Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Soul Imperial Academy lost to Shrek Academy in the semifinals but remained proud of its tournament run. Afterward, Bai Ran visited his tea shop while shopping with Rui Xue'er, then teased her into loudly ordering a Luckin Raw Coconut Latte and got dragged into an alley for it.

• Heavenly Soul Imperial Academy lost to Shrek Academy, having already surpassed its expectations by defeating Dou Ling Empire's top academy and Star Luo National Academy.
• Bai Ran remarked that Ma Xiaotao was as violent as ever, and Rui Xue'er challenged him over the comment.
• Bai Ran visited his Mixue Ice Cream & Tea shop to check on Qian Renxue and Little Shenzi while shopping with Rui Xue'er.
• Rui Xue'er asked Bai Ran to make her usual Luckin Raw Coconut Latte, and he made her shout the order in front of the crowded shop.
• Rui Xue'er dragged Bai Ran into a quiet alley and punched his arm while calling him a jerk.

Bai Ran took Rui Xue'er along to buy ingredients for his shop after calming her down with coffee and teasing her about shopping. He persuaded her to carry the groceries and declared that he would not repay the millions of Gold Soul Coins he had borrowed from her.

• Bai Ran placated Rui Xue'er with a Luckin Raw Coconut Latte after she chased and caught him.
• Rui Xue'er complained that Bai Ran put too much ice in her coffee, while Bai Ran joked that he was not interested in how she dressed.
• Bai Ran brought Rui Xue'er to a wholesale market outside Star Luo City to buy ingredients for his shop.
• Bai Ran convinced Rui Xue'er that grocery shopping together showed she was a caring girl, and she volunteered to carry the purchases.
• Bai Ran announced that he no longer needed to repay the several million Gold Soul Coins he had borrowed from Rui Xue'er, and she called him a dog.

Bai Ran used Appraisal to identify bitter melons and a rare Crown Prince Blood Bayberry, buying ingredients for unusual drinks. He left with a hundred jin of bitter melon and the valuable bayberry tree, while Rui Xue'er regretted tasting the bitter melon raw.

• Bai Ran appraised cucumbers at a market stall and discovered they were bitter melons that could make Bitter Melon Iced Americano and Crushed Fresh Bitter Melon.
• Bai Ran bought a hundred jin of bitter melons, and Rui Xue'er bit one raw and spat it out in disgust.
• Bai Ran teased Rui Xue'er when she asked why he had bought so many bitter melons.
• Bai Ran appraised a bayberry tree and discovered it was a withered six-thousand-year Crown Prince Blood Bayberry with a powerful effect on a drinker's aura of dominance.
• Bai Ran haggled with the vendor and bought the rare tree for less than ten Gold Soul Coins.

Bai Ran returned from shopping with Rui Xue'er and made his employees try his new Smashed Bitter Melon drink. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena left the Star Dou Great Forest with Di Tian to visit the Auspicious Beast and obtain Luckin Coffee.

• Bai Ran asked Rui Xue'er if she wanted to buy anything else, then invited her home to try his cooking, and she agreed.
• Di Tian sneezed, and Gu Yuena emerged from the lake's small world and asked him to accompany her on a walk to visit the Auspicious Beast and get Luckin Coffee.
• Bai Ran made Smashed Bitter Melon at the Star Luo City shop, but his employees tried to avoid drinking it.
• Qian Renxue and Raiden Ei shared half a cup, found it refreshing and calming, and Raiden Ei asked Bai Ran for another cup.

Bai Ran introduced Bitter Melon Iced Americano, whose overpowering bitterness made Rui Xue'er and the other shop clerks recoil, though Little Ice planned to put it on the menu at Sun Moon Royal Academy. The story then turned to the approaching semifinal against Di'ao Academy, whose captain Jiang Peng expected to avenge his team’s earlier defeat.

• Raiden Ei and Qian Renxue praised Bai Ran’s Smashed Bitter Melon and asked for more.
• Bai Ran offered Bitter Melon Iced Americano, and Rui Xue'er tried it before angrily chasing him with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Yae Miko, Qian Renxue, and the other clerks sampled the drink and found its taste unbearable.
• Little Ice asked Bai Ran not to make the drink for the clerks, but planned to add it to the menu at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• As the semifinal approached, Di'ao Academy’s captain Jiang Peng prepared to face Sun Moon Royal Academy and avenge their group-stage loss.

