Chapter Summaries

Jin Da secretly gave Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun medicinal powder that left them acting out a bizarre, humiliating fight for two death-row guards to watch. Meanwhile, Zhao Linchuan considered how to allocate resources to Yan Lingji as he recalled how Yan Fei’s god-level Soul Rings had outpaced Yue Shen’s cultivation.

• Jin Da slipped into the death row and used Soul Power to feed medicinal powder to the unconscious Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Two hours later, the guards woke and found the four men fighting in a strange, chaotic state inside their cell.
• The guards mocked Dai Mubai’s inability to use Soul Skills and laughed at the others while treating their humiliation as entertainment.
• Zhao Linchuan sat with a beautiful woman and considered how to allocate resources to her.
• Zhao Linchuan recalled how Yan Fei’s three million-year God-Bestowed Soul Rings let her surpass Yue Shen and reach god level before Yue Shen did.

Zhao Linchuan gave Yan Lingji cultivation resources and a pill, then summoned an ancient cauldron from the void into the garden. The cauldron repaired and strengthened the space around Douluo Continent, leaving Zhao Linchuan and Yan Fei astonished.

• Zhao Linchuan gave Yan Lingji a storage ring containing Soul Rings and Soul Bones, along with a Heaven-Deficiency Spirit-Replenishing Pill and instructions on how to use them.
• Yan Lingji asked whether Zhao Linchuan feared she would run away, then hinted that she might dance for him before leaving the living room.
• Zhao Linchuan sensed Yue Shen cultivating, Yan Fei butchering a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing training, and Ning Rongrong cultivating.
• Zhao Linchuan called Yan Fei to the back garden and beckoned toward the sky.
• Zhao Linchuan summoned a massive dark golden cauldron from the void, and it repaired the shattered space while greatly strengthening the continent.

Zhao Linchuan learned that the Square Cauldron was an ancient divine treasure that could raise the world's power limit, and he restricted its benefits to the Zhao Residence. That evening, after dinner with Yan Fei and Xiao Wu, someone embraced him from behind in Yan Fei's bedroom.

• The Square Cauldron settled into a manageable form, and Zhao Linchuan and Yan Fei recognized it as the treasure rewarded by the system.
• Yan Fei sensed that the cauldron had removed the world's suppression on her power by raising the limits of what the world could bear.
• Zhao Linchuan touched the cauldron, learned its origins and functions, and gained control of it.
• Zhao Linchuan confined the cauldron's field to the Zhao Residence so its residents could cultivate without restraints.
• At dinner, Yan Fei served Zhao Linchuan while Xiao Wu ate quietly and cleared the table afterward.
• In Yan Fei's bedroom, Zhao Linchuan waited on a couch until a pair of arms slipped around him from behind.

Zhao Linchuan persuaded Yan Fei to agree to an intimate encounter with Yue Shen by claiming Yue Shen had proposed it to help them grow closer. Yan Fei accepted out of competitive jealousy, eager to prove she loved Zhao Linchuan more than Yue Shen did.

• After their encounter, Zhao Linchuan teased Yan Fei for overestimating the strength-restoring dishes she had prepared for him.
• Zhao Linchuan told Yan Fei that Yue Shen had privately suggested an intimate bonding activity to bring the two women closer.
• Yan Fei was shocked that Yue Shen had supposedly agreed and suspected she was trying to win a more important place in Zhao Linchuan's heart.
• Yan Fei agreed to the proposal on the conditions that Zhao Linchuan avoid humiliating positions and incantations and that Yan Fei go after Yue Shen.
• Zhao Linchuan reassured Yan Fei that he would look after Yue Shen first, while Yan Fei anticipated seeing Yue Shen's composure crumble.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to ask Yu Yuanzhen to save his students, but learned that Tang Hao had been killed six years earlier. The revelation left him shaken and questioning why Tang Hao had never answered his messages or protected Tang San.

