Chapter Summaries

Su Ling completed absorbing the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon’s Soul Ring, evolving his Water Moon Bow into the Five Elements War Bow and reaching level forty-two. He also gained a ten-thousand-year External Soul Bone, but chose to save its absorption until after the group left the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Wuji drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Ants away while Flender killed the Bloodthirsty Demon Ant King and found a Soul Bone, but the ants kept pursuing an open box until Flender carried it away.
• Ma Hongjun and the others defended Su Ling until the Bloodthirsty Demon Ants retreated, and the exhausted group rested while Su Ling finished absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Su Ling’s Water Moon Bow evolved into the Five Elements War Bow, and he discovered that the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon had also left him a ten-thousand-year External Soul Bone.
• Su Ling put the External Soul Bone away rather than risk further endangering his companions, and he thanked them for protecting him.
• As the group left the forest, Su Ling told Tang San and Ning Rongrong that he had reached level forty-two and warned them to be cautious about absorbing Soul Rings beyond their limits.
• Su Ling thanked Flender for trusting his cultivation method, then revealed his evolved Five Elements War Bow to the group.

Su Ling tested his evolved Five Elements War Bow, then absorbed the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon’s external soul bone and named it Golden Dragon Armor. After opening two Purple Chests, he gained a spiritual-power cultivation art and antidote pills, leaving him better prepared for future dangers.

• Su Ling fired the evolved Five Elements War Bow, impressing Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others, while Tang San explained its place among top-tier tool martial souls.
• Su Ling learned that he could switch among five types of soul power and use his second and third soul skills again.
• Three days later, Su Ling and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Su Ling absorbed the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon’s external soul bone.
• Su Ling named the defensive soul bone Golden Dragon Armor after discovering it increased his strength and toughness without restricting his movement.
• Su Ling opened two Purple Chests and obtained the upper part of the Mind-Congealing Art and a bottle of supreme-grade antidote pills, which he considered using to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Su Ling left Shrek Academy to seek the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Zhu Zhuqing's affection for him passed 80. After commissioning training gear in Suotuo City, Su Ling used accumulated cultivation gains to break through to level 43.

• Su Ling told Flender he would leave for training for three to six months, gave Ma Hongjun 200 Gold Soul Coins, and said goodbye to the others.
• Zhu Zhuqing smiled at Su Ling as he departed, and he learned that her affection had increased by 3 after he gave her pills and advice.
• Su Ling reached Suotuo City, ordered Weighted Training Gear from a blacksmith, and stayed at a hotel while it was forged.
• Zhu Zhuqing's affection increased by 2 overnight, reaching 81 and unlocking improved chest rewards; Su Ling checked her system panel and considered how to raise her affection further.
• Su Ling absorbed cultivation gains from Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, advancing from level 42 to level 43.

Su Ling reached Blazing Fire Town while training with heavy gear and discovered Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Bing Yuhuang nearby. He arrived at Blazing Fire Academy's exchange gathering, where Huo Wu announced a one-on-one arena challenge with a prize of three thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Su Ling collected his Weighted Training Gear and trained while traveling toward the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping to build strength for his evolved Five Elements War Bow.
• The system detected Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Bing Yuhuang in Blazing Fire Town, prompting Su Ling to investigate.
• Su Ling learned that the other four Elemental Academies had come to Blazing Fire Academy for their exchange gathering.
• Su Ling removed his training gear and went to the academy's Entrance Square, where he spotted Huo Wu and the visiting Skywater Academy group.
• Huo Wu announced that anyone could enter the soul-fighting challenge and that the winner would receive three thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Huo Wu’s challenge match became a series of academy sparring bouts, and Feng Xiaotian’s contrived defeat only made her angrier. Su Ling stepped forward to face her, revealing his rank and catching the attention of the Skywater Academy women.

• Feng Xiaotian defeated Lei Dong, then knocked Huyan Li off the platform after Yu Hairou lost to Huyan Li.
• Feng Xiaotian let Huo Wu punch him and fell from the platform, infuriating her with his obvious act.
• Huo Wu challenged the crowd again, and Su Ling made his way through the spectators to accept.
• Shui Yue'er became infatuated with Su Ling’s appearance, while the women’s affection scores appeared to him.
• Su Ling introduced himself as a rank forty-three Battle Soul Ancestor and challenged Huo Wu.

Su Ling fought Huo Wu without his Martial Soul at first, then revealed his fire-attribute bow and defeated her with an Explosive Flame Arrow. Huo Wu’s affection for him increased, and she stopped Feng Xiaotian from attacking him before approaching Su Ling herself.

