Chapter Summaries

Five years later, Wang Xiaoming had helped Wang Dong'er enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy in disguise, while he and his teammates had grown stronger and won a hundred team battles in a row. After their latest victory, Qin Ming discussed their prospects and lack of worthy opponents as the team gathered in the VIP lounge.

• Wang Xiaoming had Wang Dong'er's hair cut short and used his connections to get her into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Qian Renxue remained wary of his advances.
• Xiao Wu had reached level thirty-one while Tang Xiaosan stayed at level twenty-eight, and Wang Xiaoming had risen to level thirty-four.
• The Imperial Fighting Team won another Great Soul Arena match, bringing its winning streak to a hundred battles.
• Qin Ming told Wang Xiaoming that the team needed better opponents and should sometimes compete together, while Wang Xiaoming suggested fighting Yu Tianheng's second team.
• Wang Dong'er celebrated with Wang Xiaoming, and Ye Lingling fed him a grape after the others teased her about it.

Ning Rongrong tried to drug Wang Xiaoming and persuade him to run away with her to find another academy, but he refused to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Wang Dong'er walked in on them before Ning Rongrong could press him further.

• Wang Xiaoming reflected on his growing power and drifted off to sleep before Ning Rongrong climbed onto his bed.
• Ning Rongrong tried to force medicine into Wang Xiaoming's mouth, but he stopped her and asked why she had come.
• Ning Rongrong said she had run away from home because she refused to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and wanted Wang Xiaoming to help her find another academy in the Balak Kingdom.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that the medicine was a sleeping drug meant to keep Wang Xiaoming unconscious during the journey, but he refused to leave.
• Wang Dong'er entered Wang Xiaoming's room and found Ning Rongrong straddling him with the medicine bottle in her hand.

Ning Rongrong persuaded Wang Xiaoming to take her away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Wang Dong'er joined them for the trip. After leaving a note for Qin Ming, Wang Xiaoming went to reassure Xue Qinghe and found him bathing in the crown prince’s residence.

• Ning Rongrong asked Wang Xiaoming to accompany her away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Wang Dong'er urged him to protect her from potential trouble.
• Wang Xiaoming agreed to travel with Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er the next day.
• Wang Xiaoming persuaded Ning Rongrong to rest, then crossed a Dimensional Wall to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left Qin Ming a letter explaining his absence.
• Wang Xiaoming went to the crown prince’s residence to reassure Xue Qinghe and found his room empty.
• Wang Xiaoming heard water in the back courtyard and teased Xue Qinghe from outside the bath’s gauze curtains.

Wang Xiaoming said goodbye to Qian Renxue and set out with Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er, who planned to visit Shrek and hunt for Soul Rings. After they reached Suotuo City, Wang Dong'er revealed that she had also come hoping to attend the Divine Flower Festival with Wang Xiaoming.

• Qian Renxue resented Wang Xiaoming’s teasing but let him leave for his trip with Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er.
• Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er prepared to travel because they had reached level thirty and needed Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu rode toward Suotuo City with Tang San and asked for honey-glazed chicken drumsticks.
• Ning Rongrong found Shrek’s recruitment notice on a public bulletin board in Suotuo City.
• Wang Dong'er told Wang Xiaoming she wanted to visit the Divine Flower Festival with him.

Wang Xiaoming, Wang Dong'er, and Ning Rongrong decided to enjoy Suotuo City while waiting for admissions and Soul Beast hunting. Wang Xiaoming entered an antique shop, recognized its owner as Flender, and found an old flip phone before Flender tried to sell him a damaged fragment for an outrageous price.

• Wang Xiaoming and Wang Dong'er agreed to visit a nearby festival, while Ning Rongrong learned admissions would not start until the day after tomorrow.
• Wang Xiaoming suggested they enjoy Suotuo City for two days before going to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Xiaoming spotted a red dot in an antique shop and went inside while Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er browsed a jewelry shop nearby.
• Wang Xiaoming recognized the shopkeeper, Flender, and found the Plate Crystal and an old-fashioned flip phone that he suspected was Faiz's transformation device.
• Wang Xiaoming asked Flender the price of a damaged Soul Tool fragment, and Flender demanded five hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Wang Xiaoming bargained with Flender for a pile of shop goods before an explosion outside interrupted them. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun harassed Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er, and Wang Dong'er confronted him when he insulted Ning Rongrong.

