Chapter Summaries

After losing their bet, Ma Xiaotao agreed to become Gu Yunxiao’s maid, and he urged her to accept and control her evil fire instead of merely suppressing it. The Ice God confirmed his advice, then argued and shared a kiss with Gu Yunxiao before Jiang Nannan returned.

• Ma Xiaotao admitted she had lost the bet, and Gu Yunxiao told her to learn to brew tea and handle household chores as his maid.
• Gu Yunxiao suggested that Ma Xiaotao accept her evil fire and use its influence as a mental attack, then offered to help when it went out of control.
• Ma Xiaotao left for Shrek and realized Gu Yunxiao had suppressed her evil fire almost instantly, so she complained that he had exaggerated the difficulty.
• The Ice God told Gu Yunxiao that accepting the evil fire could give Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul mental attributes and make the fire beneficial rather than harmful.
• After Gu Yunxiao teased the Ice God about her age, she pushed him down, bit him, and kissed him before sensing someone approach and returning to his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Nannan entered and settled into Gu Yunxiao’s arms.

Gu Yunxiao’s team faced Ning Tian’s formidable freshman team, led by a level-thirty-one Soul Elder with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. As the match began, Gu Yunxiao intercepted Wu Feng to test her Red Dragon Martial Soul and redirected Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao’s attack toward Ning Tian.

• Ning Tian, Nanmen Yun’er, and Wu Feng introduced themselves and revealed the strength of their team.
• Gu Yunxiao’s team introduced themselves, and he assigned Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao to handle Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun’er while he took Wu Feng.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as both teams launched their attacks.
• Gu Yunxiao appeared between Wu Feng and Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons, caught Wu Feng’s flaming dragon arm with his bare hand, and dragged her aside.
• Wang Dong’er and the cauldrons surged toward Ning Tian, but Nanmen Yun’er pulled her clear in time.

Gu Yunxiao suppressed Wu Feng’s Red Dragon martial soul during the team match and invited her to join him after graduation, disrupting her team and helping Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao win. After Wu Feng surrendered and left with Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun’er, Huo Yuhao learned that Gu Yunxiao had twin martial souls and an unusually powerful, multi-attribute Dragon Clan martial soul.

• Gu Yunxiao restrained Wu Feng and revealed enough of his Heavenly Tribulation Demon Dragon aura to force her Red Dragon martial soul out of Martial Soul Possession.
• Wu Feng’s sudden loss of her martial soul distracted Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun’er, allowing Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao to knock them off the Competition Platform.
• Gu Yunxiao invited Wu Feng to join him after graduation and offered her a chance to improve herself and help Ning Tian and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Wu Feng surrendered, apologized to Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun’er, and left with them to discuss what had happened in private.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained martial soul suppression to Huo Yuhao, and Elder Yi revealed that Gu Yunxiao had twin martial souls and an unusually powerful Dragon Clan martial soul with multiple attributes.

Huo Yuhao learned why Gu Yunxiao’s aura had suppressed Wu Feng’s Red Dragon martial soul, while Wu Feng and Ning Tian discussed Gu Yunxiao’s invitation and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s possible cooperation with his faction. Gu Yunxiao revealed that he was the young master of a faction stronger than Shrek Academy and the Body Sect.

• Electrolux explained that Gu Yunxiao’s fire-attribute dragon aura had doubly suppressed Wu Feng’s Red Dragon, while Huo Yuhao admired Gu Yunxiao’s power.
• Wu Feng told Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er about Gu Yunxiao’s invitation, his apparent twin martial souls, and the possibility that he could strengthen her Red Dragon.
• Ning Tian supported Wu Feng’s choice and proposed that they approach Gu Yunxiao as representatives of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to discuss cooperation.
• At dusk, Wu Feng told Gu Yunxiao she would join him, while Ning Tian raised the possibility of cooperation between their factions.
• Gu Yunxiao refused to disclose his faction’s identity but said it was stronger than Shrek Academy and the Body Sect, and that he was its young master.

Gu Yunxiao negotiated with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, dismissing the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s strength but revealing that he wanted its Heart Separation Control Method and Ning Tian’s business acumen. He demanded the entire sect join the power behind him and gave Ning Tian a year to decide, then immediately asked for the method.

• Ning Tian proposed cooperation, but Gu Yunxiao challenged the sect’s declining strength and limited numbers of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul masters.
• Ning Tian realized Gu Yunxiao had stayed because he wanted something from the sect and asked him to state his requirements.
• Gu Yunxiao named the Heart Separation Control Method and Ning Tian’s business acumen as the two things he wanted.
• Gu Yunxiao demanded the entire Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and promised to protect its bloodline if it joined the power behind him.
• Ning Tian rejected the demand at first, then agreed to consider it and provide an answer within a year.
• Gu Yunxiao asked Ning Tian to hand over the Heart Separation Control Method before they had reached an agreement.

