Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Xu Jiujiu’s welcome banquet for Bai Luo and his companions is held at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, which she has arranged to reserve entirely.
• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei personally attends. He warmly greets Bai Luo and treats him with unusual informality, hoping to build a relationship with the renowned healer.
• Xu Jiawei also welcomes Jiang Nannan and the others, then introduces the gathered senior officials of the Star Luo Empire.
• The White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, is conspicuously absent. Xu Jiawei deliberately excludes him because he knows of the conflict between Dai Hao’s household and Huo Yuhao, whom Bai Luo invited.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Luo remains calm and courteous despite meeting the emperor, showing no intimidation or eagerness to defer to worldly authority. His composure further impresses Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei acts less like a distant ruler and more like an equal. Though he does not know Bai Luo’s hidden divine identity, he recognizes Bai Luo’s extraordinary reputation as a healer and suspects he has secrets.
• Ning Tian realizes that Xu Jiawei’s exceptional warmth toward the group is due to Bai Luo’s standing. She feels somewhat humbled by how much influence he has earned independently, but her admiration—and affection—for him grows.
• Xu Jiujiu’s connection to the imperial family enables her to arrange the lavish, exclusive banquet.

Significant themes

• Reputation and influence: Bai Luo’s medical achievements give him access and respect even among the empire’s highest authorities.
• Composure and status: Bai Luo’s ease before the emperor contrasts with the unease of the others, reflecting his hidden stature and confidence.
• Political tact: Xu Jiawei balances hospitality with caution, excluding Dai Hao to avoid creating tension with Bai Luo’s invited guest, Huo Yuhao.

Key plot points and events

• Emperor Xu Jiawei invites Bai Luo and his companions to a banquet while keeping Dai Hao away from the capital on a bandit-suppression assignment. He expects the mission to be easy and sees it as a convenient way to avoid offending Dai Hao while courting Bai Luo.
• The mission turns disastrous. Without Huo Yuhao present to warn the team, Shrek’s students fail to escape the Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosion.
• Gongyang Mo and several other students are killed; Yao Haoxuan loses everything below the waist, and Dai Yueheng is badly injured.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn survive with little harm because Bai Luo had given each a fragment of the Ambrosial Arbor, which protects its holder from one fatal blow. Xuanzi kills the Death Messenger but cannot undo the deaths.

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Jiawei reveals his political calculation: he wants Bai Luo’s favor but also intends to preserve Dai Hao’s loyalty, using duty and later rewards to smooth things over.
• Bai Luo’s care for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn proves crucial. Ma Xiaotao is especially important to him, while he considers Ling a friend worth protecting.
• Ling Luochеn’s gratitude and affection for Bai Luo deepen sharply after he saves her life; she recognizes she would likely have died without his protection.
• Xuanzi is left crushed by guilt and anger. Despite his immense strength, he believes his negligence allowed a Soul King Evil Soul Master to devastate the team.

Significant themes

• Negligence and responsibility: The chapter contrasts Xu Jiawei’s casual assumptions about the mission with the catastrophic consequences, while Xuanzi confronts his own failure to protect the students.
• The limits of power: Even powerful figures cannot always prevent tragedy; Xuanzi’s strength arrives too late, and the students’ survival depends on Bai Luo’s precaution.
• Political maneuvering versus human cost: A mission used as an excuse in court politics becomes a deadly ordeal for Shrek’s team.
• Gratitude and loyalty: Bai Luo’s protection strengthens Ling Luochеn’s attachment and underscores the bonds formed through acts of care.

