Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San reports on his newly acquired third Spirit Ring, obtained from a 1,500-year Bloodvine King. His new ability, Blue Silver Strangulation, creates thorn-covered vines that tightly crush and restrain opponents.
• Yu Xiaogang approves of Tang San’s Spirit Ring choice because it complements his existing Entangling ability and strengthens his control-focused fighting style.
• Yu Xiaogang questions Lin Xiao’s unusual Martial Soul, which appears capable of combat, defense, support, construction, escape, and ordinary tasks. He is amazed by its versatility and believes Lin Xiao should become his disciple.
• Tang San strongly objects, accusing Lin Xiao of stealing from his mother’s grave and calling him an evil enemy. Yu Xiaogang therefore dismisses Lin Xiao as a talented but morally corrupted person, while privately feeling jealous of Lin Xiao’s gifts.
• Lin Xiao finishes absorbing his Spirit Bone and awakens the Eight Spider Spears. He struggles at first to coordinate the eight new limbs but eventually learns to control them and uses them to climb across walls and ceilings.
• Zhu Zhuqing is overwhelmed by the supernatural productivity of Lin Xiao’s farm, especially its enormous food output. Lin Xiao explains that the Gugas’ powers and accelerated storage conditions make such production possible.
• The following day, Flender introduces Yu Xiaogang as Shrek Academy’s new theory instructor. Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun applaud, while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and others largely ignore him.
• Yu Xiaogang announces that he will oversee the students’ cultivation, Spirit Ability development, and combat tactics. He then questions Lin Xiao about his four Spirit Rings.
• After hearing that Lin Xiao’s thousand-Penguin Martial Soul grants recovery, enhancement, replenishment, and reversal abilities, Yu Xiaogang condemns his choices as wasteful. He argues that Lin Xiao should have attached “fart-type” Spirit Rings, allowing thousands of Penguins to produce massive area attacks involving sleep, poison, slowing, and corrosive gas.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates improved control abilities and remains deeply loyal to Yu Xiaogang. His hatred of Lin Xiao is reinforced by his belief that Lin Xiao desecrated his mother’s memory.
• Yu Xiaogang continues to present himself as a brilliant theorist, but his resentment and inferiority complex become clearer. Lin Xiao’s extraordinary talent makes him feel that the world unfairly rewards villains while denying ability to good people.
• Lin Xiao gains mastery over his Eight Spider Spears and shows adaptability in using them for movement. His unusual Martial Soul remains a source of fascination and confusion.
• Zhu Zhuqing begins to recognize how far Lin Xiao’s abilities and resources exceed ordinary Soul Master knowledge, causing her to question her understanding of the world.
• Flender formally gives Yu Xiaogang authority at the academy, establishing the next stage of the students’ training.

Significant Themes

• Talent versus fairness: Yu Xiaogang’s bitterness centers on the belief that gifted or immoral people receive advantages while decent but unlucky people suffer.
• Theory versus unconventional power: Yu Xiaogang relies on established Spirit Master theory, but Lin Xiao’s bizarre and versatile Martial Soul challenges conventional classifications.
• Perception and prejudice: Tang San’s personal hatred causes him and Yu Xiaogang to judge Lin Xiao’s character and potential without fully understanding him.
• Adaptation and mastery: Lin Xiao’s struggle to control the Eight Spider Spears highlights the need to adapt physically and mentally to new abilities.
• Comedy through absurdity: Yu Xiaogang’s serious theoretical explanation of fart-based Penguin attacks creates a deliberately ridiculous contrast with his scholarly demeanor.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discuss Tang San’s new Spirit Ability, reinforcing their teacher-student bond.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San debate Lin Xiao’s character and suitability as a disciple, with Tang San firmly rejecting the idea.
• Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing share a calm conversation about the impossible productivity of the farm, revealing Zhu Zhuqing’s growing amazement at his powers.
• Flender presents Yu Xiaogang to the students, while their varied reactions establish differing levels of respect or indifference.
• Yu Xiaogang confronts Lin Xiao over his Spirit Ring choices, turning their first formal interaction into a humorous but critical clash between orthodox theory and Lin Xiao’s unconventional development.

Chapter Summary: “Eight-Stage Explosive Kill Throw”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San admires Yu Xiaogang’s theories, particularly his idea of chaining Spirit Ring abilities so an opponent cannot recover between attacks. However, Lin Xiao ridicules the suggestion that he might use Fart Spirit Rings, arguing that such abilities would be useless and embarrassing.
• Lin Xiao and Yu Xiaogang engage in a heated argument. Lin Xiao mocks Yu Xiaogang’s weak Martial Soul and inability to advance beyond Rank 30, while Yu Xiaogang angrily insists that his Martial Soul’s degeneration—not his own ability—held him back.
• Flender attempts to mediate but accidentally worsens the conflict by suggesting that Yu Xiaogang may not understand the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Spirit Ring arrangements. Yu Xiaogang’s pride is deeply wounded.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai privately question Yu Xiaogang’s reliability, especially his unconventional theories about Fart Spirit Rings. Tang San overhears and defends his teacher, claiming that unusual Martial Souls require unusual methods.
• Yu Xiaogang announces the team’s first training exercise: each student must carry a stone from Shrek Village to Suotuo City and back twelve times before noon, without using Soul Power.
• The students react with disbelief and resistance. Ma Hongjun and Oscar complain that the task is impossible, while Tang San calmly accepts it because he is familiar with Yu Xiaogang’s harsh training philosophy. Flender is also surprised by the severity of the assignment but does not object.
• Ning Rongrong privately complains to Lin Xiao about the Shrek team and suggests leaving. Lin Xiao flirts with her and promises to deal with the people who upset her before they depart.
• Yu Xiaogang reprimands Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong for whispering during his lesson, believing that even Rongrong is beginning to submit to his authority.
• Lin Xiao challenges Yu Xiaogang to complete the same training himself. Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun join the provocation, forcing Yu Xiaogang to accept despite Flender’s concern.

