Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan watched Teacher Gu demonstrate a self-created fighting style before being called up to test it, while Ning Rongrong visited Xue Qinghe with a heavily edited face-swap photo. Xue Qinghe mistook the fabricated image for evidence of a hidden rival and resolved to kill the person pictured.

• Dugu Yan learned that Teacher Gu's fighting style required personal instruction and soul power, then watched him call up Yellow-Haired for dozing during class.
• Teacher Gu had Dugu Yan attack him with poison mist, demonstrating that area attacks could exploit the footwork before Yellow-Haired was knocked out by her poison.
• Xiao Wu meditated with the Moonshadow Silken Orchid while Ning Rongrong packed cake and kissed Lin Xiao goodbye before leaving for the palace.
• Ning Rongrong brought Xue Qinghe a cake and presented him with an edited photo showing a man whose face resembled his.
• Xue Qinghe suspected the man in the photo was a hidden trump card of Xue Ye or Xue Xing and decided the man had to die.

Ning Rongrong secretly obtained Xue Qinghe’s used fork to help Lin Xiao create a straw effigy, while Xue Qinghe secretly investigated the person in the photograph. The chapter ended with Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, and Guga discovering a hidden tunnel on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Back Mountain and approaching its dark entrance.

• Ning Rongrong failed to get Xue Qinghe’s blood but secretly kept the fork he used to eat cake.
• Xue Qinghe sent Snake Lance Douluo to search for the person in the photograph, then ordered surveillance of Xue Xing and Xue Beng when the search found nothing.
• Ning Rongrong brought the used fork to Lin Xiao, and he had Daoist Guga make a straw effigy bearing the name Xue Qinghe.
• Archaeologist Guga rushed in and told Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong that they had found a tunnel on the Back Mountain.
• Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, and Guga reached the hidden tunnel, where Ning Rongrong clung to Lin Xiao and worried that a zombie might emerge.

Lin Xiao and his companions waited for the tunnel diggers, only to discover that the culprits were Thief Gugas. They followed the Gugas into an enormous underground maze and heard them digging ahead.

• Lin Xiao ordered the archaeologist Gugas to conceal the tunnel entrance and set a nighttime watch.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Daoist Guga waited with Lin Xiao, while Daoist Guga was overwhelmed by mosquitoes and then recovered.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard movement, and Thief Guga #1 led several shovel-carrying Gugas to the tunnel.
• Lin Xiao sent his hidden Gugas home and followed the Thief Gugas into the tunnel with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Daoist Guga.
• The group navigated the winding maze as Ning Rongrong clung to Lin Xiao, and they finally heard the Gugas digging farther ahead.

Lin Xiao and the others followed the Thief Gugas’ treasure hunt into a chamber that turned out to be the Ning family’s ancestral tomb. Ning Rongrong hurried everyone out and guarded the exit to make sure the Gugas left the tomb’s valuables behind.

• Thief Guga #1 led the group to a buried treasure, and Lin Xiao had Daoist Guga divine whether it was safe to dig.
• Daoist Guga called their fortune slightly auspicious, so the Thief Gugas dug through the rock and opened a passage.
• The group discovered a lavish tomb filled with coffins bearing the names of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s successive sect masters.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the tomb as her family’s ancestral resting place and ordered everyone to leave and cover their tracks.
• Ning Rongrong caught Thief Guga #4 hiding stolen treasures and shook them loose before checking every Guga as they exited.

Two months after the grave-digging incident, Lin Xiao strengthened his Eight Spider Spears by absorbing Man Faced Demon Spider corpses. Ning Rongrong recruited him to help investigate a traitor in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she left to change into detective attire.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu left the back mountain after making Daoist Guga supervise the Thief Gugas as they refilled the grave.
• Over the next two months, Lin Xiao consumed the Meridian-Congealing Jadeheart Orchid, Zhu Zhuqing advanced her training, and the Ninja Gugas returned with four Man Faced Demon Spider corpses.
• Lin Xiao absorbed the four spiders' origin essence, evolving his Eight Spider Spears and concluding that reaching the Eight Spider Armor stage would require a spider using Spider God Possession.
• Ning Rongrong told Lin Xiao that someone had been leaking the sect's pills and said she wanted to investigate the traitor.
• After Ning Rongrong persuaded Lin Xiao to join her, she hurried off to change into suitable clothes.

Ning Rongrong investigated a theft of pills and became convinced that a yellow-haired inner disciple was suspicious. She and Lin Xiao abducted him for questioning, and he recognized them when they revealed themselves.

• Ning Rongrong dressed as Sherlock Holmes and questioned Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about the pill theft.
• Ye Lingling recalled seeing the yellow-haired disciple leaving the sect in a hurry around eight in the evening, and Dugu Yan said he often dozed in class.
• Ning Rongrong and Lin Xiao questioned more inner disciples, who said Yellow-Haired disliked cultivating and often went outside.
• Ning Rongrong decided Yellow-Haired was the suspect, and Lin Xiao suggested they call him in to hear his explanation.
• Yellow-Haired was abducted just as he reached for the last serving of penguin crispy biscuits and was brought into a dark room for questioning.
• Ning Rongrong turned a desk lamp away from Yellow-Haired's face, and he recognized her and Lin Xiao.

