Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingling celebrated her graduation from Notting Academy, cherishing her final moments with Xiao Wu and giving a speech to the cheering students. Fireworks bearing her name lit the sky as the ceremony ended.

• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu spent their last six months together at Notting Academy, while Chen Qingling remained stuck at Soul Power Level thirty-nine.
• Chen Qingling dressed in a pink dress for her Graduation Ceremony, and Xiao Wu praised how beautiful she looked.
• Director Su welcomed Chen Qingling to the stage, where the academy's students cheered for her while Tang San left after a student groped him.
• Chen Qingling thanked Director Su and her friends in her graduation speech, then wished everyone would become outstanding Soul Masters.
• Fireworks spelling Chen Qingling's name burst above Notting Academy as she stepped down from the stage.

After graduating from Notting Academy, Chen Qingling said goodbye to Xiao Wu and asked Chen Shenge where he had gone after leaving Notting City. Chen Shenge decided her next destination should be Suotuo City, though he did not want her to attend Shrek Academy.

• The students celebrated Chen Qingling's graduation with handmade fireworks, and Director Su gave her a graduation certificate and asked about her plans.
• Chen Qingling left the academy with Xiao Wu, comforted her tearful friend, and promised they would meet again.
• Su Yuntao watched the fireworks and regretted the trouble he had caused Chen Qingling in the past.
• Unsure where to train next, Chen Qingling called to Chen Shenge and asked where he had gone after leaving Notting City.
• Chen Shenge chose Suotuo City as her next destination but decided he did not want her attending Shrek Academy.

Chen Qingling left Notting City on foot for Suotuo City and rescued Zhu Zhuqing from pursuers along the way. After learning Zhu Zhuqing had nowhere to go, Qingling invited her to travel together, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted.

• Chen Qingling set out from Notting City on foot, hoping to gain real-world experience on her journey to Suotuo City.
• Chen Qingling encountered pursuers chasing a Black Tight Suit Girl and knocked them unconscious with a Butterfly God Swift strike.
• Chen Qingling learned that the girl she had rescued was Zhu Zhuqing, who had been pursued by her family after sneaking away to find Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she could not travel with Chen Qingling because she feared bringing pursuit upon her.
• Chen Qingling assured Zhu Zhuqing she was unafraid and invited her to go to Suotuo City together, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted her friendship.

Chen Qingling traveled with Zhu Zhuqing, cared for her during their journey, and learned that Zhuqing could not answer her questions about notable women in the Star Luo Empire. After spending the night on the road, they reached Suotuo City and entered after paying the gate fee.

• Chen Qingling set up camp with supplies from her Soul Tool, and Zhu Zhuqing learned that her bracelet had a capacity of one hundred cubic meters.
• Chen Qingling asked Zhu Zhuqing about outstanding women from the Star Luo Empire, but Zhuqing did not know any, leaving Qingling despondent as she missed her loved ones.
• Chen Qingling shared rice and poached chicken with Zhu Zhuqing, who had not eaten for several days and gratefully finished the meal.
• Chen Qingling asked Zhu Zhuqing how she had developed so early, but Zhuqing said she did not know.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing set out the next morning and reached Suotuo City after several hours of travel.
• Chen Qingling paid the entrance fee of two Silver Soul Coins and entered Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing found only one room available at the Rose Hotel, where they unexpectedly encountered Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé, Dai Mubai, with two other women. Zhu Zhuqing confronted him over his betrayal, and Dai Mubai threatened Chen Qingling as she defended her.

• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing searched for lodging in Suotuo City and learned that the Rose Hotel had only one room left.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided to part ways with Chen Qingling, but Dai Mubai entered the hotel with two women and she recognized him as her fiancé.
• Zhu Zhuqing tearfully confronted Dai Mubai for indulging himself while she believed he had fled their oppressive situation.
• Chen Qingling challenged Dai Mubai and stood up for Zhu Zhuqing, who agreed with her.
• Dai Mubai lost his temper and threatened to hit Chen Qingling despite her being a woman.

At the Rose Hotel, Chen Qingling confronted Dai Mubai after he insulted her, and Chen Shenge learned through the Sky Screen that his daughter had been wronged. Chen Qingling defeated Dai Mubai with one strike, but a Shrek Academy teacher arrived to challenge her actions.

