Chapter Summaries

Zhao Linchuan persuaded Xiao Wu to stay with him for protection, then worried about Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's absence. Tang San had escaped the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang, and Yan Fei later accused Yue Shen of humiliating her.

• Zhao Linchuan told Xiao Wu that powerful Titled Douluo might soon gather in Nuoding City, and she agreed to become his maid so he could protect her.
• Zhao Linchuan found Tang San's bed empty and decided to check the Soul Hunting Forest if Tang San and Yu Xiaogang did not return.
• Tang San staggered out of the Soul Hunting Forest carrying an unconscious Yu Xiaogang after killing the two green creatures that had tormented them for seven days.
• Yan Fei confronted Zhao Linchuan and accused Yue Shen of making her wake up with a wet bed.
• Yue Shen denied tampering with Yan Fei, who insisted she had been framed and begged Zhao Linchuan to investigate.

Zhao Linchuan and the Moon God discovered five Title Douluos from three factions in Notting City and lured them into a fight over a soul bone. Gu Rong fled with the bone as four pursuers chased him outside the city, while Zhao Linchuan and the Moon God secretly followed.

• Zhao Linchuan recognized that Yue Shen had pranked Yan Fei and warned Yue Shen to keep her jokes within reason.
• Zhao Linchuan asked the Moon God to locate Title Douluos in Notting City, and she sensed five from the Spirit Hall, Clear Sky Sect, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Linchuan tossed a left leg bone into a stream, and the Moon God used mental suggestions to draw the five Title Douluos toward it.
• Gu Rong reached the soul bone first and claimed it, but two Clear Sky Sect elders, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei confronted him.
• Gu Rong escaped toward a desolate area outside the city with the soul bone as the four Title Douluos pursued him.
• Zhao Linchuan and the Moon God concealed themselves and followed the chase to watch what happened.

Zhao Linchuan and Yue Shen manipulated a clash between Gu Rong, the Haotian Sect elders, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, leaving one elder dead and the factions blaming one another. Seven days later, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to Notting Academy in a weakened state and confronted Zhao Linchuan at the gates.

• Yue Shen used Mental Interference to make Yue Guan and Gui Mei attack the Haotian Sect Fourth Elder, while Gu Rong escaped the ravine.
• Yue Shen secretly took Gu Rong’s Soul Bone and offered it to Zhao Linchuan, who told her to keep it for cultivating trusted forces.
• The Haotian Sect Second Elder blamed Yue Guan, Gui Mei, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Rong for his brother’s death, then fled with the remains.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei chose not to pursue the Second Elder and celebrated the death of a Haotian Sect elder.
• Seven days later, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to Notting Academy looking haggard and moving awkwardly.
• Zhao Linchuan arrived at the academy gates, where Tang San and Yu Xiaogang blocked his path.

Tang San challenged Zhao Linchuan to a Soul Fighting match to avenge his humiliation and force him to apologize to Yu Xiaogang. Zhao Linchuan chose to pretend to be impressed by Tang San’s new Soul Skill, leaving Yu Xiaogang convinced he might become a disciple.

• Tang San challenged Zhao Linchuan, demanding an apology and discipleship for Yu Xiaogang if Zhao lost, while Zhao wagered that Tang San would crawl around Notting Academy if he lost.
• Zhao Linchuan chose the system mission that would reward him for pretending to accept Yu Xiaogang’s theories and let him and Tang San continue down the wrong path.
• Tang San and Zhao Linchuan met in the clearing behind Notting Academy, where Tang San announced his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and level eleven rank.
• Tang San used his Bind Soul Skill to wrap Zhao Linchuan in poisonous Blue Silver Grass, and Zhao pretended to be shocked and impressed.
• Zhao Linchuan praised Yu Xiaogang’s theories, prompting Yu to offer to teach him if he became his disciple.

Zhao Linchuan defeated Tang San with a single punch after pretending to be trapped by his Blue Silver Grass, then demanded that Tang San honor their bet. Yu Xiaogang shielded Tang San and was about to use his Pope Token to threaten Zhao Linchuan when the chapter ended.

