Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Dugu Bo reclaimed his Inner Core, and Dugu Yan asked whether she could visit Ye Lin at Shrek Academy. They returned to the academy, where Yu Xiaogang reunited with Liu Erlong and Ye Lin was welcomed by Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Bo reclaimed his Inner Core from Ye Lin, and its time inside Ye Lin had strengthened the true dragon bloodline in both of them.
• Dugu Yan asked Ye Lin if she could visit him at Shrek Academy, and he agreed.
• Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang departed the valley on Luo Sanpao, while Dugu Bo welcomed them to return.
• Luo Sanpao landed in Shrek Academy's courtyard, startling the students before they realized the dragon was not attacking.
• Liu Erlong embraced Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu used Teleportation to rush to Ye Lin and hug him.

Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang returned to the academy after half a year, surprising Tang San with how much Yu Xiaogang had changed. The group welcomed Ye Lin at dinner, where Yu Xiaogang announced that Ye Lin had brought medicinal herbs for everyone.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Ye Lin, while Tang San privately struggled to understand Yu Xiaogang’s powerful dragon and five-ring cultivation.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin back, then asked Yu Xiaogang not to fly Luo Sanpao over the academy and scare the new recruits.
• Ye Lin walked into the academy surrounded by Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai worried that his fiancée was about to get a boyfriend.
• Flender hosted a dinner for the returning pair, and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong sat together while the others ate and talked.
• Yu Xiaogang told everyone that Ye Lin had brought medicinal herbs to help them overcome bottlenecks and improve their Soul Power and talent.
• Ye Lin recalled that Yu Xiaogang had explained each herb to him during their journey and said he should have given them himself; Yu Xiaogang replied that Ye Lin could earn their gratitude.

Ye Lin distributed immortal herbs to the academy students at Liu Erlong’s secluded cabin, where Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong began refining theirs. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu each plucked a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving Tang San stunned by how much had changed in this life.

• Liu Erlong led Ye Lin and the others to her cabin in the woods so they could absorb their immortal herbs undisturbed.
• Ye Lin gave the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to Oscar, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to Ma Hongjun, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to Dai Mubai, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ning Rongrong, and they began refining them.
• Ye Lin explained how to pluck the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Zhu Zhuqing used her heart’s blood to claim the first flower before beginning to refine it.
• Tang San wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing had been thinking of Ye Lin and fretted that Xiao Wu would no longer sacrifice herself for him.
• Ye Lin revealed a second Lovesick Heartbreak Red for Xiao Wu, who plucked it with her heart’s blood and began refining it.
• Tang San was surprised there had been a second flower in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then decided Xiao Wu could still sacrifice herself to him.

Ye Lin gave Tang San Dragon Soul Grass, which Tang San recognized from his previous life as common grass from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, though it helped him break through to level thirty. Tang Hao watched from outside and mistakenly believed Tang San had secretly planned the breakthrough.

• Ye Lin gave Tang San Dragon Soul Grass and claimed it could grant Blue Silver Grass a true dragon bloodline.
• Tang San hid his anger, accepted the grass, and swallowed it while wondering whether it might have unusual effects.
• Ye Lin recalled that Yu Xiaogang had told him to give Tang San the lesser herb because Tang San's heart was crooked.
• Tang San absorbed the Dragon Soul Grass and broke through to level thirty as the others stood guard.
• Tang San saw faint golden markings on his thicker Blue Silver Grass and thanked Ye Lin, while Tang Hao watched and praised Tang San's supposed secret plan.

After their cultivation, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Lin for transforming their martial souls and declared they would pursue him, while Xiao Wu reaffirmed her love and secured his promise not to leave her. The three women left the cottage together, letting the others continue cultivating.

• Oscar woke first, discovered his soul power had risen five levels to level thirty-eight, and celebrated outside after Flender threw him out of the room.
• Ning Rongrong found that her soul power had reached level thirty-seven and her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved to nine stories, then kissed Ye Lin and said she would pursue him.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Lin for raising her soul power nine levels, kissed his cheek, and declared that she would break free of her family’s restrictions and pursue him.
• Xiao Wu hugged and kissed Ye Lin, told him she would die if he left her behind, and received his promise that he would never leave.
• Xiao Wu led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing out of the cottage so they would not disturb the others’ cultivation.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun finished absorbing the medicinal effects, and Yu Xiaogang arranged for the students to wait until everyone reached a bottleneck before seeking Spirit Rings. After three days of cultivation, Ning Rongrong left to tell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect about her evolved Martial Soul, while Tang San stopped her at the academy gates to pitch his hidden weapons.

