Chapter Summaries

Bai Ran struggled to explain his new hire, Raiden Ei, to Rui Xue'er after she arrived at the shop. Rui Xue'er challenged Raiden Ei, but Raiden Ei's intimidating presence left her terrified.

• Rui Xue'er refused to let Bai Ran sleep on the floor and accidentally trapped him between her legs during the night.
• Little Shenzi let Raiden Ei have one bite of her fried tofu rice ball, and Raiden Ei ate nearly half of it.
• Bai Ran hurried downstairs after hearing a commotion and introduced Raiden Ei as the shop's new employee.
• Rui Xue'er questioned why Bai Ran kept hiring young, pretty women, and Bai Ran warned her that Raiden Ei was stronger than Di Tian.
• Raiden Ei mistook Rui Xue'er for a troublemaker and fixed her with a menacing stare, making Rui Xue'er sweat with fear.

Bai Ran dealt with Raiden Ei’s intimidating arrival before Shrek Academy’s group visited his crowded shop for lemon water. The chapter ended with Bai Ran joking that he might open a shop at Shrek Academy someday, while imagining the upheaval that would make it possible.

• Rui Xue'er hid behind Bai Ran when Raiden Ei’s pressure overwhelmed her, and Bai Ran called Raiden Ei a country bumpkin before hastily leaving to buy breakfast.
• Wang Yan gave Shrek Academy’s team a day off, but Ma Xiaotao had to stay behind to recover and asked Ling Luochеn to bring her lemon water and ice cream.
• Ling Luochеn and the reserve team found a long queue outside Bai Ran’s shop, so Xu Sanshi claimed they were delivering lemons and led the group inside.
• Bai Ran teased the group about having no lemons and told Huo Yuhao he could arrange deliveries within Star Luo City.
• Bai Ran joked that he might open a shop in Shrek City or Shrek Academy, then imagined Xuan Zi taking charge after Mu En and several Inner Academy leaders were gone.

Huo Yuhao urged Bai Ran to consider returning to Shrek Academy and gave him a purified Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife, but Bai Ran answered ambiguously while planning to open a shop in Shrek City. After the shop closed, Rui Xue'er asked Bai Ran what Huo Yuhao had given him.

• The Shrek group bought lemonade and ice cream, and Huo Yuhao pulled Bai Ran aside before they left.
• Huo Yuhao asked Bai Ran to return to Shrek Academy and offered him the purified Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife as a gesture of friendship.
• Bai Ran accepted the knife and said he would consider returning, while privately planning to open a shop in Shrek City when Huo Yuhao went to Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Bai Ran prepared three Luckin Iced Americanos for Huo Yuhao and added a Raw Coconut Latte for Wang Dong after teasing Huo Yuhao about her.
• After the shop closed, Bai Ran confronted Rui Xue'er about not helping with work, and she changed the subject to ask what Huo Yuhao had given him.

Bai Ran and Rui Xue'er discovered that Huo Yuhao had given Bai Ran the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife, which Rui Xue'er claimed for herself. Bai Ran agreed to return to Shrek Academy to open another Luckin Coffee, while Rui Xue'er secretly kissed him after he fell asleep.

• Bai Ran asked Rui Xue'er to open Huo Yuhao's box while he prepared dragon meat hotpot.
• Bai Ran and Rui Xue'er recognized the box's contents as Huo Yuhao's Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife, now worth at least ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Bai Ran explained that Huo Yuhao wanted him to return to Shrek Academy and open another Luckin Coffee.
• Bai Ran said Dai Huabin was dead and Mu En would soon die, but Rui Xue'er insisted she would never beg him to return to Shrek Academy.
• Rui Xue'er took the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife from Bai Ran, and he let her keep it.
• Rui Xue'er secretly kissed Bai Ran while he slept, and he mistook the sensation for a mosquito bite.

As the round-robin stage ended, Sun Moon Royal Academy and Star Luo National Academy prepared to fight for first place in their group. From the substitutes’ bench, the Hongchen siblings and Rui Xue’er discussed Luckin Coffee and speculated about Sun Moon Royal Academy’s unusual formation, leaving the match about to begin.

• Shrek Academy qualified for the next stage as the top team in its group, then stayed to watch Sun Moon Royal Academy face Star Luo National Academy.
• Both academies fielded their main teams for a seven-versus-seven battle that would decide which advanced as group leader.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen shared Luckin Coffee with Rui Xue’er and joked about how much coffee Bai Ran had given them.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen noticed that Sun Moon Royal Academy had arranged a six-protect-one formation, with Ma Rulong at the back and Little Ice guarding him.
• Rui Xue’er failed to follow their tactical discussion and continued drinking her coffee as the match was about to begin.

