Chapter Summaries

Shui Yue'er visited Xu Ran with food after caring for him while he was unconscious, and the two grew closer as he openly returned her affection. After Shui Yue'er confessed her love, Xu Ran accepted her advances, leaving them about to become intimate.

• Shui Yue'er brought Xu Ran food and nervously tried to gauge whether he had discovered what happened while he was unconscious.
• Xu Ran held Shui Yue'er in his arms and fed her pastries as they ate together.
• Xu Ran thanked Shui Yue'er for caring for him, and Shui Yue'er confessed that she had fallen in love with him.
• Shui Yue'er said she did not care that Xu Ran might be an older cultivator, and Xu Ran accepted her advances.
• Shui Yue'er asked to call Xu Ran “Brother Xu Ran,” and he agreed as they moved toward intimacy.

Shui Yue'er became Xu Ran's lover and asked him to treat her well, while he promised to take responsibility for her. Xu Ran revealed that his current Soul Power was only at the Soul Elder level, though he could fight far above it, and Shui Yue'er remained devoted to him.

• Shui Yue'er confessed herself to Xu Ran, and they spent several hours together.
• Shui Yue'er asked whether Xu Ran would treat her well, and he promised to give her a proper place at his side.
• Shui Yue'er asked about Xu Ran's age, and he said he was younger than she thought and explained that a secret technique had temporarily given him strength beyond a Titled Douluo.
• Xu Ran told Shui Yue'er his Soul Power was at the Soul Elder level and that he could contend with an ordinary Soul Emperor, and she said she still believed in him.
• Shui Yue'er asked Xu Ran not to leave marks that her sister might notice and offered to help him another way.

Xu Ran was moved by Shui Yue'er’s devotion and gave her his Storage Soul Tool ring. After learning about Shui Miao’s past and preferences, he considered pursuing her.

• Xu Ran felt greater tenderness and responsibility toward Shui Yue'er after seeing how far she had gone for him, and promised to give her proper status and marry her.
• Xu Ran gave Shui Yue'er his Storage Soul Tool ring before she left to avoid her sister’s return.
• Xu Ran asked Shui Yue'er about Shui Miao, and she explained that her aunt had never married after her fiancé died and their family’s Marriage Certificate remained in place.
• Shui Yue'er told Xu Ran that Shui Miao liked forceful men, and Xu Ran realized she was still unmarried.

Xu Ran decided to focus on winning Shui Bing’er’s heart and began training Skywater Academy’s team. He introduced the girls to exercise ball routines, leaving Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu to demonstrate first.

• Xu Ran reviewed his system panel and considered pursuing Shui Bing’er and, later, Ning Rongrong.
• The seven Skywater Academy girls gathered to await Xu Ran’s training, while Shui Yue’er kept her relationship with him secret.
• Shui Bing’er introduced herself and the other team members to Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran gave the girls training manuals and set out exercise balls for their first lesson.
• Xu Ran explained the benefits of exercise ball training and called on Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu to begin.

Xu Ran put Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu through demanding exercise routines at the Skywater Team’s private training ground. Xue Wu reached her limit first and collapsed after Xu Ran helped her lower her legs.

• Shui Bing'er demonstrated the first exercise by balancing on a large ball and swinging her legs.
• Xue Wu demonstrated the second exercise, holding a small ball between her ankles while raising her legs.
• The girls learned that the exercises worked several muscle groups and tested their endurance.
• After less than fifteen minutes, Xue Wu said she could not continue.
• Xu Ran held Xue Wu’s feet and slowly lowered her legs before she lay exhausted on the floor.

Shui Bing'er pushed herself through Xu Ran's demanding exercise-ball training until she lost her balance, and Xu Ran caught her before she hit a pillar. The experience deepened her hidden affection for him, while Shui Yue'er was portrayed as willing to accept Xu Ran taking her sister into his circle of women.

