Chapter Summaries

• Gao Yang awakens the Evil God Simulator after spending sixteen years in the Douluo world as Flender’s disciple. Wary of Tang San’s future power, he had planned to leave Shrek Academy and keep a low profile, but the system offers him a chance to experience fictional lives and earn rewards.
• He begins a simulation targeting Ning Rongrong. Though his keywords were meant to summon a different woman, the system explains that more powerful figures such as Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi are beyond its current reach. Gao Yang accepts Ning Rongrong as the target after learning that completing the simulation will add a thousand years to each of his Soul Rings.
• The simulation establishes a new identity and relationship. Gao Yang selects the talents Reclusive Personality, Childhood Friends, and Natural Blondie. In the simulated life, he is born a prince of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, awakens the family Martial Soul with level-five Innate Soul Power, and meets Ning Rongrong at age six through her father and his teacher, Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Rongrong’s mother becomes a surprising mystery. By age nine, Rongrong often follows Gao Yang, but he is more interested in listening to her mother’s stories. Gao Yang is startled because the original story never mentioned her mother.
  Character developments and interactions: The real Ning Rongrong is unknowingly drawn into the simulation when a black light bypasses Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s powerful spiritual scan and enters her forehead. Chen Xin remains nearby to protect her as she travels to Suotuo City. Within the simulation, Gao Yang’s reserved disposition makes him initially indifferent to Rongrong, while their childhood-friend connection brings them together through Ning Fengzhi.
  Themes: The chapter plays comic contrast between Gao Yang’s fear of crossing powerful figures and his readiness to pursue virtual romantic scenarios; it also introduces the boundary between real people and simulated lives, and hints that the system—and the simulation’s altered backstory—may hold secrets.

Chapter summary

• First simulation: At age 12, Gao Yang’s simulated self argued with Ning Rongrong when she wanted to run away from home, leaving their friendship strained. At a banquet the following year, he meant to reconcile with her, but her behavior put him off. Instead, he showed tenderness toward her drunken mother—covering her with his cloak and smoothing her hair. Ning Rongrong saw this, was hurt, and later ran away. She eventually returned after winning the Soul Master tournament, accompanied by Oscar. The simulation ended with Gao Yang’s character regretting that he had not been braver.
• Gao Yang receives a low score and a mocking review from the system, which suggests he missed his chance by choosing to help Rongrong rather than her mother. Despite his frustration, he accepts a small consolation reward: all his Soul Ring ages increase by 1,000 years.
• Second simulation: Provoked by the system, Gao Yang tries again to win Ning Rongrong over. He selects three talents: Everyone’s Favorite, Twin Martial Souls, and a powerful Soul Pet. He is quickly distracted from his original goal by the rare pet talent.
• His new character is born to a Soul Saint in a border town, befriends animals, and at age three protects a young Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from his father. The tiger, named Xiao Tian, becomes his loyal and unusually gentle companion.
• At age six, the character awakens two Martial Souls—the Seven Kill Sword and Golden Staff—with Innate Full Soul Power. His father worries that cultivating both could endanger him and asks which one he should train. The chapter ends before the choice is made.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang is competitive and easily provoked, especially when the system calls him useless or a beginner. He also shows curiosity and excitement about the new simulation’s extraordinary pet.
• In the first simulation, the protagonist’s aloofness and indecision worsen his relationship with Ning Rongrong. His kindness toward her mother is sincere, but Rongrong interprets his attention as a painful rejection.
• In the second simulation, the protagonist’s warmth draws affection from the town, while his protectiveness creates a close bond with Xiao Tian. His father is proud of his talent but cautious about the risks of twin-soul cultivation.

Significant themes

• Missed chances and regret: The first simulation turns on one consequential choice and the protagonist’s hesitation.
• Choice and consequence: The system’s branching options shape relationships, rewards, and the story’s direction.
• Affection and loyalty: The protagonist’s bond with Xiao Tian is built through protection and mutual understanding.
• Talent versus danger: The twin Martial Souls promise exceptional power but carry a serious physical risk.

Key plot points and events

• Gao Yang chooses to cultivate the Seven Kill Sword. His father takes him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Sword Douluo Chen Xin trains him.
• Gao Yang quickly becomes close to the sect’s leaders and Ning Rongrong. By age seven, his talent is exceptional, and Ning Fengzhi quietly encourages his friendship with his daughter.
• As they grow older, Gao Yang falls in love with Ning Rongrong, while his constant devotion helps turn her from a spoiled princess into the sect’s notorious “little devil.”
• At ten, unsure what to do with his feelings, Gao Yang confides in his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Xiao Tian. The tiger returns injured with Ning Rongrong’s diary, which Gao Yang reads despite his reservations. The diary reveals her private fantasies of being humiliated and dominated.
• Gao Yang keeps the diary rather than destroying it or using it to threaten her. When Ning Rongrong discovers it missing, she runs away and eventually joins Shrek Academy.
• Three years later, she returns with Hidden Weapons and stories of Shrek. Gao Yang notices her warmth when she mentions Oscar and feels uneasy.
• At fifteen, Gao Yang declines an invitation to join the tournament rather than risk facing Ning Rongrong as an opponent. After Shrek wins, she returns more mature and poised, accompanied by Oscar. Gao Yang’s insecurity prompts a new choice: attack Oscar, flaunt his level and seek Ning Rongrong’s hand, or remain the understanding older brother. The chapter ends before he decides.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang grows from a gifted, affectionate child into a lovesick and increasingly jealous young man. He idealizes Ning Rongrong, but his reluctance to confess or confront his feelings keeps him in the role of her devoted older-brother figure.
• Ning Rongrong is first shown as a pampered, willful child, then as someone with a secret, unconventional inner life. Her flight to Shrek changes the course of her relationship with Gao Yang.
• Xiao Tian acts as Gao Yang’s unusual confidant: after listening to his troubles, the tiger risks injury to bring him the diary.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi support Gao Yang’s training and closeness to Ning Rongrong, though neither knows the full extent of his feelings or the diary incident. Oscar’s presence later sharpens Gao Yang’s romantic jealousy.

