Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran transmigrated to the Douluo Continent as a twelve-year-old Zhu Family descendant, received the God-Slaying Sword and powerful Soul Skills, and was assigned a quest to become Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé. He left to prepare for the Zhu Family gathering in three days.

• Xu Ran read a Douluo Continent fanfic, wished he could transmigrate there, and was chosen by a quest system.
• Xu Ran asked the system to make him a twelve- or thirteen-year-old orphan and place him before Tang San went to Shrek Academy.
• The system made Xu Ran a twelve-year-old collateral descendant of the Zhu Family with rank thirty-one cultivation and gave him the God-Slaying Sword, Bloodshed, Star Concealment, and Sword Qi Unbound.
• Xu Ran examined the God-Slaying Sword, saw a vision of its former wielder defeating gods, and headed outside with the sword.
• The system tasked Xu Ran with distinguishing himself at the Zhu Family gathering and persuading the family head to make him Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé.

Xu Ran learned that his first mission was to become Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé by distinguishing himself at the Zhu Family gathering. He met Zhu Zhuqing at the family estate and resolved to court her openly, while she noticed that he seemed to regard her differently.

• Xu Ran checked his system panel and learned he was a twelve-year-old Rank 31 Soul Elder, with a mission to win the Zhu Family head’s approval to marry Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xu Ran decided to reveal his talent at the gathering and court Zhu Zhuqing honorably, knowing she was betrothed to Dai Mubai and had been hurt by his abandonment.
• Xu Ran arrived at the Zhu Family estate in Star Luo City and saw Zhu Zhuqing drawing the attention of the other disciples.
• Xu Ran introduced himself to Zhu Zhuqing as a collateral-branch disciple returning from training and shook her hand.
• Zhu Zhuqing wished Xu Ran luck at the upcoming gathering and wondered why he looked at her so openly despite her betrothal.

Xu Ran approached the isolated Zhu Zhuqing and offered to spar with her, claiming to be a rank thirty-one Soul Elder. Zhu Zhuqing accepted, and as she summoned her Martial Soul, Zhu Family disciples gathered to watch and question Xu Ran’s motives.

• Zhu Zhuqing sat alone in the training square because other disciples avoided sparring with her over her engagement to Dai Mubai and the rivalry between their families.
• Xu Ran sat beside Zhu Zhuqing and reassured her that he was not afraid of her older sister or the eldest prince.
• Xu Ran offered to help Zhu Zhuqing practice actual combat and claimed his cultivation was rank thirty-one.
• Zhu Zhuqing doubted Xu Ran’s claim, then agreed to test his strength by sparring with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her black feline Martial Soul and two yellow soul rings as Zhu Family disciples watched and speculated about Xu Ran’s intentions.

Xu Ran revealed that he was a Soul Elder, astonishing Zhu Zhuqing and the Zhu Family disciples. After he caught Zhu Zhuqing during their spar, the onlookers compared him favorably with Dai Mubai and wondered what the family would decide about her betrothal.

• Xu Ran summoned his black longsword and displayed three Soul Rings, proving that he was a young Soul Elder.
• Zhu Zhuqing expressed surprise at Xu Ran's cultivation, then rushed to attack him.
• Xu Ran dodged Zhu Zhuqing's claws, and she lost her balance as she tried to turn and strike again.
• Xu Ran caught Zhu Zhuqing in his arms, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• The Zhu Family disciples criticized Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing and speculated about Xu Ran taking his place.

After catching Zhu Zhuqing during their spar, Xu Ran promised to protect her and offered to help her escape her arranged engagement to Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing pushed him away to keep him safe, and Xu Ran left determined to prove he could protect her.

• Xu Ran caught Zhu Zhuqing when she lost her balance, then released her and pointed out her lack of combat experience.
• Xu Ran resolved to protect Zhu Zhuqing and prevent her from ending up with Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had a fiancé and told Xu Ran to keep his distance, explaining that her family circumstances left her little choice.
• Zhu Zhuqing ended the spar and ran away in tears, hoping to keep Xu Ran from being harmed.
• Xu Ran watched Zhu Zhuqing leave and decided he would prove his strength before trying to get closer to her again.

After Xu Ran left, the Zhu Family elders discovered that he was a twelve-year-old Soul Elder and realized he was a peerless genius. They abandoned their objections to his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing and ordered the family to protect and win him over.

