Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu visited Shrek Academy looking for Tang San, but Flender said he did not know where he had gone. Tang San later contacted Dai Mubai and used Abyssal Power to transform him, leaving Dai Mubai a Soul Emperor with black soul rings and three additional rings.

• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu questioned Flender about Tang San, then left after he insisted he knew nothing.
• Dai Mubai promised Flender he and Tang San would grow strong enough to stand against Chen Qingling, but Flender dismissed the claim.
• Dai Mubai returned to the dormitory and found Black Qi rising around him as Tang San spoke to him from afar.
• Tang San persuaded Dai Mubai to accept the Black Qi, claiming it would make him stronger and help him defeat Chen Qingling.
• Dai Mubai endured the transformation and became a monster neither human nor ghost, reaching Soul Emperor rank with black soul rings and three additional rings.

After Tang San transformed Dai Mubai’s power, Dai Mubai gained three new soul rings and praised him without realizing he had been betrayed. Chen Qingling helped Xiao Wu absorb the Wisdom Skull, then agreed to lead Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing on a journey across the continent after speaking with the Vice-Dean.

• Tang San’s power transformed Dai Mubai’s soul rings and raised his realm by three major stages, leaving Dai Mubai grateful to him.
• Chen Qingling took Xiao Wu back to the Four Elements Academy, where Xiao Wu absorbed the Wisdom Skull and gained three Soul Power levels and the passive Bewitching Eyes skill.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the dormitory and learned that Chen Qingling was about to graduate but would remain at the academy as an honorary teacher.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Chen Qingling of her promise to travel together, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing asked to join them.
• Chen Qingling agreed to lead all three girls across the continent after she spoke with the Vice-Dean.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Qingling finally meets with Ning Rongrong and apologizes for standing her up.
• Qingling requests a long leave for Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing from Vice-Dean Shui Ling'er.
• Qingling realizes that Xiao Wu and the others might have feelings for her, similar to Purple Pearl's feelings.
• Qingling becomes flustered and evasive when questioned by Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing about her strange behavior.

Character Developments

• Chen Qingling: Realizes her feelings for Xiao Wu and the others might be reciprocated, causing her to become flustered and evasive.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing: Grow closer to Chen Qingling, suspecting that she's hiding something.

Significant Themes

• Friendship and sisterhood: The bond between Chen Qingling and the other three girls deepens.
• Self-discovery: Chen Qingling begins to understand her own feelings and their nature.

Character Interactions

• Chen Qingling and Vice-Dean Shui Ling'er: Qingling requests a long leave for her friends, and Shui Ling'er grants it, expressing her hopes for Qingling's future.
• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing: The four girls grow closer, with Xiao Wu and the others suspecting that Qingling is hiding something from them.

Chen Qingling and the others discovered a devastated village and asked Chen Shenge to identify the cause. He revealed that Abyssal Power, an outside force already seen as the Black Qi that took Tang San, had caused the destruction, leaving Qingling determined to recognize it and confront it.

• Chen Qingling deflected Xiao Wu and the other girls' awkward feelings, then led them out of Suotuo City the next morning.
• The girls found a ruined village, where they discovered a severed right arm and found no clues suggesting humans or Soul Beasts had attacked.
• Chen Qingling contacted Chen Shenge through Mind Communication and asked him to investigate the village through the Sky Screen.
• Chen Shenge spent three hundred Points and learned that a small amount of Abyssal Power remained in the village.
• Chen Shenge explained that Abyssal Power came from beyond the Douluo Continent and identified it as the Black Qi that had taken Tang San during the Finals.

Chen Qingling learned that Abyssal Power from another world had destroyed the village and was connected to Tang San, then warned her companions and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Tang San reached Titled Douluo through Abyssal Power and began plotting against Chen Qingling and her Father, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders prepared to guard against the invading power.

• Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that Abyssal Power from another world had destroyed the village.
• Chen Qingling explained that Tang San had escaped the Finals with Abyssal Power, and Xiao Wu vowed to help defeat him and restore peace to the continent.
• Ning Rongrong sent the warning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At Holy Soul Village, Tang San used Abyssal Power to rise to Titled Douluo, then learned Chen Qingling knew about the power and resolved to prepare against her and her Father.
• Ning Fengzhi informed Chen Xin and Gu Rong about the invasion, and they agreed to shift the sect's focus to Abyssal Power while trusting Chen Qingling's strength and protection.

Chen Qingling discovered that her golden martial soul could destroy Abyssal Power and learned that it transformed people into Abyssal Creatures. Tang San responded by escalating his attacks on villages and Spirit Hall, while the Asura God and Sea God worried that the corruption might spread to the God Realm.

• Chen Qingling and her companions found villages devastated by Tang San and encountered an Abyssal Creature whose dark power fled from her golden light.
• Chen Qingling destroyed the escaping Abyssal Power with her Light Butterfly Blade and learned from Chen Shenge that it had corrupted a person into an Abyssal Creature.
• Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that Abyssal Power could corrupt and transform people, and they decided to continue their journey the next day.
• Tang San realized that Chen Qingling's martial soul restrained Abyssal Power, raged at her, and threatened to destroy a village for every injury she caused him.
• The Asura God and Sea God discussed the danger of Abyssal Power corrupting life and possibly reaching the God Realm.
• Tang San assimilated a Spirit Hall Soul Saint into an Abyssal Creature and planned to lure stronger Spirit Hall experts to expand his forces.

Chen Qingling and her friends found the Star Dou Great Forest overrun by Abyssal Power and discovered a cave sheltering surviving Soul Beasts. As the Soul Beasts begged Xiao Wu for help, Chen Qingling offered to protect them.

• Tang San planned to spread Abyssal Power from Notting City and turn people into obedient puppets.
• Chen Qingling, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest and found it eerily empty.
• The group encountered Abyssal-corrupted Soul Beasts, and Chen Qingling killed them while Xiao Wu worried about Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu led the others to a cave where hundreds of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had taken refuge from the corruption.
• The Man-Eating Ant King explained that Da Ming and Er Ming had led the Soul Beasts above ten thousand years into the core region, leaving the outer-region survivors exposed.
• The Man-Eating Ant King begged Xiao Wu to save them, but she said she lacked her former power, so Chen Qingling offered to help.

Chen Qingling protected the Soul Beasts in a cave from the Abyssal Power and discovered that she could understand their language, raising doubts about her identity. After her father revealed that her mother was Gu Yue Na, a Soul Beast, Tang San sent corrupted Soul Beasts after the group, who prepared to travel toward the Lake of Life the next morning.

• Chen Qingling used Butterfly God's Light to guard the cave and purge Abyssal Power from the Soul Beasts, earning their gratitude.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Di Tian prevented Er Ming from leaving the Lake of Life to find her.
• Gu Yue Na sensed Chen Qingling nearby but chose to return to sleep rather than risk exposing herself and her daughter to the Divine Realm.
• Xiao Wu realized Chen Qingling could understand Soul Beasts, and Chen Qingling questioned whether she was human before asking Chen Shenge about her origins.
• Chen Shenge told Chen Qingling that her mother was Gu Yue Na, a Soul Beast, but said she would have to discover the rest herself.
• Tang San sent Abyssal-corrupted Soul Beasts toward Chen Qingling, and the next morning Chen Qingling's group prepared to head deeper into the forest toward the Lake of Life.

Chen Qingling discovered that her Butterfly God's Light could purify Abyssal Power and save corrupted Soul Beasts, foiling Tang San's plan. After Er Ming arrived to escort her and Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life, Chen Qingling agreed to go with him, while insisting that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing come too.