Significant themes

• Unrequited love and hesitation: Gao Yang’s devotion is deep, but he repeatedly avoids direct action.
• Privacy and consequences: Reading and keeping the diary violates Ning Rongrong’s trust, and her discovery of its disappearance drives her away.
• Coming of age: Gao Yang encounters confusing feelings, desire, shame, and jealousy as he matures.
• Comedy and parody: The chapter contrasts a fantasy-romance setup with absurdly awkward choices and irreverent commentary.

Plot points and events

• Gao Yang becomes friends with Oscar after the newcomer arrives at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. To get time alone with Ning Rongrong, Gao Yang quietly gives Oscar a string of easy but tedious tasks.
• On Ning Rongrong’s birthday, Gao Yang visits her with a gift. She is disappointed that Oscar has forgotten the occasion, and admits Gao Yang is one of the few people at the sect who remembered.
• After an awkward moment involving her underwear, Gao Yang catches Ning Rongrong when she slips. Overcome by his feelings, he kisses her on the lips.
• When Ning Rongrong recoils, Gao Yang accuses her of treating him like a servant and contrasts their long history with her new closeness to Oscar. Her reaction reveals that Oscar has noticed and understood her private interests—something she has not shared with her closest friends.
• Gao Yang leaves, turning her anger into guilt. The kiss becomes their secret, and he begins keeping his distance while Ning Rongrong privately dwells on his gift and their encounter.
• Gao Yang later returns from a mission badly injured after protecting Oscar from a fifty-thousand-year soul beast. Ning Rongrong is deeply upset and comes to his bedroom with medicine.
• The simulation offers Gao Yang the option to experience the scene firsthand. He accepts, and the chapter ends with simulated Gao Yang coldly refusing Ning Rongrong’s offer to apply the medicine.

Character developments

• Gao Yang shifts from suppressing his feelings to acting on them, then uses emotional confrontation and distance to make Ning Rongrong reconsider their relationship. His approach is calculated as well as romantic.
• Ning Rongrong shows vulnerability beneath her proud temperament. She is disappointed by Oscar’s absence, feels guilty after Gao Yang’s accusations, and becomes increasingly concerned about Gao Yang after his injury.
• Oscar is hardworking and attentive: his efforts to prove himself keep him busy, while his observant nature lets him discover Ning Rongrong’s unusual hobby.
• Gao Yang’s real-world self is eager to experience the simulation more intensely, despite having no direct control over his character’s actions.

Significant themes

• Friendship, romance, and jealousy: Gao Yang’s long-standing bond with Ning Rongrong is tested by her growing connection with Oscar.
• Manipulation and emotional leverage: Gao Yang’s actions—delaying Oscar, confronting Ning Rongrong, and withdrawing—are designed to change how she sees him.
• Being seen and remembered: Ning Rongrong’s birthday and hidden hobby highlight the importance of paying attention to someone’s needs and inner life.
• Choice and simulation: Gao Yang can select key actions and adjust sensory intensity, but the simulation still guides events.

Character interactions

• Gao Yang and Ning Rongrong’s relationship moves from familiar childhood closeness to a secret kiss, hurt feelings, and unresolved tension.
• Gao Yang’s friendship with Oscar is complicated by romantic rivalry, though Gao Yang later risks himself to protect him.
• Ning Rongrong’s attempt to care for the injured Gao Yang contrasts with his deliberately cold response, leaving their reconciliation unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Gao Yang tells Ning Rongrong that his feelings for her make it unbearable to watch her relationship with Oscar. He says he will neither interfere nor give them his blessing, and that he intends to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Rongrong tends his wounds and tries to reconcile, initially believing that the conflict stems from her having kept her preference secret. Gao Yang’s bitter response makes her realize the problem is his unrequited love, not merely a misunderstanding.
• She begs him not to leave and throws herself into his arms. Their argument turns into teasing and awkward accusations over his having stolen her first kiss and her having left home.
• While Gao Yang steps out, Rongrong tries to inspect a locked box by his pillow, but Xiao Tian blocks her. Gao Yang urges her to return to her room; she refuses and climbs into his bed, insisting she will stay until he makes up with her.

Character developments

• Gao Yang presents himself as cold and resolved to distance himself from Rongrong, but his private thought—“Got her!”—shows that he is also manipulating the moment to draw out her attachment. He remains hurt and jealous, though.
• Ning Rongrong recognizes that she has misunderstood Gao Yang’s feelings and that their relationship may no longer be sibling-like. Her usual confidence gives way to guilt, confusion, and a determined refusal to let him leave.
• Xiao Tian remains protective of Gao Yang’s belongings and casually rebuffs Rongrong’s attempt to snoop.

Significant themes

• Unrequited love and separation: Gao Yang sees staying close to Rongrong and Oscar as painful, so leaving seems like the only way to cope.
• Changing relationships: Rongrong’s assumption that she and Gao Yang can simply return to their old bond collides with his romantic feelings.
• Guilt, responsibility, and reconciliation: Both revisit past choices, but neither has a clear way to repair the damage.
• Affection expressed through teasing: Their emotional confrontation repeatedly gives way to banter, revealing their familiarity even as the relationship changes.

Character interactions

• Gao Yang tends toward Rongrong’s wounds while rejecting her attempts to treat the care as a simple sibling gesture.
• Rongrong pleads, apologizes, and clings to him; Gao Yang pushes her away verbally but responds to her distress.
• Their argument mixes jealousy and heartbreak with comic threats and teasing.
• Xiao Tian physically prevents Rongrong from opening Gao Yang’s box, while Gao Yang uses the interruption to urge her to leave.