• Shui Bing'er endured the exercise-ball training and realized its efficiency surpassed ordinary training.
• Xu Ran warned Shui Bing'er not to overexert herself, but she continued until her strength gave out.
• Shui Bing'er rolled toward a wooden pillar, and Xu Ran caught her in his arms.
• Shui Bing'er blushed and hid her feelings for Xu Ran, partly because she cared about Yue'er.
• Shui Yue'er was described as unconcerned about Xu Ran pursuing Shui Bing'er and willing to help him.

Xu Ran trained the Skywater Team and carried Shui Bing'er to rest, stirring envy and romantic feelings among the girls. He announced that he might leave within days or weeks, then summoned Shui Yue'er to his residence, leaving her wondering what his “homework” check would involve.

• Xu Ran told the five Skywater Team members to begin training after carrying Shui Bing'er to the rest area.
• Xue Wu asked Xu Ran how long he planned to stay at Skywater Academy, and he said he might leave in a few days or stay around two weeks.
• Xu Ran ended the morning's training and told all seven girls to meet him at the bamboo grove that afternoon.
• Xu Ran asked Shui Yue'er to come to his residence shortly, and she guessed he had something other than homework in mind.

Xu Ran gave Shui Yue'er a xiao and promised to teach her music, then held her until she left for class. That afternoon, the Skywater Team gathered for Xu Ran's lesson, while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu noticed Shui Yue'er's red knees and suspected what had happened.

• Xu Ran praised Shui Yue'er, gave her a xiao and sheet music, and promised to teach her to play it.
• Xu Ran put aside his thoughts of Earth and held Shui Yue'er until she hurried off to class.
• Shui Miao's arrangements let the Skywater Team skip classes and train according to Xu Ran's plans until he left.
• Shui Yue'er joined the seven girls for the afternoon gathering, and Shui Bing'er questioned her about Xu Ran's private lesson.
• Shui Bing'er noticed Shui Yue'er's red knees, while Xue Wu recognized their likely cause.
• Shui Bing'er asked what Xu Ran would teach that afternoon and reflected on the effects of his training on her body.

Xu Ran played the harp in a bamboo grove, and his music strengthened the Skywater Team and spread throughout Skywater Academy. It triggered a collective breakthrough among hundreds of students and their supervising teacher, leaving the academy in awe of him.

• Shui Yue'er led the Skywater Team to watch Xu Ran play, while hinting that he had promised to teach her the flute.
• Xu Ran played a mournful piece on his harp as the girls listened and became immersed in the music.
• The Skywater Team members' Spiritual Power and Soul Power surged, and each of them advanced one level.
• Xu Ran's music spread across Skywater Academy, accelerating Soul Power circulation among students and teachers.
• Several hundred students and a supervising Soul Emperor broke through together, and the teacher realized Xu Ran's music had caused it.

Thousands of people across Skywater Academy each gained one level of Soul Power while Xu Ran played the zither, leaving students and staff convinced he was a peerless powerhouse. Shui Miao recognized the immense favor he had done the academy and regretted rejecting him.

• Students throughout Skywater Academy simultaneously advanced by one level as Heaven and Earth Energy surged toward the academy.
• The three Silver Medal Teachers gained deeper insight into their Martial Souls and cultivation, while students guessed Xu Ran's zither music had caused the breakthroughs.
• Several girls recalled that Shui Miao had brought Xu Ran to the academy and that Shui Bing'er and others had been cultivating under him.
• Shui Miao saw the academy's students celebrating and considered how Xu Ran's gift would strengthen Skywater Academy and help its geniuses surpass their peers.
• Shui Miao remembered rejecting Xu Ran and regretted missing the chance to become his woman.

After Shui Miao told Liu Erlong about Xu Ran’s power, Liu Erlong decided to seek him out in hopes that he could help Yu Xiaogang cultivate again. Shui Miao agreed to take her to Xu Ran that evening, while Xu Ran had arranged for Skywater Academy’s students to break through as repayment for their hospitality.