• Zhu Zihao and the three elders arrived at the square after Xu Ran had left and discussed his involvement with Zhu Zhuqing and the danger of defying the Dai-Zhu marriage alliance.
• Zhu Zihao asked the first elder to check Xu Ran’s age in the genealogical register.
• The first elder discovered that Xu Ran was twelve years old and ordered every Dark Guard to protect him.
• Zhu Zihao and the other elders read the register, then transferred Zhu Zihao’s own Dark Guards to Xu Ran and vowed not to offend him.
• The first elder said Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing could be together, arguing that Xu Ran’s talent could strengthen the Zhu Family and reduce its dependence on the Dai Family.

Xu Ran discussed the cost of giving the system human form before deciding to focus his Skill Points on becoming stronger. He then planned to visit Zhu Zhuqing, who was alone on the rear mountain and resolved to leave Xu Ran out of concern for his future.

• Xu Ran assessed his Soul Skills and considered how Star Concealment and his other abilities could help him defeat stronger opponents.
• The system suggested that Xu Ran court Zhu Zhuqing, and he explained that keeping his distance would make her cherish him more.
• Xu Ran learned that revealing the system’s face cost ten thousand Skill Points and giving her human form cost a hundred thousand, so he chose to save his points for Soul Skills and Soul Ring upgrades.
• Xu Ran decided to visit Zhu Zhuqing and later pursue Xiao Wu, partly because he wanted to upset Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing sat alone on the rear mountain, feeling glad that Xu Ran cared for her but deciding not to let him suffer because of her.
• Zhu Zhuqing planned to seek out Dai Mubai in a few months and leave if he had not changed, believing her departure would let her family and Xu Ran continue their lives without disruption.

Xu Ran comforted Zhu Zhuqing under the moonlight and claimed he had returned to the Zhu Family because he had loved her since they met six years earlier. Zhu Zhuqing was moved by his care, while Xu Ran remained determined to win her and oppose her engagement to Dai Mubai.

• Xu Ran found Zhu Zhuqing alone outside and sat beside her, explaining that he had worried when she was missing from her room.
• Xu Ran wrapped his outer garment around Zhu Zhuqing’s exposed legs and told her to wear warmer clothes at night.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned why Xu Ran treated her so kindly and feared that he only wanted her for her appearance.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing that he wanted her to be happy and would not let her become someone else’s fiancée.
• Xu Ran claimed that he remembered Zhu Zhuqing calling him Brother Xu Ran when he protected her from bullies in Star Luo City six years earlier, and said he had loved her since then.

Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing he had saved her as a child and asked her to call him Brother Xu Ran, then declared he would try to end her engagement to Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing begged him not to endanger himself, and he agreed to wait, leaving her flustered after embracing her.

• Xu Ran claimed he had saved Zhu Zhuqing years earlier at Da Ming Lake Shore in Star Luo City, and she accepted his explanation despite not remembering him.
• Xu Ran asked Zhu Zhuqing to call him Brother Xu Ran, and she did so, trusting him and growing more fond of him.
• Xu Ran said he would ask Zhu Zhuqing's family head to dissolve her engagement to Dai Mubai because he considered Dai Mubai unworthy of her.
• Zhu Zhuqing clung to Xu Ran and pleaded with him not to approach her father or elders and risk being hurt.
• Xu Ran agreed to wait, drew Zhu Zhuqing into his arms, and she soon broke free and hurried back to her bedroom with his clothes.

At the Zhu Family assembly, Xu Ran arrived and defeated Zhu Ling with a single sword strike without releasing his Martial Soul, astonishing the family and impressing Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zihao and the elders watched Xu Ran’s strength closely, while Xu Ran’s next step in pursuing Zhu Zhuqing remained unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuqing waited at the family assembly, worrying that Xu Ran had left for good, until he arrived and greeted her.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned Xu Ran’s clothes, and their familiar exchange led the Zhu Family disciples to speculate about their relationship.
• Zhu Ling challenged Xu Ran and demanded that he stay away from Zhu Zhuqing if he lost.
• Xu Ran drew and sheathed his sword, knocking Zhu Ling several meters away without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ling admitted defeat, and Zhu Zhuqing praised Xu Ran’s strength as Zhu Zihao and the elders looked on.

