Recaps

Qian Ran teased Han Ruoruo after she caught him and Wu Ming being intimate in the Office, while Wu Ming worried about what her longtime friend had seen. After Han Ruoruo left, Wu Ming realized she wanted Qian Ran to pursue her friend too.

• Han Ruoruo entered the Office and saw enough to make Wu Ming fear that her intimate behavior with Qian Ran had been noticed.
• Qian Ran teased Han Ruoruo about watching him, and she nervously claimed she admired his bearing before he sent her to arrange Qiu'er's Level 5 Soul Engineer certification with Xian Lin'er.
• Wu Ming emerged from beneath the desk and accused Qian Ran of letting Han Ruoruo see her, then learned he believed Han Ruoruo had caught her in the act.
• Wu Ming panicked about her image with Han Ruoruo, but Qian Ran suggested that pursuing her friend would make the embarrassment disappear.
• Wu Ming accepted Qian Ran's reasoning and began supporting the idea of him winning Han Ruoruo over.

Wu Ming agreed to help Qian Ran pursue Han Ruoruo, and Qian Ran seduced her in her office. Afterward, Wu Ming declared herself his, while Qian Ran gained the Sun Golden Crow Soul Skill and prepared for them to tidy up before someone arrived.

• Wu Ming agreed to help Qian Ran win Han Ruoruo over, while Qian Ran said he would find another position for Wang Yan rather than give up on Han Ruoruo.
• Qian Ran locked the office door and took intimate photographs of Wu Ming with a camera from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Several hours later, the system announced that Qian Ran had won Wu Ming's heart and obtained the Sun Golden Crow Soul Skill, which he equipped to his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Wu Ming told Qian Ran she was his and asked him not to abandon her, and Qian Ran helped her dress before someone could come in.

Wu Ming returned to the dorm after being intimate with Qian Ran and told Han Ruoruo how deeply she loved him. Han Ruoruo listened as Wu Ming defended her swift romance with Qian Ran and began praising him, leaving her startled by Wu Ming’s intense devotion.

• Wu Ming walked back to the Inner Court dorm, still thinking about her time with Qian Ran.
• Han Ruoruo teased Wu Ming about her lovestruck expression, and Wu Ming admitted she was happy with Qian Ran.
• Wu Ming told Han Ruoruo that Qian Ran had noticed her secretly watching him and described what had happened between them.
• Han Ruoruo questioned how quickly Wu Ming had given herself to Qian Ran, but Wu Ming said she had known from the start that he was the best man under heaven.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about her relationship with Wang Yan, then hugged her and began listing Qian Ran’s good qualities until Han Ruoruo cried out in surprise.

Han Ruoruo and the Shrek Academy elders gathered as Qian Ran prepared to make the academy’s first Level 9 Soul Tool, a custom weapon for Wu Ming. The attempt was expected to raise the Soul Tool Department’s standing, and the chapter left the academy’s leaders awaiting Qian Ran’s work.

• Han Ruoruo wondered whether Qian Ran could succeed and reflected that his first Level 9 Soul Tool was designed for Wu Ming.
• The chapter explained that Wu Ming was the only person around Qian Ran ready to use a Level 9 Soul Tool, while Ma Xiaotao needed time to stabilize her cultivation.
• Xuan Zi asked Yan Shaozhe whether Qian Ran could make the Soul Tool, and Yan Shaozhe said he trusted Qian Ran’s abilities.
• Cai Mei'er said a successful Level 9 Soul Tool would make Qian Ran the foremost person in Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming arrived to find many academy elders gathered to watch Qian Ran’s attempt.

Qian Ran began crafting a Level 9 Soul Tool before Shrek Academy’s leaders and students, displaying skill that could transform the Soul Tool Department’s future. As he worked, Han Ruoruo’s feelings shifted, and Wang Yan started planning to study Soul Tools.

• Qian Ran carved a Soul Guidance Core Array into a silvery-white metal sphere with focused, practiced movements.
• Wu Ming admired Qian Ran’s elegance, while Han Ruoruo found herself attracted to his serious manner.
• Han Ruoruo judged that Qian Ran could succeed because his strength had reached the level needed to work with Level 9 Soul Tool materials.
• Wang Yan watched Qian Ran work and considered joining the Soul Tool Department to become a Level 8 Soul Engineer.

