Chapter Summaries

Su Ling and Tang Ya discussed plans for the Tang Sect and Dark Pavilion before sharing a heartfelt confession and kisses. The chapter ended with Su Ling asking to stay with Tang Ya for the night.

• Su Ling showed Tang Ya the Dark Pavilion’s plans, and they discussed its facilities, staffing, and future development.
• Tang Ya hinted that she wanted Su Ling to stay, and he pulled her onto his lap and asked to kiss her.
• Su Ling kissed Tang Ya, completing the first condition of his weekly mission.
• Tang Ya confessed that she liked Su Ling very much, and Su Ling told her that he liked her too.
• Tang Ya kissed Su Ling passionately, and he asked if he could stay with her that night.

Tang Ya agreed to let Su Ling stay with her for the night, and they went to bed together. When Tang Ya teased him about his racing heartbeat, Su Ling answered boldly, leaving her flustered and retreating to the corner of the bed.

• Su Ling clarified that he only wanted to hold Tang Ya, and she agreed on the condition that he stay still and not leave during the night.
• The system announced that Su Ling had completed the Weekly Mission—Wonderful Night and awarded him 1040 Strategy Points.
• Tang Ya climbed into bed with Su Ling, and they settled down beside each other under the blanket.
• Tang Ya moved into Su Ling's embrace and teased him about his fast heartbeat.
• Su Ling called Tang Ya's behavior teasing and began to explain why his heart was beating quickly, making her blush and retreat to the corner.

Tang Ya decided to help Su Ling with his discomfort, and the two spent the night together while keeping within his limits. The next morning, they woke up embarrassed by their closeness, and Su Ling checked the time.

• Su Ling turned away from Tang Ya and tried to calm himself, but reassured her that he was not angry when she worried he had turned away because of her.
• Tang Ya curled into Su Ling's arms, then realized he was suppressing his desire and asked if he was uncomfortable.
• Tang Ya told Su Ling she wanted to help him, and he agreed to leave it to her.
• Tang Ya wrapped the bed in Blue Silver Grass, and the two spent the night together without going further than Su Ling's limit.
• The next morning, Tang Ya woke wrapped around Su Ling, noticed marks on her neck, and hid under the blanket while he laughed and looked at the soul tool clock.

Su Ling shared a tender morning with Tang Ya before heading to Shrek City to meet Zhang Lexuan and discuss a soul hunt. On the way, Bei Bei confronted him and demanded Tang Ya back, then left with dark resentment after Su Ling warned him to stay away.

• Su Ling brought Tang Ya breakfast, told her he had to visit Sea God Pavilion, and promised to return if he finished early.
• Su Ling planned to find Zhang Lexuan and discuss the Silvermoon Azure Wolf hunt as the freshman assessment began.
• Bei Bei blocked Su Ling in Shrek City and demanded that he give Tang Ya back.
• Su Ling challenged Bei Bei over his failure to support Tang Ya and said she had chosen her own path.
• Bei Bei tried to grab Su Ling, but Su Ling restrained him and warned him not to disturb Tang Ya.
• Bei Bei watched Su Ling leave, then muttered that Su Ling had forced him into something before disappearing into an alley.

At Shrek Academy’s freshman assessment, Su Ling watched Wang Dong’er, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao defeat their opponents in a swift display of improved teamwork, while Cui Yajie also won decisively. Cui Yajie approached Su Ling and linked arms with him, just as Wang Dong’er arrived and noticed them.

• Su Ling arrived at the assessment arena and sat beside Xuan Zi, surprising the academy’s proctors.
• Wang Dong’er, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao defeated their three opponents in less than twenty breaths using coordinated attacks and Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Cui Yajie overwhelmed her opponents with her charm ability and left the arena victorious.
• Cui Yajie approached Su Ling, linked her arm with his, and proudly told him she had reached Soul Power Level twenty-eight.
• Wang Dong’er walked up to Su Ling and noticed Cui Yajie holding his arm.

Huo Yuhao decisively defeated three opponents in the freshman assessment while Su Ling watched, then Su Ling visited Zhang Lexuan and arranged to hunt the Silvermoon Azure Wolf after Princess Vina’s visit. The chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan agreeing to let Su Ling massage her.