• Huo Wu challenged Su Ling to a fight for three thousand Gold Soul Coins, and he agreed to face her without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Su Ling traded blows with Huo Wu and held her leg through her Repelling Fire Ring, then avoided her second attempt by jumping above the skill’s range.
• Huo Wu prepared a Ring Fusion attack, so Su Ling released his fire-attribute Martial Soul and countered with Explosive Flame Arrow, blasting her off the platform.
• Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian rushed to Huo Wu, who said she was fine despite her internal injuries.
• Huo Wu’s affection for Su Ling increased, and she warned Feng Xiaotian not to attack him before blocking his path and returning to the platform to approach Su Ling.

Su Ling defeated Huo Wu, rejected her invitations to join Blazing Fire Academy, and continued toward his own goal while she followed him. As they camped for the night, Huo Wu imagined a future fighting alongside him, and her affection quickly reached the point where he could establish a bond.

• Su Ling defeated Huo Wu in the arena, turned down her invitation and reward, and left Blazing Fire Town.
• Huo Wu learned Su Ling attended Shrek Academy and tried to recruit him, but he refused again and walked on.
• Huo Wu followed Su Ling for dozens of kilometers, then accepted half his food after paying him five Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Ling began cultivating by the campfire and told Huo Wu to rest and recover from her injuries.
• Huo Wu imagined joining Su Ling in training and winning the Advanced Soul Master Tournament, causing her affection to rise to 60 and prompting a bond offer.

Su Ling won Huo Wu over with a promise to join her team if his academy failed to assemble one, then used Black Chests to gain a powerful fist technique and a rare medicinal herb. After giving Huo Wu the herb, he raised her affection to the point that she had fallen in love with him.

• Su Ling bound Huo Wu, and his charm skill raised her affection as they discussed whether he would join Blazing Fire Academy.
• Su Ling promised to join Huo Wu's team if his academy failed to form one, making her happy enough to hug him.
• After Huo Wu settled in his tent, Su Ling exchanged chests and gained the Huo Yun Mushroom and Eight Desolations Fist, which he learned at major mastery.
• Huo Wu watched Su Ling practice the fist technique and became more impressed with his strength.
• Su Ling gave Huo Wu the ten-thousand-year-old Huo Yun Mushroom, raising her affection to eighty and making her fall in love with him.

Su Ling gave Huo Wu a ten-thousand-year-old Huo Yun Mushroom, which strengthened her fire abilities and helped her reach level forty. After they shared a kiss, Huo Wu refused to go further and returned to Blazing Fire Academy, determined to grow stronger and reunite with him.

• Huo Wu swallowed Su Ling's ten-thousand-year-old Huo Yun Mushroom, while Su Ling received teleportation trial cards and an intermediate defensive formation from Black Chests.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level twenty-nine after taking her fourth Beginner Soul Power Pill, and her affection for Su Ling increased.
• Huo Wu absorbed much of the mushroom's power overnight, gained a major boost to her fire abilities, and raised her affection for Su Ling to eighty-six.
• Su Ling drew Huo Wu close and kissed her, but she refused to take their relationship further because she feared pregnancy and wanted to focus on the Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Su Ling escorted Huo Wu back to Blazing Fire Academy, where she reached level forty and resolved to find her Fourth Soul Ring and become stronger.

Su Ling arrived in Heaven Dou City to prepare for gathering herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he bought the crystal stones needed for his formation from Liu Erlong. After learning that he attended Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong recognized his name as the boy Flender had once saved.

• Su Ling spotted Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe at the Crown Prince's Mansion and devised a plan to keep Dugu Bo away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Su Ling found the crystal stones he needed at a Soul Master Trading street and met Liu Erlong, who agreed to sell him thirteen more from her home.
• Su Ling paid Liu Erlong extra for the stones, increasing her favorability toward him and earning system rewards.
• Liu Erlong learned that Su Ling was nineteen and level forty-three, then invited him to join the Blue Tyrant Academy; he declined because he attended Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong excitedly recognized Shrek Academy and asked whether Su Ling was the boy Flender had saved more than ten years earlier.

Su Ling visited Liu Erlong, revealed his evolved martial soul, and impressed her by withstanding her tests of his strength. Liu Erlong planned to travel to Shrek with him, hoping to reunite with Grandmaster and revive the Golden Iron Triangle’s presence in the Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

• Liu Erlong recognized Su Ling as Flender’s associate, told him where she had found the crystals, and learned about his Five Elements War Bow.
• Su Ling’s Explosive Flame Arrow knocked Liu Erlong backward, and his Golden Light Arrow Rain forced her to defend herself with her fire dragon martial soul.
• Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling came to check on Liu Erlong, but she sent the students back to the academy.
• Liu Erlong asked about Shrek’s tournament team, and Su Ling said its eight members included four Soul Elders.
• Liu Erlong said she would travel to Shrek with Su Ling and grew eager to see Xiao Gang after learning that Tang San had studied under Grandmaster.

