Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran told the God of Destruction that Tang San had been lurking outside the Goddess of Life’s room with improper intentions. The God of Destruction believed him, setting Tang San up for a beating.

• Tang San mocked the God of Destruction for trusting Xu Ran and reflected on how the Goddess of Life’s feelings for Xu Ran could turn her against him.
• The God of Destruction asked Xu Ran whether his research into safely touching the Goddess of Life had failed.
• Xu Ran assured the God of Destruction that his research had succeeded and claimed he could even put his arms around the Goddess of Life’s waist.
• Xu Ran accused Tang San of prowling outside the Goddess of Life’s room and intending to do something improper.
• Xu Ran planned to let the God of Destruction punish Tang San himself.

Xu Ran exposed Tang San spying on the Goddess of Life, convincing the God of Destruction that Tang San was the one with improper intentions toward Xiao Lu. The God of Destruction attacked Tang San, who realized he had been set up again.

• The God of Destruction doubted Xu Ran’s accusation until Xu Ran promised he had evidence.
• Xu Ran led the God of Destruction to Tang San, who was trying to peer into the Bamboo House through gaps in the barrier.
• The God of Destruction saw Tang San spying and grew furious, deciding Xu Ran was innocent and Tang San had betrayed his trust.
• Tang San tried to explain that he had been looking for evidence against Xu Ran, but he feared Xu Ran had tricked him again.
• The God of Destruction rebuked Tang San and struck him with two bolts of purple lightning.

Xu Ran framed Tang San for peeping on the Goddess of Life, turning the God of Destruction against him. Tang San tried to warn the God of Destruction that Xu Ran was sowing discord, but his accusations only deepened the rift between them.

• Xu Ran accused Tang San of peeping on the Goddess of Life, and Tang San protested that he had been set up.
• The God of Destruction rejected Tang San’s defense and accused him of harboring improper intentions toward Xiao Lu.
• Tang San claimed Xu Ran was trying to split them up and defeat them separately.
• The God of Destruction slapped Tang San for continuing to slander Xu Ran and insisted Xu Ran had proven his character by caring for Xiao Lu.
• Tang San warned that the God of Destruction would be vulnerable without his help, but the God of Destruction angrily dismissed his importance.

The God of Destruction tortured Tang San in his destruction domain after dismissing his warnings about Xu Ran, then praised Xu Ran and asked about his research. Xu Ran said he was close to helping the Goddess of Life conceive a child, leaving the God of Destruction hopeful about starting a family with Xiao Lu.

• The God of Destruction sent Tang San into his destruction domain to suffer after Tang San warned that Xu Ran could not be trusted.
• The God of Destruction said he had spared Tang San because Rakshasa divine power was important to the Divine Realm Core, but he still intended to punish him.
• Xu Ran accepted the God of Destruction's thanks and said his research was nearly complete and could soon allow the Goddess of Life to conceive.
• The Goddess of Life came out of the Bamboo House after bathing and walked over to Xu Ran.
• The God of Destruction admired Xiao Lu and looked forward to having a child with her once Xu Ran's research succeeded.

After the God of Destruction left, Xu Ran and the Goddess of Life celebrated their intimacy and discovered she was pregnant with his child. The Goddess of Life vowed to protect Xu Ran and their family, while Xu Ran promised to settle down once the baby was born.

• The Goddess of Life told the God of Destruction to leave so she and Xu Ran could continue their research, and he went away anticipating her promised surprise.
• Xu Ran pulled the Goddess of Life into his arms after the God of Destruction left and noted that his Cultivation had risen to Rank 89.
• The Goddess of Life told Xu Ran she was pregnant, and he was stunned that she had conceived after they were together once.
• The Goddess of Life explained that her pregnancy would last at least a hundred thousand years and that their child would be exceptionally powerful.
• Xu Ran promised to stop chasing women after their child was born, and the Goddess of Life warned him against fooling around again.

