Chapter Summaries

Shen Fan arrived at Shrek Academy’s hotel with Ning Fengzhi and the Skywater Academy women, where he learned Tang San had suffered an alarming complication. After Xiao Wu invited him to speak privately, Liu Erlong tried to stop her.

• Shen Fan and Ning Fengzhi found a crowd of healers outside Shrek Academy’s hotel, and Shui Bing’er suspected Tang San had suffered an unforeseen complication.
• Liu Erlong confronted Shen Fan and Ning Fengzhi, while Yu Xiaogang rebuked her before greeting Ning Fengzhi.
• Shen Fan realized Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had come from Tang San’s room after Xiao Wu had kicked the Joyous Union Ape’s Emperor Divine Tool off and left it inside Tang San.
• Mission World Xiao Wu approached Shen Fan and asked to speak with him alone.
• Liu Erlong tried to pull Xiao Wu away from Shen Fan, warning her that he had mocked Shrek Academy, but Xiao Wu refused.

Xiao Wu privately told Shen Fan that she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and mistakenly believed he was one too. After she proposed they look out for each other, Shen Fan claimed he came from the rare Zither Beast Clan.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Liu Erlong to let her speak with Shen Fan alone in a room.
• Xiao Wu asked Shen Fan if he was a transformed soul beast and revealed her own identity with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Shen Fan asked why Xiao Wu sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura from him, and she said she was sure he had one.
• Xiao Wu explained that she wanted to know Shen Fan so they could help each other if either faced trouble as a transformed soul beast.
• When Xiao Wu asked what soul beast he had transformed from, Shen Fan claimed he belonged to the rare Zither Beast Clan.

Liu Erlong mistook Xiao Wu’s closeness with Shen Fan for romance and decided to arrange their marriage. She left them alone after declaring the wedding would take place in three days, while the livestream viewers reacted to her matchmaking.

• Xiao Wu asked Shen Fan about his zither-type Soul Beast identity before Liu Erlong burst into the room, alarmed by the Soul Power fluctuations.
• Liu Erlong saw Xiao Wu in Shen Fan’s arms and accused him of being irresponsible, but Xiao Wu explained that she had jumped onto him because her mother startled her.
• Liu Erlong questioned whether Xiao Wu and Shen Fan had known each other before, and Shen Fan said they had met that day.
• Liu Erlong concluded that Xiao Wu liked Shen Fan and told them to get married, promising to prepare the wedding in three days.
• Liu Erlong left and sent away the Shrek students gathered outside, while the livestream viewers reacted to her decision.

Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Shen Fan and revealed how Shen Fan had stunned the Great Soul Arena with his Soul Rings. Liu Erlong then pushed for Shen Fan to marry Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu denied liking him and Ma Hongjun worried that Tang San might object.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Shen Fan and encouraged her to spend time with him and seek his cultivation advice.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Shen Fan's abilities until Ning Fengzhi described his 100,000 Year Fourth Soul Ring and Ten Thousand Year first three Soul Rings.
• Liu Erlong praised Shen Fan's talent and said she would measure him for a wedding dress.
• Xiao Wu again insisted that she did not like Shen Fan and that Liu Erlong had misunderstood their relationship.
• Ma Hongjun asked whether Tang San would object to Xiao Wu marrying Shen Fan, and Liu Erlong questioned whether Tang San was secretly treating Xiao Wu as his own.

After Tai Long insisted that Xiao Wu had to marry Tang San, Xiao Wu objected, and Dai Mubai calmed the argument by urging her to speak with Tang San before marrying anyone else. Shen Fan realized that Liu Erlong’s matchmaking plan had exposed them to Tang Hao, and he planned to draw Yu Xiaogang into the coming confrontation and use it to judge Ah Yin’s feelings toward Tang Hao.

• Tai Long declared that Xiao Wu could only marry Tang San, prompting Xiao Wu to protest that she was not anyone’s property.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Tai Long, and Dai Mubai covered his mouth before steering the conversation toward Xiao Wu telling Tang San if she wanted to marry someone else.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun helped ease the dispute as Liu Erlong and Xiao Wu resumed arguing.
• Shen Fan wrote in his diary that Tang Hao might come for him and Liu Erlong because Xiao Wu was meant to become Tang San’s soul ring and soul bone.
• Shen Fan resolved to involve Yu Xiaogang in the confrontation and use Tang Hao’s actions to test whether Ah Yin was truly kind-hearted.

Shen Fan watched Tang San recover after the match and reflected on how his team’s arrival had changed the way Ning Fengzhi and Liu Erlong treated the Shrek members. He expected Ning Fengzhi’s cooler attitude to keep Yu Xiaogang from obtaining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Secret Method for Tang San.

