Chapter Summaries

Lin En helped Zhu Zhuqing improve her speed through a sparring session at Skywater Academy, then gave her a massage after training. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing shy but receptive as Lin En teased her.

• Lin En summoned Sageross to spar with Zhu Zhuqing in a jungle mimicry training ground.
• Lin En advised Zhu Zhuqing to focus on lateral footwork and quick changes of direction, and she refined her movement and soul-skill combinations.
• After training, Zhu Zhuqing sat beside Lin En and placed her feet in his lap for a massage.
• Lin En massaged Zhu Zhuqing's feet and legs while teasing her, and she shyly admitted that it felt good.

Lin En massaged Zhu Zhuqing, nearly kissed her, and teased her while she struggled with her growing attraction to him. After Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep, Shui Yue'er arrived and playfully asked Lin En to massage her too.

• Lin En leaned in to kiss Zhu Zhuqing, but she opened her eyes and stopped him.
• Lin En continued massaging Zhu Zhuqing, who protested his rough treatment but stayed close to him.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on Lin En's charm and her feelings before falling asleep beneath a tree.
• Lin En covered Zhu Zhuqing with his jacket, then Shui Yue'er startled him by appearing behind him.
• Shui Yue'er asked Lin En to massage her, teasing him about rubbing Zhu Zhuqing's feet.

Lin En was caught massaging Shui Yue'er’s feet, but Shui Qingyue accepted his explanation and assigned him to lead Skywater Academy’s upcoming Soul Hunting Operation in Star Dou. After Shui Qingyue left, Lin En teased Zhu Zhuqing, who had fallen asleep during her massage, and received permission to kiss her cheek.

• Shui Qingyue caught Lin En massaging Shui Yue'er’s feet and ordered Shui Yue'er back to training.
• Lin En claimed Shui Yue'er had asked him to massage her feet, and Shui Qingyue accepted his explanation before assigning him to lead the academy’s Soul Hunting Operation in Star Dou.
• Shui Qingyue named Bing'er vice-captain and said a Soul Saint teacher would accompany the team without handling minor matters.
• Lin En agreed to lead the operation and asked Shui Qingyue for a reward, proposing that he massage her feet when they returned.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke under Lin En’s school uniform, thanked him for the comfortable nap, and agreed to let him kiss her cheek.

Lin En led Skywater Academy’s soul-hunting squad into the Star Dou Great Forest for their month-end assessment and to obtain Soul Rings. After a smooth start, they encountered the Shrek group, including Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving both parties face to face.

• Lin En and Zhu Zhuqing teased each other after their kiss, and she returned to her training.
• Lin En became captain of Skywater Academy’s twelve-person soul-hunting squad, with Shui Bing'er as vice-captain, and led them toward Star Dou.
• Lin En studied the map with Shui Bing'er and set Cloudmist Swamp and Splashing Water Creek as their destinations for water-attribute Soul Beasts.
• Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about Lin En, then apologized after he alluded to their past closeness.
• Lin En released Sageross to clear the way, and its aura frightened off the weaker Soul Beasts.
• Lin En’s squad encountered the Shrek group, and Dai Mubai turned red-eyed when he saw Zhu Zhuqing with them.

Lin En reunited with Tang San and the Shrek group in the Star Dou Great Forest, where his taunts reignited the conflict with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar. Zhao Wuji attacked Lin En, but Lan Susu intervened and confronted him, leaving the two academies facing off.

• Lin En mocked Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, and the Shrek group gathered as Tang San and Xiao Wu recognized him from Nuoding Academy.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar accused Lin En of injuring them in Suotuo City, while Zhao Wuji scolded the three for losing to him.
• Lin En admitted to teaching the trio a lesson and challenged Zhao Wuji, who rushed at him with a palm strike.
• Lan Susu fired a water arrow that blasted Zhao Wuji away, then challenged him for attacking her younger student.
• Lin En explained that he had punished Dai Mubai for saying women were resources and taunted him about his mother, leaving Dai Mubai furious and speechless.

