Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing to give him an Immortal Herb in exchange for an empty promise, but Zhu Zhuqing drove him away. After Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu defeated their opponents, Zhu Zhuqing headed to the arena to face Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang failed to offer Zhao Linchuan anything in exchange for the treasure he wanted, and Zhu Zhuqing threatened him until he fled.
• Xiao Wu kicked Dai Mubai off the stage after Ning Rongrong signaled that their match was over.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu returned to Zhao Linchuan, who praised both of them for their performances.
• The broadcast called Zhao Linchuan's team and the Jade-Faced Spirit Cat team to the arena, and Zhu Zhuqing left to fight Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan about a private reward while Xiao Wu asked to join in.

Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Tang San in under thirty seconds, tearing up his back until he surrendered and collapsed. After the crowd jeered at Tang San, the chapter ended with Oscar and Yu Xiaogang trying to treat his bleeding wounds in the Shrek lounge.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Earth-Shrinking Step to get behind Tang San as soon as the match began.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Tang San dozens of times with Nether Hundred Claws, badly tearing up his back before he could counterattack.
• Tang San surrendered, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped her finishing attack before leaving the platform.
• The stunned audience cursed Tang San for ending the match so quickly.
• Zhao Linchuan gathered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to welcome Zhu Zhuqing and head back.
• Oscar worried over the unconscious, bleeding Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang told him to feed Tang San a Recovery Big Sausage.

Oscar reluctantly fed Tang San a chewed Recovery Big Sausage while Dai Mubai brooded over his defeat and learned that Flender and Zhao Wuji had gone into hiding. The next morning, Tianya and Ekao came to Shrek Academy searching for Bu Le, and Tianya grabbed Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun claimed he had killed him.

• Oscar chewed a Recovery Big Sausage and fed it to Tang San while Dai Mubai watched and blamed Yu Xiaogang for his arena defeat.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Flender and Zhao Wuji had left the academy to lie low for a few days.
• That night, Ning Rongrong visited Zhao Linchuan in his tent.
• The next morning, Tianya and Ekao arrived at Shrek Academy with Bu Le's portrait and demanded to know where he was.
• Ma Hongjun said he had broken Bu Le's legs and thrown him into a lake, and Tianya seized him by the collar.

Tianya and Ekao confronted Ma Hongjun after he admitted to throwing someone into a lake, while Ning Rongrong continued training her Earth-Shrinking Step with Xiao Wu. Zhu Zhuqing honored her seven-day bet with Zhao Linchuan, then emerged from the tent gagging and asked Xiao Wu to take her place.

• Tianya lifted Ma Hongjun and demanded that he lead them to the lake, then tossed him to Ekao and prepared to fight the Shrek staff who came running.
• After seven days of practice, Ning Rongrong had grasped the basics of the Earth-Shrinking Step, though Xiao Wu repeatedly caught and embarrassed her during their chase.
• Zhao Linchuan reminded Zhu Zhuqing that she had lost their bet, and she agreed to honor it by waiting for him in the tent.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the tent with Zhao Linchuan and carried out the bet, then stumbled outside and retched behind the tent.
• Xiao Wu found Zhu Zhuqing, who said her throat felt uncomfortable and urged Xiao Wu to go take care of Zhao Linchuan instead.

After Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing earned their Gold Fighting Spirit Badges, Zhao Linchuan rewarded Ning Rongrong for placing first in their training. He revealed a Spirit-Turning Immortal Orchid, an immortal herb that could slow her cultivation, leaving her to consider its unusual effects.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing celebrated earning their Gold Fighting Spirit Badges after a month of training.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Xiao Wu, who teased her about the painful training and the beatings she had endured.
• Zhao Linchuan announced that Ning Rongrong had placed first and gave her two jade boxes as rewards.
• Ning Rongrong opened the first box and found a strange, fragrant, nine-petaled flower glowing with pale golden light.
• Zhao Linchuan identified the flower as a Spirit-Turning Immortal Orchid and warned Ning Rongrong that it could slow her cultivation.

Zhao Linchuan offered Ning Rongrong an immortal herb that could gradually transform her auxiliary Soul Power into battle Soul Power, at the cost of slowing her cultivation. After choosing it, she opened her second reward and discovered two powerful Spirit Bones, which she recognized as likely ten-thousand-year treasures.

