Recaps

Xu Ran tried to reassure Wang Qiu'er about her appearance and taught her his peculiar ideas about beauty and love. Wang Qiu'er suspected he was trying to trick her, while Xu Ran left her with his claim that sharing love multiplied happiness.

• Wang Qiu'er asked Xu Ran to make the woman in his painting more voluptuous because she worried he might dislike her figure.
• Xu Ran told Wang Qiu'er that her appearance was perfect and described his idea of inner beauty, though his examples revealed his own fantasies.
• Wang Qiu'er suspected Xu Ran was using his advice to prepare her for naughty things after she transformed into a human.
• Xu Ran told Wang Qiu'er that love meant sharing, using the Star Dou Great Forest's big silkworm as an example and claiming that sharing it among eight people brought eight times the happiness.

Xu Ran left Wang Qiu'er to spend time with Xiao Wu and went to Silver Dragon Castle to treat Gu Yuena's injuries. Gu Yuena teased him as she prepared for treatment, and Xu Ran arranged pillows beneath her to improve her position.

• Xu Ran told Wang Qiu'er to learn to share while keeping her relationships within limits, and she accepted that he had many other women.
• Xu Ran and Wang Qiu'er slept through the morning, then he sent her to play with Xiao Wu before heading to the Lake of Life.
• Xu Ran entered Silver Dragon Castle and found Gu Yuena waiting in her bedchamber.
• Gu Yuena teased Xu Ran when she noticed his wavering composure, while he assured her he respected her.
• Gu Yuena lay on the Cold Bed for treatment, and Xu Ran placed two pillows beneath her to adjust her position.

Xu Ran treated Gu Yuena’s injuries while she tested his loyalty and considered his extraordinary potential. Convinced he would support her and the Soul Beast Clan, Gu Yuena accepted him as a trusted confidant and abandoned plans to place safeguards on him.

• Gu Yuena noticed Xu Ran had positioned pillows beneath her abdomen, while he continued tending to her with an innocent expression.
• Gu Yuena asked Xu Ran about his human body, and he explained that a secret technique had given him one.
• Gu Yuena concluded Xu Ran’s heaven-backed talent could make him powerful enough to help her reclaim the Golden Dragon King’s power and challenge the Divine Realm.
• Xu Ran vowed to devote himself to the Soul Beast Clan and support Gu Yuena as she led it against the human Gods.
• Gu Yuena called Xu Ran “Ran-di,” decided he was genuinely loyal, and dropped her plan to place harmful measures on his body.

Xu Ran continued healing Gu Yuena while she focused on deducing the hidden laws within him, unaware that he was taking advantage of her distraction. Afterward, he left with a reward from System Lady, while Gu Yuena remained determined to recover and uncover Xu Ran’s secrets.

• Gu Yuena enjoyed Xu Ran’s massage, then sealed off her senses to investigate the laws concealed within him.
• Xu Ran secretly touched Gu Yuena while she was absorbed in her deductions and continued the treatment until he finished massaging her three times.
• Gu Yuena thanked Xu Ran and estimated that she needed more than twenty days to recover fully, though she was disappointed that her deductions had yielded nothing.
• Xu Ran left Silver Dragon Castle and received eighty Skill Points from System Lady for healing Gu Yuena.
• Xu Ran teased System Lady and insisted that his inappropriate touches had been reasonable medical fees for treating Gu Yuena.

Xu Ran visited Zi JI’s territory in the form of an Auspicious Beast, pleased to learn that a Ferocious Beast like her could earn him Skill Points. After meeting Zi JI in her human form, he carried her toward her quarters, where she showed him the way.

• Xu Ran asked the System Lady whether Zi JI could earn Skill Points, and she confirmed that Ferocious Beasts like Zi JI counted.
• Xu Ran entered the Hell Demon Dragon Clan’s territory in his Auspicious Beast form, and the dragons bowed in reverence.
• Zi JI appeared before Xu Ran and changed into her human form.
• Xu Ran embraced Zi JI, then carried her across the clan grounds toward her quarters.
• When Xu Ran admitted he did not know which way to go, Zi JI pointed out the direction.

