight turned in their favor.

• Dai Mubai charged ahead without coordinating with Oscar, allowing the opposing Agility-attack-type Soul Master to wound Oscar and force him to surrender.
• Dai Mubai was overwhelmed by both opponents, surrendered, and called Oscar trash as he left the arena.
• Before the Zhu-Lin Duo’s match, Zhu Zhuqing admitted she was nervous, and Lin Qingmo encouraged her to trust herself and promised to cooperate.
• Lin Qingmo spread his Azure Soul-Bathed Barrier and used Blue Silver Grass to shield Zhu Zhuqing and pull her behind the Iron Armor Rhinoceros Soul Elder.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the Iron Armor Rhinoceros Soul Elder with Hell Stab, while Lin Qingmo’s grass kept blocking attacks and repositioning her for offense.

Lin Qingmo and Zhu Zhuqing defeated their opponents through his full-field Blue Silver Grass control, while Tang San struggled with jealousy over Qingmo’s abilities. After winning more matches with Xiao Wu, Lin Qingmo encountered his Master, Sister Eastern Emperor, on the way back.

• Lin Qingmo guided Zhu Zhuqing through their match, and the Qing-Zhu Duo forced the two Soul Elders to surrender.
• Flender praised Lin Qingmo’s control, while Tang San defended his own Blue Silver Grass and silently resolved to prove himself.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Qingmo for his support, and he praised her combat instincts.
• Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu won several two-person matches before deciding to return as evening fell.
• A black-robed figure appeared in their path, and Lin Qingmo recognized her as his Master, Sister Eastern Emperor.

Bibi Dong confronted Xiao Wu about her relationship with Lin Qingmo, then took her disciple away for special training. Xiao Wu stayed behind determined to grow strong enough to protect him, while Lin Qingmo struggled with his flustered reaction to being carried by his master.

• Xiao Wu feared Bibi Dong would expose her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Bibi Dong said she already knew who Xiao Wu was.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Qingmo liked Xiao Wu and proposed that Xiao Wu become his pet; Xiao Wu rejected the demand and declared herself his lover, promising to protect him and sacrifice herself for him if necessary.
• Bibi Dong warned Xiao Wu not to harm Lin Qingmo, then took him away for special training after he told Xiao Wu to return to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu watched Lin Qingmo disappear and vowed to become strong enough to protect herself and him.
• As Bibi Dong carried Lin Qingmo through the night, he became embarrassed by his physical reaction to her closeness, while Ah Yin helplessly watched from within his Blue Silver Grass.

Bibi Dong brought Lin Qingmo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he discovered that Dugu Bo served her and that she owned the Herb Garden. After Bibi Dong left him to study its Immortal Herbs, Lin Qingmo remained baffled by how far events had diverged from the story he knew.

• Bibi Dong flew Lin Qingmo to Sunset Forest and landed beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Qingmo recognized the legendary pool and its Herb Garden, then watched Dugu Bo emerge and kneel to Bibi Dong as her subordinate.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Qingmo the Herb Garden was hers and gave him an Immortal Herb Illustrated Handbook so he could choose what he needed.
• Lin Qingmo tested Bibi Dong with several modern phrases and Transmigrator codes, but she did not recognize them.
• Bibi Dong and Dugu Bo left Lin Qingmo alone in the Herb Garden to study the Immortal Herbs.

Bibi Dong warned Dugu Bo that Lin Qingmo could cure his and Dugu Yan’s poison, then ordered him to obey Lin Qingmo without question. Lin Qingmo told the chat group that he suspected Bibi Dong was a transmigrator, while Bibi Dong watched with amusement and asked why he thought so.

• Bibi Dong told Dugu Bo that Lin Qingmo could permanently detoxify him and Dugu Yan, then warned him not to threaten or mistreat Lin Qingmo.
• Dugu Bo pledged to fulfill Lin Qingmo’s requests and wondered what made the young man so special.
• Lin Qingmo posted photos of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Dugu Bo kneeling, claiming Bibi Dong might be a transmigrator.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Liu Erlong reacted with shock, while Ah Yin stayed silent because revealing the truth could endanger Lin Qingmo.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo why he suspected she was a transmigrator, and he cited her strength, unusual knowledge, and changes to the original story before admitting his tests had not confirmed it.

Snow Empress questioned Lin Qingmo about how many Transmigrators were on Douluo Continent, while he boasted about his powerful Master and the freedom to take Immortal Herbs. Back at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Qingmo began preparing to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, first eating the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power for his Fourth Spirit Ring.