• Dai Mubai's remark enraged Chen Qingling, while Manager Wang urged her to apologize to him.
• Chen Shenge sensed that Chen Qingling had suffered a grievance and watched the confrontation through the Sky Screen, telling her to resolve it with strength.
• Chen Qingling summoned her martial soul, paid Manager Wang for possible hotel damage, and faced Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and used his First Soul Skill, but Chen Qingling's Light Butterfly Blade broke through his defense and sent him flying.
• A teacher from Shrek Academy arrived and accused Chen Qingling of going too far.

Chen Qingling defended Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji, then helped her find a place to stay. The two girls entered the Rose Hotel’s Red Ocean room together, unaware of what might come next.

• Chen Qingling refused Zhao Wuji’s implied demand for compensation, and Dai Mubai chose to leave with his teacher.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Chen Qingling, who paid Manager Wang for the hotel damage and agreed to share the last available room with her.
• Manager Wang gave Chen Qingling the key to the Red Ocean room, and she led Zhu Zhuqing upstairs.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing realized the hotel catered to couples but decided to stay anyway.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing entered the lavishly decorated Red Ocean room and admired its roses.

Chen Qingling reassured Zhu Zhuqing and helped her feel cared for, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed Qingling’s startling talent and a possible future calamity. At Notting Academy, Tang San gave up pursuing Xiao Wu with kindness and decided to join Spirit Hall to gain power, unknowingly defying Tang Hao.

• Chen Qingling invited Zhu Zhuqing to stay in the costly Red Ocean room, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted, recognizing Qingling’s sincere kindness.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed Qingling’s rapid cultivation, her Father’s strength, and Chen Xin’s wish to meet him; Chen Xin also voiced a feeling that a great calamity would come.
• Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu rebuked Tang San for persistently pursuing Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu left for the Canteen with her followers.
• Tang San, hurt and angry after Xiao Wu rejected him, decided to grow strong and make sure she could not escape his grasp.
• Tang San went to Spirit Hall and told Su Yuntao that he wanted to join so he could obtain resources and become stronger.

Tang San joined Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao promised to find him a medicinal bath, and he challenged Tang Hao when his father tried to make him leave. Tang San broke free and walked away, leaving Tang Hao grieving and blaming himself.

• Tang San asked Su Yuntao what Spirit Hall could offer him, and Su promised to find ingredients for a medicinal bath.
• Tang Hao sensed that Tang San was at Spirit Hall, rushed there, and demanded that his son leave.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had suffered humiliation in Notting City and wanted to remain with Spirit Hall, which treated him like a talented person.
• Tang Hao compared Tang San unfavorably to Chen Qingling, prompting Tang San to accuse others of praising her while despising him.
• Tang Hao grabbed Tang San and tried to drag him away, but Tang San threatened to sever their relationship and broke free using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San walked away, and Tang Hao watched him disappear before lamenting to Ah Yin that he had failed to raise their son properly.

After meeting Zhu Zhuqing in Suotuo City, Chen Qingling told her about her powerful father, but Chen Shenge refused Zhu Zhuqing's request to become his disciple. Meanwhile, Zhao Wuji planned to recruit Chen Qingling for Shrek Academy, setting up a confrontation.

• Tang Hao returned to the tavern and decided he would eventually tell Tang San the secret behind his plans.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their plans at the Rose Hotel, and Zhu Zhuqing hoped to grow strong enough to break her engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to become Chen Shenge's disciple, but Chen Shenge told Chen Qingling that he did not accept disciples.
• Chen Qingling explained that she could contact her father through Mind Communication and that he could protect her from danger.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji explained how Dai Mubai had been beaten, and Flender agreed that Zhao Wuji should try recruiting Chen Qingling.
• Zhao Wuji decided to wait near the Rose Hotel and approach Chen Qingling, unaware that he was about to provoke someone they should not have provoked.

Chen Qingling rejected Zhao Wuji’s invitation to join Shrek Academy and went with Zhu Zhuqing to Tianyan Auction House after hearing that a thousand-year soul bone would be auctioned. Meanwhile, Chen Shenge bought and sent her a Butterfly God Left Arm Bone, which she revealed in their private room.

• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing left the Rose Hotel to explore Suotuo City, where Zhao Wuji tried and failed to persuade Chen Qingling to join Shrek Academy.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing heard that Tianyan Auction House would auction a thousand-year soul bone and went to watch.
• Chen Shenge learned through the system that Chen Qingling wanted a soul bone and chose the Butterfly God Set from the shop.
• Chen Shenge spent two hundred thousand Points on the Butterfly God Left Arm Bone and sent it to Chen Qingling.
• Chen Qingling found the soul bone in her pocket and showed it to a shocked Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Qingling absorbed the Butterfly God Left Arm Bone, broke through to level forty, and gained two soul bone skills. She then won a thousand-year soul bone at the Tianyan Auction House for Zhu Zhuqing, and the two went to collect it.

• Chen Qingling explained that her father could teleport items before the Butterfly God Left Arm Bone entered her hand and raised her to level forty.
• Chen Shenge received ten levels of soul power through feedback but remained unable to advance without a fourth soul ring.
• Chen Qingling discovered the soul bone had granted her Butterfly God Descent and Butterfly God's Voice, then told Zhu Zhuqing about the skills.
• Chen Qingling promised to win the thousand-year soul bone for Zhu Zhuqing as the Tianyan Auction House auction began.
• Chen Qingling outbid Dai Mubai and won the Gold Devouring Rat right arm bone for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Chen Qingling gratefully, and they went to collect the soul bone.

After buying a thousand-year soul bone, Chen Qingling left the auction house with Zhu Zhuqing and ran into Dai Mubai, who failed to reconcile with his fiancée. In an alley, Chen Qingling revealed her extraordinary soul rings and castrated Bu Le and his men, leaving the city to celebrate their downfall.

• Chen Qingling paid five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the thousand-year soul bone and rejected the auction house's offer to escort her out secretly.
• Dai Mubai confronted Chen Qingling over the soul bone, apologized to Zhu Zhuqing, and was rejected as the two women walked away.
• Bu Le and his men blocked Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing in an alley and demanded the soul bone.
• Chen Qingling revealed yellow, purple, and black soul rings, shocking Zhu Zhuqing and terrifying Bu Le and his men.
• Chen Qingling used four Light Butterfly Blades to castrate Bu Le and his men before leaving with Zhu Zhuqing.
• People across Suotuo City heard what happened and celebrated Bu Le and his gang being punished.

Chen Qingling visited the Soto Grand Soul Arena to learn how its battles and rankings worked, then registered for a one-on-one match. The chapter ended as she faced Qing Tian, a muscular Soul Elder with three consecutive victories, while the audience doubted that someone so young could compete.

• Chen Qingling parted from Zhu Zhuqing at the Rose Hotel and headed to the Soto Grand Soul Arena while Zhu Zhuqing returned to refine her thousand-year soul bone.
• Wang Qing explained the arena’s battle types, Soul Fighter badges, and points system in exchange for a Gold Soul Coin.
• Chen Qingling registered and watched matches, dismissing most of the fighters as weak despite being fascinated by their unusual soul skills.
• The announcer called Chen Qingling and Qing Tian, who wielded a Golden Horned Bull martial soul, to compete in the Fourteenth Soul Arena’s third one-on-one battle.
• Chen Qingling took the stage to a startled crowd, and Qing Tian urged her to go home because he thought she was too young to be there.

Chen Qingling defeated Qing Tian in one strike at the Soto Grand Soul Arena and looked forward to facing stronger Soul Elders. At Notting Academy, Tang San brutally attacked Wang Sheng and hinted that he would use him to force Xiao Wu into a confrontation.

• Chen Qingling used Butterfly God Descent to knock Qing Tian off the stage, winning her first match at the Soto Grand Soul Arena.
• Qing Tian realized Chen Qingling had held back enough to spare his life, while the audience cheered her victory.
• Wang Qing congratulated Chen Qingling and warned that the Grand Soul Arena would send stronger opponents, but Chen Qingling eagerly welcomed the challenge.
• At Notting Academy, Tang San pinned the injured Wang Sheng beneath his foot and dismissed his accusations of a sneak attack.
• Tang San threatened to defeat Xiao Wu and implied he would use Wang Sheng’s suffering to provoke her.

Tang San attacked Wang Sheng and the work-study students, then threatened Xiao Wu until Chen Xin arrived with Ning Rongrong and subdued him with Titled Douluo pressure. Tang Hao watched in secret and regretted how he had raised his son, while Xiao Wu reunited with Ning Rongrong.

