Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang San tried to sneak into the building but Zhao Linchuan struck him with Dragon Whisker Needles, forcing him to flee in pain. After removing one needle and bandaging himself in a forest, Tang San planned to find another way to obtain the metal items he wanted.

• Ning Rongrong shouted that there was a thief, and Zhao Linchuan rushed out to confront Tang San as he crawled through a window.
• Zhao Linchuan shot two Dragon Whisker Needles into Tang San, who ran away using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track despite the worsening pain.
• Zhao Linchuan returned without Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing noticed white traces on Ning Rongrong's leg and quietly questioned her about them.
• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing an evasive explanation and led her back inside before Xiao Wu noticed anything.
• Tang San removed a Dragon Whisker Needle in a forest, bandaged his wound, and decided to seek the metal items through bets or contests.

Tang San struggled back to Shrek before dawn, while Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhao Linchuan after refining an Immortal Herb and reaching level thirty. At training, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their breakthroughs, leaving Flender stunned as the students prepared to hunt Soul Rings the next day.

• Tang San endured severe pain as he forced himself to return before Zhao Linchuan noticed his absence.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that refining the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone had healed her hidden injuries and raised her Soul Power to level thirty.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhao Linchuan with a kiss, and he promised to collect the rest of his payment later.
• Flender announced that Shrek would travel to Star Dou Forest the next day to hunt Soul Rings after Oscar's breakthrough.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she had reached level thirty, and Zhu Zhuqing announced that she had too.
• Flender questioned how both girls had broken through overnight and exclaimed that it defied common sense.

After Flender dismissed the students, Zhao Linchuan took responsibility for leading his students to obtain their Soul Rings. At breakfast, Xiao Wu revealed she was level forty-four and close to level forty-five, leaving Ning Rongrong stunned by the enormous gap between them.

• Ning Rongrong praised her teacher’s methods, and Oscar lamented that he had exhausted himself all night just to break through.
• Zhao Linchuan told Flender he would take his students to obtain their Soul Rings, and Flender dismissed everyone.
• Tang San supported the exhausted Oscar and asked to try his big sausage.
• At breakfast, Zhao Linchuan asked Xiao Wu about her progress, and she said she would reach level forty-five within two days.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned how Xiao Wu had cultivated so quickly, and Xiao Wu redirected their attention to Zhao Linchuan.
• Ning Rongrong reasoned that she and Xiao Wu were not competitors, but remained disheartened by Xiao Wu’s level.

Zhao Linchuan proposed using ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber to strengthen Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing so they could absorb stronger Soul Rings, and the three of them took it together. Afterward, an angry voice called for Zhao Linchuan from outside the house.

• Ning Rongrong resolved to cultivate more seriously, and Xiao Wu hurried off to train after Zhao Linchuan offered her a wish if she reached level forty-five by dawn.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and raise the age limit of their Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to join her and Zhao Linchuan in taking the ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.
• Three hours later, Zhao Linchuan came downstairs while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing rested in their rooms.
• Someone outside shouted for Zhao Linchuan to come out.

Dai Mubai came to Zhao Linchuan’s home to claim Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, but Zhao Linchuan knocked him unconscious and sent his companions away with him. Zhu Zhuqing then asked Zhao Linchuan to take her to see Ning Rongrong, and they discussed Rongrong’s unexpected behavior.

• Dai Mubai confronted Zhao Linchuan and demanded that he hand over Zhu Zhuqing, calling her his fiancée.
• Zhao Linchuan warned Dai Mubai to stop causing trouble, then kicked him in the chest and knocked him unconscious.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar carried Dai Mubai away without confronting Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing came outside, and Zhao Linchuan supported her as they headed toward her room.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhao Linchuan to take her to see Ning Rongrong and remarked on Rongrong’s surprising skills.

Dai Mubai recovered enough to describe Zhao Linchuan giving Ning Rongrong a fragrant tulip-like herb, leading Tang San to identify it as a possible Immortal Herb. The group wondered whether Immortal Herbs explained Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's rapid growth, and Tang San left them with the warning that Zhao Linchuan was unlikely to give one to a stranger.