Plot points and events

• Xuanzi realizes the Main Team’s catastrophic injuries will threaten Shrek Academy’s tournament entry and championship streak. He considers using the Reserve Team until reinforcements arrive.
• He asks Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn whether they can still compete. Ma Xiaotao is appalled that he is focused on the tournament rather than their injuries and Yao Haoxuan’s condition.
• Ma Xiaotao orders Dai Yueheng to knock Yao Haoxuan unconscious and take him to Star Luo City for treatment by the famous physician Bai Luo. Xuanzi cannot suggest a more skilled doctor.
• Dai Yueheng carries Yao Haoxuan to the White Tiger Duke’s camp. The Duke hears how a Soul King-level Evil Soul Master devastated the team and privately suspects Xuanzi may have held back, though he keeps the suspicion to himself.
• The Duke arranges for Yao Haoxuan’s injuries to be stabilized before sending him by carriage to Star Luo City.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuanzi is exposed as preoccupied with Shrek’s reputation and tournament prospects. His earlier complacency weighs on him, and his question alienates the injured students.
• Ma Xiaotao shows resolve and compassion, prioritizing the wounded over competition and confronting Xuanzi through her cold response.
• Dai Yueheng quietly shares her resentment, but focuses on helping Yao Haoxuan.
• The White Tiger Duke is shocked and suspicious, yet cautious enough not to accuse Xuanzi openly. He also reflects that Dai Huabin was fortunate not to join the expedition.

Significant themes

• Duty versus compassion: The academy’s competitive ambitions clash with the immediate need to care for its injured students.
• Leadership and accountability: Xuanzi’s failure to take the threat seriously raises doubts about his judgment.
• Power and vulnerability: The devastation caused by a comparatively weak Evil Soul Master highlights how badly the situation was misjudged.

Key plot points and events

• After the welcoming banquet, Bai Luo and his companions settle into the Star Luo Grand Hotel. He is attending the tournament as an honored guest, thanks to his renowned medical ability.
• Xu Jiujiu has been preventing nobles from approaching him, while Emperor Xu Jiawei has kept his distance until now.
• Xu Jiawei visits Bai Luo and asks him to treat Yao Haoxuan, a Shrek Academy student injured when the academy’s main team encountered Evil Soul Masters while clearing bandits.
• Bai Luo agrees to examine Yao Haoxuan, setting aside his dislike of Shrek’s leadership because he has no personal grievance against the injured student.
• At the Shrek delegation’s lodgings, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен greet Bai Luo warmly. They reveal that the safeguards he gave them earlier helped them escape serious injury during the attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Luo remains compassionate toward patients, even when he distrusts their leaders. He also reflects that Shrek’s disaster might have been less severe if not for Xuanzi’s negligence.
• Xu Jiawei shows concern about the imperial family’s indirect responsibility for the mission and is relieved when Bai Luo agrees to help.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен express gratitude to Bai Luo for protecting them. Their eagerness to greet him also prompts a moment of rivalry, as Ma Xiaotao reaches him first.
• Xuanzi is visibly uncomfortable around Bai Luo and surprised to learn that Bai Luo had prepared protections for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен.

Significant themes

• Compassion and responsibility: Bai Luo helps an innocent patient despite his objections to Shrek’s leadership.
• Negligence and consequences: The team’s injuries underscore the costs of poor leadership, particularly Xuanzi’s failure to protect the students.
• Influence and trust: Bai Luo’s medical reputation gives him broad social importance, while personal trust—especially Xu Jiujiu’s connection to him—shapes who can approach him.

Key plot points and events

• Xuanzi privately blames Bai Luo for not providing protective items to the whole Shrek team, ignoring that Bai Luo had helped only friends he knew personally. He also worries about being held responsible for the team’s losses.
• Xu Jiawei urges Bai Luo and Ma Xiaotao to focus on the injured student. Bai Luo agrees to examine Yao Haoxuan, and Xuanzi reluctantly points them to his room.
• Yao Haoxuan is in a horrifying state: his lower body has been destroyed, Corpse Poison has spread through him, and he is barely conscious. Military doctors have only managed to stabilize him and consider recovery unlikely.
• Ma Xiaotao explains that the Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosion caused the devastation. She feels guilty as team captain for failing to protect the others.
• Bai Luo calmly approaches Yao Haoxuan, asks him not to resist or move, and begins his examination. Ma Xiaotao introduces Bai as the continent’s finest physician, giving Yao Haoxuan a first glimmer of hope.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuanzi shows his self-serving tendency to blame others rather than examine his own responsibility, and displays little gratitude toward Bai Luo.
• Bai Luo remains composed and professional, contrasting with the distress around him. His calm manner reassures Yao Haoxuan.
• Ma Xiaotao is burdened by guilt over the team’s injuries, though the narrative notes that her power and role did not make it possible to shield everyone.
• Yao Haoxuan shifts from numb despair toward cautious hope after Bai Luo speaks to him.
• Xu Jiawei acts as a practical mediator, steering the group toward the urgent medical need.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and blame: Xuanzi deflects blame, while Ma Xiaotao takes responsibility personally.
• Despair and hope: Yao Haoxuan faces a seemingly ruined future, but Bai Luo’s arrival offers a chance—however uncertain—of recovery.
• Compassion and professional calm: Bai Luo’s steady care provides reassurance when others are overwhelmed by the injury.
• Limits of protection: Even powerful fighters cannot always prevent others from suffering in battle.

