Chapter Summaries

Tang San became determined to transform his appearance and mannerisms so he could stay by his teacher’s side and protect him. He devised a formula to change his temperament and appearance, then went to buy an ingredient and learned that his planned dose could be fatal.

• Tang San removed his makeup and decided to study a dancer’s movements and improve his appearance.
• Tang San researched and wrote a medicinal formula intended to alter his temperament and looks, using ingredients from the Hall of Divine Beauty’s treasury and the streets.
• Tang San vowed to become beautiful enough to remain by his teacher’s side and protect him.
• Tang San went to a pharmacy and asked for Yinman Tendrils, then offered three hundred Gold Soul Coins for six jin.
• The pharmacy owner warned Tang San that six jin of Yinman Tendrils could kill the person who took them.

Tang San bought Yinman Tendrils to counter the yang energy in his body, then tried to purchase a strange crystal from Flender. He could not afford Flender’s price and refused to let anyone accompany him home to collect the balance.

• Tang San bought the shopkeeper’s two pounds of Yinman Tendrils and agreed to collect five more pounds in three days.
• Tang San left the pharmacy and spotted a crystal among the wares at a roadside stall.
• Flender asked Tang San for five thousand Gold Soul Coins for the crystal, and Tang San said he had only a little over one thousand.
• Flender offered to take Tang San’s money and send someone home with him for the rest, but Tang San said Flender could not enter his home.

Tang San agreed to buy Flender’s plate crystal, while Flender unexpectedly reunited with Liu Erlong and learned she had ended her relationship with Yu Xiaogang. Liu Erlong confirmed that the Golden Iron Triangle was over, leaving Flender overwhelmed by the news.

• Tang San agreed to pay Flender a deposit for the plate crystal and return the next day to buy it.
• Oscar mocked Flender, and the drunk Dai Mubai arrived with Zhang Yi and accused Flender of scamming Tang San.
• Liu Erlong arrived by carriage, recognized Tang San and Flender, and greeted them.
• Flender became emotional at seeing Liu Erlong and asked whether she had let go of Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong said she had severed ties with Yu Xiaogang and that the Golden Iron Triangle no longer existed, while Flender remained her big brother.

Liu Erlong met Flender and his Shrek Academy students on her way to the Hall of Divine Beauty, and told them that its master, Su Bei, was her godson. She agreed to let them visit him, warning them to behave once they entered the Hall.

• Flender noticed Liu Erlong had loosened her bun and hoped she had moved on from her past with Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong greeted Flender and met the Shrek students, while Dai Mubai knocked out the drunken Zhang Yi and Ma Hongjun ogled the passing women.
• Flender stopped Tang San from explaining why he had come and handed him the crystal slab he had sought to buy.
• Liu Erlong revealed that Su Bei, master of the Hall of Divine Beauty, was her godson, astonishing Flender and the students.
• Liu Erlong agreed to take Flender and the students to meet Su Bei, but warned them not to cause trouble in the Hall.

Liu Erlong brought Flender, Tang San, and the others to the Hall of Divine Beauty, where they discussed how she had first met Su Bei. The attendants stopped the group at the entrance, but Liu Erlong identified them as her friends and asked for accommodations in the outer hall.

• Dai Mubai promised to handle any trouble while Ma Hongjun whispered that he hoped to pursue one of the Hall of Divine Beauty’s attendants.
• Flender and the others followed Liu Erlong to the Hall of Divine Beauty, with the unconscious Zhang Yi riding in the carriage and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun walking alongside it.
• Flender and Tang San asked Liu Erlong how she had come to know Su Bei, and she explained that she had taken him and Xiao Wu in when they were children.
• Flender corrected Tang San’s form of address for Liu Erlong, but Tang San explained that his teacher had told him to call her Mistress.
• The attendants demanded an entry token and rejected Ma Hongjun’s claim that he was Su Bei’s friend.
• Liu Erlong told the attendants that the group were her friends and asked them to arrange accommodations in the outer hall.

Flender, Liu Erlong, and the others arrived at the Hall of Divine Beauty, while Tang San went to his room to work on a beauty-enhancing medicine. Liu Erlong surprised Su Bei during a blindfolded guessing game, and the chapter ended with him realizing he had mistaken his godmother for one of the girls.