• Dai Mubai broke through to level forty, while Ma Hongjun announced that he had gained five levels and learned from Oscar that the others had gained more.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San that they had reached Spirit Ring bottlenecks, and Xiao Wu agreed to wait so the group could go together.
• The students spent three more days cultivating in the Wooden House to consolidate their progress.
• Ning Rongrong told Flender she was returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Ye Lin goodbye and headed for the academy gates.
• Tang San stopped Ning Rongrong and offered to make a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, presenting his hidden weapons as protection for its disciples.

Ning Rongrong learned how to use Tang San’s hidden weapons and took them home to show her father. At Shrek Academy, Tai Long confronted Ye Lin over Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin accepted his challenge without using his Martial Soul.

• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to demonstrate his hidden weapons, then practiced firing the Godly Zhuge Crossbow herself.
• Ning Rongrong stored the hidden weapons in her Storage Soul Tool and left for home, while Tang San hoped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would buy them.
• Tai Long challenged Tang San over sitting beside Xiao Wu, then redirected his hostility toward Ye Lin when he saw Xiao Wu holding Ye Lin’s hand.
• Ye Lin put his arm around Xiao Wu and told Tai Long that she was his, provoking Tai Long to demand a fight.
• Tai Long summoned his Mighty Ape Martial Soul and challenged Ye Lin, who rushed at him without using his own Martial Soul.

Ye Lin defeated Tai Long twice with single punches, but Tai Long refused to admit defeat and returned home. Tai Nuo then came to Shrek Academy with Tai Long to confront Ye Lin, and Ye Lin launched a punch at him despite Tai Long’s warning that his father was a Soul King.

• Ye Lin punched Tai Long through the classroom window and asked whether he admitted defeat, but Tai Long claimed Ye Lin had ambushed him.
• Tai Long activated Rock-Solid Defense and Demon Ape Golden Body, yet Ye Lin shattered his Martial Soul Possession with another punch and sent him flying into a second crater.
• Tai Long refused to admit defeat again, then left the academy to rest at home.
• Tai Nuo arrived at Shrek Academy with Tai Long and said he would confront the people who had beaten his son.
• Tai Nuo insulted Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin pulled her back before charging at Tai Nuo with a punch.
• Tai Long warned Ye Lin that Tai Nuo was a Soul King as Ye Lin’s fist swung toward him.

Tai Nuo confronted Ye Lin after Ye Lin defeated Tai Long, but Ye Lin proved strong enough to stop Tai Nuo’s punch. Yu Xiaogang arrived to defend his disciple and summoned Luo Sanpao, leaving Tai Nuo searching for a way to overcome them.

• Tai Nuo’s punch collided with Ye Lin’s, but Tai Nuo staggered backward while Ye Lin held his ground.
• Tai Nuo activated Martial Soul Possession and warned Ye Lin that he was a rank fifty-eight Strength-type Battle Soul King.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped in, rebuked Tai Nuo for challenging his disciple, and summoned Luo Sanpao, the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Luo Sanpao’s pressure made Tai Nuo realize he might not be able to win, but Tai Long’s warning prompted Tai Nuo to insist that he could.
• Tai Nuo activated three Spirit Skills and traded blows with Luo Sanpao, then decided to target Yu Xiaogang in hopes of cutting off the dragon’s power.

Yu Xiaogang defeated Tai Nuo and sent him home with Tai Long, then Tai Tan arrived at the academy demanding an explanation. After Yu Xiaogang insulted him, Tai Tan unexpectedly apologized, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao's Heaven-Shattering Earth-Cracking to counter Tai Nuo's Power Quake and injure him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tai Long to take Tai Nuo home, stop causing trouble, and pay for the damage.
• A young instructor warned Yu Xiaogang that Tai Long had returned with his grandfather, Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan confronted Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang held Ye Lin back and challenged Tai Tan over his clan's behavior.
• Flender and Liu Erlong joined Yu Xiaogang, but Tai Tan calmed himself and apologized, surprising Tai Nuo, Tai Long, Tang San, and the others.

