Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian admitted that an important person held a place in his heart, and Ye Lingling asked whether she might someday do the same. Meanwhile, Ye Nishang healed Zhu Zhuqing's bruised face and told her that Yang Jian cared deeply for her.

• Ye Lingling asked Yang Jian whether she could someday hold weight in his heart, and he said not now but left the future open.
• Ye Nishang brought Zhu Zhuqing into a room and reassured her that she could trust her.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Nishang to conceal her injury from Yang Jian, then removed her veil and revealed a large palm-shaped bruise.
• Ye Nishang used her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul to heal Zhu Zhuqing's face without leaving a scar.
• Ye Nishang told Zhu Zhuqing that Yang Jian had been suppressing powerful feelings for her, and Zhu Zhuqing listened without replying.

Yang Jian took Zhu Zhuqing away from the Ye Family Pharmacy after she told him how Dai Mu Bai and Shrek Academy had mistreated her. He confronted Blue Tyrant Academy, demanded Dai Mu Bai come out, and split the academy’s plaque with his spear as Dai Mu Bai heard him.

• Ye Nishang escorted Zhu Zhuqing to Yang Jian, and they left the Ye Family Pharmacy together.
• Yang Jian stopped outside Blue Tyrant Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing recounted Dai Mu Bai’s public humiliation, Shrek Academy’s cold treatment, and the injury to her face.
• Yang Jian summoned his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear and called for Dai Mu Bai to come out.
• Yang Jian slashed the Blue Tyrant Academy plaque in two, and Dai Mu Bai froze in his dormitory when he heard Yang Jian’s voice.

Yang Jian confronted Dai Mu Bai over injuring Zhu Zhuqing, while Shrek’s teachers and students prepared to face him. After Dai Mu Bai admitted he had struck her, Yang Jian suddenly appeared in front of him to attack.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San reacted fearfully to Yang Jian’s arrival, but Tang San led them out to meet him with Dai Mu Bai.
• Flender worried that Yang Wudi might appear, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong defended expelling Zhu Zhuqing and trusted their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Yang Jian standing up for her as Dai Mu Bai and the others arrived at the academy gates.
• Yang Jian asked Dai Mu Bai whether he had injured Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mu Bai admitted he had hit his fiancée.
• Yang Jian vanished and reappeared before Dai Mu Bai, launching an attack before Tang San could warn him.

Yang Jian confronted Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils at the Blue Tyrant Academy gates, slapping Dai Mu Bai twice despite Tang San’s warning. When Tang San launched a rapid hidden-weapon attack, Yang Jian watched calmly, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yang Jian slapped Dai Mu Bai into the academy wall as students watched in shock.
• Tang San warned Yang Jian that he was acting on Shrek Academy’s territory, but Yang Jian struck Dai Mu Bai again and challenged Tang San.
• Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Jade Hand, preparing a close-range barrage of hidden weapons.
• Ma Hongjun believed Tang San’s hidden weapons would prevent Yang Jian from responding, but Yang Jian clearly tracked Tang San’s every movement.
• Tang San unleashed his hidden weapons, and Yang Jian remained calm as Tang San sensed that something was wrong.

Yang Jian walked unharmed through Tang San’s hidden weapons, shattering Tang San’s confidence in the Tang Sect’s techniques. When Tang San tried to summon the Clear Sky Hammer, Yang Jian slapped him down and stepped on his face.

• Tang San unleashed a dense storm of hidden weapons at Yang Jian, while Zhu Zhuqing trusted Yang Jian to survive.
• Yang Jian calmly stepped through the narrow gaps in the hidden weapons, avoiding every blade and needle.
• Yang Jian stopped before Tang San and called the Tang Sect hidden weapons pathetically weak.
• Enraged, Tang San began summoning the Clear Sky Hammer, but Yang Jian slapped him away before it could form.
• Yang Jian stepped on Tang San’s face as Tang San lay dazed on the ground.