During the seven-versus-seven match between Sun Moon Royal Academy and Star Luo National Academy, Ma Rulong assembled an unfamiliar Soul Tool while Little Ice protected him from the opposing team. Little Ice revealed her overwhelming Ice Jade Empress Scorpion power, and Ma Rulong continued building as the observers realized his device was not a fixed-installation cannon platform.

• He Caitou and Huo Yuhao watched Ma Rulong assemble a Soul Tool and suspected Sun Moon Royal Academy was using a new tactic.
• Xu Jiujiu amplified Star Luo National Academy with her Star Crown Martial Soul and sent her teammates to stop Ma Rulong.
• Three Star Luo members broke through to Little Ice, who revealed five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and halted them with her aura.
• Ma Rulong kept assembling the Soul Tool while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen questioned what he was building.
• Jing Hongchen asked Elder Ma about the device, and Elder Ma confirmed that he had recognized it.

Little Ice held off Star Luo Academy’s boosted Soul Kings until Ma Rulong finished assembling a massive Soul Tool and took over the fight. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao learned she needed to rest for three days, and Wang Yan agreed to keep her from causing trouble while she recovered.

• Little Ice struggled against three Star Luo Academy Soul Kings, whose teamwork and Ninefold Soul Transformation Devices boosted Huang Heyun until he could pressure her.
• Ma Rulong told Little Ice her job was done, and she left the arena as the audience focused on his newly assembled Soul Tool.
• Huang Heyun charged Ma Rulong’s Soul Tool and attacked with his fifth Soul Skill, Demon Tiger Shatters Heaven.
• Wang Yan asked Ma Xiaotao whether she could withstand Huang Heyun’s attack, and Ma Xiaotao said she could handle it easily.
• Xuan Zi said Ma Xiaotao could recover in three days if she stayed out of trouble, then recalled her recent drunken and fishing mishaps.
• Ma Xiaotao promised to remain at the hotel during the three-day break, and Xuan Zi asked Wang Yan to keep an eye on her.

Ma Rulong’s fully automated Soul Cannon Turret dodged Huang Heyun’s attack, then blasted him unconscious and forced Star Luo National Academy to concede when it threatened Xu Jiujiu. The match left Sun Moon Royal Academy’s rivals reassessing the turret’s power, especially Douling Royal Academy, whose secret weapon it appeared to surpass.

• Xiao Hongchen and Rui Xue’er wondered what kind of Soul Tool Ma Rulong had assembled as Huang Heyun charged toward it.
• The turret evaded Huang Heyun’s demonic tiger attack, tracked him automatically, and fired a fifth-grade shell that left him badly injured and unconscious.
• After the match resumed, Xu Jiujiu used Star’s Protection against the turret, but Ma Rulong replaced his shells with sixth-grade ones and threatened to fire again.
• Star Luo National Academy’s team leader conceded to protect the rest of the team and preserve their chances in later matches.
• The other academies recognized the turret’s strength, while Douling Royal Academy feared it had been surpassed.

During the tournament’s three-day break, Bai Ran received invitations for the Starlight Auction and offered Raiden Ei and Yae Miko employment contracts that would let them leave the shop and visit other worlds. The chapter ended with both of them agreeing to sign and become official employees.

• Bai Ran received three invitations to the Starlight Auction from one of Princess Jiu Jiu’s guards.
• Bai Ran invited Shenzi and Raiden Ei to attend the auction, but they explained they could not leave the shop as temporary workers.
• Bai Ran offered Raiden Ei and Yae Miko employment contracts that let them leave the shop while suppressing their strength to his level in this world.
• Raiden Ei agreed to sign the contract, and Yae Miko decided to follow her god and sign as well.

After Raiden Ei and Little Shenzi gained permission to leave the shop, Bai Ran took them to a pricey restaurant, then prepared to bring them to the Starlight Auction House. As the invited academies headed to the auction, Rui Xue'er and Xiao Bing noticed Bai Ran was missing.