• After hearing the qin music and Shui Miao’s account of Xu Ran’s sword strike, Liu Erlong was astonished by his strength and wondered whether he could help Yu Xiaogang cultivate again.
• Shui Miao challenged Liu Erlong for still caring about Yu Xiaogang after nearly twenty years apart, but Liu Erlong defended him and insisted he had his reasons.
• Liu Erlong begged Shui Miao to take her to Xu Ran, and Shui Miao agreed to bring her that evening after calming the excited students.
• Xu Ran had arranged Skywater Academy’s collective breakthroughs to repay the academy for its hospitality and the girls he had taken with him.

After teaching the Skywater Team, Xu Ran learned that Liu Erlong wanted him to cure Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul defect. He planned instead to cripple Yu Xiaogang, reveal his true nature, and win Liu Erlong over.

• Xu Ran finished his harp lesson, and Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Team left reluctantly, their cultivation strengthened.
• Xu Ran told the System Lady he would eventually give her human transformation, while she explained that Liu Erlong had come to Skywater Academy to ask him to help Yu Xiaogang.
• Xu Ran recalled that nine-grade purple ganoderma could repair Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul defect, but decided not to help him.
• Xu Ran planned to shatter Yu Xiaogang’s remaining Soul Ring, expose him, and make Liu Erlong’s relationship with him collapse before pursuing her himself.

Liu Erlong visited Xu Ran to ask him to cure Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul defect, but Xu Ran condemned Yu Xiaogang and made clear that his help would come at a price. The chapter left Liu Erlong facing Xu Ran’s shameless demand as he put his hand on her buttocks.

• Liu Erlong went to Xu Ran’s cottage after Shui Miao encouraged her to present herself more formally.
• Liu Erlong respectfully asked Xu Ran to help Yu Xiaogang continue cultivating despite his Martial Soul defect.
• Xu Ran identified Yu Xiaogang as a fame-seeking fraud and dismissed his theories and abilities.
• Liu Erlong pleaded with Xu Ran, insisting that only he could resolve Yu Xiaogang’s defect.
• Xu Ran said he might help, then pressed his palm against Liu Erlong’s buttocks as he implied he expected something in return.

Xu Ran offered to help Liu Erlong’s beloved Xiao Gang regain his cultivation in exchange for Liu Erlong’s submission, but she refused to surrender her chastity. He agreed to spare her that while demanding two years of obedience, and the chapter ended with him pulling her onto his lap as she questioned his intentions.

• Xu Ran held Liu Erlong and demanded that she give herself to him in return for helping Xiao Gang.
• Liu Erlong refused to surrender her chastity and declared she would rather die than let Xu Ran force her.
• Xu Ran released Liu Erlong and offered to help Xiao Gang if she obeyed him in everything else for two years without surrendering her chastity.
• Liu Erlong accepted the terms and asked Xu Ran to show his sincerity by helping Xiao Gang.
• Xu Ran pulled Liu Erlong onto his lap, and she protested that he had promised not to take her chastity.

Xu Ran gave Liu Erlong a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, claiming it could repair Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, while secretly planning to use it to ruin Yu Xiaogang and turn Liu Erlong against him. He warned Liu Erlong that she belonged to him for two years, and she left fearing what might happen if she disobeyed.

• Xu Ran questioned Liu Erlong’s devotion to Yu Xiaogang, and she insisted she wanted only for him to live well.
• Xu Ran handed Liu Erlong a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and said it could repair Yu Xiaogang’s defective Martial Soul, possibly evolving it into a Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Xu Ran secretly planned to extract Yu Xiaogang’s Dragon Qi so Yu Xiaogang would blame Liu Erlong and see her as his enemy.
• Xu Ran told Liu Erlong that she belonged to him for two years and warned her not to become too involved with Yu Xiaogang or other men.
• Liu Erlong promised to obey Xu Ran and left for Blue Tyrant Academy, telling herself she only had to endure the two years.