Key plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong tries to persuade Gao Yang to stay with her by acting spoiled and invoking a childhood promise that he would travel the continent with her after becoming a Titled Douluo. When Gao Yang’s response makes her fear he may leave, her feigned tears turn genuine.
• Gao Yang comforts her and promises not to leave the sect. Rongrong agrees that, when they are alone, they can still hold hands as they did in childhood. He draws her into a hug, and they reconcile.
• Over the next week, their closeness returns—and grows. A diary entry describes their hand-holding and past kiss leaving Rongrong uncertain about their relationship. Gao Yang privately recognizes that he has been manipulating her affection.
• Over the following months, Gao Yang keeps Oscar busy with tasks and spends time cultivating with Rongrong. Their intimacy escalates gradually: he kisses her cheek, then leaves before going further. Rongrong seeks him out the next day to clarify that she was surprised, not upset.
• At age seventeen, Rongrong reaches level fifty and needs a fifth Soul Ring. Ning Fengzhi sends her with Gao Yang, now level sixty-three, to the Star Dou Great Forest. Oscar asks to join them, ostensibly to help with practical matters. Gao Yang must choose how to stop or respond to him.

Character development

• Gao Yang presents himself as Rongrong’s caring childhood companion, but knowingly uses reassurance, familiarity, and carefully limited affection to deepen her attachment. He also obstructs her time with Oscar by assigning Oscar more work.
• Ning Rongrong remains affectionate and emotionally vulnerable beneath her proud “Little Demoness” persona. She wants Gao Yang’s closeness, yet struggles to understand what their increasingly intimate relationship means.
• Oscar is diligent and eager for Gao Yang’s approval. He accepts the extra assignments rather than recognizing that they keep him away from Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi trusts Gao Yang’s strength to protect Rongrong, though Gao Yang suspects the sect master may have an ulterior motive.

Significant themes

• Affection and manipulation: Gao Yang’s tenderness reassures Rongrong while also serving his own aims.
• Innocence and power imbalance: Rongrong’s trust and inexperience make her susceptible to his calculated advances.
• Ambiguous intimacy: Childhood closeness—holding hands and embracing—shifts toward romance without either character openly defining it.
• Deception and evidence: Gao Yang destroys Rongrong’s childhood diary to avoid leaving behind evidence of their history.

Character interactions

• Rongrong pleads for Gao Yang to stay; he comforts her, and their reconciliation restores—and intensifies—their closeness.
• Gao Yang uses work assignments to keep Oscar occupied, while Oscar interprets them as opportunities to earn recognition.
• Rongrong responds to Gao Yang’s cheek kiss with confusion but later assures him she was not offended.
• Oscar’s request to join the Soul Ring expedition threatens Gao Yang’s plan for a journey alone with Rongrong.

• Oscar’s dilemma and Gao Yang’s advice: Gao Yang chooses to help Oscar rather than let him impulsively leave the sect or confront Ning Rongrong. Oscar fears that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rule—that a direct-line disciple’s spouse must be a Battle Soul Master—makes a future with Rongrong impossible. Gao Yang explains that support-type Soul Masters can become fighters through a Soul Bone or, more realistically, Self-Created Soul Skills. Oscar is energized by the possibility.
• A path forward—and a test: Gao Yang offers to teach Oscar sword-based Self-Created Soul Skills, provided Oscar has the talent and a suitable weapon. He writes him a letter of introduction to his father, who owns a powerful sword, but leaves Oscar to earn his father’s approval himself. Gao Yang admits that he also likes Ning Rongrong, while insisting that the choice is hers. Oscar respects his honesty and promises to accept her decision, even if she chooses Gao Yang. Oscar leaves for Gao Yang’s hometown to pursue the sword and training.
• Rongrong’s uncertainty and the forest trip: Before departing, Oscar leaves Ning Rongrong a letter. Though initially annoyed, she grows unsettled in his absence. Gao Yang informs Ning Fengzhi and takes Rongrong and Xiao Tian to the Star Dou Great Forest. The unfamiliar dangers and Rongrong’s need for reassurance bring them closer; she allows Gao Yang to hold her hand.
• A new Soul Ring and an intimate gesture: With Rongrong’s support and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s help, Gao Yang kills a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Rongrong successfully absorbs its Soul Ring. That night, he prepares a gift and asks her to close her eyes and lie beside him; she complies, though somewhat suspicious. The chapter ends before revealing the gift or what happens next.
  Character development and interactions: Oscar shows intelligence, ambition, and emotional maturity: instead of giving up, he pursues a way to protect Rongrong, and his rivalry with Gao Yang becomes respectful and open. Gao Yang presents himself as both Oscar’s adviser and a romantic competitor, using tact and strategy to support Oscar while drawing closer to Rongrong. Rongrong shifts from brooding over Oscar’s departure toward trusting and relying on Gao Yang.
  Themes: The chapter explores love as a matter of personal choice, the value of earned strength and self-improvement, and the tension between sincere support and romantic strategy.

Key events

• Gao Yang gives Ning Rongrong an exceptionally rare, eighty-thousand-year gemstone-type Soul Bone as a gift for her tournament victory. He explains that after she left home, he was sent to train in the deadly Death Canyon, where he won the bone.
• Rongrong initially refuses because of the danger and value involved, but Gao Yang persuades her to accept it. She absorbs it quickly, gaining a powerful lifesaving skill and one level of Soul Power.
• Gao Yang recognizes that Rongrong misses Oscar and tells her he accepts that her happiness may come from someone else. He admits that his jealousy led him to force a kiss on her, hoping to disrupt her relationship with Oscar.
• Gao Yang confesses that he fears eventually letting Rongrong go so completely that he forgets what it felt like to love her. Rongrong comforts him and insists he is not a bad person.
• After she cries and then laughs at his teasing, the two lie beneath the stars. Gao Yang asks permission to kiss her cheek, promising to stop if she pushes him away. Rongrong feels relieved that he means only a cheek kiss.

Character development and interactions

• Gao Yang shows both generosity and vulnerability: he gives Rongrong a precious treasure, acknowledges his past wrongdoing, and struggles with jealousy and the prospect of losing his feelings for her. His playful teasing softens an otherwise painful conversation.
• Ning Rongrong expresses deep concern for Gao Yang’s safety and affectionately calls him “her” Gao Yang, but her feelings remain complicated by her love for Oscar. She defends Gao Yang fiercely, recognizing the kindness and integrity he has shown, and is comforted by his restraint.
• Their relationship shifts between intimate emotional honesty, sibling-like banter, and unresolved romantic tension. Gao Yang tries to honor Rongrong’s feelings for Oscar while still admitting his own love.