• Chen Qingling and her companions found the cave surrounded by Abyssal-corrupted Soul Beasts that Tang San had sent to target her.
• Chen Shenge suggested that Chen Qingling use her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul to purify the Abyssal Power, and she successfully restored the Soul Beasts with Butterfly God's Light.
• Tang San learned that Chen Qingling could purify the corruption, but a mysterious voice urged him to spread Abyssal Power across the continent and wait until she was exhausted.
• Di Tian sent Er Ming to bring Chen Qingling to the Lake of Life, and Er Ming also sought to bring Xiao Wu back safely.
• Chen Qingling agreed to travel to the Lake of Life with Er Ming and insisted that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing accompany them.

Chen Qingling reached the Lake of Life, where she revealed her extraordinary strength and offered to help the Soul Beast faction. When Di Tian questioned her, she claimed Gu Yue Na was her mother, and Gu Yue Na answered from the lake.

• Chen Qingling showed Er Ming her seven black Soul Rings and overwhelming power, then had him lead her group to the Lake of Life.
• Bear Lord attacked Chen Qingling, but she blocked and pushed him back, shocking the Ferocious Beasts.
• Di Tian said the Soul Beasts wanted to keep Chen Qingling for her power against Abyssal Power, and Xiao Wu defended her.
• Chen Qingling agreed to stay and asked whether the Soul Beast Co-Lord was named Gu Yue Na.
• Chen Qingling claimed Gu Yue Na was her mother and pleaded to see her, prompting a voice from the Lake of Life to call her “Child.”

Chen Qingling reunited with her mother, Gu Yue Na, who refused to return home because the Divine Realm was hunting her and she feared endangering her family. After learning more about Gu Yue Na’s past, Chen Qingling defeated Di Tian in a fierce battle and resolved to grow strong enough to face the Divine Realm.

• Gu Yue Na embraced Chen Qingling but explained that she could not stay long or return home because the gods of the Divine Realm might discover her and drag her family into danger.
• After Gu Yue Na returned to the bottom of the Lake of Life, Di Tian explained that she had escaped the Divine Realm and was being hunted, and Chen Qingling vowed to fight the gods.
• Chen Qingling told Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts that she had killed two divine avatars, then challenged Di Tian to prove her strength.
• Chen Qingling unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar, Butterfly God Transformation, and Butterfly God's Descent against Di Tian, defeating him despite his Dragon God Claw.
• Di Tian told Chen Qingling that Gu Yue Na had been the Silver Dragon King and wielded elemental power, helping Chen Qingling understand her own abilities.
• At the Thatched Cottage, Chen Shenge watched the reunion, lamented that Gu Yue Na could not come home, and urged Chen Qingling to grow strong enough to confront the Divine Realm.

At the core of the Lake of Life, Chen Qingling gained her Eighth Soul Ring through Er Ming’s sacrifice, while Chen Shenge received powerful feedback from the system. The chapter ended with Tang San breaking down after learning Er Ming had sacrificed himself for Chen Qingling.

• Di Tian urged Chen Qingling to stay at the Lake of Life, but she insisted she would destroy the Abyssal Power and rebuffed his offer to accompany her.
• Xiao Wu reminded Chen Qingling that Da Ming and Er Ming had once agreed to sacrifice themselves, and Er Ming offered to go first so they could avoid dying in a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Er Ming sacrificed himself, raising Chen Qingling’s Soul Power Level and granting her the Eighth Soul Skills Titan's Power and Butterfly's Judgment.
• Chen Shenge received system feedback from Chen Qingling’s breakthrough, gaining a God-Given Soul Ring and thirty Soul Power Levels, but questioned why his two soul skills had fused into one.
• Chen Qingling reunited with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Da Ming felt relieved that Xiao Wu remained happy after Er Ming’s sacrifice.
• In Holy Soul Village, Tang San learned that Er Ming had sacrificed himself for Chen Qingling and angrily wondered what had happened at the Lake of Life.

Chen Qingling returned to the Thatched Cottage with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing and reunited with her father, Chen Shenge. As the girls met him and learned about his identity, Chen Shenge served them roasted Soft Bone Rabbit, leaving Xiao Wu to overcome her reluctance and taste it.