• Yu Luomian rebuked Yu Xiaogang for his relationship with Erlong, and Yu Yuanzhen stopped the argument.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Yuanzhen to speak privately and explained that Xue Xing had imprisoned the Shrek group and Qin Ming after Xue Beng's death.
• Yu Xiaogang urged his father to save his students, citing their innocence, potential, and powerful connections.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogang what he knew about Tang Hao, then revealed that Tang Hao had been killed six years earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang Hao had died around the time Tang San entered school and understood why his messages had gone unanswered.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to seek Tang San’s release by promising access to a Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, then asked the sect for a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and cultivation resources. At the Zhao Residence, Yan Fei revealed to Great Master of Fate that they had arrived in the Douluo Continent, leaving her stunned by the new world.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that Tang Hao had been dead for six years and that rescuing Tang San was not worth the sect’s risk without a compelling reason.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and promised he could obtain the cultivation method from the current Pope, persuading Yu Yuanzhen to write to Emperor Xue Ye and request their release.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that he had reached Soul Power Level 30 and requested a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and resources, which Yu Yuanzhen agreed to arrange.
• At the Zhao Residence, Great Master of Fate recognized Yan Fei as the Eastern Lord and asked how she had appeared there.
• Yan Fei explained that they were on the Douluo Continent, described its Martial Souls and Soul Power, and left Great Master of Fate overwhelmed by the revelation.

Yan Fei explained the new world and offered Great Master of Fate a choice between serving as a subordinate or joining the household, and Great Master of Fate chose to serve the Young Master. After settling into a guest room to study Spirit Masters, Great Master of Fate was spotted by Ning Rongrong when she emerged from seclusion.

• Yan Fei told Great Master of Fate to adapt to the new world and said she would train her, while Zhao Linchuan agreed to leave the matter to his wife.
• Yan Fei explained Zhao Linchuan’s household and offered Great Master of Fate limited resources as a subordinate or greater resources and a possible divine position as one of the family.
• Great Master of Fate knelt and said she was willing to serve the Young Master, leaving the decision about her future to Yan Fei.
• Yan Fei gave Great Master of Fate a copy of General Knowledge of Spirit Masters and told her she would help awaken her Martial Soul after she learned the basics.
• Great Master of Fate settled into a guest room and began reading the book.
• Ning Rongrong emerged from her room after several days of cultivation and stopped when she saw the unfamiliar Great Master of Fate reading beneath the corridor.

Ning Rongrong tried to buy a Heaven-Deficiency Spirit-Replenishing Pill from Zhao Linchuan, but he refused her and gave one to Zhu Zhuqing as a reward for reaching Level 28. After taking Ning Rongrong’s advice to avoid a persistent merchant, Zhao Linchuan sent word that he was not home, then learned Yu Xiaogang was seeking help to free the imprisoned Shrek people.

• Ning Rongrong learned that Zhuqing had joined the manor and steeled herself to pursue a pill from Zhao Linchuan.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhao Linchuan she had reached Level 27 and begged to buy a Heaven-Deficiency Spirit-Replenishing Pill, but he refused.
• Zhuqing reached Level 28, and Zhao Linchuan gave her a pill as a reward for her diligence.
• Xiao Wu reported that a merchant was waiting outside, and Zhao Linchuan asked Ning Rongrong whether he should meet him.
• Ning Rongrong urged Zhao Linchuan never to see the merchant, so he told Xiao Wu to say he was not home; Xiao Wu also reported that Yu Xiaogang was seeking reinforcements to free the Shrek people.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Zhao Linchuan about giving Zhuqing a pill and offered up to a hundred million Gold Soul Coins to buy one.

Zhao Linchuan rejected Ning Rongrong’s attempt to use money to win his favor, while Jin Da devised a cruel new interrogation method for Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun. The chapter ended as jailers drove steel nails into Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun’s left Demon Pills.

• Zhao Linchuan told Ning Rongrong that Zhu Zhuqing was his subordinate and warned her that money could not buy everything.
• Ning Rongrong left the living room in frustration, privately vowing to coax Zhao Linchuan into her bed.
• Wang Badan told Jin Da that torture had failed to make Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun confess to plotting against the Fourth Prince.
• Jin Da whispered a new interrogation method to Wang Badan, who bound the prisoners to boards and threatened to nail their Demon Pills.
• Wang Badan ordered jailers to nail Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun’s left Demon Pills to the boards, and the three screamed in agony.

