Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• At Notting Academy, Yu Xiaogang lectures on Martial Soul theory to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Li Yuan. Li Yuan sleeps through the lecture and argues that he never asked to attend.
• Yu Xiaogang tells Li Yuan to leave, then criticizes his talent and his Little White Snake Martial Soul. Li Yuan leaves after insulting him, while his snake appears to echo the insult.
• Li Yuan, a transmigrator with level-seven Innate Soul Power and level-25 Soul Power, dismisses Yu Xiaogang’s theories and has repeatedly refused his attempts to become Li Yuan’s mentor.
• A delayed system finally activates: the Douluo World Specialty Exchange and Mutual Aid Group. It lets Li Yuan invite female characters from the first four Douluo installments, with rewards for successful invitations. A starter gift gives him nine extra attempts, and he uses all ten at once.
• One invite reaches Qian Renxue while she is bathing in the Crown Prince’s Mansion. Alarmed by the voice in her mind, she leaps from the tub and demands to know who is there.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yuan is irreverent, self-confident, and uninterested in Yu Xiaogang’s approval. He is amused and grateful when the system arrives, though annoyed that it came so late.
• Yu Xiaogang reacts angrily when Li Yuan rejects both his lecture and his authority. He attempts to shame Li Yuan by contrasting his potential with his supposedly poor Martial Soul prospects.
• Tang San defends Yu Xiaogang’s teaching and admonishes Li Yuan; Xiao Wu, secretly eating a carrot, silently sides with Li Yuan.
• Qian Renxue shifts from private relaxation to immediate suspicion when the unexpected mental voice appears.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts formal theory and authority with Li Yuan’s skepticism and independent judgment.
• It uses the delayed system as a comic twist on transmigration conventions, rewarding Li Yuan’s long wait.
• The new group mechanic introduces a path to power through connections and exchanges, while Qian Renxue’s sudden invitation sets up the next conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Qian Renxue finds a mysterious black “brick” in her bedchamber and discovers it is a chat group. Its Group Leader, Li Yuan, can mute members, alarming the silent newcomers.
• Ning Rongrong, posting as Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou, is muted for demanding attention and insulting Li Yuan. She furiously vents her anger by attacking a pillow.
• Qian Renxue, whose assigned name is Child Without Parents, clashes with the sweet-talking Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most. The fox insults Qian Renxue’s family, prompting Bibi Dong—posting as Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall—to threaten her.
• Qian Renxue retaliates by questioning Bibi Dong’s legitimacy as Pope and revealing that the Angel lineage and Spirit Hall’s Elder Hall hold greater authority. Other members join the argument, and the chat erupts into competing insults and threats.
• Meanwhile, Li Yuan claims the rewards for inviting ten members. A hundredfold bonus grants him the Golden Light Incantation, a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline seed, and a ten-cubic-meter portable space. The chat group also unlocks its popularity feature.

Character developments

• Qian Renxue moves from wary curiosity to anger and sharp, confident confrontation. Her assigned nickname touches a personal nerve, and Bibi Dong’s defense of another member intensifies their underlying conflict.
• Ning Rongrong is shown as proud, impulsive, and accustomed to special treatment; being muted deeply offends her.
• Bibi Dong appears fiercely protective of her disciple and quick to threaten opponents.
• Li Yuan presents himself as a harmony-minded leader, though he freely mutes and insults disruptive members. He is thrilled by the unexpectedly powerful rewards.
• The group members quickly reveal strong personalities and rivalries, turning a supposedly cooperative chat into a volatile arena.

Significant themes

• Anonymity and identity: Cryptic nicknames conceal identities while sometimes exposing sensitive personal details.
• Power and authority: The chat’s mute function and Bibi Dong’s status provoke questions about who holds real control.
• Family and belonging: Qian Renxue’s nickname and the group’s “family” language clash with painful personal history and hostility.
• Conflict beneath polite appearances: Sweet, friendly introductions quickly give way to insults, threats, and factional loyalties.
• Unexpected opportunity: The chat group provides Li Yuan with extraordinary rewards, suggesting it may become a major source of power.

Character interactions

• Li Yuan disciplines Ning Rongrong, who responds with fury.
• Qian Renxue attacks the fox member’s saccharine voice; the fox retaliates by mocking her as an orphan.
• Bibi Dong defends her disciple and threatens Qian Renxue, who answers by challenging Bibi Dong’s authority.
• Other members take sides, while the newcomers who fear Bibi Dong retreat into silence.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yuan receives and claims the Golden Light Incantation, gaining both a surge of power and the knowledge needed to cultivate it. He sees it as a solution to the difficulty of cultivating spiritual power and the body together.
• The reward also produces a Nine-Colored Seed. Little White Snake swallows it, triggering a radiant cocoon and a sudden, dramatic change in the weather as an ancient, savage aura spreads across the city.
• Xiao Wu senses the powerful beast aura and rushes to Li Yuan’s dormitory. Realizing it comes from his room, she suspects Li Yuan may be a Soul Beast in human form. She briefly wonders whether he is the Group Leader, but dismisses the idea.
• At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong is furious after being mocked in the group chat as an unwanted widow. Hu Liena tries to comfort her, but accidentally touches on Bibi Dong’s hidden past. Bibi Dong’s anger briefly turns into a chilling display of pressure before she regains control and privately threatens the mocker.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yuan is delighted by his new cultivation technique and shares his excitement with Little White Snake, whose bond with him lets it understand his feelings.
• Little White Snake reacts instinctively to the Nine-Colored Seed, consumes it, and undergoes a mysterious transformation inside the cocoon.
• Xiao Wu becomes more intrigued by Li Yuan and feels a new sense of kinship with him, though she remains uncertain about his identity.
• Tang San tries to stop Xiao Wu from leaving class but is shoved aside and injured. He nevertheless defends her to Yu Xiaogang, insisting she did not mean to hurt him.
• Hu Liena offers Bibi Dong comfort and shows an unspoken envy of her teacher’s mature beauty. Her remark about Bibi Dong never having married or had children inadvertently strikes a sensitive nerve.
• Bibi Dong conceals a painful truth about her past, quickly restrains her reaction, and turns her anger toward the person who insulted her.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: The Golden Light Incantation and the Nine-Colored Seed promise major changes for Li Yuan and his companion.
• Hidden identities and misunderstandings: Xiao Wu’s suspicions about Li Yuan, and her mistaken assumptions about the Group Leader, reinforce the uncertainty surrounding the characters.
• Loyalty and connection: Li Yuan and Little White Snake share an unusually close bond, while Tang San continues to defend Xiao Wu despite being hurt.
• Secrets and resentment: Bibi Dong’s concealed history explains the intensity of her reaction, while her public authority contrasts with her private vulnerability.