Yu Xiaogang asked Tai Tan to follow Ye Lin and offered him blueprints for powerful hidden weapons, hoping to bring the Strength Clan into his disciple’s service. Tai Tan was impressed but remained torn by his lifelong loyalty to Tang Hao.

• Tai Tan apologized to Yu Xiaogang and confirmed that the Strength Clan had made the items from Yu Xiaogang’s blueprints.
• Tai Tan recalled that Yu Yuanzhen had commissioned the Strength Clan to forge weapons designed by Yu Xiaogang, inspiring Tai Tan’s father to believe blacksmiths could rise in status.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tai Tan to follow Ye Lin, describing the fourteen-year-old’s strength and Soul Rings as reasons the Strength Clan could prosper with him.
• Tai Tan hesitated because he had served Tang Hao all his life, while Yu Xiaogang waited without pressuring him.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tai Tan blueprints for the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Storm Pear Blossom Needles, and Peacock Plume, warning that he would approach others if Tai Tan declined.

Yu Xiaogang took Ye Lin and Xiao Wu to the Strength Clan compound to collect hidden weapons, where Tai Tan tested Ye Lin’s endurance with his full Soul Power. Xiao Wu announced that the incense had burned down, but Ye Lin was still standing.

• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin to bring Xiao Wu with him, and Ye Lin said goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the others before leaving the academy with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang collected the finished Godly Zhuge Crossbows, Sand-Containing Shadows, and Flying God Claws from Tai Tan and asked him to keep making more.
• Tai Tan challenged Ye Lin to endure his pressure for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Ye Lin agreed.
• Tai Tan increased his pressure from thirty percent to one hundred percent as Ye Lin summoned his four Spirit Rings and dark-gold claws, endured the strain, and absorbed the medicinal effects in his meridians faster.
• Xiao Wu watched the incense burn down and shouted that time was up while Ye Lin remained standing.

Yu Xiaogang took Ye Lin and Xiao Wu toward Star Dou Forest after revealing that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and wanted her to hide there until she was strong enough to conceal her identity. Ye Lin reassured Xiao Wu that his feelings had not changed, and the chapter left them with a day of travel ahead to say goodbye.

• Tai Tan released the pressure on Ye Lin, and Xiao Wu rushed to check his injured shoulder as it quickly healed.
• Yu Xiaogang led Ye Lin and Xiao Wu away from the Strength Clan and summoned Luo Sanpao to carry them through the air.
• Yu Xiaogang announced they were going to Star Dou Forest, then told Xiao Wu that he and Ye Lin knew her true identity.
• Xiao Wu admitted that Er Ming was her little brother, and Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted her protected by the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts until she reached rank seventy.
• Ye Lin told Xiao Wu that he had known her identity but still loved her, while Xiao Wu said she could not bear to part with him.
• Ye Lin began cultivating on Luo Sanpao's head as Yu Xiaogang left Xiao Wu and Ye Lin a day to talk during the journey.

Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang left Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Forest and traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Yu Xiaogang began negotiating a deal with Ning Fengzhi by presenting four Mechanism-Type Hidden Weapons.

• Xiao Wu embraced Ye Lin before he and Yu Xiaogang departed, and she watched them leave with the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin they were going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Luo Sanpao carried them there.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong prepared to defend the sect when Luo Sanpao arrived, then lowered their guards after recognizing Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin into the main hall and asked what had brought them to the sect.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had come to make a deal and laid out a Sleeve Arrow, the Sand-Containing Shadow, a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and a Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow.

Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin demonstrated their hidden weapons to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then sold the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect five hundred sets for five million gold soul coins. The deal concluded with only three hundred sets delivered, while Ning Fengzhi wondered what surprise awaited him when Rongrong returned.

• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin tested their hidden weapons against Chen Xin, whose robe was pierced by a concealed Godly Zhuge Crossbow attack.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how the hidden weapons worked and argued that they would protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's noncombat disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why Yu Xiaogang was selling weapons to another sect, then agreed to buy five hundred sets for five million gold soul coins.
• Gu Rong objected to the price, but Ning Fengzhi paid Yu Xiaogang and accepted the three hundred sets he had on hand, with the remaining two hundred to be delivered later.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin left on the dragon, while Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might learn to make the weapons themselves and wondered about Rongrong's surprise.

