Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan ended his confrontation with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then hurried back to his bedroom to help Zhu Zhuqing recover. Zhu Zhuqing escaped through the window, and Lin Yan washed and changed before opening the door to find Ning Rongrong outside.

• Zhao Wuji demanded that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San apologize to Lin Yan, but Lin Yan refused their apologies and ended his relationship with Tang San.
• Lin Yan calmed Zhao Wuji by suggesting they celebrate their return with grilled meat, and everyone dispersed.
• Lin Yan returned to his bedroom, healed Zhu Zhuqing, and woke her before Ning Rongrong could discover her.
• Zhu Zhuqing dressed and slipped out through the window while Lin Yan watched her escape.
• Lin Yan bathed, changed his clothes, and opened the door to find Ning Rongrong standing there.

Lin Yan joined the academy’s evening barbecue, where Zhao Wuji showed his support and Flender asked him to forgive Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Lin Yan refused to make forgiveness an issue, saying he would have no dealings with them, while privately planning a harsher response.

• Ning Rongrong met Lin Yan at his door, and the two headed to the playground to prepare a barbecue.
• Lin Yan thanked Zhao Wuji for his earlier help, and Zhao Wuji promised to protect him from anyone who bullied him.
• Lin Yan roasted the Light Shadow Panther, and the academy’s students eagerly divided and ate the meat.
• Flender asked Lin Yan to forgive Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, admitting the request was unfair to him.
• Lin Yan told Flender there was no need for forgiveness because he would not have any dealings with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the academy after spending the afternoon in town, and Dai Mubai accused her of seeing another man. Ning Rongrong defended Zhu Zhuqing and condemned Dai Mubai’s double standards, leaving him ready to attack.

• Flender urged Lin Yan to forgive Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, but Zhao Wuji rebuked him for meddling and defending Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong shared food with Xiao Wu, and the two wondered where Zhu Zhuqing had been.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned from town and joined Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Dai Mubai suspected she had been with another man.
• Dai Mubai demanded to know why Zhu Zhuqing had gone to town, and she coldly replied that it was none of his business.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Zhu Zhuqing and challenged Dai Mubai’s right to control her, pointing out his visits to brothels.
• Dai Mubai clenched his fists and threatened to kill Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai apologized after Zhao Wuji subdued him, but secretly planned to attack the others the next day. Lin Yan saw through the threat and prepared to meet Dai Mubai when he came to his door the following morning.

• Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, and Lin Yan intervened before Zhao Wuji pinned Dai Mubai down with Gravity Control.
• Dai Mubai apologized to everyone and returned to the dorm, while Lin Yan suspected he was plotting revenge.
• That night, Dai Mubai met a black-clad figure in the back mountain and ordered him to arrange an ambush for the next day.
• Lin Yan continued cultivating and decided Dai Mubai posed little threat because he had a level-95 Titled Douluo Puppet.
• The next morning, Dai Mubai knocked on Lin Yan's door, and Lin Yan opened it expecting trouble.

Dai Mubai lured Lin Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward Suotuo City, intending revenge, while Lin Yan anticipated the attack and prepared the girls. Dai Mubai’s ambush surrounded them on a forest path, and Zhu Zhuqing warned him that attacking Ning Rongrong could provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Mubai asked Lin Yan to arrange a meeting with Ning Rongrong so he could apologize, and Lin Yan agreed while privately anticipating trouble.
• Lin Yan brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing toward the city with Dai Mubai, then revealed that he and Zhu Zhuqing were together.
• Lin Yan gave both girls Tier 2 Soul Shields and told Zhu Zhuqing to protect Ning Rongrong in case he could not look after them.
• Dai Mubai summoned at least a dozen black-clad Soul Masters, who surrounded Lin Yan and the two girls on a deserted forest path.
• Dai Mubai threatened to kill Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing warned him that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had people outside and could retaliate.

Lin Yan revealed his hostility toward Dai Mubai by kissing Zhu Zhuqing, then confronted Dai Mubai’s guards. He left them stunned after transforming into a twelve-winged Seraph Avatar.