Plot points and events

• The group chat falls silent after Ning Rongrong’s earlier behavior earns her a reputation for being difficult. When she repeatedly messages without getting a response, Zhu Zhuqing snaps at her and threatens to call the group leader, silencing her.
• Zhu Zhuqing is frustrated by the chat’s constant alerts disrupting her training. Ice-Snow Smart shows her how to mute the group, and several other members thank the helpful newcomer. Their friendly conversation makes Rongrong feel even more excluded.
• Feeling slighted, Rongrong decides to make the others seek her out in person. She goes to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s main hall, where Sword Douluo Chen Xin is on guard, and claims that people are bullying her through the mysterious Brick.
• Chen Xin cannot see the Brick or its chat members. Assuming Rongrong is teasing him, he tells her to return to training. Rongrong, already hurt by the group’s rejection, bursts into tears and runs away.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Renxue joins an exchange that mocks her mother. She feels no guilt, but the moment stirs a rebellious thrill and an underlying pain connected to her lack of maternal affection.
• Ning Rongrong masks her hurt with pride, telling herself the other members are beneath her. When Chen Xin also fails to believe her, her defensiveness gives way to genuine distress.
• Zhu Zhuqing prioritizes her training and becomes irritated by the noisy chat, but accepts Ice-Snow Smart’s practical help.
• Ice-Snow Smart earns goodwill by discovering and sharing the mute function, helping turn the silent chat into a warmer, more sociable space.
• Chen Xin responds protectively at first, but his inability to see the Brick leads him to mistake Rongrong’s plea for another prank.

Significant themes

• Exclusion and hurt pride: Rongrong’s sense of superiority cannot fully shield her from being ignored.
• Miscommunication: The Brick creates a divide between those who can see the chat and those who cannot, causing Chen Xin to misunderstand Rongrong.
• Belonging and kindness: A small act of practical help brings members together, while Rongrong’s earlier conduct leaves her isolated.

Plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong returns to her room in tears after feeling rejected by the group. When she sees members criticizing her in the chat, she becomes upset again.
• A member using the name Child Without Parents defends Rongrong, explains that she is spoiled rather than malicious, and urges her to apologize. Rongrong sends a sincere, tearful voice message.
• The group initially doubts her apology, but Child Without Parents reveals that Rongrong’s family includes two famous Titled Douluo. The others reconsider their harsh judgment and accept her apology.
• Trying to show her gratitude, Rongrong offers the group increasingly generous discounts at Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect businesses. Her awkward generosity makes everyone laugh and helps turn the group’s reconciliation into genuine friendship.
• Child Without Parents advises Rongrong to consider others’ feelings and stop acting thoughtlessly. Rongrong agrees, though she remains curious about the person who helped her and promises herself to thank them someday.
• Elsewhere, Li Yuan completes his Martial Soul transformation. His body is strengthened along with his newly evolved Martial Soul. At the chapter’s end, the cocoon around Ah Bai begins to crack, signaling that its transformation may soon finish.

Character developments

• Ning Rongrong moves from hurt and defensive to genuinely remorseful and grateful. She begins to recognize that her behavior can hurt others and shows a desire to make friends.
• Child Without Parents (Qian Renxue) reveals unexpected compassion. Though her mission might make her an enemy of Rongrong’s family, she empathizes with Rongrong’s loneliness and chooses to help her.
• The group members soften their view of Rongrong once they hear her sincere apology and understand her background; they welcome her as a friend.
• Li Yuan emerges from his transformation physically enhanced and full of energy.

Significant themes

• Loneliness and empathy: Qian Renxue’s own experience of isolation motivates her to support Rongrong.
• Forgiveness and second chances: The group gives Rongrong an opportunity to change after she apologizes sincerely.
• Privilege and behavior: Rongrong’s powerful, wealthy family helps explain her spoiled manner, but she is still encouraged to take responsibility for how she treats others.
• The beginnings of friendship: Humor and honest goodwill turn an awkward conflict into a warmer connection.

Character interactions

• Rongrong’s tearful apology bridges the gap between her and the group, while her attempted business discount becomes a playful expression of gratitude.
• Qian Renxue acts as mediator and mentor, defending Rongrong, prompting the group to respond, and gently advising Rongrong afterward.
• The group’s acceptance reassures Rongrong that they may become real friends, even as she wonders who her anonymous defender is.