Xu Ran received three thousand skill points from Zi JI and imagined using future draws to help Ah Yin regain human form and expose Tang Hao. After spending the morning with Zi JI, he planned to visit the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and take its valuable materials.

• Xu Ran received three thousand skill points from Zi JI and calculated that healing Gu Yuena could bring him close to ten thousand points for diamond-level draws.
• Xu Ran imagined Ah Yin regaining human form and exposing Tang Hao’s role in her death, which could turn Tang Xiao against him.
• Xu Ran found Zi JI awake, helped her sit up, and watched as she dressed herself.
• Zi JI told Xu Ran she belonged to him, and they agreed she would call him Big Brother Xu Ran in private and Ran-di around others.
• Xu Ran told Zi JI they would visit the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and considered using its meat, skin, and silk for himself and the women around him.

Xu Ran arrived at the Lake of Life and found Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts draining the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power. After the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pleaded for protection, Xu Ran ate a mouthful of his flesh and gained a year of cultivation, leaving the silkworm’s complaint unheard.

• Xu Ran walked to the Lake of Life with Zi JI and saw Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts surrounding the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spotted Xu Ran and decided to appeal to him for rescue, accusing Di Tian and the others of mistreating him.
• Di Tian struck the complaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and greeted Xu Ran respectfully alongside the other ferocious beasts.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pleaded with Xu Ran to uphold justice, but Di Tian hit him again while the Scarlet King offered Xu Ran a piece of silkworm flesh.
• Xu Ran ate the flesh, and the system announced that his soul beast cultivation had increased by one year.

Xu Ran discovered that eating Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s meat increased his cultivation and reassured the frightened Million-Year Soul Beast that Star Dou Great Forest was the safest place for him. He promised to make Sky Dream Ice Silkworm the foremost emperor of the Far North after becoming a god, and Sky Dream agreed to provide Xu Ran with silk, skin, and meat.

• Xu Ran ate Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s meat, found it delicious, and gained a year of cultivation.
• Xu Ran told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ferocious Beasts that the Million-Year Soul Beast’s life must not be threatened, while Sky Dream hid his grievances and praised Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran explained that Sky Dream would be hunted in the Far North, the deep sea, or human territory, and assured him that Star Dou Great Forest was safest.
• Xu Ran promised Sky Dream that he would become the foremost emperor of the Far North once Xu Ran became a god.
• Xu Ran asked Sky Dream for silk, silkworm skin, and meat, and Sky Dream agreed, believing the bargain would eventually let him rule the Far North.

Xu Ran planned to have armor made from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin for protection when he returned to the human world. The Ferocious Beasts offered him Soul Bones and deadly venom, leaving him with valuable treasures to store for later use.

• Xu Ran considered using Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin to make protective armor for himself and the women around him.
• Di Tian agreed the armor would help protect Xu Ran in the human world, while Xiong Jun volunteered to make it and Scarlet King suggested adding other materials.
• Zi JI urged the Ferocious Beasts to assemble Soul Bones for Xu Ran, and they agreed to provide him with their best treasures.
• Xiong Jun gave Xu Ran a pair of hundred-thousand-year-old External Soul Bones from Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears.
• Myriad Demon King gave Xu Ran a bottle of his lethal, colorless, odorless Toxin Essence, which Xu Ran stored away.

Xu Ran received precious Soul Bones from Bi Ji and Di Tian, including the Star Dou Great Forest's vast reserves, and promised to help the Soul Beast Clan rise again. Di Tian's collection left Xu Ran responsible for advancing the clan's future, while he envisioned balancing the growth of humans and Soul Beasts.

• The Scarlet King offered Xu Ran a two-hundred-thousand-year Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Hound right leg bone, and Bi Ji gave him hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan wing bones.
• Xu Ran thanked Bi Ji for caring for Tian Meng and learned she had been treating him while the Ferocious Beasts fed on him.
• Di Tian explained that he had collected Soul Bones to equip powerful Soul Beasts who might cultivate as humans and become gods.
• Di Tian handed Xu Ran a Storage Soul Tool containing over a thousand Soul Bones collected from the Star Dou Great Forest's races.
• Xu Ran promised Di Tian he would help the Soul Beast Clan rise again and envisioned guiding humans and Soul Beasts toward balanced development.

After absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaws, Xu Ran reached level fifty and received a mission to expose Yu Xiaogang before Liu Erlong. He then returned to Bi Ji’s kitchen and resumed teasing her under the pretense of helping with dinner.

• Xu Ran reached level fifty after absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaws and gained the Sky-Rending Claw and Dark Gold Dreadclaw skills.
• The system assigned Xu Ran a mission to expose Yu Xiaogang’s true character to Liu Erlong, offering Sword-Flying Technique, a fifteen-thousand-year Evil Divine Sword fifth Soul Ring, and Skill Points.
• Xu Ran returned to find Bi Ji cooking silkworm meat and went to the kitchen to see her.
• Xu Ran insisted on helping Bi Ji wash vegetables, then embraced her from behind and held her hands as she worked.

Xu Ran learned that Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts had finished making his battle armor and several sets of protective inner armor. After Xiao Wu noticed the armor was made for more women than she knew, she questioned Xu Ran about who the extra suits were for.

• Bi Ji told Xu Ran that Di Tian and the others had completed one suit of battle armor and seven or eight sets of inner armor.
• Xu Ran brought food and wine to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who feared he had come to take more of his flesh or silk.
• Xiao Wu admired the armor and chose the pink suit made for her.
• Xiao Wu noticed that one suit was much larger than hers and asked Xu Ran who the remaining suits were for.

Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts presented Xu Ran with battle armor forged from the essence blood and materials of powerful Soul Beasts. After Xu Ran bonded with it and put on every piece, he looked and felt like a formidable Soul Beast Emperor.

• Xiao Wu stopped questioning Xu Ran about the other armor pieces after he reassured her of her place in his heart.
• Di Tian explained that the armor incorporated materials and essence blood from hundreds of powerful Soul Beasts, including the Ferocious Beasts.
• Xu Ran dropped his essence blood into the armor's heart-guard mirror, and the gathered Soul Beast presences submitted to him.
• Xu Ran donned the armor, felt his strength increase, and impressed Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts with his sovereign bearing.

Xu Ran tested his newly forged Battle Armor and awakened Myriad Sword Intent, using the Heart-Guard Mirror to unleash a strike powered by the essence blood of powerful Soul Beasts. Di Tian blocked the attack, but the blow still forced him to shift backward.

• Xiao Wu, Zi JI, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and Di Tian watched Xu Ran in his Battle Armor and believed he could help the Soul Beast Clan rise.
• Xu Ran sensed the Heart-Guard Mirror’s power and planned to add essence blood from Soul Beasts in the Far North and Deep Sea.
• Xu Ran swung the God-Slaying Sword and developed his Myriad Sword Intent, filling the sky with living sword shadows.
• Xu Ran unleashed a strike that sent the sword shadows, each carrying a Soul Beast’s presence, charging toward Di Tian.
• Di Tian used Dragon God Claw to shatter the sword shadows, but the force of Xu Ran’s strike made him shift one foot backward.

Xu Ran tested the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor and discovered that its sword strike could threaten even powerful Titled Douluos. After celebrating with Xiao Wu, he learned the armor was a Semi-Divine Artifact that could grow stronger as he collected Soul Beast blood essence, and he planned to finish treating Gu Yuena before returning to the Star Luo Empire.

• Xu Ran unleashed a blood-essence-infused sword strike that slightly moved Di Tian and could gravely injure many Titled Douluos.
• Di Tian and the other beasts congratulated Xu Ran, while Xiao Wu praised his strength and embraced him.
• Xu Ran promised Xiao Wu he would marry her once he became invincible, then withdrew the armor into his body.
• The System Lady identified the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor as a Semi-Divine Artifact that could be upgraded with Soul Beast blood essence.
• Xu Ran planned to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for at most half a month, finish treating Gu Yuena, and return to the Star Luo Empire with the armor he had made for the women he treasured.