Character Developments

• Lin Xiao continues to challenge Yu Xiaogang openly and shows that he is willing to undermine the teacher’s authority. He also displays a playful, flirtatious side with Ning Rongrong and plots to embarrass Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang is portrayed as highly prideful and emotionally vulnerable to criticism. His confidence in his theoretical authority makes him easy to provoke, and his eagerness to prove himself causes him to accept a dangerous challenge.
• Tang San remains loyal to Yu Xiaogang and defends him despite the others’ doubts. He is disciplined, obedient, and accustomed to severe training.
• Ning Rongrong grows increasingly hostile toward Yu Xiaogang and Shrek’s training methods. She enjoys supporting Lin Xiao’s provocations and develops stronger romantic feelings for him after their intimate exchange.
• Flender is placed in an awkward position between protecting his longtime friend Yu Xiaogang and avoiding conflict with Lin Xiao. He understands Yu Xiaogang’s weaknesses but fails to prevent him from being provoked.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai begin questioning Yu Xiaogang’s competence, though Tang San’s reputation and achievements prevent them from fully dismissing him.
• Ma Hongjun shows his usual opportunistic nature, joining the challenge once Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong begin pressuring Yu Xiaogang.

Significant Themes

• Pride and provocation: Yu Xiaogang’s inability to tolerate doubts about his ability drives the chapter’s conflict and leads him into accepting a challenge he may not be prepared for.
• Theory versus practical ability: The chapter contrasts Yu Xiaogang’s reputation as a theoretician with the question of whether he can personally endure the training he imposes on others.
• Authority and resistance: Yu Xiaogang attempts to establish control over the team, but Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong actively resist his leadership.
• Loyalty and skepticism: Tang San remains devoted to his teacher, while Oscar, Dai Mubai, and others begin to question whether Yu Xiaogang truly deserves his reputation.
• Romantic teasing: Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong’s flirtatious interaction adds humor and reveals their growing attraction.
• Harsh training as character-building: Yu Xiaogang views extreme physical conditioning as the foundation for becoming a powerful Soul Master, though the others see it as unreasonable torture.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xiao vs. Yu Xiaogang: Their verbal confrontation is the chapter’s central conflict, with Lin Xiao attacking Yu Xiaogang’s theories and limitations.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender: Flender tries to defend and calm Yu Xiaogang but inadvertently insults his pride, demonstrating how difficult Yu Xiaogang is to manage.
• Tang San and the others: Tang San defends his teacher and attempts to restore order whenever the group questions Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong: Their whispered exchange is flirtatious and intimate, strengthening their apparent romantic bond. Rongrong also aligns herself with Lin Xiao against Yu Xiaogang.
• Ma Hongjun and the group: Ma Hongjun initially complains about the training but eagerly joins Lin Xiao’s challenge when it offers a chance to expose Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang and the team: By accepting the challenge to run alongside the students, Yu Xiaogang turns his own training assignment into a personal test of pride and endurance.

Chapter Summary: This Was the Gift of Parting

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yu Xiaogang insists on participating in the team’s intense weight-training exercise to prove that he is still strong and possesses the mindset of a powerful Soul Master.
• Despite Tang San’s warnings, Yu Xiaogang chooses a load comparable to Zhu Zhuqing’s, even though his physical condition is poor.
• The students receive baskets filled with stones according to their individual training requirements. Lin Xiao’s basket is especially heavy, while Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu receive the next-heaviest loads.
• Lin Xiao secretly gives Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing the upgraded Super Strength Guga Pill, dramatically increasing their strength and making the baskets easier for them to carry.
• The team begins running between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City, but Yu Xiaogang’s slow pace forces everyone to move at an exhausting crawl.
• Ma Hongjun criticizes Yu Xiaogang for slowing the group down and suggests that he is merely pretending to be strong. Tang San angrily defends his teacher, nearly coming to blows with Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar intervene, separating the two and forcing Ma Hongjun to offer a reluctant apology.
• Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing turn Yu Xiaogang’s endurance into a betting game. Ning Rongrong bets that he will complete two round trips, while Xiao Wu predicts one and Zhu Zhuqing predicts two and a half.
• Yu Xiaogang completes the first trip despite being nearly exhausted. Tang San gives him salt water and urges him to stop, but Yu Xiaogang stubbornly continues, repeating that he must embody “the heart of a strong man.”
• As the group begins the second trip, Xiao Wu starts hoping Yu Xiaogang will last longer so that Ning Rongrong will lose the bet.
• Ning Rongrong secretly removes a stone from Xiao Wu’s basket and throws it at Yu Xiaogang. The stone strikes him in the back of the head, causing him to fall violently and scattering the stones from his basket.

Character Developments

• Yu Xiaogang: His pride and desire to prove himself drive him beyond his physical limits. Although physically incapable of matching the students, he refuses to surrender, presenting himself as a determined and powerful mentor.
• Tang San: Displays strong loyalty and filial devotion toward Yu Xiaogang. He becomes defensive when Ma Hongjun insults his teacher and repeatedly attempts to protect Yu Xiaogang from overexertion.
• Lin Xiao: Remains observant and amused by Yu Xiaogang’s struggle. He quietly supports the female students with strength-enhancing pills and encourages the playful betting.
• Ning Rongrong: Becomes more mischievous and competitive. After secretly taking a stone from Xiao Wu’s basket, she sabotages Yu Xiaogang’s run to improve her chances of winning the bet.
• Xiao Wu: Initially predicts that Yu Xiaogang will fail after one round trip, then becomes disappointed when he succeeds. She later hopes he will continue so that Ning Rongrong will not win.
• Zhu Zhuqing: Remains calm and observant, benefiting from Lin Xiao’s pill without questioning him. Her prediction is more optimistic than Xiao Wu’s.
• Ma Hongjun: Grows irritable under the physical strain and openly challenges Yu Xiaogang’s competence. His argument with Tang San reveals tension between his blunt honesty and Tang San’s loyalty.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar: Act as mediators, preventing the argument between Tang San and Ma Hongjun from escalating.