Qian Ran completed Lie Yan, a Level 9 Soul Tool designed for Wu Ming, and demonstrated its immense power at Shrek Academy. Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er asked him to make Soul Tools for them as well.

• Qian Ran spent two days engraving and assembling a Level 9 Soul Tool while Shrek Academy's senior figures watched his progress.
• Wang Dong'er and Ma Xiaotao envied Wu Ming for receiving Qian Ran's first Level 9 Soul Tool, while Wang Dong'er considered asking Wu Ming to trade.
• Qian Ran completed a scarlet long blade called Lie Yan and explained that it was a Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Xian Lin'er admired Lie Yan and asked Qian Ran to design a Soul Tool for her, while Cai Mei'er requested one too.
• Xian Lin'er activated Lie Yan and pierced a five-meter-thick alloy wall, shocking the onlookers.

Qian Ran created Shrek Academy’s first Level 9 Soul Tool and earned recognition as a top-tier expert, a breakthrough that could transform the academy’s Soul Tool Department. Xuan Zi vowed to increase its funding so Shrek could develop Soul Tool technology and help counter the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qian Ran completed a Level 9 Soul Tool, and Xuan Zi and the other Shrek Academy experts congratulated him.
• The experts recognized that Qian Ran’s Level 9 Soul Engineer status secured his standing in the Soul Tool Department and placed him among the continent’s first-rate experts.
• Qian Duoduo praised Qian Ran’s rapid progress, while Yan Shaozhe reassured him that no one would suspect the department of misusing its resources.
• Xuan Zi explained that Qian Ran’s breakthrough could help Shrek Academy train Soul Tool experts for the Three Original Douluo Continent Kingdoms and reduce the Sun Moon Empire’s advantage.
• Xuan Zi decided to raise Shrek Academy’s investment in the Soul Tool Department to at least five times its current level, possibly ten times.

Qian Ran persuaded Shrek Academy’s leaders that investing in the Soul Tool Department could produce more Level 9 Soul Engineers. Wang Yan asked to join the department, and Xuan Zi urged him to study under Qian Ran.

• Qian Ran said Shrek Academy could train at least two more Level 9 Soul Engineers within ten years, and Xuan Zi promised the academy could invest ten billion Gold Soul Coins in the Soul Tool Department.
• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek Academy had plenty of money but needed high-grade soul tools, which the Sun Moon Empire would not sell to them.
• Wang Yan asked Qian Ran whether he was too old to learn soul tool crafting, and Qian Ran explained that patient study mattered more than starting young.
• Qian Ran praised Wang Yan’s aptitude for tedious research and said the Soul Tool Department needed someone with his abilities.
• Xuan Zi suggested that Wang Yan follow Qian Ran, noting that Wang Yan’s future research results could remain at Shrek Academy.

Qian Ran declined Wang Yan’s request to become his disciple, leaving Wang Yan to study in the Soul Tool Department while he considered asking Han Ruoruo for help. Qian Ran gave Wu Ming a Level 9 Soul Tool, and she agreed to perform a private saber dance for him.

• Xuan Zi asked Qian Ran to take Wang Yan as a disciple, but Qian Ran said he already had Wang Qiu'er as his student.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about Wang Yan becoming Qian Ran’s disciple, leaving Han Ruoruo embarrassed and dejected.
• Qian Ran declined to take Wang Yan as a disciple immediately and suggested observing him first, while Xuan Zi arranged for Wang Yan to study in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Ran gave Wu Ming the Level 9 Soul Tool he had made for her, and Shrek Academy’s powerhouses congratulated him.
• Wu Ming agreed to wear a bikini and perform a saber dance for Qian Ran somewhere they could be alone.

Wang Yan asked Han Ruoruo to persuade Qian Ran to take him as a disciple, and Han Ruoruo brought his request to Qian Ran. Qian Ran declined, leaving Han Ruoruo envious of Wu Ming’s new closeness to him and making clear that the Soul Tool Department’s future depended on his support.

• Qian Ran planned more activities to help the women in his harem grow closer, especially those who had joined later.
• Wang Yan asked Han Ruoruo to put in a good word so Qian Ran would accept him as a disciple, and she agreed to try.
• Han Ruoruo entered Qian Ran’s office, where he correctly guessed that she had come about Wang Yan.
• Qian Ran said Wang Yan was talented but refused to take him as a disciple because he would not have time to teach him.
• Qian Ran explained that the Soul Tool Department’s progress depended on him and the women close to him, not on Shrek Academy alone.

