Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran brought Bibi Dong an Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone he had taken from Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest, presenting it as a gift while she sought his help restoring Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul. Bibi Dong felt guilty that Xu Ran had risked himself for her, and the chapter ended with her examining the gift.

• Tang San worried that Xu Ran might win over Bibi Dong and tell his teacher about the danger to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong took Xu Ran to the Council Hall, where he teased her and she warned him to behave.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Ran to restore Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, and Xu Ran agreed.
• Xu Ran told Bibi Dong he had searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a gift after she left, making her feel guilty for not asking about his injuries.
• Xu Ran showed Bibi Dong the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone he had taken from Tang San, explaining that it suited her two Martial Souls.

Xu Ran gave Bibi Dong a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, and she began absorbing its power to strengthen her existing Six-Winged Purple Light Wings. As she grew more trusting of Xu Ran, he looked forward to facing Yu Xiaogang and humiliating him.

• Bibi Dong recognized the eight scarlet bones as a highly compatible Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone and was moved when Xu Ran offered it to her without conditions.
• Xu Ran explained that the Soul Bone was useless to him and reassured Bibi Dong that he expected nothing in return.
• Bibi Dong accepted the gift, thanked Xu Ran, and began absorbing it with her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong used her Martial Soul to devour the Eight Spider Lances' power and fuse it with her Six-Winged Purple Light Wings.
• Xu Ran watched Bibi Dong absorb the Soul Bone and anticipated seeing Yu Xiaogang's reaction when they met.

Bibi Dong absorbed the Eight Spider Lances and evolved her External Soul Bone into the Eight-Winged Purple Light Wings. After she thanked Xu Ran for helping her, his shameless gaze made her question what he was looking at.

• Bibi Dong used her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul to absorb the Eight Spider Lances and evolve her Six-Winged Purple Light Wings into eight wings.
• Xu Ran watched over Bibi Dong as she completed the absorption, thinking about how Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had exploited and betrayed her.
• Bibi Dong opened her eyes and thanked Xu Ran, feeling her strength and ability to absorb Heaven and Earth Energy had increased.
• Xu Ran called Bibi Dong family, and she blushed as she wondered whether he was teasing her.
• Bibi Dong noticed Xu Ran staring at her and asked what he was looking at, so he told her to change her clothes.

Bibi Dong confronted Xu Ran after her External Soul Bone tore her clothes, while Yu Xiaogang rushed to the Meeting Hall fearing Xu Ran was pursuing her. Yu Xiaogang heard Bibi Dong telling Xu Ran to turn around while she dressed and concluded that his world had collapsed.

• Bibi Dong attacked Xu Ran for looking at her, and Xu Ran explained that her External Soul Bone had torn her clothes.
• Xu Ran warned Bibi Dong to dress quickly, and she took out a new dress and ordered him not to peek.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled seeing Xu Ran with Liu Erlong and feared Xu Ran would also win Bibi Dong over.
• After Tang San told him Bibi Dong had taken Xu Ran away, Yu Xiaogang hurried to the Meeting Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang reached the door and heard Bibi Dong tell Xu Ran to turn around while she put on clothes, leaving him convinced that his world had collapsed.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Xu Ran had won Bibi Dong over and, believing the two had been intimate in the Meeting Hall, was consumed by jealousy and humiliation. As Xu Ran helped Bibi Dong fix her appearance, the Meeting Hall doors suddenly opened.

• Yu Xiaogang saw Xu Ran and Bibi Dong emerge from a room together and concluded that Xu Ran had taken Bibi Dong from him.
• Yu Xiaogang lamented losing both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, then spat blood as his anger and despair overwhelmed him.
• Yu Xiaogang listened outside the Meeting Hall and grew furious, convinced that Xu Ran and Bibi Dong had been intimate inside.
• Bibi Dong heard a noise and felt uneasy, unaware that Xu Ran had hidden Yu Xiaogang's presence and misled him with their conversation.
• Xu Ran openly admired Bibi Dong as she dressed, then straightened her clothes and hair while she warned him not to take advantage of her.
• The Meeting Hall doors suddenly opened as Xu Ran stood close behind Bibi Dong.