Significant Themes

• Pride versus physical reality: Yu Xiaogang’s determination is admirable but also self-destructive, as his pride prevents him from acknowledging his limitations.
• Loyalty and respect: Tang San’s fierce defense of Yu Xiaogang demonstrates the depth of their teacher-student bond.
• Endurance and perseverance: The training emphasizes mental toughness, though the chapter also questions whether perseverance without regard for one’s limits is truly strength.
• Team conflict and cooperation: The group’s exhaustion creates friction, but Dai Mubai and Oscar help maintain unity.
• Playfulness amid hardship: Lin Xiao and the girls treat the grueling exercise as entertainment, contrasting with the genuine suffering experienced by Yu Xiaogang and the rest of the team.
• Deception and competition: Ning Rongrong’s secret interference turns the friendly wager into an unfair contest, setting up the chapter’s sudden cliffhanger.

Important Character Interactions

• Tang San repeatedly tries to stop Yu Xiaogang from overexerting himself, while Yu Xiaogang rejects his help.
• Ma Hongjun insults Yu Xiaogang’s stubbornness, prompting Tang San to confront him.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar prevent Tang San and Ma Hongjun from fighting.
• Lin Xiao gives strength-enhancing pills to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, creating a private advantage for them.
• Ning Rongrong and the other girls make bets about Yu Xiaogang’s endurance.
• Ning Rongrong ultimately cheats by throwing a stone at Yu Xiaogang, causing him to collapse and leaving the team shocked.

Key events

• Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the goose leave for Heaven Dou City, carried by the Guga’s light-forming ability.
• Before they go, they leave behind a gas tank and grenades rigged as a trap inside the villa. The setup is described as highly dangerous, though the characters treat the gas tank as stable under ordinary conditions.
• At a clinic in Suotuo City, a healer assesses Yu Xiaogang and a badly injured teenager. Yu Xiaogang has a cracked skull, broken ribs, internal bleeding, and missing teeth; the teenager’s injuries are even worse, including widespread fractures, spinal damage, and severe internal injuries. The healer warns that both may suffer lasting effects and begins treating them.
• Flender pays for their care with gold cards hidden in his shoes and clothing.
• Flender encounters Dai Mubai drunk and entertaining several women. He urges Dai not to give up, but Dai dismisses his concern and returns to the hotel.
• Ma Hongjun asks Flender for money to go out; Flender gives him a few silver coins, and Oscar goes with him.
• Back at Shrek, Flender notices the villa has been left behind. Hoping to find valuables to help cover the medical bill, he knocks, gets no answer, and tries the unlocked door—unaware of the trap inside.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong jokes with Lin Xiao about an earlier explosion and her father’s punishment. Their teasing and affectionate touch show their close, playful bond.
• Zhu Zhuqing reacts warily to the gas tank, underscoring her cautious temperament and her growing discomfort with Lin Xiao and Rongrong’s dangerous contraptions.
• Flender acts generously by committing to pay for the injured men’s treatment, but his financial desperation quickly gives way to opportunism when he considers searching the villa.
• Dai Mubai copes with fear and despair over his uncertain future by drinking and seeking distraction. Flender tries to reach him, but Dai refuses help.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar follow Dai’s example in pursuing a night out, while Flender indulges them reluctantly.

Significant themes

• Comedy built around danger: The casual discussion of explosives contrasts with their potentially catastrophic consequences, setting up the chapter’s cliffhanger.
• Desperation and coping: The injured characters face uncertain recovery, while Dai Mubai seeks pleasure to escape anxiety about his future.
• Care mixed with selfishness: Flender shows real concern for the wounded, yet his financial strain tempts him to trespass and take valuables.
• Consequences and vulnerability: The severe injuries and possible lasting disabilities reveal the physical cost of the preceding conflict.

Plot points and events

• Flender is caught in a sudden, enormous explosion at Shrek. He activates several spirit abilities to protect himself, while Zhao Wuji is knocked down by the shockwave and rushes to check on him, jokingly worried about unpaid wages.
• Lin Xiao and the others return safely to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong celebrates, only to discover that the person holding her head is her father, Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi takes Rongrong away for a serious reprimand. Lin Xiao offers to share the blame, but Fengzhi insists that Rongrong’s reckless behavior endangered the group and could have cost the sect dearly. Gugas tries to defend her with adorably ineffective punches.
• After Rongrong is taken away, Lin Xiao welcomes Zhu Zhuqing and tells her the sect will be her home.
• At the Sect Master’s Manor, Rongrong admits she was wrong. Fengzhi explains how much Lin Xiao’s contributions—especially his pills, equipment, and treasures—mean to the sect, and why Rongrong must not take his safety for granted.
• Fengzhi then asks about Zhu Zhuqing. Rongrong explains that Zhuqing is the Zhu Family’s second young miss, fleeing persecution and abandonment. Gu Rong recalls that he and Lin Xiao once helped Rongrong abduct Zhuqing publicly in the Star Luo Empire six years earlier, making their reunion a striking coincidence. Fengzhi asks how Lin Xiao and Zhuqing feel about each other.

Character development and interactions

• Ning Rongrong shifts from triumphant excitement to panic, then to remorse. Her attachment to Lin Xiao and Gugas is clear, but she accepts her father’s warning.
• Ning Fengzhi balances affection with stern responsibility: he is worried about Rongrong, but prioritizes the safety of Lin Xiao and the sect.
• Lin Xiao is protective and considerate, trying to soften Rongrong’s punishment and warmly welcoming Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing is moved by Lin Xiao’s welcome and begins to regard the sect as a possible home. She also observes a more playful, changeable side of Rongrong.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin do not intervene in Rongrong’s reprimand; Gu Rong instead adds context about Zhuqing’s past connection to Lin Xiao and Rongrong.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and recklessness: Rongrong’s choices have consequences beyond herself because they may endanger Lin Xiao and the sect.
• Home and refuge: Zhuqing’s return to the sect offers safety and belonging after her persecution.
• Fate and reunion: The group’s encounter with Zhuqing six years earlier makes her return feel like a long-running bond.
• Affection expressed through humor: Gugas’s tiny punches, Rongrong’s dramatic pleas, and Zhao Wuji’s salary joke soften otherwise tense scenes.