Plot and key events

• Ah Bai completes her cocooned transformation into a juvenile Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. She is smaller and more delicate, can now float, and has tiny translucent wings behind her ears. Li Yuan senses the ancient power awakening within her.
• Li Yuan jokes that Ah Bai’s evolution resembles the start of a transformation into Queen Medusa. Ah Bai responds affectionately, though she does not understand his reference.
• Xiao Wu enters and claims she has discovered Li Yuan’s secret: she believes he is a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, mistaking the powerful aura from Ah Bai’s evolution for his own. Li Yuan lets her keep believing this, since it may help conceal his real secret.
• Xiao Wu thanks Li Yuan for once steering her toward a private dorm room instead of the crowded Dorm Seven. When she offers to repay him, Li Yuan asks her to buy a meal at the expensive Notting Restaurant for him and hungry Ah Bai.
• Xiao Wu reluctantly agrees, worried about the cost. As they leave, Tang San arrives with a 100-Gold-Soul-Coin restaurant voucher he saved for six months so he could treat Xiao Wu. She gladly accepts it, then links arms with Li Yuan and says she is going to the restaurant with him, leaving Tang San stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Ah Bai emerges from her evolution more powerful while remaining cute and attached to Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan is protective of his secrets and playfully teases Xiao Wu, especially about her appearance; she reacts with embarrassment and indignation.
• Xiao Wu feels excited to have found someone she believes shares her Soul Beast background. She wants to stay close to Li Yuan, but her interest in the meal voucher quickly overtakes her concern about spending money.
• Tang San reveals his long-standing devotion to Xiao Wu through his costly, carefully planned gift. Her casual choice to go with Li Yuan undercuts his hopes.

Themes

• Evolution and hidden power: Ah Bai’s cute appearance conceals a formidable, newly awakened bloodline.
• Secrets and mistaken identity: Xiao Wu’s incorrect assumption gives Li Yuan a useful cover.
• Affection and awkward attraction: The characters’ teasing and flustered reactions hint at shifting social dynamics.
• Unrequited devotion and comic irony: Tang San’s grand gesture is appreciated, but Xiao Wu immediately uses it to fund time with someone else.

Plot points and events

• Xiao Wu explains that she invited Li Yuan to dinner to thank him for helping her. Tang San interprets this as Xiao Wu settling a debt with Li Yuan, which he hopes will clear the way for his own pursuit of her.
• Tang San warns Li Yuan not to bully Xiao Wu. Li Yuan snaps back, and Xiao Wu scolds Tang San for interfering before hurriedly taking Li Yuan to the restaurant.
• Left behind, Tang San regrets speaking up. He comforts himself by imagining that his connection to Yu Xiaogang will secure him a place at the prestigious Shrek Academy, while Li Yuan’s prospects are poor.
• At dinner, Xiao Wu eats far too much and becomes too unsteady to walk. Li Yuan pays with her Meal Voucher, despite her intention to treat him, then carries her out of the restaurant.
• Tang San waits anxiously outside the academy, worrying that Li Yuan may have made a move on Xiao Wu.

Character developments

• Tang San is possessive and insecure about Xiao Wu’s closeness with Li Yuan, yet disguises this as concern for her. He also grows increasingly self-assured about his future, believing Yu Xiaogang’s connections give him an advantage.
• Xiao Wu is eager to spend time with Li Yuan and quick to defend him from Tang San’s interference. Her innocence shows in her failure to recognize Tang San’s romantic interest, and her overeating leaves her dependent on Li Yuan’s help.
• Li Yuan remains blunt and unimpressed by Tang San, while showing practical care for Xiao Wu by paying for the meal and carrying her home.

Significant themes

• Possessiveness versus genuine concern: Tang San’s warning sounds protective, but Xiao Wu recognizes it as unwelcome interference.
• Status and opportunity: Tang San contrasts his elite connections and anticipated academy placement with Li Yuan’s supposedly limited prospects.
• Care expressed through action: Li Yuan’s gruff manner contrasts with his willingness to help Xiao Wu when she cannot walk.

Character interactions

• Xiao Wu’s warm, direct affection toward Li Yuan repeatedly clashes with Tang San’s hopes of winning her over.
• Li Yuan and Tang San exchange a sharp rebuke, with Xiao Wu siding firmly with Li Yuan.
• At dinner, Li Yuan teases and scolds Xiao Wu, but ultimately takes responsibility for getting her back safely.

Plot points and events

• Tang San sees Li Yuan carrying a flushed Xiao Wu and assumes Li Yuan has taken advantage of her. He attacks without checking what happened.
• Li Yuan easily evades Tang San’s kick and knocks him flying with a palm strike. Tang San gets back up, still convinced he is rescuing Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu explains that she was simply too full to walk and had asked Li Yuan to carry her. Angry that Tang San attacked Li Yuan and then gave a grudging apology, she demands he apologize and threatens to stop speaking to him.
• Tang San apologizes insincerely. Li Yuan rejects the apology and leaves with Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu scolds Tang San. Tang San remains fixated on Li Yuan carrying her and privately vows revenge.
• Back at his dormitory, Li Yuan checks the group chat. He learns that a member has posted an image of a black-silk-clad foot stepping on a portrait of Bibi Dong, prompting shocked reactions. After Hu Liena sees it, she angrily threatens the poster for insulting her teacher.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yuan shows how much stronger and more confident he has become: he handles Tang San’s attack with ease, rejects his hollow apology, and leaves without further argument.
• Tang San acts impulsively and possessively, mistaking the scene for an assault without asking Xiao Wu. His jealousy persists even after the misunderstanding is cleared up.
• Xiao Wu asserts herself, defends Li Yuan, and makes clear that Tang San’s violence and insincerity have damaged her trust.
• The group chat members react with a mix of shock, curiosity, and humor; Ning Rongrong compares the pictured woman’s legs with her own and worries about her height. Hu Liena takes the image as an attack on Bibi Dong and responds furiously.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and mistaken assumptions: Tang San’s possessiveness causes him to attack an innocent friend.
• Consequences and accountability: Xiao Wu insists Tang San apologize, but his lack of sincerity only worsens the conflict.
• Changing power dynamics: Li Yuan’s new strength reverses the former imbalance between him and Tang San.
• Humor and irreverence: The group chat’s exaggerated reactions—and Li Yuan’s distracted scrutiny of the image—provide comic relief after the tense confrontation.