Sun Moon Royal Academy chose to keep Ma Rulong and other trump cards out of the semifinal against Di'ao Academy so they could surprise Shrek Academy in the finals. The chapter left Rui Xue'er slated to compete in Ma Rulong's place despite her lack of tournament experience and limited Soul Tools.

• Ma Rulong objected when Teacher Ye told him Rui Xue'er would take his place against Di'ao Academy.
• Ye Tian explained that Ma Rulong needed to conceal his strength so Sun Moon Royal Academy could use it against Shrek Academy in the finals.
• Jing Hongchen confirmed to Elder Ma that his grandson was absent from the lineup because he wanted to save their strongest fighters for the final.
• Jing Hongchen promised to accept responsibility if the risky plan cost Sun Moon Royal Academy a place in the final.
• Elder Ma acknowledged Rui Xue'er's strength as a Soul Elder, while Ma Rulong wondered why she avoided Soul Tools.
• Rui Xue'er privately lamented that she lacked useful Soul Tools and had only barely become a first-level Soul Engineer.

At Di'ao Academy, Teacher Sun celebrated Sun Moon Royal Academy's decision to leave captain Ma Rulong off the roster, while Jiang Peng took it as an insult and resolved to punish them. As the semifinal began, Jiang Peng confronted Rui Xue'er, but her blank, innocent response stopped him from insulting her.

• Teacher Sun showed Jiang Peng the opponent's roster and revealed that Ma Rulong was absent.
• Jiang Peng noticed Rui Xue'er was replacing Ma Rulong and felt Sun Moon Royal Academy was showing contempt for Di'ao Academy.
• The contestants from Sun Moon Royal Academy and Di'ao Academy took the field for their semifinal.
• Jiang Peng pointed at Rui Xue'er and asked if she was Rui Xue'er.
• Rui Xue'er asked what he wanted, and Jiang Peng could not bring himself to insult her.

Di'ao Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy sent their captains, Jiang Peng and Rui Xue'er, to open their individual elimination match. Shrek Academy learned that Rui Xue'er was far stronger than her small appearance suggested, but Jiang Peng dismissed her and taunted her before the match began.

• Di'ao Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy chose Jiang Peng and Rui Xue'er as their first contestants.
• Shrek Academy watched the match, and Wang Yan showed the team Rui Xue'er's tournament report.
• Shrek's members learned that Rui Xue'er was a level-thirty-seven Soul Elder and first-class Soul Engineer whose explosive strength rivaled a Soul King above level fifty-five.
• Jiang Peng underestimated Rui Xue'er, boasting that he would make her cry and advising her to surrender.
• Rui Xue'er restrained herself from summoning her weapon before the match and answered Jiang Peng's taunt with a disdainful display of her fists.

Rui Xue'er faced Di'ao Academy captain Jiang Peng in the first individual elimination match, hiding her true strength behind only three visible Soul Rings. After blocking his powerful axe strike, she boosted her strength with two Soul Skills and prepared to attack with a Golden Holy Dragon Fist.

• Jiang Peng revealed his six Soul Rings and Heaven-Shaking Axe, while Rui Xue'er concealed her rank and summoned the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Jiang Peng urged Rui Xue'er to leave the arena, but she warned him and awkwardly spun her spear because of her short stature.
• The individual match began, and Jiang Peng attacked Rui Xue'er with his first Soul Skill, Mountain-Splitting Cleave.
• Rui Xue'er blocked Jiang Peng's full-force strike with her spear, surprising the audience and referee.
• Rui Xue'er knocked Jiang Peng back, activated Golden Holy Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Bloodline, then abandoned her spear and gathered power for Golden Holy Dragon Fist.

Rui Xue'er stunned the tournament by overpowering Jiang Peng, who accused her of using banned drugs. After a test cleared her, the match resumed with the crowd cheering for her, and she prepared to punish Jiang Peng for the humiliating examination.

• Rui Xue'er struck Jiang Peng with overwhelming strength, leading Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Huo Yuhao to marvel at her power.
• Jiang Peng accused Rui Xue'er of using prohibited drugs, and the tournament committee paused the match to test her.
• Rui Xue'er went to the restroom with a female committee member while Jing Hongchen and Sun Moon Royal Academy representatives accompanied her, and Scarlet King watched from the shadows.
• The committee found no banned substances in Rui Xue'er's sample, and Jiang Peng learned that his accusation had failed.
• The tournament announced Rui Xue'er's clearance, the crowd cheered for her, and she vowed to beat Jiang Peng after the humiliating test.

