Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yexuan tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to become the first guest at Maple Forest Evening by showing her its unusual amenities and promising a Simulation Pod that could help her grow stronger. Zhu Zhuqing agreed to try it, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yexuan explained how the pod worked.

• Xiao Yexuan offered Zhu Zhuqing a room at Maple Forest Evening and described its Simulation Pod, which could let her fight opponents or herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing, desperate to become stronger because of the danger posed by her family’s rules, agreed to visit the inn outside Suotuo City.
• Xiao Yexuan led Zhu Zhuqing through the apartment and showed her its unfamiliar appliances, including a washing machine and central air conditioning.
• Xiao Yexuan brought Zhu Zhuqing to the training room and opened the Simulation Pod, which she doubted could simulate a real environment.
• Xiao Yexuan explained that the pod was a Soul Tool that created a vivid, memorable experience while its user lay inside.

Zhu Zhuqing tried Xiao Yexuan's Simulation Pod, discovering that it could create realistic battle scenarios and restore her stamina. Impressed, she paid for a year's rent, then accidentally jammed a dagger in the washing machine and crawled inside to retrieve it.

• Xiao Yexuan guided Zhu Zhuqing through the Simulation Pod's virtual settings and combat controls.
• Zhu Zhuqing fought a Lone Wolf, summoned a hundred wolf-type Soul Beasts, restored her stamina, and repeatedly dueled a stronger simulation of herself.
• After the session ended, Zhu Zhuqing drank an energy drink and paid Xiao Yexuan over three hundred Gold Soul Coins for a year's rent.
• Zhu Zhuqing loaded her dirty clothes and dagger into the washing machine, jammed it, and crawled inside to retrieve the weapon.

Xiao Yexuan gained powerful rewards from Zhu Zhuqing’s rental and his beginner’s gift pack, then spent points on a series of draws. He hurried to help Zhu Zhuqing when she called from inside her washing machine, and their attempt to free her ended with her landing on him.

• Xiao Yexuan received a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone for Zhu Zhuqing’s year-long rental and gained the Snow Maiden Martial Soul, level thirty Soul Power, and other rewards from the beginner’s gift pack.
• Xiao Yexuan spent points on a ten-pull, obtained several items including Soul Rings and coconut milk, and installed two Soul Rings on his Snow Maiden Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Xiao Yexuan for help after getting stuck in the washing machine while trying to retrieve her dagger, and he used the spare key to enter her room.
• Xiao Yexuan covered Zhu Zhuqing with a maid outfit, then used coconut milk as lubricant while trying to pull her free.
• Xiao Yexuan and Zhu Zhuqing pushed and pulled together until she came loose and landed on top of him.

After accidentally trapping Zhu Zhuqing in a washing machine, Xiao Yexuan compensated her with a Mystic Water Pill and introduced a rental lucky draw at his shop. Zhu Zhuqing spent her savings on draws but failed to win the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and she resolved to stay at Maple Forest Evening and rely on Xiao Yexuan rather than Dai Mubai or Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Yexuan apologized to Zhu Zhuqing for the washing machine accident and gave her a Mystic Water Pill, which she accepted.
• Xiao Yexuan showed Zhu Zhuqing the shop's lucky draw wheel and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone prize, prompting her to spend her rent draw chances.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her initial twelve draws and won a Soul Ascension Pill as her best prize.
• Zhu Zhuqing paid rent with her remaining Gold Soul Coins for thirty-six more draws, but did not win the soul bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened her compensation Mystic Water Pill, learned of its benefits, and decided to stay at Maple Forest Evening instead of returning to Dai Mubai or Shrek Academy.

Xiao Yexuan helped Zhu Zhuqing cultivate with Mystic Water Pills, then earned ten points from her positive review and used them to summon Ram and Rem as maids. He assigned them work at Maple Forest Evening and realized their strength could help him become far more powerful.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power rose from level twenty-seven to twenty-eight after she took the Mystic Water Pills and cultivated in the Simulation Pod.
• Xiao Yexuan learned that Zhu Zhuqing was interested in whether he had a girlfriend, and he told her he had no girlfriend or arranged marriage.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed a positive review of Maple Forest Evening, earning Xiao Yexuan ten system points.
• Xiao Yexuan used the points for ten draws and received several items, including Bone Chilling Flame, Heavy Xuan Ruler, and two maids.
• Xiao Yexuan summoned Ram and Rem, ordered them to handle the chores and prepare food for Zhu Zhuqing, and discovered they had strength equivalent to Eight-Ring Soul Douluos.

