Recaps

Xiao Wu and Zhao Linchuan forced Dai Mubai to sign a commitment freeing Zhu Zhuqing from their engagement, though Dai Mubai was left in agony and furious. That evening, Xiao Wu secretly mixed powder into Zhao Linchuan’s orange juice and watched him drink it.

• Zhao Linchuan threatened Dai Mubai until he pressed his bloody thumbprint onto the commitment concerning Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Linchuan left the forest with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai ordered a woman to fetch a carriage and stretcher.
• Zhu Zhuqing bathed, relieved that she could leave Dai Mubai behind, and Xiao Wu later prepared herself in the suite.
• Xiao Wu poured white powder into a glass of orange juice and stirred it until it disappeared.
• Xiao Wu brought the drink to Zhao Linchuan, who accepted it and took two gulps.

Xiao Wu gave Zhao Linchuan a drugged orange juice, but the Silver-Haired Woman intervened and took him into the bedroom to treat him. Seven days later, Tang San was still waiting outside Peony Garden, unable to find Zhao Linchuan or the others.

• Zhao Linchuan drank the orange juice and began losing control as its effects overwhelmed him.
• Xiao Wu tried to help Zhao Linchuan, but the Silver-Haired Woman appeared, knocked him unconscious, and sent Xiao Wu outside.
• The Silver-Haired Woman carried Zhao Linchuan to the bed and treated him while Xiao Wu stood guard outside.
• The Silver-Haired Woman sealed the room with a soundproof barrier, and Xiao Wu briefly opened the door before closing it in embarrassment.
• Seven days later, Tang San continued watching Peony Garden, but he had not seen Zhao Linchuan or the others leave.

Tang San learned that the people he had watched at Peony Garden might have left through a hidden exit, while Xiao Wu cleaned up after the Silver-Haired Woman and heard her demand that she bear Zhao Linchuan’s first child. Zhao Linchuan woke after seven days unconscious, badly weakened and in pain.

• The tea stall owner told Tang San that Peony Garden had hidden exits and teased him for keeping watch there; Tang San paid for his tea and left.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered why Zhao Linchuan stayed in his room and Xiao Wu appeared only at mealtimes.
• The Silver-Haired Woman told Xiao Wu that she had mostly cured Zhao Linchuan’s poison and ordered Xiao Wu not to have his child before she did.
• Xiao Wu cleaned the room and decided to buy food for Zhao Linchuan, who had been unconscious for seven days and eight nights.
• After Xiao Wu left, Zhao Linchuan woke and struggled to sit up because of intense pain in his waist.

After recovering from the poison Xiao Wu gave him, Zhao Linchuan forgave her and took her and Zhu Zhuqing fishing with guns. A young girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect watched them shoot down birds and decided to approach Zhao Linchuan about acquiring the unfamiliar weapons.

• Zhao Linchuan questioned Xiao Wu about who had detoxified him, and she admitted she had used her "handwork" for seven or eight days; he forgave her but complained that his waist hurt.
• Zhao Linchuan ate a huge meal while Zhu Zhuqing wondered what had happened during his recovery, then he announced they would go fishing for a Wealthy Thousand-Gold Fish.
• At an open field near Suotuo City, Xiao Wu shot down three birds of prey, and Zhao Linchuan told Zhu Zhuqing she would cook dinner as punishment.
• A young girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect watched the group use guns and decided to seek a deal so the sect's disciples could obtain the weapons.

Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Linchuan to sell her a Soul-Extinguishing Gun, but he offered to teach her to use one instead. Zhao Linchuan gathered Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu by a stream, where he began training Zhu Zhuqing with the gun.

• Ning Rongrong offered Zhao Linchuan one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for a Soul-Extinguishing Gun, but he refused the payment and offered to teach her how to use one.
• Xiao Wu returned with eagle talons, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to practice with the gun instead of competing with her again.
• Zhao Linchuan invited Ning Rongrong to join them as another student, and she followed him with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• By a stream, Zhao Linchuan stood close behind Zhu Zhuqing and guided her hands as he taught her to use the Soul-Extinguishing Gun.