Su Ling lured Dugu Bo away from Heaven Dou City so he could enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, collect its herbs, and undergo Ice and Fire Body Tempering. After four days, he emerged stronger with an ice-imbued Martial Soul and headed back to Liu Erlong, while Dugu Bo realized he had been deceived and rushed home.

• Su Ling located the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, confirmed its position from the cliff, and escaped Dugu Bo’s Poison Formation after neutralizing its poison.
• Su Ling forged letters to Dugu Bo and Xue Xing, tricking Dugu Bo into traveling more than two thousand kilometers away while warning Xue Xing that Xue Beng’s disguise might be exposed.
• Xue Xing learned that Dugu Bo had left Heaven Dou City and ordered his retainers to prepare, while Su Ling returned to Sunset Forest to take advantage of Dugu Bo’s absence.
• Su Ling gathered the medicinal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then consumed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot and began Ice and Fire Body Tempering.
• Over four days, Su Ling absorbed the springs’ power, added ice characteristics to his Five Elements War Bow, and raised his soul power from level forty-three to level forty-five.
• Dugu Bo discovered that the letter had been forged and hurried back to Heaven Dou City; Su Ling left the well with improved strength and poison, ice, and fire resistance, then headed to find Liu Erlong.

Su Ling returned to Liu Erlong and prepared to travel with her to Shrek, opening chests and obtaining a fifty-thousand-year gemstone-type right arm bone that he planned to give Ning Rongrong. Liu Erlong arranged for his weighted training gear to be reforged and decided to bring academy students along, then sent Su Ling to compete in Soul Fighting matches to help cover the cost.

• Su Ling found that Liu Erlong's affection had reached 29 and opened a Black Chest, obtaining a fifty-thousand-year gemstone-type right arm bone he intended for Ning Rongrong.
• Su Ling opened more chests and obtained Soul Power Pills, healing pills, weapons, perfume, and Gold Soul Coins before Liu Erlong returned and left Heaven Dou City with him.
• Su Ling showed Liu Erlong his 190-kilogram Weighted Training Gear, and she offered to have it reforged to weigh up to 500 kilograms.
• Liu Erlong decided to return to Heaven Dou City, bring several academy students to Shrek, and have them train with weighted gear.
• Liu Erlong asked about Su Ling's Soul Fighting record, learned he had 26 wins and 46 losses, and sent him to compete so his winnings could help pay for the new gear.

Su Ling defeated Feng Yu'er in the Soul Fighting Arena and offered to teach her advanced archery techniques, gaining her affection. Qian Renxue watched the match and invited Su Ling to her private box, but he refused and left her interest unresolved.

• Liu Erlong bet all ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Su Ling's match against the rank forty-five archer Feng Yu'er.
• Su Ling and Feng Yu'er traded arrows, but he countered her attacks, dodged her area attack, and prompted her to concede.
• Su Ling offered Feng Yu'er advanced archery techniques, and her affection for him increased.
• A middle-aged man invited Su Ling to meet his young master in a private box, but Su Ling refused, suspecting the invitation came from Qian Renxue.

Su Ling demonstrated his advanced archery to Feng Yu'er, who agreed to become his maid and learn from him before being bound as a goddess. Two days later, Su Ling and Liu Erlong departed with five others wearing weighted equipment.

• Feng Yu'er caught up with Su Ling after the Great Soul Arena and agreed to consider becoming his lackey in exchange for archery lessons.
• Liu Erlong recognized Feng Yu'er as a former Blue Tyrant Academy captain and invited her to return with them.
• Su Ling demonstrated how he could fire ten arrows at once, curve an arrow around an obstacle, and pierce a tree with a spinning shot.
• Feng Yu'er asked to become Su Ling's maid so he would teach her archery, and he accepted while encouraging her to teach at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Su Ling bound Feng Yu'er as a goddess after her favorability rose, gaining an archery enhancement skill.
• Two days later, Su Ling and Liu Erlong set out with Tai Long, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Feng Yu'er wearing weighted equipment.

Su Ling returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong, Jiang Zhu, and Feng Yu'er, where Zhu Zhuqing greeted him warmly and Dai Mubai objected to their closeness. Su Ling handed out gifts to the students before Liu Erlong recognized the voice of Xiao Gang as they arrived at the academy.

