Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran secretly met Zhu Zhuyun and promised to protect their relationship while planning to visit her again that night. Back at the banquet, he used a joke about women and brotherhood to win Dai Weisi’s admiration.

• Zhu Zhuyun urged Xu Ran to leave before anyone noticed their relationship, and he promised to be careful about exposing it.
• Xu Ran said he would visit Zhu Zhuyun that night after getting Dai Weisi drunk, while she warned him not to cross a final boundary.
• Xu Ran returned to the banquet, where Dai Weisi asked why he had been gone so long.
• Xu Ran implied he had been admiring a dancer, and Dai Weisi offered to send her to him.
• Xu Ran said brothers were like hands and feet while women were like clothes, and Dai Weisi praised his words as wisdom.

Xu Ran got Dai Weisi drunk at the banquet so he could be alone with Zhu Zhuyun. After Dai Weisi fell asleep, Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuyun kissed and left for her room.

• Xu Ran asked Dai Weisi whether brothers or women mattered more, then drank with him while the guests admired their apparent friendship.
• Emperor Dai and Empress Zhu left Xu Ran and Dai Weisi together, expecting their friendship to benefit Dai Weisi.
• Xu Ran helped the drunken Dai Weisi back to his residence, misleading him about the surname of the dancing girl and joking about drinking with Zhu Zhuyun next time.
• Xu Ran laid Dai Weisi on the bed, where he immediately fell asleep, and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Xu Ran about his behavior.
• Xu Ran kissed Zhu Zhuyun, persuaded her to say she would love him forever, then carried her to her room.

Xu Ran reassured Zhu Zhuyun after she worried about his risky behavior around Dai Weisi, then gave her poison to use against the First Prince if needed. They agreed she would secretly try a small dose of the mind-affecting toxin in Dai Weisi’s food.

• Zhu Zhuyun scolded Xu Ran for getting handsy with her in front of the drunk Dai Weisi, and Xu Ran promised to be more careful.
• Xu Ran asked whether Dai Weisi had mistreated Zhu Zhuyun while he was away, and she said she had rejected Dai Weisi’s advances and would kill him if he forced himself on her.
• Xu Ran gave Zhu Zhuyun a bottle of poison and explained that its mental toxin could interfere with a target’s consciousness or turn them into a puppet.
• Zhu Zhuyun suggested putting the mental toxin in Dai Weisi’s food, and Xu Ran agreed she could try a small amount the next day.

Xu Ran secretly left Zhu Zhuyun’s room and practiced swordsmanship, revealing a frightening level of mastery that Dai Weisi witnessed. At breakfast, Zhu Zhuyun served a feast with poison meant for Dai Weisi, but Xu Ran avoided the dishes he had touched as the three sat down to eat.

• Zhu Zhuyun urged Xu Ran to leave before dawn and reminded him of their plan to poison Dai Weisi, warning him not to use the wrong toxin.
• Xu Ran went to the guest quarters and practiced swordsmanship, displaying several sword intents and entering the realm of unity of heaven and man.
• Dai Weisi saw Xu Ran’s sword practice and realized how terrifyingly powerful he was, but felt relieved that Xu Ran was his friend.
• Dai Weisi invited Xu Ran to breakfast and praised Zhu Zhuyun for preparing a lavish meal.
• Zhu Zhuyun indicated that Dai Weisi’s bowl and chopsticks were poisoned, so Xu Ran ate only dishes Dai Weisi had not touched.

Xu Ran learned that the mental poison affecting Dai Weisi could make him obedient without harming him, and he tested his influence by taking Zhu Zhuyun away with Dai Weisi’s permission. The chapter ended with Xu Ran planning to keep Dai Weisi under their control rather than kill him.

• Xu Ran praised Zhu Zhuyun while toasting Dai Weisi, who offered Xu Ran a permanent place to stay at the First Prince's Residence.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Weisi to eat more, and Dai Weisi took her concern as a sign of growing affection.
• Xu Ran asked System Lady about the Myriad Demon King's mental poison and learned that it could gradually turn Dai Weisi into a puppet.
• Xu Ran said he was leaving and asked to take Zhu Zhuyun with him; Dai Weisi agreed despite Xu Ran putting an arm around her waist.
• Xu Ran formed a mental imprint that let him control Dai Weisi, then left with Zhu Zhuyun and planned to keep poisoning Dai Weisi.