• Tang San beat Xiao Chenyu and Liu Long while standing on Wang Sheng, and the work-study students told Xiao Wu what had happened when she returned.
• Tang San accused Xiao Wu of humiliating him and threatened Wang Sheng to force her to submit, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows and lamented that he had raised Tang San wrong.
• Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin arrived, and Chen Xin used one-tenth of a Titled Douluo's pressure to pin Tang San to the ground.
• Xiao Wu embraced Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin withdrew the pressure after Tang San's ribs broke and he collapsed.
• Chen Xin judged Tang San's talent passable but his temperament poor, and Xiao Wu remarked that his teacher was Yu Xiaogang.

Ning Rongrong and Chenxin learned that Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, while Xiao Wu considered punishing Tang San for harassing her. Tang Hao intervened and apologized on his son’s behalf, and Yu Xiaogang arrived to find Tang San injured and Chenxin present.

• Xiao Wu welcomed Ning Rongrong and thanked her and Chenxin for intervening, while Chenxin realized Tang San likely had Twin Martial Souls.
• Director Su checked on the dormitory, confirmed the visitors were there to see Xiao Wu, and left; Ning Rongrong then asked Xiao Wu where Qingling had gone.
• After Tang San regained consciousness, Ning Rongrong suggested confiscating his weapon, and Xiao Wu decided to act before Tang Hao arrived and stopped them.
• Chenxin identified Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo, and Tang Hao apologized to Xiao Wu before leaving with Tang San’s punishment unresolved.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, recognized Chenxin, and confirmed that the injured Tang San was his disciple.

Chen Qingling dominated the Soto Grand Soul Arena, winning fifteen consecutive matches before leaving because no opponent could challenge her. Back at the Rose Hotel, she reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who had absorbed a thousand-year soul bone and gained the Gold Devouring Claw.

• Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong criticized Yu Xiaogang for failing to discipline Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang carried Tang San away.
• A doctor told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had nineteen broken ribs and might become short and weak, causing Tang San to panic and faint.
• Chen Qingling defeated opponents at the Grand Soul Arena until the organizers arranged Soul Ancestors for her, but she still overwhelmed them and reached fifteen consecutive wins.
• Flender learned that Zhao Wuji had failed to recruit Chen Qingling, and Zhao Wuji warned that forcing her to join Shrek Academy would backfire.
• Chen Qingling left the arena and returned to the Rose Hotel, where Zhu Zhuqing showed her the Gold Devouring Claw she had gained from the soul bone.

Chen Qingling told Zhu Zhuqing about her fifteen consecutive Great Soul Arena wins and considered whether Skywater Academy might hold clues to her family. After reassuring Zhu Zhuqing that she would remain in Suotuo City for a while, Qingling spent a happy day with her and encouraged her to pursue freedom from her fiancé and imperial obligations.

• Chen Qingling revealed that she had won fifteen matches in a row, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested Skywater Academy might have clues about Qingling's family.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she did not want Qingling to leave, and Qingling told her she would stay in Suotuo City for a while.
• Chen Qingling took Zhu Zhuqing to a fruit orchard, where they picked fruit, played, and rested together.
• Chen Qingling described her goals of finding her family and exploring the world with friends, while Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to escape her imperial constraints and fiancé.
• Chen Qingling urged Zhu Zhuqing not to forgive those who betrayed her and told her that better days would follow the difficult struggle ahead.

Dai Mubai suffered sudden chest tightness at Shrek Academy while Flender and Zhao Wuji decided to confront Chen Qingling over his injuries. When Zhao Wuji attacked Chen Qingling outside the Rose Hotel, she dodged his strikes and endured his Fifth Soul Skill, leaving his strength in doubt.

• Dai Mubai felt severe chest tightness during training, and Zhao Wuji sent him to rest.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji to teach Chen Qingling a lesson for injuring Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji agreed.
• Chen Qingling and Zhu Zhuqing left the orchard and found Zhao Wuji blocking their way outside the Rose Hotel.
• Chen Qingling refused to back down, and Zhao Wuji activated his martial soul and attacked her with Vajra Fist.
• Chen Qingling dodged Zhao Wuji's attack and withstood his Gravity Squeeze, stunning him before she prepared to counterattack.