Xu Ran asked the Goddess of Life to resurrect Ah Rou, and she restored Ah Rou's body, soul, and consciousness. Ah Rou remained unconscious, leaving Xu Ran to enter her mind and awaken her.

• The Goddess of Life told Xu Ran she was carrying a daughter, and he happily touched her belly.
• Xu Ran asked the Goddess of Life to help resurrect Ah Rou, and she agreed after hearing the tangled history between Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and Ah Rou.
• In a secret chamber, Bibi Dong released her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and the Goddess of Life gave her a God-bestowed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The Goddess of Life restored Ah Rou's body, soul, and consciousness, but Ah Rou did not wake up.
• The Goddess of Life told Xu Ran he needed to enter Ah Rou's mind and bring her consciousness back to her body.

Xu Ran entered Ah Rou’s consciousness to awaken her, then pretended to be gravely injured so she would find him. Ah Rou discovered him and immediately grew infatuated, while Xu Ran was startled by her apparent love at first sight.

• Xu Ran entered Ah Rou’s consciousness and found her standing outside a cabin in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Ran decided to fake being badly wounded and unconscious near Ah Rou’s home.
• Ah Rou noticed blood in a ditch, found Xu Ran, and was captivated by his appearance.
• Ah Rou felt pity for Xu Ran and blushed as she wondered whether he had been sent to her by heaven.
• Xu Ran secretly watched Ah Rou fall for him and worried about how Xiao Wu would react.

Xu Ran learned from System Lady that Ah Rou had fallen for him at first sight and that she lived on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest with other marginalized soul beasts. He woke in Ah Rou’s room, where she cared for him, while he considered whether to accept her affection.

• System Lady explained Ah Rou’s longing for the human world and her exclusion from the Star Dou Great Forest’s central factions.
• Xu Ran wrestled with his feelings about Ah Rou and decided to play things by ear.
• Xu Ran woke in Ah Rou’s wooden house and enjoyed the scent of her bedding.
• Ah Rou entered with medicine, introduced herself, and told Xu Ran she had brought him back after finding him badly injured.
• Ah Rou sat beside Xu Ran and gently began feeding him the medicine she had prepared.

While Ah Rou cared for Xu Ran, he decided to welcome her growing affection and fantasized about the Goddess of Life restoring his other wives. Ah Rou confessed she was a Soul Beast, and Xu Ran accepted her without prejudice, leaving her more deeply in love with him.

• Ah Rou insisted on feeding Xu Ran medicine while he pretended to be injured, and Xu Ran resolved to accept her advances.
• Xu Ran imagined asking Sister Green to restore his wives, while Ah Rou felt happy to be alone with him.
• Xu Ran praised Ah Rou's beauty, making her blush and wonder whether he could love her despite being human.
• Ah Rou told Xu Ran she was a Soul Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest and feared he would reject her.
• Xu Ran said he judged people by good and evil rather than species, then held Ah Rou's hand as her affection for him deepened.

After several days of recovering under Ah Rou’s care, Xu Ran’s feelings for her deepened, and he decided to pursue their relationship. He embraced her in the kitchen and tended to her cut finger, leaving Ah Rou startled by his affection and healing ability.

• Xu Ran enjoyed being cared for by Ah Rou as their feelings for each other grew.
• Xu Ran got up and wandered outside after pretending to be injured for several days.
• Xu Ran found Ah Rou cooking and embraced her from behind, startling her.
• Xu Ran noticed Ah Rou had cut her finger and blamed himself for startling her.
• Xu Ran put Ah Rou’s finger in his mouth to stop the bleeding, and her wound healed quickly.

Xu Ran and Ah Rou grew closer as he learned how she became a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Their breakfast was interrupted by a powerful, hostile presence, and Xu Ran promised to protect her.

