Chapter Summaries

After receiving the Douluo Co-Renting System, Chen Shi learned he had to find tenants from the Douluo Continent and persuade them to renew their leases to keep the villa. He selected five women from different factions, and the chapter ended as they were transported to the villa.

• Chen Shi read the system's rules and learned that tenants' lease renewals would bring him rewards, while losing all tenants would cost him the villa and his memories.
• Chen Shi chose Xue Qinghe, also known as Qian Renxue, as his first tenant after learning she was in Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Shi selected Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, who were both at Shrek Academy, as his second and third tenants.
• Chen Shi chose Dugu Yan and Hu Liena as his final two tenants, completing a list drawn from three factions.
• Chen Shi confirmed the tenant list, asked where everyone would sleep, and watched five beams of light appear as the system transported the tenants to the villa.

Chen Shi witnessed Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan appear in the villa with their Soul Power gone. Xiao Wu attacked Dugu Yan over Tang San’s capture, and Dugu Yan taunted her that her grandfather had taken him.

• Qian Renxue appeared in the living room and discovered that her Soul Power had disappeared.
• Xiao Wu arrived searching for Tang San, then learned from Ning Rongrong that Ning Rongrong had also been transported there.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Qian Renxue, while Qian Renxue considered what the others might know about her identity.
• Dugu Yan appeared, and Xiao Wu immediately tackled and beat her, demanding that she return Tang San.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather had taken Tang San and mocked Xiao Wu, provoking her to attack more viciously.

Hu Liena appeared in the living room, interrupting Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan’s fight, while Qian Renxue asserted authority over her. On the Douluo Continent, Bibi Dong learned that Hu Liena had vanished into a pillar of light and suspected the giant screen in the sky was connected to her disappearance.

• Ning Rongrong watched Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan fight and worried that Dugu Yan’s grandfather might retaliate against Shrek Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Liena appeared in the living room, and Ning Rongrong persuaded Xiao Wu to stop fighting so she could ask about her Third Brother.
• Dugu Yan escaped from beneath Xiao Wu, threatened Xiao Wu and Shrek Academy, and vowed to make Xiao Wu’s Third Brother suffer.
• Hu Liena asked Qian Renxue who she was, and Qian Renxue ordered Hu Liena to follow her orders without revealing her identity.
• A vast screen appeared in the sky across the Douluo Continent, and Bibi Dong watched it with concern.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that Hu Liena had disappeared after a pillar of light enveloped her, and Bibi Dong suspected the screen was connected to her disciple.

Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Shrek Academy's leaders watched a strange screen of light show Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan in an unfamiliar place. After Xiao Wu beat Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo flew toward the valley to punish Tang San, leaving Tang San's safety in immediate danger.

• Qian Daoliu ordered Azure Luan Douluo to investigate what had happened to Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong asked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to investigate the screen after Xiao Wu appeared in it.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang saw Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong in the screen and learned that they had vanished from the academy.
• Ma Hongjun cheered as Xiao Wu beat Dugu Yan, but Flender struck him and Yu Xiaogang warned that Dugu Bo might retaliate against Tang San.
• Dugu Bo saw his granddaughter being bullied and flew toward the valley to seize and beat Tang San.

Ning Fengzhi and his elders watched the light screen and worried about Ning Rongrong, while Tang Hao set out for Shrek Academy after learning Dugu Bo had taken Tang San. In the Villa, the five women formed uneasy groups and agreed to work together to escape before Chen Shi introduced himself as their landlord.

• Ning Fengzhi wanted to go to Shrek Academy, but Gu Rong and Chen Xin persuaded him to stay and analyze the light screen.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin identified the women on the screen and warned that provoking Dugu Bo could endanger the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao learned that Dugu Bo had taken Tang San and left the valley to seek answers at Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena and Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan formed three separate groups inside the Villa.
• Qian Renxue proposed that the five work together to understand the Villa and escape, and the others agreed.
• Chen Shi stepped out from behind the kitchen door and introduced himself as their landlord.

Chen Shi introduced himself to Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Dugu Yan as the landlord who had brought them to his villa, then revealed intimate details of Qian Renxue’s identity. Across the Douluo Continent, factions reacted to the revelations as the women remained wary of Chen Shi.