Yu Xiaogang arrived with Emperor Xue Ye’s pardon edict just before the guards could torture Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun further. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao and the elders learned that their ancestral grounds had been destroyed, and they began blaming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang rushed into the torture chamber with the emperor’s pardon edict and stopped Wang Badan’s guards from tormenting the unconscious prisoners.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang’s voice, resented how late he had arrived, and lost consciousness.
• Tang Yuehua identified her grandmother’s hairpin at an auction and warned Tang Xiao that the Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral grounds might have been disturbed.
• Tang Xiao sent two stewards to inspect the ancestral grounds, and they reported that it had been destroyed by fire and its stationed disciples had been killed.
• Tang Xiao and the elders inspected the ruins, and Tang Lie demanded that those responsible be punished.
• The Second Elder accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of involvement and claimed it might have orchestrated or concealed the destruction.

The Clear Sky Sect decided to lure Gu Rong away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and kill him to avenge the Fourth Elder. That night, Zhao Linchuan followed Yan Lingji into the back garden, where she drew close to him through a seductive dance.

• Tang Lie urged the Clear Sky Sect elders to kill Gu Rong in revenge for the Fourth Elder and the insult to their ancestral grounds.
• Tang Xiao agreed to target Gu Rong and ordered the sect to plan a trap that would draw him away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before striking.
• Zhao Linchuan spotted Yan Lingji sneaking through the corridor and followed the strange, desire-stirring fragrance she left behind.
• Yan Lingji appeared in the moonlit back garden and began an alluring dance as Zhao Linchuan watched.
• Yan Lingji's dance and fragrance grew more seductive, and she came to a stop inches from Zhao Linchuan.

Zhao Linchuan stopped Yan Lingji's Fire Charm Technique from taking control and instead swept her into a passionate encounter. After promising to protect her as one of his women, he gained her trust, and they spent the night together.

• Zhao Linchuan caught Yan Lingji's wrist and revealed that her Fire Charm Technique had not subdued him.
• Zhao Linchuan pulled Yan Lingji into his arms and kissed her, leaving her unable to resist.
• Yan Lingji asked Zhao Linchuan to take her to her guest room, and he carried her there.
• Yan Lingji asked whether Zhao Linchuan would abandon her, and he vowed to protect her and never betray her as long as she did not betray him.
• Yan Lingji accepted Zhao Linchuan's promise, and they shared a passionate night.

Yan Lingji woke sore and exhausted after Zhao Linchuan outmatched her during their night together. Yan Fei arrived to care for her and sent Zhao Linchuan away, leaving the two women alone.

• Yan Lingji woke aching and thirsty, and Zhao Linchuan brought her warm tea.
• Zhao Linchuan teased Yan Lingji for overestimating her strength and blamed their night together on her Fire Charm Technique.
• Yan Lingji angrily called Zhao Linchuan a bastard and prepared to bite him.
• Yan Fei entered with food, sympathized with Yan Lingji, and sent Zhao Linchuan out of the room.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested Yan Fei take Yan Lingji to the hot spring, then left them alone together.

Yan Fei cared for the embarrassed Yan Lingji while Zhao Linchuan earned a hidden achievement and won powerful rewards from the system. Meanwhile, Tang San and his companions recovered from their injuries at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect but were left humiliated and resentful.

• Yan Fei fed Yan Lingji soup made from a hundred-thousand-year-old Mystic Water Jade Clam and gently advised her about cultivation.
• Zhao Linchuan triggered the hidden achievement “Otherworldly Beauties, Three Hearts Won” and received a Fate Roulette draw.
• Zhao Linchuan won a God-Tier Soul Bone Gift Pack and a Cross-World Stone connected to Jing Ni, then considered who should receive the Soul Bones.
• Yan Lingji entered the bath where Zhao Linchuan was soaking, and the two spent time together.
• Tang San and the other three recovered at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect after undergoing surgery, but they remained ashamed and resentful over their losses.

Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang for arriving too late, but Tang San restored the group’s resolve by promising the Sea God could heal them and proposing they seek Immortal Herbs. The group set out to persuade Yu Xiaogang to ask Yu Yuanzhen to take them to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, while Yu Xiaogang was shown training alone in a ravine.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar lamented Yu Xiaogang’s late arrival and the injuries and humiliation they had suffered.
• Tang San suppressed his anger and encouraged Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai to endure their injuries until he became the Sea God.
• Tang San proposed obtaining Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well through Yu Xiaogang and his father, Yu Yuanzhen.
• Tang San led the group to find Yu Xiaogang, hoping his guilt would make him agree to their request.
• Yu Xiaogang trained alone in a ravine, sensing the Soul Power of his three Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang tested his third Soul Skill, only to discover it unleashed a devastating series of fart blasts. The ninth strike sent a shower of foul projectiles toward Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, leaving them with nowhere to run.