Zhu Zhuqing set up a stall outside Shrek Academy to sell Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills for Gold Soul Coins, hoping to fund more draws. Ning Rongrong offered to buy everything, but Tang San objected that he had approached first, leaving the sale unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuqing went to Shrek Academy on admissions day and set up a stall rather than joining the registration line.
• Dai Mubai tried to buy Zhu Zhuqing's goods, but she rejected his pouch of Gold Soul Coins as insufficient for her expensive pills.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained the claimed effects of the pills, drawing a crowd that doubted her, while Tang San recognized their medicinal properties and tried to bargain for them.
• Tang San offered Hair Gold for the pills, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and said she only wanted Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong smelled the pills, judged them worthwhile, and offered twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins for all of them.
• Tang San stopped Zhu Zhuqing from accepting Ning Rongrong's offer and insisted that he should get first choice because he had approached earlier.

Zhu Zhuqing sold two pills to Ning Rongrong while Tang San failed to raise the money or trick them into buying his hidden weapon. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing from leaving, but Li Yusong intervened and she departed with Ning Rongrong still interested in buying her pills.

• Tang San tried to outbid Ning Rongrong for Zhu Zhuqing's pills, then offered his hidden weapon as a way to get her money, but both women rejected him.
• Zhu Zhuqing sold the two pills to Ning Rongrong for twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins and explained the Mystic Water Pill's effects.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai leered at Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong as Dai Mubai released his Martial Soul and ordered the crowd to line up to enroll.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to enroll at Shrek Academy, criticized its poor environment, and tried to leave.
• Dai Mubai moved to seize Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong blocked him and Li Yusong warned him not to conflict with students, forcing him to back down.

Zhu Zhuqing spent more than four hundred draws at Xiao Yexuan’s prize pool and obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then focused on cultivating with a Twofold Time Pot. Xiao Yexuan prepared to intercept Ning Rongrong on her way from Shrek Academy to Suotuo City.

• Zhu Zhuqing topped up twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins and began drawing prizes, obtaining a Three Thousand Lightning Movement manual and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• After more than four hundred draws, Zhu Zhuqing won the Speed and Passion Right Leg Bone, and Xiao Yexuan revealed a matching Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to her room and absorbed the Soul Bone in the Simulation pod, while Xiao Yexuan redeemed a Double Time Pot.
• After absorbing the Soul Bone, Zhu Zhuqing chose to cultivate in the Simulation pod with the Twofold Time Pot and struggled to learn Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yexuan went with his two maids to wait along the route to Suotuo City, hoping to lure Ning Rongrong away from Shrek Academy.

Ning Rongrong visited Maple Forest Evening after refusing to finish Flender’s running task, and Xiao Yexuan checked her in for two years. She explored the comfortable room and its amenities while Oscar left vowing revenge on Ram.

• Rem spotted Ning Rongrong avoiding her assigned run, and Oscar followed her as she searched for somewhere to rest.
• Rem invited Ning Rongrong into Maple Forest Evening, while Ram refused Oscar entry and kicked him away after he threatened her.
• Xiao Yexuan greeted Ning Rongrong at the front desk, and she paid to rent a room for two years.
• Xiao Yexuan received twenty-four points and a one-hundred-thousand-year Wisdom and Generosity Head Soul Bone as a reward for Ning Rongrong’s rental.
• Xiao Yexuan showed Ning Rongrong the room’s cooling Soul Tool and washing machine, and Ram served her an iced drink.

Xiao Yexuan introduced Ning Rongrong to the Simulation Pod, where she tried lightning body-tempering and trained her spiritual power and combat support. After an intense session, Ning Rongrong chose to keep playing in the simulation until her body felt comfortable again.

• Xiao Yexuan showed Ning Rongrong the Simulation Pod’s training environments and guided her into the lightning setting.
• Ning Rongrong was struck by simulated lightning, lost control of her body, and passed out before Xiao Yexuan restored her and explained the training limits.
• Ning Rongrong asked to block out the pain and learned she could train her body while running and practice Heart Separation Control.
• Xiao Yexuan changed the simulation into a Soul Fighting Arena, where Ning Rongrong supported teammates and then both sides in a difficult battle.
• Ning Rongrong decided to continue playing in the simulation until the system said her body felt comfortable.

Ning Rongrong spent her Gold Soul Coins on prize draws at Maple Forest Evening, then left to get more money. Tang San ambushed her for her pills, but Ram saved her, and Tang Hao carried Tang San away after seeing Ram’s power.