Lin En humiliated Dai Mubai over his behavior and his anger at Zhu Zhuqing joining Skywater Academy, then used their closeness to provoke him into attacking. Sageross repeatedly knocked Dai Mubai down, and Zhao Wuji demanded that Lan Susu stop Lin En.

• Lin En mocked Dai Mubai, and the Shrek girls distanced themselves from him as Tang San and Zhao Wuji reacted uneasily.
• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing for joining Skywater Academy, but she challenged him for joining Shrek Academy himself.
• Lin En and Zhu Zhuqing pretended to be intimate to provoke Dai Mubai, who spat blood and activated Martial Soul Possession.
• Dai Mubai charged Lin En, but Sageross kicked him away and then sent him flying again with a slash of blade energy.
• Lin En challenged Ma Hongjun and Oscar to fight, while Zhao Wuji demanded that Lan Susu make Lin En stop.

Lin En and Lan Susu's group escaped the Titan Giant Ape, which pursued Shrek instead. The beast seized Xiao Wu and carried her away while Tang San could only watch helplessly, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Lin En taunted Zhao Wuji as he and Lan Susu prepared to fight, but the Titan Giant Ape's arrival interrupted them.
• Lan Susu led Skywater Academy's group in retreat while Zhao Wuji and Shrek fled, and the Titan Giant Ape pursued Shrek.
• After reaching safety, Lin En joked with Shui Yue'er and Zhu Zhuqing before Lan Susu urged the group onward to complete his assessment.
• The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, and Tang San's hidden weapons and attacks failed to stop it.
• Zhao Wuji was knocked away when he tried to block the Titan Giant Ape, and Tang San was left unable to move as it carried Xiao Wu away.

Lin En’s group found the unconscious Ning Rongrong after the Titan Giant Ape scattered Shrek’s students, and she explained that Xiao Wu had been taken while Zhao Wuji was badly injured. After Ning Rongrong promised a generous reward, Shui Bing’er agreed to let her join the group as they continued their assessment.

• Lin En’s group found Ning Rongrong unconscious beside a stream, and Lin En revived her.
• Ning Rongrong told Lin En that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape, Zhao Wuji was seriously injured, and Dai, Fatty, and Little Ao were missing.
• Ning Rongrong begged Lin En’s group to take her out of the forest, and Shui Yue’er suggested that the missing Shrek students had abandoned her.
• Lin En hinted that rescuing Ning Rongrong would cost extra, and she promised a generous reward from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shui Bing’er recognized Ning Rongrong, then agreed to let her travel with the group as long as she did not slow them down.

Lin En led the group to Cloudmist Swamp, where he used an enormous amount of bait to attract Water Jumping Fish. Meanwhile, Tang San pursued the Titan Giant Ape, gained a pole-vaulting soul skill from a thousand-year lone bamboo, and launched himself onward with it.

• Shui Bing'er brought the group to Cloudmist Swamp and explained that they could catch a hundred-year Water Jumping Fish along its outskirts.
• Lin En took all the bait and dumped it into the swamp, calling himself the Chumming Immortal before casting his fishing rod.
• Tang San pursued the Titan Giant Ape with his Blue Silver Pole Vault skill but fell behind.
• Tang San killed a thousand-year lone bamboo and absorbed its soul ring, then endured bamboo shoots growing from his back.
• Tang San discovered his new third soul skill, Lone Bamboo Pole Vault, and used it to launch himself through the air.

A Giant Swamp Crocodile King ambushed the Skywater Academy group at Cloudmist Swamp, and Lin En and Sageross began fighting it. With Ning Rongrong’s boosts and Lin En’s fourth Soul Skill, Sageross unleashed Blade Light River, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• After the swamp fell unnaturally silent, a Giant Swamp Crocodile King burst from the water and lunged at a Skywater student.
• Lin En summoned Sageross, who rescued the student and brought her back to the group.
• Shui Bing'er identified the attacker as a Giant Swamp Crocodile King, while Sageross struck it with Air Spiral Slash and Demon King Flame Strike Wave.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Lin En and Sageross with Strength and Speed, and Lin En activated Double Darkness Power.
• Lin En ordered Sageross to use his fourth Soul Skill, Blade Light River, and the attack tore through the darkened sky toward the crocodile.