Qian Ran confessed to Han Ruoruo and kissed her despite her protests, arguing that her tentative match with Wang Yan did not make them a true couple. Han Ruoruo resisted at first but gradually found herself drawn to Qian Ran, and the chapter ended with him kissing her again.

• Qian Ran told Han Ruoruo that he liked her and offered to help Wang Yan pursue further studies in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Ran moved close to Han Ruoruo and kissed her, while she tried and failed to push him away before eventually stopping her resistance.
• After the kiss, Han Ruoruo scolded Qian Ran for taking her first kiss even though she was not single.
• Qian Ran dismissed Han Ruoruo's Sea God's Fate match with Wang Yan as not a true relationship and insisted that he wanted her.
• Qian Ran kissed Han Ruoruo again, and she did not resist as she felt herself growing attracted to him.

Qian Ran used kisses and sweet talk to persuade Han Ruoruo that her physical reaction meant she had feelings for him, and she began accepting that she should be with him rather than Wang Yan. The chapter left Han Ruoruo resting in Qian Ran’s arms, embarrassed and angry but no longer resisting the idea of marrying him.

• Qian Ran kissed Han Ruoruo again and touched her until she became flustered and told him he had gone too far.
• Qian Ran argued that Han Ruoruo’s bodily response proved she liked him, and she began to believe his reasoning.
• Qian Ran contrasted Han Ruoruo’s intimacy with him against Wang Yan’s lack of contact with her, leaving her unsure what to do.
• Qian Ran offered to make Wang Yan his disciple’s disciple, while Han Ruoruo laughed at his boastful proposal.
• Han Ruoruo rested in Qian Ran’s arms and concluded she could not remain involved with Wang Yan after becoming intimate with Qian Ran.

Han Ruoruo broke up with Wang Yan and accepted a place in Qian Ran’s household, while Wu Ming explained its informal hierarchy. The chapter ended with Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er massaging Qian Ran.

• Han Ruoruo told Wang Yan she wanted to break up, and he accepted her decision.
• Han Ruoruo offered Wang Yan the chance to become Qian Ran’s granddisciple, and Wang Yan agreed.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about joining Qian Ran’s household and its rules for seniority.
• Wang Qiu'er stepped on Qian Ran’s back while Wang Dong'er massaged his feet.

Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er joined Qian Ran, and Qiu'er’s bond with him greatly increased her cultivation and transformed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul. In the Divine Realm, Tang San sensed his daughter being violated again and, unable to reach the Douluo Continent, asked whether he should go there himself.

• Wang Dong'er asked Qian Ran for a Level 9 Soul Tool, then offered herself and Wang Qiu'er to persuade him to make one.
• Wang Qiu'er gave Qian Ran a Soul Ring and gained a major boost to her cultivation and bloodline through their connection.
• Wang Qiu'er broke through to Soul Saint, and her simulated Golden Dragon Martial Soul evolved into a true Golden Dragon.
• Qian Ran speculated that Auspicious Beasts could rival the Dragon God’s bloodline and grow into formidable Soul Beast Emperors.
• Tang San sensed his daughter being violated, raged at the unknown perpetrator, and asked whether he should descend to the Douluo Continent.

Xiao Wu received Tang San’s permission to descend to the lower realm and reunite Tang Wutong’s souls, while Qian Renxue sensed the Divine Realm passage opening. Qian Ran and the others suspected Xiao Wu was coming, but Qian Renxue warned that fighting her could alert Tang San.

• Xiao Wu anxiously asked Tang San to let her descend, and he agreed that she should take Wutong and reunite their daughter’s souls.
• Qian Renxue sensed the Divine Realm passage open and ended her cultivation to investigate.
• Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er felt an unexplained connection, and Qian Renxue joined them and Qian Ran to discuss a possible divine arrival.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Ran concluded that Xiao Wu might be the one descending because Tang San could not enter the Douluo Continent himself.
• Qian Renxue said Xiao Wu was no match for her but advised against fighting because Tang San might sense Xiao Wu’s actions.

Qian Ran and the others prepared to use the Immortal-Binding Rope to stop Xiao Wu from merging Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er into Tang Wutong. Wang Dong'er claimed the artifact and agreed to deceive Xiao Wu when she arrived.

• Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er feared that Tang Wutong's arrival would make them disappear, and Qian Ran promised to protect them.
• Qian Ran remembered his Immortal-Binding Rope, which could prevent even a First-Level God from using Divine Power once bound.
• Qian Renxue proposed using Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er to catch Xiao Wu off guard, and Wang Dong'er agreed to play along.
• Qian Ran gave Wang Dong'er the Immortal-Binding Rope, and she claimed it by dripping her blood essence onto it.
• Wang Dong'er transformed the rope into a necklace and promised Qian Ran she would bind Xiao Wu when she arrived.

Xiao Wu and Tang Wutong visited the Clear Sky Sect and found Tang Hao, who introduced Huo Yuhao as Tang Wutong’s chosen husband. Tang Wutong disliked Huo Yuhao, while he accepted his role as Tang San’s pawn and plotted revenge against Qian Ran.

• Xiao Wu and Tang Wutong arrived at the Clear Sky Sect and discovered Tang Hao had awoken from years of seclusion.
• Tang Hao told Tang Wutong that Ah Yin was still asleep, secretly consuming the Golden Ancient Tree’s power under Tang San’s arrangements.
• Tang Hao introduced Huo Yuhao as the husband Tang San had chosen for Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuhao eagerly greeted her and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Wutong privately told Xiao Wu that Huo Yuhao seemed sleazy, but Xiao Wu urged her to respect Tang San’s choice.
• Huo Yuhao resented Qian Ran and fantasized about taking revenge, while Tang Wutong reluctantly accepted that her father intended her to marry him.
• The chapter revealed that Tang San planned to merge Dong'er’s and Qiu'er's souls into Tang Wutong after they developed feelings for Huo Yuhao.

Xiao Wu and Tang Wutong descended to the lower realm and went to Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao urged them to kill Qian Ran. Xiao Wu remained conflicted about what would happen to Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er, and the chapter ended with Xuan Zi recognizing her at the Sea God Pavilion.

• Huo Yuhao urged Xiao Wu to go to Shrek Academy and kill Qian Ran, but she said she first wanted to understand the situation.
• Tang Wutong asked Xiao Wu to visit Shrek Academy, while Xiao Wu worried about whether Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er would have to disappear into Wutong's body.
• Huo Yuhao offered to show Tang Wutong around Shrek Academy as they went to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xuan Zi noticed the three intruders in his room and recognized Huo Yuhao, who said he had returned from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi recognized Xiao Wu as a member of the First-generation Shrek Seven Devils and bowed to her as the current Sea God Pavilion Master.

Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang Wutong and met Xuan Zi, while Wang Qiu'er sensed her presence drawing near. Qian Ran had Dong'er and Qiu'er dress up as Xiao Wu, leaving them to prepare for the encounter.

• Xiao Wu told Xuan Zi she would not interfere in Shrek Academy's affairs and asked him to keep her identity secret.
• Xiao Wu gave Xuan Zi a pill that could help him break through to Limit Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao gloated that Xuan Zi would no longer underestimate him because of his powerful in-laws.
• Wang Qiu'er sensed Xiao Wu's presence approaching Shrek Academy, and Dong'er worried about making a mistake.
• Qian Ran reassured Dong'er and Qiu'er, then gave them Xiao Wu cosplay outfits to wear.
• Dong'er and Qiu'er put on matching pink-and-white dresses and showed Qian Ran their legs.

Tang Wutong berated and slapped Huo Yuhao for being inferior to Qian Ran, then ordered him to accompany her to the Soul Tool Department to meet Qian Ran. After they left, Xiao Wu discovered that Qian Ran possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and feared its return.

• Tang Wutong mocked Huo Yuhao for being weak compared with Qian Ran, who had become a Level 9 Soul Engineer and Vice Dean of the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao defended himself by criticizing Qian Ran, but Tang Wutong slapped him twice and warned him not to interfere in her affairs or tell Xiao Wu.
• Huo Yuhao submitted to Tang Wutong, privately vowing to take revenge on her someday, while she promised to stay with him if he obeyed her.
• Tang Wutong told Huo Yuhao to take her to the Soul Tool Department so she could meet Qian Ran, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned by Qian Ran's achievements.
• After Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao left, Xiao Wu read about Qian Ran's Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and panicked, recalling the deadly battle against that lineage ten thousand years earlier.

Xiao Wu worried that Qian Ran’s strength and possible ties to Spirit Hall could complicate Tang San’s plans, and she judged him a far better match for her daughter than Huo Yuhao. At Shrek Academy, Qian Ran used his authority as vice dean to humiliate Huo Yuhao and ordered him out of his office, while allowing Tang Wutong to stay.