• Dai Mubai threatened Zhu Zhuqing and her family, claiming he had sent people to find Lin Yan.
• Dai Mubai offered to spare Lin Yan if he swore allegiance, but Lin Yan kissed Zhu Zhuqing and declared their closeness.
• Dai Mubai realized Lin Yan was Zhu Zhuqing’s lover and ordered the Star Luo Dark Guards to kill him.
• Lin Yan told Zhu Zhuqing to protect Ning Rongrong with the Soul Tools he had given her, then stepped into the guards’ encirclement.
• Lin Yan invoked his Seraph Avatar, setting the surrounding woods and the guards’ clothes ablaze and appearing with twelve golden-red wings.

Lin Yan revealed his Seraph form and slaughtered the Soul Masters in Dai Mubai’s ambush. After killing the Soul Emperor who tried to attack him from behind, Lin Yan walked toward Dai Mubai, who remained frozen with fear.

• Lin Yan summoned the Blade of Judgment and used Flame Light Prison Kill and Blazing Light Judgment to burn the black-clad Soul Masters.
• Ning Rongrong used Lin Yan’s glasses to discover that his Martial Soul was a Seraph and that both of his Martial Souls had four purple Spirit Rings.
• The Soul Emperor attacked Lin Yan from behind, but struck only an afterimage before Lin Yan stabbed him through the chest.
• Lin Yan beheaded the kneeling Soul Emperor and surveyed the burned bodies left by the flames.
• Lin Yan approached Dai Mubai, who begged him not to come closer.

Lin Yan defeated Dai Mubai after revealing that he had seen through Dai Mubai’s plan, then let Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong decide his fate. Later, Lin Yan reunited with the group at the Soul Fighting Arena, where Zhu Zhuqing asked whether they should tell everyone they were together.

• Dai Mubai begged Lin Yan for mercy and offered Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Yan severed Dai Mubai’s left shoulder when he tried to attack.
• Lin Yan revealed that Dai Mubai’s expression had exposed his plan in the Star Dou Great Forest and told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to deal with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong aimed their cannons at Dai Mubai despite his threats and offers, while Lin Yan’s response was left unstated.
• At the Soto Great Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yan introduced Zhu Zhuqing as his girlfriend to Meng Qian.
• Flender arrived with the students and Yu Xiaogang, asked where Dai Mubai was, and hurried the group to register and search the Contestant Lounge.
• After the group left, Zhu Zhuqing leaned into Lin Yan and asked whether they should reveal their relationship.

Lin Yan spent the evening with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, agreeing to leave Shrek after they won Xiao Wu over. Late that night, Tang San arrived at the Contestant Lounge with a badly injured Xiao Wu, while Lin Yan continued enjoying himself at the arena.

• Lin Yan reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she could speak openly, and Ning Rongrong accepted their relationship.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing suggested leaving Shrek, but Lin Yan said they would go after winning Xiao Wu over.
• Lin Yan dismissed the danger of Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing proposed killing him to take Xiao Wu.
• Flender worried about Dai Mubai's all-day absence, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar assumed he was out with a woman and Yu Xiaogang criticized his truancy.
• Tang San burst into the Contestant Lounge supporting a blood-covered Xiao Wu, and Flender told the others to find Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan relaxed with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, earned more Gold Soul Coins, and offered the girls a riddle with a reward and punishment.

Lin Yan healed Xiao Wu after she was badly injured in a death match Tang San entered at Yu Xiaogang’s urging, with Flender’s approval. Lin Yan confronted Flender, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang noticed Lin Yan’s four millennium spirit rings.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing tried to solve Lin Yan’s bird-and-nest riddle, but urgent shouts about Xiao Wu interrupted him before he revealed the answer.
• Lin Yan used his healing skills to treat Xiao Wu and sent Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to take her back to rest.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Yu Xiaogang had advocated death matches, Tang San had signed himself and Xiao Wu up to prove the theory, and Flender had allowed it for the academy’s finances.
• Lin Yan questioned Flender about the death match and condemned him for risking the students’ lives to make money.
• Lin Yan silently confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang spotted Lin Yan’s four millennium spirit rings.

Yu Xiaogang saw Lin Yan's four millennium spirit rings and became convinced that Lin Yan knew a revolutionary method for absorbing a first millennium ring. He tried to pressure Lin Yan into revealing it, but Lin Yan refused and publicly accused him of wanting fame, leaving Yu Xiaogang humiliated.

