Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang Hao confessed his betrayal to the simulated Ah Yin and severed his own arm, while the real Ah Yin learned the truth and turned against him. Xu Ran completed his mission but lost the system’s protection before Tang Hao cut off his leg, leaving Tang Hao alive and dangerous.

• Tang Hao admitted that he had betrayed Ah Yin and said he could not die while their child still needed protection.
• At the simulated Ah Yin’s demand, Tang Hao twisted off his left arm and screamed in pain.
• The real Ah Yin, watching from her flowerpot, realized Tang Hao had led Spirit Hall to her and had never truly protected her.
• Xu Ran comforted Ah Yin, and she curled her Blue Silver Grass around his finger as she recognized his kindness.
• The system announced that Xu Ran had completed his mission and awarded him 1,000 Skill Points and the True Explanation of Basic Swordsmanship, then withdrew its assistance.
• Xu Ran saw that Tang Hao’s leg remained intact and considered leaving him alive to be confronted later by Xu He, Tang Xiao, and Tang Chen.

Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin had vanished and realized someone had manipulated him into nearly mutilating himself. Xu Ran confronted him with his crimes, then transformed into a powerful Qilin and attacked as Tang Hao prepared to fight back.

• Tang Hao noticed Ah Yin was missing, reconsidered what had happened, and realized someone had used the scene to weaken him.
• Xu Ran appeared, accused Tang Hao of causing his father's death, killing Ah Yin, neglecting Tang San, and bringing ruin upon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao denied responsibility for his father's death, then charged at Xu Ran to silence him.
• Xu Ran used the Ten-Thousand-Year Qilin Experience Card and transformed into a five-meter-long Qilin.
• Tang Hao recognized Xu Ran as a powerful Soul Beast and released his Martial Soul, but Xu Ran struck before he could use a Soul Skill.

Xu Ran fought Tang Hao in his Qilin form, revealed that Ah Yin was alive and had witnessed Tang Hao’s actions, and provoked Tang Hao by claiming he would care for Ah Yin in the future. Tang Hao was left enraged and determined to kill Xu Ran.

• Xu Ran struck Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao was shaken by the Qilin’s tremendous strength.
• Tang Hao asked about Xu Ran’s relationship with Ah Yin, and Xu Ran said Ah Yin would be his woman in the future.
• Xu Ran told Tang Hao that Ah Yin had seen everything and revealed the conscious Blue Silver Grass in his flowerpot was the real Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao realized Ah Yin knew he had caused her death and raged at Xu Ran for deceiving him.
• Xu Ran boasted that he would care for Ah Yin until she regained her strength, and Tang Hao vowed to kill him.

Xu Ran fought Tang Hao, whose wounds left him weakened, until Tang Hao detonated his Soul Rings and forced Xu Ran to retreat. Xu Ran collapsed the mountain over Tang Hao and fled as his Experience Card neared its end, leaving Tang Hao alive and vowing revenge.

• Xu Ran taunted Tang Hao’s weakened state and struck his Clear Sky Hammer, worsening Tang Hao’s wounds.
• Tang Hao detonated five Soul Rings and smashed through Xu Ran’s defensive shields, but the recoil reopened his injuries.
• Xu Ran mocked Tang Hao and prepared to flee when Tang Hao detonated his remaining four Soul Rings, greatly increasing his power.
• Xu Ran struck the mountain around Tang Hao’s cave and collapsed the peak before escaping down the passage.
• The System told Xu Ran that Tang Hao was not badly hurt and that his Experience Card would expire in two minutes.
• Xu Ran fled at full speed, used his Fortune Power to draw nearby Soul Beasts toward his pursuer, and planned to spend a few days flirting before returning to his mission.

After escaping Tang Hao, Xu Ran stayed near the forest and used a Gold-Tier Ten-Pull Draw, gaining a valuable necklace and a Soul Ring Age-Boost Card. He strengthened his third Soul Ring and began plotting how to approach Qian Renxue while keeping his identity and ambitions under wraps.