• Huo Yuhao rushed into the arena alone and defeated all three opponents with his Spirit Eye, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Su Ling acknowledged Huo Yuhao’s performance, and Huo Yuhao was moved by his approval.
• Su Ling left the assessment area and visited Zhang Lexuan at Sea God Pavilion after lunch.
• Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan discussed the Silvermoon Azure Wolf hunt and agreed to set out after Princess Vina visited Dark Pavilion the day after tomorrow.
• Su Ling offered to massage Zhang Lexuan, and she agreed.

Su Ling massaged Zhang Lexuan’s shoulders, back, legs, and feet, helping ease the stiffness from her long seclusion. Their quiet exchange left Zhang Lexuan expressing deep affection for him, and Su Ling was moved by her words.

• Su Ling massaged Zhang Lexuan’s shoulders and back, easing the stiffness in her muscles and meridians.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Su Ling to massage her legs, and he worked from her calves to her thighs.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Su Ling to massage her feet, and he gently eased congestion in their meridians.
• After the massage, Zhang Lexuan offered to massage Su Ling whenever he felt tired.
• Zhang Lexuan told Su Ling she would never find him annoying, and he was left momentarily speechless by her affection.

Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan discussed their feelings, and he admitted that although he cared for other girls, she held a unique place in his heart. Zhang Lexuan accepted his honesty and asked only to remain in his heart, leaving them closer as Su Ling promised to take her for a walk after his soul beast hunt.

• Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan held hands as she told him she had thought of him every day during her three months of seclusion.
• Zhang Lexuan asked what place she held in Su Ling's heart, and he told her she was irreplaceable while admitting that Tang Ya also mattered to him.
• Zhang Lexuan said she knew Su Ling could not be bound to one person and asked only that he keep a place for her in his heart.
• Su Ling embraced Zhang Lexuan, and they held each other quietly before she reminded him of his afternoon tasks.
• Su Ling promised Zhang Lexuan he would take her for a walk after returning from hunting soul beasts.

Su Ling promised to accompany Zhang Lexuan wherever she wanted to go, then returned to the Dark Pavilion and checked on its work. Tang Ya grew jealous after noticing the jade pendant Zhang Lexuan had given him and hesitated to ask what had happened between them.

• Zhang Lexuan gave Su Ling a crescent-moon jade pendant, and he resolved to grow strong enough to protect those who cared for him.
• Su Ling inspected Shi An's crossbow component and advised him to refine it again, then encouraged Mu S nian's research.
• Tang Ya reported that she had selected nine potential Forging Hall recruits and told Su Ling that Xuan Zi wanted him to meet promising new students.
• Tang Ya noticed Zhang Lexuan's pendant on Su Ling and asked whether he had visited Sea God Pavilion and how his discussion with Sister Lexuan went.
• Su Ling recognized that Tang Ya wanted to ask more, but she blushed and claimed it was nothing.

Su Ling reassured Tang Ya about his relationship with Lexuan, promised to wait for her, and revealed that a 190,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor could transform her Martial Soul. After Tang Ya accepted his promise, Su Ling invited her to join him when Princess Vina visited Dark Pavilion.

• Su Ling told Tang Ya he had seen and valued all her work for Dark Pavilion, and promised to take her to a 190,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor so her Martial Soul could awaken as one too.
• Su Ling promised to wait until Tang Ya could stand beside him, and they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• Tang Ya thanked Su Ling, kissed his cheek, and returned to screening the list of candidates.
• Su Ling asked Tang Ya to receive Princess Vina with him in two days because of her expertise in Dark Pavilion's supply chain.
• Tang Ya agreed to help secure better terms for Dark Pavilion and asked Su Ling to come back early.

Su Ling reflected on the limits of protecting loved ones and resolved to grow stronger, then negotiated with Princess Vina over a major Heaven Dou Empire order for Godly Zhuge Crossbows. He accepted her proposed price in principle but ended the chapter with a condition of his own.

• Su Ling asked Xuan Zi how strong someone had to be to protect those they loved, and Xuan Zi admitted he had once failed to arrive in time to protect someone.
• Su Ling steadied himself by remembering his allies, resources, and potential, then saw Tang Ya working late in the Pavilion Master's office without disturbing her.
• Two days later, Princess Vina visited the Dark Pavilion and explained that Godly Zhuge Crossbows had given Heaven Dou forces a major battlefield advantage against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Vina proposed buying five thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows for 4,800 Gold Soul Coins each and requested priority access to the Dark Pavilion's other Hidden Weapons.
• Su Ling calculated that the order would bring twenty million Gold Soul Coins in pure profit, accepted the price in principle, and told Vina he had one condition.