• Tang San examined Dai Mubai and said his broken ribs and injuries would heal with rest, while Dai Mubai complained that Zhao Linchuan had attacked before he could use his Soul Power.
• Oscar asked how Zhao Linchuan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had become so strong, and Dai Mubai suggested they had used a forbidden method.
• Tang San explained that Immortal Herbs could greatly improve Soul Power and cultivation talent.
• Dai Mubai recalled seeing Zhao Linchuan give Ning Rongrong a large, fragrant tulip-like herb near the western village stream.
• Tang San identified the herb as likely Aromatic Silk Beauty and described how Immortal Herbs could improve a Martial Soul without side effects.
• Oscar wondered whether an Immortal Herb could help his difficult cultivation, but Tang San said Zhao Linchuan would probably not give one to a stranger before leaving to rest.

The Silver Dragon King secretly visited Zhao Linchuan during the night, leaving him exhausted and hungry by morning. After Xiao Wu announced her breakthrough, Zhao Linchuan left in a carriage with Zhu Zhuqing while Tang San taunted Dai Mubai about the pair’s stay at Peony Garden, provoking Dai Mubai’s rage.

• The Silver Dragon King watched Zhao Linchuan sleep, then approached his bedside after removing her clothes.
• Zhao Linchuan woke sore and unusually hungry, unable to remember what he had dreamed about.
• At breakfast, Xiao Wu proudly told Zhao Linchuan that she had broken through to level forty-five during the night.
• Zhao Linchuan boarded Ning Rongrong’s carriage with Zhu Zhuqing, departing ahead of the others while Dai Mubai watched resentfully.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing had stayed together at Peony Garden for seven days, and Dai Mubai roared that he would kill Zhao Linchuan.

Yu Xiaogang set out for Suotuo City to meet Tang San, believing the boy should focus on the Clear Sky Hammer. A gang ambushed and abducted him, and he fell into a bizarre dream about being unable to finish using an outhouse.

• Tang San secretly hoped Dai Mubai would provoke Zhao Linchuan, while worrying that one of his Magic Pills was shrinking.
• Yu Xiaogang walked toward Suotuo City and reflected that Tang San’s first Martial Soul mattered less to him than the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Brother Scar and his men stopped Yu Xiaogang, claimed they had been sent by a woman, and lured him into their midst.
• Brother Scar’s men knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious, bagged him, and announced they had found the princess and would summon the others.
• Yu Xiaogang dreamed he repeatedly tried and failed to relieve himself, and prayed to wake up.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Shrek Academy seemed to be hiding a powerful Soul Master and ordered Elder Gu to investigate Rongrong and the academy. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed their new Soul Rings in the Star Dou Forest, while the chapter noted that Rongrong had separated from Dai Mubai’s group and Er Ming had not appeared.

• A subordinate told Ning Fengzhi that Shrek Academy’s mysterious soul pressure was stronger than Flender’s and did not belong to Zhao Wuji or the academy’s auxiliary Soul Sage.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Shrek was hiding an expert at Soul Douluo level or above and ordered Elder Gu to secretly check on Rongrong and investigate the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi considered forming a good relationship with Shrek and offering it support if appropriate.
• In the Star Dou Forest, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed Soul Rings from beasts Zhao Linchuan had selected for them, roughly three thousand and four thousand years old respectively.
• Ning Rongrong had left Dai Mubai’s group after breakfast, and Xiao Wu’s vanished Soul Beast aura meant Er Ming did not appear.

Xiao Wu and Zhao Linchuan discussed her staying away from her old companions until she could safely return, then flirted about becoming a couple. Xiao Wu confronted him about his relationships with Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and explained why she accepted them, leaving Zhao Linchuan alarmed by her plans for a huge family.

• Xiao Wu told Zhao Linchuan she would avoid seeing her old companions until she became a Soul Sage and could return safely with him.
• Xiao Wu reminded Zhao Linchuan of his promise and said she wanted to be his wife, and he told her to wait until they returned.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she knew Zhao Linchuan had been intimate with Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and complained that he had kept calling her too young.
• Xiao Wu said Rongrong could connect Zhao Linchuan to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and argued that Zhu Zhuqing should bear him many children.
• Zhao Linchuan stopped Xiao Wu as she began explaining her calculations about how many children Zhu Zhuqing could have.