Significant themes

• Unrequited love and letting go: Gao Yang wants Rongrong to be happy even if she chooses Oscar, yet fears losing the love that has shaped him.
• Guilt, forgiveness, and moral complexity: He does not excuse his forced kiss, while Rongrong sees his later actions as evidence of his genuine character.
• Care expressed through sacrifice: The Soul Bone, Gao Yang’s help to Oscar, and his concern for Rongrong all show affection through giving and restraint.
• Consent and boundaries: The ending contrasts Gao Yang’s earlier wrongdoing with his explicit request for permission before kissing her cheek.

Key plot points and events

• Gao Yang and Ning Rongrong share an intimate moment, including another kiss. Rongrong is flustered but enjoys their growing closeness.
• A powerful Soul Beast roars nearby. Gao Yang judges it to be at least an eighty-thousand-year threat and carries Rongrong to safety rather than fight.
• Rongrong twists her ankle while fleeing. At the forest’s edge, she tends to Gao Yang’s sweat-soaked brow, and he prepares to treat her injury; the simulation abruptly skips the scene.
• On the journey back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Gao Yang continues caring for Rongrong’s ankle. Their hand-holding and shopping trips become increasingly natural and affectionate.
• Three months later, Oscar returns with Gao Yang’s family heirloom sword, apparently granted by Gao Yang’s Soul Saint father. Gao Yang begins training him in a self-created sword skill.
• Oscar’s training and sect duties leave him little time with Rongrong. Gao Yang and Rongrong grow closer, exchanging casual affection and kisses.
• Gao Yang decides it may be time to deepen their relationship, and the chapter ends with three possible invitations: a seaside trip, a visit to the Star Dou Empire to check on Zhu Zhuqing, or asking Rongrong to teach him Heart Separation Control.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang is protective and attentive toward Rongrong, though he also teases and kisses her. He takes Oscar’s sword training seriously, seeing potential in him.
• Ning Rongrong becomes more comfortable showing affection toward Gao Yang and feels safe with him during danger. She privately considers choosing him over Oscar, believing that might spare both men unnecessary sacrifice.
• Oscar is shown as diligent and resilient in training, despite the unusual prospect of a food-type Soul Master practicing swordsmanship. His return and growing responsibilities indirectly give Gao Yang and Rongrong more time together.
• Xiao Tian is revealed to have become powerful enough to rival a high-ranking Soul Beast, though his roar serves mainly to drive Gao Yang and Rongrong together through the crisis.
• The Evil God System interrupts Gao Yang’s desired first-person romantic scene and continues the simulation in text, prompting his comic complaints.

Significant themes

• Safety, loyalty, and romantic choice: Rongrong contrasts the security she feels with Gao Yang against Oscar’s willingness to sacrifice himself.
• Growing intimacy through everyday care: Treating an injury, holding hands, shopping, and sharing small gestures steadily deepen the relationship.
• Training and perseverance: Oscar’s sword practice highlights discipline and Gao Yang’s role as a demanding but invested mentor.
• Comedy through meta-commentary: Gao Yang’s frustration with the system’s censorship and format breaks the romantic narrative with self-aware humor.

Plot points

• Gao Yang chooses to learn Distraction Control, a difficult technique from Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He reveals his second Martial Soul, the Golden Staff, which has four black Soul Rings. Ning Rongrong agrees to teach him after understanding how the technique could help him manage the staff’s heavy Soul Power demands.
• In the Divine Realm, the God of Love mocks the God of Evil over their respective successors, prompting a brief, comic exchange.
• Gao Yang encourages Oscar to spend time with Ning Rongrong, but Oscar becomes absorbed in sword practice instead. After Oscar repeatedly ignores her concern, Rongrong stops worrying about him.
• Gao Yang and Rongrong train together in her private room: she teaches him Distraction Control, while he teaches her battlefield survival. Their growing routine makes her increasingly comfortable with his presence.
• Gao Yang asks Rongrong about the indecent scenes in her diary. She admits that being treated roughly by him when they first met excited her because she had always been pampered. After finding similar scenes in a storybook, she began writing fantasies starring herself—and the masked figure in them was Gao Yang.
• Worried that Gao Yang is angry, Rongrong embraces him. He reassures her, then asks her to teach him to write a diary so he can express his own desires and jealousy. He says he wants to create a version of Rongrong who belongs only to him. Feeling responsible for his feelings, she agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang shows strategic judgment in choosing private lessons, builds closeness with Rongrong through regular training, and uses frank conversation to uncover her secret. His request to share her diary-writing practice reveals possessiveness and jealousy.
• Ning Rongrong moves from spoiled princess to a more open and trusting companion. She confides in Gao Yang about her unusual fantasy, seeks reassurance when she fears his disapproval, and responds to his vulnerability with guilt and affection.
• Oscar withdraws from his relationship with Rongrong as he devotes himself to swordsmanship, creating distance between them and leaving Gao Yang more time with her.
• The God of Love and God of Evil provide comic commentary, with the former gleefully teasing the latter about losing a successor.

Significant themes

• Intimacy through shared secrets and instruction: Training and personal confession deepen Gao Yang and Rongrong’s bond.
• Desire, fantasy, and emotional expression: Rongrong uses her diary to explore feelings she cannot openly pursue; Gao Yang wants a similar outlet.
• Jealousy and possessiveness: Gao Yang’s wish to imagine a Rongrong who is exclusively his exposes the tension beneath their closeness.
• Mismatched priorities in relationships: Oscar’s obsession with swordsmanship leaves Rongrong feeling neglected.