• Zhao Linchuan used the Blue Silver Grass to pull Tang San close and knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried to Tang San, then summoned a healing Soul Elder from the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City to treat him.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to avoid close combat with Zhao Linchuan and rely on the Blue Silver Grass to control him.
• Zhao Linchuan waited outside Notting Academy with Xiao Wu and the work-study students, then demanded that Tang San honor their bet.
• Yu Xiaogang blocked Zhao Linchuan and warned him about Tang San's background, but could not reveal that Tang San was the son of the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang reached for his Pope Token, intending to use his status as a Spirit Hall elder to intimidate Zhao Linchuan.

Tang San honored his wager by crawling around Notting Academy, while Zhao Linchuan later built his influence over six years and earned the Moon Goddess’s resentment by giving Yan Fei a divine-grade left arm bone. The chapter ended with the Moon Goddess asking why Yan Fei received what she wanted so easily.

• Tang San stopped Yu Xiaogang from defending him and crawled around Notting Academy after losing his wager to Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhao Linchuan left with Xiao Wu, then asked Yan Fei and the Moon Goddess about their knowledge of alchemy and medicine before mentioning Sunset Forest.
• Over the next six years, Zhao Linchuan saved Dugu Yan’s parents, gained Dugu Bo’s gratitude and control of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and earned Dugu Yan’s admiration and Ye Lingling’s curiosity.
• Zhao Linchuan had the Moon Goddess study medicinal herbs and Yan Fei recruit and train people for his growing forces.
• In Suotuo City, the Moon Goddess complained that Zhao Linchuan had given Yan Fei a divine-grade left arm bone while making her work hard for a divine-grade right arm bone.

Zhao Linchuan and Yue Shen reached Suotuo City, where Dai Mubai leered at Yue Shen and offered to share a bed with her. Zhao Linchuan chose to crush Dai Mubai’s Demon Pill and incapacitated him with a devastating blow, then left with Yue Shen.

• Yue Shen complained that Zhao Linchuan favored Yan Fei, and she asked him for a special gift Yan Fei could never obtain.
• Zhao Linchuan and Yue Shen checked into the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City.
• Dai Mubai propositioned Yue Shen and claimed that only the strong deserved beautiful women.
• Zhao Linchuan chose the system reward for crushing Dai Mubai’s Demon Pill and struck him before he could release his Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai passed out in agony, and Zhao Linchuan took Yue Shen upstairs as she teased him for being petty.

After Zhao Linchuan brought Yue Shen to the Rose Hotel, her teasing provoked him into carrying her toward the indoor Martial Arts Arena. Outside, Zhu Zhuqing worried about Dai Mubai’s injuries, Ning Rongrong admired Zhao Linchuan’s strength, and Tang San arrived in Suotuo City.

• Zhao Linchuan joked with Yue Shen as he led her upstairs, and she described a gruesome way she would punish an enemy.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai and feared his injuries would doom him, while Ning Rongrong considered recruiting Zhao Linchuan as her personal guardian Soul Master.
• Tang San hurried into Suotuo City as Zhao Linchuan reached the hotel room and said he wanted to rest.
• Yue Shen teased Zhao Linchuan when he ignored her advances, then taunted him about lasting only a minute.
• Zhao Linchuan scooped Yue Shen into his arms and carried her toward the indoor Martial Arts Arena despite her protests.

Moon Goddess cared for Zhao Linchuan after their night together, while he removed the system’s Loyalty control module after her feelings surpassed its threshold. The next morning, Moon Goddess was getting ready as Xiao Wu suddenly appeared in the suite, leaving her confused.

• Moon Goddess carried the exhausted Zhao Linchuan from the bathroom, laid him on the bed, and tended to him as he drifted off.
• Zhao Linchuan entered the system space and removed the Loyalty control module for Moon Goddess, trusting her feelings to her own will.
• Moon Goddess felt the constraint on her will disappear and realized she still loved Zhao Linchuan, while privately boasting that she had won against Yan Fei.
• The next morning, Moon Goddess dressed and arranged her hair while Zhao Linchuan washed up in the bathroom.
• Xiao Wu was transported from her room to the suite by deep-blue moonlight and stood beside Moon Goddess, bewildered.

Yue Shen concealed the aftermath of her night with Zhao Linchuan, then appeared before Yan Fei to demand that she call her “older sister.” Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu visited Shrek Academy, unaware that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were following them.