Su Ling reflected on the need to grow stronger to protect the people he cared about, then met Princess Vina as she offered a major Heaven Dou Empire order for Godly Zhuge Crossbows. The chapter ended with Su Ling preparing to negotiate one condition for the deal.

• Xuan Zi told Su Ling that no one could protect others absolutely, but growing stronger would let him stand in their way when danger came, and admitted he had once failed to arrive in time to protect someone.
• Su Ling resolved to keep growing stronger, noticed Tang Ya working late in the Pavilion Master's office, and left without disturbing her.
• Two days later, Princess Vina arrived at the Dark Pavilion and told Su Ling that the Heaven Dou Empire wanted a stable supply arrangement after testing the Godly Zhuge Crossbows in battle.
• Vina offered to buy five thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows at 4,800 Gold Soul Coins each and requested priority access to the Pavilion's other Hidden Weapons.
• Su Ling accepted the proposed price in principle but told Vina he had one condition.

Su Ling secured a partnership with Vina and the Heaven Dou Empire to supply hidden weapons, then prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning. He called the Forging Hall’s core craftsmen to a meeting, where the chapter ended as everyone gathered around him.

• Xuan Zi exposed the poor quality of Heaven Dou’s metal shipment, prompting Vina to apologize and offer premium materials at a discounted rate.
• Su Ling and Vina finalized a partnership, setting the Armor-Breaking Divine Crossbow price at eighteen thousand per unit and agreeing on a large hidden-weapon order.
• Vina left with the agreement in place, and Tang Ya celebrated the Dark Pavilion’s first successful partnership with Su Ling.
• Su Ling told Xuan Zi he planned to go to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning, and reassured a reluctant Tang Ya that he would be careful and return soon.
• Su Ling summoned Mu S nian, Shi Wei, and the Forging Hall’s core craftsmen to the council chamber and began preparing for the meeting.

Su Ling organized the Dark Pavilion’s production of a large Heaven Dou Empire crossbow order before setting out to hunt for a soul ring with Zhang Lexuan. He left Tang Ya asleep and joined Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi on the journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Su Ling assigned Mu S nian to oversee Godly Zhuge Crossbow production and put Shi Wei and Tang Ya in charge of supplies and storage for the order.
• Su Ling announced that he would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning and placed the Forging Hall under Tang Ya’s command while he was away.
• Tang Ya offered to keep Su Ling company as he worked through the night tempering crossbow components, and he accepted.
• Su Ling recruited Shana, Lu Ming, and Zhao Tie into the Dark Pavilion after they passed the new student assessment.
• At dawn, Su Ling left Tang Ya sleeping and met Zhang Lexuan, Xuan Zi, and Mu En before beginning the journey south to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu plotted to kill Su Ling and study the Dark Pavilion’s enhanced hidden weapons. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan found a 68,000-year-old Myriad-Form Beast for his fourth Soul Ring just as it detected them.

• Jing Hongchen identified the Godly Zhuge Crossbows as enhanced weapons made by Su Ling’s Dark Pavilion and learned that Su Ling had rapidly advanced in cultivation.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that three Holy Spirit Cult offerings had been sent to intercept and kill Su Ling, while Jing Hongchen agreed to lend him Su Ling’s soul in exchange for three Rank 9 Soul Tool cannons.
• Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan traveled into the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest after Xuan Zi headed toward the core region to carry out their plan.
• Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan encountered soul beasts that bowed to them, and Su Ling sensed an uneasy feeling as they continued searching for a suitable Soul Ring.
• Su Ling identified a wounded, approximately 68,000-year-old Myriad-Form Beast as suitable for his divine examinations and asked Zhang Lexuan to help hunt it.
• The Myriad-Form Beast sensed Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan, raised its head, and roared.

Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan defeated the sixty-eight-thousand-year Myriad-Form Beast, and Su Ling began absorbing its Soul Ring. The ring's violent spiritual impact surged into his Sea of Spirit.

