Chapter Summaries

Lin En told Lan Susu that he had discovered a way to open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and offered to help her, hoping she would visit him that night. At the freshman assessment finals, Zhu Zhuqing won decisively and received the academy’s cheers.

• Lin En explained that opening the meridians had helped Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power rise toward rank thirty-five and said he would help Lan Susu try it despite her age.
• Lan Susu thanked Lin En and reconsidered her earlier judgment of him, while he privately looked forward to the supposed ritual.
• Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed her rank-twenty-three opponent in the finals and defeated her within minutes.
• Zhu Zhuqing celebrated her victory as students across Skywater Academy cheered, while Lan Susu applauded her perseverance.

After Zhu Zhuqing celebrated her freshman assessment victory, Lan Susu visited Lin En at night to ask him to open her meridians and help her overcome her level seventy-eight bottleneck. She agreed to bare her back for the procedure, and the chapter ended just as they were about to begin.

• Lin En congratulated Zhu Zhuqing on her victory, and she excitedly asked whether she could visit him again that night.
• Lan Susu arrived at Lin En’s house and asked whether he could open her meridians.
• Lin En explained that the procedure would be difficult and said he needed close contact, prompting Lan Susu to worry that she would have to remove her clothes.
• Lin En told Lan Susu she only needed to bare her back at first, and she agreed to proceed.
• Lin En led Lan Susu to his room and turned away while she removed her outer clothing; she then told him to begin.

Lin En used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone’s life force to cleanse and begin opening Lan Susu’s blocked meridians, though his first attempt failed because her barrier was too strong. Lan Susu’s meridians recovered, and she tended to Lin En after the treatment left him exhausted.

• Lan Susu nervously asked Lin En to begin, and he placed his palm against her back to channel life force into her meridians.
• Lin En cleansed and widened Lan Susu’s meridians, then warned her that opening them would hurt and urged her to stay calm.
• Lan Susu endured Lin En’s repeated attempts to break through the first meridian, but the barrier resisted his available energy.
• Lin En treated Lan Susu’s swollen meridians to help them recover, and she felt renewed as the treatment ended.
• Lan Susu asked Lin En to be gentler next time, then noticed his exhaustion and helped him rest while tending to him.

Lan Susu thanked Lin En for using his healing power to strengthen her body and improve her chances of overcoming her bottleneck. After she left, Zhu Zhuqing visited Lin En for another meridian-opening session, and he began channeling energy into her.

• Lan Susu examined her body and discovered that her organs, blood, and vitality had been greatly strengthened.
• Lan Susu thanked Lin En, who insisted that they had simply helped each other.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Lin En's room, noticed a lingering fragrance, and asked whether he had a guest.
• Lin En led Zhu Zhuqing to the sitting room and made an excuse for not using his own room.
• Zhu Zhuqing prepared for the session, and Lin En began opening her meridians with deep-blue energy.

Lin En used his Life Force to nourish Zhu Zhuqing’s meridians, and she discovered that the treatment had restored her flexibility and control. After thanking him, Zhu Zhuqing kissed Lin En on the cheek and hurried away, leaving him behind.

• Lin En asked Zhu Zhuqing how her body had changed after her meridians were opened, and she said her flexibility, coordination, and control had improved.
• Lin En massaged Zhu Zhuqing’s back and infused her body with Life Force, briefly losing control when his thoughts wandered before he steadied the energy.
• After half an hour, Lin En ran out of Soul Power, and Zhu Zhuqing dressed quickly while Lin En tried not to stare.
• Zhu Zhuqing stomped on Lin En’s foot after suspecting he was fantasizing about her, then laughed at his protests.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin En for helping her find what she had lost, kissed his cheek, and hurried away.

Lin En and Zhu Zhuqing negotiated how often she would visit him before he discovered that opening her second meridian required working from the front of her chest. Zhu Zhuqing questioned his motives, and Lin En defended himself as the story ended with her feeling guilty.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Lin En and agreed to come every three days after he protested her nightly visits.
• Lin En began clearing Zhu Zhuqing's meridians but stopped before opening her second meridian, the Conception Vessel.
• Lin En told Zhu Zhuqing that he could only open the Conception Vessel from the chest, and she reacted with alarm and embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuqing suspected Lin En was using the meridian treatment as an excuse to take advantage of her and recalled his past extortion in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin En insisted that he had no improper intentions and claimed he had come to share his successful research with her first, leaving Zhu Zhuqing feeling moved and guilty.

Lin En opened Zhu Zhuqing’s meridians by massaging her chest, and she discovered that her Conception Vessel had opened as well. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing demanded that Lin En take responsibility for her, then pushed him against a wall and kissed him.

• Zhu Zhuqing apologized for doubting Lin En and reluctantly agreed to let him begin opening her meridians from her chest.
• Lin En massaged Zhu Zhuqing for half an hour, opening her Conception Vessel as her Soul Power circulated through it.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt her body grow stronger and, after dressing, became embarrassed about Lin En having touched her.
• Lin En caught Zhu Zhuqing when she started to fall, and she demanded that he take responsibility for both her body and her heart.
• Zhu Zhuqing pushed Lin En against the wall and kissed him, leaving him stunned.

