Recaps

Tang San tried to remove the strange hat by striking it with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the hat remained unmarked and he broke down in humiliation. Yu Xiaogang urged him to treat the hat as a defensive treasure, leaving Tang San determined to grow stronger and take revenge on Xu Ran.

• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang admired its power while imagining Tang San defeating Bibi Dong and helping him claim both her and Liu Erlong.
• Tang San struck the hat on his head with the Clear Sky Hammer, but the blow only hurt him and left the hat intact.
• Tang San collapsed in despair and blamed Xu Ran for humiliating him, while Yu Xiaogang told him stronger cultivation might let him remove the hat.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that the hat could protect Tang San in battle, and Tang San decided Xu Ran would not be able to pierce its defenses.
• Tang San left Yu Xiaogang with killing intent, vowing to become stronger, reclaim Xiao Wu, and avenge himself on Xu Ran.

After learning that Tang San had allegedly kept her close to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Xiao Wu ran into the rain in despair. Xu Ran found her, comforted her, and drew her into his arms as he resolved to protect her from Tang San and other Soul Masters.

• Xiao Wu fled alone, convinced Tang San had faked their six years of closeness to claim her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• As she wandered through a storm, Xiao Wu mourned the loss of her trust in Tang San and feared she had no family among humans.
• Xu Ran stopped Xiao Wu from going farther and covered her with his coat.
• Xu Ran explained the danger Xiao Wu faced as a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and suspected Tang Hao intended her to sacrifice herself for Tang San.
• Xu Ran comforted the crying Xiao Wu, stroked her wet hair, and gently held her in his arms.

In the rain, Xiao Wu broke down in Xu Ran’s arms and apologized for putting him in danger, while Xu Ran comforted her and promised to protect her. Tang San arrived and angrily demanded that Xu Ran release her, unaware that the system had blocked his insults from reaching them.

• Xiao Wu sought comfort in Xu Ran’s embrace and reflected on how differently he and Tang San had treated her.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Xu Ran for exposing him and ruining his chance to escape, and Xu Ran reassured her that he would protect her.
• Tang San found them together in the rain and shouted at Xu Ran to let Xiao Wu go.
• The system blocked Tang San’s abusive remarks so neither Xu Ran nor Xiao Wu could hear them.
• Tang San continued accusing Xu Ran of deceiving and endangering Xiao Wu while misreading the distance between Xu Ran’s hands and her body.

Tang San attacked Xu Ran with a hidden weapon after becoming enraged, but Xu Ran blocked the attack and shielded Xiao Wu from the last bolt. Xu Ran was wounded and collapsed in the rain while promising to protect Xiao Wu.

• Tang San took out a Hidden Weapon Box and prepared to kill Xu Ran.
• The concealment keeping Tang San's insults from Xiao Wu ended, and she heard him threaten Xu Ran.
• Tang San fired twelve hidden projectiles at Xu Ran, who used Sword Qi to knock most of them down.
• Xu Ran shifted Xiao Wu out of danger, then shielded her from the final bolt and slowed it with his sword.
• Xu Ran suffered a wound, held Xiao Wu as he collapsed in the rain, and vowed that he would always protect her.

After Xu Ran shielded Xiao Wu from Tang San’s hidden weapon, Xiao Wu trusted Xu Ran and became convinced Tang San had tried to kill her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Tang San recognized that Xu Ran had staged the injury to frame him, but Xiao Wu dismissed his protests and focused on Xu Ran’s poisoned wound.

• Xu Ran comforted the tearful Xiao Wu, who decided she could trust him after he had risked himself to protect her.
• Xiao Wu saw the blood and spreading black discoloration on Xu Ran’s back and feared the hidden weapon had poisoned him.
• Tang San realized Xu Ran had deliberately let the hidden weapon hit him and accused him of faking the injury to frame him.
• Xiao Wu looked coldly at Tang San, believing he had attacked her and was now pretending to be the victim.
• Xiao Wu examined Xu Ran’s wound and suspected Tang Hao had supplied Tang San with poison and hidden weapons meant for her.