Xu Ran arrived at Skywater Team’s training room and was mobbed by students eager to meet the powerful, handsome instructor. Shui Bing’er pulled him away, and as they walked hand in hand, she found herself overwhelmed by her feelings for him.

• Hundreds of Skywater Academy students gathered outside the training room, hoping to see Xu Ran after hearing of his power.
• Xu Ran arrived and was surrounded by excited girls who asked for cultivation guidance and touched him.
• Shui Bing’er spotted Xu Ran, squeezed through the crowd, and led him away by the hand.
• Shui Bing’er continued walking with Xu Ran as she recalled his talents and felt her heart flutter.

Xu Ran took Shui Bing'er for a walk around Skywater Academy and kissed her beside the lake, winning her over. As they rested together afterward, Shui Bing'er asked about his relationship with Shui Yue'er, and Xu Ran admitted that he cared for both sisters.

• Xu Ran held Shui Bing'er's hand and walked with her around Skywater Academy's lakeside grounds.
• Xu Ran kissed Shui Bing'er on the grass, and she finally let go of her misgivings and called him by his name.
• Afterward, Shui Bing'er rested with Xu Ran and asked about his relationship with Shui Yue'er.
• Xu Ran told Shui Bing'er that both sisters were his sweethearts, and she coyly scolded him for wanting them both.

Xu Ran told Shui Bing'er that he was a young Soul Elder rather than the Peerless Powerhouse she had imagined, though his abilities still left her amazed. After spending time together, Xu Ran completed his mission and received Skill Points and five pieces of ten-thousand-year ice marrow for the Skywater Academy women.

• Xu Ran explained that secret techniques let him temporarily wield immense power and that he had helped the academy break through for reasons he could not yet reveal.
• Xu Ran showed Shui Bing'er his Shrek Academy identification token, and she accepted that he was younger than her and felt closer to him.
• Shui Bing'er worried that Shui Yue'er might resent their relationship, but Xu Ran reassured her and kissed her.
• Xu Ran and Shui Bing'er spent most of the day together, with him keeping his advances restrained while she adjusted to their intimacy.
• The System announced that Xu Ran had completed his mission and received one thousand Skill Points and five pieces of ten-thousand-year ice marrow.
• The System Lady explained that the ice marrow could improve the Skywater women’s martial souls, potentially turning Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s ice attributes into Ultimate Ice.

Xu Ran gave Shui Bing'er ten-thousand-year ice marrow, a Far North treasure that might evolve her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul into ultimate ice. Shui Bing'er accepted it, touched by Xu Ran’s generosity.

• Shui Bing'er asked to leave, but Xu Ran led her into his room, where she mistakenly thought he intended to be intimate.
• Xu Ran reassured Shui Bing'er that he had brought her there to give her a gift that might evolve her Martial Soul into ultimate ice.
• Xu Ran produced ten-thousand-year ice marrow, and its icy power quickly chilled the room.
• Xu Ran explained that the treasure formed in the Far North’s core region, and Shui Bing'er realized its immense value.
• Xu Ran pressed the ice marrow into Shui Bing'er’s hands and told her that she was his, so she should use it.

Xu Ran gave Shui Bing'er a ten-thousand-year ice marrow, and she absorbed it to transform her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul while he guarded her. As her transformation continued, Xu Ran considered helping Xue Wu transform as well and planned to take immortal herbs to raise his own cultivation.

• Shui Bing'er thanked Xu Ran for giving her the ten-thousand-year ice marrow, and he told her to absorb it while he stood guard.
• Shui Bing'er released her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and began refining the marrow's immense, freezing power.
• Xu Ran watched over Shui Bing'er as her Martial Soul grew stronger and her transformation progressed rapidly.
• Xu Ran considered transforming Xue Wu's Martial Soul so that her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shui Bing'er could become more powerful.
• Xu Ran noted that the side effects of his Experience Card had disappeared and planned to take immortal herbs to reach rank forty.