• Zhao Linchuan explained the Nine-Petal Orchid’s effect and warned Ning Rongrong that it would make cultivation slower.
• Ning Rongrong chose the herb, saying she wanted to fight like Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong about learning martial arts, prompting her to cover her buttocks and protest being spanked.
• Zhao Linchuan urged Ning Rongrong to inspect her second reward, and she opened another jade box.
• Ning Rongrong found a skull bone and a torso bone inside, suspected they were ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones, and hurriedly shut the box.

Zhao Linchuan gave Ning Rongrong two Spirit Bones and prepared more for Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, then urged Zhu Zhuqing to reconsider how her sister had helped her escape through the Star Dou Forest. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing recalling signs that her pursuers may not have truly intended to kill her.

• Ning Rongrong accepted Zhao Linchuan's Wisdom Skull and Defense Torso Bone and hurried to fuse them after he explained their benefits.
• Zhao Linchuan gave the remaining jade boxes to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, whose contents released powerful waves of Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to accept her Spirit Bone, while Xiao Wu asked Zhao Linchuan whether he needed the Spirit Bones himself.
• Zhao Linchuan told Zhu Zhuqing that her sister had saved her and sent people to protect her through the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhao Linchuan asked whether Zhu Zhuqing's pursuers had truly tried to kill her, prompting her to recall clues that her escape had been deliberately allowed.

Zhao Linchuan explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s sister had treated her coldly to protect her, and urged Zhuqing to grow strong enough to save her. After Zhuqing broke down in tears, Xiao Wu offered her own Spirit Bone, leaving Zhuqing stunned that Xiao Wu said she did not need it.

• Zhao Linchuan told Zhu Zhuqing that her sister’s apparent cruelty had been meant to keep her safe from Dai Weisi and the Star Luo royal struggle.
• Zhao Linchuan urged Zhu Zhuqing to use the Spirit Bones to grow powerful enough to become a Title Douluo and protect her sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried with Xiao Wu and realized she had misunderstood her sister’s actions for years.
• Xiao Wu offered Zhu Zhuqing her own Spirit Bone and pressed the jade box into her hands.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned how Xiao Wu could not need a Spirit Bone.

Xiao Wu persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to accept the soul bones by claiming she and Zhao Linchuan came from an ancient sect, then agreed to shelter Zhu Zhuqing’s older sister. After Zhu Zhuqing entered seclusion, the Silver Dragon King appeared and went into Zhao Linchuan’s tent, disrupting Xiao Wu’s plans to spend the night with him.

• Xiao Wu convinced Zhu Zhuqing that her and Zhao Linchuan’s ancient sect explained their rare treasures and unusual strength, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted the jade boxes.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to invite her older sister to join her, and Xiao Wu offered a house outside Tiandou City as a place to hide.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xiao Wu and went to Ning Rongrong’s tent to fuse with the soul bones and Immortal Herbs.
• Xiao Wu tidied the camp, then encountered the Silver Dragon King, who asked about Zhao Linchuan’s condition and whether he had been enjoying bread.
• The Silver Dragon King entered Zhao Linchuan’s tent, leaving Xiao Wu disappointed that her plans to spend the night with him had been interrupted.

Xiao Wu concealed the previous night’s events from Zhao Linchuan and let him believe she had helped him that morning. While preparing breakfast, she told him she had given her two Soul Bones to Zhuqing and explained how she persuaded her to accept them.

• Xiao Wu remembered spending the night outside Zhao Linchuan’s tent and arranging for the Silver Dragon King to heal him before staging a morning act to cover what had happened.
• Zhao Linchuan came out of his tent and said he was starving, explaining that he had missed dinner and used up his strength.
• Xiao Wu teased Zhao Linchuan about being worn out, and he insisted his hunger came from skipping dinner and being put through another round that morning.
• Xiao Wu told Zhao Linchuan she had given her two Soul Bones to Zhuqing and planned to find more in the Star Dou Forest later.
• Zhao Linchuan accepted Xiao Wu’s decision and asked how she had persuaded Zhuqing to take the Soul Bones.
• Xiao Wu sat with Zhao Linchuan by the stove and began recounting the previous night’s events.