• Yu Xiaogang noticed Lin Yan's four millennium spirit rings and Prayer Angel martial soul, then decided Lin Yan's first ring could help restore his reputation.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed up to Lin Yan and demanded to know how he had obtained a millennium ring.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang told him to step aside and continued questioning Lin Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that revealing the method would benefit the Soul World, while Lin Yan refused and asked Flender to keep him away.
• Lin Yan accused Yu Xiaogang of using moral blackmail to advance his own reputation, embarrassing him in front of the gathered group.

Lin Yan severed Yu Xiaogang’s arm after Yu demanded his secrets, then used Xiao Wu’s treatment as leverage to stop Tang San from retaliating. He left the Soul Fighting Arena with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the sleeping Xiao Wu, while Yu Xiaogang collapsed and Tang San stayed behind.

• Yu Xiaogang shamelessly demanded Lin Yan reveal his thousand-year spirit ring method, and Lin Yan packed up his stall and refused.
• After Yu Xiaogang insulted Lin Yan and demanded his weapon-forging secret, Lin Yan revealed the Light Shadow Sword and demonstrated it by cutting off Yu Xiaogang’s right arm.
• Tang San confronted Lin Yan, while Zhu Zhuqing stepped in to defend him and declared that she was his girlfriend.
• Lin Yan warned Tang San that Xiao Wu could no longer be cured by anyone else in Soto City, making Tang San hesitate to attack.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to kill Lin Yan, then fainted from pain and rage when Tang San hesitated.
• Lin Yan refused to heal Yu Xiaogang and left the arena with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu.

After leaving the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yan took the exhausted girls to a hotel, where they ended up sharing its last room. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing settled in for the night with Lin Yan while Xiao Wu slept, leaving their relationship and Xiao Wu's situation unresolved.

• Lin Yan left the arena with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the sleeping Xiao Wu, and declined Ning Rongrong's suggestion to leave Shrek immediately.
• At the hotel, the waiter claimed only one room remained, and Ning Rongrong stopped Lin Yan from checking the registration log.
• The group accepted the hotel's romantic theme suite, and Ning Rongrong closed the door after they entered.
• Ning Rongrong went to shower, while Lin Yan drew Zhu Zhuqing close and said they should keep their relationship secret from Rongrong for now.
• Lin Yan told Zhu Zhuqing to let Xiao Wu sleep and said he would not take advantage of her vulnerability.

Lin Yan used his treatment of the injured Xiao Wu to gain her favor while pursuing Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then planned to take the three women around Soto City. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang woke to find his right arm gone and angrily berated Tang San for not searching for Xiao Wu.

• Lin Yan stopped approaching the unconscious Xiao Wu when Ning Rongrong called for pajamas, then entered the bathroom and became intimate with Ning Rongrong while Zhu Zhuqing cared for Xiao Wu.
• Lin Yan later drew Zhu Zhuqing into the bathroom, and by morning the three women were asleep while Lin Yan checked their favorability on his system panel.
• Lin Yan saw Xiao Wu's favorability had risen to 50% and decided Tang San would have to suffer as he worked to win her over.
• After the women woke, Lin Yan said he would take them around Soto City and visit a blacksmith instead of returning to the academy.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang found a Healing Soul Master, but Yu Xiaogang had already lost his right arm; after waking, he shouted at Tang San for staying beside him instead of searching for Xiao Wu.

Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender punish Lin Yan for severing his arm, and Flender reluctantly agreed after Yu Xiaogang used Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire as leverage. Back at the academy, Tang San discovered that Xiao Wu and the other girls were missing from their dormitory.

• Tang San kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang, but Flender defended him and reminded Yu Xiaogang that his own conduct had provoked Lin Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded revenge on Lin Yan and threatened to end his brotherhood with Flender, while Tang San urged Flender to enforce the school rules.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to withhold his help with Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, and Flender resolved to give him an account of Lin Yan’s actions.
• Flender returned to Shrek with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, deciding that he would sacrifice Lin Yan for Ma Hongjun’s sake.
• Tang San went to the Girls’ Dormitory with pigeon soup for Xiao Wu, found it empty, and told Flender that Xiao Wu was gone.

Lin Yan spent the day with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing before healing two gangs injured in a turf war at the Soul Fighting Arena. The faith power from treating the wounded loosened his bottleneck, and he began breaking through to Level 50 while the others guarded him.