Key plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong helps Gao Yang improve an illustrated romance storybook, offering increasingly candid critiques on pacing, emotions, gestures, and realistic physical details.
• When Gao Yang considers visiting a Red-Light District for research, Rongrong stops him and offers to demonstrate instead. Their lesson turns into a kiss; she breaks away when things go further, and they go no further that night.
• Rongrong tells herself the kiss was only to help his writing, then tries to keep her distance—but misses him. During a lantern festival and after watching a romantic play, they reconcile and kiss again.
• Their kisses become more frequent and passionate. After Gao Yang advances his Distraction Control, another embrace leads to a more intimate encounter. Soon they routinely steal kisses whenever they are alone.
• Three months later, Rongrong buys Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to help Gao Yang strengthen his body before a breakthrough. Unsure how to use it, they eat it raw together. During cultivation, Gao Yang senses his Soul Power moving downward; he opens his eyes to find Rongrong watching him with damp eyes.

Character developments

• Ning Rongrong shifts from shy, guarded writing coach to an increasingly willing romantic partner. She rationalizes her actions as helping Gao Yang, but her jealousy at the thought of him seeking other women and her repeated return to him reveal growing attachment.
• Gao Yang begins as an inexperienced writer seeking guidance, but his attraction to Rongrong increasingly overtakes the original project. He becomes more confident in initiating intimacy.
• Both grow more comfortable with physical affection, though Rongrong still shows flashes of self-restraint and embarrassment.

Significant themes

• Art imitating life: Advice meant to improve the storybook draws the pair into acting out the intimacy they discuss.
• Denial and desire: Rongrong repeatedly frames their kisses as practical or harmless, even as her feelings deepen.
• Escalation and blurred boundaries: Their relationship progresses from instruction to kissing and greater intimacy, with each encounter making the next easier.
• Trust and care: Rongrong’s efforts to keep Gao Yang away from the Red-Light District and her purchase of Whale Glue show concern for his well-being, even as their closeness complicates their relationship.

Character interactions

• Rongrong critiques Gao Yang’s writing and physically demonstrates expressions and positions, gradually making their lessons personal.
• She stops him from seeking outside experience, then offers her own help, leading to their first lip kiss.
• Festival outings and a romantic performance prompt them to reconnect and share increasingly affectionate moments.
• Their final shared experiment with Whale Glue turns unsettling when Gao Yang senses an unexpected effect and finds Rongrong visibly affected.

Plot points and events

• After their first night together, Gao Yang leaves the immersive simulation briefly to cool off, then resumes it.
• Ning Rongrong is shaken by what happened but, after Gao Yang comforts her, admits she loves him and does not regret it. The next morning, she insists they keep the encounter secret and promise not to repeat it.
• Ning Fengzhi reacts angrily, ordering Bone Dragon Douluo to beat Gao Yang. Sword Douluo intervenes, and Ning Fengzhi eventually accepts Gao Yang as Rongrong’s future husband. He then sends Rongrong into seclusion for three months.
• When they reunite, Gao Yang and Rongrong are visibly moved to see each other. Faced with a choice, Gao Yang decides to tell her that Oscar is injured rather than seek private time with her.
• Rongrong visits Oscar, intending to explain her feelings, but his severe injuries and difficulty hearing make her lose her nerve. She spends the afternoon helping care for him with Gao Yang.
• As Oscar sends them away for the night, Rongrong goes to rest in the neighboring room. Gao Yang later enters that room, leaving the chapter on a suggestive cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Gao Yang recognizes the simulation’s manipulative choices but still prioritizes selecting what he believes is the “right” option. He shows some concern for Oscar, though he remains confident in his relationship with Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong moves from shock and guilt toward accepting her love for Gao Yang. She remains embarrassed about their intimacy and conflicted about Oscar, but resolves not to keep him emotionally entangled once she can tell him.
• Ning Fengzhi shifts from anger to accepting Gao Yang as Rongrong’s future husband, while also separating the couple for a period.
• Oscar is badly injured and, despite being at the center of Rongrong’s unresolved feelings, behaves considerately toward her.

Significant themes

• The chapter explores desire, guilt, and the consequences of crossing emotional and physical boundaries.
• It contrasts personal choice with duty and loyalty, especially in Rongrong’s feelings for Gao Yang and Oscar.
• The simulation’s game-like choices create dark humor and pressure Gao Yang to balance friendship against romantic desire.
• Secrecy and delayed honesty remain central, as Rongrong plans to tell Oscar the truth but postpones it.

Character interactions

• Gao Yang comforts Rongrong after their first night, and the two reaffirm their affection while agreeing to conceal what happened.
• Ning Fengzhi’s anger toward Gao Yang is tempered by Sword Douluo’s intervention.
• Rongrong shows concern for Oscar while trying to reassure Gao Yang that her concern is only friendly.
• Gao Yang and Rongrong care for Oscar together, but her intended confession is postponed when she sees how badly hurt he is.