• Soldiers let Flender and Liu Erlong's party enter the Hall of Divine Beauty, where they admired the palace and Flender eyed its gemstones.
• Liu Erlong arranged for attendants to receive the visitors, and Tang San returned to his room to prepare his medicine.
• Liu Erlong entered Su Bei's bedroom and was tackled by the blindfolded Su Bei, who mistook her for Xiao Wu or Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched as Su Bei guessed that Liu Erlong was Zhu Zhuqing, then removed his blindfold.
• Su Bei recognized Liu Erlong as his godmother and leaped away in shock.

Su Bei played an exhausting game of hide-and-seek with Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing at the Hall of Divine Beauty. After they stopped, Liu Erlong told him that her old teammate Flender had brought students from his academy to meet him, and Su Bei asked how they had ended up there.

• Su Bei played blindfolded hide-and-seek with Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing without using Soul Power or special skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing gradually overcame her reserve and joined in teasing Su Bei, while he struggled to catch the three women.
• Su Bei grew tired and ended the game, and Liu Erlong remembered that Flender and his students were waiting in the hall.
• Su Bei asked whether Liu Erlong's visitor was Yu Xiaogang, but she said it was Flender, her former teammate in the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Su Bei wondered why Flender had come to the Hall of Divine Beauty instead of staying in Suotuo City.

Su Bei agreed to meet Flender and his companions after Liu Erlong explained that Flender had likely come to profit from the attention around him. While Su Bei went to bathe, Flender and the others waited in the hall until Gong Yi arrived and warned them not to cause trouble.

• Liu Erlong told Su Bei that Flender was probably hoping to make money from the rising land and commodity prices caused by Su Bei's popularity.
• Su Bei agreed to meet Flender and went to the bathroom, while Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong teased him about locking the door.
• Flender and his companions waited in the hall for two hours as Ma Hongjun flirted with the female attendants.
• Ma Hongjun propositioned Gong Yi when she came downstairs, and she blasted him away with her Soul Emperor aura.
• Gong Yi warned everyone that anyone who endangered or disrespected Su Bei would be expelled and potentially blacklisted from the Hall of Divine Beauty.

Flender and the others waited for Su Bei, whose arrival left them stunned, while Zhang Yi enthusiastically praised him. The group’s first meeting with Su Bei ended with him using Soul Power to stop Zhang Yi from kneeling.

• Ma Hongjun was knocked down by the female attendants, who were all Soul Emperors despite their youth.
• Gong Yi’s words woke Flender, and Zhang Yi became excited when he heard Su Bei was coming.
• Liu Erlong greeted Flender, who privately imagined marrying her and gaining Su Bei as a handsome son.
• Su Bei appeared with two young women, and the onlookers reacted with astonishment; Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée.
• Zhang Yi knelt to praise Su Bei, and Su Bei used two Soul Power dragons to lift him back to his feet.

Su Bei met Zhang Yi, Flender, and Dai Mubai at the Hall of Divine Beauty, where Zhang Yi claimed credit for bringing Zhu Zhuqing to the hall and offered to serve as Su Bei’s strategist. Su Bei let Zhang Yi stay, while Dai Mubai bristled at Su Bei’s closeness with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhang Yi praised Su Bei and pleaded to be allowed to manage the Hall of Divine Beauty Town, but Su Bei initially ordered the maid to throw him out.
• Zhu Zhuqing confirmed that she knew Zhang Yi and had traveled with him from the Star Luo Empire, while keeping her arranged relationship with Dai Mubai to herself.
• Zhang Yi said that he had devised the plan to bring Zhu Zhuqing to the hall and suggested she join its Heaven’s Pride Class.
• Su Bei credited Zhang Yi for bringing Zhu Zhuqing and allowed him to stay, then affectionately rubbed Zhu Zhuqing’s head as Dai Mubai grew jealous.
• Flender introduced himself to Su Bei as Liu Erlong’s eldest brother and asked Su Bei to call him Uncle Flender.

Su Bei met Flender and the Shrek boys but rejected their attempts to grow closer, while Xiao Wu explained that the Hall of Divine Beauty recruited pretty, talented girls rather than “monsters.” Dai Mubai kept watching Zhu Zhuqing and privately planned to approach her and pursue the women in the territory.

• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai introduced themselves to Su Bei along with the other Shrek members.
• Su Bei politely refused to become close to the Shrek boys, saying they could remain guests of the Hall of Divine Beauty.
• Flender compared Shrek Academy’s standards to the Hall of Divine Beauty’s, and Xiao Wu clarified that the hall wanted pretty, talented girls.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun admired the women, while Dai Mubai struck Ma Hongjun and continued watching Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai privately considered persuading Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek and pursuing other women in the Divine Beauty Territory.
• Flender addressed Xiao Wu by name and asked whether she was Xiao Wu.

Su Bei intervened when Ma Hongjun propositioned Xiao Wu and challenged him to a match under rules that seemed impossible to meet. After offering Xiao Wu, heavenly spiritual medicines, and riches as stakes if Ma Hongjun won, Su Bei asked what Ma Hongjun would wager in return.

• Xiao Wu dismissed Flender's praise of Shrek Academy's monsters and made a face at the group.
• Ma Hongjun suggested a match and lewdly proposed that Xiao Wu become his girlfriend, prompting Flender to scold him.
• Su Bei offered to fight Ma Hongjun and said Ma Hongjun would win if he could burn Su Bei's clothes or touch any part of his body.
• Flender called Su Bei's proposed conditions unfair and suggested a more conventional way to decide the match.
• Su Bei agreed to let Xiao Wu fight him, then warned that the match could cause deaths and set out the stakes for either outcome.
• Ma Hongjun realized he had something he could wager.

Su Bei challenged Ma Hongjun to a duel and demanded a humiliating punishment if Ma Hongjun lost. When Ma Hongjun attacked, Su Bei effortlessly dodged his flames and revealed a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Ma Hongjun offered Cuihua as a wager, but Su Bei instead demanded that Ma Hongjun crawl around the Hall of Divine Beauty while shouting a humiliating confession if he lost.
• Su Bei summoned a combat platform and told Ma Hongjun to attack before he revealed his Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and fired his First Soul Skill, Phoenix Fire Line, but Su Bei evaded the flames and stood on a pillar.
• Su Bei revealed a pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, shocking Flender and the Shrek members because it appeared to be his only Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong guessed that Su Bei could conceal his other Soul Rings and call upon their abilities as needed.

Su Bei’s Chiwen overwhelmed Ma Hongjun with freezing water after Ma Hongjun attacked him, and Flender rescued his badly injured disciple. When Flender pleaded for the fight to stop, Su Bei summoned another Fierce Beast to face him, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Su Bei left Ma Hongjun to fight Chiwen, his water-aligned dragon-son Soul Beast, while he returned to Xiao Wu’s side.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his evil fire at Su Bei, but Chiwen extinguished it, struck him with its tail, and froze him against the wall.
• Flender surrendered and rushed in to rescue Ma Hongjun, but Chiwen’s freezing current pursued them and chilled Flender despite his Soul Sage cultivation.
• Flender pleaded with Su Bei to stop, explaining that Ma Hongjun had already been punished and might lose his future as a Soul Master.
• Su Bei told Chiwen to face Flender and summoned a lion-and-tiger-like Fierce Beast through Dragon God’s Gate; Xiao Wu greeted it as little Bian.

Su Bei let Chiwen and Bian punish Flender while Dai Mubai condemned him for the beating and tried to take Zhu Zhuqing away. Zhu Zhuqing chose to stay with Su Bei and rejected her family’s engagement to Dai Mubai, leaving the Shrek group facing the consequences of their arrogance.

• Bian and Chiwen attacked Flender despite his surrender, and Flender was badly wounded while trying to reach Su Bei.
• Oscar pleaded for Su Bei to stop the attack, while Dai Mubai accused Su Bei of deliberately mishearing Flender and demanded that Zhu Zhuqing leave with him.
• Su Bei asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she wanted to go with Dai Mubai, and she said she wanted to remain at the Hall of Divine Beauty and resolve her family’s engagement herself.
• Dai Mubai insisted that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, but she said the engagement was only her families’ wish and declared it void in her own name.
• Zhang Yi watched silently as Zhu Zhuqing stood up to Dai Mubai and judged that the Shrek Academy group had brought trouble upon themselves.