• Plot: After hearing about Ning Rongrong’s confrontation with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, Ning Fengzhi concludes that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is unlikely to retaliate, since Yu Xiaogang is an outcast and Tang San lacks comparable standing. He dismisses Rongrong and encourages her to spend time with Lin Xiao. Back at the villa, Lin Xiao worries about her injured knees and comforts her while treating them with ointment. He then goes to the backyard, where he finds Xiao Wu searching through the Blue Silver Emperor’s vines for home-grown carrots to give Zhu Zhuqing. Xiao Wu brushes off his questions about sharing her treasured snacks, then hurries off to find Zhu Zhuqing, who is watching the Gugas work.
• Character developments: Rongrong’s tears and apology reveal how shaken she was by the trip and her punishment, despite her usual playful confidence. Lin Xiao responds with gentle, attentive care, though Rongrong teases him about where his gaze wandered. Xiao Wu’s reluctance to share her snacks shows a possessive, childish side, even as she tries to welcome Zhu Zhuqing.
• Interactions: Ning Fengzhi lets Rongrong go with affectionate understanding. Lin Xiao and Rongrong share a tender, teasing moment while he treats her knees. Lin Xiao’s bemused exchange with Xiao Wu highlights her stubborn attachment to her food. Xiao Wu’s eagerness to bring Zhu Zhuqing carrots suggests she is trying to make the new arrival feel welcome.
• Themes: The chapter emphasizes familial and romantic affection, comfort after hardship, and playful teasing. It also underscores how power and social standing shape justice in the martial world, as Ning Fengzhi judges the likelihood of consequences for the earlier fight.

Key events

• Xiao Wu offers Zhu Zhuqing freshly pulled carrots. Zhu Zhuqing politely says she’ll save one to eat while watching the moon, inspiring Xiao Wu to try moon-gazing with carrots.
• That night, Xiao Wu waits outside with a group of Fat Gugas, but they all grow sleepy in the cold. She eats her carrot and waits for Zhu Zhuqing, who never appears.
• Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong sneaks into Lin Xiao’s room and climbs into bed with him. He tries to set a boundary, but she playfully clings to him and teases him.
• The next morning, Lin Xiao and Rongrong come downstairs arm in arm. Zhu Zhuqing joins them, and they realize Xiao Wu is missing.
• Maid Guga finds Xiao Wu asleep beneath a pile of Fat Gugas. After waking her, Xiao Wu mistakes the morning sun for the moon and complains that one of the Gugas spent the night weighing down her chest.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Wu enthusiastically takes Zhu Zhuqing’s casual suggestion literally, showing her impulsive, earnest nature. Her lonely wait hints that she was looking forward to sharing the moment with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing remains reserved and courteous, but her moon-and-carrot plan inadvertently sets Xiao Wu’s nighttime adventure in motion.
• Ning Rongrong continues pursuing closeness with Lin Xiao, using playful innocence and teasing to push past his hesitation. Lin Xiao is flustered and tries to maintain restraint.
• The Fat Gugas are affectionate but sleepy companions; their warmth keeps Xiao Wu surrounded, though one’s weight leaves her uncomfortable.
• Xiao Wu’s absence worries the others enough that Lin Xiao sends the Maid Gugas to find her.

Significant themes

• Comedic misunderstanding and irony: Xiao Wu prepares for a romantic moonlit outing, only to spend the night cold and alone while Zhu Zhuqing never arrives.
• Affection and boundaries: Rongrong seeks intimacy, while Lin Xiao struggles to respond without encouraging her.
• Companionship and disappointment: Xiao Wu’s cheerful plan turns into a quiet, slightly lonely vigil, softened by the Gugas’ presence.

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Wu returns after spending the night outside, having misunderstood Zhu Zhuqing’s remark about watching the moon and eating carrots. Zhu clarifies that she could see the moon from her bedroom, while Ning Rongrong laughs at Xiao Wu’s mistake.
• At the Sect Master Manor, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe asks Ning Fengzhi to sell pills for soldiers facing increasingly fierce clashes with the Star Luo Empire. Ning Fengzhi claims supplies are scarce, but agrees to divert a limited amount.
• Xue Qinghe privately doubts the shortage and plans to have the shipment intercepted by Spirit Hall. He is also investigating the young man behind the sect’s successful pills and hopes to recruit him.
• Xue Qinghe asks to see Ning Rongrong, bringing gifts. Ning Fengzhi sends for her, though he seems guarded about the visit.
• A maid summons Rongrong from the villa, where she has been playing a board game with Detective Kega. Kega suspects Xue Qinghe’s request is a pretext and secretly follows Rongrong.
• Rongrong senses someone tailing her, challenges the unseen follower, then decides she imagined it when no one appears.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Wu is embarrassed by her literal misunderstanding and covers it with a grumbling joke; Ning Rongrong teases her, while Zhu Zhuqing remains matter-of-fact.
• Xue Qinghe presents himself as concerned for the empire, but his internal thoughts reveal a calculating agenda: seize the pills and draw the sect’s pill-making talent to his side.
• Ning Fengzhi stays diplomatic but cautious, balancing his alliance with the empire against the sect’s limited supplies and his desire to protect its secrets.
• Detective Kega shows sharp suspicion and investigative instincts, independently recognizing that Xue Qinghe’s interest in Rongrong may conceal another motive.
• Rongrong is initially relaxed and playful, but grows wary when she senses she is being followed.

