Chapter Summaries

After defeating Zhao Wuji, Xiao Yin accepted Flender's apology and left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing. Dai Mubai recognized the sisters and was publicly humiliated, while the others began to consider the wider implications of Xiao Yin's power and the Star Luo family ties.

• Flender checked Zhao Wuji's injuries, entrusted him to Oscar, and apologized to Xiao Yin for Shrek Academy's conduct.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuyun and realized Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, then tried to excuse his behavior at the Rose Hotel.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's lies, and Xiao Yin's terrifying aura stopped him from threatening her.
• Xiao Yin condemned Dai Mubai as a coward and left with the Zhu sisters, leaving Dai Mubai humiliated before the academy crowd.
• Tang San brooded over the Path of Death, while Ning Rongrong grew curious about Xiao Yin and Flender worried about the trouble surrounding the Zhu sisters and Dai Mubai.
• Tang Hao suspected Xiao Yin possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's guards reported the events to their sect.

Ning Fengzhi and the elders discussed Xiao Yin’s astonishing strength and considered recruiting him through Ning Rongrong. After leaving the Zhu Clan sisters, Xiao Yin confronted the Title Douluo who had secretly followed him, and Tang Hao emerged from the forest.

• Chen Xin questioned Ning Fengzhi’s decision to send Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi explained that she needed to grow beyond the sect’s protection.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Chen Xin a report describing Xiao Yin’s victory over Zhao Wuji, and they suspected he was the mysterious young man who had fought Yu Nanyang.
• Gu Rong proposed having Ning Rongrong approach Xiao Yin as a potential recruit, and Ning Fengzhi decided to send her a letter.
• Xiao Yin walked with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, who praised his strength after his fight with Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Yin sent the Zhu Clan sisters back to the hotel and called out the Title Douluo following him through the forest.
• Tang Hao stepped out of the shadows and demanded to know who Xiao Yin was.

Xiao Yin bluffed Tang Hao into leaving the forest by implying that powerful people knew of his past, then assured him Tang San would be safe at Shrek Academy. Later, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong gossiped in their dormitory, and Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu about her closeness with Tang San.

• Xiao Yin identified Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo and taunted him about his years in hiding.
• Tang Hao nearly attacked Xiao Yin, but Xiao Yin hinted that hidden forces remembered old debts and knew Tang Hao’s past.
• Xiao Yin told Tang Hao that Tang San could stay at Shrek Academy as long as he behaved, and Tang Hao left without fighting.
• Xiao Yin admitted to himself that he had been bluffing to avoid a fight with Tang Hao.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong discussed Dai Mubai and Tang San in the girls’ dormitory, while Tang San sneezed awake in the boys’ dormitory.

Ning Rongrong learned that Xiao Wu’s powerful friend was named Xiao Yin and suspected he was the boy she had once rejected from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. While she struggled to accept that possibility, Xiao Yin went to speak with Zhu Zhuqing about training her to defeat Dai Mubai.

• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that she and Tang San were close friends, then identified Xiao Yin as a particularly good friend.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Xiao Yin’s name and recalled the boy she had rejected two years earlier, whom the sect had called talentless.
• Ning Rongrong compared her memories with the powerful Xiao Yin she had seen and became distressed by the possibility that they were the same person.
• Xiao Yin returned to the Rose Hotel and went to Zhu Zhuqing’s room to discuss a training plan for defeating Dai Mubai within five months.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened the door after bathing, and Xiao Yin was caught off guard by her appearance in a bath towel.

Xiao Yin promised to train Zhu Zhuqing so she could defeat Dai Mubai, and her emotional embrace left both of them flustered. The next morning, Zhu Zhuyun noticed their awkwardness as Xiao Yin asked Zhu Zhuqing to come to his room after breakfast.

• Xiao Yin asked Zhu Zhuqing about her plans, and she declared that she wanted to grow stronger and defeat Dai Mubai herself.
• Xiao Yin promised to train Zhu Zhuqing and help her defeat Dai Mubai in five months.
• Overcome with gratitude, Zhu Zhuqing hugged Xiao Yin, then sprang away in embarrassment when she realized how close they were.
• Xiao Yin fled Zhu Zhuqing's room, leaving her blushing and smiling as she recalled his reaction.
• At breakfast, Zhu Zhuyun grew suspicious of Xiao Yin and Zhu Zhuqing's awkward behavior, and Xiao Yin asked Zhu Zhuqing to come to his room afterward.