Key plot points and events

• Yao Haoxuan, crippled by the loss of his lower body and lingering Corpse Poison, desperately hopes Bai Luo can restore him so he can return to battle as a Soul Master.
• Bai Luo summons his mysterious healing martial soul and begins treatment with the single command, “Rebirth.”
• At Bai Luo’s direction, Huo Yuhao removes Yao Haoxuan’s bandages despite Xuanzi’s concern that doing so could worsen the injury.
• Bai Luo’s healing drives out the Corpse Poison and reconstructs Yao Haoxuan’s flesh, bones, and meridians. Within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, his legs have fully grown back, and his old battle wounds have also disappeared.
• Yao Haoxuan rises from the bed and confirms that he can stand again.

Character developments

• Yao Haoxuan moves from numb despair to hope, then to overwhelming joy and gratitude as he regains his body and independence.
• Bai Luo demonstrates extraordinary, composed healing ability, revealing the power of his unusual martial soul.
• Xuanzi shifts from skepticism and alarm toward uncertainty as Bai Luo’s treatment succeeds.
• Xu Jiawei watches with growing curiosity and astonishment, gaining a firsthand view of Bai Luo’s legendary skill.
• Huo Yuhao acts promptly on Bai Luo’s instructions, cutting away the bandages.

Significant themes

• Hope and restoration: A seemingly irreversible disability is overcome, giving Yao Haoxuan a future again.
• The limits of medicine—and their transcendence: Bai Luo’s healing defies what the onlookers believe possible.
• Trust and risk: Yao Haoxuan accepts the danger of treatment because continued suffering seems worse than taking the chance.
• Renewal: The newly formed legs symbolize more than physical recovery; they restore Yao Haoxuan’s sense that his life can move forward.

Character interactions

• Ma Xiaotao’s introduction of Bai Luo sparks Yao Haoxuan’s hope.
• Bai Luo answers doubts through decisive action, while Xuanzi challenges his request to remove the bandages.
• Yao Haoxuan insists that the treatment proceed, and Huo Yuhao carries out Bai Luo’s instruction.
• The watching group’s fear and skepticism turn into amazement as they witness the recovery.

Key events

• Bai Luo completely heals Yao Haoxuan, removing the corpse poison embedded in his bones and restoring his missing legs.
• Yao Haoxuan is overwhelmed with joy, while Xuanzi and Emperor Xu Jiawei are astonished by the scale of Bai Luo’s healing ability. Xu Jiawei revises his doubts about the stories surrounding Bai Luo.
• Yao Haoxuan kneels to thank Bai Luo and vows on his martial soul to repay him whenever needed. Bai Luo accepts the gratitude but considers the vow unnecessary.
• As Bai Luo prepares to leave, Xuanzi asks him to treat another injured student, Dai Yueheng, hoping to ensure the Shrek team is ready for the upcoming tournament. Dai Yueheng’s injuries would be easy to heal—but Bai Luo does not want to treat him.

Character developments and interactions

• Yao Haoxuan shifts from a disabled, despairing state to exuberant relief and heartfelt gratitude. He insists on repaying Bai Luo, despite Bai Luo’s modest refusal.
• Bai Luo demonstrates extraordinary medical skill and quiet humility, describing his work as a doctor’s duty. He also shows little interest in helping Xuanzi further.
• Xuanzi moves from stunned observer to hopeful petitioner, trusting Bai Luo’s abilities to restore Dai Yueheng.
• Xu Jiawei becomes more convinced that Bai Luo’s reputation is deserved.