• Snow Empress asked Lin Qingmo whether Tang San and he were the only Transmigrators on Douluo Continent, and Lin Qingmo admitted he was unsure how many there might be.
• Ice Empress pressed Lin Qingmo for a way to identify Transmigrators, but he said their origins and knowledge could differ.
• Lin Qingmo praised his Master, Bibi Dong, for subduing Poison Douluo and letting him freely pick Immortal Herbs, while Bibi Dong quietly reacted to his declaration of love.
• Lin Qingmo chose the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, intending to consume them together and use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body.
• Lin Qingmo ate the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which calmed and sharpened his spiritual power as he prepared for his Fourth Spirit Ring.

Lin Qingmo consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body. Bibi Dong kept Dugu Bo from rescuing him, and Dugu Bo left while Lin Qingmo endured the transformation in the spring.

• Lin Qingmo ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and felt his body grow stronger as it began developing an Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Lin Qingmo consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot together, enduring the opposing cold and heat in his body.
• Lin Qingmo jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the spring’s energies intensified his painful bodily transformation.
• Dugu Bo panicked and tried to rescue Lin Qingmo, but Bibi Dong blocked him and insisted that Lin Qingmo had his own methods.
• Dugu Bo left the herb garden to attend to Dugu Yan, intending to return and check on Lin Qingmo.

Lin Qingmo endured half a month of tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, with Ah Yin guiding the opposing energies and keeping him alive. He emerged with water-and-fire immunity, resistance to poison, a greatly strengthened body, and a transformed Blue Silver Emperor, but realized Bibi Dong had seen him emerge naked.

• Ah Yin enveloped Lin Qingmo in Blue Silver Grass and guided the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energies through his body, stabilizing him and easing the deadly conflict.
• Over the next half month, the energies strengthened Lin Qingmo’s physique and spiritual power while transforming his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lin Qingmo burst from the well in a pillar of ice and fire and discovered he had gained water-and-fire immunity, resistance to poison, and the beginnings of an Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Lin Qingmo celebrated his gains, then noticed Bibi Dong watching from shore and realized he was naked because the well had destroyed his clothes.

After Lin Qingmo emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Bibi Dong embraced him, rendered him unconscious, and kept Ah Yin from intervening. Lin Qingmo woke the next morning with soreness and only hazy memories of the night.

• Lin Qingmo was embarrassed when Bibi Dong found him naked after he emerged from the water.
• Bibi Dong pulled Lin Qingmo into her arms and used her Soul Power to make him lose consciousness.
• Ah Yin tried to separate them, but Bibi Dong enclosed herself and Lin Qingmo in a barrier that blocked Ah Yin’s branches and spiritual influence.
• Bibi Dong held the unconscious Lin Qingmo close and declared that he belonged to her alone.
• The next morning, Lin Qingmo woke by the shore feeling sore but refreshed, with only vague memories of the night.

Lin Qingmo woke after absorbing the Immortal Herb and learned that his body had gained powerful new traits and reached the level-forty bottleneck. Bibi Dong gave him Immortal Herbs to take back to Shrek Academy, then proposed leaving Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate.

• Lin Qingmo noticed Ah Yin acting exhausted, while she remembered how Bibi Dong had possessed and bullied him the previous night behind a Soul Power barrier.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Qingmo medicine and told him his soreness and strange dreams were normal after absorbing the Immortal Herb.
• Lin Qingmo showed Bibi Dong his improved Blue Silver Grass, new resistance to ice, fire, and poison, and increased spiritual power.
• Lin Qingmo said he wanted to return to Shrek Academy to see Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong agreed.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Qingmo a living storage Soul Tool containing dozens of Immortal Herbs.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo to let Ah Yin leave his Soul Bone and cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lin Qingmo returned to Shrek Academy after leaving Ah Yin to recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xiao Wu had been training hard in his absence. He reunited with her by kissing her in front of Tang San, whose heartbreak turned to jealousy and hatred.

• Lin Qingmo reassured Ah Yin, planted her beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and left with Bibi Dong for Shrek Academy.
• While Lin Qingmo was away, Xiao Wu trained intensely as Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar repeatedly tried to court her and her friends.
• Tang San offered Xiao Wu a carrot and asked whether Lin Qingmo understood her better than he did.
• Lin Qingmo returned and called Tang San a scumbag for trying to poach Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Lin Qingmo and kissed him, while Tang San watched in despair as his jealousy became hatred.

Lin Qingmo reunited with Xiao Wu, drove Tang San away, and later gave her the Immortal Herb Lovesick Heartbreak Red to test whether her true love could make it bloom. The flower began to glow in Xiao Wu’s hand, but its reaction remained uncertain.