Xiao Yin encountered Ning Rongrong at the Rose Hotel, where he coldly confirmed his identity and left her devastated. Ning Rongrong wandered back to Shrek Academy in confusion, while Xiao Yin wondered how she had skipped training to find him.

• Xiao Yin invited Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to his room to discuss their cultivation, and Zhu Zhuyun teased Zhu Zhuqing before Xiao Yin clarified his intentions.
• Ning Rongrong entered the restaurant after spotting Xiao Yin and recognized him as the boy she had known two years earlier.
• Xiao Yin addressed Ning Rongrong as Miss Ning and confirmed his identity, but treated her with cold indifference.
• Ning Rongrong left the hotel in tears, hid in an alley, and eventually returned to Shrek Academy in a daze.
• Xiao Yin wondered why Ning Rongrong had skipped Flender's training and criticized the academy's discipline.

Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy devastated, leaving Flender worried about the trouble her condition might bring. At the Rose Hotel, Xiao Yin gave Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun Whale Rubber and transmitted a vast stream of information into their minds.

• Flender saw Ning Rongrong return with red, tearful eyes and dismissed the students rather than rebuking her.
• Xiao Wu supported Ning Rongrong to the dormitory while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun teased Oscar about his sausage scaring her.
• Xiao Yin showed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun two pieces of Whale Rubber and explained how it could strengthen their bodies and increase the Soul Ring age they could absorb.
• Xiao Yin gave each woman Whale Rubber, then tapped their foreheads and transmitted a large stream of information into their minds.

Xiao Yin taught Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun the Unification Art and prepared purified Whale Rubber for them, warning them to consume it slowly. When Zhu Zhuyun overdosed and lost control of her Soul Power, Xiao Yin rushed to cool her down in a bathtub.

• Xiao Yin explained the Unification Art to Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, who promised to keep it secret.
• Xiao Yin purified two pieces of Whale Rubber and warned the women to consume small portions over time.
• Xiao Yin told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to practice in their rooms and said he would take Zhu Zhuqing for special training that night.
• Xiao Yin sensed Zhu Zhuyun's Soul Power turning chaotic and found her suffering after she ate too much Whale Rubber.
• Xiao Yin carried Zhu Zhuyun to a bathtub and turned on cold water to cool her burning body.

Xiao Yin helped Zhu Zhuyun recover from the effects of Whale Rubber, then brought her and Zhu Zhuqing to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena so Zhu Zhuqing could gain combat experience. After the system assigned him a task to protect Doudou from Fabian’s harassment, Xiao Yin went to find her.

• Xiao Yin used cold water and Soul Power to calm the Whale Rubber’s effects in Zhu Zhuyun, who woke and realized how exposed she was.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Yin that the Whale Rubber and Unification Art had raised her Soul Power to level 28.
• Xiao Yin brought the Zhu sisters to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and told Zhu Zhuqing to fight at least once a day to develop her combat skills.
• The system gave Xiao Yin a task to help Doudou escape Fabian’s harassment, with a reward of 1,000 Wish Value.
• Xiao Yin sent Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to register, then bribed an attendant for directions to the staff lounge and headed there to find Doudou.

Xiao Yin intervened when Fabian harassed Doudou in the staff lounge and defeated Fabian and his two Soul King guards with swift kicks. Fabian fled after threatening Xiao Yin, leaving Doudou shocked and grateful.

• Fabian pressured Doudou to have dinner with him, but she refused because she had work.
• Xiao Yin entered the lounge and offered Doudou help, and she nodded.
• Fabian revealed his wild boar Martial Soul and charged Xiao Yin, who kicked him into the corridor wall.
• Fabian ordered his two Soul King guards to attack Xiao Yin, but Xiao Yin kicked both men down.
• Fabian fled with his guards after threatening Xiao Yin, while Doudou watched in amazement.