Significant themes

• Healing can restore not only the body but also a person’s hope and sense of purpose.
• Gratitude and obligation are portrayed differently: Yao Haoxuan feels deeply indebted, while Bai Luo sees treatment as simply his duty.
• Bai Luo’s immense ability contrasts with his restraint—and with the unexplained reluctance that closes the chapter.

Plot points and events

• Xuanzi asks Bai Luo to heal Dai Yueheng, but Bai Luo refuses, saying he is tired and does not want to treat him.
• Bai Luo explains that he chooses whom to save according to his own wishes, not an obligation to uphold a doctor’s duty. He also hints at his grievances with the White Tiger Duke’s family and criticizes Shrek Academy’s leadership.
• Xuanzi tries to pressure him with moral arguments, but Bai Luo’s blunt refusal leaves him unable to respond. Knowing Bai Luo has powerful backing, Xuanzi cannot force him.
• Xuanzi looks to Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei for support. Xu Jiawei stays silent, deciding that preserving his relationship with Bai Luo is more valuable than earning a favor from the White Tiger Duke.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Luo remains firm, openly rejecting moral pressure and making clear that his medical choices are personal. His refusal reflects his hostility toward Dai Yueheng’s family and his contempt for Shrek’s hypocrisy.
• Xuanzi is exposed as powerless: accustomed to imposing his will, he now understands the frustration of being ignored and cannot compel Bai Luo.
• Xu Jiawei prioritizes political pragmatism and his growing connection with Bai Luo over helping Xuanzi or aiding Dai Yueheng.
• Huo Yuhao silently feels grateful to Bai Luo, recognizing that the refusal is connected to his own history with the White Tiger Duke’s Estate.
• The exchange highlights the power imbalance: Xuanzi can only plead, while Bai Luo sets the terms and Xu Jiawei avoids challenging him.

Significant themes

• Personal choice versus moral duty: Bai Luo rejects the idea that healing obligates him to treat everyone.
• Hypocrisy and moral pressure: He criticizes Shrek’s leaders for demanding virtue while failing their own responsibilities.
• Power and self-interest: Xuanzi’s appeals fail, and Xu Jiawei chooses the relationship most valuable to him.

Key plot points and events

• Emperor Xu Jiawei refuses to give Shrek Academy special consideration. Xuanzi is furious but swallows his anger, fearing further trouble after his earlier negligence led to the deaths of several Shrek inner-court students.
• Bai Luo leaves with Huo Yuhao and the others. Yao Haoxuan, shaken by the incident and disillusioned with Shrek’s decision to send Xuanzi as their leader, begins reconsidering whether to remain at the academy after graduation.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен also leave to join Bai Luo, making their preference for his company—and their dissatisfaction with Xuanzi—clear.
• Xu Jiawei watches Bai Luo depart and worries about his younger sister, Xu Jiujiu. He approves of her interest in Bai Luo, but realizes she has many potential rivals among the women around him.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuanzi suppresses his anger at both Bai Luo and Xu Jiawei, largely because he fears the consequences of further damaging Shrek’s standing.
• Yao Haoxuan loses faith in Shrek Academy’s judgment and begins to reconsider his future there.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен choose to follow Bai Luo rather than remain with Xuanzi, reinforcing their trust in Bai Luo and their distance from Shrek’s leader.
• Xu Jiawei sees Bai Luo as both a worthy match for Xu Jiujiu and a valuable ally for the Star Luo imperial family. However, seeing the attention Bai Luo receives makes him anxious on his sister’s behalf.
• Bai Luo remains indifferent to Xuanzi’s hostility and continues on with his companions.

Significant themes

• Institutional failure and accountability: Yao Haoxuan questions Shrek’s judgment for placing the team under Xuanzi despite his past conduct.
• Loyalty and trust: Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен’s decision to follow Bai Luo shows whom they trust after the ordeal.
• Power and personal relationships: Xu Jiawei considers both the emotional and political advantages of a relationship between Bai Luo and Xu Jiujiu.
• Romantic rivalry: Bai Luo’s appeal draws the interest of several women, leaving Xu Jiawei concerned that his sister may face formidable competition.