Rui Xue'er faced Jiang Peng in the tournament and overcame his strongest attacks despite losing her spear. She ended the match with a powered-up Golden Holy Dragon Fist, leaving the Titled Douluo referee knocked back and Bai Ran wary of angering her.

• Jiang Peng used his Fifth Soul Skill, Furious War Roar, and charged Rui Xue'er with the Heaven-Shaking Axe.
• Rui Xue'er boosted herself with her first two Soul Skills and hurled her spear with her self-created Golden Cloud-Piercing Strike.
• Jiang Peng activated his Right Arm Soul Bone of Strength Amplification, dispelled the strike, and knocked Rui Xue'er's spear to the arena's edge.
• Rui Xue'er revealed her hundred-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon right arm Soul Bone and unleashed a greatly strengthened Golden Holy Dragon Fist.
• The Titled Douluo referee was knocked back by Rui Xue'er's punch, and Bai Ran silently resolved not to make her angry.

Rui Xue'er led Sun Moon Royal Academy to a dominant four-match winning streak against Di'ao Academy, while Shrek Academy worried over how to counter her. Huo Yuhao volunteered to face Rui Xue'er using mental attacks, and Bai Ran’s teasing ended with him fleeing from an angry Rui Xue'er before the afternoon team battle.

• Rui Xue'er swept through four individual matches, and Di'ao Academy conceded early to avoid a humiliating one-person sweep.
• Sun Moon Royal Academy’s teammates praised Rui Xue'er, and Ye Tian planned a meal featuring her favorite dragon meat stew.
• Dai Yueheng and Wang Yan recognized Rui Xue'er as a serious threat, but Huo Yuhao volunteered to fight her with help from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm proposed using a mental attack to lock Rui Xue'er down, while Electrolux doubted the plan’s reliability.
• Ye Tian let Rui Xue'er skip tactical discussions and arranged for her to relax before the afternoon team battle.
• Bai Ran teased Rui Xue'er about her violent behavior and marriage prospects, then ran as she chased him.

Rui Xue'er prepared to lead Sun Moon Royal Academy in its team battle while Bai Ran returned to Mixue Ice Cream & Tea to meet Di Tian. Di Tian arrived in Star Luo City with Gu Yuena to buy Luckin Coffee, and Gu Yuena drew complaints when she tried to enter the crowded shop without waiting in line.

• Rui Xue'er joined Sun Moon Royal Academy's starting lineup and wished Ma Rulong good luck before the team battle.
• Bai Ran returned to Mixue Ice Cream & Tea and spoke with Di Tian through the reverse scale.
• Di Tian told Bai Ran to prepare Luckin Coffee, especially Raw Coconut Latte, for him.
• Di Tian and Gu Yuena entered Star Luo City on foot because Soul Beasts risked exposure by flying over the city.
• Gu Yuena tried to enter Mixue Ice Cream & Tea ahead of the queue, and the customers protested.

Gu Yuena visited Bai Ran’s shop with Di Tian to collect coffee, then decided to stay in the human city and experience human life. After Di Tian left, she asked Bai Ran to call her Sister Gu Yuena.

• Gu Yuena agreed to wait in line with Di Tian to enter Bai Ran’s shop, then looked around the human city while he waited.
• Qian Renxue led Di Tian and Gu Yuena upstairs to meet Bai Ran, who gave Di Tian the coffee he had prepared.
• Di Tian asked about the Auspicious Beast and learned she was competing in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian to return without her because she wanted to spend a few days in the human city and see the Auspicious Beast.
• After Di Tian departed, Gu Yuena praised Bai Ran’s rapid cultivation and told him to call her Sister Gu Yuena instead of Senior.

Di Tian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Luckin Coffee meant for the Silver Dragon King and shared the drinks with the ferocious beasts. The chapter ended with Bi Ji and Zi Ji fighting over the last Rose Floral Latte after discovering its beautifying effects.

• Di Tian returned to the core region and scolded Xiong Jun for neglecting his duties while he was away.
• Di Tian showed the ferocious beasts the Luckin Coffee he had brought back and explained that His Lordship liked it.
• Xiong Jun tried an Orange C Americano, enjoyed it, and transformed into human form to savor the drink.
• The ferocious beasts transformed into humans to drink the coffee, and Bi Ji and Zi Ji fought over the last Rose Floral Latte.
• Bi Ji and Zi Ji argued over the latte because they both wanted its whitening and beautifying effects.