Xu Ran continued treating Gu Yuena after she had fully recovered, pretending he needed to check for lingering dangers while planning one last ploy to deepen their bond before leaving Star Dou Great Forest. When Gu Yuena noticed his alarming weakness, Xu Ran collapsed into her arms after coughing up blood.

• Xu Ran asked Gu Yuena whether her injuries had healed, and she admitted she had fully recovered a week earlier.
• Gu Yuena recalled that Xu Ran had insisted on continuing her treatment, convincing her that his loyalty and concern were sincere.
• Xu Ran claimed he had been checking for hidden restrictions left by the Five Supreme Gods, while concealing his worsening condition.
• Gu Yuena noticed Xu Ran looked drained and asked whether removing the gods' power had cost him something.
• Xu Ran insisted he was fine, then suddenly spat blood and fell onto Gu Yuena, who caught him and showed her first flicker of emotion.

Gu Yuena saw Xu Ran collapse from the backlash of treating her and, moved by his apparent sacrifice, began caring for him as he slept. The chapter revealed that Xu Ran had staged his weakness with the System Lady’s help, while Gu Yuena stayed by his bedside and treated his injured body.

• Gu Yuena panicked when Xu Ran coughed up blood and asked what had happened to him.
• Xu Ran insisted he was only tired, then coughed up more blood and said he wanted to sleep.
• Gu Yuena accepted his explanation, wiped his face, and watched him fall asleep while holding her hand.
• The System Lady realized that Xu Ran had planned the performance with her help to win Gu Yuena’s affection.
• Gu Yuena stayed beside Xu Ran, used water from the Lake of Life to clean him, and infused him with silver dragon divine power.

Xu Ran told Gu Yuena that treating her required him to consume his life-sustaining Fortune Power, then promised to help her become the Dragon God while refusing to sacrifice himself. He planned to leave Star Dou Great Forest the next day, leaving Gu Yuena reluctant to be alone again.

• Xu Ran woke and claimed his weakness came from consuming Fortune Power to remove the Five Supreme Gods' Divine Powers from his body.
• Xu Ran told Gu Yuena that she was his destiny and that he would devote his life to helping her become the Dragon God.
• Gu Yuena said she would rather give up becoming the Dragon God than let Xu Ran die for her, and asked him to live and rule alongside her.
• Xu Ran promised not to sacrifice himself and told Gu Yuena he planned to leave Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Gu Yuena asked Xu Ran to rest longer, but he said he would return in at most ten years and lead her to storm the Divine Realm.

Xu Ran left the Star Dou Great Forest for Shrek Academy and then traveled with Zhu Zhuqing toward the Star Luo Empire. Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong to seek out Xu Ran after witnessing her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and rapid cultivation growth.

• Xu Ran said farewell to Di Tian, Zi JI, and Xiao Wu, then told Xiao Wu to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest and go to Heaven Dou City in a month and a half.
• Xu Ran tamed a nearly thousand-year-old Unicorn Devil Horse, named it Black Steed, and rode it out of the forest.
• Xu Ran returned to Shrek Academy, greeted Flender, and left with Zhu Zhuqing on Black Steed.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to look for Xu Ran.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others marveled at Ning Rongrong's rank thirty-seven cultivation and her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

At Shrek Academy, Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo experienced epiphanies from Xu Ran’s sword-carved poems, impressing the academy’s teachers and students. Ning Fengzhi explained that he had come to thank the academy for Ning Rongrong’s progress, while considering how to bring the stone wall to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Sword Douluo recognized Xu Ran’s sword intent in the poems carved into the stone wall and entered an epiphany, releasing the power of his Seven Kill Sword.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Li Yusong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun hurried to the training grounds and realized Xu Ran’s inscriptions had affected a Titled Douluo.
• Tang San worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would favor Xu Ran and hinder his plans to sell them hidden weapons.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo briefly entered epiphanies, and Ning Rongrong explained that Xu Ran’s stone wall had benefited Shrek students but could harm people with poor character or talent.
• Ning Fengzhi considered acquiring the stone wall for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Flender he had come to thank the academy for Ning Rongrong’s cultivation and Martial Soul advancement.