• Chen Shi emerged in the villa’s living room and introduced himself as the landlord, while the five women took defensive positions.
• Chen Shi admitted that he had brought the women to his villa and personally selected them, alarming them with his unexplained power.
• Chen Shi began recounting Qian Renxue’s family and identity, and she interrupted him in shock before he could reveal more.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take shifts watching the screen, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu worried about Spirit Hall’s secrets being exposed.
• Tang Hao continued toward Shrek Academy with killing intent after seeing Qian Renxue, while Yu Xiaogang’s words prompted Liu Erlong to leave and Flender kicked Ma Hongjun.
• Dugu Bo reached the edge of the cliff in Sunset Forest, wondered who Chen Shi was, and continued his plan to seize Tang San.

Chen Shi exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast reborn as a human, stirring fear and greed among the women in the Villa. On the Douluo Continent, Tang Hao planned to intercept Spirit Hall, while Shrek Academy feared powerful Soul Masters would target them and considered disbanding.

• Chen Shi revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit whose mother Bibi Dong had killed, and Xiao Wu feared the others would hunt her for her Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Xiao Wu and urged her to flee if they returned to the Douluo Continent, while Xiao Wu eyed the others with hostility and Qian Renxue became wary of her.
• Chen Shi was pleased that the women remained suspicious of one another and hoped Xiao Wu would return to renew her lease after being driven into a corner.
• Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall might pursue Xiao Wu and decided he could wait to ambush them while protecting her.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai warned that Titled Douluos might search the academy for Xiao Wu, and Flender decided to use the time to disband it.

Flender decided to disband Shrek Academy and left to find Liu Erlong, while Dai Mubai resolved to enter the tournament with Zhu Zhuqing regardless. Dugu Bo discovered Tang San was missing from the valley, and the major factions began considering how to respond to Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Flender told everyone to have Liu Erlong change Blue Tyrant Academy’s name back, then left to find her; Dai Mubai decided he and Zhu Zhuqing would enter the tournament even if Shrek Academy disbanded.
• Dugu Bo entered the valley and found that Tang San had vanished, with several unfamiliar medicinal herbs picked.
• Dugu Bo suspected Tang San had entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the springs’ mist prevented him from seeing inside, so he decided to wait for Tang San to emerge.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed the danger of Spirit Hall gaining Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but Ning Fengzhi chose to wait for more information from the Light Screen.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to investigate Xiao Wu and capture her alive, while Qian Daoliu declined to pursue her because he intended to begin Qian Renxue’s Angel Inheritance.

Chen Shi revealed Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena’s backgrounds, then explained the terms of their stay and offered each woman one answer to a question. As the five women considered what to ask, people across the Douluo Continent reacted to the news and began planning how to use Chen Shi’s knowledge.

• Chen Shi told Ning Rongrong about her family, talent, and departure from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then revealed Dugu Yan’s identity and her serpent-venom condition.
• Chen Shi identified Hu Liena as Bibi Dong’s disciple and Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden, surprising the other women and prompting Xiao Wu to consider revenge against the two Spirit Hall women.
• Chen Shi explained that the women could return to the Douluo Continent for one day every seven days during their month-long lease, and could leave or continue renting when it ended.
• Chen Shi offered to answer one question from each woman, leading them to consider what to ask; Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu also contemplated using the opportunity to learn about the future.
• Dugu Bo worried that Tang Hao might come after him for holding Tang San captive, while Tang Hao, flying toward Suotuo City, wondered what Xiao Wu would choose.

Xiao Wu asked whether Tang San was safe after Dugu Bo captured him, and Chen Shi explained that Dugu Bo had let Tang San try to cure his poison. The revelation prompted Tang Hao to head for Sunset Forest and left Dugu Bo unsure whether to wait for Tang San or prepare for Tang Hao.

• Xiao Wu asked if Tang San was safe, while Dugu Yan mocked her and claimed Dugu Bo would not spare him.
• Chen Shi said Dugu Bo had agreed to let Tang San prove he could cure the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan, partly because Tang San was the son of Tang Hao.
• Dugu Yan doubted Tang San could cure the poison, but Chen Shi pointed to Tang San’s skill with poisons and Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden as reasons he might succeed.
• Xiao Wu asked what she would need to pay to ask Chen Shi more questions, and Chen Shi said she would learn the answer in the future.
• Tang Hao saw the Light Screen reveal Tang San’s location and the Medicine Garden, then decided to go to Sunset Forest to rescue him.
• Dugu Bo realized Chen Shi’s account matched events and worried that Tang Hao might come to Sunset Forest, leaving him torn over whether to wait for Tang San or retreat.