After Lin En and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer following an intimate encounter, Lan Susu approached him under the pretext of discussing the upcoming academy exchange tournament. The chapter ended with Lan Susu agreeing to meet Lin En that night, hoping he could help her break through her cultivation bottleneck.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Lin En kissed and grew intimate, then parted after she left his room.
• Over the following days, Lin En joked with Zhu Zhuqing until she warmed to him and allowed him to hold her hand.
• Lan Susu stopped Lin En after class and said she wanted to discuss arrangements for the academy exchange tournament.
• Lin En invited Lan Susu to meet him that night, and she agreed, hoping he could help her break through her rank seventy-eight bottleneck.

Lan Susu visited Lin En to discuss the upcoming exchange tournament, and they agreed to challenge Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a warm-up match. Lin En opened her Thoroughfare Vessel, helping her break through to level seventy-nine, and she left after giving him a shy kiss in thanks.

• Lan Susu asked Lin En for his thoughts on the exchange tournament, and he suggested a warm-up match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lan Susu agreed that Skywater Academy would face Heaven Dou Royal in five days.
• Lan Susu asked Lin En to help open her meridians, and he opened her Thoroughfare Vessel.
• Lan Susu's level-seventy-eight bottleneck broke, advancing her to level seventy-nine.
• When Lin En asked for a kiss as repayment, Lan Susu kissed his cheek and hurried out.

Skywater Academy’s team traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for a warm-up match ahead of the exchange tournament. After Qin Ming mistook Lin En for a teacher and learned he was a male student, he led the team toward the Mimicry Training Ground.

• Lan Susu told the Skywater Team that she had arranged a warm-up match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy to test their teamwork.
• Lan Susu led the Skywater Team to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where students stared at the visiting group.
• Shui Yue'er teased Lin En about being mistaken for a teacher, and he secretly swatted her, prompting her to claim a mosquito had bitten her.
• Qin Ming welcomed Lan Susu and mistook Lin En for a teacher until Lin En clarified that he was a student.
• Qin Ming led the Skywater Team toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Mimicry Training Ground to begin the warm-up match.

Lin En encountered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu among the Heaven Dou Team and was shocked that they had left Shrek Academy. He provoked captain Yu Tianheng and teacher Qin Ming before the warm-up match, leaving the teams poised for a fierce contest.

• Lin En spotted Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu with the Heaven Dou Team and wondered why they had left Shrek Academy.
• Lan Susu noticed Lin En's distress, and he tried to hide his shock before greeting the two girls.
• Qin Ming introduced captain Yu Tianheng, who announced his level thirty-nine Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Lin En introduced himself as a level forty-seven Mantis Soul Ancestor, stunning the Heaven Dou Team members.
• Lin En taunted Yu Tianheng by pretending to offer a handshake before turning away, angering Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming.
• Lin En declared that Skywater would beat Heaven Dou in a team battle, and Qin Ming warned him that the team result would decide the match.

After provoking the Heaven Dou Team into a match, Lin En reunited with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, who had transferred to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ning Rongrong tried to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused, while she began plotting with Xiao Wu to change his mind.

• Lin En insulted the Heaven Dou Team, and Qin Ming challenged the Skywater Team to a battle beginning in half an hour.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu sneaked up on Lin En, but he recognized them by their scents.
• Ning Rongrong told Lin En she and Xiao Wu had left Shrek for Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Sword and Bone Douluo had dealt with Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong offered Lin En a powerful position in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Lin En rejected her offer.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu to help recruit Lin En and hinted that she had a plan involving Xiao Wu's charm.

Lin En avoided Ning Rongrong’s scheme, then joined Skywater Academy for its warm-up match against Heaven Dou Team. After Yu Tianheng charged at him, Lin En summoned Sageross and used Darkness Power to send Yu flying.

• Lin En slipped away while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu plotted, so Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu to help teach him a lesson during the match.
• Lin En returned to Skywater Academy’s group, traded teasing remarks with Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er, and went to find Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qin Ming and Lan Susu assembled Skywater Team and Heaven Dou Team on the Soul Fighting platform for the warm-up match.
• Yu Tianheng charged toward Lin En when Qin Ming started the match.
• Lin En summoned Sageross and ordered it to use Darkness Power, and Sageross struck Yu Tianheng and sent him flying.

Lin En and Sageross battled the Heaven Dou Team, countering Dugu Yan’s poison and overwhelming their defensive formation. Lin En stopped Yu Tianheng’s attack with his Eight Spider Lances and seized him with transformed purple-black hands.

• Lin En used Sageross’s Shadow Clone to confuse the Heaven Dou Team, then had Sageross blow Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Red Poison back toward them.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the Heaven Dou Team, while Xiao Wu fought Shui Yue’er and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to target the opposing back line.
• Lin En charged through Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Blue Poison without being affected and sent Sageross’s blade energy crashing into the Shi Brothers’ defenses.
• Sageross unleashed Tooth-Linked Assault from the air as the Shi Brothers struggled to hold their formation.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Lin En after Sageross flew away, but Lin En blocked his lightning with the Eight Spider Lances and caught him with their transformed hands.