• Reunion and romance: Gao Yang sneaks into the clinic to see Ning Rongrong after three months apart. She trusts him completely, and their affectionate reunion turns intimate. They hide the encounter from Oscar, who is recovering nearby. Rongrong later asks what trials her father imposed; Gao Yang downplays the danger, mentioning that the hardest task was hunting a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Engagement and Oscar’s response: After Oscar’s injuries heal, Rongrong ends her relationship with him and tells him about Gao Yang. Oscar reacts with unexpected relief, asking whether he can still remain friends with Gao Yang. Rongrong is briefly protective, but recognizes that Oscar is now absorbed in swordsmanship and regards Gao Yang as the rival he most wants to surpass. A few days later, with Ning Fengzhi and the sect present, Gao Yang and Rongrong become engaged.
• Years pass: The engaged couple grow increasingly close, while Oscar becomes more withdrawn, spending long stretches meditating with his sword. Several years later, Rongrong invites Gao Yang to join the Shrek Seven Devils’ five-year reunion, and he travels with her and Oscar to Shrek Academy.
• The reunion: Gao Yang meets Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun. Oscar becomes livelier among his old friends. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun resent Gao Yang’s engagement to Rongrong and trade verbal barbs with him, despite Oscar’s efforts to calm them; they suggest a friendly spar. Zhu Zhuqing whispers something to Rongrong, who blushes and agrees. Tang San then arrives, and the group catches up before staging a showy sparring match against Zhao Wuji and Headmaster Flender.
• Parting and cliffhanger: Tang San plans to visit his soul-beast lover in the Star Dou Great Forest and renews the group’s promise to reunite in five years. Before Tang San leaves, Gao Yang privately summons him, setting up an unexplained conversation.
  Character developments and themes: Rongrong’s devotion to Gao Yang becomes settled and public through their engagement. Oscar accepts the breakup without hostility and remains Gao Yang’s friend, though he retreats further into swordsmanship. Gao Yang and Rongrong’s relationship is central, while their reunion with Shrek highlights lasting friendship, rivalry, loyalty, and the effort to keep romantic conflict from turning into resentment.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San meets Gao Yang privately. Gao reveals that he has two Martial Souls, has reached Soul Saint rank, and carries a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. He explains that a Divine Trial can make it safe to add Soul Rings to a Second Martial Soul: after the third stage, the successor gains a demigod-like body.
• Gao says Tang San’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain is itself linked to a Deity’s legacy and suggests he return to Slaughter City. He also identifies the Angel God’s legacy through Spirit Hall and the Sea God’s legacy on Sea God Island. Tang San is alarmed to learn that Bibi Dong may also be a Divine successor.
• Gao gives Tang San four God-Given Soul Rings, which can produce Soul Rings without hunting Soul Beasts. Tang San accepts one and absorbs it before setting out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find the woman he loves.
• After Tang San leaves, Gao spends several days with Ning Rongrong and the Shrek group. Ning Fengzhi then arrives with Sword and Bone Douluo, battered, and reports that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has been destroyed. The survivors plan to relocate to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Xiao Tian fought two Titled Douluo, killed one, and was gravely wounded by the other. He escaped toward the Star Dou Great Forest, but his fate is unknown. Gao and Ning Rongrong hurry there to find him. Other Shrek companions depart for their own destinations.

Character developments

• Tang San moves from suspicion of Gao to respect and gratitude after learning about the Divine Trials and receiving the Soul Rings. His fear of Bibi Dong’s potential rise to godhood sharpens his anxiety about avenging his family.
• Gao Yang demonstrates both exceptional power and generosity, sharing valuable knowledge and resources with Tang San.
• Gao and Ning Rongrong reveal deep loyalty to Xiao Tian, whom Gao regards as one of the people dearest to him.
• Ning Fengzhi and the sect’s elders are forced into a desperate rebuilding effort after the attack.

Significant themes

• Power, divinity, and destiny: Divine legacies offer a path to godhood, potentially transforming the balance of power.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Xiao Tian risks his life defending the sect, while Gao and Rongrong immediately set out to help him.
• Compassion toward Soul Beasts: God-Given Soul Rings offer Tang San an alternative to hunting, important because the woman he loves is a Soul Beast in human form.
• Loss and uncertainty: The sect’s destruction and Xiao Tian’s disappearance turn triumph and camaraderie into crisis.

Character interactions

• Gao initially addresses Tang San’s distrust calmly, then earns his confidence through candid explanations and generous gifts.
• Tang San reacts with alarm to the revelation about Bibi Dong, but thanks Gao formally for pointing him toward divine legacies.
• Gao’s gifts also improve his relations with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Fengzhi’s news prompts Gao and Rongrong to act together, while Sword Douluo’s account establishes Xiao Tian’s bravery and the urgency of the search.

Key events

• Gao Yang flies with Ning Rongrong into the Star Dou Great Forest, desperately calling for Xiao Tian, his injured tiger companion. When Soul Beasts attack, he unleashes thousands of sword blades, killing many as he searches.
• The forest’s guardian, Xiao Lu, appears and reveals that Xiao Tian reached Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast status but is badly wounded. She is recovering at Xiao Lu’s home. Xiao Lu offers to keep her there as payment for treatment; Gao Yang refuses to leave her with the danger posed by a bear and insists he will take her away once she heals.
• Xiao Lu transports Gao Yang onward. Ning Rongrong grows jealous of Gao Yang’s apparent familiarity with the beautiful guardian, but he evades her questions by pointing out Tang San and Xiao Wu, who are being pursued by Spirit Hall.
• Gao Yang rushes to their aid. Tang San warns him that Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and other Spirit Hall fighters are hunting them. Enraged by Spirit Hall’s past attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Xiao Tian, Gao Yang powers up with his Martial Soul Avatar and Rongrong’s boosts.
• Gao Yang kills Ghost Douluo with a single strike. He then withstands Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Ninth Soul Skill and kills him after thirteen clashes. The chapter ends as the surviving Spirit Hall forces prepare to fight, with Xiao Na and Gao Yang calling on a Martial Soul Fusion.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang is shown as fiercely protective and driven by worry for Xiao Tian. His grief and anger fuel overwhelming violence, while his evasiveness about Xiao Lu reveals tension in his relationship with Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong supports Gao Yang wholeheartedly in battle, boosting his attacks without hesitation. At the same time, she is jealous of his closeness to Xiao Lu and openly demands to know their relationship.
• Xiao Lu acts as a powerful, compassionate guardian of the forest, but rebukes Gao Yang for endangering Xiao Tian and demands repayment for her care.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu are rescued while fleeing Spirit Hall. Tang San quickly gives Gao Yang the essential facts, and Gao Yang immediately intervenes.
• Spirit Hall’s pursuit ends in disaster for its two elder pursuers, with the remaining combatants facing Gao Yang and Xiao Na.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Gao Yang’s search for Xiao Tian and Rongrong’s support show the lengths characters will go for those they love.
• Power and its cost: Gao Yang’s indiscriminate slaughter of Soul Beasts demonstrates the destructive reach of his strength and the danger of acting from desperation.
• Jealousy and trust: Rongrong’s reactions expose unresolved insecurity about Gao Yang’s bond with Xiao Lu.
• Revenge and escalation: Gao Yang frames his assault on Spirit Hall as repayment for earlier harms, turning rescue into a deadly confrontation.