Chen Shi revealed that Dugu Bo would die in a future war between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, which intended to unite the continent. The revelation unsettled Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, while Tang Hao hurried to rescue Tang San and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect prepared for danger.

• Dugu Yan asked Chen Shi how her grandfather would ultimately fare, and he said Dugu Bo would fall in about ten years during a war against Spirit Hall.
• Chen Shi explained that Tang San would cure Dugu Bo's poison, become his friend, and later fight alongside the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall's attempt to unite the continent.
• Qian Renxue questioned why her undercover plan in the Heaven Dou Empire would fail, while Ning Rongrong inferred that Spirit Hall's ambitions were real and that she and Dugu Yan would be allies.
• Tang Hao was encouraged by the revelation and sped up to rescue Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to strengthen patrols and hide half of its direct-lineage disciples in case Spirit Hall attacked.
• Bibi Dong was shaken that her plans had been exposed and decided to leave Spirit Hall to improve her strength and investigate the hundred-thousand-year soul beast and Medicine Garden.

Chen Shi explained how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with Tang San and the deaths of its strongest protectors led to its decline. The revelation that Ning Rongrong and Tang San would become gods shocked everyone, while Tang Hao hurried toward Sunset Forest to protect his son.

• Ning Rongrong asked Chen Shi how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fared after the war, and he said it suffered devastating losses and eventually vanished.
• Chen Shi revealed that Ning Rongrong’s martial soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and that Ning Fengzhi had helped Tang San build the Tang Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi celebrated Rongrong’s martial soul evolution until Chen Xin warned him that Chen Shi’s next explanation might reveal the cause of the sect’s decline.
• Chen Shi said Ning Fengzhi used the sect’s wealth to support Tang San, and that Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and more than half the sect’s elite died saving Tang San during the war.
• Chen Shi explained that Ning Rongrong became a god but left no legacy to protect the sect, while Tang San offered little help to it; the others were stunned to learn they would become gods.
• Tang Hao increased his speed toward Sunset Forest, hoping to reach Tang San before Dugu Bo harmed him.

After the Light Screen revealed that Tang San and Ning Rongrong would become gods, Qian Daoliu sent four Spirit Hall worshippers to eliminate Tang San and investigate his immortal herbs. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang celebrated Tang San’s future ascension by claiming he had trained a god and demanding recognition.

• Qian Daoliu decided Tang San was a threat and ordered Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to capture and question him before killing him.
• Qian Daoliu added Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo to the mission, warning the four worshippers to seek help from Bibi Dong or the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Sacred Hall if needed.
• Yu Xiaogang confirmed with Dai Mubai and Oscar that the Light Screen had said Tang San and Ning Rongrong would become gods.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that he had trained a god and ran around Shrek Academy boasting about Tang San’s future.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others watched Yu Xiaogang’s behavior uneasily and questioned whether he had gone mad with excitement.

Dugu Bo prepared to protect his lair and planned to ask Chen Shi about curing his Life-Bound Poison, while Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must secure the Aromatic Silk Beauty. After learning Shrek Academy had moved to Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo to Sunset Forest and assigned Bone Douluo another task.

• Dugu Bo expanded his Poison Formation, packed his belongings, and hid above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to watch for intruders and wait for Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to change the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s decline and discussed searching Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden for the Aromatic Silk Beauty with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo urged Ning Fengzhi to act quickly, citing the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s importance and the threat from Spirit Hall.
• An elder reported that Ning Rongrong had disappeared and Shrek Academy had moved to Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo to Sunset Forest to find the Aromatic Silk Beauty and gave Bone Douluo a separate important task.

Xiao Wu learned that she would not become a god and would be the first of the Shrek Seven Devils to die, while Dugu Yan was told her grandfather would meet a miserable fate. The group turned to lunch at the Villa, where Chen Shi began inspecting the kitchen and its enormous supply of food.

• Dugu Yan asked Chen Shi why Dugu Bo would die despite becoming friends with Tang San, and Chen Shi said Dugu Bo would be the most miserable Titled Douluo on the continent.
• Xiao Wu asked whether she would become a god, and Chen Shi told her she would fail and be the first of the Shrek Seven Devils to fall.
• Xiao Wu wondered why Tang San had not saved her and whether helping him brought misfortune to his friends and allies.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu revealed that they were hungry, so Chen Shi decided the group would eat lunch before continuing.
• Chen Shi explained the Villa's six suites and went to inspect the kitchen, where he found a huge island, multiple stoves, and a wall of refrigerators.