Significant themes

• Hidden motives and mistrust: Both men conceal their real intentions during polite negotiations, while Kega questions the apparent reason for Xue Qinghe’s visit.
• Power and competition: The pills are valuable military and political resources, and rival powers want control of both the supply and the person responsible for them.
• Comedy alongside intrigue: Xiao Wu’s breakfast mishap and the teasing contrast with the chapter’s growing political tension.

Plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong visits Xue Qinghe, who welcomes her with an expensive Seven-Colored Shell-and-pearl boat. They discuss her engagement to Lin Xiao, whom Rongrong describes as her “best big brother.”
• Xue Qinghe keeps the conversation friendly while indirectly asking questions. Detective Kega secretly observes and concludes that his scattered questions reveal information about Lin Xiao and the group.
• Back at the villa, the others sit in exaggerated silence, staring at an orange. Rongrong joins them before asking what they are doing.
• Kega suddenly shoots Xiao Wu with an anesthetic needle. Lin Xiao explains that it can knock out a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; Xiao Wu will likely sleep for a day.
• Rongrong is alarmed, but Kega hides beneath the coffee table and announces that Xue Qinghe is suspicious. She claims his probing revealed details about Lin Xiao’s cultivation, personality, habits, whereabouts, and the group’s abilities, then dramatically declares, “There’s only one truth!”

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong enjoys Xue Qinghe’s gift and speaks warmly of Lin Xiao, but becomes confused by the group’s odd ritual and horrified when Xiao Wu is sedated.
• Xue Qinghe appears gracious and composed, yet privately mocks the Sect’s protectiveness of Lin Xiao and carefully gathers information through indirect questions.
• Kega acts like a self-appointed detective: she spies on Rongrong, analyzes Xue Qinghe’s conversation, and dramatically presents her suspicions. Her impulse to tranquilize Xiao Wu remains unexplained.
• Lin Xiao recognizes what has happened to Xiao Wu and calmly identifies the anesthetic.
• Xiao Wu is knocked unconscious before she can make sense of the situation; Zhu Zhuqing is left equally bewildered.

Significant themes

• Hidden intentions and surveillance: Xue Qinghe’s polite conversation conceals an information-gathering effort, while Kega secretly watches him.
• Comedy through exaggeration: The solemn orange-staring pose, Kega’s spy theatrics, and her sudden, disproportionate attack on Xiao Wu turn the suspected intrigue into farce.
• Trust and protection: Rongrong’s engagement and the Sect’s guarded attitude toward Lin Xiao underscore how closely he is protected—and why outsiders’ interest in him raises suspicion.

Plot points and events

• Great Detective Ke Guga warns that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe intends to recruit Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao agrees that this is plausible, knowing that Xue Qinghe is actually Qian Renxue and is eager to claim talented people.
• Lin Xiao sees the rivalry between Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong as a possible safeguard: Qian Renxue may oppose her mother rather than let anyone else interfere with him.
• Ning Rongrong dismisses the danger, confident that Lin Xiao is hers and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can meet any offer Xue Qinghe might make. Zhu Zhuqing carries the unconscious Xiao Wu upstairs.
• Lin Xiao asks Rongrong to obtain something personally linked to Xue Qinghe, such as hair, a nail, or blood, so he can prepare a contingency. She agrees.
• Lin Xiao takes Rongrong to the ritual room, where Daoist Guga makes two straw voodoo dolls using a tooth and a lock of hair he had saved. Rongrong identifies them as belonging to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Rongrong eagerly tests the doll made for Yu Xiaogang with a needle. Far away in a clinic, Yu Xiaogang is suddenly struck by shifting, intense pains and cries out for help.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao remains calm and strategic, planning protections against both recruitment and possible future threats.
• Ning Rongrong is possessive and self-assured about her relationship with Lin Xiao. She trusts him, readily helps with his plans, and gleefully embraces the dolls’ use.
• Ke Guga insists on her detective skills, though her dramatic certainty contrasts with Rongrong’s skepticism.
• Daoist Guga handles the ritual, carefully crafting and consecrating the dolls.
• Yu Xiaogang becomes the first apparent victim of the curse, while Tang San is also represented by a doll, setting up a possible later consequence.
• The scene also highlights Lin Xiao’s bond with Rongrong through their easy teasing and affectionate gestures.

Significant themes

• Power and rivalry: Qian Renxue’s ambition to recruit exceptional talent may put her at odds with Bibi Dong.
• Security through contingency: Lin Xiao prepares for future threats rather than relying on confidence alone.
• Possessiveness and loyalty: Rongrong’s certainty that Lin Xiao belongs with her shapes her reaction to the recruitment threat.
• Supernatural retaliation: The voodoo dolls turn personal links into a means of inflicting pain from a distance, blending ritual comedy with menace.

Key plot points and events

• Old Cui panics when Tang San begins convulsing like the already-mad Yu Xiaogang. Assuming the condition is contagious, he kicks both patients and their beds out of his clinic.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s villa, Ning Rongrong practices needlework on straw dolls while Lin Xiao cultivates. Zhu Zhuqing trains with a Guga martial arts master, who demonstrates Wing Chun and sets her daily goals to improve her weak power, technique, and coordination.
• Chen Xin flies to Sunset Forest with Doctor Guga and Alchemist Guga to treat Dugu Bo’s poison. He uses a gas mask to cross the poisonous miasma without wasting Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo confronts the intruder, recognizes Chen Xin despite his disguise, and prepares to flee or fight rather than let his herb garden be damaged.
• Chen Xin says he has come to offer Dugu Bo a chance to survive. He reveals intimate details of Dugu Bo’s recurring poisoning symptoms and says they can cure him, warning that Dugu Yan could suffer the same fate as Dugu Bo’s son.
• Shocked that Chen Xin knows a secret he has told no one, Dugu Bo demands to know what Chen Xin wants.