Plot points

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen visit Bai Luo, who is staying at the Star Luo Grand Hotel with his companions. Emperor Xu Jiawei explains that he reserved the entire hotel for them to show how highly the imperial family values Bai Luo.
• Bai Luo recognizes Xu Jiawei’s political tact but accepts the gesture in good faith, partly because of his friendship with Xu Jiujiu.
• Ma Xiaotao pretends she was injured in the earlier Corpse Explosion. To make the claim convincing, she secretly damages her own meridians while Bai Luo examines her.
• Bai Luo detects minor damage and agrees that Xiaotao can stay near him, so he can treat her quickly if a problem develops. Xiaotao asks whether the hotel has rooms available.

Character developments and interactions

• Ma Xiaotao shows unusual bashfulness and strategic cleverness, using a fabricated injury to secure more time with Bai Luo and get closer to him.
• Ling Luochen sees through the deception. Knowing Xiaotao was unharmed and had Bai Luo’s protection, she realizes Xiaotao deliberately injured herself and privately admires her ruthlessness and ingenuity.
• Bai Luo responds with care and trust, examining Xiaotao and agreeing to let her stay without suspecting her true motive.
• Xu Jiawei uses generous hospitality to strengthen his relationship with Bai Luo; Bai Luo understands the gesture and is willing to return the favor.
• Xiaotao’s dismissal of Shrek’s supervision also highlights her confidence and independence from team leader Xuanzi.

Significant themes

• Affection and rivalry: Xiaotao’s scheme reflects her desire to deepen her bond with Bai Luo, while Ling Luochen quietly observes the competition.
• Trust and manipulation: Bai Luo acts sincerely, unaware that Xiaotao is exploiting his concern.
• Political goodwill and reciprocity: Xu Jiawei’s hospitality is both a calculated gesture and a genuine expression of regard, which Bai Luo is prepared to remember.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Luo accepts Xu Jiawei’s offer to lodge Ma Xiaotao at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, whose many vacant rooms make the arrangement easy.
• Ling Luochen immediately asks to stay too. Though she is secretly faking an injury, Ma Xiaotao cannot expose her without revealing her own knowledge of the deception. Bai Luo assumes Ling was also hurt in the corpse explosion and agrees.
• Xuanzi tells White Tiger Duke Dai Hao that Bai Luo refused to treat Dai Yueheng, hoping Dai Hao will retaliate on his behalf after Xuanzi’s repeated humiliations by Bai Luo.

Character developments and interactions

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen compete for a place near Bai Luo. Their exchanged stares reveal mutual suspicion and rivalry; Ling deliberately uses Ma’s cover story to get what she wants.
• Bai Luo remains trusting and accommodating, unaware that Ling’s injury is feigned.
• Ning Tian senses something is wrong but stays quiet, wary of making an accusation without proof and damaging her friendship with Bai Luo.
• Jiang Nannan takes the newcomers’ presence in stride, accustomed to Ma Xiaotao’s closeness to Bai Luo and resigned to having rivals.
• Xu Jiawei, impressed by Bai Luo’s appeal, privately resolves to urge Jiujiu to be more assertive in pursuing him.
• Xuanzi shifts from confronting Bai Luo directly to manipulating Dai Hao, using the duke’s concern for his son to provoke conflict.

Significant themes

• Romantic rivalry and jealousy: Several women navigate their interest in Bai Luo in different ways, from bold competition to cautious silence.
• Deception and plausible excuses: Ling exploits the aftermath of the explosion, while Ma Xiaotao is trapped into protecting the lie.
• Indirect revenge and political pressure: Unable to challenge Bai Luo himself, Xuanzi attempts to turn a powerful third party against him.