Yang Jian beat Tang San and Mu Bai after they targeted Zhu Zhuqing, humiliating Mu Bai in front of Blue Tyrant Academy. He left Mu Bai kneeling and asked whether the arm Yang Jian gripped was the one that had hit Zhuqing.

• Yang Jian kicked Tang San into a wall, knocking him unconscious.
• Yang Jian approached Mu Bai, who feared further punishment as Zhu Zhuqing watched.
• Mu Bai summoned his White Tiger phantom, but Yang Jian's Soul Power-enhanced slap shattered it and left Mu Bai kneeling.
• Yang Jian told Mu Bai he did not even count as a cat, and Mu Bai nodded in submission.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun feared Yang Jian but realized he was focused on Mu Bai.
• Yang Jian gripped Dai Mu Bai's shoulder and asked whether that arm had hit Zhuqing.

Yang Jian refused Mu Bai’s pleas and tore off his arm just as Liu Erlong arrived to stop him. Liu Erlong turned furious and threatened Yang Jian, leaving the two poised for a fight.

• Mu Bai begged Yang Jian and Zhu Zhuqing to spare him, but Zhu Zhuqing watched in disgust and offered no help.
• Yang Jian tightened his grip on Mu Bai’s shoulder and told him he was afraid, not sorry.
• Liu Erlong appeared at the academy gates, ordered Yang Jian to release Mu Bai, and warned him against trespassing.
• Yang Jian tore off Mu Bai’s right arm before Liu Erlong could finish her threat, then challenged her with a taunting question.
• Liu Erlong’s eyes burned with anger as she declared that Yang Jian was courting death.

Yang Jian destroyed Dai Mu Bai’s severed arm with golden flames, revealing that he was a Soul King with four Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Liu Erlong became enraged, transformed with her Fire Dragon Martial Soul, and prepared to fight him as a Soul Saint.

• Liu Erlong demanded that Yang Jian release Dai Mu Bai’s arm, kneel, and apologize, hoping to preserve the chance of reattaching it.
• Yang Jian revealed his five Soul Rings and burned Dai Mu Bai’s severed arm to ash with golden flames.
• The students recognized Yang Jian as a Soul King and were stunned by his four Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Liu Erlong’s anger flared, and she transformed with her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and revealed her seven Soul Rings.
• Liu Erlong threatened to make Yang Jian leave the academy lying down.

Liu Erlong attacked Yang Jian at Blue Tyrant Academy, but his Domination Domain raised his aura to near Soul Saint level and his golden flames overwhelmed her fire resistance. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong’s arms badly burned and her realizing Yang Jian’s flames were far superior to her own.

• Liu Erlong activated Tyrant Dragon Possession and charged Yang Jian while Blue Tyrant Academy students anticipated her victory.
• Yang Jian summoned the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear and activated Domination Domain, raising his aura close to Liu Erlong’s Soul Saint level.
• Liu Erlong struck Yang Jian’s spear with her claws, but his golden flames devoured her crimson flames and spread up her arms.
• Liu Erlong retreated and used her Soul Power to extinguish the golden flames, leaving her arms charred and burned.
• Liu Erlong recognized that Yang Jian’s flames were far stronger than her own despite her Fire Dragon Martial Soul’s high fire resistance.

Liu Erlong transformed into her Martial Soul Avatar, a towering crimson dragon, and dove at Yang Jian. He calmly dodged her charge, leaving the watching students convinced he was afraid, though he intended to knock her out of the sky without being hit by her falling body.

• After Yang Jian mocked the coldness of her fire, Liu Erlong grew furious and activated her seventh Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong transformed into a huge crimson dragon, whose wings stirred a hurricane that broke harmlessly against Yang Jian.
• Liu Erlong flew into the air, circled once, and dived toward Yang Jian with overwhelming force.
• Yang Jian lightly drifted backward to avoid taking Liu Erlong's attack head-on.
• The students mistook Yang Jian's retreat for fear, unaware that he was avoiding her body when he knocked her from the sky.