Plot points and events

• Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong mock Bibi Dong in the group chat, prompting Bibi Dong to threaten whoever insulted her. Xiao Wu panics at the thought of being discovered, but relaxes when she remembers her group name conceals her identity.
• Another member warns that Bibi Dong could target the group leader, Li Yuan, to uncover the others. Bibi Dong takes the suggestion and gives Li Yuan one hour to identify the offenders.
• Li Yuan refuses to be intimidated and claims his true self has long since left the mortal realm. When challenged, he spins an extravagant tale about fighting his way through a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers.
• The conversation turns to the power of level-ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. Li Yuan names Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi as the strongest in the mortal world, and says Bibi Dong may soon join their ranks.
• Bibi Dong is stunned that Li Yuan knows how close she is to level ninety-nine, while another member challenges his terminology, insisting that the realm he describes is called the Divine Realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Wu shifts from reckless bravado to genuine fear when Bibi Dong threatens her, then finds comfort in her anonymous nickname. Her concern for Li Yuan also shows how attached she is to him.
• Bibi Dong is furious and vindictive, but Li Yuan’s apparent knowledge of her cultivation unsettles her and makes her curious about his identity.
• Li Yuan responds to threats with defiance and theatrical boasts. Though the group jokes about his claims, his knowledge of the continent’s strongest figures earns their attention.
• Ning Rongrong takes Li Yuan’s dramatic story literally enough to ask whether he got dry eyes from not blinking, undercutting his attempt to sound fearsome.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the other members are surprised to learn how far the strongest cultivators surpass the figures they know, and they begin to reconsider their understanding of power.

Significant themes

• Online anonymity and real-world consequences: the group’s hidden identities offer some protection, but Bibi Dong may exploit the leader’s identity to reach them.
• Power and knowledge: Li Yuan’s claims may sound absurd, yet his precise knowledge of Bibi Dong’s strength makes the others—and Bibi Dong herself—question what he truly knows.
• Humor amid danger: threats and frightening revelations are repeatedly deflated by banter, skepticism, and comic misunderstandings.

Li Yuan challenges the group’s assumptions about the world, claiming that another continent lies beyond Douluo and that every star may contain a world. Qian Renxue, confident in what she learned from her family’s records, dismisses him; Bibi Dong also demands proof. Ning Rongrong and other group members are impressed or intrigued, while Qian Renxue is angered by Li Yuan’s insults and baffled by his scientific explanation.
The argument turns personal when Li Yuan threatens to reveal Bibi Dong’s secret-chamber trauma, then tells Qian Renxue that Tang Hao wounded—but did not kill—her father. He hints that the fatal blow came from someone close to the man. Qian Renxue is shaken and begins to suspect either her grandfather or her mother. Bibi Dong, alarmed that her daughter may discover the truth, urgently tells her not to believe Li Yuan.
Li Yuan refuses to explain immediately, promising to return the next day with the full story. He ends with a melodramatic teaser about a family scandal involving an “ungrateful wretch” and a “pretty boy.” Bibi Dong takes the phrasing as evidence that Li Yuan knows little and is bluffing, and resolves to have him captured and tortured.
Character developments and relationships: Qian Renxue’s confidence gives way to anger, then deep doubt about her family and her father’s death. Bibi Dong’s hostility toward Li Yuan intensifies, while her fear of the secret being exposed reveals how vulnerable she is beneath her threats. Their already strained mother–daughter relationship is briefly united in skepticism, then further strained by Li Yuan’s insinuation. Li Yuan establishes himself as a provocative, theatrical source of unsettling revelations.
Themes: The chapter contrasts inherited “knowledge” with broader ways of understanding the world, and explores how secrets, distrust, and family history can destabilize identity. Its cliffhanger frames truth as both a weapon and a source of danger.