• Tang Hao emerged from the rubble injured and furious, vowed to find Xu Ran after recovering, and worried about Ah Yin.
• Xu Ran checked into a nearby hotel and decided to wait until Tang Hao had left before returning to the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Ran teased the System Lady, then spent one thousand Skill Points on a Gold-Tier Ten-Pull Draw.
• Xu Ran obtained a necklace that increased a woman's beauty and Soul Power cultivation speed, along with a card that added ten thousand years to one Soul Ring.
• Xu Ran used the card on his third Soul Ring, raising its age to thirteen thousand years and gaining strength.
• Xu Ran considered using his Zhu Family identity to befriend Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, while the System Lady privately called him shameless.

Xu Ran returned to the Zhu Family after two weeks away and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who told him that her relationship with her sister Zhu Zhuyun had been restored. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing planning to tell Zhu Zhuyun that Xu Ran had returned.

• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Xu Ran might be in danger and reflected on how his engagement to her had improved her standing in the family and repaired her relationship with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Xu Ran surprised Zhu Zhuqing at the window and pulled her onto his lap, and she shyly welcomed his return.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xu Ran that Zhu Zhuyun had only acted distant to protect them from having to kill each other in the future.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Zhu Zhuyun was away at Star Luo Advanced Soul Master Academy and planned to visit her the next day to share Xu Ran's return.

Xu Ran gave Zhu Zhuqing the Heart of the Illusory Sea, a necklace that increased cultivation speed by thirty percent, and told her a romantic story to explain his absence. Zhu Zhuqing realized the treasure was worth far more than the three hundred Gold Soul Coins Xu Ran claimed it cost.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Xu Ran about where he had been, suspecting he had spent time with other girls.
• Xu Ran teased Zhu Zhuqing as they embraced on a reclining chair, then brought out the Heart of the Illusory Sea.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing he had traveled to Heaven Dou City to buy the necklace and recounted a tragic story of love and loss.
• Xu Ran fastened the necklace around Zhu Zhuqing's neck and said he hoped she would always be the first person he saw.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested the necklace and found that it increased her cultivation speed by thirty percent, realizing it was worth at least thirty million Gold Soul Coins.

Xu Ran explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s necklace permanently increased cultivation speed by thirty percent and revealed its true value, reassuring her that he had spent it gladly. Zhu Zhuqing accepted his views on other relationships as long as he avoided disreputable women, and Xu Ran began telling her about a girl he had met before returning to the Zhu Family.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Xu Ran about the necklace, and he explained its cultivation and beauty-enhancing effects.
• After Zhu Zhuqing challenged his claims about its price, Xu Ran admitted the necklace was worth thirty million Gold Soul Coins and said he had bought it for her.
• Xu Ran embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and she told him she could accept other relationships if he avoided disreputable women.
• Xu Ran promised he would not visit brothels and decided to be honest with Zhu Zhuqing about Xiao Wu.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing that he had met a girl while living away from the Zhu Family for twelve years.

Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing about Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing made clear that she would not let him misbehave even though she tolerated his plans for a harem. At the Zhu Family training square, several young women crowded around Xu Ran to ask him about cultivation and invite him out.

• Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Wu was twelve, rank twenty-eight, and possessed a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Xu Ran about Xiao Wu, then pushed him out of her room and warned him not to misbehave.
• Xu Ran left for the Zhu Family training square, where he admired the girls and reflected on Zhu Zhuqing's tolerance of his harem plans.
• A girl in black stockings approached Xu Ran with a cultivation question, and other girls soon gathered around him with questions and invitations.

Xu Ran learned that Zhu Zhuyun was hiding in his room to punish him for mistreating Zhu Zhuqing, and decided to turn the ambush against her. He dodged her attack and pinned her on the bed, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Ran answered the young women’s questions at the Zhu Family estate, then left and returned toward his room at dusk.
• The system assigned Xu Ran a mission to teach Zhu Zhuyun a lesson and revealed that she was hiding in his room.
• Zhu Zhuyun waited for Xu Ran, intending to punish him for bullying Zhu Zhuqing.
• When Xu Ran entered, Zhu Zhuyun released her Martial Soul and lunged at him with her claws.
• Xu Ran evaded Zhu Zhuyun’s attack, seized her, and toppled with her onto the bed.