• Tang San blamed Chen Qingling for taking Xiao Wu, the Immortal Herbs, and the soul rings he believed should have been his.
• Di Tian gave Chen Qingling a thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit as a gift for her father, despite Xiao Wu's distress.
• Chen Qingling reached the Thatched Cottage, reunited with Chen Shenge, and apologized for not bringing her mother to him.
• Chen Shenge introduced himself as Carefree and told Ning Rongrong that another continent, the Sun Moon Continent, lay beyond the distant seas.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to become Chen Shenge's disciple, but he declined and said he might never accept one.
• Chen Shenge roasted the rabbit for the group, and Xiao Wu finally tasted it after struggling with the fact that it was one of her kind.

Chen Qingling left the Thatched Cottage after receiving a farewell letter from Chen Shenge, then learned from the Ferocious Beasts that she had no Soul Beast aura despite wielding her mother’s elemental power. Chen Shenge told her that her mother’s bloodline would emerge when the time came, and Qingling departed the Lake of Life with Bi Ji.

• Chen Shenge welcomed Ning Rongrong and the others to stay overnight, then told them he had no desire to contend for control of the continent.
• The next morning, Chen Shenge practiced sword forms with the Carefree Sword, and Chen Qingling praised it above her Master's Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Qingling left the Thatched Cottage with Ning Rongrong and the other girls, found Chen Shenge’s letter in her pocket, and vowed to live up to his hopes for her.
• Bi Ji observed that Chen Qingling had no Soul Beast aura, and Di Tian questioned how she could lack half of Gu Yue Na’s bloodline despite wielding elemental power.
• Chen Qingling contacted Chen Shenge through Mind Communication, and he assured her that her mother’s bloodline would appear when the time came.
• Chen Qingling invited Bi Ji to accompany her and left the Lake of Life after Da Ming promised to sacrifice himself for her when she returned.

Chen Qingling left the Star Dou Great Forest with Bi Ji and her companions, then headed toward Notting City after sensing trouble there. Qian Daoliu arrived first and battled an Abyss-corrupted Spirit Hall Soul Sage, but Chen Qingling intervened just before he was struck.

• Chen Qingling asked Bi Ji to stop calling her Young Master and took her to see the human world.
• Tang San recognized Bi Ji addressing Chen Qingling as Young Master, concluded that Gu Yue Na was her mother, and urged the Asura God to attack Gu Yue Na.
• Chen Qingling and her companions chose to return to Notting City, where Abyssal Power had trapped the city’s residents and left Notting Academy under siege.
• Qian Daoliu traveled to Notting City, purified some of the Abyssal Power, and learned that Chen Qingling’s lingering aura had helped protect the academy.
• An Abyss-corrupted Soul Sage attacked Qian Daoliu, who struggled to block Tang San’s Abyssal Power until Chen Qingling’s golden light arrived to save him.

Chen Qingling saved Qian Daoliu and purified Notting City, then revealed that Tang San’s Abyssal Power threatened the entire continent. As Spirit Hall began rallying allies against the threat, Tang San was condemned across the continent, leaving Shrek Academy under public attack and Flender considering expelling him.

• Chen Qingling rescued Qian Daoliu, confronted Tang San, and used Butterfly God's Light to purify the people of Notting City affected by the Abyssal Power.
• Chen Qingling explained the Abyssal Power to Qian Daoliu and asked him to unite the continent against it; he agreed and spread the warning through Spirit Hall.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to ally with Spirit Hall, while Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to disown Tang San and keep its connection to him secret.
• People across the continent condemned Tang San and dumped garbage outside Shrek Academy, prompting Flender to consider expelling him despite Dai Mubai's objections.

Dai Mubai’s defense of Shrek Academy exposed his Abyssal Power, and Flender expelled him to protect the academy. Dai Mubai then corrupted the academy’s teachers and students, while Oscar killed himself and Zhao Wuji attacked Dai Mubai.