Chapter Summary

• Li Yuan invites the group chat members to sign up for tomorrow’s “juicy melon.” Six people respond, and he notices that one member has never spoken. The mysterious “Little One in the Forest” answers with baby-dragon roars rather than words.
• The scene shifts to the Star Dou Forest, where a small golden, third-eyed Auspicious Beast plays with a glowing device. The surrounding powerful beasts cannot understand its roars. It puts the device beside some gemstones and falls asleep, curious about the story it may hear tomorrow.
• The next morning, Notting Academy principal Chen Gang summons Li Yuan. Yu Xiaogang is there and recommends that Li Yuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu attend Shrek Academy, claiming its strict admissions and Soul Saint-level principal make it an excellent school. Chen Gang trusts Yu’s account and has not investigated the academy himself.
• Li Yuan recognizes that Chen Gang means well but has been misled. He considers Shrek’s lack of funding, facilities, and a proper cultivation environment unsuitable for a student with his potential.
• Yu Xiaogang presents the offer as a generous favor, saying he regrets Li Yuan never becoming his disciple but wants to protect his future. Li Yuan sees through the claim: Yu wants to gather capable teammates for Tang San, with Li Yuan and Xiao Wu serving as supporting figures in a team Yu can influence.
• Li Yuan responds with an openly sarcastic remark, but Yu mistakes it for admiration. He becomes more self-satisfied and offers further guidance on Li Yuan’s future soul rings and development.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Li Yuan is observant, skeptical, and increasingly willing to challenge Yu Xiaogang; he also respects Chen Gang enough to hear the recommendation out.
• Yu Xiaogang displays confidence and self-importance, framing his scheme as benevolence while failing to recognize Li Yuan’s contempt.
• Chen Gang remains kind-hearted and trusting, unaware that his old friend is using him to make the Shrek offer.
• The Auspicious Beast is introduced as a curious, playful, seemingly immature creature, while the mighty beasts around it are puzzled by its behavior.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation disguised as generosity: Yu presents a self-serving recruitment plan as a favor.
• Trust and deception: Chen Gang’s loyalty makes him vulnerable to Yu’s misleading account.
• Recognition of talent and agency: Li Yuan refuses to accept an opportunity simply because an authority figure recommends it.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: The Auspicious Beast’s roars and Yu’s misreading of Li Yuan’s sarcasm provide contrasting humor.

Plot points and events

• Yu Xiaogang urges Li Yuan to join Shrek Academy, framing its strong teachers as a rare opportunity. Li Yuan rejects the offer, arguing that a Soul Ring lasts a lifetime and should not be chosen for the sake of a temporary team or Tang San’s needs.
• Li Yuan exposes Shrek’s lack of a Mimicry Cultivation Environment, a basic facility for an advanced academy. Yu Xiaogang is forced to admit its facilities are poor, while defending its teachers. Principal Chen Gang realizes his old friend misled him and condemns the deception, but ultimately lets the matter drop.
• Though Chen Gang hopes Yu Xiaogang will reflect, Yu instead feels resentful toward Chen, Li Yuan, and those who challenged him. Li Yuan leaves the office.
• In the group chat, members gather eagerly for Li Yuan’s promised revelation. Bibi Dong and Hu Liena assume he has disappeared because he cannot support his earlier claims; others defend him.
• Li Yuan arrives and reveals that Hu Liena is not Spirit Hall’s true intended successor: that role belongs to Qian Renxue, granddaughter of the powerful Qian Daoliu. He hints that her origins—and her relationship with her mother—are troubled.
• Qian Renxue, following the chat, misunderstands his hint and innocently says everyone is conceived when a father “shudders” and a mother gives birth. Li Yuan struggles not to laugh and she demands an explanation.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yuan shows independence and foresight by refusing an offer he believes could damage his future. He confronts Yu Xiaogang directly but remains respectful toward Principal Chen Gang.
• Yu Xiaogang is exposed as having concealed Shrek’s shortcomings. Rather than accepting responsibility, he privately turns his embarrassment into resentment.
• Chen Gang is torn between his duty to students and decades of friendship; he rebukes Yu Xiaogang but ultimately softens.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena mock Li Yuan’s absence, while Ning Rongrong and other group members eagerly await his news. Their contrasting reactions underscore the chat’s mix of gossip, loyalty, and rivalry.
• Qian Renxue appears naïve about the implication of Li Yuan’s remark, creating comic tension just as the chapter begins to reveal her family history.

Significant themes

• Long-term self-interest versus short-term team goals: Li Yuan insists that personal growth and lifelong Soul Ring choices matter more than temporary competition success.
• Honesty and responsibility: Shrek’s deficiencies and Yu Xiaogang’s deception expose the harm of recruiting students through misleading promises.
• Reputation versus reality: The chapter challenges Yu Xiaogang’s scholarly image and distinguishes Hu Liena’s public title from Qian Renxue’s hidden status.
• Secrets and family origins: The final revelation sets up a deeper story about Qian Renxue’s identity and troubled family background.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yuan tells the group that Bibi Dong wanted to kill Qian Renxue at birth. Qian Renxue doesn’t deny it, making the others suspect the claim is true.
• Li Yuan recounts Bibi Dong’s past: despite being a gifted heir to a major power, she fell deeply in love with a poor, low-talent man from a hostile faction and imagined keeping him close as an elder.
• He identifies the man as Yu Xiaogang, the famous “Grandmaster” who claimed there were no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters. Li Yuan mocks the irony that Yu himself was stuck at level 29.
• The group erupts in laughter at the joke, while Qian Renxue grows confused about how she fits into her mother’s past and what role her father, Qian Xunji, played.
• Liu Erlong recognizes that Li Yuan is talking about Yu Xiaogang and angrily defends him, citing his martial-soul mutation and meager innate soul power.

Character developments

• Qian Renxue shifts from anger at Li Yuan’s insinuations to troubled curiosity about her birth and her parents’ history.
• Bibi Dong reacts fiercely to criticism of Yu Xiaogang, revealing how deeply she still defends and values him.
• Liu Erlong realizes the story concerns Yu Xiaogang and becomes protective and confrontational.
• The group members move from disbelief to amusement, though some question whether Li Yuan’s claims are credible.

Significant themes

• The gap between public image and private history: Bibi Dong’s cold, powerful reputation contrasts with her passionate, painful past.
• Power, status, and love: The group questions whether a political heir could plausibly love someone poor and politically unsuitable.
• Irony and hypocrisy: Yu Xiaogang’s maxim is turned against him because he cannot progress beyond level 29.
• Uncertainty and family trauma: Qian Renxue’s questions suggest that her origins are bound up in secrets and resentment.