Emperor Dai appointed Xu Ran as an envoy to the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping to strengthen ties and counter Spirit Hall. Xu Ran prepared to leave Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing, eager to meet Qian Renxue and provoke Yu Xiaogang.

• Dai Weisi explained that Spirit Hall’s growing power and the weakened Upper Three Sects made war a serious threat, and Xu Ran inferred the purpose of Emperor Dai’s summons.
• Emperor Dai gave Xu Ran a booklet for Xue Ye and appointed him an envoy to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Ran returned to the Zhu Family and told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing he was leaving; he comforted Zhu Zhuyun and planned to travel with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xu Ran looked forward to obtaining his fifth soul ring and using his promise with Liu Erlong to enrage Yu Xiaogang.

At Shrek Academy, Tang San tried to reconcile with Xiao Wu while insisting that he had never meant her harm. Xiao Wu blamed him for Xu Ran’s injuries and mentioned his father, the Clear Sky Douluo, leaving Tang San wondering who had set him up.

• Liu Erlong handed Blue Tyrant Academy over to Flender, and the newly arrived Shrek Academy geniuses stirred excitement among its teachers and students.
• Tang San dressed carefully and decided to speak sincerely with Xiao Wu while Xu Ran was away.
• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San and accused him of attacking her and Xu Ran under the protection of his father, the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Tang San claimed Xu Ran had staged his injuries, but Xiao Wu ordered him to stop slandering Xu Ran.
• When Xiao Wu mentioned the Clear Sky Douluo, Tang San realized his misunderstanding might involve a Titled Douluo and wondered who had set him up.

Tang San realized Xiao Wu believed he and his father had planned to kill her, leaving their misunderstandings nearly impossible to resolve. Xu Ran returned, flaunted his closeness with Xiao Wu, defeated Tang San, and warned him that worse awaited in Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Wu accused Tang San of plotting with Clear Sky Douluo to kill her and said she wanted him to stay away.
• Tang San realized Xiao Wu's suspicions explained her hostility, then blamed Xu Ran for manipulating their relationship.
• Xu Ran returned, and Xiao Wu affectionately embraced him while Tang San watched in anguish.
• Tang San attacked Xu Ran with concealed weapons, but Xu Ran deflected them, kicked him into a tree, and pinned his head beneath his foot.
• Xu Ran warned Tang San that more suffering awaited him and his teacher in Heaven Dou City, then left with Xiao Wu.

Xu Ran learned that Liu Erlong was giving Yu Xiaogang the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma he had provided to cure Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul defect. He appeared in the office while they discussed the treasure, leaving Liu Erlong panicked as he approached her under their two-year agreement.

• The system alerted Xu Ran that Liu Erlong was meeting Yu Xiaogang and preparing to give him the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma.
• Liu Erlong showed Yu Xiaogang the treasure, and he grew excited when he sensed its medicinal power could address his Martial Soul defect.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected the treasure came from Xu Ran, and Xu Ran appeared to confirm that he had given it to Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong remembered her agreement to obey Xu Ran for two years and feared what he might demand in front of Yu Xiaogang.
• Xu Ran greeted Liu Erlong, lifted her hair, and sniffed it as she stood in growing panic.

Xu Ran forced Liu Erlong to sit on his lap in front of Yu Xiaogang, making Yu Xiaogang believe she had fallen for Xu Ran and that the treasure she gave him was breakup compensation. After Xu Ran struck Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong remained silent to avoid provoking him, while Yu Xiaogang's accusations deeply wounded her.

• Xu Ran ordered Liu Erlong to come to him and pulled her onto his lap despite her pleas.
• Liu Erlong tried to explain herself to Yu Xiaogang, but Xu Ran warned her not to break their agreement, and she stayed silent.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Liu Erlong had stopped loving him and called her shameless for being with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran slapped Yu Xiaogang from a distance, and Liu Erlong did not intervene because she feared angering Xu Ran.
• Yu Xiaogang's insults made Liu Erlong feel as if knives were twisting in her heart.