• Xiao Wu reviewed Qian Ran’s exceptional cultivation and abilities, wondered whether Qian Renxue had survived, and decided not to act until she learned the truth.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy and met Qian Ran, who mocked him as his “good son.”
• Qian Ran slapped Huo Yuhao and threatened to expel him for defying the Soul Tool Department’s vice dean.
• Huo Yuhao left Qian Ran’s office in anger, warning Qian Ran to stay away from Tang Wutong.
• Qian Ran allowed Tang Wutong to remain in his office after Huo Yuhao left.

Qian Ran’s check-in with Tang Wutong evolved his Golden Dragon Martial Soul into the first-generation Golden Dragon and strengthened his body. While he teased Tang Wutong about her relationship with Huo Yuhao, she realized that Qian Ran had obtained both of her soul-split incarnations.

• Qian Ran checked in with Tang Wutong, and his Golden Dragon Martial Soul evolved into the first-generation Golden Dragon, whose Forty-Ninth Rib held the potential to evolve into the Dragon God.
• Tang Wutong studied Qian Ran and judged him more mysterious and attractive than Huo Yuhao, whom she saw as too weak and cowardly to challenge him.
• Qian Ran rejected Tang Wutong’s claim that she was Dong’er and called her a willful young lady; Tang Wutong then introduced herself as Dong’er’s older sister, Tang Wutong.
• Qian Ran teased Tang Wutong about Huo Yuhao being her boyfriend and suggested that she should be with him instead.
• When Qian Ran mentioned Qiu’er as another of Dong’er’s sisters, Tang Wutong realized that he had obtained both soul-split portions of her.

Tang Wutong met Wang Dong'er and claimed to be her older sister, while struggling to accept that both Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er loved Qian Ran. The two women quickly acted like sisters despite their mutual hostility, leaving Qian Ran stunned by their fake closeness.

• Tang Wutong learned that Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er both loved Qian Ran and wondered whether she would have fallen for him too in different circumstances.
• Qian Ran told Tang Wutong that Dong'er had helped him win Qiu'er over, and Tang Wutong demanded to meet Dong'er.
• Tang Wutong claimed she and Dong'er were sisters separated at birth because Dong'er possessed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong'er arrived and sensed a special closeness to Tang Wutong, while both women concealed their hostility behind friendly words.
• Tang Wutong and Wang Dong'er began calling each other older sister and younger sister, leaving Qian Ran dumbfounded.

Tang Wutong grew furious after finding Wang Dong'er being intimate with Qian Ran, then took her anger out on Huo Yuhao. She returned alone to investigate why her counterparts had fallen for Qian Ran and began comparing him favorably with Huo Yuhao.

• Wang Dong'er sat on Qian Ran's lap and teased Tang Wutong by inviting her to join them.
• Tang Wutong stormed out, and Huo Yuhao's visible relief angered her, so she kicked and stomped on him.
• Huo Yuhao asked why Tang Wutong had hit him, and she admitted Qian Ran's intimacy with Wang Dong'er had enraged her.
• Tang Wutong sent Huo Yuhao away and returned to investigate why Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er loved Qian Ran.
• Tang Wutong compared Qian Ran with Huo Yuhao and concluded that Qian Ran seemed superior in every respect.

Tang Wutong listened outside Qian Ran and Wang Dong'er’s room and grew envious of their intimacy, while worrying that Tang San would make her stay with Huo Yuhao. Inside, Wang Dong'er complained about Tang Wutong, and Qian Ran considered how he might tame her; he left Huo Yuhao’s future with Tang Wutong looking bleak.

• Tang Wutong overheard Qian Ran and Wang Dong'er and imagined herself in Wang Dong'er's place, envying her relationship with him.
• Tang Wutong criticized Huo Yuhao and feared that Tang San would force her to remain with him despite her lack of affection.
• Wang Dong'er complained to Qian Ran about Tang Wutong, and Qian Ran compared Tang Wutong’s pride with Wang Dong'er’s earlier behavior at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Ran and Wang Dong'er discussed Tang San, and Wang Dong'er said she would help kill him if Qian Ran defeated him.
• Qian Ran held Wang Dong'er and thought about training the willful Tang Wutong into an obedient woman, while pitying Huo Yuhao.