After Xu Ran impressed the Zhu Family with his strength, he asked them to end Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai and make her his fiancée. Zhu Zihao agreed, and the chapter ended with Xu Ran holding their signed marriage certificate while Zhu Zhuqing ran off, embarrassed but pleased.

• The Zhu Family elders praised Xu Ran’s talent, and Zhu Zihao made him a core disciple with generous resources.
• Xu Ran asked Zhu Zihao to break Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai, threatening to treat the Zhu Family as his enemy if they refused.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that she liked Xu Ran, and Zhu Zihao declared Xu Ran her only fiancé from then on.
• Xu Ran revealed that he had already prepared a marriage certificate, which Zhu Zhuqing agreed to sign.
• Xu Ran teased Zhu Zhuqing about being his fiancée and tried to hug her, but she refused and ran off with a hint of joy.

Xu Ran used his first gold prize draws to obtain the Qilin Bloodline, letting him transform into a powerful Auspicious Beast whose presence another Auspicious Beast sensed in the Star Dou Great Forest. The system then tasked him with breaking up Tang San and Xiao Wu in Nuoding City, and Xu Ran set off confident he could succeed.

• Xu Ran spent his one hundred skill points on ten gold draws, received Auntie Wang's long johns, and then won the Qilin Bloodline and a Ten-Thousand-Year Qilin Power Experience Card.
• Xu Ran transformed into a golden Qilin, discovered that his hundred-year form could rival an ordinary four- or five-thousand-year soul beast, and then returned to human form.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, the existing Auspicious Beast sensed another of its kind and told Bi Ji, who hurried to inform Di Tian.
• The system ordered Xu Ran to go to Nuoding City, turn Xiao Wu and Tang San against each other, and use a green hat to drain Tang San's fortune in exchange for five hundred skill points.
• Xu Ran dismissed the system's warning that Xiao Wu trusted Tang San and headed toward Zhu Zhuqing's boudoir before beginning the quest.

Xu Ran comforted Zhu Zhuqing after she worried about the dangers of their engagement, then prepared to leave for Nuoding City. He planned to find Xiao Wu and challenge Tang San, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to wait for his return.

• Zhu Zhuqing thought about her engagement to Xu Ran and the danger their relationship posed because Dai Mubai was the Star Luo Empire's third prince.
• Xu Ran embraced Zhu Zhuqing and promised to protect her, and she asked him to come back safely and treat her well.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing he would leave the next day and later take her to the Heaven Dou Empire; she agreed to wait for him.
• Xu Ran left intending to rescue Xiao Wu and confront Tang San, whom he blamed for harming the continent and planned to humiliate.

Xiao Wu sensed that an Auspicious Beast was in danger and rushed to protect it, stirring her dormant identity as a soul beast. Xu Ran had staged his injuries to lure her out, and Xiao Wu believed his promise to help avenge her mother.

• Xiao Wu sensed a weakening Auspicious Beast presence and left Tang San to investigate, despite his worries.
• Xu Ran used the system to make his Auspicious Beast aura seem weak and his wounds look real.
• Xiao Wu reached Xu Ran, knelt before him, and identified herself as a Soft Bone Rabbit who had begun cultivating anew.
• Xu Ran promised to help Xiao Wu avenge her mother, then pretended to collapse onto her thighs.
• Xiao Wu let Xu Ran rest on her legs, blushing as she worried that moving him might offend the Auspicious Beast.

Xu Ran warned Xiao Wu that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo who might be waiting to kill her for her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He then revealed his accusations about Tang Hao’s role in Ah Yin’s sacrifice, leaving Xiao Wu’s faith in the Clear Sky Douluo shattered.

• Xu Ran pretended to recover from his injuries and warned Xiao Wu that a powerful Titled Douluo lived nearby and might target her.
• Xu Ran identified the Titled Douluo as Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu grew frightened that he would kill her before she could avenge her mother.
• Xu Ran promised to protect Xiao Wu and challenged her belief that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had shared a great love story.
• Xu Ran argued that Tang Hao had manipulated events so Ah Yin would sacrifice herself and that he had hidden his motives behind a virtuous reputation.
• Xiao Wu tried to defend Tang Hao by pointing out that he broke through while fleeing with Ah Yin, but Xu Ran explained that the circumstances had concealed Tang Hao’s intentions and crushed her remaining hope.