• Ah Yin, Dugu Yan, and other livestream participants argued over whether staying loyal to evil friends and family could still count as kindness.
• Xiao Wu rushed to check on Tang San after hearing him cry out, then came out with him while the livestream participants joked about his injuries.
• Shen Fan noted that Shrek’s healers treated Dai Mubai and the others after treating Tang San, since Flender had paid for their services.
• Liu Erlong pulled Xiao Wu away from Tang San, and Shen Fan wondered whether Xiao Wu was glaring at him because she wanted to bite him.
• Shen Fan observed that his team’s success had drawn Ning Fengzhi’s attention away from Shrek and made Liu Erlong consider marrying Xiao Wu to him.
• Shen Fan recalled that Yu Xiaogang had planned to ask Ning Fengzhi for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Secret Method, and criticized Tang San for using Tang Sect techniques he had stolen.

After learning that Liu Erlong intended Xiao Wu to marry Shen Fan, Tang San reacted with murderous anger, but Flender rebuked him and Yu Xiaogang for their conduct. Xiao Wu rejected Tang San’s apology and comforted Liu Erlong, while Shen Fan wrote that Tang San’s real concern was losing his plan to take Xiao Wu’s soul ring and soul bone.

• Tai Long told Tang San that Liu Erlong planned to have Xiao Wu marry Shen Fan, and Tang San angrily confronted Liu Erlong.
• Yu Xiaogang defended Tang San and blamed Liu Erlong, prompting Flender to reprimand Yu Xiaogang for excusing Tang San’s disrespect toward his elder.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that his murderous look had frightened her and that she disliked seeing him treat Liu Erlong that way.
• Tang San apologized, but Xiao Wu did not accept his explanation and instead comforted the disappointed Liu Erlong.
• Shen Fan wrote that Tang San’s anger came from Liu Erlong threatening his plan to obtain Xiao Wu’s soul ring and soul bone, not from love for Xiao Wu.

Shen Fan planned to use duplicate Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to tempt Tang San into trading Xiao Wu, while also considering similar deals to manipulate Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang. The women in the livestream reacted as Shen Fan described how little Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang valued Ah Yin and Liu Erlong.

• Shen Fan planned to offer Tang San all his duplicate Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for Xiao Wu while protecting Tang San’s reputation.
• Douluo 2 Xiao Wu admitted that she once would have believed Tang San would refuse such a trade out of love for Xiao Wu.
• Shen Fan considered offering Tang Hao a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for Ah Yin’s seed, then reasoned that Tang Hao had betrayed Ah Yin for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Douluo 1 A Yin lamented Tang Hao’s betrayal, and the other Ah Yin livestreamers fell silent.
• Shen Fan considered offering Yu Xiaogang Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to make him betray Liu Erlong, prompting Douluo 1 Liu Erlong to call him a hooligan.

Shen Fan mocked Tang San until he fainted, while Ning Rongrong told Oscar that her feelings for him were shallow and that she planned to continue studying at Dragon Fan Academy. The chapter left Oscar facing the possible end of their relationship.

• Shen Fan taunted Tang San about the arena incident, and Tang San fainted before the room descended into chaos.
• Ning Fengzhi left Ning Rongrong to guide Shen Fan and the others to their hotel.
• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong why she planned to continue her studies at Dragon Fan Academy instead of staying with Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Shrek group would eventually go their separate ways and that she did not want to remain there just to preserve their time together.
• Ning Rongrong admitted to Oscar that she had mistaken their familiar affection for deeper feelings and said they had no unforgettable story between them.

Ning Rongrong firmly ended her relationship with Oscar, explaining that she had never loved him and that Shrek’s teachers and students had confused her about her feelings. Oscar rejected her explanation, blamed Shen Fan and Ning Rongrong’s father, and the argument left Ning Rongrong convinced she had been right to break things off.

• Ning Rongrong told Oscar she did not love him and recalled kissing Tang San after he gave her a treasure.
• Oscar insisted the kiss had only been gratitude for the Immortal Herb and accused Shen Fan of causing the breakup.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Oscar to leave, but he continued arguing and blamed Ning Rongrong’s father for failing to support Tang San and Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong defended Shen Fan and countered that Yu Xiaogang had asked her sect for its Distraction Control Secret Method on Tang San’s behalf.
• Ning Rongrong said she was relieved to have recognized Oscar’s character before falling in love with him, while Shen Fan and the livestream commentators reacted to the confrontation.