Ning Rongrong emerged from secluded cultivation after fusing with two Spirit Bones and discovered that the Wisdom Skull had increased her mental power a hundredfold and granted her the Nine-Colored Aurora skill. After Zhao Linchuan urged her to train further, she set her sights on becoming strong enough to kill a Soul Douluo, while Xiao Wu joked that she should aim for a Titled Douluo.

• Xiao Wu and Zhao Linchuan prepared breakfast as Ning Rongrong emerged from her tent after completing her Spirit Bone fusion.
• Ning Rongrong bathed and changed before joining them, then excitedly described her hundredfold mental-power increase and the Nine-Colored Aurora skill granted by the Wisdom Skull.
• Zhao Linchuan encouraged Ning Rongrong to master the Mirror-Like Heart Art and explained how stronger mental power would benefit her as a support Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong vowed to cultivate ten times harder and set a goal of hunting down a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse.
• Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong to aim for a Titled Douluo, and Zhao Linchuan remarked that reaching heaven might be harder than killing one.

Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated how the Spirit Bones Zhao Linchuan gave her had boosted her speed, astonishing Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu. Ning Rongrong questioned Zhao Linchuan's claim to be an independent cultivator after learning the bones were exceptionally rare and powerful.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu teased each other over dinner, while Zhao Linchuan protested being drawn into their suggestive conversation.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from seclusion, washed, and showed Zhao Linchuan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu how quickly she could move through the trees.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong marveled at Zhu Zhuqing's speed, which combined her Spirit Bones with the Earth-Shrinking Step technique.
• Zhao Linchuan estimated that Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit Bones were mostly over fifty thousand years old, with two nearing seventy thousand years.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Zhao Linchuan's claim to be an independent cultivator, and he replied that cultivators could have their own opportunities.

Zhao Linchuan reassured Zhu Zhuqing that her sister would be safe in the Heaven Dou Empire, and the two went into their tent together. Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu continued teasing each other until someone suddenly slapped Ning Rongrong on the buttocks.

• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu for giving Zhu Zhuqing both Spirit Bones, and Xiao Wu dismissed the risk of anyone finding out.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong chased each other across the grass while Zhao Linchuan watched.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhao Linchuan for his gifts, and he told her she could thank him by bearing more children when she became a Title Douluo.
• Zhao Linchuan agreed that Zhu Zhuqing could write to her sister and promised he could keep the sisters safe in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhao Linchuan kissed Zhu Zhuqing, carried her toward the tent, and left Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu behind.
• Ning Rongrong threatened to turn Xiao Wu into braised rabbit, then someone slapped Ning Rongrong on the buttocks.

After Ning Rongrong chased Xiao Wu into Zhao Linchuan’s tent, Zhao Linchuan announced that they would leave for Tiandou City. At Shrek’s ruins, Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade a devastated Flender that the academy could endure without its buildings, then pointed out what it lacked.

• Xiao Wu slapped Ning Rongrong, who chased her around the camp before following her into Zhao Linchuan’s tent.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished tending to Zhao Linchuan, and Ning Rongrong asked whether she could join them.
• Zhao Linchuan told the others that they should leave for Tiandou City.
• Flender returned to find Shrek Academy reduced to ruins after Tianya and Ekao’s battle, which had killed one teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Shrek’s educational philosophy mattered more than its buildings, but the academy lacked basic facilities and qualification for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to let Shrek's people join another academy so they could compete and prove their worth. Five days after Zhu Zhuqing sent Zhu Zhuyun a private letter requesting a final meeting, Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to travel to the Star Luo Empire, leaving Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong at home.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to borrow another academy's resources and tournament eligibility for Shrek's students, and Flender reluctantly agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing sent Zhu Zhuyun a letter thanking her for protecting and helping her, and asking to meet one last time.
• Zhao Linchuan told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to stay home and cultivate while he and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the Star Luo Empire.
• Ning Rongrong assured Zhao Linchuan she would not recklessly reveal or use her Spirit Bone, and Xiao Wu assigned the girls their lunch preparations.
• Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing set out with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong seeing them off, while Ning Rongrong complained about his repeated warnings.

Zhao Linchuan raced Zhu Zhuqing while Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong about his past relationships. Five days later, Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing met Zhu Zhuqing’s sister at an abandoned village on the Star Luo Empire’s border, where she revealed her face.