• Wang Xiaoming convinced Flender to sell him a pile of goods for five hundred and one Gold Soul Coins.
• An explosive sound and a surge of Soul Power came from outside Flender's shop.
• Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er waited at a sweet soup stall while Ning Rongrong watched the shop.
• Ma Hongjun approached the two girls, flirted with them, and blocked their way when they tried to leave.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ning Rongrong, so Wang Dong'er stepped in and demanded that he apologize.

Ning Rongrong fought Ma Hongjun with her newly developed Seven Treasure Combo Technique, using boosted throws of her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to overwhelm him. After Ma Hongjun escalated with two Soul Skills, Ning Rongrong calmly dodged his flames, leaving their fight ongoing.

• Ma Hongjun insulted Wang Dong'er and propositioned her, so Ning Rongrong stepped in and attacked him with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ma Hongjun transformed with Phoenix possession and attacked Ning Rongrong, but she used her speed boost to dodge his Phoenix Fire Line.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her strength and hurled her pagoda at Ma Hongjun, striking him repeatedly as he struggled to escape.
• Wang Xiaoming watched and recalled how he had trained Ning Rongrong to use her pagoda as a powerful throwing weapon called the Seven Treasure Combo Technique.
• Ma Hongjun used Bathing Fire Phoenix and Phoenix Fire Line together, but Ning Rongrong dodged his enlarged stream of flame with practiced footwork.

Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er stopped Ma Hongjun's harassment and threatened him with legal consequences, but his teacher Flender tried to smooth things over. Wang Xiaoming rejected the apology, and law enforcement arrived to arrest Ma Hongjun.

• Ning Rongrong dodged Ma Hongjun's attacks, struck him with her pagoda, and made him surrender.
• Wang Dong'er warned Ma Hongjun that his harassment and damage to a stall could lead to a fine and jail time, while Ning Rongrong demanded he face the same treatment he had intended for them.
• Ma Hongjun tried to dodge punishment by claiming he had only wanted to invite the girls to dinner, and Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er plotted to punish him.
• Flender apologized for Ma Hongjun and offered Wang Xiaoming his help, but Wang Xiaoming refused to let the matter go.
• Law enforcement arrived, identified Ma Hongjun as the reported assailant, and subdued him for arrest.

Flender failed to keep Ma Hongjun from being arrested, and Wang Xiaoming took Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er to the Rose Hotel. There they encountered Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Dai Mubai after Xiao Wu sent Dai flying, and Xiao Wu suddenly called out to someone nearby.

• The enforcement squad arrested Ma Hongjun despite Flender's attempt to intervene, and Flender later paid a fine and guaranteed Ma's release using Shrek's name.
• Wang Xiaoming quietly told someone watching through a shop window to leave Ma Hongjun alive and have some fun.
• Ning Rongrong insisted that the group stay at the Rose Hotel, and Wang Xiaoming reluctantly agreed.
• Xiao Wu sent Dai Mubai flying from the hotel, then faced him while Tang San stepped in to defend her.
• Xiao Wu spotted someone nearby and called out, "Brother," surprising Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er.

Xiao Wu reunited with Wang Xiaoming in Suotuo City and introduced herself to Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er as his little sister. While the women discussed sharing a room at the Rose Hotel, Tang San and Dai Mubai resumed their fight, leaving Tang San intent on killing Dai Mubai.

• Xiao Wu leaped onto Wang Xiaoming and greeted him as her brother, surprising Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Xiaoming explained that he had taken Xiao Wu in as his little sister, and Ning Rongrong asked her to get down before Xiao Wu began chatting with the two women.
• Tang San became distracted when Xiao Wu embraced Wang Xiaoming, and Dai Mubai slapped him into the hotel wall.
• Tang San recovered, swore that Dai Mubai had earned a death sentence, and attacked him with Blue Silver Grass and poisoned hands.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er about the Rose Hotel and suggested that they all share its remaining room.

Xiao Wu persuaded Wang Xiaoming to share a hotel room with her, Ning Rongrong, and Wang Dong'er while Dai Mubai beat Tang San. After the others left, Dai Mubai ended the fight and warned Tang San that Xiao Wu did not like him, but Tang San refused to believe it.