Shen Fan’s group met the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, whose members asked about Ye Ling’s Nine Hearted Begonia martial soul and speculated that she and Ye Lingling might be related. After everyone checked into the hotel, Shen Fan used Ten Thousand Times Experience Pills on Dugu Yanyan and Ye Ling, while anticipating Tang Hao’s arrival that night.

• Task World Zhu Zhuqing knocked Oscar unconscious, then asked Zhu Zhuyun to speak in private.
• Shen Fan called over Yu Tianheng, Task World Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, who explained why they had followed the group and asked about Ye Ling’s martial soul.
• Shen Fan said Ye Ling had the Nine Hearted Begonia and that it was not limited to two people; Yu Feng then suggested Ye Ling and Ye Lingling might be cousins.
• Shen Fan’s group checked into the hotel, where Shen Fan discovered a bottle of Ten Thousand Times Experience Pills.
• When Dugu Yanyan and Ye Ling returned, Shen Fan gave each a pill, thinking Tang Hao would come for them that night.

Shen Fan used the All Heavens Holy Hand repeatedly, taking Shui Bing'er’s clothes and a Green Yak Bug before poor luck made him stop. After his zither song drew Xiao Wu of the Mission World to him, she began guessing that the song’s writer was a slain hundred-thousand-year soul beast and that Shen Fan had come to the human world to avenge her.

• Shen Fan took out Shui Bing’er’s Blue Silk and, after restoring his condition with pills, used the All Heavens Holy Hand to obtain several more of her clothes.
• Shen Fan used the All Heavens Holy Hand again and obtained Jiang Nan Nan’s Tattoo Bear, then a Green Yak Bug, which he placed in the Profound Heaven Divine Palace.
• Shen Fan made more than a dozen unsuccessful attempts, ran low on points, and gave up on using the All Heavens Holy Hand.
• Shen Fan played the Mystic Moon Zither and unconsciously sang “Reluctance” from Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Wu of the Mission World followed the song to Shen Fan, listened until it ended, and guessed that its writer was a slain hundred-thousand-year soul beast and that Shen Fan sought revenge.

Xiao Wu misread Shen Fan’s song and their closeness as signs of a tragic romance, while Liu Erlong took what she saw as proof that Xiao Wu and Shen Fan were together. Liu Erlong insisted their wedding would proceed and told them to get wedding measurements taken.

• Xiao Wu guessed that Shen Fan’s lover had sacrificed herself and that his Soft Bone Rabbit was her, then asked him to sing “Reluctance” again.
• After the song, Xiao Wu tried to comfort Shen Fan by pulling him toward her shoulder, and he grabbed her hand to stop her.
• Liu Erlong arrived and accused Xiao Wu of lying about having no relationship with Shen Fan after seeing them holding hands.
• Liu Erlong declared that Xiao Wu and Shen Fan’s wedding would proceed despite Shen Fan’s protests.
• Liu Erlong pulled Shen Fan to his feet, misunderstood why he was reluctant to stand, and told him to take wedding measurements with Xiao Wu later.

After Xiao Wu accused Shen Fan of having improper thoughts about her, they wrestled until she realized something was wrong and fled, leaving Shen Fan to write in his diary. The livestream banter ended when the system settled Shen Fan’s rewards, including a portion of Tang Wutong’s Main Soul and a Half-Star Mission Card.

• Xiao Wu scolded Shen Fan for supposedly betraying the lover who had sacrificed herself for him, then attacked him as they wrestled.
• Liu Erlong returned, saw them tangled together, and fled after warning them not to delay tomorrow’s match.
• Xiao Wu realized something was wrong during their next scuffle and used Teleportation to escape the rooftop.
• Shen Fan wrote in his diary while the livestreamers discussed Xiao Wu’s behavior and teased him.
• The Diary System awarded Shen Fan thirty thousand Diary Shop Points, one-third of Douluo 2 Tang Wutong’s Main Soul, and a Half-Star Mission Card for Peerless Tang Sect.

Shen Fan used the Diary System to safely obtain one-third of Tang Wutong’s Main Soul, then helped Ye Lingling address the limits of the Nine Hearted Begonia Soul Spirit. He also received a Task Card for the second Elite Competition and considered how Xu Tianzhen and Meng Hongchen would face their Mission World counterparts.

• Shen Fan reflected that the Diary System had taken one-third of Tang Wutong’s Main Soul without harming her and had nourished her soul for ten thousand points.
• Dugu Yanyan and Ye Lingling from the Mission World returned to ask Shen Fan whether a third Nine Hearted Begonia Soul Spirit could exist at once.
• Shen Fan told Ye Lingling that the soul spirit’s healing power was so powerful that the heavens restricted it, then agreed to help her branch for Ye Ling’s sake.
• Shen Fan chose the Diary System’s half-hour treatment option, and it sent energy through Ye Lingling’s body while he wrote in his diary.
• Shen Fan received a Task Card for the second Elite Competition, where Xu Tianzhen and Meng Hongchen would compete against their Mission World selves, and he resolved to keep them apart if needed.