Gu Yunxiao learned the Heart Separation Control method and gave Wu Feng Dragon Blood that could help her Red Dragon Martial Soul evolve. He named the Ice God Gu Qinghan, grew closer to her, and introduced her to Jiang Nannan.

• Ning Tian gave Gu Yunxiao the Heart Separation Control method, and he gave Wu Feng Dragon Blood before leaving.
• Wu Feng sensed the Dragon Blood’s power and realized it might help her Red Dragon Martial Soul evolve toward a fire dragon.
• Gu Yunxiao memorized the method and destroyed the jade scroll, then listened as the Ice God told him about her past and her surviving relatives in the Far North.
• Gu Yunxiao named the Ice God Gu Qinghan, and they kissed and became intimate.
• Gu Yunxiao explained to Gu Qinghan that he wanted the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for its business and management skills, then introduced her to Jiang Nannan as a Limit Douluo.

Gu Yunxiao’s team faced Huo Yuhao’s team in the freshmen assessment, where Huo Yuhao hoped to impress the academy despite knowing they could not win. As Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er fought his teammates, Dean Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi judged Huo Yuhao to be unworthy of cultivation.

• Gu Yunxiao’s team drew Huo Yuhao’s team for their final match before the semifinals, and Gu Yunxiao offered to let them attack first.
• Huo Yuhao told his teammates that they could not defeat Gu Yunxiao’s team but should fight well to earn the academy’s attention and a chance to become Outer Court core disciples.
• Huo Yuhao and his two teammates activated their martial souls and soul skills, while Gu Yunxiao let Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er handle the fight.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi reviewed the promising freshmen and noticed Huo Yuhao’s name on the list.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Huo Yuhao’s will but Xuan Zi dismissed his potential because of his low cultivation and ordinary eye martial soul.

After Gu Yunxiao told Huo Yuhao about the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao considered seeking its second-awakening method and weighed leaving the Tang Sect against his hopes at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Gu Yunxiao gave Jiang Nannan an immortal herb that raised her cultivation past level forty, and he promised to help her obtain a fourth soul ring the next day.

• Du Weilen, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi agreed to remove Huo Yuhao from the candidate list, while Gu Yunxiao's team won the match against Huo Yuhao's trio.
• Gu Yunxiao introduced Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect, describing its strength and its method for awakening body martial souls a second time.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yunxiao how to find the Body Sect, then considered joining it if he failed to gain core disciple status at Shrek Academy.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux supported Huo Yuhao investigating the Body Sect, with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suggesting he visit a soul fighting arena during vacation.
• Gu Yunxiao gave Jiang Nannan an immortal herb, helping her surpass level forty, and promised to take her to obtain her fourth soul ring the next day.

Gu Yunxiao cultivated to soul power level fifty-five, learned that Zi JI had secured five dragons to expand their influence in the Sunset Forest, and reunited with her. Two days later, his team reached the freshman assessment final, where they faced Dai Huabin's team.

• Jiang Nannan declined Gu Yunxiao's offer of help, saying Shrek Academy was supporting her and she had chosen a soul beast for her fourth soul skill.
• Gu Yunxiao consumed ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and broke through to soul power level fifty-five, then discussed Huo Yuhao's divine soul with Gu Qinghan.
• Zi JI reported that she had found five dragons in the Sunset Forest and ordered them to take control of it within three years.
• Gu Yunxiao and Zi JI reunited while Gu Qinghan, Jiang Nannan, and Bi Ji reacted or kept watch; Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er eavesdropped from nearby rooms.
• Two days later, Gu Yunxiao's team easily won its semifinal and prepared to face Dai Huabin's team in the final.

Gu Yunxiao told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er how he had badly injured and humiliated Dai Huabin years earlier. As the freshman final began, Dai Huabin recognized Gu Yunxiao and asked if he was the person who had attacked him.

• Gu Yunxiao recounted overturning the White Tiger Duke's carriage and crippling its servants, then striking Dai Huabin and destroying his ability to have children.
• Xiao Xiao said Dai Huabin had injured classmates at Shrek Academy, while Gu Yunxiao explained that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion protected him from consequences.
• Gu Yunxiao said Di Tian had escorted him during his travels, then led Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er onto the Competition Platform for the final.
• Dai Huabin joined Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie on the opposing team and stared at Gu Yunxiao, whose eyes reminded him of someone from years ago.
• After the match began, Dai Huabin activated his White Tiger martial soul and asked Gu Yunxiao whether he was the person who had attacked him.