• Aftermath of the battle: Gao Yang kills Xie Yue, Yan, and the remaining Spirit Hall fighters, then returns to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong. He gathers several Soul Bones and escorts the group toward Heaven Dou. Along the way, Tang San learns that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has been devastated, while Gao Yang is impressed by Tang San’s resourcefulness. Xiao Wu mourns Da Ming and Er Ming, whose deaths leave her and Tang San vulnerable.
• A public challenge to Spirit Hall: Gao Yang throws the heads of Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, the Golden Generation, and other Spirit Hall members into a city square, naming himself as their killer. He later learns that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has also been destroyed.
• The growing crisis: In Heaven Dou, the battered Ning Fengzhi and the others assess the imbalance between the weakened allied forces and Spirit Hall’s many Titled Douluo. Sword Douluo proposes sending the Shrek students to Sea God Island to grow stronger—partly, Gao Yang realizes, because he fears they may otherwise be lost if war breaks out. Tang San agrees and plans for the group to reunite at Shrek before departing. He also forms the Tang Sect with former Clear Sky Sect allies, while Gao Yang gathers the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s survivors.
• A puzzling omission: Gao Yang wonders why Spirit Hall has not retaliated for the death of its Holy Maiden. He also questions why the expected Heaven Dou Palace Coup has not yet occurred, though he is unsure of the original story’s timeline.
• The spar at Shrek: After reuniting with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, Gao Yang is asked to spar with the Shrek Seven Devils so they can sharpen their teamwork before Sea God Island. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun initially object to facing him all at once, while the group still carries some resentment over his relationship with Ning Rongrong. Gao Yang briefly uses his Sword God Domain, overwhelming them with pressure and trapping Bai Chenxiang in a frightening sword illusion; she flees in shock. He then agrees not to use the Domain in the spar and warns that he is permitted to strike lethally.
• Character dynamics: With Tang San absent, Dai Mubai takes command and the Shrek group quickly forms its battle positions. Ning Rongrong refuses to support them, joking that she would boost Gao Yang instead. Ning Fengzhi steps in to provide the team’s boosts, prompting the others to pity Gao Yang for facing a future father-in-law who wants them to beat him.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes the consequences of war, the need to strengthen alliances, and the strain caused by Spirit Hall’s growing dominance. It also balances the grim political and personal losses with playful rivalry and romantic-family comedy.

Plot points and events

• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrive to join the spar, making the Shrek group a six-person fighting team, with Ning Rongrong refusing to fight against Gao Yang.
• Gao Yang reveals his Seven Kill Sword and extraordinary ring configuration: two purple, four black, and one red ring. The Shrek fighters are shaken by the pressure of his sword intent.
• The team attacks with coordinated techniques, aided by Ning Fengzhi’s boosts. Gao Yang answers with a single sword stroke that breaks Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, splits Ma Hongjun’s flame attack, and drives back Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. His precision makes clear that he could have killed them, but chose not to.
• As the fight escalates, Oscar imitates Gao Yang’s sword stroke and begins to grasp something about swordsmanship. Gao Yang cleaves through Ma Hongjun’s powerful fire attack, then deflects Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear high into the sky with a precise touch.
• Gao Yang demonstrates that his sword mastery lets him hover without using a Soul Skill or Soul Bone. Jian Chen admits Gao Yang’s understanding of swordsmanship surpasses his own.
• Ning Fengzhi activates his Martial Soul Avatar, greatly strengthening the team. Gao Yang then targets him, testing whether the others can protect their support.
• Xiao Wu intercepts Gao Yang’s “kill” strike with Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body. She survives, but is thrown back and suffers internal sword-energy damage; Gao Yang has again shown restraint.
• Challenged not to underestimate their bonds, the Shrek fighters combine Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls into a huge black-and-white tiger. Gao Yang approves and prepares to test them further.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang displays overwhelming skill but remains controlled, repeatedly sparing opponents and offering Oscar a lesson. He challenges the group to prove their teamwork and resolve.
• The Shrek fighters show that their coordination has endured despite years apart. Their confidence falters under Gao Yang’s strength, but Tang San’s reminder of their bonds helps rally them.
• Oscar is inspired by Gao Yang’s swordsmanship and successfully imitates one of his strokes, marking a moment of progress.
• Xiao Wu shows fierce loyalty and courage by shielding Ning Fengzhi, despite the risk. Her closeness to Gao Yang remains evident, and she is the only one openly delighted by him.
• Ning Rongrong supports Gao Yang rather than her father’s side, embarrassing Ning Fengzhi and adding playful warmth to the spar.
• Ning Fengzhi gives the Shrek team powerful support, but Gao Yang deliberately turns the fight into a test of their ability to protect him.

Significant themes

• Skill versus technique: Gao Yang argues that Soul Skills are secondary to inner strength and mastery, demonstrating the principle through swordsmanship.
• Teamwork and bonds: The Shrek fighters’ coordination and Martial Soul Fusion show that their connections are a source of strength.
• Restraint and responsibility: Gao Yang’s attacks are devastating, yet carefully controlled; the difference between sparring and a real fight is repeatedly emphasized.
• Growth through challenge: Oscar learns by observing and imitating Gao Yang, while the group is pushed to confront the gap between their abilities and his.