Xu Ran traded Yu Xiaogang the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma on the condition that he leave Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang accepted, devastating her with his cold dismissal. The herb awakened Yu Xiaogang to the truth that his Martial Soul was the Golden Sacred Dragon, while Xu Ran received a system mission to extract it and turn him into an ordinary person for an Ancestral Dragon bloodline and 3,000 skill points.

• Xu Ran offered Yu Xiaogang the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma as a breakup payment and demanded that he stay away from Liu Erlong.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to give up Liu Erlong, and she was heartbroken by his callous response.
• Xu Ran comforted Liu Erlong while Yu Xiaogang swallowed the herb and sensed its power awakening his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang realized that his true Martial Soul was the Golden Sacred Dragon, incompletely awakened as Luo Sanpao, and that he could now cultivate normally.
• The system assigned Xu Ran a mission to extract Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul and offered an Ancestral Dragon bloodline and 3,000 skill points as rewards.

Liu Erlong mourned Yu Xiaogang’s cruel outburst while Xu Ran persuaded her that he had acted to help her see Yu Xiaogang clearly. Xu Ran then claimed Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul might shatter if his heart conflicted with the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Liu Erlong agreed to return to Xu Ran the next day as promised.

• Liu Erlong sat crying over Yu Xiaogang’s heartless words and wondered whether her years of devotion had meant nothing to him.
• Xu Ran told Liu Erlong that he had provoked Yu Xiaogang to reveal his true character, and she accepted his explanation.
• Liu Erlong thanked Xu Ran for restoring Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and promised to honor their agreement.
• Xu Ran warned that the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma could damage Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul if his heart clashed with its righteous Qi.
• Liu Erlong insisted Yu Xiaogang was not crooked, while Xu Ran predicted his Martial Soul would shatter if he was a hypocrite.
• Xu Ran asked Liu Erlong to dress the same way and visit him the next day, and she agreed to keep her promise.

Liu Erlong visited Yu Xiaogang to warn him that anger and wicked thoughts could make the Immortal Herb’s power destroy his restored Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang accused her of conspiring with Xu Ran to harm him, and she left heartbroken, deciding she had done all she could.

• Liu Erlong knocked on Yu Xiaogang’s door and tried to reassure herself that his earlier cruelty had been spoken in anger.
• Yu Xiaogang coldly accused Liu Erlong of becoming Xu Ran’s woman and condemned her for their intimacy.
• Liu Erlong warned Yu Xiaogang to keep a steady, upright mindset or the Immortal Herb’s power might damage his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Liu Erlong and Xu Ran had tampered with his Martial Soul and accused her of plotting against him.
• Yu Xiaogang slammed the door, and Liu Erlong left in tears, believing she had done everything she could for him.

Xu Ran spent the day having Liu Erlong serve him, while she found comfort in his company and let her worries about Yu Xiaogang fade. As dusk fell, Xu Ran told Liu Erlong to be his woman and pushed her down onto the grass.

• Xu Ran watched Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang from behind a tree and decided to wait until the next day before confronting Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong went to meet Xu Ran on a secluded lawn behind Shrek Academy and agreed to take off her shoes and walk on his back.
• Liu Erlong massaged Xu Ran for hours, finding the quiet time together soothing as she reflected on her debt to him and Yu Xiaogang's hurtful words.
• When Xu Ran woke at dusk, he asked whether Liu Erlong was tired, then told her to be his woman and pushed her onto the ground.

Xu Ran pursued Liu Erlong, who remained torn between her lingering attachment to Yu Xiaogang and her growing feelings for Xu Ran. After returning to the dormitory, Xu Ran reunited with Ning Rongrong and carried her into his room.

• Xu Ran pinned Liu Erlong down and insisted that she belonged to him despite her protests.
• Liu Erlong watched Xu Ran leave, reflecting on how Yu Xiaogang’s actions and their long separation had weakened her feelings for him.
• Ning Rongrong reproached Xu Ran for staying away after returning to the academy, and he flirted with her.
• Xu Ran scooped up Ning Rongrong, carried her into his room, and shut the door behind them.