Zhao Linchuan taught Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to use the Soul-Extinguishing Gun, while Ning Rongrong secretly teased him during her lesson. After running out of bullets, she began a plan to seduce him and reveal her identity at the most startling moment.

• Zhao Linchuan guided Zhu Zhuqing as she fired accurate shots with the Soul-Extinguishing Gun, then sent her with Xiao Wu to practice on moving targets.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Linchuan to teach her, and she deliberately rubbed against him and provoked him during the lesson.
• After Zhao Linchuan left to set up the tent, Ning Rongrong laughed about how her teasing had flustered him.
• Ning Rongrong ran out of bullets and went to the tent, where Zhao Linchuan asked her for her promised thick bread.
• Ning Rongrong began flirting with Zhao Linchuan and lifted her skirt slightly, but he cried out in alarm.

Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan about taking responsibility and the danger her family posed, but he responded by overpowering and punishing her. Afterward, she asked about his Martial Soul and Soul Power Level to decide whether to accept him as a husband or keep him as a lover on the side.

• Ning Rongrong taunted Zhao Linchuan about her father and the two Title Douluo who might kill him and his companions if he took her.
• Zhao Linchuan acted on Ning Rongrong's provocation and punished her, stopping before the final step after she threatened to harm herself.
• Ning Rongrong cried in the tent and watched Zhao Linchuan dress, then asked about his Martial Soul and Soul Power Level.
• Ning Rongrong considered making Zhao Linchuan her husband if his aptitude was good enough, or arranging a property for him and keeping him as a lover otherwise.

Zhao Linchuan revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and Soul Power to Ning Rongrong, who agreed to stay by his side after their intimate encounter. By the stream, Ning Rongrong then coaxed him toward a risky tryst in deeper water while Xiao Wu and the others might return.

• Zhao Linchuan told Ning Rongrong he was a level-fifty-four Wood Azure Dragon Soul Master and showed her his five Soul Rings, including a thousand-year second ring and three ten-thousand-year rings.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Zhao Linchuan was only twelve, then agreed to stay with him and care for him if he treated her well.
• After their intimate encounter, Zhao Linchuan carried Ning Rongrong to a stream and washed clothes while she sat in the water.
• Ning Rongrong suggested the cold stream might prolong Zhao Linchuan's Soul Skill and urged him to follow her farther into the deep water, despite the chance Xiao Wu and the others would return.

Zhao Linchuan and Ning Rongrong secretly spent time together in the stream before rejoining Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing at camp. Over dinner, Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan and asked where he and Xiao Wu planned to go the next day.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing returned from the woods with prey, so Zhao Linchuan and Ning Rongrong hurried out of the stream and dressed.
• Ning Rongrong suggested hiding their relationship because her father might discover it, and Zhao Linchuan questioned whether she enjoyed sneaking around.
• Xiao Wu objected to sharing a tent with Zhao Linchuan, so Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong set up separate tents.
• Xiao Wu gave Zhao Linchuan ten skewers of roasted kidneys, while Ning Rongrong teased him about repairing her Soul-Extinguishing Gun.
• Ning Rongrong asked where Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu planned to go the next day, hoping to travel the same way.

Zhao Linchuan agreed to visit the Soul Master Academy Ning Rongrong knew, while Xiao Wu spent the night guarding his tent as the Silver Dragon King was inside with him. The next morning, the group set out for Shrek Academy, where Zhao Linchuan planned to pursue his own targets.

• Zhao Linchuan agreed to visit Ning Rongrong's academy with Xiao Wu and the others the next day.
• Xiao Wu found the Silver Dragon King in Zhao Linchuan's tent, and the Silver Dragon King ordered her to guard the door.
• Xiao Wu hid the night's events when Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong asked where she had been.
• Zhao Linchuan woke with a sore waist, treated himself with Soul Power, and wondered what had caused the pain.
• After breakfast, Zhao Linchuan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong headed toward Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Linchuan planned to target the Eight Spider Lances and Tang Hao while also making trouble for Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai.