• Zhao Linchuan challenged Zhu Zhuqing to a race and nearly outran her without activating his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu boasted to Ning Rongrong about Zhao Linchuan’s abilities, then hinted that he might have had other women before.
• Five days later, Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing waited in hiding at an abandoned village near the Star Luo Empire’s border.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the cloaked figure approaching as her sister and stepped out with Zhao Linchuan to greet her.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s sister heard her call, lowered her hood, and revealed her face.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her sister Zhu Zhuyun in the Star Luo Empire and begged her to flee with her. Zhu Zhuyun refused, while Zhao Linchuan challenged her belief that the Zhu Family was indispensable and left her astonished by Zhu Zhuqing’s rapid growth and his own strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun embraced tearfully after recognizing each other among the ruins.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun to leave the Star Luo Empire with her, but Zhu Zhuyun refused because fleeing could endanger the Zhu Family.
• Zhao Linchuan told Zhu Zhuyun that the Star Luo imperial family treated the Zhu Family as replaceable tools.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced Zhao Linchuan as her twelve-year-old lover and a five-ring Soul King, prompting Zhu Zhuyun to suspect he had deceived or controlled her.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Zhu Zhuyun that her Soul Power Level had reached thirty-seven, leaving Zhu Zhuyun stunned by her rapid progress.

Zhu Zhuqing urged Zhu Zhuyun to leave the Star Luo Empire’s arranged marriage and help end the Zhu Family’s cycle of forced marriages, while Zhao Linchuan argued that they could escape without harming the family. Their discussion was interrupted by the arrival of the Fire Wolf Consecrator, and Zhu Zhuyun stepped forward to protect her sister and Zhao Linchuan.

• Zhu Zhuqing promised Zhu Zhuyun protection and urged her not to return to Dai Weisi, but Zhu Zhuyun explained that the Zhu Family’s daughters had no control over their fates.
• Zhao Linchuan defended Zhu Zhuqing’s chances of becoming a Titled Douluo and cited Bibi Dong as a younger Titled Douluo than Tang Hao.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Zhu Zhuyun to help end the Zhu Family’s cycle of arranged marriages, and Zhao Linchuan argued that the family would face no substantial disaster if she left.
• Zhu Zhuyun questioned Zhao Linchuan about his sect and motives, but a middle-aged man arrived and identified himself as the Fire Wolf Consecrator, an eighty-sixth-level Soul Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized the Fire Wolf Consecrator, shielded Zhu Zhuqing, and ordered her and Zhao Linchuan to run while she held him off.

Zhu Zhuyun tried to protect Zhu Zhuqing from the Fire Wolf Consecrator, but learned that Dai Weisi had sent him to kill her in exchange for a Spirit Bone. The chapter left Zhu Zhuyun confronting the truth that Dai Weisi had treated her as a watched and useful tool.

• The Fire Wolf Consecrator arrived and ordered Zhu Zhuyun to kill Zhu Zhuqing, promising her the future position of empress if she did.
• Zhu Zhuyun defended Zhu Zhuqing, arguing that Dai Mubai was crippled and offering the Consecrator a thirty-thousand-year Spirit Bone to spare her sister.
• The Consecrator rejected Zhu Zhuyun's offer and revealed that Dai Weisi had promised him a Spirit Bone for Zhu Zhuqing's head.
• Zhu Zhuyun realized Dai Weisi had been monitoring her and had arranged Zhu Zhuqing's death for his own succession prospects.
• Zhu Zhuyun bitterly recalled the bloodshed she had caused for Dai Weisi, while the Consecrator insisted that Dai Weisi's surveillance and protection had secured her position.

Zhu Zhuyun tried to save Zhu Zhuqing from Fire Wolf Consecrator, but Zhao Linchuan struck the Consecrator down and revealed himself as a twelve-year-old Soul King. Zhu Zhuqing carried her injured sister toward the forest, declaring that she would protect her from now on.

• Zhu Zhuyun confessed that she had never intended to harm Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing said she did not blame her sister.
• Fire Wolf Consecrator attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun threw herself at him to protect her younger sister.
• Fire Wolf Consecrator sent Zhu Zhuyun flying, but she recovered and attacked him with her third Soul Skill.
• Zhao Linchuan suddenly blasted Fire Wolf Consecrator into a ruined wall and revealed five Soul Rings, including three black rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing carried Zhu Zhuyun toward the forest and told her sister that it was now her turn to protect her.