• Lin Qingmo struck Tang San away when he tried to pull Xiao Wu from him, then warned him to stop pestering her and left with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Qingmo about her hardships and the boys who had been bothering her, and he comforted her and promised a surprise.
• That night, Lin Qingmo took Xiao Wu to the woods and showed her Lovesick Heartbreak Red, explaining that it needed blood and true love to bloom.
• Xiao Wu took the flower, and its pale-red halo spread around her hand as the moonlight brightened and the woods fell silent.

Xiao Wu used Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal her Soul Beast aura and raise her Soul Power, then showed Lin Qingmo her affection. Three days later, Oscar reached Level 30, and the Shrek Eight Devils set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a Spirit Ring, stopping overnight at a nearby town.

• Xiao Wu offered blood essence to Lovesick Heartbreak Red, causing the Immortal Herb to bloom and confirming her feelings for Lin Qingmo.
• Lin Qingmo urged Xiao Wu to eat the flower, and it concealed her Soul Beast aura while raising her Soul Power from Level 32 to Level 37.
• Xiao Wu thanked Lin Qingmo and kissed him, while he struggled to keep his composure.
• Three days later, Oscar broke through to Level 30, and Zhao Wuji prepared to lead the Shrek Eight Devils to hunt for his Third Spirit Ring.
• The group reached a bustling town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji booked rooms at an inn for the night.

Tang San and Dai Mubai felt increasingly isolated as the women avoided their table and gathered around Lin Qingmo. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai humiliated, Oscar nursing his feelings for Ning Rongrong, and Tang San brooding over his jealousy.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun excluded Tang San from their shared room, so Tang San arranged a single room and resented Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai offered Zhu Zhuqing Osmanthus Cake, but she rejected him by saying, "You can't."
• At dinner, Dai Mubai offered to pay for food and wine, but Ning Rongrong criticized the men for being noisy and joined Lin Qingmo and Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing left Dai Mubai's table and sat with Lin Qingmo, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, leaving the men embarrassed before the watching diners.
• Oscar drank alone and resolved to become stronger, while Tang San watched Xiao Wu and the others with jealousy and loneliness.

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed Lin Qingmo’s fruit wine while Ma Hongjun brooded over their closeness. He then harassed a girl from Canghui Academy, provoking a confrontation that drew Dai Mubai and Oscar to his side.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing tasted Lin Qingmo’s fruit wine and enjoyed it together.
• Ma Hongjun watched their cheerful table and grew resentful, while Dai Mubai and Oscar also noticed Ning Rongrong’s closeness with Lin Qingmo.
• A group from Canghui Academy entered the inn, and Ma Hongjun drunkenly approached and harassed one of its girls.
• The Canghui leader, Ye, demanded that Ma Hongjun apologize, but Ma Hongjun insulted the academy and refused.
• Ma Hongjun called Dai Mubai and Oscar over, and they joined him against the Canghui students.

Lin Qingmo refused to join Ma Hongjun’s confrontation with Canghui Academy and explained that Ma Hongjun had caused the trouble himself. The Canghui students left, while Ma Hongjun returned to his table humiliated and blamed Lin Qingmo.

• Ma Hongjun called on Lin Qingmo and Tang San to help defend Shrek’s honor, but Tang San remained focused on Xiao Wu and Lin Qingmo continued dining with Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Qingmo told Ma Hongjun that he had provoked the Canghui students and should take responsibility instead of dragging his companions into the conflict.
• The Canghui leader praised Lin Qingmo’s clear judgment, warned Ma Hongjun not to expect others to pay for his stupidity, and led his group away.
• Ma Hongjun returned to his table in disgrace, unable to challenge Lin Qingmo, while Dai Mubai scolded him and Ma Hongjun privately blamed Lin Qingmo.
• Oscar drank in silence, bitter that he had embarrassed himself in front of Ning Rongrong again.

Lin Qingmo’s chat-group response to suspicions about Bibi Dong’s kindness deepened her affection, and she resolved to find him a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring. At the inn, Ma Hongjun appealed to Zhao Wuji after the Canghui Academy students left, accusing Lin Qingmo and Tang San of failing to defend Shrek.

• Liu Erlong became furious when Lin Qingmo described her as hot-tempered, while Ice Empress and others questioned Bibi Dong’s motives toward him.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo what he thought of his Master’s kindness, and he said he trusted it and would face any future price when it came.
• Bibi Dong watched Lin Qingmo from the clouds, felt moved by his trust, and decided to find him a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring.
• After the Canghui Academy students left, Zhao Wuji came downstairs, and Ma Hongjun accused Lin Qingmo and Tang San of cowardice for not intervening.
• Dai Mubai held back from supporting Ma Hongjun after noticing Zhu Zhuqing’s glare and Ning Rongrong’s frown, while Oscar avoided his gaze.