Yang Jian used his No-Fly Soul Skill to bring down Liu Erlong’s Martial Soul Avatar, then shattered it with a strike from his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear. Liu Erlong was left gravely wounded as the Blue Tyrant Academy students stared at their defeated headmaster.

• Yang Jian escaped Liu Erlong’s attack and activated his fourth Soul Skill, No-Fly, preventing her dragon form from staying airborne.
• As Liu Erlong fell, Yang Jian channeled his Soul Power into the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear and unleashed the first form of the Primordial Spear Art, Follow the Waves.
• Yang Jian’s golden strike hit Liu Erlong, and the ensuing blast shattered her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Liu Erlong was left leaning against the academy wall with a deep chest wound, while the watching students realized their headmaster had lost.

Yang Jian stopped Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong from completing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong unconscious and Flender injured. He withdrew his power and walked back to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Yu Xiaogang rushed out of the academy, saw Liu Erlong's injuries, and demanded that she and Flender use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Yang Jian.
• Flender hesitated but joined Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, and the three began forming the Golden Iron Triangle's fusion skill.
• Before Yu Xiaogang could finish the incantation, Yang Jian's golden light struck him and knocked him unconscious, interrupting the skill.
• The backlash injured Flender and caused the already-wounded Liu Erlong to collapse unconscious.
• Yang Jian withdrew his Soul Power and walked toward Zhu Zhuqing, while Flender watched him in fear.

After leaving Flender and the defeated Shrek students, Yang Jian brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Yang Clan’s Medicine Hall and gave her a rare cultivation treasure. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang woke and concluded that Yang Jian’s golden vertical-eye attack came from a Martial Soul, leading Flender to suspect Yang Jian had Twin Martial Souls.

• Yang Jian took Zhu Zhuqing away from the Shrek group, and Flender and the students watched without daring to stop him.
• Yang Jian brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Yang Clan’s Medicine Hall, where they were assigned rooms across the hall from each other.
• Yang Jian gave Zhu Zhuqing an Ice Muscle Jade Immortal Bone and told her to absorb it before they hunted a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Yang Jian on the cheek, then fled into her room, leaving him smiling at her gesture.
• Yu Xiaogang woke with a splitting headache and told Flender that a golden flash and a vertical eye had caused him to faint.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the attack as a Martial Soul, and Flender worried that Yang Jian had Twin Martial Souls before recalling Tang San’s father.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender expected Tang Hao to avenge Tang San, unaware that Yang Jian had already badly injured him. Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ice Muscle Jade Immortal Herb, reached level thirty, and prepared to travel with Yang Jian to hunt for her third Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Flender that Tang Hao would retaliate against Yang Jian for humiliating Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Ice Muscle Jade Immortal Herb and discovered her Soul Power had risen from level twenty-seven to level thirty.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered how to repay Yang Jian and blushed at the thought of offering herself to him.
• Yang Jian brought Zhu Zhuqing food and told her he would take her to Sunset Forest the next day to hunt for her third Soul Ring.
• Yang Jian escorted Zhu Zhuqing back to her room, and she blushed again after he left.

Zhu Zhuqing and Yang Jian traveled to Sunset Forest, where she absorbed a thousand-year Ghost Shadow Mantis Soul Ring. She completed the absorption as Yang Jian guarded her, though the chapter did not reveal what new ability the Soul Ring granted.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after a restful night and joined Yang Jian for breakfast at Yang Family Pharmacy.
• Yang Jian and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Sunset Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast for her.
• Yang Jian subdued a thousand-year Ghost Shadow Mantis with a flash of golden light from his eyes, and Zhu Zhuqing delivered the final blow.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ghost Shadow Mantis's Soul Ring while Yang Jian watched over her and guarded against interruptions.
• The Soul Ring's fluctuations settled into a steady rhythm with Zhu Zhuqing's breathing.