Gu Yunxiao defeated Dai Huabin after Dai charged at him in a rage, then helped his team secure first place in the freshman assessment. Dai Huabin was carried away injured, leaving Yan Shaozhe worried about the grudge and its consequences for Shrek Academy.

• Dai Huabin ignored his teacher’s warning and charged at Gu Yunxiao, shouting that he wanted him dead.
• Gu Yunxiao slapped Dai Huabin off his feet, then beat him down with a punch, more slaps, and a head slam that knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao struck Zhu Lu with her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, and Gu Yunxiao caught Zhu Lu before warning her to stay away from Dai Huabin.
• The supervising teacher declared the match over and announced Gu Yunxiao’s team as the freshman assessment’s first-place team.
• Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie left with the injured Dai Huabin, while Yan Shaozhe worried that Dai would seek revenge and that the conflict could trouble Shrek Academy.

After Dai Huabin was defeated and humiliated by Gu Yunxiao, Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie learned that Dai Huabin was impotent. Dai Huabin wrongly accused Zhu Lu of being involved with Gu Yunxiao, struck her, and drove her away; then his older brother Dai Yueheng arrived.

• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilen to summon Dai Yueheng so he could handle the aftermath of the match.
• A healer’s examination revealed that Dai Huabin was impotent, and Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie agreed to keep the discovery quiet.
• Dai Huabin woke up, misread the handprint on Zhu Lu’s neck as proof she had been with Gu Yunxiao, and slapped her despite Cui Yajie’s explanation.
• Dai Huabin refused to apologize, warned Zhu Lu to stay away from Gu Yunxiao, and Zhu Lu left with Cui Yajie following her.
• Dai Huabin vowed revenge on Gu Yunxiao, and his older brother Dai Yueheng entered the infirmary.

Dai Yueheng warned Dai Huabin that provoking Gu Yunxiao could bring disaster upon the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, then left to return to the Inner Court. The next morning, Gu Yunxiao arrived on Sea God Island to enter the Inner Court, with Ma Xiaotao accompanying him.

• Dai Yueheng slapped Dai Huabin and forced him to promise he would stay away from Gu Yunxiao.
• Dai Yueheng encouraged Dai Huabin to be lenient with Zhu Lu while privately hoping their relationship would end.
• Dai Yueheng returned to the Inner Court, while Dai Huabin watched him leave with cold resentment.
• Gu Yunxiao skipped the Outer Court core disciple announcement because Yan Shaozhe had arranged for him to enter the Inner Court directly.
• Ma Xiaotao took Gu Yunxiao by boat to Sea God Island, and he walked ahead while thinking about recruiting talented disciples.
• Gu Yunxiao stopped and asked Ma Xiaotao why she was following behind instead of showing him around the Inner Court.

Ma Xiaotao guided Gu Yunxiao around Sea God Island and showed him to his cultivation cabin, while he considered recruiting talented Inner Court disciples for the Dragon God Hall. There, he met Zhang Lexuan, the respected senior sister of the Inner Court, and she welcomed him as an astonishingly fast-rising junior.

• Ma Xiaotao introduced Sea God Island and its privileges as she led Gu Yunxiao toward his cultivation pavilion.
• Inner Court disciples admired Gu Yunxiao, and Ma Xiaotao linked arms with him before he pulled away and warned her not to do it again.
• Gu Yunxiao considered recruiting Ling Luochе and other Inner Court disciples for the Dragon God Hall.
• Ma Xiaotao showed Gu Yunxiao his cabin beside her own and Zhang Lexuan's residence.
• Zhang Lexuan emerged from her cabin, recognized Gu Yunxiao, and praised how quickly he had entered the Inner Court.

Gu Yunxiao met Zhang Lexuan, who was nearing a breakthrough, and Ma Xiaotao suspected he was attracted to her. Zhang Lexuan dismissed Ma Xiaotao’s intuition but felt pleased by the possibility.

• Gu Yunxiao recognized that Zhang Lexuan was close to a breakthrough, and she admitted she had reached the peak of rank eighty-four.
• Zhang Lexuan praised Ma Xiaotao’s prospects now that Gu Yunxiao had suppressed her evil fire, then noticed her gaze lingering on his cabin.
• Ma Xiaotao told Zhang Lexuan she thought Gu Yunxiao was interested in her, despite their having only just met.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned Ma Xiaotao’s reasoning, but Ma Xiaotao insisted her intuition had detected a difference in Gu Yunxiao’s manner.
• Zhang Lexuan joked that she would avoid Gu Yunxiao, though she privately felt happy at the thought that he liked her.