Character interactions

• Li Yuan provokes the group with revelations and jokes, while Qian Renxue asks him to continue rather than dismissing the claims.
• Bibi Dong angrily defends Yu Xiaogang against the group’s mockery.
• Liu Erlong challenges Li Yuan directly and insists that Yu Xiaogang’s limitations stem from circumstances beyond his control.
• Ning Rongrong and others laugh at Li Yuan’s punch line, contrasting with Qian Renxue’s increasingly serious unease.

Key plot points and events

• After learning Yu Xiaogang had a harmful Martial Soul mutation and only half a level of Innate Soul Power, the group initially sees his reaching level twenty-nine as an achievement.
• Li Yuan offers Ji Juechen as a counterexample: despite having only level-three Innate Soul Power and a lump of iron for a Martial Soul, he will become a Titled Douluo through relentless dedication. Zhu Zhuqing takes hope from his story, wondering whether hard work might help her escape her own fate.
• Li Yuan argues that Yu Xiaogang was not simply unlucky. His Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, is an extraordinarily rare External Beast Martial Soul with bloodline from the Golden Sacred Dragon. The Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill is offered as evidence.
• Luo Sanpao can eat and convert nourishment into Soul Power, potentially creating a growth cycle between it and Yu Xiaogang. Instead, Yu Xiaogang fed it ordinary radishes for years, wasting its potential and reducing the dragon-blooded creature to a farting pig.
• Qian Renxue privately condemns both Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s judgment in choosing him.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Zhuqing moves from discouragement toward hope after hearing that someone with worse innate circumstances can succeed through effort.
• Li Yuan shifts the discussion from Yu Xiaogang’s disadvantages to the opportunities he allegedly squandered, using Ji Juechen as a model of perseverance.
• The group reacts with disbelief, then growing amazement as Li Yuan explains Luo Sanpao’s rarity and hidden potential. Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, despite their rivalry, briefly join in challenging his claims.
• Qian Renxue expresses contempt for Yu Xiaogang and criticizes Bibi Dong’s romantic judgment.

Significant themes

• Effort versus talent: Ji Juechen represents the possibility of overcoming poor beginnings through discipline.
• Wasted potential and personal responsibility: Li Yuan portrays Yu Xiaogang’s failure not as fate, but as the result of neglect and poor choices.
• Appearance versus hidden worth: Luo Sanpao looks like an unimpressive pig, yet may carry a powerful dragon bloodline.
• Hope and self-determination: Zhu Zhuqing’s reaction suggests that examples of perseverance can make a seemingly fixed destiny feel less absolute.

Key plot points and events

• The group chat challenges Yu Xiaogang’s claim that a Soul Beast’s age—and therefore the suitability of its Soul Ring—can be judged with exact precision. Xiao Wu, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, explains that appearance-based estimates are unreliable, while even powerful experts rely on experience and may be off by decades.
• Li Yuan argues that Yu’s unverified theory could lead poor Soul Masters to absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits and die. He illustrates the possible consequences for a family depending on its sole breadwinner.
• This finally destroys Liu Erlong’s remaining faith in Yu Xiaogang. She accuses him of pursuing fame rather than helping Soul Masters, smashes and tramples their photograph, and declares the Golden Iron Triangle over.
• Xiao Wu realizes that the “Grandmaster” at her academy is Yu Xiaogang. Warned by Ning Rongrong, she vows not to believe his theories and angrily wants to confront him.
• Bibi Dong defends Yu, challenging Li Yuan’s account. Li Yuan counters that Spirit Hall rescued and raised her, accusing her of ingratitude for turning against it and loving Yu, whose clan is Spirit Hall’s enemy. He also raises the dangers Bibi Dong might have faced without Spirit Hall’s protection. The argument remains unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Erlong shifts from defending Yu to rejecting him completely, turning heartbreak into anger and severing their relationship.
• Xiao Wu moves from discussing Soul Beast knowledge to recognizing Yu as a real presence at her academy; her distrust becomes personal.
• Li Yuan uses both technical criticism and an emotionally vivid example to persuade the group, then directly confronts Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong remains fiercely loyal to Yu and resentful of Qian Xunji, while Li Yuan reframes her history as one of rescue and support from Spirit Hall.
• The group chat members largely condemn Yu’s theory and its potential consequences; the discussion turns to whether Bibi Dong owes Spirit Hall loyalty.

Significant themes

• Responsibility in scholarship: Publishing unsupported claims can endanger people, especially those without resources to verify them.
• Class and vulnerability: Poor Soul Masters may have to rely on questionable guidance because they lack access to education and support.
• Love, loyalty, and disillusionment: Liu Erlong’s breakup and the dispute over Bibi Dong’s loyalties show how personal attachments can conflict with duty and past support.
• Reputation versus genuine purpose: The chapter questions whether Yu’s research serves others or merely his desire for recognition.