Zhao Linchuan brought Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy and challenged Li Yusong to prove he could teach there. After revealing his extraordinary five-ring configuration, Zhao Linchuan attacked Li Yusong, who countered with his Dragon Pattern Staff.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were dismayed by Shrek Academy’s shabby appearance, while Ning Rongrong explained its reputation and offered to pay for a new house.
• Zhao Linchuan told Li Yusong he was applying as a teacher and offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins if he lost a Soul Battle.
• Li Yusong accepted the challenge and declared that Zhao Linchuan would win if he could make him move one step.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed five Soul Rings, including three black rings, and launched his first Soul Skill, Wood Azure Dragon Break.
• Li Yusong’s Dragon Pattern Staff trembled as Zhao Linchuan’s azure dragon charged, but Li Yusong empowered the staff with his sixth Soul Ring and swung it at the attack.

Zhao Linchuan defeated Li Yusong and then challenged Zhao Wuji to a wagered spar for the vice principal position. Zhao Wuji accepted, and both men revealed their Soul Power and Martial Soul as their fight was about to begin.

• Zhao Linchuan defeated Li Yusong with a powerful strike, and Li Yusong admitted his loss.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Shao Xin and Lu Qibin, heard Li Yusong's account, and learned that Zhao Linchuan's Martial Soul suppressed his opponents.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Zhao Linchuan to a spar, and Zhao Linchuan wagered for Zhao Wuji's vice principal position against ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhao Linchuan agreed that his students could still seek admission to Shrek if they met its requirements, then revealed his five Soul Rings and introduced himself as a healing-type Soul King.
• Zhao Wuji introduced himself as a seventy-sixth-level Battle Soul Sage, revealed his seven Soul Rings, and offered to let Zhao Linchuan use three Soul Skills first.

Zhao Linchuan overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with his fourth Soul Skill, Sun Fall, leaving him defeated and badly burned. After the battle, Ning Rongrong impulsively kissed Zhao Linchuan, shocking Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhao Linchuan charged and unleashed Sun Fall from the sky.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Vajra Bear Avatar and tried to stop the attack, but the explosion knocked him unconscious and burned off his fur.
• Li Yusong found Zhao Wuji in a crater and joked about his bald appearance, while Zhao Wuji asked for a coat.
• Ning Rongrong ran to Zhao Linchuan and kissed him, leaving Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

Zhao Wuji conceded the vice dean position to Zhao Linchuan, then tested his students’ Soul Power Levels. Xiao Wu’s power shattered the testing crystal, leaving Ning Rongrong shaken, and Zhao Wuji offered to brief Zhao Linchuan on the academy.

• Zhao Wuji admitted defeat in the wager and handed Zhao Linchuan the vice dean position, while explaining that the students still had to be tested.
• Ning Rongrong tested at level twenty-six, and Zhu Zhuqing tested at level twenty-seven.
• Xiao Wu’s Soul Power overwhelmed the crystal and shattered it, revealing that her level was above thirty-five.
• Ning Rongrong was stunned by the gap between her and Xiao Wu, while the teachers praised Zhao Linchuan and agreed Shrek Academy should keep his students.
• Zhao Wuji offered to brief Zhao Linchuan on the academy’s teaching arrangements and student matters, and Zhao Linchuan began to ask him something.

Zhao Linchuan rejected the academy’s dilapidated dormitories, and Ning Rongrong offered to pay for a new building. After the group went to Suotuo City, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong’s jealousy led to a fierce argument, and Zhao Linchuan left them squatting in opposite corners.