• Flender told Dai Mubai that Tang San had been expelled and tried to persuade him not to defend the academy as the crowd threatened to destroy it.
• Dai Mubai confronted the crowd, revealed black soul rings and Abyssal Power, and admitted Tang San had bestowed his new strength on him.
• Flender expelled Dai Mubai, who embraced his reputation as a traitor and unleashed Abyssal Power on the academy’s staff and students.
• Dai Mubai turned Flender and the others into Abyssal Creatures, while Oscar denounced him and died by reversing his Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji charged at Dai Mubai, blaming him for Oscar’s death.

Dai Mubai survived the Shrek Academy teachers’ self-destruction by using Yu Xiaogang as a shield, while Tang San learned of the academy’s ruin. The Divine Realm chose Qian Renxue to oppose the Abyss Plane and planned to deal with Gu Yue Na and Chen Qingling afterward; meanwhile, Chen Qingling prepared to leave Notting Academy with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.

• Dai Mubai rejected the academy’s pleas, and Yu Xiaogang joined him, but Dai Mubai used Yu Xiaogang as a shield when Flender and the teachers sacrificed themselves in an explosion.
• Tang San learned what happened at Shrek Academy and took Yu Xiaogang’s allegiance as proof that his power and influence were growing.
• The Five Great Enforcers debated the Abyss Plane crisis, rejected aiding Chen Qingling after learning she was Gu Yue Na’s child, and chose Qian Renxue to counter the Abyss Plane before targeting Gu Yue Na and Chen Qingling.
• Chen Qingling gave Notting Academy a Light Goddess Butterfly safeguard and agreed to leave for Four Elements Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• On the way to Suotuo City, Chen Qingling and her companions heard that Dai Mubai had betrayed Shrek Academy and that the academy now existed in name only.

Chen Qingling visited the ruined Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun begged her to kill him after revealing that Dai Mubai and Tang San had destroyed it. After the Asura God stripped Tang San of his succession, Tang San accepted the Abyss Plane's offer to unleash darkness across the continent.

• Chen Qingling and her companions traveled to Shrek Academy and found its grounds devastated by explosions.
• Ma Hongjun told Chen Qingling that the Dean, Xiao Ao, and the teachers were dead, then begged her to kill him before he became a monster.
• Chen Qingling killed Ma Hongjun, who asked her to defeat Dai Mubai and Tang San before the Abyssal Power burned his body to ashes.
• At Holy Soul Village, Tang San blamed Chen Qingling for his losses, while the Asura God demanded that he send the Abyssal Power back and then revoked his status as successor.
• After the Abyss Plane explained that its power could draw out humanity's darkness, Tang San agreed to release the Abyss Plane and plunge the continent into chaos.

Tang San unleashed the Abyss Plane’s power across Douluo Continent, cutting it off from the Divine Realm, while Chen Qingling protected Four Elements Academy and confronted an Emperor-Level Abyss Expert. She mortally wounded him, but he grabbed her and tried to drag her down with him as his Abyssal Power failed to corrode her.

• Tang San lifted his restrictions on the Abyss Plane, and its power spread across Douluo Continent, severing the Divine Realm’s connection to the continent.
• The Five Great Enforcers argued over Asura God’s responsibility before God of Life urged them to focus on clearing the Abyssal Power.
• Chen Qingling returned to Four Elements Academy, told Shui Bing’er and the others what had happened at Shrek Academy, and gave Shui Bing’er a Light Goddess Butterfly to protect the academy.
• Chen Qingling recognized that Abyssal Power was eroding the sky, then faced an Emperor-Level Abyss Expert who had arrived through a passageway.
• Chen Qingling blocked the expert’s attack and pierced his chest after activating Butterfly God Transformation, but he seized her hand and threatened to drag her down with him.
• The expert’s Abyssal Power failed to corrode Chen Qingling and was purified by the Light Goddess Butterfly’s sacred power.