• Su Ling used Imperial Fortune to suppress the Myriad-Form Beast while Zhang Lexuan moved to its flank.
• Su Ling dodged its gray beam and attacked with Truth-Breaking Eye as Zhang Lexuan struck its old wound with Moonlight.
• The Myriad-Form Beast released poison mist, but Su Ling sent his lightning clone through it to keep the beast occupied.
• Su Ling unleashed Ultimate Thunder Tribulation Light, piercing the beast's eyes and killing it with a strike that destroyed its brain and Sea of Spirit.
• Su Ling swallowed a recovery pill, then began absorbing the beast's Soul Ring while Zhang Lexuan stood guard.
• The Soul Ring touched Su Ling, and a violent spiritual impact surged into his Sea of Spirit.

Su Ling completed the absorption of Myriad-Form Beast’s Soul Ring and received the rewards for his second divine inheritance trial. Meanwhile, Di Tian rushed toward a signal flare in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Xuan Zi intercepted him and summoned a colossal dragon phantom.

• Myriad-Form Beast’s resentment entered Su Ling’s Sea of Spirit, where the Thunder Prison Qilin Emperor and Dark Evil Qilin Emperor dissolved it into pure energy.
• Su Ling completed his fourth Soul Ring absorption, gained three Soul Power levels, and received increases to his Soul Bone ages and divine inheritance affinities.
• Zhang Lexuan guarded Su Ling as he absorbed the ring, then moved closer when he began to stir.
• A signal flare drew Di Tian from the lake, and he flew toward the Silvermoon Azure Wolf’s territory, suspecting humans were attacking a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xuan Zi blocked Di Tian and admitted he was buying time; after they argued over the treaty and Shrek’s six dead disciples, Xuan Zi summoned a colossal dragon phantom that shocked Di Tian.

Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan found the Silvermoon Azure Wolf in its cave and launched an ambush, with Su Ling using Truth-Breaking Eye to guide Zhang Lexuan’s movements. Zhang Lexuan wounded the beast and revealed herself as the survivor it had attacked five years earlier.

• Su Ling absorbed the Myriad-Form Beast’s Soul Ring, reached level 45, and gained the Myriad-Form Drill soul skill.
• Zhang Lexuan led Su Ling to the Silvermoon Azure Wolf’s lair and resolved to settle the score for the attack that had crippled her five years earlier.
• Su Ling attached Truth-Breaking Eye to Zhang Lexuan and transformed his Martial Soul into a Qilin Bow while she prepared to attack.
• The Silvermoon Azure Wolf noticed Zhang Lexuan near the cave and attacked her with a wind blade and a claw strike.
• Zhang Lexuan used Truth-Breaking Eye to evade the attacks and wounded the Silvermoon Azure Wolf’s foreleg with Moon Slash; the beast recognized her as the survivor.

Zhang Lexuan and Su Ling defeated the Silvermoon Azure Wolf and its mate, leaving Zhang Lexuan ready to claim the wolf's Soul Ring. Before she could deliver the final blow, an unknown visitor emerged from the forest and announced their interest in the dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Zhang Lexuan used her moonlight attacks to cripple the Silvermoon Azure Wolf and avenge the wound it had inflicted five years earlier.
• The Silvermoon Azure Wolf called its fifty-thousand-year mate, who attacked Zhang Lexuan while it tried to escape.
• Su Ling shot the fleeing Silvermoon Azure Wolf with a destructive arrow, while Zhang Lexuan killed its mate with a moonlight slash.
• Zhang Lexuan prepared to kill the barely living Silvermoon Azure Wolf and absorb its Soul Ring as Su Ling stood guard.
• An unknown figure applauded from the forest and declared that the dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was an unexpected prize.

Two Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters ambushed Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Xuan Zi was occupied by Di Tian and another enemy. After the old man captured the Silvermoon Azure Wolf’s soul, the pair attacked Su Ling and Zhang Lexuan, leaving them trapped in a desperate fight.

• Two Evil Soul Masters revealed themselves as nine-ring Titled Douluo and declared their intent to kill Su Ling, capture the Silvermoon Azure Wolf’s soul, and take Zhang Lexuan.
• The old man revealed that Di Tian had tied down Xuan Zi and that Dragon Consecrator was also making a move, then drained the Silvermoon Azure Wolf and trapped its soul in his Netherworld Soul Lamp.
• The old woman lunged at Su Ling, who blocked her wooden staff with his Qilin Shield but was knocked into a tree and injured.
• Zhang Lexuan burned away the old man’s Soul Binding chain and attacked the old woman with moonlight beams, but the old man blocked them and challenged her to face him.