• Lin Yan comforted Xiao Wu with a healing feather, and she cried in his arms while thinking of her mother.
• Lin Yan took Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing around Soto City, then set up his healing stall at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Brother Scar brought his wounded gang to Lin Yan for treatment, and Lin Yan healed them with his soul skills.
• Sister Ruhua arrived with her wounded gang, and Lin Yan stopped Scar and Ruhua from fighting inside the arena.
• Lin Yan healed both gangs, gained enough faith power to reach the Level 50 bottleneck, and asked Scar, Ruhua, and the girls to guard him as he began his breakthrough.

Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San came to seize Lin Yan, but Scar, Ruhua, and their people protected him. Tang San’s provocation triggered a fight between Flender and the two Spirit Emperors, while Tang San realized he had misjudged Lin Yan’s allies.

• Flender arrived with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender kill Lin Yan while he was unable to move.
• Flender revealed his Soul Saint strength and claimed Lin Yan was his student, but Ruhua and Scar summoned their martial souls and stood with their factions to defend Lin Yan.
• Tang San challenged the crowd and called for justice, while Ning Rongrong protected Xiao Wu and accused Tang San and Yu Xiaogang of twisting what had happened.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Lin Yan was her boyfriend and belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, strengthening Scar and Ruhua’s resolve to protect him.
• Tang San urged Flender to seize Lin Yan by force, and Scar and Ruhua attacked Flender, starting a battle as Tang San realized they had turned against a Soul Saint for Lin Yan.

Lin Yan broke through to level 50 as Tang San and his allies confronted the Soul Fighting Arena, but Tang San’s friends abandoned him and Yu Xiaogang urged him to retreat. Lin Yan stopped the brawl, ordered Scar and Ruhua to deal with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and revealed that he knew their backgrounds when Flender tried to threaten him.

• The Soul Fighting Arena manager sent two Spirit Masters to guard Lin Yan, while Tang San called on Oscar and Ma Hongjun to help him fight.
• Ning Rongrong broke with Oscar, completing Lin Yan’s task to win her over, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun refused to help Tang San.
• Tang San vowed to avenge Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to submit to circumstances as Flender fought Ruhua and Scar.
• Lin Yan broke through to level 50, unfolded his golden wings, and halted the chaos across the arena.
• Lin Yan told Scar to take care of Yu Xiaogang and assigned Tang San to Ruhua, while Flender warned him about their identities.
• Lin Yan drew his Light Shadow Sword and threatened Flender into silence, prompting Flender to realize Lin Yan already knew their backgrounds.

Lin Yan captured Yu Xiaogang and Tang San after confronting Flender over his betrayal, while Flender escaped to fetch reinforcements. Lin Yan left Tang San in Ruhua’s hands and hinted that he would take care of the unconscious Xiao Wu.

• Lin Yan ordered Scar and Ruhua’s subordinates to seize Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then had Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing support the unconscious Xiao Wu.
• Lin Yan rejected Flender’s pleas for a concession and accused him of sacrificing his student for money and protecting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Flender broke out of the encirclement and fled to the academy for reinforcements, leaving Ma Hongjun and Oscar behind.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Lin Yan to release him and offered his research, but Lin Yan gagged him and sent Scar away with his men.
• Lin Yan told Tang San he would take care of Xiao Wu and left him with Ruhua, who asked whether he knew what the language of steel wool meant.

After Xiao Wu woke, Lin Yan revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and had inherited two Martial Souls, leading her to question Tang San’s motives. Xiao Wu asked Lin Yan for help, hoping he could protect her from Tang San and Tang Hao.

• Xiao Wu woke in the inn and heard Tang San’s cries from downstairs, then struggled with whether to ask Lin Yan to spare him.
• Lin Yan sent Rongrong and Zhuqing out so he and Xiao Wu could speak privately.
• Lin Yan told Xiao Wu that Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, a Title Douluo, and explained Tang San’s inherited Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and Twin Martial Souls.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether Tang San had stayed close to her for six years to obtain her hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Lin Yan used his Prayer Angel Martial Soul to calm Xiao Wu and said he had a weapon comparable to a Title Douluo, so he did not fear Tang Hao.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yan to help her.