• Zhao Linchuan questioned Zhao Wuji about the academy’s poor housing, and Ning Rongrong offered to fund a new building.
• Zhao Linchuan and the others left for Suotuo City, while Shao Xin teased Zhao Wuji about submitting to him.
• Zhao Wuji admitted he had no reason to provoke Zhao Linchuan and agreed to serve as his deputy.
• At the Rose Hotel, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong argued over Zhao Linchuan, so he punished them by making them squat facing the wall.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned with food, found the two girls squatting, and left them there after they angrily refused to eat.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu formed a temporary alliance against Zhu Zhuqing, then Ning Rongrong slipped into Zhao Linchuan’s room at midnight to reward him. Xiao Wu later found the door locked and suspected The Sovereign had taken her chance again.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu agreed to unite against Zhu Zhuqing before competing for Zhao Linchuan afterward.
• After dinner, Zhao Linchuan and the others washed up and returned to their rooms for the night.
• Ning Rongrong entered Zhao Linchuan’s room at midnight, locked the door, and offered him Popping Candy as a reward for defeating a Soul Sage.
• Xiao Wu crept to Zhao Linchuan’s room but found its door locked and heard muffled sounds inside.
• Xiao Wu suspected The Sovereign was with Zhao Linchuan again and fumed that she had not gotten a turn.

Xiao Wu intervened when Ma Hongjun harassed Cuihua near Shrek Academy and struck him through a wooden house. Flender let the incident go after Zhao Linchuan explained, while Tang San privately considered asking Zhao Linchuan about the Crystal Plate.

• Xiao Wu guarded the room while Zhao Linchuan and Ning Rongrong spent the night together, then the group left the Rose Hotel for Shrek Academy the next morning.
• The group saw Ma Hongjun refuse to let go of Cuihua, and Zhao Linchuan told Xiao Wu to help her without going too far.
• Xiao Wu struck Ma Hongjun with her Pink Rabbit Heart-Destroying Palm, sending him crashing through a dilapidated wooden house, and Cuihua fled.
• Zhao Linchuan explained the situation to Flender, but Ning Rongrong defended Xiao Wu and Flender left without pressing the matter.
• Oscar became enamored with Ning Rongrong, while Tang San thought about asking Zhao Linchuan whether he still had the Crystal Plate.

Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s running exercise by arguing it was useless for an auxiliary Soul Master, and Zhao Linchuan backed her up. She revealed the Soul-Extinguishing Gun and asked Flender to attack her with Soul Emperor-level strength, leaving him offended by her confidence.

• Oscar begged Flender to help him get an opportunity with Ning Rongrong, and Flender agreed to arrange one later.
• Flender finished addressing the students and ordered Ning Rongrong and Oscar to stay for their first running lesson.
• Ning Rongrong questioned the value of running, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu explained that it would not help her escape from them.
• Zhao Linchuan told Flender that running was unsuitable for Ning Rongrong and urged her to demonstrate her means of self-defense.
• Ning Rongrong took out the Soul-Extinguishing Gun and challenged Flender to attack her with Soul Emperor-level strength.

Ning Rongrong shot Flender with the Soul-Extinguishing Gun after he attacked her without using his Martial Soul or soul skills, leaving him wounded and humiliated. Tang San became fascinated by the gun and planned to study its bullets, while Flender sent Oscar to run fifty laps.

• Flender charged at Ning Rongrong without using his Martial Soul or soul skills, and she shot him four times in the limbs with the Soul-Extinguishing Gun.
• Li Yusong called Oscar to heal Flender, while Zhao Linchuan warned everyone not to underestimate an opponent.
• Tang San studied the Soul-Extinguishing Gun and wondered how its mechanism worked so he could apply its principles to the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons.
• After Oscar’s sausages healed him, Flender examined the bullets and Ning Rongrong teased him before leaving with Zhao Linchuan.
• Flender ordered Oscar to run fifty laps around the village, and Tang San headed toward the discarded bullets to study them.

Oscar continued his punishment run and told Dai Mubai about the new female students, prompting Dai Mubai to head off to meet them. At the stream, Zhao Linchuan reprimanded Ning Rongrong for playing around instead of cultivating.

• Oscar ran laps around the village while eating a sausage, still burdened with fifty laps after Flender's punishment.
• Dai Mubai returned to the village, and Oscar told him about the new female students and warned him not to pursue Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Oscar's warning, learned the girls were at the stream, and set off to meet them.
• At the stream, Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Linchuan for stories about Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing meditated in the tent.
• Zhao Linchuan told Ning Rongrong to stop playing around and focus on cultivation.