Yu Xiaogang entered the council hall and saw Xu Ran holding Bibi Dong, becoming convinced that she had betrayed him. Bibi Dong tried to explain that nothing had happened, but Yu Xiaogang rejected her words and accused her of looking down on him.

• Yu Xiaogang burst into the council hall and saw Xu Ran holding Bibi Dong, then collapsed after spitting blood.
• Yu Xiaogang regretted never confessing his feelings or being intimate with Bibi Dong, and believed Xu Ran had taken her from him.
• Bibi Dong asked why Yu Xiaogang was there and felt hurt that he seemed to think she would betray him.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had changed clothes after absorbing an External Soul Bone and that nothing had happened between her and Xu Ran.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of betraying him and treating him as a good-for-nothing, while Xu Ran's scheme to drive them apart remained unknown to them.

Bibi Dong tried to convince Yu Xiaogang that nothing had happened between her and Xu Ran, while Xu Ran secretly took advantage of her distress. Yu Xiaogang saw Xu Ran touching her, flew into a rage, and collapsed to the ground.

• Bibi Dong anxiously denied that anything had happened between her and Xu Ran, while Yu Xiaogang refused to believe her.
• Xu Ran decided not to reveal Yu Xiaogang’s past wrongs, hoping Yu Xiaogang would break Bibi Dong’s feelings for him until she became indifferent.
• As Bibi Dong focused on explaining herself, Xu Ran put his arm around her and secretly touched her waist and buttocks.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Xu Ran’s actions and interpreted them as proof that Bibi Dong had betrayed him.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood, declared his hatred for Xu Ran, and fell to the ground in fury.

Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong and Xu Ran of being lovers after seeing them together, while they insisted that nothing had happened. He remained convinced they had betrayed him, pointing to Bibi Dong’s torn gown as proof.

• Bibi Dong worried over Yu Xiaogang after Xu Ran’s extraction of his Martial Soul left him dangerously frail, but Yu Xiaogang angrily accused her of deceiving him.
• Bibi Dong said she had only absorbed the Soul Bone Xu Ran gave her, and Xu Ran claimed they were innocent while secretly touching her to provoke Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Xu Ran’s explanation and called him a wife-stealing beast.
• Bibi Dong defended Xu Ran and apologized for Yu Xiaogang’s accusations, while Xu Ran accepted calmly.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked Bibi Dong for defending Xu Ran and pointed to the scraps of her torn formal gown as evidence that they had been intimate.

Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of betraying him with Xu Ran, and Xu Ran struck him for slandering them. Bibi Dong begged Xu Ran to spare Yu Xiaogang, but Xu Ran beat him and sent him flying.

• Yu Xiaogang taunted Bibi Dong and accused her of having an affair with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran slapped Yu Xiaogang, who seethed with hatred and imagined Bibi Dong becoming Xu Ran’s woman.
• Bibi Dong pleaded with Xu Ran to spare Yu Xiaogang and promised him a favor.
• Xu Ran agreed to spare Yu Xiaogang’s life but said he deserved punishment for insulting Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked Xu Ran and Bibi Dong, so Xu Ran struck him repeatedly and sent him flying.

Bibi Dong struggled with her doubts about Yu Xiaogang but still asked Xu Ran to stop pursuing her. Xu Ran agreed and gave her green pills to pass to Yu Xiaogang, claiming they would strengthen his body before he returned Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul.

• After Yu Xiaogang left, Bibi Dong feared that the man she had loved might have deceived her and began wanting to learn the truth about his past.
• Xu Ran comforted Bibi Dong, but she pulled away and said she wanted to keep her distance from him because Yu Xiaogang was her first love.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Ran to stop liking her, and Xu Ran promised to step aside while offering to support her whenever she needed him.
• Xu Ran gave Bibi Dong green pills to take to Yu Xiaogang, saying they would strengthen his body so he could return Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul.