• Xu Ran told Ah Rou he had come specifically to find her, and she trusted him despite knowing little about his origins.
• Ah Rou confessed her feelings, began calling him Brother Ran, and asked him to stay with her.
• Xu Ran asked about Ah Rou’s strength, and she explained that a strange plant had helped her become a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Xu Ran and Ah Rou finished breakfast in the wooden cabin before a powerful, evil presence darkened the room and filled it with a bloody smell.
• Ah Rou said powerful beings in the Star Dou Great Forest disliked her, and Xu Ran reassured her that he would be stronger.

Hei Xin tried to force Ah Rou to marry him and threatened Xu Ran, but Xu Ran confronted the giant tiger and blocked his attack with his bare hand. The chapter ended with Hei Xin stunned by Xu Ran’s strength.

• Hei Xin demanded that Ah Rou marry him, promising the Black Tiger Clan’s protection, but she refused and said she loved Xu Ran.
• Hei Xin threatened to expose Ah Rou’s relationship with a human and kill Xu Ran if she would not submit to him.
• Xu Ran told Ah Rou to leave Hei Xin to him, then drew her into his arms and challenged the tiger.
• Hei Xin attacked Xu Ran with an enormous tiger paw while Ah Rou prepared to shield him.
• Xu Ran stopped Hei Xin’s paw with his bare hand, leaving Hei Xin astonished.

Xu Ran protected Ah Rou from Hei Xin and revealed overwhelming strength against the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Hei Xin realized he was outmatched and feared for his life.

• Ah Rou wondered who Xu Ran was after he effortlessly blocked Hei Xin's first attack, while Hei Xin accused her of betraying beastkind by joining with a human.
• Hei Xin used the Black Tiger Clan's Heart-Severing Palm against Xu Ran, but Xu Ran reassured Ah Rou and stood his ground.
• Xu Ran stopped Hei Xin's full-force palm with one finger and pierced through Hei Xin's paw.
• Hei Xin recognized that Xu Ran's strength rivaled Di Tian's and became terrified.

Xu Ran stopped Hei Xin from fleeing and revealed that he was a Soul Beast with an ancient Ancestral Dragon bloodline. After seeing Xu Ran’s true form, Hei Xin gave up resisting, and Xu Ran killed him.

• Hei Xin tried to flee after admitting he could not match Xu Ran, but Xu Ran’s pressure immobilized him.
• Hei Xin begged Xu Ran and Ah Rou for mercy, while Ah Rou realized how much Xu Ran’s strength protected her.
• Xu Ran reassured Ah Rou of his affection, then rejected Hei Xin’s threat that Ah Rou would be punished for colluding with a human.
• Xu Ran revealed his Ancestral Dragon bloodline and transformed into a dragon hundreds of meters long.
• Hei Xin recognized Xu Ran’s overwhelming power, and Xu Ran crushed him with a dragon claw.

Xu Ran revealed his true Soul Beast power to Ah Rou and told her that their life together was only a dream, waking her to the memory of her death. After learning Xu Ran was Xiao Wu’s partner, Ah Rou struggled with his proposal that they remain together, and the chapter left her not yet agreeing.

• Xu Ran revealed his powerful Soul Beast form to Ah Rou, reassuring her that he would protect her.
• Xu Ran told Ah Rou that their life together was a dream and reminded her that she had died in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ah Rou remembered Bibi Dong and the Titled Douluo killing her and taking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xu Ran admitted that he and Xiao Wu had pledged themselves to each other, leaving Ah Rou heartbroken.
• Xu Ran urged Ah Rou to stay with him alongside Xiao Wu, but Ah Rou said she had not agreed to his shameless suggestion.

Xu Ran reunited Ah Rou with her love for him and successfully resurrected her, easing the conflict between her and Bibi Dong. Ah Rou awoke beside them, while Xu Ran and the Goddess of Life privately continued their flirtation and discussed dealing with the God of Destruction later.