Xiao Yin helped Doudou after Fabian harassed her and promised to protect her from further trouble, while suspecting Fabian’s Spirit Hall connections would bring retaliation. At the Great Soul Arena, he intervened when Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, just as Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were called to fight.

• Xiao Yin reassured Doudou that he would be at the Great Soul Arena and help if Fabian troubled her again, then left her wondering why he had been in the staff rest area.
• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing at the registration desk and warned her against Xiao Yin, but Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun both rebuffed him.
• Xiao Yin returned and challenged Dai Mubai for bullying Zhu Zhuqing, dismissing his threat to invoke his father.
• The Great Soul Arena summoned Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing to the 14th Sub-Arena for a one-on-one Soul Battle.

Zhu Zhuqing faced Tang San in the 14th Sub-Arena after Xiao Yin warned her about his Blue Silver Grass and urged her to strike quickly. Tang San confirmed Xiao Yin’s identity just before the match began, and Zhu Zhuqing’s opening attack reached him before he could react.

• Tang San left for the contestants’ passage while Dai Mubai urged him to punish Zhu Zhuqing for challenging Xiao Yin.
• Xiao Yin warned Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was tough and poisonous, advised her to use her speed, and told her to prioritize her safety.
• The host introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San as level twenty-eight Agility Attack and level twenty-nine control-type Soul Masters, respectively.
• Tang San asked Zhu Zhuqing whether Xiao Yin was the young man he had met at Nuoding Academy and the Soul Hunting Forest, and her reaction confirmed his suspicion.
• As the match began, Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab to get behind Tang San and followed with Hell Hundred Claws before he could react.

Tang San defeated Zhu Zhuqing by using Blue Silver Grass to restrict her speed, while Xiao Yin helped her learn from the loss. Meanwhile, Tang San grew suspicious of Xiao Yin, and Fabian decided to involve Spirit Hall after learning that Xiao Yin had defeated Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San dodged Zhu Zhuqing's attacks and used Entangle to control the arena, forcing her to concede.
• Xiao Yin encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to learn from her defeat, and she resolved to cultivate harder.
• Tang San questioned Xiao Yin's origins and wondered why he had grown so powerful and approached Xiao Wu.
• Fabian learned that Xiao Yin had defeated Zhao Wuji, then decided to draw Spirit Hall into the conflict.

Fabian provoked a Spirit Hall bishop into targeting Xiao Yin, while Xiao Yin learned that Shrek Academy had gone to Star Dou Forest and set out to follow them in hopes of claiming Tang San's future External Soul Bone. Fabian then learned Xiao Yin had left Suotuo City and ordered surveillance of Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, expecting Xiao Yin to return.

• Fabian falsely accused Xiao Yin of insulting Spirit Hall and reported his unusual Soul Ring colors, persuading the Purple-Robed Bishop to investigate him.
• A servant told Xiao Yin that Shrek Academy had left for Star Dou Forest, and Xiao Yin paid him before deciding to follow them and seek the Man Faced Demon Spider with the Eight Spider Lances.
• Xiao Yin told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun he was leaving for a few days and asked Zhu Zhuyun to look after her sister before departing.
• Fabian learned Xiao Yin had left the city and ordered his servant to watch the hotel and keep an eye on Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun.

Xiao Yin emerged from hiding after the Shrek group claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang had wounded and pursued. He confronted Zhao Wuji to help Meng Yiran obtain the Soul Ring, and his sudden appearance shocked the Shrek group and delighted Meng Yiran.

• Zhao Wuji knocked out the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar prepared to kill it for its Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and protested that they had found and injured the serpent first.
• The system gave Xiao Yin a task to help Meng Yiran obtain the serpent's Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yin revealed himself in a treetop and mocked Zhao Wuji for taking the serpent.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran recognized Xiao Yin, and Meng Yiran greeted him excitedly.

Xiao Yin intervened when Zhao Wuji tried to claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, forcing the Shrek group to leave and returning the beast to Meng Yiran. After she began absorbing its Soul Ring, Xiao Yin asked Chao Tianxiang about her plans for the upcoming tournament, and Meng Shu arrived.