Xu Ran convinced Bibi Dong that he had refined life-restoring pills for Yu Xiaogang using his own essence blood, deepening her admiration and guilt. Bibi Dong left to give Yu Xiaogang the pills, while Xu Ran privately admitted he had fabricated the sacrifice to win her over.

• Bibi Dong thanked Xu Ran and admired him for forgiving Yu Xiaogang and giving him the green pills.
• Xu Ran told Bibi Dong he hoped they could be confidants and wished for her happiness.
• Bibi Dong asked about the pills, and Xu Ran claimed he had refined them with his essence blood to heal Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong became distressed at the supposed cost to Xu Ran, and he reassured her that he would sacrifice anything for her happiness.
• Bibi Dong felt ashamed and guilty, then left to take the pills to Yu Xiaogang.

Bibi Dong tried to explain the misunderstanding to Yu Xiaogang and offered him green pills to restore his body, but his jealousy and rage made him interpret both gestures as betrayal and mockery. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang collapsing in fury after associating the green pills with Xu Ran’s humiliation of him and his disciple Xiao San.

• Bibi Dong went to Yu Xiaogang’s room hoping to clear up their misunderstanding, while Yu Xiaogang drank and brooded over seeing her with Xu Ran.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong’s explanations and accused her of betraying him and seeking Xu Ran’s External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong offered Yu Xiaogang more than a dozen green pills to help his body withstand his Martial Soul’s power.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook the green pills for deliberate humiliation, recalled Xiao San’s green hat, and spat blood as his fury overwhelmed him.

Yu Xiaogang mistook the pills Bibi Dong brought him for a humiliating scheme by Xu Ran and smashed them, then realized he may have misjudged her. Bibi Dong mourned the destroyed medicine, while Yu Xiaogang tried to apologize.

• Bibi Dong brought Xu Ran's green pills to Yu Xiaogang and explained that they could improve his health.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong and Xu Ran of humiliating him, then seized the pills and smashed them on the floor.
• Yu Xiaogang reconsidered his suspicions after seeing Bibi Dong's tears and concluded Xu Ran had tricked him into doubting her.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Bibi Dong and admitted he had been wrong.
• Bibi Dong grieved over the ruined pills and cried, knowing Xu Ran had made them at personal cost.

Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that Xu Ran had secretly bullied him to awaken his potential and had made the shattered pills to strengthen him. Yu Xiaogang swallowed his anger and promised to apologize to Xu Ran, hoping to repair his relationship with Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong explained that Xu Ran had painstakingly made the pills to strengthen Yu Xiaogang, and she lamented that he had smashed them.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Xu Ran's past humiliations were intended to stimulate Yu Xiaogang's potential, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to believe her.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for slandering Xu Ran, leaving Yu Xiaogang dumbfounded and aggrieved.
• Yu Xiaogang appealed to Bibi Dong's feelings and admitted fault, then promised to apologize to Xu Ran in person.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Yu Xiaogang's promise to correct his mistake.

Yu Xiaogang pretended to repent to win Bibi Dong’s favor, while Xu Ran accepted the apology and revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul had evolved into a Radiant Sacred Dragon. Yu Xiaogang eagerly demanded its return, and Xu Ran warned that restoring it would require suffering before offering a possible way forward.

• Bibi Dong apologized for ruining Xu Ran’s pills, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he now understood Xu Ran’s intentions and was sorry.
• Yu Xiaogang privately congratulated himself for staying calm and planned to keep acting humbly to secure Bibi Dong’s favor.
• Xu Ran forgave Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong praised the two men for getting along.
• Xu Ran said the pills’ destruction made it difficult to return Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, which had evolved into a Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded the powerful Martial Soul, and Xu Ran explained that Yu Xiaogang’s weakened body could not withstand it.
• Xu Ran said there might be a way to restore the Martial Soul but warned that it would involve suffering, and Yu Xiaogang insisted he could endure it.

