Chapter Summaries

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu woke after spending the night together and talked about trying to have a child, which Xiao Wu hoped to bear first. After they dressed and left their room to eat, an argument nearby caught Cao Yan’s attention.

• Flender had yielded the dean’s position because he feared Cao Yan’s unknown and possibly immense backing.
• Xiao Wu asked Cao Yan to stay with her every night and said she hoped to become pregnant with his child.
• Cao Yan promised they would keep trying, and Xiao Wu agreed that they should work harder.
• Xiao Wu pushed Cao Yan away when she thought he was about to make a move, then apologized for nearly knocking him down.
• Cao Yan helped Xiao Wu dress, and they left their room to go eat.
• Cao Yan heard a noisy argument nearby as they walked through the village.

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu encountered Ma Hongjun trying to keep Cuihua from leaving him, and Cao Yan stepped in when Ma Hongjun turned violent. Ma Hongjun confronted Cao Yan, while Cuihua remained behind him.

• Cao Yan and Xiao Wu came across Cuihua pleading with Ma Hongjun to end their relationship because his evil fire made their intimacy unbearable.
• Ma Hongjun recalled how Cuihua had once stopped him from crippling his treasure and begged her to give him another chance.
• Cuihua rejected Ma Hongjun again, and he demanded she sleep with him once more before he would agree to break up.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his fiery aura and lunged at Cuihua, but Cao Yan appeared and stood between them.
• Ma Hongjun glared at Cao Yan and angrily demanded to know who he was.

Cao Yan confronted Ma Hongjun after he leered at Xiao Wu and threatened to take her. Cao Yan revealed that he knew about Ma Hongjun’s evil fire and showed him a 100,000-Year Soul Ring, then refused to cure him, leaving Ma Hongjun stunned.

• Ma Hongjun threatened Cao Yan and Xiao Wu, leered at Xiao Wu, and challenged them to defeat him.
• Xiao Wu prepared to fight, but Cao Yan stopped her and confronted Ma Hongjun.
• Cao Yan revealed that he knew about Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, shocking him.
• Cao Yan claimed he could cure the evil fire, and Ma Hongjun doubted him.
• Cao Yan displayed a scorching flame and a 100,000-Year Soul Ring, convincing Ma Hongjun to beg for help.
• Cao Yan refused to save Ma Hongjun, leaving him dumbfounded.

Cao Yan agreed to treat Ma Hongjun’s evil fire after Ma Hongjun and Cuihua begged him, but secretly planned to tamper with the treatment. He engulfed Ma Hongjun in Pure Yang Flame, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Ma Hongjun apologized to Cao Yan and knelt, begging him to save his life.
• Cuihua also pleaded with Cao Yan and offered to spend a night with him, explaining that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire had caused their troubles.
• Xiao Wu asked Cao Yan to help them, and Cao Yan agreed on the condition that Ma Hongjun kneel and apologize for insulting him.
• Ma Hongjun bowed to Cao Yan, who warned him that the treatment would hurt and sent Xiao Wu and Cuihua farther away.
• Cao Yan covered Ma Hongjun in Pure Yang Flame and told him to endure it or die, while planning to tamper with the treatment.

Cao Yan’s Pure Yang Flame triggered Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, leaving him in agony and desperate for relief. Cuihua agreed to do whatever Cao Yan said to save him, and Cao Yan sent Xiao Wu away before explaining the treatment.

• Cao Yan scorched Ma Hongjun with Pure Yang Flame, but Ma Hongjun could not endure it and the evil fire in him erupted.
• Ma Hongjun collapsed in agony and tried to draw Cuihua close, while Cuihua rushed to comfort him.
• Ma Hongjun apologized to Cuihua and used her sympathy to seek relief from his evil fire.
• Cuihua asked Cao Yan whether Ma Hongjun could be treated, and Cao Yan said the method depended on her willingness.
• Cuihua agreed to follow Cao Yan’s instructions, and Cao Yan sent Xiao Wu to the cafeteria before describing the treatment.