Key plot points

• Dai Hao learns that Bai Luo healed Yao Haoxuan’s severe injuries but refused to treat Dai Yueheng’s hidden injuries. He concludes Bai Luo is capable of helping his son but has deliberately withheld treatment.
• Xuanzi suggests the refusal stems from Bai Luo’s friendship with Huo Yuhao and Huo Yuhao’s feud with Dai Huabin.
• Xuanzi explains that Dai Huabin lost a wager to Huo Yuhao and had to kowtow to him publicly. Dai Hao sees the incident as a serious humiliation to his family, though he knows Dai Huabin caused it.
• Proud of his rank and unwilling to apologize to someone so young, Dai Hao blames Bai Luo for being petty and vows to remember the slight. He chooses not to act yet, since his estate has recently been devastated, his political position is fragile, and Bai Luo has the emperor’s backing.
• Xuanzi is pleased that he has turned Dai Hao’s resentment toward Bai Luo. He deliberately withholds that the assassins who attacked Huo Yuhao came from the White Tiger Duke’s Estate, taking care not to implicate Huo Yuhao in the estate’s massacre.

Character developments and interactions

• Dai Hao shifts from confusion about Bai Luo’s refusal to anger and a patient desire for revenge. Although he recognizes his son was at fault, family loyalty and pride prevent him from apologizing.
• Xuanzi shows himself to be calculating and manipulative beneath his apparent foolishness. He exploits Dai Hao’s pride to retaliate against Bai Luo for disrespecting him, while carefully protecting Huo Yuhao from being drawn into the conflict.
• Dai Huabin, though absent, is revealed to have damaged his family’s standing through his public defeat and humiliation.
• Bai Luo is not present, but his decision to refuse treatment becomes the trigger for the confrontation and for Dai Hao’s growing hostility.

Significant themes

• Pride versus accountability: Dai Hao knows his son caused the problem but cannot bring himself to apologize.
• Manipulation and incomplete truths: Xuanzi steers Dai Hao’s interpretation by sharing only selected details.
• Family loyalty and grievance: Dai Hao prioritizes his son and family honor over fairness.
• Power and timing: Dai Hao delays retaliation because political circumstances make immediate action risky.

Xuanzi plotted to turn Dai Hao against Bai Luo, while Shrek Academy’s leaders argued over Xuanzi’s negligence after the Death Messenger attack devastated the Main Team. Mu En refused Yan Shaozhe’s proposed disciplinary measures, leaving Xuanzi protected despite the casualties.

• Xuanzi used Huo Yuhao’s name to direct Dai Hao’s attention toward Bai Luo, unaware that Bai Luo had destroyed the White Tiger Duke’s Estate.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that the Main Team had suffered devastating casualties after encountering the Soul King-level Evil Soul Master Death Messenger under Xuanzi’s watch.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed Xuanzi’s negligence and demanded that he be removed from leading the team and brought back for a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Mu En rejected Yan Shaozhe’s proposal, arguing that recalling Xuanzi would invite speculation and that Xuanzi would not repeat his mistake.
• Yan Shaozhe understood that Mu En was protecting Xuanzi, but Mu En decided that Xuanzi would face no disciplinary action.

After Mu En protected Xuanzi from serious punishment, Yao Haoxuan resolved to leave Shrek Academy after the tournament and seek a place in the Life Association. The Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament began at Star Luo Plaza, where Xu Jiawei introduced a special guest at the opening ceremony.

• Yan Shaozhe left the Sea God Pavilion meeting after Mu En refused to punish Xuanzi substantially, and Mu En assigned Cai Mei'er to select substitute students.
• Xuanzi resumed his carefree drinking and eating after receiving only a reprimand and minor punishments, disappointing Yao Haoxuan.
• Yao Haoxuan decided to leave Shrek Academy after completing his tournament duties and hoped to join the Life Association to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire kept the Death Messenger incident secret, and the tournament proceeded without contestants learning what had happened.
• The Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament opened at Star Luo Plaza, where Xu Jiawei gave a speech and announced a special guest.

Xu Jiawei introduced Bai Luo as the renowned Medical Immortal and foremost physician, drawing an enthusiastic response from the tournament crowd. Bai Luo remained composed as he took the spotlight, while Meng Hongchen became infatuated with him and teased her jealous brother Xiao Hongchen.

• Xu Jiawei singled out Bai Luo and introduced him as the continent’s foremost physician.
• The audience cheered for Bai Luo, including former patients who recognized him.
• Meng Hongchen became captivated by Bai Luo’s looks, while Xiao Hongchen resented the attention he received.
• Meng Hongchen mocked Xiao Hongchen’s claim that he was as handsome as Bai Luo, and their argument continued over Bai Luo’s abilities.
• Xu Jiawei raised his hand to quiet the crowd after seeing how enthusiastically they welcomed Bai Luo.