Xu Ran forced out the poison he claimed Tang Hao had given Tang San while Xiao Wu confronted Tang San over his hidden weapon and rejected his explanations. The chapter left Tang San pinned beneath Xiao Wu as Xu Ran accused him of trying to kill her.

• Xu Ran sat in a sheltered spot and pretended to force potent poison from his body while Xiao Wu kept watch on Tang San.
• Tang San insisted Xu Ran had deceived Xiao Wu and claimed he had only meant to kill Xu Ran, but Xiao Wu accused him of planning to kill her and take her Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu attacked Tang San, then pinned his face and hand beneath her foot as he struggled and wept in the rain.
• After about an hour, Xu Ran finished his performance and accused Tang San of attacking Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to struggle furiously against Xiao Wu's hold.

Xu Ran and Xiao Wu left Tang San alive after he attacked them, then decided to leave Nuoding City for Shrek Academy. Tang San was left unconscious and consumed by hatred as Xiao Wu trusted Xu Ran alone.

• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu restrained Tang San and warned him not to attack them again, then embraced as Tang San watched in anguish.
• Xu Ran asked the system whether he could kill Tang San, but it advised him to keep Tang San alive until he completed the missions connected to him.
• Xu Ran knocked Tang San unconscious and left Nuoding City with Xiao Wu, worried that Tang Hao would come after them.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu they would go to an advanced Soul Master Academy and chose Shrek Academy as a quieter place to hide.

Xu Ran reassured Xiao Wu that the remote Shrek Academy would keep their identities safe and brought her toward Suotuo City after evading pursuit. On the journey, he enjoyed Xiao Wu’s company and settled down to nap on her lap.

• Xiao Wu worried that an advanced Soul Master Academy might expose their identities, and Xu Ran assured her that Shrek Academy had only three students and was in a remote location.
• Xu Ran considered Tang Hao’s threat and reflected on how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself to save him.
• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu left Nuoding City by a circuitous route, and Tang Hao did not pursue them.
• Xu Ran bought Xiao Wu new clothes and accessories in a nearby city before they continued toward Suotuo City.
• Xu Ran claimed he was exhausted from watching for Tang Hao and laid his head on Xiao Wu’s lap, while she called him shameless.

Xu Ran pretended not to notice Xiao Wu’s embarrassment while she let him rest on her lap, then used the system to learn new ways to earn skill points. He spent his points improving his Soul Rings and looked forward to becoming much stronger.

• Xiao Wu asked Xu Ran to turn away, and he feigned ignorance to spare her embarrassment as she watched him rest on her lap.
• Xu Ran learned that skill points could increase his Qilin cultivation and that recruiting a goddess-tier harem member could earn him a large reward.
• Xu Ran realized Zhu Zhuqing did not yet count as a harem member and asked the system to improve his first three Soul Rings.
• The system raised Xu Ran’s Soul Rings to three thousand three hundred, one thousand six hundred, and three thousand years, and Xu Ran anticipated their future growth.

Xu Ran took Xiao Wu south from Suotuo City toward Shrek Academy and told her that he already had a fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing. Xiao Wu felt hurt but continued to rely on Xu Ran, and they kept traveling together with her trust in him growing.

• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu left Suotuo City through its southern gate and headed toward Shrek Academy in the countryside.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu that he would join Shrek Academy later and revealed that he had a fiancée named Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Wu cried and scolded Xu Ran for treating her well despite having a fiancée, then demanded that he carry her.
• Xu Ran carried Xiao Wu south, and she blushed while tacitly accepting his closeness.
• Xiao Wu increasingly trusted and relied on Xu Ran, while the chapter anticipated that she would distrust Tang San when he arrived at Shrek Academy.