• Ning Rongrong recognized the Mystic Water Pills among the prizes and asked Xiao Yexuan about Zhu Zhuqing, then spent over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on nearly four hundred draws without winning the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Ning Rongrong left Maple Forest Evening to get more money, while Tang San secretly followed her and attacked with hidden weapons.
• Ram blocked Tang San’s weapons and trapped him with Wind Magic, allowing Ning Rongrong to identify him and accuse him of trying to kill her.
• Tang Hao’s Soul Power pressure broke Ram’s Wind Magic, and Ram revealed herself as an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo with two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao took Tang San away without revealing himself, wary of Ram and the nearby Maple Forest Evening.

Xiao Yexuan confronted Dai Mubai and his companions after they came to cause trouble at Maple Forest Evening, revealing his Snow Empress Martial Soul and overpowering Dai Mubai. The chapter left Dai Mubai frozen while Ma Hongjun’s flames roasted his exposed bottom.

• Ram stayed behind to protect Ning Rongrong, who learned that Ram was a powerful Soul Douluo and reconsidered calling her a little sister.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived at Maple Forest Evening to force the shop to close, and Zhu Zhuqing apologized to Xiao Yexuan for bringing trouble to him.
• Xiao Yexuan summoned his Snow Empress Martial Soul, whose three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings shocked Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai attacked Xiao Yexuan, but the Snow Empress froze him solid with a Soul Skill.
• Ma Hongjun transformed into his Phoenix Martial Soul and tried to thaw Dai Mubai, while Xiao Yexuan exposed Dai Mubai’s bottom to the flames and left him roasting in the ice.

Xiao Yexuan drove off Ma Hongjun and the others, then guided Zhu Zhuqing in learning Three Thousand Lightning Movement. When Ning Rongrong returned, she told him Tang San had nearly killed her, and Xiao Yexuan planned to expose Tang San and turn Xiao Wu against him.

• Ma Hongjun saw Dai Mubai's charred buttocks, carried him away for treatment, and threatened Xiao Yexuan.
• Xiao Yexuan learned Three Thousand Lightning Movement through the system and guided Zhu Zhuqing's practice.
• Ning Rongrong returned and told Xiao Yexuan that Tang San's Hidden Weapons had nearly killed her, but Ram had protected her.
• Xiao Yexuan explained that Tang San had a Titled Douluo backing him and proposed exposing his character to the public and warning Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Zhu Zhuqing's soaked, transparent dress and suspected she was trying to seduce Xiao Yexuan.

Xiao Yexuan accepted Ning Rongrong’s lavish rent payment, discovered that Maple Forest Evening needed more reputation to unlock better rewards, and helped her claim two Soul Bones. He tried to send her off to cultivate, but Ning Rongrong asked him to temper her body with lightning, and he agreed while considering how to take advantage of her trust.

• Zhu Zhuqing blushed and ran away after Ning Rongrong pointed out how revealing her position had been.
• Ning Rongrong paid Xiao Yexuan a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but the system capped the points he received because Maple Forest Evening lacked reputation.
• Xiao Yexuan learned that he needed three tenants and ten positive reviews to raise the inn’s reputation; he had two tenants and one review.
• Ning Rongrong won two Soul Bones, and Xiao Yexuan gave her the Wisdom and Generosity Head Soul Bone and exchanged a left leg bone for her.
• Ning Rongrong gave Maple Forest Evening a five-star review, then asked Xiao Yexuan to temper her body with lightning after seeing him use Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yexuan agreed to shock Ning Rongrong, thinking he could take advantage of her if she passed out.

After Ning Rongrong recovered from lightning body tempering, she grew more openly affectionate toward Xiao Yexuan and competed with Zhu Zhuqing for his attention. Xiao Yexuan took them to Suotuo City's Soul Fighting Arena to test their training, where they were matched against Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Yexuan increased the lightning during Ning Rongrong's body tempering until she passed out, then gave her a Mystic Water Pill and put her in the Simulation Pod to recover.
• Ning Rongrong woke in the evening, worried Xiao Yexuan would judge her for begging for more lightning, but his warm welcome reassured her.
• At dinner, Ning Rongrong acted affectionately toward Xiao Yexuan and provoked Zhu Zhuqing, who had also become interested in him.
• Xiao Yexuan invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Great Soul Arena, hoping their improved abilities would draw Xiao Wu's curiosity toward Maple Forest Evening.
• At Suotuo City's Soul Fighting Arena, Ning Rongrong proposed a team with Xiao Yexuan, but he had the two women form the Rong-Qing Combination instead.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's first match was against Tang San and Xiao Wu's Three-Five Combination.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing used her greatly increased strength and speed to overwhelm them in a Soul Fighting match. After Tang San and Xiao Wu surrendered, Xiao Yexuan returned to Maple Forest Evening to wait for Xiao Wu and pitch its cultivation opportunities to her.