Lin En defeated the Giant Swamp Crocodile King and helped the students complete their month-end assessment in the Star Dou Great Forest. As the group prepared to leave, he rejected Ning Rongrong’s offer to recruit him and demanded two million as a protection fee.

• Lin En had Sageross finish off the mortally wounded Giant Swamp Crocodile King, then confirmed its death and found that it had left no Soul Bone.
• The group caught a hundred-year Water Jumping Fish, allowing a junior student to advance to Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, then hunted a thousand-year Water Arrow Turtle at Water-Splashed Creek.
• Ning Rongrong repeatedly questioned Lin En about his strength and Soul Rings while trying to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin En refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to join the sect and demanded a two-million protection fee as the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ning Rongrong offered Lin En three million and tried to recruit him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but he declined. Tang San lost the Titan Giant Ape’s trail and feared for Xiao Wu until she returned, though she avoided his embrace.

• Ning Rongrong offered Lin En three million and complained about her treatment at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong urged Lin En to join her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lin En refused and she followed him, continuing to persuade him.
• Tang San lost track of the Titan Giant Ape and blamed himself for failing to protect Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Fatty, and Little Ao found Tang San, and Dai Mubai’s attempt to comfort him sparked an argument.
• Xiao Wu returned from the woods, but she stepped back when Tang San rushed to embrace her.

After Xiao Wu returned safely, Shrek searched Star Dou Great Forest for the missing Ning Rongrong, then found her with Skywater Academy outside the forest. Lin En defended Ning Rongrong from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and the chapter ended with Xiao Wu watching Lin En with a changed expression.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San, while Zhao Wuji learned that Ning Rongrong was missing and ordered the group to search for her.
• Ma Hongjun suggested Ning Rongrong might have left Star Dou Great Forest, so Shrek's group headed for the outskirts.
• Shrek encountered Skywater Academy outside the forest and found Ning Rongrong standing behind Lin En.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun accused Ning Rongrong of betraying Shrek, and Lin En insulted them and summoned Sageross when they challenged him.
• Zhao Wuji used his soul power to restrain Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Lin En remained unaffected; Xiao Wu watched Lin En with an unusual expression.

Ning Rongrong cut ties with Shrek after confronting Zhao Wuji and the students who had abandoned her during the Titan Giant Ape attack. Lin En led the Skywater group away, and Ning Rongrong chose to return to Skywater Academy with him, paying him one million Gold Soul Coins.

• Zhao Wuji urged Ning Rongrong to decide whether she would join Skywater Academy, and she accused Shrek of abandoning and isolating her before severing her ties with them.
• Lin En mocked Zhao Wuji and challenged the Shrek group, then baited Tang San into stepping forward before refusing to fight him.
• Tang San vowed to defeat Lin En fairly next time as Lin En led the Skywater group away from Shrek.
• After leaving Star Dou's bounds, Lin En asked Ning Rongrong whether she would return to Skywater Academy with him, and she agreed never to go back to Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong gave Lin En a gold card containing one million Gold Soul Coins and promised to pay the rest when she returned to her sect.

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and tearfully told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin about her mistreatment at Shrek. Chen Xin flew into a rage and promised to get her justice, leaving the pavilion reduced to powder by his sword energy.

• Ning Rongrong gave Lin En a gold card and promised to bring him more money when she returned to the sect.
• During the journey, Ning Rongrong questioned Lin En about his strength, and he bragged about his talent and his friendships with the women at Skywater Academy.
• Shui Yue'er denied being close to Lin En, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected his attempt to hug her and Ning Rongrong offered to take her place.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and threw herself into Chen Xin's arms in tears.
• Ning Rongrong recounted how Shrek's teachers and dean had treated her, and Chen Xin vowed to win her justice as his sword energy shattered the pavilion.