Xu Ran brought Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy and explained its strict admissions requirements. Dai Mubai spotted Xiao Wu and tried to lure her into the academy, while privately thinking about both her and his fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu that Shrek Academy's teachers were powerful and that students had to be under thirteen and above rank twenty.
• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu entered the village, where the local farmers watched them arrive.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai returned from the Great Soul Arena and noticed Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself to Xiao Wu and offered to help her enroll, intending to win her over and take advantage of her.
• Dai Mubai reflected on his resentment toward Zhu Zhuqing and imagined that she would eventually become his woman.

Xu Ran confronted Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai tried to flirt with Xiao Wu, humiliating him with his superior strength. Dai Mubai released his White Tiger Martial Soul and challenged the newcomers, while Ma Hongjun left them behind and ran into the academy.

• Xu Ran crushed Dai Mubai's hand, then let go at the last moment and made him fall in front of Xiao Wu.
• Xu Ran called Xiao Wu his woman and rebuked Dai Mubai for trying to touch her.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Xu Ran's strength as inborn superhuman strength and claimed heroes deserved beautiful women.
• Dai Mubai released his White Tiger Martial Soul, revealing three Soul Rings and his rank-thirty-seven strength.
• Dai Mubai claimed he was testing the prospective students and demanded respect as a senior, while Ma Hongjun ran into the academy alone.

Dai Mubai challenged Xu Ran, but Xu Ran revealed a God-Slaying Sword and three purple Soul Rings, stunning Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu. Dai Mubai dismissed Xu Ran’s unusual Soul Ring configuration and charged at him, leaving their fight about to begin.

• Ma Hongjun fled toward the academy, deciding not to get caught up in Dai Mubai’s conflict with Xu Ran and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai threatened Xu Ran and Xiao Wu, then formally challenged Xu Ran to a fight.
• Xu Ran released his God-Slaying Sword and revealed three purple Soul Rings, shocking Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai questioned how Xu Ran had obtained his Soul Rings, then insisted his higher Soul Power would give him the advantage.
• Dai Mubai surged forward and charged at Xu Ran.

Xu Ran overwhelmed Dai Mubai with the God-Slaying Sword after Dai Mubai attacked him, then kept cutting him despite his surrender and pleas for mercy. Dai Mubai was left terrified and badly wounded, while Xu Ran remained determined to punish him for coveting Xiao Wu.

• Dai Mubai activated his third Soul Skill and charged at Xu Ran with his White Tiger claws.
• Xu Ran drew the God-Slaying Sword and used Bloodshed to sever Dai Mubai’s claws and wound his fingertips.
• Dai Mubai surrendered, but Xu Ran slashed his arm and warned him against coveting Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai begged Xu Ran not to target Xiao Wu again, but Xu Ran called it too late and cut flesh from his other arm.

Xu Ran defeated Dai Mubai with a single sword strike after Dai Mubai unleashed three Soul Skills. Xiao Wu worried over Xu Ran and admitted she needed time to consider his affection, while Dai Mubai woke briefly, saw them together, and fainted again.

• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Protection Barrier, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and White Tiger Vajra Transformation against Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran cleaved through Dai Mubai’s attack and struck him down, completing his mission and earning two hundred Skill Points.
• Xiao Wu hurried to Xu Ran, and he reassured her that he had left Dai Mubai alive.
• Xu Ran teased Xiao Wu about being his darling, and she blushed while asking what she should do if he would not let her marry anyone.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu he would not hold her back if she fell for someone else, and Xiao Wu said she would not fall for anyone else but needed time.
• Dai Mubai woke, saw Xu Ran and Xiao Wu together, and fainted again from anger.

Flender arrived after Xu Ran had badly wounded Dai Mubai and challenged Xu Ran to prove his strength for admission to Shrek Academy. Xu Ran revealed three purple Soul Rings and combined his invisibility and attack skills, leaving Flender searching for him as the attack began.