At the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s first-round opponents and revealed the full extent of her Soul Saint strength. Afterward, she stood by her decision to ignore Xuanzi’s order to conceal her abilities, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Xu Jiawei announced that Bai Luo would serve as the tournament’s medical trump card, reassuring the competitors that he could treat their injuries.
• Mu En had strengthened Shrek Academy’s Main Team with Inner Court students, while Ma Xiaotao remained its strongest competitor.
• Ma Xiaotao ignored Xuanzi’s instruction to hold back and eliminated the opposing team alone with her Phoenix Flame.
• Xiao Hongchen watched Ma Xiaotao’s victory in awe, though he insisted that he could match her when he was her age.
• Dai Yueheng and the other Shrek teammates were shocked by Ma Xiaotao’s strength, while Xuanzi confronted her for disregarding his orders.
• Ma Xiaotao told Xuanzi that she saw no reason to hide her strength and said the academy could remove her from the team if it objected.

Ma Xiaotao angrily confronted Xuanzi over his conduct and Shrek Academy’s decision to protect him. Though she no longer wanted to compete for the academy, she stayed on the team out of gratitude to Yan Shaozhe, then left after defending her teacher.

• Xuanzi restrained his anger because Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Saint-level strength was vital to Shrek Academy’s chances in the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that she felt disgusted with the academy and only continued competing out of regard for Yan Shaozhe.
• Xuanzi accused Yan Shaozhe of failing to teach Ma Xiaotao respect for her elders.
• Ma Xiaotao snapped that Xuanzi had no right to condemn her teacher, while the students silently admired her for speaking up.
• Ma Xiaotao turned and walked out.

Ma Xiaotao left Shrek Academy’s team after clashing with Xuanzi, who tried to stop her by force. Bai Luo and the Ice Empress intervened, and Bai Luo reassured Ma Xiaotao that he would not let her suffer.

• Ma Xiaotao told Xuanzi she was going to find Bai Luo and refused to stay for a tactics discussion.
• Xuanzi attacked Ma Xiaotao with a gigantic hand of Soul Power as she tried to leave.
• Bai Luo appeared before Ma Xiaotao, and the Ice Empress froze and shattered Xuanzi’s attack.
• Bai Luo mocked Xuanzi for attacking his own student, while the Ice Empress’s aura made Xuanzi hesitate.
• Bai Luo told Ma Xiaotao he had come to find her and promised he would not let her suffer.

Bai Luo and the Ice Empress intervened when Xuanzi tried to assert control over Ma Xiaotao, leaving Xuanzi wary of Bai Luo’s hidden backing. Unable to answer Bai Luo’s criticism without losing face, Xuanzi challenged the Ice Empress to settle the dispute by a fight.

• Yao Haoxuan and Ling Luochеn felt relieved when Bai Luo and the Ice Empress arrived to confront Xuanzi.
• Xuanzi suspected Bai Luo belonged to a powerful hidden clan and avoided directly antagonizing him.
• Bai Luo mocked Xuanzi’s claim that the dispute was an internal matter of Shrek Academy, pointing out that the academy could not restrict its students’ freedom.
• Xuanzi changed the subject and challenged the Ice Empress to fight, demanding that she and Bai Luo stop interfering if she lost.

After Xuanzi insisted on settling his dispute with Bai Luo through combat, the Ice Empress accepted his challenge and the group set out to watch. Xu Jiawei worried about the battle's impact near Star Luo City, but Bai Luo assured him it would not cause trouble.

• Bai Luo agreed to Xuanzi's challenge after the Ice Empress nodded that she was ready to fight.
• Xuanzi and the Ice Empress flew away from Star Luo Plaza to battle, while Ma Xiaotao and Shrek Academy's Main Team followed to watch.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu arrived, and Xu Jiujiu asked Bai Luo whether everything would be all right.
• Xu Jiawei considered summoning powerful allies to control the situation, but Bai Luo told him the battle would not stir up any waves.
• Xu Jiawei trusted Bai Luo and invited him and the others to watch the fight together.