• Yue Shen told Xiao Wu to tour Suotuo City with Linchuan and hinted that he might be tired, then used her Soul Power to ease her pain.
• Yue Shen appeared in Yan Fei’s room and smugly demanded that Yan Fei call her “older sister.”
• Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu walked toward Shrek Academy while Ning Rongrong secretly followed them and Zhu Zhuqing watched from farther behind.
• At Shrek Academy’s entrance, Xiao Wu explained to a doubtful couple that its graduation requirements could qualify students for the rank of baron.

Ning Rongrong drove many prospective students away from Shrek Academy by calling it a diploma mill, then introduced herself to Zhao Linchuan. Zhao accepted a mission to bring her home and, after the system marked it complete, went with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to investigate trouble at the academy.

• Ning Rongrong warned parents that Shrek Academy was an unqualified diploma mill, and more than half the waiting families left.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Zhao Linchuan, who accepted the system’s mission to persuade her to come home and received the rewards when it completed early.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself to Ning Rongrong, while Li Yusong noticed the crowd leaving and called for Mu Bai.
• Zhao Linchuan led Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong toward Shrek Academy to see if they could help, and Zhu Zhuqing followed.
• Zhao Linchuan and the others arrived as Li Yusong argued with a father and son, telling them that registered students could not get refunds.

Zhao Linchuan chose to sabotage Shrek Academy’s admissions after the system warned that joining would hinder his development. He exposed the academy’s refusal to refund a rejected applicant’s fee, drove the waiting families away, and left Li Yusong furious and without Dai Mubai to help.

• The system offered Zhao Linchuan a choice between infiltrating Shrek Academy and ruining its admissions, and he accepted the second task.
• Zhao Linchuan challenged Li Yusong over keeping the registration fee after rejecting a boy and argued that the academy should return it.
• Zhao Linchuan persuaded the waiting parents that Shrek Academy was cheating families, and they left with their children.
• Li Yusong called for Dai Mubai to handle the situation, but Dai Mubai did not appear, and Ning Rongrong revealed he was recovering in Suotuo City.

Li Yusong confronted Zhao Linchuan and his companions for disrupting Shrek Academy’s recruitment, then tried to force them to pay compensation. Zhao Linchuan caught Li Yusong’s attack barehanded, leaving Li Yusong convinced he was a powerful senior and eager to apologize.

• Li Yusong unleashed his Soul Emperor pressure and accused Zhao Linchuan and the others of ruining Shrek Academy’s recruitment drive.
• Li Yusong demanded compensation, while Ning Rongrong, Zhao Linchuan, and Xiao Wu pretended they had no money and feared him.
• Li Yusong attacked Zhao Linchuan with his Coiling Dragon Staff, but Zhao Linchuan caught it effortlessly with one hand.
• Li Yusong released the staff, bowed to Zhao Linchuan, and invited him inside to rest while offering an apology.

Zhao Linchuan humiliated Li Yusong at Shrek’s entrance and left with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Zhu Zhuqing followed them. In Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing finally looked ready to approach Zhao Linchuan after the system revealed that his strength had drawn her toward him.

• Zhao Linchuan made Li Yusong return the father and son’s ten Gold Soul Coins, then left the academy entrance with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed Zhao Linchuan’s group in silence, and Li Yusong realized the academy’s admissions had been ruined.
• In Suotuo City, Zhao Linchuan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong chose Lao San’s roast chicken shop, while Zhu Zhuqing sat at a nearby table.
• Lao San praised his food by insulting local customers and claiming his best dishes were reserved for out-of-town guests.
• After Zhao Linchuan ordered three Fuli Roast Chickens, Zhu Zhuqing raised her head as the system said his strength had drawn her toward him.

Zhao Linchuan invited Zhu Zhuqing to explain why she had been following the group, and she revealed that her family was hunting her after Dai Mubai’s failure left her without protection. He offered to help in exchange for her loyalty, giving her a chance to escape her fate.

• Zhao Linchuan chose to help the hunted woman and invited Zhu Zhuqing to sit with his group.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her family was hunting her and explained the brutal succession pact between the Dai and Zhu clans.
• Zhu Zhuqing told them that Dai Mubai had abandoned her and that what happened to him had left her vulnerable.
• Zhao Linchuan said he could help Zhu Zhuqing but asked what she could offer in return.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Zhu Zhuqing for her loyalty and promised her a chance to grow stronger and break free of fate.