• Flender arrived with Ma Hongjun, saw Dai Mubai's injuries, and ordered Ma Hongjun to take him to Zhao Wuji for treatment.
• Ma Hongjun carried Dai Mubai away, relieved that he had not joined in provoking Xu Ran and Xiao Wu.
• Flender recognized Xu Ran as a rank thirty-two Soul Master and offered him admission if he demonstrated his strength.
• Xu Ran released his Martial Soul and revealed three purple Soul Rings, astonishing Flender.
• Xu Ran activated Star Concealment and Bloodshed and vanished, while Flender spread his Soul Power to find him.

Xu Ran wounded Flender during the academy’s test, revealing fighting prowess close to that of a Soul Emperor despite being twelve. Flender admitted Xu Ran and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun quickly tried to win their favor.

• Xu Ran surprised Flender with a close-range sword strike and cut his arm, prompting Flender to recognize that Xu Ran’s strength approached a Soul Emperor’s.
• Flender examined Xu Ran and found him to be twelve years old with exceptional physical toughness, then checked Xiao Wu and confirmed she was also twelve and a rank twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster.
• Flender waived the remaining tests and accepted Xu Ran and Xiao Wu as Shrek Academy students.
• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu gave Flender their ages, ranks, and Martial Souls for registration.
• Ma Hongjun welcomed Xu Ran and Xiao Wu and offered to help them, while Xiao Wu reminded him of his earlier behavior toward her.

Xu Ran revealed his Zhu Family identity to Flender and received two months' leave before planning to depart the next day. He spent the day with Xiao Wu, while Ma Hongjun and Flender's remarks embarrassed them both.

• Xu Ran told Flender that he was a disciple of the Zhu Family and requested two months' leave, and Flender approved it.
• Xiao Wu clung to Xu Ran and objected to his being gone for so long, while Xu Ran said he would leave the next day.
• Ma Hongjun repeatedly called Xiao Wu Xu Ran's sister-in-law and offered to look after her, but Xu Ran refused his help.
• Flender told Xu Ran and Xiao Wu to enjoy their day off and remember moderation, embarrassing Xiao Wu as Xu Ran carried her away.
• Xu Ran and Xiao Wu walked through the fields near Shrek Academy, where Xu Ran imagined retiring to a quiet life after conquering the world.

Xu Ran left Xiao Wu and received a mission to find and take possession of Ah Yin, whose Blue Silver Grass seedling had sprouted in the forest. After learning that Tang Hao remained tormented by Ah Yin’s death, Xu Ran planned to use her to control him.

• Xu Ran woke Xiao Wu, promised to return within a month or two, and left after telling her not to dress prettily for anyone else.
• The system assigned Xu Ran a mission to dig up Ah Yin’s seedling and gave him cultivation supplies that could restore her in about ten years.
• Xu Ran learned that an enhanced cultivation solution could restore Ah Yin in one year, but obtaining it through draws would likely cost many skill points.
• The system explained that Tang Hao’s love, remorse, fear, and guilt toward Ah Yin left him conflicted, making her a powerful leverage against him.
• Xu Ran decided to find Ah Yin and use her to ensnare Tang Hao and make him answer for what he had done.

Dai Mubai learned that Xu Ran came from the Zhu Family and decided to use Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée, to humiliate him. Meanwhile, Xu Ran found and retrieved Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass from behind a waterfall, then planned to win her over.

• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Xu Ran came from the Zhu Family, and Dai Mubai concluded that Xu Ran had beaten him because he liked Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai decided to bring Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy and use their engagement to provoke Xu Ran, while Ma Hongjun warned him not to challenge Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran followed the system’s map to a waterfall and entered the cave where Tang Hao had hidden Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Xu Ran took Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass, completed his mission, and used the system’s plant nutrient solution to nourish it.
• Xu Ran considered exposing Tang Hao to Ah Yin and winning her over, dismissing the system girl’s warning against chasing too many women.