Cao Yan told Cuihua that intimacy was the only way to relieve Ma Hongjun’s dangerously intense evil fire without causing him more pain. Cuihua agreed to save him, and Cao Yan concealed them inside a Flame Barrier as they began.

• Cao Yan rejected using Pure Yang Flame to forcibly remove Ma Hongjun’s evil fire because Ma Hongjun might not endure the pain.
• Cuihua begged Cao Yan to help Ma Hongjun and said she still loved him despite their unhappy past.
• Cao Yan told Cuihua that only intimacy could purge the evil fire safely, and Cuihua agreed to stay with Ma Hongjun.
• Cao Yan turned away while Cuihua undressed, then used Pure Yang Flame to form a barrier around them.
• Cuihua touched Ma Hongjun and removed his clothes as they began their union inside the Flame Barrier.

Cao Yan asked the system how to remove Ma Hongjun’s evil fire after his Phoenix Flame Physique failed to withstand the Pure Yang Flame. The system suggested implanting two powerful Soul Bones taken from Tang Hao, and Cao Yan realized their danger could let him dispose of Ma Hongjun.

• Cao Yan asked the system whether his Pure Yang Flame would make Ma Hongjun’s evil fire flare up again after Cuihua helped him.
• The system ordered Cao Yan to win Zhu Zhuqing over within seven days or lose the reward of a hundred-thousand-year Water God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Cao Yan accepted the demand and planned to free Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai before using the Zhu Family as the foundation of his power.
• Cao Yan asked the system for a safer way to remove Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, and it suggested guiding the fire into Soul Bones taken from Tang Hao.
• The system explained that the Soul Bones came from powerful beasts and exceeded Ma Hongjun’s limits, and Cao Yan saw that they could kill him.

Cao Yan planned to implant Tang Hao’s two Soul Bones into Ma Hongjun, expecting their power to kill him within a week and make his death look like the result of his own weakness. Meanwhile, Cuihua stayed with Ma Hongjun and helped him endure his evil flame, leaving him believing his benefactor could cure it and promising to cherish her.

• Cao Yan asked the System how long Ma Hongjun could survive after receiving Tang Hao’s Soul Bones, and the System predicted he would die within a week.
• Cao Yan admitted he intended to kill Ma Hongjun because he considered him a future threat, and planned to make the Soul Bones appear responsible.
• Cuihua told Ma Hongjun she regretted leaving him and promised to stay with him for the rest of her life.
• Ma Hongjun apologized to Cuihua and promised to cherish her if his benefactor cured his evil flame.
• As the evil flame tormented Ma Hongjun again, Cuihua agreed to be intimate with him in the hope of easing it.

Cao Yan offered to cure Ma Hongjun's evil fire by using two Soul Bones as vessels to draw it out. Ma Hongjun accepted the Soul Bones, overwhelmed by Cao Yan's generosity.

• Cuihua told Cao Yan that Ma Hongjun's evil fire had been suppressed and asked him to continue treating Ma Hongjun.
• Cao Yan assured Cuihua that he had a way to cure Ma Hongjun and asked her to bring him over.
• Ma Hongjun joined them and asked Cao Yan whether he could truly cure his evil fire.
• Cao Yan revealed two Soul Bones taken from Tang Hao and explained that he would implant them in Ma Hongjun to draw the evil fire into them.
• Cao Yan placed the Soul Bones in Ma Hongjun's hands, and Ma Hongjun bowed in gratitude after accepting them.

Cao Yan helped Ma Hongjun absorb two powerful Soul Bones and used his Pure Yang Flame to drive Ma Hongjun's evil fire into them. Ma Hongjun's evil fire was eliminated, and he reached level thirty-five.

• Ma Hongjun thanked Cao Yan and vowed to serve him, while Cuihua knelt with him.
• Cao Yan guided Ma Hongjun to channel Soul Power into the left arm bone and right leg bone, then absorb them.
• Ma Hongjun successfully fused both Soul Bones into his body.
• Cao Yan used his Pure Yang Flame to drive Ma Hongjun's evil fire into the Soul Bones.
• Ma Hongjun's evil fire was completely removed, and his strength rose to level thirty-five.