Shen Fan selected his mission team, choosing familiar companions and reacting to randomly assigned participants from other worlds. The final selection was Saint Cai'er, whose difficult temperament left him unsure how he would handle her.

• Shen Fan chose Yan Yan, Ye Lingling, Xu Tianzhen, Meng Hongchen, Bing'er, Nan Nan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Liu Erlong as his team and accompanying teacher, then discovered Bibi Dong had also been assigned as a teacher.
• Shen Fan learned that Xu Xin and Zhen Nan could not cultivate and decided to equip them with Namo Gatling Bodhisattvas for the competition.
• Shen Fan recognized Qing Lin's extraordinary talent and Jade Serpent Three Flower Pupils, and decided he would pursue her instead of leaving her to Xiao Yan.
• Shen Fan accepted Liang Bing and Yan as participants, intending to use both as shields, and welcomed Shui Yue'er to the team.
• Shen Fan saw that Saint Cai'er had been selected for the final spot and worried that she would not respond to reason or coercion.

Shen Fan helped Ye Lingling improve her martial soul and gave Dugu Yan an Immortal Herb, then confronted Wang Dong'er about her disguise. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi explained why Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were protecting Shen Fan, though the two elders still questioned whether he would join their school.

• Ye Lingling said Shen Fan's treatment had left her feeling lighter and changed her connection to her martial soul, and she promised the branch would repay his favor.
• Shen Fan gave Dugu Yan an Immortal Herb that he said would permanently resolve her martial soul's troubles, and she accepted it.
• Wang Dong'er confronted Shen Fan for knowing she was a girl disguised as a boy, and he teased her while giving her milk tea.
• Sword Douluo worried that Shen Fan's closeness with Wang Dong'er meant he preferred men, but Ning Fengzhi said Wang Dong'er was a woman in disguise.
• Sword Douluo questioned whether he and Bone Douluo needed to protect Shen Fan before knowing if he would join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School.

Ning Fengzhi warned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that Tang Hao might target Shen Fan for his 100,000 Year Soul Bone, then argued that winning Shen Fan’s loyalty could strengthen the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School. Shen Fan summoned Wang Dong'er and Tang Ya and offered them Immortal Herbs to raise their Soul Power Levels.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to stay near Shen Fan, predicting that Tang Hao would soon try to seize his Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the Clear Sky Sect as an unreliable ally and said Shen Fan could become a powerful guardian for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School.
• Shen Fan teased Wang Dong'er before asking her to bring Tang Ya to her room.
• Shen Fan gave Wang Dong'er and Tang Ya one enhanced Immortal Herb each and told them the herbs could raise their Soul Power Levels.

Shen Fan let a created energy body defend him from a group of Rogue Soul Masters who attacked his room, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discussed his strength. Mission World Liu Erlong arrived to protect him and teased Xiao Wu about her feelings for him.

• Shen Fan refused to intervene when Rogue Soul Masters gathered outside, choosing to test his combat power through a one-to-one energy replica.
• Several Rogue Soul Masters attacked Shen Fan, and his energy body killed them with a volley of sword lights.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling compared Shen Fan's Azure Profound Realm cultivation and equipment to Soul Master levels on the Douluo Continent.
• Mission World Liu Erlong arrived with Xiao Wu and explained that she had come to protect Shen Fan after he revealed his 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong teased Xiao Wu for worrying about Shen Fan, and Xiao Wu struggled to deny that he was in her heart.

Shen Fan and his companions watched Dragon Fan Academy’s mysterious Titled Douluo defeat the attackers, then Tang Hao appeared to challenge the academy. Bibi Dong intervened without warning and struck Tang Hao, leaving Shen Fan wondering why she had acted.

• Liu Erlong questioned Shen Fan about the academy’s absent members, and Shen Fan confirmed that the energy construct was a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse.
• Soul Masters from the attacking group made their move, and the mysterious powerhouse killed them with ease while the spectators watched.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo speculated about the powerhouse’s strength and expected Tang Hao to attack later at night.
• Tang Hao appeared with the Clear Sky Hammer and admitted he had planned to attack the academy, but changed his plans after discovering its defenses.
• Bibi Dong appeared on the balcony, rebuked Tang Hao, and sent him flying with a single attack, leaving Shen Fan surprised by her intervention.