• Ning Rongrong revealed that her Soul Power had risen to rank twenty-seven, while Zhu Zhuqing showed that she had reached rank thirty.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked, but Zhu Zhuqing's speed let her repeatedly strike Xiao Wu and evade Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons.
• Ning Rongrong resisted Xiao Wu's Charm, and Zhu Zhuqing disabled Tang San's arms with further attacks.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San surrendered after Zhu Zhuqing left Tang San bloodied and nearly unable to fight.
• Xiao Yexuan returned to Maple Forest Evening alone and waited for Xiao Wu so he could make a sales pitch.

After Tang San and Xiao Wu left Maple Forest Evening, Xiao Wu rented a room there to pursue a Mystic Water Pill through its prize draw. Xiao Yexuan’s explanation of the establishment’s Soul Bones and Rem’s Soul Rings left Xiao Wu shocked and uncertain about what was happening.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed Ning Rongrong’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s strength, and Tang San gave Xiao Wu his Gold Soul Coins so she could enter Maple Forest Evening.
• Xiao Yexuan invited Xiao Wu to stay, then explained that Mystic Water Pills could only be won through prize draws earned by renting a room or leaving reviews.
• Xiao Wu paid for a year’s rent, and Xiao Yexuan received a Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bones and Charm Torso Bone as a reward.
• Xiao Wu demanded her draw, but became furious when she saw a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone listed as a prize.
• Xiao Yexuan said the establishment’s Soul Bones had not come from killing Soul Beasts, and Rem showed Xiao Wu her Soul Rings to prove they were formed from pure energy.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether Rem’s Soul Rings had truly not been taken from Soul Beasts.

Xiao Wu spent Tang San’s fortune trying to win a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone at Maple Forest Evening, but failed to draw one. After Tang San revealed that a Titled Douluo was backing him, Xiao Wu rushed inside, and Tang Hao emerged from hiding to capture her.

• Xiao Wu trusted Xiao Yexuan enough to spin the wheel, but her first draw and her review reward only gave her coconut milk.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San about the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and he sold hidden weapons and parts of his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges to raise one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for her.
• Xiao Wu spent the money on draws without winning the Soul Bone, sold two Mystic Water Pills to Ning Rongrong, and used the proceeds for more unsuccessful draws.
• Xiao Wu stayed at Maple Forest Evening and tried the Simulation Pod while Ning Rongrong absorbed the Wisdom and Generosity Head Soul Bone and reached level thirty.
• Tang San returned with five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, then secretly told Xiao Wu that a senior Titled Douluo from his clan was backing him.
• Xiao Wu rushed into Maple Forest Evening in alarm, and Tang Hao emerged from hiding to capture her.

Xiao Yexuan, Ram, and Rem drove Tang Hao away after he tried to capture Xiao Wu, and Xiao Yexuan revealed how Tang Hao had obtained his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Xiao Wu learned that Tang Hao had once loved a transformed Soul Beast before leading her into a trap, while Tang Hao and Tang San escaped.

• Xiao Wu fled into Maple Forest Evening when Tang Hao tried to seize her, and Ram and Rem fought to hold him back.
• Xiao Yexuan joined the battle with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and Bone Chilling Flame, breaking Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer after he detonated his Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao fled with Tang San after being injured, and Xiao Yexuan warned that the Bone Chilling Flame would hinder Tang Hao’s recovery.
• Xiao Wu thanked Xiao Yexuan, who identified the Titled Douluo as Tang Hao, Tang San’s father.
• Xiao Yexuan told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao had led a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast he loved to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall Titled Douluo hunted her and forced her to sacrifice herself.

Xiao Wu learned that Tang Hao and Tang San had planned to trick her into sacrificing herself, and she stayed under Maple Forest Evening’s protection. After upgrading the inn and drawing new maids, Xiao Yexuan gained Kessoku Band and the Peak Douluo Ellen, strengthening the inn against future threats.

• Xiao Yexuan warned Xiao Wu that Tang Hao and Tang San intended to deceive her into sacrificing herself, and she decided to stay at Maple Forest Evening.
• Xiao Wu spent the Gold Soul Coins Tang San had gathered on draws and obtained two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Xiao Yexuan received three positive reviews, upgraded Maple Forest Evening’s reputation, and gained thirty-six hundred points from the tenants’ rent.
• Xiao Yexuan drew Bocchi, Nijika, Kita, and Ryo Yamada, whose performances could strengthen Soul Masters and boost Ram and Rem to Titled Douluo level.
• Xiao Yexuan drew Ellen, a level-ninety-six Peak Douluo with three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, to defend Maple Forest Evening.