• Yu Xiaogang activated his third Soul Skill expecting a powerful energy attack, but it began building pressure along the same route as his earlier skills.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted the incantation “Farts like shooting stars—Nine-Child Chain Yu Xiaogang!” and unleashed eight increasingly violent blasts that battered him and covered the valley in foul debris.
• Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai approached the testing ground and tried to identify the powerful stench and repeated blasts.
• Yu Xiaogang’s ninth blast erupted with enough force to shake the slope, and Tang San saw a mass of projectiles flying toward them.
• Tang San shouted for everyone to run for cover, but Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai were frozen beneath the incoming shower.

Yu Xiaogang’s third Soul Skill backfired, covering four people in a foul substance and leaving him to question his theory and plan his next Soul Ring more carefully. In the garden, Zhao Linchuan answered Yan Fei’s pointed questions about the peony and plum by arguing that each had its own place and destiny.

• Yu Xiaogang’s ninth strike sent a foul mixture flying over four people, who passed out before they could defend themselves.
• The recoil flung Yu Xiaogang into a stream, where he lamented that his third Soul Ring had given him the humiliating skill “Nine-Child Chain Fart.”
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to choose his fourth Soul Ring with extreme care to avoid another unsuitable Soul Skill.
• Yan Fei pointed out a plum tree in the garden and asked Zhao Linchuan whether the peony’s central position overshadowed the other flowers.
• Zhao Linchuan praised the plum’s solitary spirit but argued that it and the peony belonged to different seasons and should each have their own place.
• Zhao Linchuan described the peony as the garden’s center, whose presence allowed the other flowers to form a flourishing scene.

Zhao Linchuan chose to meet Qian Renxue, who had returned to his residence as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and ordered that she be brought to the back garden alone. As Yan Lingji and Ning Rongrong approached the garden, they saw Xiao Wu escorting the Crown Prince inside.

• Xiao Wu told Zhao Linchuan and Yan Fei that the Crown Prince had formally requested an audience.
• Zhao Linchuan chose to meet Qian Renxue to change her fate and received Whisper of Yesterday as a reward.
• Zhao Linchuan instructed Xiao Wu to bring the Crown Prince to the back garden alone and obtain a living male and female rabbit.
• Yan Fei teased Zhao Linchuan about his interest in the Crown Prince, then pretended to lament that he would abandon her for someone new.
• Yan Lingji and Ning Rongrong walked toward the garden, where Ning Rongrong recognized the Crown Prince entering with Xiao Wu.

Yan Lingji kept Ning Rongrong from interrupting Zhao Linchuan’s meeting with Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue. Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue a tale of a woman who disguised herself as a man, leaving her uneasy as she dismissed the story as implausible.

• Yan Lingji recognized that Xue Qinghe was a woman in disguise and led Ning Rongrong away before she could interrupt the meeting.
• Qian Renxue met Zhao Linchuan in the rear garden after Xiao Wu showed her to him.
• Zhao Linchuan used a pair of Snow Rabbits to introduce a poem about how a rabbit’s sex is hard to tell when they run together.
• Zhao Linchuan recounted the tale of a woman who disguised herself as a man and served in the army in her father’s place.
• Qian Renxue argued that the story was absurd and likely embellished, and Zhao Linchuan replied, “Absurd? Not entirely.”

Zhao Linchuan exposed Qian Renxue’s disguise and rejected an alliance until she showed sincerity, while Qian Renxue resolved to approach him openly. Xiao Wu then reported that Yu Yuanzhen’s group had failed to obtain the Immortal Herbs, and Zhao Linchuan received a choice mission concerning the herbs.

• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that he knew she was impersonating the crown prince and dismissed her until she could offer a sincere alliance.
• Qian Renxue steadied herself and decided to face Zhao Linchuan as her true self, convinced she could still win him over.
• Xiao Wu reported that Yu Yuanzhen had brought Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s group to visit Dugu Bo and seek the Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo refused to lend or sell the herbs, and Jin Jiu suspected the group might try to steal them from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Zhao Linchuan received a choice mission offering rewards either for giving the group selected herbs or for refusing them entirely.