Ning Rongrong discovered that the hidden weapons Tang San claimed to have made were identical to those Grandmaster had sold the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she realized Tang San had stolen them. Meanwhile, Tang San approached the Strength Clan and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son, prompting Tai Tan to let him inside.

• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had reached nine tiers.
• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong the hidden weapons Tang San had given her, but Ning Fengzhi produced identical weapons Grandmaster had sold the sect.
• Ning Rongrong realized Tang San had passed off Grandmaster’s weapons as his own, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that Tang San was a shameless thief.
• Tang San went to the Strength Clan’s gates intending to recruit its members and establish the Tang Sect.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to the guards, then told Tai Tan that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tai Tan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, brought him into the compound, and ordered the gates closed to outsiders.

Tang San visited Tai Tan at the Strength Clan compound to ask about his missing father and enlist the clan to forge weapons from his blueprints. Tai Tan heard Tang San’s private thoughts, reaffirmed his loyalty, then recognized the designs as the same ones Grandmaster had shown him.

• Tai Tan led Tang San into the Inner Hall and asked whether his father had sent him.
• Tang San explained that he had not seen his father for six years and had come to learn whether Tai Tan had any news of him.
• Tang San asked Tai Tan to forge weapons that could help ordinary people face Soul Masters and improve blacksmiths’ standing.
• Tai Tan addressed Tang San as young master and promised to spare no effort to make the weapons.
• Tai Tan recognized the blueprints as identical to designs Grandmaster had brought, and Tang San said he had drawn on the experience of those who came before him.

Tai Tan accused Tang San of stealing Grandmaster’s hidden-weapon blueprints and refused to forge for him, ending their relationship. Tang San left the Strength Clan in humiliation, while Tang Hao watched and continued to believe his son could eventually destroy Spirit Hall.

• Tai Tan said Grandmaster had given him the same weapon blueprints six months earlier, accused Tang San of theft, and rebuked him for disrespecting Grandmaster.
• Tang San claimed he planned to sell his weapons through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tai Tan mocked him for copying Grandmaster’s business dealings.
• Tai Tan challenged Tang San to swear on his family and Martial Soul that he had designed the weapons; Tang San could not do so and admitted someone else had given them to him.
• Tai Tan refused to forge the weapons, disowned Tang San as his master, and ordered him to pay for the table he had broken before being escorted out.
• Tang San left the Strength Clan with no Gold Soul Coins and vowed revenge against Tai Tan as he headed for Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows and wondered about Tang San’s past life, but believed his son’s cultivation could eventually let him destroy Spirit Hall.

Ye Lin accompanied Yu Xiaogang toward Spirit Hall as Yu Xiaogang set out to apologize to Bibi Dong for how he had wronged her. The chapter revealed how Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to support the visit, then left his feelings caught between the two women when she asked which of them mattered more.

• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin they were heading to Spirit Hall so he could apologize to someone he had wronged, and Ye Lin suspected he meant Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled telling Liu Erlong that he planned to visit Bibi Dong, prompting Liu Erlong to fear he still loved her.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that Qian Xunji had raped Bibi Dong and convinced her to end their relationship by making her believe she was no longer worthy of him.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Liu Erlong he would protect both her and Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong apologized and agreed to support his visit.
• Liu Erlong asked Yu Xiaogang whether she or Bibi Dong was more important to him, leaving him unsure how to answer.

Yu Xiaogang brought Ye Lin to Spirit City and reunited with Pope Bibi Dong after more than twenty years apart. Bibi Dong confessed that she loved him, and Yu Xiaogang comforted her as she revealed she believed herself unworthy of him.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong settled their conversation when he said both women were indispensable to his life and that he had come to Liu Erlong first.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin arrived at Spirit City, where Yu Xiaogang presented his Pope Token and was allowed into Pope Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin that Tang Hao had given him the token in case he needed it.
• Bibi Dong entered the hall, and Yu Xiaogang told her he loved her after apologizing for taking more than twenty years to come to her.
• Bibi Dong embraced Yu Xiaogang and confessed that she loved him too, but said she was no longer pure and was unworthy of him.
• Yu Xiaogang wiped away Bibi Dong's tears and told her that she would always be perfect in his heart.