Chen Shi inspected the villa’s abundant food and proposed that the five women work around the house in exchange for rent-free lodging and chances to ask him questions. Xiao Wu volunteered to clean, while Dugu Yan and Hu Liena stepped forward afterward.

• Chen Shi examined the villa’s food supplies and headed for instant noodles when Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Dugu Yan entered the kitchen.
• Chen Shi told the five women that their free room and board was inappropriate and offered them question opportunities in return for work.
• Chen Shi said cooking or washing dishes and doing household chores would each earn a chance to ask him a question every seven days.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to handle the cleaning, explaining that she had often cleaned as a work-study student at Nuoding Academy.
• Dugu Yan and Hu Liena stepped forward after Chen Shi accepted Xiao Wu’s offer.

Chen Shi chose Hu Liena to learn cooking while ruling Dugu Yan out because her Life-Bound Poison could contaminate the food. As he introduced her to the kitchen and cooked stir-fried instant noodles, the others watched with curiosity.

• Ning Fengzhi regretted that Ning Rongrong had not learned housework sooner, while Dugu Bo hoped the cooking opportunity would help Dugu Yan change.
• Dugu Yan and Hu Liena both volunteered to cook, but Chen Shi barred Dugu Yan because her Life-Bound Poison could make the food dangerous.
• Chen Shi promised to consider Dugu Yan for future jobs and told Hu Liena to learn from him and take charge of cooking in two or three days.
• Chen Shi introduced Hu Liena to the kitchen's ingredients and equipment as Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu watched from a safe distance.
• Chen Shi cooked three batches of stir-fried instant noodles, filling the kitchen with an unfamiliar aroma that made the others more curious about him.

As Chen Shi served fried noodles and drinks, he tried to comfort Dugu Yan by revealing that Tang San had used treatment for her and Dugu Bo’s poison as a pretext to enter Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden. He exposed the garden as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, rich with Immortal Herbs, leaving the women alarmed and Dugu Bo reacting on the Douluo Continent.

• Chen Shi served fried noodles to Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and the others, then brought them drinks after Xiao Wu found the noodles too spicy.
• Chen Shi apologized to Dugu Yan for dismissing her earlier and promised her important information about why Dugu Bo was unfortunate.
• Chen Shi said Tang San had sought permission to gather herbs by offering to treat Dugu Bo’s and Dugu Yan’s Life-Bound Poison.
• Chen Shi revealed that Dugu Bo’s valley was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a treasure site filled with Immortal Herbs, shocking Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue considered using the information to help Spirit Hall claim the garden, while Dugu Yan grew furious and resolved to warn her grandfather about Tang San.
• On the Douluo Continent, Dugu Bo stood up at the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after hearing Chen Shi’s revelation.

Dugu Bo learned that his garden was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began gathering its immortal herbs before rival factions arrived. As Chen Shi explained how Tang San used the well to strengthen himself, Dugu Bo realized Tang San was in the springs and went looking for him.

• Dugu Bo recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from the Light Screen and rushed to collect its immortal herbs with his Wishful Treasure Pouch.
• Qian Daoliu sent Light Feather Douluo to Sunset Forest, while Ning Fengzhi hoped Sword Douluo would secure the aromatic silk beauty and Tang Hao hurried toward the forest to reach Tang San.
• Chen Shi told Qian Renxue and the others that Tang San consumed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, tempered his body in the springs, and harvested the well’s herbs.
• Dugu Bo identified the two missing herbs and concluded that Tang San was in the springs, then went to find him.

Dugu Bo found Tang San hiding in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but his poisoned attack could not reach him, so he postponed confronting him until he had harvested the remaining immortal-grade herbs. At the Villa, Chen Shi fed and instructed the five women, then realized Xiao Wu urgently needed a bathroom and showed them how to use one.

• Dugu Bo spotted Tang San beneath the springs and failed to harm him with a poisoned arrow, so he decided to harvest the herbs before attacking.
• Dugu Bo considered using immortal-grade herbs to ask Chen Shi questions through the Light Screen and planned to deal with Tang San afterward.
• Chen Shi and the five women finished their stir-fried noodles, and he promised to make hot pot for lunch.
• Chen Shi showed Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and the others around the Villa and taught them basic chores and appliance use.
• Chen Shi realized Xiao Wu urgently needed a bathroom, explained how to use it, and Xiao Wu rushed inside.