Ning Rongrong revealed that an Immortal Herb from Xu Ran had evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, allowing her to pursue Titled Douluo. Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang became convinced an Immortal Herb could fix his own Martial Soul flaw and began considering how to obtain one from Xu Ran.

• Ning Fengzhi’s claim that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had overcome its Martial Soul limitation shocked Flender and the teachers.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she had consumed Xu Ran’s Immortal Herb after obtaining her third Soul Ring, evolving her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong released her nine-tiered Martial Soul, and Flender and the teachers realized she could now obtain nine Soul Rings and become a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Ning Rongrong’s evolution as proof that Immortal Herbs could resolve his own Martial Soul flaw and wondered how to get one from Xu Ran.
• The narration revealed that Xu Ran had already given Liu Erlong a nine-grade purple ganoderma capable of fixing Yu Xiaogang’s flaw, which Yu Xiaogang would later swallow before his Martial Soul shattered.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing had left for Star Luo City, then bought the stone wall bearing Xu Ran’s verses from Flender for ten million Gold Soul Coins. As Shrek prepared to move to Heaven Dou City, Tang San resolved to use his hidden weapons to win the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s favor and surpass Xu Ran.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Flender whether Xu Ran was still at the academy, and Flender told him Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing had left for Star Luo City for at least a month.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to help Shrek Academy after its move to Heaven Dou City and proposed buying the stone wall to keep it safe from covetous factions.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Flender ten million Gold Soul Coins for the stone wall, and Flender eagerly accepted the deal.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun marveled at the money and Ma Hongjun imagined selling Xu Ran’s personal belongings to his admirers.
• Tang San resented the attention Xu Ran received and planned to reveal his hidden weapons to win the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support.

Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing stopped beside a stream on their journey to Star Luo City so Zhu Zhuqing could wash. Xu Ran joined her in the water, but she soon dressed and went ashore, leaving him unable to prolong their intimacy.

• Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing paused in a quiet stretch of countryside and walked to a nearby stream.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xu Ran to keep watch while she bathed, and he checked the surroundings with his Spiritual Power.
• Xu Ran secretly peeked at Zhu Zhuqing before stripping and jumping into the stream with her.
• Xu Ran embraced Zhu Zhuqing and teased her as they played in the water.
• Zhu Zhuqing washed, quickly dressed, and went ashore while Xu Ran lamented that she would not stay intimate with him longer.

Xu Ran teased Zhu Zhuqing by the stream, and she confronted him about his feelings for her sister, Zhu Zhuyun. Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dai Weisi might discover the affair, while Xu Ran proposed using her help to meet Zhu Zhuyun; after they kissed, the pair hurried toward Star Luo City.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Xu Ran about his relationship with Zhu Zhuyun after revealing that he called her sister's name at night.
• Xu Ran admitted that he and Zhu Zhuyun had feelings for each other, and Zhu Zhuqing worried Dai Weisi might find out.
• Xu Ran asked Zhu Zhuqing to invite Zhu Zhuyun to stay with her so he could secretly visit them, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected the idea.
• Xu Ran pinned Zhu Zhuqing down and kissed her after she kicked him into the stream.
• Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing got dressed and hurried toward Star Luo City.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun waited at the gates of Star Luo City to welcome Xu Ran, expecting his return with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai as his captive. Dai Weisi planned to use Zhu Zhuyun to draw Xu Ran closer to his service, while she secretly intended to protect Xu Ran and reveal Dai Weisi’s forces to him.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun waited without guards at the city gates, where the soldiers anticipated the arrival of the Heaven's Mandate Marquis.
• Dai Weisi praised Xu Ran for capturing Dai Mubai and dismissed his captive brother’s attempt to sow distrust between them.
• Zhu Zhuyun concealed her longing for Xu Ran by saying she missed her sister, Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun to spend time with Zhu Zhuqing and use the opportunity to learn Xu Ran’s true character and win him over.
• Zhu Zhuyun agreed outwardly but resolved to tell Xu Ran about Dai Weisi’s subordinates and forces.