Lin En's Eight Spider Lances helped the Skywater Team overwhelm the Heaven Dou Team, while he secretly warned Xiao Wu that she had been exposed. After the battle, he found Dugu Yan beside the poisoned Yu Tianheng and claimed a great calamity loomed over her.

• Lin En used his Eight Spider Lances and venom to knock Yu Tianheng unconscious as Sageross and Shui Bing'er routed the Heaven Dou Team.
• Lin En restrained Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then whispered to Xiao Wu that she had been exposed and urged her to stay near Ning Rongrong.
• Lin En released Xiao Wu after warning her, and the Skywater Team finished overwhelming the Heaven Dou Team.
• Qin Ming acknowledged Lin En's strength and congratulated Lan Susu on the Skywater Team's chances in the tournament.
• Dugu Yan demanded that Lin En cure Yu Tianheng, and Lin En studied her darkened lips and brow before warning that a great calamity loomed over her.

Lin En treated Yu Tianheng’s spider venom and used the opportunity to claim he could cure Dugu Yan’s hereditary poison, secretly hoping to draw out Dugu Bo. Yu Tianheng woke to find Lin En holding Dugu Yan’s hand and cried out in anguish.

• Dugu Yan threatened Lin En and demanded that he cure Yu Tianheng, so Lin En drew the spider venom back into his Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan asked why her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had not affected Lin En, and he claimed to be a poison expert who could treat her hereditary condition.
• Lin En told Dugu Yan to place her hand on his, then channeled the Blue Silver Emperor’s power into her body while she closed her eyes.
• Dugu Yan relaxed and moaned as Lin En’s power flowed through her, while the Skywater Team recognized his familiar act of offering free treatment.
• Yu Tianheng woke and saw Lin En holding Dugu Yan’s hand, then shouted in anguish and drew the Heaven Dou and Skywater teams’ attention.

Dugu Yan’s attempt to explain Lin En’s treatment to Yu Tianheng failed, and he left believing she had betrayed him. After the teams ended their practice, Dugu Yan secretly arranged to take Lin En to meet her grandfather so he could verify his claim that she was poisoned.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that Lin En had only been treating her, and Lin En and the Skywater Team backed up her explanation, but Yu Tianheng left unconvinced.
• Qin Ming called off the practice, and Lan Susu agreed to end the session and meet again in the official competition.
• Dugu Yan slipped Lin En a note with an address, and he later broke away from the group to meet her there.
• Dugu Yan pulled Lin En into a carriage and told him she was taking him to see her grandfather to confirm whether she was poisoned.
• Lin En insisted that her poisoning would remain regardless of who examined her, then teased her about whether running buddies counted as friends.

Dugu Yan brought Lin En through the poisonous barriers of Sunset Forest to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she confronted Dugu Bo about whether she had been poisoned. Lin En claimed he was their savior, and Dugu Bo pressured him to explain himself as the chapter ended.

• Dugu Yan warned Lin En about the poison miasma in Sunset Forest, but he refused the antidote and dismissed its danger.
• Dugu Yan led Lin En through the hidden passage to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they met Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo whether she had been poisoned, and his grave reaction convinced her that Lin En had been right.
• Dugu Bo confronted Lin En and used his Soul Power to pressure him, but Lin En stood his ground and called himself their savior.
• Dugu Yan defended Lin En, and Dugu Bo challenged him to explain how someone so young and weak could save them.

Lin En convinced Dugu Bo that he knew about the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and promised he could cure them. After obtaining two Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo's garden, Lin En ate them and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lin En described Dugu Bo's poison symptoms and warned that Dugu Yan would develop the same condition.
• Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan away and asked Lin En how he knew about the poison and whether he could cure it.
• Lin En claimed he could cure both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and improve Dugu Bo's poison arts, but Dugu Bo doubted him.
• Lin En offered to prove his ability by taking Dugu Bo's poison after recovering with two medicinal herbs.
• Dugu Bo harvested the red and white Immortal Herbs Lin En requested, and Lin En ate them before leaping into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After surviving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin En gained an Ice and Fire Golden Body and descended to the Dragon Kings’ burial ground with Sageross and Ingkaros. The insects began inheriting the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ power while Lin En’s Eight Spider Lances evolved into the Iceflame Eight Spider Lances.

• Dugu Bo watched Lin En plunge into the well and waited, fearing the boy had died.
• Lin En woke after the herbs’ power transformed him, granting him an Ice and Fire Golden Body impervious to water and fire.
• Lin En tried to descend toward the Dragon Kings’ burial ground but could not withstand the pressure, so he released Sageross and Ingkaros.
• Sageross and Ingkaros created a barrier that carried Lin En to the Dragon Kings’ skeletons, where each insect began absorbing its corresponding Dragon King’s power and soul.
• Lin En discovered that his Eight Spider Lances had changed into the deep-blue-and-dark-red Iceflame Eight Spider Lances and began consolidating his gains.