Cao Yan used his Pure Yang Flame to drive Ma Hongjun’s evil fire into two Soul Bones, leaving Ma Hongjun free of its torment and with a purer, stronger Phoenix Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Cao Yan concealing that the evil fire was a trap that would kill Ma Hongjun within a week, while Ma Hongjun discovered he had advanced to Soul Elder.

• Cao Yan forced Ma Hongjun’s evil fire into two Soul Bones with his Pure Yang Flame, and Ma Hongjun awoke feeling free of its torment.
• Ma Hongjun thanked Cao Yan, saying his Phoenix Martial Soul felt purer and that he could now live normally with Cuihua.
• Cao Yan secretly planned to let the evil fire hidden in the Soul Bones kill Ma Hongjun, whom he considered a future romantic rival.
• Ma Hongjun released black-wisped flames and manifested a powerful Evil Fire Phoenix, showing that his Martial Soul had grown stronger.
• Cao Yan told Ma Hongjun that absorbing the Soul Bones had raised his Soul Power Level to thirty-five, and Ma Hongjun realized he had become a Soul Elder.

Cao Yan gave Ma Hongjun two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, which removed his evil fire and raised him to Level 35, making him a Soul Elder. Grateful, Ma Hongjun pledged himself to Cao Yan and took him toward Shrek Academy after parting from Cuihua.

• Cao Yan told Ma Hongjun that absorbing the two Soul Bones had made him a Level 35 Soul Elder.
• Ma Hongjun examined his Soul Power, realized he had advanced eight levels without absorbing a Third Soul Ring, and thanked Cao Yan for removing his evil fire.
• Cao Yan told Ma Hongjun his name, and Ma Hongjun pledged his loyalty and offered to protect him at Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun told Cuihua to go home and wait for him while he escorted Cao Yan to Shrek Academy, and Cuihua agreed before they embraced and parted.

Cao Yan led Ma Hongjun toward the cafeteria and revealed the power of his Guardian Spirit, Yu Jin, when Ma Hongjun asked how strong he was. Ma Hongjun was left stunned as Yu Jin appeared with the power of a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.

• Ma Hongjun repeatedly thanked and flattered Cao Yan for curing his evil fire, while Cao Yan cut him off and hid his real purpose for implanting the two Soul Bones.
• Ma Hongjun asked Cao Yan about his strength and admitted that his spiritual power could not probe him.
• Cao Yan summoned Yu Jin and explained that his 100,000-Year Soul Ring could empower both himself and his Guardian Spirit to level ninety-nine.
• Yu Jin appeared, knelt before Cao Yan, and greeted him as the Young Lord while Ma Hongjun stared in shock.

Cao Yan revealed his Guardian Spirit and claimed to have Soul Power Level ninety-nine, leaving Ma Hongjun awed as they headed to the cafeteria. There, Dai Mubai sat with Zhu Zhuqing and reflected on her rejection of his shameless attempt to pursue intimacy the night before.

• Ma Hongjun asked about Cao Yan's imposing martial soul, and Cao Yan called it a Guardian Spirit and claimed his Soul Power Level was ninety-nine.
• Cao Yan released his Soul Power to demonstrate his strength, and Ma Hongjun realized he was far stronger than Flender and treated him with new respect.
• Cao Yan withdrew Yu Jin and led the now-obedient Ma Hongjun toward the cafeteria, saying they had kept the others waiting.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing ate together in the cafeteria while Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar sat opposite them.
• Dai Mubai recalled that Zhu Zhuqing had refused his shameless advances outside her dormitory the night before and justified abandoning her when he fled the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate with him, but she coldly refused, and he angrily invoked their engagement. Xiao Wu defended Zhu Zhuqing, who admitted that she was nominally Dai Mubai’s fiancée.

• Dai Mubai invited Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate together and, after she refused, berated her for rejecting him despite their engagement.
• Xiao Wu stepped in to defend Zhu Zhuqing and warned Dai Mubai not to slander her purity.
• Dai Mubai insisted Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée and claimed he was the boss at Shrek Academy, unaware that Cao Yan had taken control of the academy.
• Xiao Wu threatened to teach Dai Mubai a lesson if he kept insulting Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xiao Wu and admitted that she was nominally engaged to Dai Mubai.

Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San reacted to Dai Mubai claiming Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée. Zhu Zhuqing rejected the marriage contract and declared that she had come to Shrek Academy only to become stronger.

• Xiao Wu suspected Dai Mubai had threatened Zhu Zhuqing and offered to stand up for her.
• Oscar initially supported Dai Mubai, but changed sides after Ning Rongrong criticized him.
• Tang San backed Xiao Wu and challenged Dai Mubai not to slander Zhu Zhuqing's innocence.
• Dai Mubai reminded Zhu Zhuqing that she was his fiancée, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected the arranged marriage and said her life was hers to decide.

Dai Mubai resented Zhu Zhuqing’s cold treatment and remembered the brutal struggle for succession that forced him to flee the Star Luo Empire. He had survived an assassination attempt and settled at Shrek Academy, where he hoped to gain the strength to return and take revenge on Dai Weisi.

• Dai Mubai lashed out at Zhu Zhuqing, calling her a political marriage tool and claiming she had no right to speak arrogantly to him.
• Dai Mubai recalled how Dai Weisi’s talent and age advantage made him the favored heir, while the succession contest left defeated princes facing death.
• Dai Mubai remembered Dai Weisi secretly killing their second brother and realizing he would be killed too if he stayed in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Weisi trapped Dai Mubai during his escape, but one of Dai Mubai’s guards pushed him into a lake, and an unknown old man later rescued and healed him.
• Dai Mubai fled to Shrek Academy, where he hoped to gain the strength to return to the Star Luo Empire and take revenge.

Dai Mubai pressured Zhu Zhuqing to meet him in his room, but Xiao Wu intervened and challenged him. Xiao Wu revealed that she and Cao Yan had caught Dai Mubai entering a hotel with two girls, leaving Dai Mubai furious that Zhu Zhuqing had learned about his behavior.

• Dai Mubai threatened Zhu Zhuqing and demanded that she come to his room, believing their engagement entitled him to her.
• Xiao Wu defended Zhu Zhuqing and warned Dai Mubai not to force her.
• Dai Mubai tried to ask Xiao Wu to stay out of his private affairs, but Xiao Wu mocked him and insisted on interfering.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu about her past encounter with Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu explained that she and Cao Yan had seen him enter a hotel with two girls and had taught him a lesson.
• Dai Mubai accused Xiao Wu of deliberately exposing his secret and grew angry as he worried Zhu Zhuqing would reject him.

Xiao Wu exposed Dai Mubai’s affairs to Zhu Zhuqing, prompting him to dismiss her concerns and threaten her. Zhu Zhuqing rejected him, said she loved someone else, and declared that she would seek to annul their engagement.

• Xiao Wu accused Dai Mubai of taking twin girls to a room and said he was unworthy of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai whether Xiao Wu’s accusations were true, knowing his misconduct could give her grounds to end their family engagement.
• Dai Mubai refused to answer directly, belittled Zhu Zhuqing, and demanded that she apologize for siding with Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned why she had to sacrifice her freedom for the engagement and recalled the danger and rejection she had faced in her family.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she had never loved him, had fallen in love with someone else, and would seek to annul the engagement, then asked him to leave her alone.

Zhu Zhuqing ended her engagement with Dai Mubai and walked away, while Dai Mubai attacked her when she refused to stop. As Zhu Zhuqing accepted the incoming strike, Cao Yan appeared and declared that he would not let her die.

• Zhu Zhuqing admitted to herself that she had fallen in love with Cao Yan and told Dai Mubai she wanted to end their relationship.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of betraying him and threatened her as she walked away.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Blazing Light Wave at Zhu Zhuqing, who chose not to defend herself.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong pleaded with Zhu Zhuqing to dodge, but she thanked them and accepted her fate.
• Cao Yan called out to Zhu Zhuqing and declared that he would not let her die.