Character developments and interactions

• Old Cui shifts from confidence in his medical record to panic and suspicion, treating the matching convulsions as evidence of contagion.
• Ning Rongrong is shown diligently practicing her needle technique; Lin Xiao continues cultivating.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepts defeat respectfully and commits to the Guga master’s demanding training plan, showing her determination to grow stronger.
• Chen Xin approaches Dugu Bo with an unusual offer rather than a challenge, remaining composed in the face of Dugu Bo’s threats.
• Dugu Bo moves from defiance to wary uncertainty when Chen Xin proves knowledge of his secret illness. His concern for Dugu Yan is used to persuade him to listen.
• The Guga master acts as Zhu Zhuqing’s instructor, while Doctor and Alchemist Guga accompany Chen Xin as specialists in the planned treatment.

Significant themes

• Training and self-improvement: Zhu Zhuqing accepts hard work and criticism as the path to strength.
• Family and vulnerability: Dugu Bo’s fear that Dugu Yan could inherit his fate undermines his defiance.
• Trust and leverage: Chen Xin’s knowledge of Dugu Bo’s private symptoms creates both hope of a cure and suspicion of a trap.
• Comedy amid danger: Old Cui’s exaggerated fear of contagion and Chen Xin’s reliance on a written prompt lighten the serious medical and political stakes.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Xin persuades Dugu Bo to cooperate by invoking his fear that his granddaughter, Yanyan, will suffer the same fate as him.
• Doctor Guga examines Dugu Bo, declares him close to death, and treats him with silver needles. The treatment makes him release a huge cloud of accumulated poison, which Chen Xin disperses with his sword skill.
• Dugu Bo feels dramatically better, but Doctor Guga explains that the treatment only removes the poison already stored in his body; it will build up again unless he continues cooperating. A full cure and Martial Soul Evolution are also held out as future possibilities.
• Chen Xin orders Dugu Bo to lead them to his herb garden. There they find a rare basin containing a spring of opposing icy and scorching waters, surrounded by unusual plants.
• Chen Xin demands Dugu Bo’s secret Wishful Treasure Pouch to carry the herbs. Dugu Bo is startled that the sect knows about another of his private possessions and grudgingly hands it over.
• Alchemist Guga digs up the Immortal Herbs without following the usual careful procedures. After collecting the visible plants, she digs in a corner and pulls up a string of sweet potatoes.

Character developments

• Dugu Bo begins suspicious and resistant, but his concern for Yanyan outweighs his pride, so he accepts treatment and cooperation. Feeling relief after the procedure gives him hope, though he remains unsettled by how much the visitors know about him.
• Chen Xin is blunt and controlling, using Dugu Bo’s vulnerability to secure his cooperation. He takes charge of the treatment’s aftermath and the herb gathering.
• Doctor Guga confidently treats Dugu Bo with unconventional methods, mixing comic bravado with a serious explanation of the treatment’s limits.
• Alchemist Guga is practical and unconcerned with formal harvesting rules, cheerfully digging up both rare herbs and an unexpected crop of sweet potatoes.

Significant themes

• Family and sacrifice: Dugu Bo accepts help because he fears losing Yanyan, his greatest weakness and deepest attachment.
• Power and leverage: The promise of a lasting cure and Martial Soul Evolution is conditional on loyalty, making treatment a tool for securing cooperation.
• Trust versus suspicion: Dugu Bo must rely on strange, tiny healers and a powerful sect that seems to know his secrets.
• Comedy through contrast: Grave illness and rare treasures are undercut by Guga’s improvised medical practice, Dugu Bo’s panic, and the sweet-potato reveal.

Character interactions

• Chen Xin pressures Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo challenges his claims and later grumbles about being treated like a target for the sect’s wealth.
• Doctor Guga reassures Dugu Bo after alarming him with her diagnosis, then performs the treatment despite his doubts.
• Dugu Bo reacts with renewed hope when the poison is expelled, but Doctor Guga clarifies that the benefit is temporary.
• Chen Xin and Dugu Bo move from negotiation to reluctant cooperation as Dugu Bo guides the group to the garden and hands over his pouch.
• Dugu Bo watches Alchemist Guga harvest the plants, distressed by her casual methods and the loss of herbs he has guarded for decades.

Key events

• Dugu Bo agrees to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Chen Xin. While they travel, the Gugas use machinery to extract the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Dragon Bone.
• By the time they arrive, the Gugas have built a replica of the well beside Lin Xiao’s villa. They deliver the collected Immortal Herbs, which Lin Xiao assigns to be replanted and studied for cultivation and medicine.
• Lin Xiao gives Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty and teaches her how to absorb it. After several hours, her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolves into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, breaking a major limit for her family.
• Lin Xiao says another Aromatic Silk Beauty should grow in just over a month and promises it to Ning Rongrong’s father. Rongrong volunteers to present it to him, while hinting that she has a plan.
• Rongrong encourages Lin Xiao to pursue Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, even suggesting he visit Zhu Zhuqing first with an Immortal Herb.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong is overjoyed by her Martial Soul’s evolution and eager to share the eventual benefit with her father. She also shows a pragmatic, scheming side: she accepts that Lin Xiao may have other partners and wants to choose them herself, partly to keep influence over them.
• Lin Xiao uses the Immortal Herbs to strengthen the sect and help Rongrong, then agrees to Rongrong’s matchmaking suggestion.
• The Gugas demonstrate their efficiency in extracting, reproducing, cultivating, and studying rare resources. Their accelerated plant growth offers the sect a potentially rapid supply of Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo leaves the spring and returns to the sect, while Chen Xin accompanies him.

Significant themes

• Power and advancement: The herbs promise stronger cultivation and a path toward elevating the sect’s status.
• Loyalty to family and sect: Rongrong sees Lin Xiao’s importance to the sect and wants her father and family to benefit.
• Affection mixed with ambition: Rongrong’s enthusiasm for Lin Xiao coexists with strategic matchmaking and a desire to manage future relationships.
• Extraordinary convenience and accelerated progress: The Gugas’ abilities make normally decades-long cultivation and resource gathering seem remarkably quick.