• Xiao Yin greeted Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, then condemned Zhao Wuji for taking the injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and challenged him to fight again.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group away, while Xiao Wu exchanged a knowing look with Xiao Yin and Tang San and Ning Rongrong watched them.
• Xiao Yin picked up the unconscious serpent and returned it to Meng Yiran, who thanked him before beginning to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yin asked Chao Tianxiang whether Meng Yiran had plans for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and she said they intended for her to compete with an Exotic Beast Academy.
• Meng Shu emerged from the forest, recognized Xiao Yin, and greeted him warmly.

Xiao Yin persuaded Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch to let Meng Yiran join his Blue Tyrant Academy team after revealing his extraordinary cultivation and claiming Dugu Bo’s support. Later, the Shrek group lamented losing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Ning Rongrong defended Xiao Yin and recalled that he had not always seemed this way.

• Xiao Yin revealed that he was a level 59 Battle Soul King with an extraordinary five-ring configuration and said Dugu Bo was a guest elder at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed to let Meng Yiran join Xiao Yin’s team for the upcoming Elite Tournament.
• After absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring and reaching Soul Elder, Meng Yiran accepted her grandparents’ decision, blushing at the thought of joining Xiao Yin.
• At the Shrek camp, Oscar and Dai Mubai complained that Xiao Yin had cost Oscar the serpent, while Ning Rongrong pointed out that Shrek had tried to steal their prey.
• Ma Hongjun rebuked Ning Rongrong for defending Xiao Yin, and she quietly remarked that Xiao Yin had not been like this before.

Ning Rongrong revealed that she and Xiao Yin had grown up together in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhao Wuji soon sensed danger as the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest. Xiao Yin watched from hiding, while Zhao Wuji’s attacks failed to harm the beast.

• Ning Rongrong told the group that she and Xiao Yin had grown up together in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, shocking everyone and stirring Tang San’s suspicions about Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji sensed a grave threat and ordered everyone to gather close as heavy footsteps approached through the forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the darkness, and Zhao Wuji tried to persuade it to leave them alone.
• Xiao Yin watched the Titan Giant Ape from a tree, felt his Taotie Martial Soul hunger for it, and held back because he could not defeat it.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the students to scatter and attacked the Titan Giant Ape with three Soul Skills, but his blows left no mark.

Xiao Wu was carried off by the Titan Giant Ape, leaving Tang San helpless and consumed by growing suspicion of Xiao Yin. Xiao Yin tracked down a Man Faced Demon Spider to obtain its External Soul Bone, and struck it as the chapter ended.

• The Titan Giant Ape’s roar injured the Shrek group, and Xiao Yin secretly caught Ning Rongrong before she crashed into a tree.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and fled; Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar failed to stop it, while Xiao Yin recognized Xiao Wu’s apparent cooperation and pursued the ape’s route.
• Tang San grieved over Xiao Wu’s disappearance, and doubts about her relationship with Xiao Yin began to grow into dark resentment.
• Xiao Yin sensed a Man Faced Demon Spider roughly three thousand meters away and decided to refine its corpse and Soul Ring to extract its External Soul Bone.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Xiao Yin with venomous webs, but he dodged and stamped on a joint in its abdominal carapace.

Xiao Yin killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and extracted its Eight Spider Lances, but his Taotie Martial Soul rejected the Spirit Bone. After breaking through to level sixty, he chose to remain in the Star Dou Forest and seek a sixth Soul Ring in its Core Area.

• Xiao Yin killed the two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and used his Cauldron Cook skill to extract the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San felt an inexplicable loss and feared that Xiao Wu had died, unaware that he had lost the chance to obtain the Eight Spider Lances.
• Xiao Yin tried to fuse with the Eight Spider Lances, but his Taotie Martial Soul rejected them, so he decided to keep them for someone suitable.
• Xiao Yin's Soul Power broke through from level fifty-nine to level sixty.
• Xiao Yin postponed his trip to Suotuo City and set off toward the Core Area of the Star Dou Forest to seek a sixth Soul Ring.