Bai Ran kept Gu Yuena’s identity and coffee-making secret from the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts, then struggled to accommodate her at his shop in Star Luo City. After Rui Xue’er’s team won its match, Bai Ran hurried to find her, looking as if something serious had happened.

• Di Tian concealed that Bai Ran made the coffee, fearing the forest’s ferocious beasts would overwhelm him for more.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Ran about Qian Renxue’s divine aura, then ordered Raw Coconut Latte and rested in his room.
• Bai Ran left Gu Yuena and decided to seek Rui Xue’er, hoping she could help him handle the Silver Dragon King.
• Sun Moon Royal Academy defeated Di'ao Academy in under half an hour, losing one contestant to a mishap with his Soul Tool.
• Rui Xue’er questioned why Bai Ran had returned, and Bai Ran arrived out of breath and began telling her he needed her.

Bai Ran told Rui Xue'er that Gu Yuena had arrived at the shop, and Rui Xue'er went with him despite missing a celebratory dinner. Gu Yuena woke to the smell of food and joined the meal, leaving Ye Tian in danger of being recruited as her cook.

• Bai Ran asked Rui Xue'er for help, and she left Ye Tian's celebration dinner to go with him.
• Bai Ran told Rui Xue'er that Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King had come to Star Luo City, and Rui Xue'er panicked at the thought of Gu Yuena seeing her dragon meat stew.
• Gu Yuena woke in the shop and followed the scent of food downstairs, where Rui Xue'er, Bai Ran, Shenzi, and Raiden Ei were eating.
• Bai Ran invited Gu Yuena to join them, and she teleported to the table and took Rui Xue'er's bowl and chopsticks.
• Gu Yuena praised the food and decided she wanted to tie its cook up and make him cook for her, while Ye Tian felt a chill preparing for the victory banquet.

Gu Yuena joined Bai Ran and the others for dragon meat stew, then drank with Qian Renxue until Qian Renxue passed out. Bai Ran left Gu Yuena and the unconscious Qian Renxue in the shop and went to stay with Rui Xue'er.

• Gu Yuena asked what the stew was, and Rui Xue'er revealed it was dragon meat; Gu Yuena calmly ate more.
• Gu Yuena asked for wine, and Qian Renxue brought out a strong bottle and began drinking with her.
• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena introduced themselves and grew tipsy as they called each other sisters.
• Qian Renxue tried to get another bottle, fell over, and passed out; Gu Yuena carried her to the upstairs room.
• Bai Ran cleaned the shop with Xiao Bing, then left with Rui Xue'er rather than stay with Gu Yuena and the drunken Qian Renxue.

Gu Yuena carried a drunken Qian Renxue to bed and heard her curse Asura God and mourn her mother, deepening Gu Yuena’s suspicions about her. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy prepared for the final against Sun Moon Royal Academy, but Yan Shaozhe’s pre-match speech drove Ma Xiaotao and others to leave.

• Gu Yuena carried Qian Renxue to bed and heard her mutter that Tang San and Asura God deserved to die, while wondering about Qian Renxue’s resemblance to the fallen Angel God.
• Qian Renxue called for her mother in her sleep, and Gu Yuena comforted her.
• A woman reading a diary saw Gu Yuena’s name and angrily recalled being made to call her sister Mommy while drunk; two subordinates discussed how the story had spread.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Wang Dong complained about the noisy celebration below, and Huo Yuhao noticed Xuan Zi was missing from Shrek Academy’s meeting.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Shrek Academy a lengthy pre-match speech, and Ma Xiaotao left first, followed by others.

Xuan Zi raided Sun Moon Royal Academy’s victory banquet and endured Jing Hongchen praising Shrek’s former chef, Ye Tian. Later, the smell of Xuan Zi’s late-night food drew Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into the corridor, where Wang Dong asked to try some.

• Jing Hongchen teased Xuan Zi for attending Sun Moon Royal Academy’s banquet and packing food away.
• Jing Hongchen praised Ye Tian’s cooking, and Xuan Zi left in anger with Ye Tian’s pot and dish.
• Wang Dong, hungry after dinner, persuaded Huo Yuhao to go looking for food when they smelled something delicious in the corridor.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong found Xuan Zi eating at a small table, and Wang Dong asked if she could try his food.