• After signing the employment contract, Raiden Ei lost her weather-altering authority but could finally leave the shop, while Little Shenzi gained a temporary surge of strength.
• Bai Ran agreed to take Raiden Ei and Little Shenzi out to eat, and they chose a Western restaurant in Star Luo City.
• Yae Miko and Raiden Ei ordered inexpensive dishes, so Bai Ran added several signature items for them.
• After the shop closed, Yae Miko and Raiden Ei helped clean up and asked Bai Ran about the auction they planned to attend.
• As the academies traveled to the Starlight Auction House, Rui Xue'er and Xiao Bing wondered where Haji Bai was after finding the shop closed.

Bai Ran brought Yae Miko and Raiden Ei to the Starlight Auction House, where his invitation from Princess Jiujiu secured them access to the elite Auction Hall No. 1. They settled into Room No. 9, and Little Shenzi eagerly tucked into the complimentary food.

• Yae Miko drew ridicule from young nobles, and Raiden Ei struck them when they insulted her.
• The auction house staff expelled the nobles and escorted Bai Ran, Yae Miko, and Raiden Ei to a hidden passage leading to Auction Hall No. 1.
• The manager led the three guests through the ninth door, explaining that Rooms No. 1 through No. 8 were reserved for the empire's elite, Shrek Academy, and Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Bai Ran recognized the auction room's luxurious furnishings and drank a bottle of cola while recalling the auction rules.
• Little Shenzi asked Bai Ran whether the food was free, and he told her to eat as much as she wanted; the attendants introduced themselves as Xiao Yu and Xiao Qi.

Bai Ran and his companions watched the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction as Auctioneer Jiujiu presented its first item, an eighth-grade Soul Tool. Raiden Ei showed clear interest in the blade, leaving Bai Ran worried about the cost before the later auction items.

• Bai Ran watched Yae Miko and Raiden Ei enjoy their meal until the auction began.
• Auctioneer Jiujiu introduced the nine-item auction and presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade, an eighth-grade Soul Tool from Mingde Hall.
• Bai Ran decided not to bid on the blade because he wanted to preserve funds for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Raiden Ei examined the blade closely, signaling that she wanted it and putting Bai Ran in a difficult position.

Raiden Ei watched helplessly as the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade’s price soared beyond her means, while Bai Ran waited for the auction’s later lots. When the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone appeared, Huo Yuhao’s own Soul Bone reacted strongly to it.

• Raiden Ei gave up hope of buying the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade after its 600,000 Gold Soul Coin starting price was announced, and Yae Miko complained about being dragged into her plans.
• Bidders drove the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade’s price up to two million Gold Soul Coins, and Bai Ran suspected Haji Rui had pushed it higher.
• The auction presented twelve Class 6 fixed-installation Soul Tool cannon shells from Mingde Hall, which Bai Ran considered outdated technology.
• Auctioneer Jiu Jiu introduced the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as the eighth auction item, and Bai Ran prepared to bid with 35 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao felt his own Soul Bone respond to the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone after recognizing a familiar sensation within his body.

The auctioned Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone drew the attention of both Huo Yuhao’s team and Little Ice, who recognized it as the remains of one of her kin. The bidding climbed to thirty-five million Gold Soul Coins, and Rui Xue’er set off for Room Nine to find Bai Ran.

• When the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone appeared, Shrek Academy’s Room Seven considered whether Huo Yuhao or Ling Luochеn should receive it, while Little Ice grew upset because the bone came from one of her kin.
• Bidding began at twelve million Gold Soul Coins and quickly reached twenty-five million, with Bai Ran in Room Nine and a bidder in Room Six raising the price.
• Wang Yan bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins for Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi supported the purchase while eating the room’s food.
• Bai Ran bid thirty-five million Gold Soul Coins from Room Nine and messaged Rui Xue’er, asking her not to bid against him.
• Rui Xue’er learned Bai Ran was in Room Nine and headed there under the pretense of going to the restroom.

Room Seven and Room Nine competed for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as Bai Ran pledged a Class Eight defensive Soul Tool to fund his bid. The auction resumed with Bai Ran leading at 36 million Gold Soul Coins, while Yae Miko worried about his reckless spending.

• Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen urged Wang Yan to abandon the bid, but Xuan Zi told him to buy the soul bone for Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan raised Room Seven's bid to 35.05 million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Bai Ran to pledge a Class Eight defensive Soul Tool as collateral.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Bai Ran and accidentally revealed that Huo Yuhao was interested in the soul bone, then arranged for the auction house to buy Bai Ran's Soul Tool for 2 million Gold Soul Coins.
• When the auction resumed, Bai Ran raised the bid to 36 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yae Miko asked Bai Ran what he would do if the bidding continued, and Bai Ran assured her he would not sell her.