Key plot points and events

• The group discusses how Bibi Dong might have been exploited if Qian Xunji hadn’t taken her into Spirit Hall, prompting debate about the dangers faced by powerful, unprotected young women.
• Li Yuan mutes curious Ning Rongrong, who angrily protests being treated like a child—then is upset when she compares her figure to that label.
• Bibi Dong fiercely insists that her love for Yu Xiaogang was genuine. Li Yuan counters that love without material security is fragile.
• Zhu Zhuqing (“Big Cat in the Night”) reveals that a former lover abandoned her to save himself. Li Yuan offers support, and also reassures Xiao Wu that she can seek help.
• Qian Renxue pieces together that Qian Xunji forced himself on Bibi Dong and realizes this is why her mother hates her. Overwhelmed by guilt and grief, she blames herself for being born.
• Li Yuan makes the implication explicit through a crude, mocking metaphor about Qian Xunji entering the “Spider Cave.” The group reacts with laughter, and Liu Erlong, despite the seriousness of the subject, cannot contain her amusement.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong displays her impulsive curiosity and sensitivity about being called a child; Li Yuan’s teasing leaves her furious and embarrassed.
• Bibi Dong remains fiercely devoted to her idea of pure love with Yu Xiaogang and directs her resentment toward Qian Xunji.
• Zhu Zhuqing opens up about her abandonment, while Li Yuan responds with unexpected kindness. Xiao Wu also seeks reassurance that she can rely on him.
• Qian Renxue undergoes the chapter’s most painful realization: she connects her birth to her mother’s trauma and turns that understanding into self-blame.
• Liu Erlong shows both sympathy for the cruelty of the world and a tendency to cope with dark revelations through laughter.

Significant themes

• Vulnerability and power: Without protection, exceptional talent can make someone a target for exploitation.
• Love and material security: The chapter disputes the idea that love alone can withstand harsh circumstances.
• Abandonment and betrayal: Zhu Zhuqing’s confession and Bibi Dong’s history both involve loved ones failing or harming them.
• Inherited guilt and trauma: Qian Renxue feels responsible for circumstances she did not choose, showing how one generation’s actions burden the next.
• Humor amid tragedy: The group’s irreverent banter contrasts sharply with the painful revelations, offering comic relief while sometimes making the suffering feel more jarring.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yuan’s messages expose more painful details about Bibi Dong’s past, provoking her into a furious outburst that sends a cardinal flying outside the Pope Palace.
• Learning that Yu Xiaogang moved on to Liu Erlong soon after their separation shatters Bibi Dong’s long-held belief that he had suffered as deeply as she had. She is left grieving, betrayed, and questioning what her love meant.
• The group discusses Liu Erlong’s relationship with Yu Xiaogang. Liu Erlong, secretly reading along, worries that others will identify her and claims she knows Liu Erlong through a friend—while praising her in suspiciously personal detail.
• Li Yuan points out that Qian Xunji’s actions kept Bibi Dong in Spirit Hall and led to two future gods. Bibi Dong realizes he likely means herself and Qian Renxue.
• This prompts Bibi Dong to reconsider her estranged daughter. For the first time, she feels some guilt for neglecting and mistreating Qian Renxue, though memories of Qian Xunji make it difficult to approach her.
• Li Yuan immediately undercuts the moment with crude, provocative jokes about Bibi Dong’s past and Qian Xunji, reigniting her humiliation.

Character developments

• Bibi Dong shifts from rage to heartbreak and disillusionment after learning the truth about Yu Xiaogang. Her thoughts then turn toward Qian Renxue, revealing the first signs of guilt and possible maternal concern.
• Liu Erlong is exposed as deeply invested in the group’s discussion and anxious to keep her identity secret. Her self-praise gives away more than she intends.
• Li Yuan continues to provoke and embarrass others through blunt revelations and tasteless jokes.

Significant themes

• Idealized love collapsing: Bibi Dong’s romantic memories of Yu Xiaogang crumble when she learns how quickly he moved on.
• Consequences of obsession: Her devotion to a past love has shaped years of pain and resentment.
• Family, guilt, and reconciliation: The possibility that Qian Renxue may be Bibi Dong’s most meaningful connection challenges her long-standing hatred and neglect.
• Public exposure and humiliation: The group’s messages turn private wounds and family secrets into spectacle.

Character interactions

• Li Yuan’s revelations wound Bibi Dong, while her anger physically affects the cardinal outside the hall.
• Group members debate Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong; Liu Erlong defends herself indirectly while trying to conceal who she is.
• Li Yuan’s remarks make Bibi Dong reconsider Qian Renxue, then his vulgar jokes abruptly return her attention to her traumatic past.

Key plot points

• Bibi Dong is furious at Li Yuan’s crude comments about Qian Xunji, but his use of the word “Mom” reminds her of the last time Qian Renxue called her that. She recalls rejecting her daughter’s birthday gift and telling her never to use the name again.
• Moved by the memory, Bibi Dong deletes her angry reply and asks Gui Mei to deliver a letter to Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou. She plans to write it herself, without rushing its contents.
• The group members argue over Li Yuan’s explanation of Qian Xunji’s actions. Li Yuan says he was considering the situation realistically, while Xiao Wu and Hu Liena trade insults about Spirit Hall and the empire’s corrupt leadership.
• The conversation turns to gods: the group learns that Soul Masters can transcend mortality at rank 100, and that Spirit Hall will eventually produce two gods.
• Li Yuan reveals that Spirit Hall will nevertheless fall. He blames the rise of Tang San—an otherworldly being inhabiting someone of the same name—and says Spirit Hall’s decline will be driven by “three love-brained idiot beauties.”
• Bibi Dong is outraged and disbelieving, then wonders whether the prophecy concerns a future beyond her leadership. She suspects Hu Liena might be one of the women, but rejects the idea.