After the Ice Muscle Jade Immortal Bone raised Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power to level thirty-five, she followed Yang Jian into the depths of Sunset Forest. They reached a field of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers, where Yang Jian's clan guards gave them a detoxification sachet before they entered.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the remaining medicinal power of the Ice Muscle Jade Immortal Bone and rose from level thirty to level thirty-five.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how Yang Jian had helped her and considered giving herself to him, then followed him into the forest.
• Yang Jian and Zhu Zhuqing encountered guards at the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers, and the guards recognized Yang Jian as their Young Clan Master.
• Yang Fei told Yang Jian that the clan chief and three other clan chiefs were at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and offered him a detoxification sachet.
• Yang Jian gave the sachet to Zhu Zhuqing, and the two entered the field of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.

Yang Jian entered the sea of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers, which parted for him without a Detoxification Sachet, astonishing the Breaking Clan guards. As Yang Jian and Zhu Zhuqing continued toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the guards worried about how Bai Chenxiang might react to seeing them together, while Zhu Zhuqing tried to reach for Yang Jian's hand.

• Yang Jian walked into the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers, and they fled to form a broad passage before him.
• Yang Fei and the clansmen marveled at Yang Jian's ability and praised him as the Breaking Clan's future hope.
• A clansman noted that Bai Chenxiang was also inside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, prompting concern that she might encounter Yang Jian and the beautiful woman with him.
• Yang Fei told the clansmen to stop speculating and resume guarding the sea of flowers.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed Yang Jian through the flowers and cautiously reached toward his hand.

Yang Jian led Zhu Zhuqing through the poisonous flowers while holding her hand, and she happily accepted his excuse that staying close was safer. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the Four Single-Attribute Clans discussed recruiting Dugu Bo using Yang Jian’s plan, despite Bai He’s concern for Yang Jian’s safety.

• Zhu Zhuqing hesitated to reach for Yang Jian’s hand, but Yang Jian returned and took it, saying the Detoxification Sachet’s range made it safer for them to stay close.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed Yang Jian hand in hand, feeling pleased and unable to hide her smile.
• The Defense Clan’s construction transformed the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into a shared home for the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Yang Wudi told the clan leaders that they had subdued Dugu Bo and would try to recruit him as Yang Jian had suggested.
• Bai He questioned recruiting a Title Douluo and worried that Yang Jian’s plan put him in danger, while Tai Tan argued that Yang Wudi’s approval and Yang Jian’s abilities made the plan reasonable.

The four clan chiefs agreed to notify Yang Jian about Dugu Bo, and Bai Chenxiang eagerly volunteered to go. Before she could leave, Yang Jian arrived at the valley entrance, walking hand in hand with a slender woman, and Bai Chenxiang went to meet him.

• Tai Tan supported Yang Wudi's decision to let Yang Jian handle Dugu Bo's matter, and Yang Wudi asked Bai He to send someone to Heaven Dou City.
• Bai Chenxiang eagerly volunteered to inform Yang Jian, and Yang Wudi helped persuade Bai He to let her go.
• A Breaking Clan member announced that Yang Jian had arrived in the valley, and the four clan chiefs hurried to welcome him with Bai Chenxiang following.
• Bai Chenxiang saw Yang Jian approaching beside a slender woman while holding her hand, then took a breath and walked toward them.

Yang Jian reunited with Bai Chenxiang and invited her to stroll through Heaven Dou City, easing her jealousy over Zhu Zhuqing. The group then headed to Dugu Bo’s prison at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where two guards stood at the entrance.

• Yang Jian greeted the four clan chiefs, who showed little reaction to Zhu Zhuqing accompanying him.
• Bai He told Yang Jian that Bai Chenxiang had hoped to see him, and Yang Jian invited her to stroll through Heaven Dou City after they dealt with Dugu Bo.
• Bai Chenxiang’s jealousy faded after Yang Jian called her Xiangxiang and invited her out, while Zhu Zhuqing watched her reaction without feeling much jealousy.
• Yang Wudi led the group along the path toward the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged shy smiles.
• The group reached Dugu Bo’s remote prison, where two guards stood watch at the entrance.