Su Bei had Chiwen and Bian beat Flender after he tried to help Ma Hongjun avoid his promised punishment, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and accepted Xiao Wu’s offer of protection. The chapter ended with Su Bei ordering the beating to stop and remarking that Flender’s cultivation was lacking.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu offered her a place at the Hall of Divine Beauty and promised to protect her.
• Xiao Wu condemned Shrek Academy and asked Su Bei to drive its people away.
• Oscar apologized for Ma Hongjun’s behavior, and Su Bei explained that he had punished Flender for trying to help Ma Hongjun escape his promise.
• Dai Mubai accepted that Ma Hongjun would fulfill the punishment after recovering and struggled with his confusing feelings toward Su Bei.
• Su Bei told Chiwen and Bian to stop beating Flender, remarking that the dean’s cultivation was lacking.

Su Bei drove Flender and the Shrek Academy group from the Hall of Divine Beauty after they disrespected its women, while Liu Erlong reassured him that she would stay by his side. After the others left, Zhang Yi asked to remain at the hall because his young lady had settled there.

• Chiwen and Bian returned to Su Bei's side, and Flender carried the injured Ma Hongjun down to the ground.
• Su Bei warned Flender not to disrespect the women of the Hall of Divine Beauty again and ordered the Shrek group to leave for good.
• Jiang Yi and twelve female generals escorted the Shrek group out, while Flender hurried away with Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu celebrated the Shrek group's departure by kissing Su Bei, and Liu Erlong said she would go explain matters to Flender.
• Liu Erlong reassured Su Bei that she would stay by his side, while Zhu Zhuqing reflected on the lack of care in her own family.
• Xiao Wu found Zhang Yi eating a tangerine in the corner, and Zhang Yi asked whether he could live in the Hall of Divine Beauty too.

Su Bei considered Zhang Yi’s offer to manage Hall of Divine Beauty Town and agreed to let him stay if Zhu Zhuqing approved. As Shrek Academy’s group was escorted toward the Hall of Divine Beauty, Liu Erlong offered the wounded Flender medicine.

• Xiao Wu rejected Zhang Yi’s request to stay at the Hall of Divine Beauty and suggested that Su Bei find him a role instead.
• Su Bei asked Zhang Yi to explain how he would manage the surrounding towns, and Zhang Yi outlined his plans for order, construction, and protecting the Hall of Divine Beauty’s interests.
• Su Bei questioned whether Zhang Yi had encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to join the Hall of Divine Beauty to gain power, but Zhang Yi admitted his motives without denying his admiration for Su Bei.
• Su Bei said Zhang Yi could stay if Zhu Zhuqing did not object, and Zhu Zhuqing said she did not blame him.
• Twelve female generals escorted Shrek Academy toward the Hall of Divine Beauty, and Liu Erlong offered wounded Flender a bottle of Golden Wound Medicine.

Flender confessed his long-held love to Liu Erlong after she explained how she had moved on from Yu Xiaogang, but she rejected him and affirmed her devotion to Su Bei. The chapter left Flender heartbroken as Liu Erlong declared that being with Su Bei was already the home and happiness she wanted.

• Liu Erlong warned Flender not to indulge his students after they caused trouble at the Hall of Divine Beauty.
• Liu Erlong told Flender she no longer regretted leaving Yu Xiaogang behind and was happy she had met Su Bei.
• Flender admitted that he had loved Liu Erlong before Yu Xiaogang did and asked her to accept him.
• Liu Erlong rejected Flender, saying she had no romantic feelings for him and already considered the Hall of Divine Beauty her home.
• Liu Erlong said she was content as long as she could watch Su Bei grow up and live with him.

Liu Erlong rejected Flender and revealed how much her strength and Martial Soul had changed thanks to Su Bei. Flender left, ending the Golden Iron Triangle for good, while Liu Erlong returned her thoughts to Su Bei.

• Flender realized Liu Erlong's feelings for Su Bei went beyond a mother-son bond and questioned whether she could reach Super Douluo.
• Liu Erlong said she believed she could advance further and revealed her evolved Thunderfire Dragon Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong told Flender they should part ways because she intended to remain by Su Bei's side.
• Flender left to catch up with Dai Mubai and the others, accepting that the Golden Iron Triangle had disbanded.
• Liu Erlong composed herself and planned to cook for Little Bei.