Zhao Linchuan encouraged Ning Rongrong to cultivate by promising he could help her overcome the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limit, then gave her an Aromatic Silk Beauty to refine. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai fled after spotting Zhao Linchuan and angrily rejected his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhao Linchuan warned Ning Rongrong that neglecting cultivation would leave her with a short lifespan, and she explained that her Martial Soul could not advance beyond rank seventy-nine.
• Zhao Linchuan claimed he could help Ning Rongrong break through the Seven Treasures’ limit, and she began to believe him after recalling his extraordinary achievements.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty and told her to refine it while he stood guard.
• Dai Mubai spotted Zhao Linchuan near the stream, ran to the village entrance, and cursed Oscar for sending him into danger.
• Dai Mubai declared that he would not accept his promise to Zhu Zhuqing and insisted she belonged to him as his fiancée.

While waiting for Ning Rongrong to finish absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Zhu Zhuqing decided to offer herself and her future to Zhao Linchuan in exchange for a chance at freedom and strength. She ended the conversation by daring him to act before Xiao Wu returned.

• Xiao Wu joked that Zhu Zhuqing should stay with Zhao Linchuan, who could provide for her, and Zhu Zhuqing asked whether doing so would solve her worries.
• Zhao Linchuan interrupted their talk, and a splash in the stream revealed that Ning Rongrong had finished absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Zhao Linchuan sent Xiao Wu to hurry Ning Rongrong along while Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhao Linchuan she would give him everything because she had no family, sect, or power to rely on and wanted strength to escape her constraints.
• Zhu Zhuqing teased Zhao Linchuan that she would agree to anything if he could finish before Xiao Wu returned.

Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuqing an Immortal Herb and learned she had noticed his relationship with Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul evolved into a nine-level Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she kissed Zhao Linchuan in front of Xiao Wu before they headed back.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhao Linchuan that she had noticed his relationship with Ning Rongrong and described the pressures faced by women in the Zhu Family.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone Immortal Herb and explained how to absorb it.
• Ning Rongrong rushed back and showed Zhao Linchuan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing her evolved nine-level, nine-colored pagoda, revealing that her Soul Power had reached level thirty.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Zhao Linchuan in front of Xiao Wu, who reacted with shock and frustration.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested they return to rest, and Xiao Wu grabbed Ning Rongrong’s wrist and insisted on examining her evolved Martial Soul.

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy while discussing Ning Rongrong’s status as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s heir and her interest in Zhao Linchuan. Tang San tried to buy or borrow Ning Rongrong’s metal item, was refused, and resolved to steal it as Zhao Linchuan and the others arrived at their newly built dormitory.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong walked ahead of Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing, teasing each other about Ning Rongrong kissing Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Zhao Linchuan’s arm, and the two headed back together.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu she was the future heir of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and argued that marrying her would bring Zhao Linchuan power, resources, and descendants.
• Tang San intercepted Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong and asked to buy or borrow the metal item Ning Rongrong had used that morning, but she refused.
• After Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong left, Tang San decided to find another way to get the item, intending to steal it.
• Zhao Linchuan and the others arrived beside their newly built three-story dormitory behind Shrek Academy.

After Ning Rongrong and Zhao Linchuan shared a private encounter, they discovered Tang San breaking into the house and decided to catch him in the act. Ning Rongrong startled Tang San in the hall, and he tried to flee as she shouted for help.

• Ning Rongrong amazed Xiao Wu with how quickly the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had built and furnished their house.
• Ning Rongrong visited Zhao Linchuan in his room, and they privately checked the sect’s “account book.”
• Ning Rongrong and Zhao Linchuan heard someone entering and realized the intruder was Tang San, whom Ning Rongrong had met at the village entrance.
• Zhao Linchuan hid behind a pillar while Tang San struggled to pick the lock, then cut through a window to get inside.
• Ning Rongrong followed Zhao Linchuan’s plan, pretended to get up at night, and confronted Tang San in the hall.
• Tang San cried out and tried to escape as Ning Rongrong shouted that there was a thief.