Plot points and events

• Lin Xiao visits the sparring platform and finds Zhu Zhuqing balancing on a narrow bamboo pole as part of her training. When a bird lands on her hand, she loses her balance; Lin Xiao catches her before she falls.
• Lin Xiao gives Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, an Immortal Herb suited to improving her body, cultivation potential, and foundation. Though reluctant to accept something so valuable, she takes it and goes to absorb it in private, following his instructions.
• Dugu Bo tours the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and is impressed by the strength of its young disciples and the resources provided through its contribution system. He asks for his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, to join.
• Ning Fengzhi agrees to enroll Dugu Yan as an inner-sect disciple while giving her resources equivalent to those of a direct-line disciple. Delighted, Dugu Bo leaves to bring her over.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo tells Dugu Yan he is taking her to the sect. Though she protests that she has training and commitments there, she ultimately agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Zhuqing remains reserved and self-controlled, but her embarrassment when Lin Xiao catches her—and her quick heartbeat—suggests she is affected by his kindness. She accepts the Immortal Herb despite initially feeling it is too precious and promises to repay him.
• Lin Xiao shows concern for Zhu Zhuqing and supports her growth by choosing an Herb specifically suited to her needs. He says he has also selected appropriate Herbs for Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo is impressed by the sect’s opportunities and prioritizes securing them for his granddaughter. His excitement shows how deeply he values Dugu Yan’s prospects.
• Ning Fengzhi demonstrates generosity and political tact by offering Dugu Yan exceptional resources, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong quietly observe Dugu Bo’s easy satisfaction.
• Dugu Yan is surprised by her grandfather’s decision and reluctant to leave her academy life, but yields when she recognizes his firm resolve.

Significant themes

• Training and self-improvement: Zhu Zhuqing’s balance practice and the sect’s cultivation system emphasize disciplined growth.
• Mentorship and care: Lin Xiao and Dugu Bo both act to advance the younger generation’s potential, though in different ways.
• Loyalty, gratitude, and obligation: Zhu Zhuqing’s promise to repay Lin Xiao reflects the weight she places on receiving help.
• Opportunity and sacrifice: Dugu Yan gains access to superior resources, but must leave behind her current routines and team commitments.

Plot points and events

• Dugu Yan leaves Heaven Dou Royal Academy with her grandfather, Dugu Bo. Her teammates watch her go, while Yu Tianheng regrets that he never found the right moment to confess his feelings. Dugu Bo warns him not to hurt his granddaughter.
• While packing, Yan tells Ye Lingling she will miss her and invites her to come along to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Lingling initially refuses, explaining that her Nine Heart Begonia family stays neutral and she relies on the academy’s protection.
• On the journey, Dugu Bo reveals that Yan’s parents died from the Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul’s innate poison flaw. Yan carries the same flaw and may not live past thirty. He says the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can resolve Martial Soul problems, which is why he is joining.
• Yan realizes her purple hair and green eyes are signs of the poison, not simply how she was born. Recalling a prior encounter, she suspects the Sect may be able to do more than cure her—perhaps even help with Martial Soul evolution.
• Excited by the possibility that the Sect could also address the Nine Heart Begonia family’s hereditary limitation, Yan rushes back and persuades Lingling to go with her. Qin Ming supports Lingling’s decision.
• Dugu Bo brings both girls to the Sect. Ning Fengzhi welcomes Yan as an Inner Disciple and gives her an identity token, then asks who the veiled young woman accompanying them is.

Character developments and interactions

• Dugu Yan shifts from sadness at leaving her friends to shock over her family’s secret, then to determined hope. She actively seeks help for Lingling as well as herself.
• Dugu Bo discloses the truth he had long concealed to protect Yan from fear. His decision to join the Sect is driven by the need to survive and to secure a future for his granddaughter.
• Ye Lingling moves from cautious reluctance to agreeing to investigate the Sect’s potential remedies. Her loyalty to Yan is clear, though her family’s neutrality has kept her guarded.
• Yu Tianheng is left frustrated and regretful over his missed chance to confess; Yan’s departure underscores their unresolved relationship.
• Qin Ming supports Lingling’s choice, prioritizing the possibility of a cure over keeping her at the academy.

Significant themes

• Secrets and belated truth: Dugu Bo’s prepared excuses contrast with Yan’s lifelong failure to question her unusual appearance.
• Hope against inherited fate: Both girls may have a chance to overcome long-standing dangers tied to their Martial Souls.
• Friendship and loyalty: Yan’s concern for Lingling motivates her to return and invite her, while Lingling chooses to accompany her.
• Missed opportunities: Yu Tianheng’s unspoken feelings show how hesitation can leave important things unsaid.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Lingling, heir to the Nine Heart Begonia, asks Sect Master Ning Fengzhi for help overcoming her martial soul’s inherited flaw: only two bearers can exist at once, so each new heir requires an existing bearer to die.
• Ning Fengzhi offers to consult the sect’s elders and proposes that the Ye family join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for help. Lingling says she must first consult her family.
• Lingling and Dugu Yan settle into the sect’s female disciples’ quarters. Dugu gives Lingling a rare cultivation pill, which Lingling studies before taking; Dugu then starts sampling the many medicines supplied by the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi visits Ning Rongrong to ask whether Lin Xiao can help the Ye family. Rongrong reveals that her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda has evolved into the legendary Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Rongrong explains that Lin Xiao gave her an immortal herb, the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which caused the evolution. Ning Fengzhi is thrilled and asks whether more of the herb is available; Rongrong teasingly says there is, but he must wait and follow specific poses.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Lingling is cautious and dutiful: she hopes to resolve her lineage’s burden but will not commit her family without consulting them. Her curiosity about medicine is also evident in her close examination of Dugu Yan’s pill.
• Ning Fengzhi balances political calculation with compassion. He recognizes the value of the Nine Heart Begonia, but also sees the tragedy behind its inheritance. Rongrong’s revelation overwhelms him with joy and pride.
• Dugu Yan remains playful and inquisitive, sharing her pill with Lingling and freely experimenting with the sect’s extensive supplies.
• Ning Rongrong shows affection for her father while enjoying teasing him. She credits Lin Xiao for her breakthrough and confidently assures Fengzhi that he can solve Lingling’s problem.
• The chapter highlights the close partnership between Rongrong and Lin Xiao, whose gift has transformed the sect’s long-standing hopes.