Zhao Linchuan accepted Zhu Zhuqing's loyalty, then spent the night sharing a room with Xiao Wu as she wondered about his intentions. The next morning, he reached Soul King Level 57 and discovered that his Soul Rings and Soul Bones had all reached the ninety-thousand-year level, while he reflected on the powers of his first two Soul Rings.

• Zhu Zhuqing pledged lifelong loyalty to Zhao Linchuan, and they ate together before checking into a hotel in Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were surprised when Zhao Linchuan took Xiao Wu into his room, and they reasoned that she was there as his personal maid.
• Xiao Wu felt Zhao Linchuan place a hand on her chest while they lay in bed, but she stopped resisting and eventually fell asleep.
• Zhao Linchuan meditated the next morning and found that his five Soul Rings and fused Soul Bones had reached the ninety-thousand-year level, while his Soul Power stabilized at Level 57.
• Zhao Linchuan reviewed his first Soul Ring's Void ability and his second Soul Ring's Elemental Control and 99% elemental resistance.

Zhao Linchuan assessed his Puni Martial Soul’s Soul Skills and wished for a simpler fighting style before setting off with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong. Jin Da arrived to escort and protect him, and Zhao Linchuan directed the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Linchuan reviewed his Soul Rings, Holy Spirit Domain, and combat abilities, concluding that his powerful skills required too much control and prediction.
• Xiao Wu brought Zhao Linchuan breakfast, and he invited her to eat with him.
• At the hotel entrance, Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu about their relationship while Zhu Zhuqing stood quietly nearby.
• Jin Da arrived by carriage, introduced himself as Zhao Linchuan’s subordinate, and explained that Lord Yue Shen and Lady Yan Fei had sent him to protect Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhao Linchuan accepted Jin Da’s escort, and the group set out toward the Star Dou Great Forest at a leisurely pace.

Zhao Linchuan traveled from Suotuo City with the powerful Jin Da, while Shrek Academy prepared to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring. Dai Mubai hid his distress as the group reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ma Hongjun noticed two intriguing women in their hotel.

• Jin Da drove Zhao Linchuan and Ning Rongrong out of Suotuo City, and Zhao Linchuan reflected on Jin Da’s strength and wondered why Yue Shen and Yan Fei had sent him along.
• Flender celebrated Oscar reaching level thirty before age fifteen and assigned Zhao Wuji to lead the group to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s third Soul Ring.
• Ma Hongjun questioned Dai Mubai’s strange behavior, but Dai Mubai insisted he was fine and fled when Oscar suggested comparing their assets.
• Zhao Wuji, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar set out for the Star Dou Great Forest and reached a supply town by nightfall.
• Ma Hongjun noticed two women sitting in a corner of the hotel lobby while the group ate.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Oscar and Ma Hongjun after the two men harassed them at a hotel, and Zhu Zhuqing badly injured them. Dai Mubai panicked and called for Tang San to help.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar left Dai Mubai's table and blocked Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong on their way back to their seats.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Tang San's concerns and claimed that causing trouble was part of Shrek's cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong threw down a black card and declared that she was buying the hotel, then used her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to boost Zhu Zhuqing's strength and speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and slashed Oscar and Ma Hongjun, leaving them bloodied and unable to get up.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul and urged Tang San to leave with him.

After Ma Hongjun and Oscar were injured in a confrontation with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai tried to intimidate the girls, while Ning Rongrong challenged his claim that strength made right. Xiao Wu intervened and appeared in front of Dai Mubai at startling speed, leaving him unable to react.

• Tang San treated Oscar's wound, while Ma Hongjun ate one of Oscar's Recovery Big Sausages to recover from his injury.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and wondered why she was in the Heaven Dou Empire, but Ning Rongrong accused him and his companions of harassing them.
• Dai Mubai released his Soul Rings and threatened the girls, while Ning Rongrong declared that even the king of the Balak Kingdom would not dare speak to her that way.
• Dai Mubai admitted that he believed strength ruled the Soul Master World, and Xiao Wu challenged him by asking whether stronger people could force weaker ones to submit.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu as Zhao Linchuan's personal maid and worried that Zhao Linchuan might be nearby, but Dai Mubai insulted her and Xiao Wu suddenly appeared right in front of him.