• Su Ling and his group reached Shrek Academy after a month and a half of training, where Zhu Zhuqing ran to embrace him and told him she had reached level thirty-one.
• Liu Erlong punched Ma Hongjun after he tried to flirt with her and the women accompanying her.
• Su Ling introduced Liu Erlong to the Shrek students, and Dai Mubai called Zhu Zhuqing his fiancée and warned Su Ling to stay away from her.
• Su Ling gave Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun Soul Power Pills, gave Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun Space Soul Tools, and gifted Tang San a piece of cold heart iron mother.
• Su Ling led the group back to Shrek Academy while Dai Mubai went toward Suotuo City, and Liu Erlong recognized Xiao Gang's voice upon their arrival.

Liu Erlong proposed merging Blue Tyrant Academy with Shrek Academy so Flender could lead it into the Advanced Soul Master Tournament. Su Ling confessed his love to Zhu Zhuqing, whose affection reached 90 and who accepted him after he used Advice Listening.

• Yu Xiaogang fled when he encountered Liu Erlong, while Flender welcomed her and Su Ling to Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong proposed merging the academies and renaming the combined school Shrek Academy, and Flender said he would consult Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing Intermediate Soul Power Pills and confessed that he liked her.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that the Hell Spirit Cat clan and Star Luo Imperial Family would pursue Su Ling, but he promised to face the danger with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing's affection reached 90 and she became bound to Su Ling; after he activated Advice Listening, she agreed to be with him.

Su Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing pills and received her confession and kiss, then learned Shrek Academy would move to Heaven Dou City. Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Su Ling as Tang San’s deputy, but Su Ling challenged his theories about Blue Silver Grass, leaving Tang San and Tang Hao questioning Yu Xiaogang’s approach.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Su Ling’s pills, confessed that she liked him, and kissed him, while Dai Mubai secretly watched and vowed revenge.
• Xiao Wu summoned Su Ling and Zhu Zhuqing to the field, where Flender announced that Shrek Academy would merge with Blue Tyrant Academy and move to Heaven Dou City in three days.
• Yu Xiaogang privately asked Su Ling to become Tang San’s deputy and offered to guide his cultivation, but Su Ling questioned Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications and mocked his low Soul Power.
• Su Ling argued that Blue Silver Grass’s greatest strength was its vitality and that Yu Xiaogang had harmed Tang San by focusing on control, toughness, and poison.
• Tang San and the secretly watching Tang Hao reconsidered whether Yu Xiaogang had led Tang San down the wrong path, while Yu Xiaogang angrily left after dismissing Su Ling as ignorant.

Su Ling rescued Zhu Zhuqing after Dai Mubai drugged her and tried to force himself on her, then exposed Dai Mubai’s crimes and defeated him. He spared Dai Mubai’s life at Zhu Zhuqing’s request but castrated him and promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing, while the system offered to bind Liu Erlong.

• Ning Rongrong and Huo Wu gained affection for Su Ling as he opened chests and received pills, a soul bone, and other rewards.
• Zhu Zhuqing used an Intermediate Soul Power Pill and advanced to level thirty-two, earning Su Ling a Red Chest containing part of a cultivation scripture.
• The system detected poison in Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Ling rushed to stop Dai Mubai, who had drugged her and tried to force himself on her.
• Su Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing an antidote, and she woke and confirmed that Dai Mubai had attacked her; Dai Mubai admitted drugging her but blamed Su Ling.
• Flender expelled Dai Mubai from Shrek after he admitted luring Bloodthirsty Demon Ants toward Su Ling, and Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Ling not to endanger everyone by killing him.
• Su Ling broke Dai Mubai’s crotch, promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing, and accepted the system’s offer to bind Liu Erlong.

Su Ling used Truth-Telling to expose Yu Xiaogang’s feelings for Bibi Dong, prompting Liu Erlong to sever their relationship. He then pursued Dai Mubai to Suotuo City, where Dai hired six Soul Emperor mercenaries to kill him, but Su Ling killed one with a single punch.

• Su Ling used Truth-Telling on Yu Xiaogang, who confessed that he loved Bibi Dong and had treated Liu Erlong as her replacement.
• Liu Erlong returned Yu Xiaogang’s gifts and ended their relationship, while Flender condemned him.
• Su Ling went to Suotuo City intending to find Dai Mubai but failed to locate him before heading back toward Shrek.
• Dai Mubai ambushed Su Ling outside the city with six Soul Emperor mercenaries he had hired through the Mercenary Guild.
• Su Ling struck Number Six with the Eight Desolations Fist, fatally crushing his chest, and the mercenaries turned their anger on Dai Mubai.