Key plot points and events

• The Shrek team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill proves powerful enough to rival a Titled Douluo, but Gao Yang’s relentless “Kill” attacks destroy it and overwhelm the group. Each fighter uses their strongest abilities to protect Ning Fengzhi, until Sword Douluo steps in and ends the match in Shrek’s defeat.
• Grandmaster turns the loss into a lesson, persuading the team to reflect on the battle. Three days later, Ma Hongjun reaches level sixty, bringing all seven Shrek Devils above that level.
• On the eve of the group’s departure for Sea God Island, everyone gathers for a farewell drinking party. The men challenge Gao Yang to reclaim their pride after losing to him in combat, while the women tease one another.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing try to persuade Ning Rongrong to join them on the journey. Rongrong refuses: she wants to remain with Gao Yang and help him shoulder responsibility for the weakened Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She also knows the sect could become a refuge if Spirit Hall’s war against them worsens.
• As the men begin to collapse from drinking, Xiao Wu challenges Gao Yang to drink with her, setting up another unexpected contest.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang’s strength is reaffirmed, but the battle also shows the Shrek team’s resolve: Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Oscar each manage to withstand attacks through their own abilities and teamwork.
• Ning Rongrong chooses loyalty to Gao Yang and the sect over the opportunity to train on Sea God Island. Her decision reflects her awareness of the political danger and her determination not to leave Gao Yang to face it alone.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing share playful, intimate teasing with Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang, revealing a more mischievous side to the usually composed Zhu Zhuqing. The girls also show affection and concern as they face an uncertain separation.
• The farewell gathering highlights the bonds between the Shrek companions: the men turn their defeat into a drinking challenge, while Xiao Wu’s final challenge shifts the attention back to Gao Yang.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal growth: Ning Rongrong gives up a rare training opportunity because she feels responsible for Gao Yang and the sect.
• Loyalty and found family: The group’s teasing, concern, and farewell plans underscore how closely they rely on one another.
• Strength through setbacks: Shrek’s defeat exposes the gap between them and Gao Yang, but reflection and Ma Hongjun’s breakthrough suggest the loss can drive growth.
• War and refuge: The looming threat of Spirit Hall shapes the characters’ choices, making safety and survival as important as becoming stronger.

Key plot points and events

• The Shrek Six Monsters and Bai Chenxiang leave for Sea God Island. Ning Rongrong is upset by their departure, and Gao Yang reassures her that they will return safely.
• Back in Heaven Dou, Gao Yang and Rongrong attend a crisis meeting with Emperor Xue Ye, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and military leaders. They debate how to respond if Spirit Hall attacks: the marshal favors a preemptive strike, while Xue Qinghe argues for waiting.
• Gao Yang rejects both strategies as unrealistic. He proposes winning the loyalty of Soul Masters who are citizens of Heaven Dou by registering them and offering generous pay, land, and respect—ideally twice what Spirit Hall provides. Ning Fengzhi adds that Star Luo would likely match the policy, forcing Spirit Hall into a costly contest.
• The court adopts the proposal, naming it the “Blood Robe Edict.” Xue Qinghe praises Gao Yang, though Gao Yang senses possible hostility behind his smile.
• Later, Ning Fengzhi reveals that Emperor Xue Ye wants his daughter, Princess Xue Ke, to marry Gao Yang. Rongrong fears this could threaten her place in the relationship.
• Distressed, Rongrong seeks Gao Yang’s reassurance and becomes intensely affectionate with him that night.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Yang demonstrates political insight as well as martial skill, openly challenging senior officials and offering a strategy based on loyalty and incentives rather than force.
• Ning Rongrong is torn between personal happiness and insecurity about political changes. She chooses Gao Yang over her friends’ departure, then fears losing him when she learns of Xue Ke’s proposed marriage.
• Ning Fengzhi is conflicted: he wants to oppose Spirit Hall after the destruction of his sect, but worries about the cost of war. He recognizes the value of Gao Yang’s plan and later shares the marriage news with Rongrong.
• Xue Qinghe remains composed during the argument and recognizes Gao Yang’s strategic talent, but his unreadable reaction leaves tension unresolved.
• Emperor Xue Ye supports Gao Yang’s proposal once he sees how it could weaken Spirit Hall without risking an immediate military confrontation.
• The marshal advocates coercion and a direct attack, clashing sharply with Gao Yang, who argues that force would be both dangerous and counterproductive.

Significant themes

• Loyalty as something cultivated: Gao Yang argues that Soul Masters can be persuaded through security, respect, and material support rather than threats.
• Power and political realism: The meeting exposes the empires’ vulnerability beside Spirit Hall’s strength.
• Personal bonds under political pressure: Rongrong’s relationship with Gao Yang becomes entangled with imperial marriage politics and her fear of being displaced.

Key plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong tells Gao Yang that Emperor Xue Ye wants him to marry Princess Xue Ke. She had hoped that exhausting him would make the emperor reconsider, and she is prepared to accept becoming Gao Yang’s concubine if it benefits the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gao Yang refuses the prospect of marrying Xue Ke, insisting that he will not give Rongrong up and that the emperor cannot force him. Rongrong is relieved and grows more affectionate toward him.
• Gao Yang and Rongrong leave for the Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve Xiao Tian. The journey also keeps Gao Yang away from the imperial court, making it harder for Xue Ye to impose a marriage decree. Rongrong believes Xiao Tian’s return will strengthen the sect.
• At the Heaven Dou Palace, Xue Qinghe meets with two members of Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall and explains that the palace coup must be advanced because someone plans to expose Spirit Hall through the Blood Robe Edict. Four powerful elders are expected to support the coup.
• Xue Qinghe reveals that Snake Lance and Pufferfish Douluo have been sent to kill Gao Yang and Ning Rongrong.

Character developments and interactions

• Rongrong’s love for Gao Yang deepens. Though she began their relationship with her own ambitions, she now recognizes his strength and steadiness and is willing to sacrifice her status for her family’s future.
• Gao Yang reassures Rongrong that she is the one he wants, strengthening their bond. Their teasing and intimacy contrast with the political danger surrounding them.
• Xue Qinghe shows urgency and dependence on Spirit Hall’s elders, summoning them to help secure the coup and deal with the sect’s protectors.
• The Worship Hall elders confidently pledge to overcome Ning Fengzhi, Jian Chen, and Bone Dragon, underestimating neither the political stakes nor the coming confrontation.

Significant themes

• Love versus political duty: Rongrong considers accepting a painful arrangement for her sect, while Gao Yang rejects an imperial marriage for her sake.
• Power and autonomy: Gao Yang’s strength gives him freedom from imperial coercion; the sect’s growing might is also central to its security.
• Rising conflict: The planned coup, the Blood Robe Edict, and the assassination mission place Gao Yang, Rongrong, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Spirit Hall on a collision course.