Ma Xiaotao asked Zhang Lexuan how to make Gu Yunxiao like her, while Gu Yunxiao and Gu Qinghan planned to recruit Zhang Lexuan for the Dragon God Hall. After Gu Yunxiao approved Gu Qinghan’s scheme to exploit Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s breakup, he unexpectedly spoke with Zhang Lexuan across their cabin windows.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Zhang Lexuan for advice on pursuing Gu Yunxiao, but Zhang Lexuan admitted she had no experience and hurried away.
• Gu Yunxiao told Gu Qinghan that he wanted to recruit the talented Zhang Lexuan for the Dragon God Hall, and she proposed using Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s troubled relationship to create a rift between Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei.
• Gu Yunxiao approved Gu Qinghan’s plan and ordered Zi JI to carry it out, then said he intended to recruit Zhang Lexuan rather than romance her.
• Gu Yunxiao remembered that Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er had the Secret Technique Soul Bone from the freshman assessment and joked about claiming it in exchange for a meal.
• Gu Yunxiao saw Zhang Lexuan cultivating by moonlight at her cabin window, and she explained her martial soul’s connection to moonlight before they met each other’s gaze.

Gu Yunxiao guessed that Zhang Lexuan was the Zhang Family’s sole survivor and that Mu En had helped her avenge her family. After teasing her and proposing a spar, he revealed that if he won, he wanted her to join his side and work for him.

• Gu Yunxiao told Zhang Lexuan he was from the Heaven Dou Empire but refused to reveal his hometown.
• Gu Yunxiao correctly guessed that Zhang Lexuan came from Dragon City and was the Zhang Family’s sole surviving descendant.
• Gu Yunxiao guessed that Mu En had destroyed the Li Family after Zhang Lexuan made a bargain with him, and Zhang Lexuan praised his insight.
• Gu Yunxiao teased Zhang Lexuan and challenged her to a spar with stakes.
• Gu Yunxiao said that if he won, he wanted Zhang Lexuan to come over to his side and work for him.

Gu Yunxiao and Zhang Lexuan wagered their allegiance on a sparring match, which they scheduled for three days later. Zhang Lexuan went to consult Mu En, while Gu Yunxiao planned to use the match to recruit her and strengthen his standing at Shrek Academy.

• Gu Yunxiao proposed poaching Zhang Lexuan, and she countered that if he lost, he must leave his force and join Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yunxiao accepted and set their match for three days later, giving Zhang Lexuan time to consult Mu En or withdraw.
• After Zhang Lexuan left, Gu Yunxiao told Gu Qinghan that Shrek Academy would likely accept the match because they underestimated his combat strength.
• Gu Yunxiao and Gu Qinghan discussed using the match to display his power and recruit Shrek Academy's core members, then went to sleep together.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Sea God Pavilion and told Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe that she had come about Gu Yunxiao.

Zhang Lexuan told Mu En about her wagered spar with Gu Yunxiao, and Shrek Academy’s leaders agreed she should accept. Their match was set for three days later, and Gu Yunxiao left Zhang Lexuan flustered by teasing her about a dream of making love with her.

• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe about her wager with Gu Yunxiao while concealing his attempt to recruit her.
• Mu En approved the challenge, and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe welcomed the chance to bring Gu Yunxiao into Shrek Academy.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi dismissed the possibility that Zhang Lexuan could lose, while Yan Shaozhe worried that she might win Gu Yunxiao’s affection before Ma Xiaotao did.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to Gu Yunxiao and told him that Mu En had agreed to the spar, which they scheduled for three days later.
• Gu Yunxiao teased Zhang Lexuan by claiming he had dreamed of making love with her, then closed the door and left her embarrassed and angry.

Ma Xiaotao misunderstood the relationship between Zhang Lexuan and Gu Yunxiao after overhearing his joke, while rumors of their upcoming spar spread throughout Shrek Academy. On the third day, the academy gathered at Sea God Lake as the Elders speculated about Gu Yunxiao’s hidden strength, though Mu En still believed Zhang Lexuan would win.

• Ma Xiaotao confronted Zhang Lexuan after hearing Gu Yunxiao joke about doing what lovers do with his Eldest Senior Sister, but she remained unconvinced by Zhang Lexuan’s explanation and left for her cabin.
• Rumors of Gu Yunxiao and Zhang Lexuan’s wagered spar spread through Shrek Academy, and the academy gave everyone a day off to watch the match.
• Students and teachers crowded the shores of Sea God Lake on the third day, while the Sea God Pavilion Elders watched from the largest boat.
• The Elders speculated that Gu Yunxiao might have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but Mu En argued his limited soul power would still leave him unable to defeat Zhang Lexuan.