Xu Ran received a lucky ten-pull that upgraded all his current and future Soul Rings to a hundred thousand years, leaving Ning Rongrong astonished by his strength. He dressed Ning Rongrong and sent her to go shopping with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the others.

• Ning Rongrong woke with bruises and scolded Xu Ran, but soon cuddled up with him again.
• The System awarded Xu Ran three thousand skill points after Ning Rongrong gained the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, bringing his total to 11,400.
• Xu Ran used ten thousand skill points for a diamond-tier ten-pull and received several rewards, including the Draw Sword Technique and enhanced Plant Cultivation Solution essence.
• The System upgraded Xu Ran's four Soul Rings to a hundred thousand years and guaranteed the same for any Soul Rings he gained later.
• Xu Ran revealed his four scarlet Soul Rings, and Ning Rongrong stared at them in shock.
• Xu Ran helped Ning Rongrong dress and told her to go shopping with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the others.

Xu Ran had Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul extracted, leaving him without his Martial Soul or Soul Power. Yu Xiaogang was reduced to an ordinary person and ended the chapter cursing Xu Ran.

• Xu Ran confronted Yu Xiaogang outside his dormitory, and Yu Xiaogang realized Xu Ran intended to attack him and tried to flee.
• Xu Ran struck Yu Xiaogang with a mental attack, knocked him down, and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Xu Ran ordered System Lady to extract Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang screamed and begged for it to be spared.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to serve Xu Ran and give him Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong, but Xu Ran refused and said he wanted only the Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and Soul Power vanished, leaving him an ordinary person who cursed Xu Ran.

Xu Ran continued humiliating Yu Xiaogang, who vowed to use Tang San to exact revenge. After healing Yu Xiaogang, Xu Ran received the Ancestral Dragon bloodline and considered how it would change his strength and future visit to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Yu Xiaogang blamed Xu Ran for taking Bibi Dong from him and destroying his martial soul, then swore to kill Xu Ran if he survived.
• Xu Ran insulted Yu Xiaogang and explained that Bibi Dong's position as Pope did not mean she controlled all of Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San's twin martial souls would let him surpass Xu Ran, and Xu Ran said he would give them time to grow stronger.
• Xu Ran kicked Yu Xiaogang away, healed his injuries, and received the Ancestral Dragon bloodline and three thousand skill points from the System Lady.
• Xu Ran sensed his body and spiritual power transforming and realized he could become an Ancestral Dragon, then wondered how Gu Yuena would react to his bloodline.

After Xu Ran destroyed Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation and Martial Soul, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San compared their grievances over Xu Ran and the women they believed he had taken from them. They embraced in shared bitterness and resolved to get revenge on Xu Ran.

• Yu Xiaogang cursed Xu Ran after he left and vowed to kill him.
• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang on the ground, learned that Xu Ran had destroyed his cultivation and Martial Soul, and swore to repay Xu Ran.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Xu Ran had humiliated him and taken Xiao Wu from him.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Liu Erlong had helped Xu Ran destroy his Martial Soul and said Xu Ran had stolen his Long'er.
• Tang San sympathized with Yu Xiaogang, and the two embraced, united in their hope of getting Xu Ran.

Xu Ran prepared to visit Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe as the Star Luo Empire’s envoy, carrying a mission to negotiate peace with the Heaven Dou Empire. After Xiao Wu revealed that Spirit Hall’s Pope had killed her mother, Xu Ran reassured her that he would help her seek revenge, then teased his three wives.

• Xu Ran said he would visit the palace and explained that Emperor Dai had appointed him a marquis and envoy to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that he was tasked with conveying Emperor Dai’s greetings to Xue Ye and negotiating peace along the border.
• Xiao Wu reacted coldly to Spirit Hall, and Xu Ran comforted her by promising to help her.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Spirit Hall’s current Pope had killed her mother and that she had undergone Human Transformation to seek revenge.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Xu Ran not to pursue Bibi Dong, and Xu Ran playfully kissed Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.