Ning Rongrong interrogated Yellow-Haired over suspected theft and espionage, but learned he had secretly been visiting Xiao Hong. After Ke Guga investigated Xiao Hong, Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong discovered something horrifying in the report, and Lin Xiao left Yellow-Haired with compensation and a warning to brace himself.

• Ning Rongrong accused Yellow-Haired of stealing sect pills and leaking them to outsiders, while Ke Guga's lie detection exposed that he was hiding something.
• Under Ning Rongrong's questioning and shocks from the stun device, Yellow-Haired confessed that he had been visiting Xiao Hong in Peace Alley.
• Yellow-Haired recalled losing a red-carp-embroidered coin pouch six years earlier, and Lin Xiao realized he had found that very pouch after Daoist Guga set up a Wealth-Gathering Formation.
• Lin Xiao sent Ke Guga to investigate Xiao Hong, and she returned with a report that horrified both Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Xiao gave Yellow-Haired Gold Cards and pills as compensation, then left with Ning Rongrong and Ke Guga; Yellow-Haired opened the report and was shocked.

Yellow-Haired learned that Xiao Hong had sold him into prostitution, but Big Liu reframed the ordeal as a bargain and dragged him off for drinks. Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong returned to the Sect Master Manor, where Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed the unidentified spies and suspected Spirit Hall was involved.

• Yellow-Haired discovered in a notebook that Xiao Hong had drugged him and sold him to clients, then fled in distress.
• Big Liu comforted Yellow-Haired by arguing that he had received years of emotional fulfillment without losing money, and took him for a drink.
• Lin Xiao reassured disappointed Ning Rongrong that her investigation had helped Yellow-Haired uncover the truth.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the sect was building strength cautiously because its new inventions and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had drawn other factions' attention.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that the trail behind the sect's spies had gone cold and the people further down the chain had been silenced.
• Ning Fengzhi judged that Spirit Hall was probably connected to the spies.

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin about her unsuccessful search for a spy while Tang Hao returned to Suotuo City with worsening injuries. He found Shrek Academy in a sorry state, where Yu Xiaogang struggled to teach and Tang San suffered another painful attack.

• Ning Rongrong recounted her investigation to Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi praised her before refusing her request.
• Tang Hao returned from the Star Luo Empire empty-handed after his injuries repeatedly caused him to pass out during the journey.
• Tang Hao blamed Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for worsening his injuries, then vowed to target Tang San if he could not get revenge on them.
• Tang Hao reached Shrek Academy and secretly watched Yu Xiaogang try to lead a training session while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San looked on.
• Oscar asked Tang San whether Yu Xiaogang's brain injury could be cured, and Tang San explained that his teacher had not received effective treatment.
• Tang San suffered a sudden chest pain attack, and Oscar quickly put a bamboo tube in his mouth to protect his tongue.

Tang Hao discovered that Tang San and the others had been badly injured and learned from Zhao Wuji that Yu Xiaogang had provoked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He left without revealing himself, blaming the Yu family and vowing that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had courted death.

• Oscar removed the damaged bamboo tube after Tang San suffered a violent attack, and Tang San refused treatment because he could not afford it.
• Tang Hao saw Tang San's condition, blamed Flender, and rushed to the headmaster's office, where he found Flender bandaged and motionless.
• Tang Hao struck Zhao Wuji and pinned him down with his Titled Douluo pressure before demanding an explanation for the academy's injuries.
• Zhao Wuji blamed Yu Xiaogang for insulting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's spirit ring choices and said Tang San and Flender had been injured in the resulting fight.
• Tang Hao swallowed his anger, declared he had never been there, and left Zhao Wuji convinced that Yu Xiaogang was to blame.

Tang Hao brutally beat Yu Xiaogang while healing him between blows, then the story shifted to Bibi Dong confronting Yue Guan over his failed attempt to reproduce the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's pills. Yue Guan suggested that the pills' extraordinary effects came from the maker's martial soul.

• Tang Hao seized Yu Xiaogang in a grove and beat him viciously while using soul power to keep him alive and heal his injuries.
• Xue Qinghe reviewed the failed undercover network in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and blamed himself for rushing.
• Bibi Dong mocked Yue Guan for exposing their informants while trying to obtain more pills.
• Yue Guan presented Bibi Dong with a replica pill that looked and smelled genuine but only worked as a tonic.
• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that the pill maker might have a special pill-furnace martial soul or one that awakened medicinal herbs' latent power.

Bibi Dong grew frustrated with Yue Guan and suspected that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s pills and technology came from special martial souls. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu tested milk-powered Motherland Gugas before Rongrong returned to Lin Xiao, who explained that the Gugas were still refining pills and testing formulas.

• Bibi Dong connected the extraordinary pills and technology to special martial souls and blamed Yue Guan for past failures before ordering him to leave.
• Yue Guan returned to his garden and resumed watering his plants, deciding not to dwell on Bibi Dong’s scolding.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu rode milk-powered Motherland Gugas through the sky until Xiao Wu was exhausted and fell face-first while chasing Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Lin Xiao, who explained that the Alchemist Gugas were recording herbs and testing formulas in the pill furnace.