Character developments and interactions

• Bibi Dong shows an unexpected softness toward Qian Renxue. Her memories prompt her to reach out, suggesting regret and a possible change in their relationship.
• Li Yuan tries to moderate the group’s disputes, then delivers a startling prophecy that unsettles everyone.
• Xiao Wu and Hu Liena continue their rivalry, exchanging taunts before Li Yuan intervenes.
• The group shifts from casual bickering to anxious speculation once it learns about Spirit Hall’s future destruction. Hu Liena is excited by the prospect of Spirit Hall’s power, while Bibi Dong is shaken by the prediction.

Significant themes

• Regret and reconciliation: Bibi Dong’s recollection of Qian Renxue’s childhood reveals the emotional cost of their estrangement.
• Power and downfall: Even the prospect of two gods cannot guarantee Spirit Hall’s survival.
• Prejudice and factional conflict: The group’s arguments reflect deep hostility between Spirit Hall and its opponents.
• Fate and uncertainty: Li Yuan’s prophecy raises questions about whether the future can be changed—and who will cause the catastrophe.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yuan abruptly leaves the chat group just as the discussion reaches a cliffhanger about three mysterious “bumbling beauties,” frustrating the other members.
• Bibi Dong uses the group to summon Hu Liena to the Pope Palace. Hu Liena fears her teacher may suspect she was involved in the women’s scheme.
• Li Yuan checks the group’s activity progress and anticipates that it will soon reach Level Two, bringing new features and rewards.
• Bibi Dong asks Hu Liena whether the chat group is a threat or an opportunity. Hu Liena argues they can exploit Li Yuan’s knowledge of hidden secrets and possible future events to protect Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong approves Hu Liena’s plan to cultivate Li Yuan’s goodwill and gather intelligence, while advising her to use a gentler approach with him.
• Hu Liena vows to eliminate Tang San if she finds him and judges him a threat.
• After Hu Liena leaves, Qian Daoliu confronts Bibi Dong about a letter she sent to Qian Renxue. Bibi Dong reacts angrily to his apparent snooping, but her pressure has no effect on him.

Character developments

• Bibi Dong is unsettled by Li Yuan’s apparent knowledge of her secrets and by the loss of control the chat group represents. She nevertheless accepts Hu Liena’s strategic advice.
• Hu Liena shows strategic thinking and fierce loyalty to Bibi Dong, volunteering to gather intelligence and pledging to protect Spirit Hall.
• Li Yuan is pleased by the chat group’s rapid progress and its coming upgrade.
• Qian Daoliu remains composed despite Bibi Dong’s anger, suggesting his power and confidence.

Character interactions

• The chat members complain that Li Yuan left them with an unresolved mystery.
• Bibi Dong’s unexpectedly gentle reassurance briefly calms Hu Liena, then the two discuss how to use the group.
• Bibi Dong playfully pinches Hu Liena’s cheek before entrusting her with the intelligence-gathering plan.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s encounter turns immediately tense when he raises her letter to Qian Renxue.

Significant themes

• Information as power: Knowledge of secrets and future events can be used to prevent threats—or create unease.
• Control and insecurity: Bibi Dong’s authority is challenged by an information source she cannot fully understand or control.
• Loyalty and protection: Hu Liena’s devotion to her teacher motivates her willingness to act ruthlessly.
• Humor and suspense: Li Yuan’s cliffhanger departure contrasts with the serious political and personal stakes it leaves behind.

• Qian Daoliu gives Bibi Dong full control of Spirit Hall. He explains that he once intervened out of concern for his granddaughter, Qian Xue’er, who grew up without a mother and is more fragile than she appears. He hopes Bibi Dong and Xue’er can reconcile. But seeing Qian Daoliu’s resemblance to Qian Xunji triggers Bibi Dong’s painful memories, and she angrily orders him out. Before leaving, he apologizes for his son’s wrongdoing and formally entrusts Spirit Hall to her. His endorsement should end much of the resistance she faced from the Elder Hall, leaving her as the organization’s undisputed leader outside the senior Worship Hall elders.
• Tang San approaches Xiao Wu about their future. At Notting Academy, Xiao Wu overhears him muttering about the Tang Sect and its techniques, strengthening her suspicion that he is the “Outer Realm Heavenly Demon” the group leader warned about. Tang San nervously invites her to attend Shrek Academy with him. Uncomfortable with his appearance and intense attention, she declines indirectly and leaves. He misreads her discomfort as shyness, becomes confident that she likes him, and vows to pursue her—while adding Li Yuan to his list of enemies.
• Xiao Wu reports the encounter in the group chat. After escaping Tang San, she tells Ning Rongrong that she met a creepy-looking man she believes is Tang San. The chat then levels up, unlocking a red-envelope feature. Xiao Wu tries it without reading the instructions; the system randomly takes an item she is wearing, sending Li Yuan a pair of her pink, carrot-decorated panties. Both are startled by the result, while Xiao Wu realizes what happened and decides to get Ning Rongrong to try sending a red envelope too.
  Character developments and interactions: Qian Daoliu’s concern for Xue’er and regret over the past lead him to trust Bibi Dong with Spirit Hall, though her trauma prevents any immediate warmth between them. Xiao Wu grows more wary of Tang San and seeks advice from the group, while Tang San’s self-confidence and jealousy distort his reading of her rejection. Xiao Wu’s embarrassment over the accidental red envelope quickly turns into mischievous resolve, setting up a likely prank on Ning Rongrong.
  Themes: The chapter juxtaposes the possibility of reconciliation with unresolved trauma and the transfer of power. It also emphasizes miscommunication and self-delusion—especially Tang San’s mistaken interpretation of Xiao Wu’s behavior—and uses the chat’s unpredictable new feature for comic embarrassment and escalating mischief.