• Ah Rou admitted that she still loved Xu Ran, and he persuaded her to focus on their present happiness and the possibility of being together with Xiao Wu after her resurrection.
• Xu Ran and Ah Rou watched the sunset together before drifting to sleep within her consciousness.
• Xu Ran told the Goddess of Life that his effort had succeeded, and Ah Rou opened her eyes in the secret chamber.
• Ah Rou saw Bibi Dong, and the two women sat together holding hands as they began to reconcile.
• The Goddess of Life privately scolded Xu Ran for getting close to Ah Rou, then invited him to her room while he considered postponing a plan to kill the God of Destruction.

Xu Ran received a mission to travel to Sea God Island and win over Bo Saixi, while Tang San headed there to turn her against him. Xu Ran planned to expose Tang San’s killing of Tang Chen with a recording and use the fallout to pursue Bo Saixi.

• Xu Ran told the Goddess of Life he would leave soon and promised they would deal with the God of Destruction together; she agreed to protect their family.
• The System Lady assigned Xu Ran a mission to win over Bo Saixi, rewarding him with a ninth soul ring of light and dark attributes.
• Xu Ran learned that Tang San was traveling to Sea God Island to accuse him and pursue Bo Saixi himself.
• Xu Ran recalled that he had recorded Tang San killing Tang Chen and planned to show Bo Saixi the recording.
• Xu Ran expected Bo Saixi to turn against Tang San and intended to use the opportunity to win her over.

Xu Ran left Spirit City with Ah Rou after saying goodbye to Bibi Dong, then returned to Shrek Academy, where his fame had drawn crowds of aspiring Soul Masters. He and Ah Rou followed the students to find Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xu Ran reassured the tearful Bibi Dong that he would return within one or two months and departed with Ah Rou.
• Ah Rou complained about Xu Ran’s many women, and Xu Ran teased her as they flew toward Heaven Dou City.
• Shrek Academy attracted talented students hoping to follow in Xu Ran’s footsteps and learn from its renowned teachers.
• Students praised Zhu Zhuqing’s beauty and teaching, then fell quiet when reminded that she was Xu Ran’s woman.
• Xu Ran and Ah Rou walked through Shrek Academy and followed the crowd until they found Zhu Zhuqing.

Xu Ran returned to Shrek Academy with Ah Rou and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing during her open lecture. He carried Zhu Zhuqing away, leaving the students envious and newly motivated to cultivate.

• Ah Rou admired Zhu Zhuqing's beauty and learned she had received the God of Darkness's inheritance, alongside several other women who had gained divine inheritances.
• Xu Ran and Ah Rou sat in the back of Zhu Zhuqing's open lecture, where students noticed Ah Rou and speculated that Xu Ran had returned.
• A student approached Xu Ran to confirm his identity, and he admitted that he was Xu Ran.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Xu Ran, rushed to him, and told him how much she had missed him.
• Xu Ran lifted Zhu Zhuqing and vanished with her, prompting the students to envy his strength and resolve to cultivate.

Xu Ran told Zhu Zhuqing that Ah Rou, Xiao Wu’s mother, had been resurrected with the Goddess of Life’s help. After Zhu Zhuqing urged him to surprise Xiao Wu, Xu Ran took Ah Rou to her pavilion, where they were about to reunite with her daughter.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xu Ran about Ah Rou, and he revealed that she was Xiao Wu’s resurrected mother.
• Xu Ran explained that the Goddess of Life had helped restore Ah Rou, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Xu Ran’s role in arranging their Godhood Inheritances.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped Xu Ran from continuing their intimacy and encouraged him to surprise Xiao Wu with her mother’s return.
• Xu Ran dressed and left Zhu Zhuqing, then met Ah Rou, who criticized him for being intimate with Zhu Zhuqing in front of her.
• Xu Ran took Ah Rou by the hand and headed to Xiao Wu’s pavilion, while Ah Rou wondered how she and Xiao Wu should address each other now.