Xiao Wu grieved over Ah Yin’s fate and questioned whether humans and Soul Beasts could trust one another, while Xu Ran took advantage of her concern to stay in her bedroom and draw closer to her. The chapter ended with Tang San arriving at Xiao Wu’s door and hearing a man inside, leaving him shocked and angry.

• Xiao Wu learned that Tang Hao had schemed to obtain Ah Yin’s Soul Ring and heart, and Xu Ran urged her to call him Brother Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran rested in Xiao Wu’s bedroom, pretending to be badly injured so she would care for him.
• Xu Ran asked Xiao Wu whether she had a boyfriend, and she said she could never fall in love with a human while privately reassuring herself that Tang San was unlike Tang Hao.
• The system warned Xu Ran that Tang San was heading to Xiao Wu’s dormitory, and Xu Ran let Xiao Wu massage his chest while praising her.
• Tang San arrived outside Xiao Wu’s bedroom, heard a man inside, and struggled to believe that someone was with her in her private room.

Xu Ran manipulated Tang San into believing Xiao Wu was intimate with another man, then planted doubts in Xiao Wu that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son sent to hunt her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. The chapter left Xiao Wu shaken as Xu Ran gave her a Hat of Destiny to test whether Tang San’s past affection had been an act.

• Xu Ran deliberately said suggestive things while Xiao Wu massaged him, and Tang San misinterpreted their closeness from outside the room.
• Tang San assumed Xiao Wu had chosen another man, bit his lip until it bled, and left without confronting her.
• Xu Ran asked Xiao Wu about a student surnamed Tang and claimed Tang Hao intended for his descendant to kill her and take her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang San might be Tang Hao’s son and wondered whether he had approached her to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xu Ran gave Xiao Wu a green Hat of Destiny and told her its glow would reveal whether Tang San’s words and actions toward her had been false.

Xu Ran persuaded Xiao Wu to doubt Tang San and gave her the Hat of Destiny, claiming it would reveal his intentions. Xiao Wu presented Tang San with the vivid green hat, leaving him stunned and on the ground.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu that Tang San might be targeting her Soul Bone and urged her to test him with the Hat of Destiny.
• Xiao Wu accepted the hat and left Xu Ran's room, troubled by the possibility that Tang San had deceived her.
• The next day, Tang San reconsidered his suspicions about Xiao Wu as they walked together after school.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she wanted to give him a present and showed him the green Hat of Destiny.
• Tang San asked whether the hat was for him, then staggered backward and fell to the ground.

Xiao Wu offered Tang San the Hat of Destiny, but his reaction and Xu Ran’s accusations deepened her suspicions about his motives. Tang San realized Xu Ran was turning Xiao Wu against him, and Xu Ran ended the confrontation by asking whether Tang San’s father was named Tang Hao.

• Xiao Wu held out the green Hat of Destiny, and Tang San mistook it for a cuckold’s hat and reacted with anger.
• Xu Ran joined Xiao Wu and said he wanted Tang San to stay away from her so he would not hurt her.
• Xiao Wu called Xu Ran “Brother Xu Ran” and broke free of his embrace, leaving Tang San stunned.
• Xu Ran accused Tang San of approaching Xiao Wu with ulterior motives, and Tang San concluded Xu Ran was slandering him.
• Xu Ran asked Tang San whether he came from Holy Soul Village and whether his father was named Tang Hao.

Xu Ran exposed Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao, but Tang San misread his motives and proudly declared his humble origins. Xiao Wu instead grew convinced Tang San had hidden his true background to target her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and demanded he prove his innocence or end their relationship.

• Tang San decided Xu Ran was scheming to separate him from Xiao Wu, while Xu Ran called Tang Hao incompetent and revealed Tang San’s father was Tang Hao.
• Tang San admitted his poor background and vowed to become powerful, believing Xiao Wu would admire his character, but he failed to notice her growing disappointment.
• Tang San grabbed Xu Ran in anger, and Xu Ran kicked him away, shocking Tang San with his strength and mocking his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu concluded Tang San and Tang Hao had planned to deceive her for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San this was the last time she would call him brother and demanded he put on the hat to prove his conscience was clear, or sever their ties.