Xu Ran persuaded Bibi Dong to send Yu Xiaogang to the Soul Beast Forest for physical training, claiming he had prepared protective gear strong enough to withstand nearly any Soul Beast. Yu Xiaogang recognized the green outfit and matching hat as a trap, fainted in rage, and Xu Ran left him to be sent off in the gear.

• Xu Ran proposed taking Yu Xiaogang to the Soul Beast Forest to awaken his physical potential, and Yu Xiaogang reluctantly agreed after Bibi Dong warned him not to disappoint her again.
• Xu Ran presented the Hat of Forgiveness, Shirt of Forgiveness, Pants of Forgiveness, and Boots of Forgiveness, claiming the set could protect Yu Xiaogang from any Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the green clothes and the hat from Tang San's past, cursed Xu Ran, and fainted from rage.
• Xu Ran told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had fainted from the gear's power and instructed her to dress him in it and send him to the Soul Beast Forest.

After sending Yu Xiaogang away, Xu Ran returned to find Xiao Wu grieving over her mother's death and wondering whether he would help her take revenge on Bibi Dong. He comforted her, and the chapter left them together in her room as Xiao Wu welcomed his affection.

• Xu Ran returned to the hotel after sending Yu Xiaogang away, intending to comfort Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu remembered her mother's death at Bibi Dong's hands and quietly asked her mother for strength and Xu Ran for help with revenge.
• Xiao Wu recalled meeting Xu Ran and realized that loving him had given her a reason to live and fear losing the future they shared.
• Xu Ran approached Xiao Wu and reflected on how Tang San had neglected her mother's fate despite claiming to love her.
• Xu Ran embraced Xiao Wu and teased her; she relaxed when she recognized him and denied that she had been doing anything naughty.

Xu Ran teased Xiao Wu about Ning Rongrong and suggested being intimate with Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing together. He lifted Xiao Wu from her chair and kissed her as she shyly accepted his affection.

• Xu Ran asked Xiao Wu to tell him what Ning Rongrong had done so he could teach her a lesson.
• Xiao Wu defended her friendship with Rongrong and recalled how Rongrong used to sneak into the girls’ bedrooms to test how comfortable they were to hold.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Wu he wanted to be with her, Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing together, making Xiao Wu blush and protest.
• Xu Ran lifted Xiao Wu from her chair, declared that he called the shots as her husband, and kissed her while she closed her eyes and accepted his affection.

Xu Ran and Xiao Wu shared an intimate morning, and Xiao Wu asked how she compared with his other women before questioning him about Bibi Dong. Xu Ran concealed his relationships with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, reflected on how his attraction to Xiao Wu had become love, and resolved to protect her and mend the conflict between the women.

• Xiao Wu teased Xu Ran and asked which of his women satisfied him most, and he reassured her that she was his favorite.
• Xiao Wu mentioned hearing that Zhu Zhuqing felt the best, but Xu Ran dismissed Rongrong's opinion and continued praising Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked why Bibi Dong had taken Xu Ran away, and he claimed that Bibi Dong had wanted him to join Spirit Hall.
• Xu Ran reflected that he had first pursued Xiao Wu for her beauty and rivalry with Tang San, but had later fallen genuinely in love with her.
• Xu Ran resolved not to lose Xiao Wu, Xue'er, or Bibi Dong and hoped to become strong enough to revive Xiao Wu's mother.

Xu Ran told Xiao Wu that her mother might be revived using the power in her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and that Bibi Dong’s cooperation would be essential. Xiao Wu set aside her immediate plans for revenge and left the matter to Xu Ran, who promised to find a way.

• Xiao Wu asked whether Xu Ran would join Spirit Hall, and he said he would not.
• Xu Ran calmed Xiao Wu’s anger toward Bibi Dong by explaining that her mother might be revived.
• Xu Ran said Xiao Wu’s mother’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone held vital power, but killing Bibi Dong could destroy the Soul Ring and make revival difficult.
• Xiao Wu worried that Bibi Dong would never cooperate, while Xu Ran told her to leave the matter to him.
• Xiao Wu promised to grant Xu Ran’s requests if he brought her mother back to life, and Xu Ran teased her about it.