Bai Ran borrowed money from Rui Xue'er to keep bidding on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, but Shrek Academy and then a mysterious bidder in Room No. 1 outbid him. The auction ended with the bone still out of Bai Ran’s hands, while Xu Jiawei denied that the Star Luo Royal Family had bid to give it to Shrek.

• Wang Yan kept raising Shrek Academy’s bid, taking the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to 45 million Gold Soul Coins on Xuan Zi’s orders.
• Rui Xue'er arrived in Room Nine, saw Bai Ran with two women, and lent him 5 million Gold Soul Coins after he pleaded with her.
• A bidder in Room No. 1 raised the price to 50 million Gold Soul Coins, shocking the auction guests and forcing Shrek Academy to stop bidding.
• Jiu Jiu asked Xu Jiawei whether the Star Luo Royal Family had bid on the bone, and he denied it.
• Bai Ran could not borrow more money from Rui Xue'er and realized that the mysterious Room No. 1 guest had won the bone.

Bai Ran failed to obtain the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and asked Rui Xue’er to ensure Sun Moon Royal Academy won the tournament in case the soul bone became the champion’s prize. He accepted an invitation from the buyer in Room One as the auction’s finale began.

• Bai Ran watched the VIP in Room One buy the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and returned the borrowed Gold Soul Coins to Rui Xue’er.
• Bai Ran asked Rui Xue’er to make sure she won the Soul Fighting Tournament, suspecting the Star Luo Royal Family might use the soul bone as the champion’s prize.
• Rui Xue’er returned to Room Eight to check on Xiao Bing before the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo auction.
• An auction house staff member told Bai Ran that the VIP in Room One wanted to meet him, and Bai Ran agreed to go.
• Jiu Jiu introduced the auction’s finale item in a golden gown and declared that its value could not be measured in money.

At the Starlight Auction House, Bai Ran met a mysterious woman who called him her manager, gave him the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and vanished before explaining their past. The woman later appeared outside in her true form, while Bai Ran returned to Room Nine determined to discover who she was.

• Auctioneer Jiu Jiu presented a one-of-a-kind medicine as the auction’s final item, revealing that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo could grant a second martial soul.
• Bai Ran entered Room One and found a woman who recognized him as her manager, though he did not recognize her.
• Bai Ran sensed an employee contract on the woman and questioned how she could have one, but she only spoke cryptically about their past and repaying him for saving her life.
• The woman gave Bai Ran the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone she had bought for fifty million Gold Soul Coins, then disappeared as auction staff escorted him from Room One.
• The woman appeared outside the auction house in her blonde true form, told her attendant that her strength had not recovered, and said the time to emerge was approaching.
• Bai Ran returned to Room Nine, realized he no longer cared about the auction’s final item, and resolved to find out who the woman was.

The auction for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo heated up as Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unexpectedly bid against each other, with Meng Hongchen acting after Xiao Bing told her Bai Ran wanted it. Xiao Hongchen learned the reason from his sister’s message, while Bai Ran remained unaware and explained his Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to Raiden Ei.

• As bids rose for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo, Xiao Hongchen offered 150 million Gold Soul Coins, hoping to win it as a Second Martial Soul.
• Meng Hongchen bid 160 million after Xiao Bing told her Bai Ran wanted the embryo, stunning the auction and prompting Xu Jiawei to let the bidding continue.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Meng Hongchen, who claimed her hand had slipped, then read her message and realized she had bid for Bai Ran.
• Bai Ran showed Raiden Ei his Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and explained that he was waiting until he gained the Ultimate Ice attribute before absorbing it.

Bai Ran accepted a god bone from Raiden Ei, who then borrowed the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to study. After Meng Hongchen won the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, the Star Luo Empire decided to target Xiao Hongchen with a kill order, while Xiao Bing recognized the embryo as Snow Empress.

• Raiden Ei offered Bai Ran a god bone, and his Soul Power surged when he touched it, so he decided it could be forged into a Soul Tool rather than absorbed.
• Raiden Ei asked to study the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for a few days, and Bai Ran agreed.
• Meng Hongchen won the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo for 160 million Gold Soul Coins, and the Star Luo Empire planned to reveal the buyer's identity.
• Xu Jiujiu objected to issuing a kill order against Meng Hongchen, so Xu Jiawei chose to target Xiao Hongchen instead.
• Meng Hongchen examined the embryo, and Xiao Bing recognized its aura as Snow Empress.