Xu Ran sabotaged Tang Hao’s protection on Ah Yin and prepared to expose the truth about her past, while Tang Hao brooded over his guilt and the truth behind Qian Xunji’s death. The story left Xu Ran hidden and waiting for Tang Hao to arrive.

• The system assigned Xu Ran a mission to make Tang Hao reveal what happened to Ah Yin and disappoint her, offering 1,000 Skill Points and a swordsmanship manual as rewards.
• Xu Ran found Tang Hao’s restriction on Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass, destroyed it, and replaced a damaged plant to conceal his interference.
• Xu Ran hid nearby and planned to use the system’s assistance when Tang Hao arrived.
• Tang Hao lay in bed in Holy Soul Village, reflecting that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and framed him, though he could not prove it.
• Tang Hao regretted choosing Ah Yin for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and wished he could return to the past and live peacefully with her.

Tang Hao sensed that Ah Yin’s seal had been broken and rushed to save her, tormented by opposing desires for her survival and death. Meanwhile, Xu Ran secretly nurtured Ah Yin, whose seed retained her consciousness and whose guilt deepened as she recognized Xu Ran as an Auspicious Beast.

• Tang Hao sensed that Ah Yin’s restriction had broken and saw her Soul Bone reacting inside the ancient black box.
• Tang Hao raced toward Ah Yin, struggling with the two voices in his mind and leaving her fate to heaven.
• Xu Ran concealed his traces and watered Ah Yin with Plant Cultivation Solution, making her Blue Silver Grass grow more vigorously.
• Ah Yin perceived Xu Ran’s care and realized the solution accelerated her growth several hundredfold.
• Ah Yin recognized Xu Ran as an Auspicious Beast and felt guilty for becoming human and betraying her race.

Xu Ran questioned Ah Yin about Tang Hao's treatment of her, trying to undermine her faith in their love. Ah Yin briefly doubted Tang Hao but still trusted him, and Xu Ran decided that Tang Hao's arrival would reveal the truth.

• Ah Yin showed Xu Ran that she was conscious by curling her Blue Silver Grass leaves around his fingers and trembling in response.
• Xu Ran challenged Ah Yin's belief that her love for Tang Hao was beautiful and questioned why Tang Hao had left her in a damp, poorly lit cave.
• Ah Yin began to doubt Tang Hao because he rarely visited her and had not taken her to Holy Soul Village, but she soon settled back into trusting him.
• Xu Ran told Ah Yin that he would lure Tang Hao to the cave so she could learn what kind of person he was.

Tang Hao visited the cave where he had planted Ah Yin and found that ants had eaten her down to a tiny, damaged stalk. He mourned her, then left with his guilt eased and his resolve to make Xiao San absorb Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone unchanged, but his expression turned deathly pale as he departed.

• Tang Hao rushed into the cave, expecting to confront Ah Yin’s fate, and found ants devouring the remains of her stalk.
• Tang Hao knelt before Ah Yin’s mound, regretted neglecting her, and acknowledged that she had been eaten beyond recovery.
• Tang Hao pulled out Ah Yin’s remaining stalk, apologized, and kowtowed before placing it back on the mound.
• Tang Hao watched the ants consume the last of Ah Yin’s stalk and felt both empty and relieved.
• Tang Hao told Ah Yin that Xiao San might absorb her Soul Bone and planned for him to absorb Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao turned to leave, but his face suddenly turned deathly pale.

Xu Ran used a simulated image of Ah Yin to confront Tang Hao with the truth about her death. Tang Hao admitted his role in her death and felt the burden of his guilt lift, while Ah Yin’s apparition remained before him.

• Xu Ran saw the system’s simulation of Ah Yin and was struck by her beauty.
• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin’s apparition, panicked, and realized she appeared to be a soul.
• Ah Yin accused Tang Hao of preventing her escape, exposing her to Spirit Hall, and seeking her Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao confessed that he had plotted Ah Yin’s death and admitted he had failed her.
• Tang Hao felt relieved after revealing his guilt to Ah Yin.