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that Shrek had abandoned and mistreated her, prompting the Sword and Bone Douluo to take her back there to demand justice. Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to flee before they arrived, but the three confronted them and both men knelt in fear.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that Shrek had left her alone in the Star Dou Great Forest and that Skywater Academy had helped her return.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong decided to go to Shrek with Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi stayed behind at the sect.
• Flender berated Zhao Wuji for letting Ning Rongrong leave and feared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would retaliate.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji packed their belongings and prepared to hide, but the Sword and Bone Douluo appeared with Ning Rongrong and blocked their escape.
• Zhao Wuji begged for mercy and Flender quickly knelt as the three confronted them.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong confronted Shrek Academy over Ning Rongrong’s mistreatment, and Flender tried to shift the blame to Zhao Wuji. After the Douluo punished Flender and Zhao Wuji, they caught Dai Mubai, whom Ning Rongrong mocked for his earlier threats.

• Flender tried to appease Chen Xin and blamed Zhao Wuji for Ning Rongrong’s mistreatment, but Ning Rongrong accused Flender of starting and enabling her bullying.
• Chen Xin slashed Flender and filled his body with painful sword energy, while Gu Rong stopped Zhao Wuji from escaping and beat him until every bone in his body was broken.
• Dai Mubai followed the noise and Gu Rong seized him before he could approach; seeing Flender and Zhao Wuji defeated, Dai Mubai wet himself in terror.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Dai Mubai that she was the Young Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and taunted him for backing down from his threats.

Ning Rongrong brought Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to punish Dai Mubai, but Tang Hao arrived and challenged Chen Xin to protect Shrek. After Chen Xin defeated him, Tang Hao asked to take two people away, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Chen Xin recognized Dai Mubai as the man who had humiliated Ning Rongrong, struck him with sword energy, and let Ning Rongrong slap him.
• Tang Hao appeared and objected to the two elders intervening, but Chen Xin refused to spare Shrek.
• Tang Hao revealed himself and asked Chen Xin to let Shrek go for his sake, but Chen Xin demanded justice.
• Tang Hao fought Chen Xin with the Clear Sky Hammer and gradually lost ground as his strength failed.
• Chen Xin offered to let Tang Hao leave, and Tang Hao said he would take two people with him.

Tang Hao fought Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo while trying to take Tang San and Xiao Wu away, but Xiao Wu learned that Tang Hao had intended to use her as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone for his son. Tang Hao escaped with Tang San after losing an arm, while Xiao Wu remained with the Douluos and Ning Rongrong received the dropped Soul Bone.

• Tang Hao refused to surrender Tang San, and Sword Douluo agreed to let him take Xiao Wu but not Tang San after Rongrong said Tang San had bullied her.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and fought Sword Douluo, while Tang San and the other Shrek members emerged and Tang San recognized his father.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and accused Tang Hao of planning to give her power to Tang San.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang Hao had meant to use her as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, rejected Tang San, and watched Tang Hao carry him away.
• Sword Douluo severed Tang Hao's arm, kept the fallen left arm Soul Bone, and gave it to Ning Rongrong; his presence then drove Ma Hongjun and Oscar to their knees.

Ning Rongrong learned that Xiao Wu was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast and chose to take her back to the sect. Two months later, Zhu Zhuqing reached the final four of Skywater Academy’s new student assessment, impressing Lan Susu with her strength, which Lin En implied he had helped develop.

• Ning Rongrong asked Bone Douluo Gu Rong to teach Oscar and Ma Hongjun a lesson for their behavior.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Gu Rong and Chen Xin discussed the risks of claiming her soul ring and soul bone.
• Ning Rongrong decided to take Xiao Wu back to the sect, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo agreed.
• At Skywater Academy’s new student assessment two months later, Lin En joked with Lan Susu while they watched the matches.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached the final four and stood out with her speed and phantoms, prompting Lan Susu to ask whether Lin En had trained her; Lin En said he had.