Significant themes

• Inherited sacrifice and family duty: The Nine Heart Begonia’s power comes with repeated loss, forcing Lingling and her family to weigh personal suffering against the lineage’s future.
• Power, loyalty, and political alliance: Fengzhi’s offer to help is linked to bringing the Ye family into the sect.
• Breakthrough and hope: Rongrong’s evolution suggests that seemingly permanent martial-soul limits can be overcome.
• Trust and affection: Rongrong’s confidence in Lin Xiao contrasts with her playful suspicion-provoking behavior toward her father.

Plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong persuades her father, Ning Fengzhi, to forgive her after he admits he wrongly doubted her. He offers her two items from his collection as an apology.
• Ye Lingling, heir to the Nine Heart Begonia, seeks the Ning family’s help with her Martial Soul’s inherited bloodline limitation. Lin Xiao says an Immortal Herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—the Three-Life Begonia Stamen—may overcome it by strengthening its compatible Nine Heart Begonia. Ning Fengzhi leaves them to discuss a plan.
• Xue Qinghe discovers that Ning Fengzhi’s shipment of pills contains far fewer than expected. He divides what he received between Heaven Dou’s forces and Spirit City, then reads a letter from the Pope asking him to collect pills for Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. He privately suspects the request is really for the Pope’s favored disciple and decides to approach Lin Xiao through Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbs an Immortal Herb and reaches level thirty. Lin Xiao advises her to strengthen her body before taking a Spirit Ring so she may withstand one beyond the usual age limit. Ning Rongrong then suggests Whale Rubber as a faster way to increase that limit.

Character developments and interactions

• Rongrong’s playful, affectionate bond with Ning Fengzhi is clear: she turns his apology into a chance to claim rewards. She is also close and conspiratorial with Lin Xiao, and appears to be guiding him in a plan involving Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Xiao is presented as knowledgeable about Immortal Herbs, pills, and Spirit Ring limits, though he doubts Rongrong’s proposed approach.
• Xue Qinghe’s anger at Ning Fengzhi’s stingy shipment gives way to calculated pragmatism. His resentment toward the Pope and interest in Lin Xiao’s resources drive his next move. Snake Lance Douluo remains cautious and silent around him.
• Zhu Zhuqing trusts Lin Xiao’s advice without hesitation. Though embarrassed by the implications of Whale Rubber, she listens seriously to its claimed benefits.

Significant themes

• Trust and influence: Rongrong’s closeness with both her father and Lin Xiao helps her shape decisions.
• Power and scarce resources: Pills and medicinal herbs are valuable tools for training, and their distribution creates political tension.
• Advancement through knowledge: Lin Xiao’s understanding of rare substances offers a possible way around limits imposed by tradition and physiology.
• Hidden motives: Xue Qinghe reads political intentions beneath the Pope’s request and weighs how best to pursue his own goals.

Lin Xiao prepared Zhu Zhuqing for a body-tempering medicinal bath, after which she drank ten-thousand-year whale glue and struggled against its effects as Lin Xiao entered her thoughts. Elsewhere, Ning Rongrong toured the sect with Dugu Yan, mistook a sneeze for a sign that Lin Xiao was thinking of her, and continued walking.

• Lin Xiao took Zhu Zhuqing to the kitchen, where Gugas prepared a simmering medicinal bath for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing soaked in the medicinal liquid, endured its pain, and passed out while cultivating.
• After the bath liquid turned clear, an Alchemist Guga gave Zhu Zhuqing the heated whale glue to drink.
• The whale glue stirred powerful sensations in Zhu Zhuqing, and she thought of Lin Xiao as her reason began to fail.
• Ning Rongrong sneezed while touring the sect with Dugu Yan, then said Lin Xiao was thinking of her and kept looking around.

Lin Xiao carried the weakened Zhu Zhuqing to bed, while Ning Rongrong hurried back to the villa after arranging events in the garden. The chapter ended with Lin Xiao carrying Ning Rongrong upstairs, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling remained lost in the garden.

• After the medicine left Zhu Zhuqing weak, Lin Xiao carried her to her bedroom and tucked her in, and she found comfort in leaning against him.
• Ning Rongrong checked her watch while walking with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then rushed back to the villa when the time came.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling got lost in the garden and asked Yellow-Haired for directions, but he left in a hurry.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the villa, asked Lin Xiao about his progress with Zhu Zhuqing, and requested a bridal carry of her own.
• Lin Xiao carried Ning Rongrong upstairs after she invited him to play games in the bedroom.

A black-cloaked Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect spy received a dangerous assignment, while Xiao Wu woke after a day asleep and heard about the sect’s recent events. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling then watched Guga teach the Inner Disciples unusual but practical combat techniques.

• A masked man gave a black-cloaked undercover agent an assignment, and the agent worried that carrying it out would get him killed before swallowing the letter.
• Xiao Wu woke with a painful lump on her head and learned from Ning Rongrong that she had slept for one day and missed the sect’s recent events.
• Ning Rongrong and Lin Xiao silently speculated about Xiao Wu’s condition while Zhu Zhuqing watched their rapid gestures without understanding them.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went to the Inner Disciples’ training grounds, where Dugu Yan discovered that the combat instructor was a penguin named Guga.
• Guga demonstrated several dodging techniques, and a disciple explained the practical, ruthless principles of the Mad Dog Fist to Dugu Yan.