Lin Xiao gave Ning Rongrong a Concentration Pill to strengthen her mental power before she attempted to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring. After Ning Rongrong swallowed it and gained the Insight ability, she perceived Xiao Wu’s movements as slowed.

• Alchemist Guga completed a Concentration Pill refined from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Lin Xiao gave it to Ning Rongrong to prepare her for absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Ning Rongrong grabbed the freshly made pill and burned her hands, so Lin Xiao applied burn ointment and cooled her palms with kisses.
• The pill flew into Xiao Wu’s clothes and burned her back; Lin Xiao removed it and treated the injury, while Ning Rongrong promised her extra snacks.
• After the pill cooled, Ning Rongrong swallowed it and absorbed its medicinal power over about two hours.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that her new Insight ability made Xiao Wu’s movements appear slowed.

Lin Xiao and his companions hunted an eleven-thousand-year Rock Armor Rhinoceros, allowing Ning Rongrong to absorb its soul ring while Fat Guga claimed the carcass for a feast. Elsewhere, Qian Renxue completed her sixth soul ring and caught the smell of their cooking.

• Ning Rongrong told Lin Xiao that a pill had sharpened her vision enough to see fine details, and the group headed into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul rings.
• Xiao Wu lured the Rock Armor Rhinoceros until it was exhausted, then Ning Rongrong boosted Fat Guga, who headbutted and uprooted the beast.
• Xiao Wu helped Zhu Zhuqing launch into the air, where Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Slash to wound the Rhinoceros and bring it crashing to the ground.
• Ning Rongrong killed the weakened Rhinoceros and began absorbing its ten-thousand-year soul ring while Fat Guga dragged away the carcass and stripped its stone armor.
• Chef Guga cooked the Rhinoceros meat, and Xiao Wu, Chen Xin, Fat Guga, and Zhu Zhuqing ate the meal.
• Qian Renxue completed absorbing her sixth soul ring and wondered who had started a fire and cooked in the Star Dou Forest.

Qian Renxue disguised herself as Han Xue and approached Lin Xiao’s group, planning to abduct him while her Titled Douluos restrained Chen Xin. When her allies launched their attack, Xiao Wu and Fat Guga stopped Snake Lance Douluo, while Chen Xin struck at Porcupinefish Douluo.

• Qian Renxue found Lin Xiao’s group in the forest and recognized Ning Rongrong’s black fourth Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself as Han Xue and asked to buy food, while Chen Xin demanded that Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo reveal themselves.
• As Ning Rongrong finished absorbing her Spirit Ring, Qian Renxue prepared to act, but Lin Xiao moved closer to Chen Xin and signaled Zhu Zhuqing to bring Xiao Wu over.
• Snake Lance Douluo lunged for Ning Rongrong, Porcupinefish Douluo charged at Lin Xiao, and Qian Renxue took to the air with her Spirit Bone’s Swift Bird Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body to protect Ning Rongrong, and Fat Guga struck Snake Lance Douluo with a Rozan Rising Dragon Blow.
• Chen Xin unleashed Mountain-Sinking Mountain-Splitting at Porcupinefish Douluo.

Chen Xin drove off Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo after revealing his level 97 strength, while Lin Xiao and the others escaped in Di Guga’s flying sphere with Qian Renxue stuck to its surface. The sphere zigzagged and bounced through the air, but Qian Renxue still clung on and vowed to catch them.

• Chen Xin gravely wounded Porcupinefish Douluo, while Xiao Wu used her Invincible Golden Body to protect Fat Guga from Snake Lance Douluo’s attack.
• Lin Xiao had Di Guga summon a golden sphere that carried the group into the sky, and Qian Renxue intercepted it but was dragged along when it struck her.
• Chen Xin revealed his level 97 pressure and pursued Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo as they fled.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo used their Martial Soul Avatars and Ninth Soul Skills against Chen Xin, who answered with God-Demon Dual Slash and caused a massive explosion.
• Di Guga zigzagged and bounced the sphere to shake Qian Renxue loose, but she held on and shouted that she would catch the group.

After Qian Renxue was thrown from Lin Xiao’s light sphere, Ning Rongrong woke and learned how Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had protected her. Later, Xue Qinghe tended his injuries and met with his wounded allies, admitting that Lin Xiao’s power had ruined their plan and made another attack difficult.

• The spinning sphere flung Qian Renxue into the distant mountain forest while Lin Xiao and Chef Guga watched.
• Ning Rongrong woke inside the sphere, heard Lin Xiao explain their escape, and thanked Xiao Wu and Fat Guga.
• Lin Xiao reassured Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong encouraged her by promising to grow stronger and fight back.
• Xue Ke found Xue Qinghe bruised at the Crown Prince’s Residence and carefully applied medicine while he concealed how he had been injured.
• Xue Qinghe entered a secret chamber and told the badly wounded Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo that Lin Xiao’s unexpected ability had ruined their plan.