• Wang Dong'er hesitated to share a room with Xiao Wu and asked whether Tang San was her boyfriend, but Xiao Wu denied it and said he could find another hotel.
• Tang San distracted himself during his fight with Dai Mubai when he overheard Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai knocked him down again.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Wang Dong'er asked Wang Xiaoming to stay in their room, and he agreed to protect them.
• Xiao Wu led the girls and Wang Xiaoming into the Rose Hotel, leaving Tang San and Dai Mubai fighting outside.
• Dai Mubai ended the fight, advised Tang San to find someone who liked him, and left with the twins; Tang San dismissed his warning and insisted he did not understand Xiao Wu.

After Flender returned to Shrek Academy, Mirror Xiao Wu attacked Ma Hongjun, then discussed Wang Xiaoming’s apparent plan with Mirror Xiaoming. Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoming’s group arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest at night to search for a Soul Beast for Wang Dong’er.

• Flender brought Ma Hongjun back to the academy after paying his fine and hiring a healer, then ordered him to recover in the dorm and avoid pretty women.
• Ma Hongjun saw a girl in his mirror, and Mirror Xiao Wu emerged from it and beat him unconscious.
• Mirror Xiao Wu returned to the Mirror World, where Mirror Xiaoming guessed Wang Xiaoming had sent her to provoke Xiao Wu and stir up conflict between Ma Hongjun and Tang San.
• Xiao Wu accompanied Wang Xiaoming, Ning Rongrong, and Wang Dong’er to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San stayed behind to recover.
• The group reached the forest near nightfall, and Ning Rongrong admired its glowing plants and Soul Beasts.

Wang Xiaoming left Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Wang Dong'er at their campfire to confront Tang Hao, who suspected him of being tied to Xiao Wu's hidden identity. Tang Hao tested Wang Xiaoming with overwhelming pressure and then attacked him.

• Wang Xiaoming reassured Ning Rongrong during their nighttime walk through the Star Dou Great Forest, and the three girls later started a barbecue while they searched for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao summoned Wang Xiaoming away from the girls, intending to test whether he was a transformed Soul Beast connected to Xiao Wu.
• Wang Xiaoming left the camp and met Tang Hao, recoiling from his stench as Tang Hao emerged from hiding.
• Tang Hao's pressure briefly affected Wang Xiaoming, but Wang Xiaoming straightened up, surprising Tang Hao with his physical strength.
• Wang Xiaoming mocked Tang Hao for bullying the weak and not summoning his Martial Soul, and Tang Hao lashed out with a huge hand.

Wang Xiaoming fought Tang Hao and threw him through the Dimensional Wall into the Star Dou Great Forest. When he went to look for Tang Hao, he discovered him battling Pufferfish and Snake Lance and realized Qian Renxue might be nearby.

• Wang Xiaoming shot Tang Hao with the Ride Booker Gun, then used his third Soul Skill, Hidden Escape, to evade Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Wang Xiaoming kicked Tang Hao toward the Dimensional Wall and sent him falling through the void to a random spot in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Xiaoming returned to camp, told Ning Rongrong, Dong'er, and Xiao Wu to go back to the hotel, and sent them there through the Dimensional Wall.
• Wang Xiaoming searched for Tang Hao and found a human-shaped crater, then heard an explosion and Tang Hao’s startled roar in the distance.
• Wang Xiaoming transformed into Kabuto King and found Tang Hao fighting Pufferfish and Snake Lance, then suspected Qian Renxue was nearby.

Tang Hao attacked Qian Renxue while she absorbed a Soul Ring, but Wang Xiaoming rescued her and disrupted Tang Hao’s connection to his hammer, leaving him badly injured by Snake Lance and Pufferfish. After Qian Renxue awakened, she introduced herself as Xue Qian, and Wang Xiaoming began teasing her about her identity.

• Tang Hao used Chaotic Cloak and hurled his Clear Sky Hammer at Qian Renxue as she absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiaoming used acceleration to carry Qian Renxue out of the hammer’s path and severed Tang Hao’s connection to his weapon with Forced Ride.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish attacked Tang Hao, who was injured in the clash and escaped while the two guards fell motionless.
• Wang Xiaoming waited with Qian Renxue until she finished absorbing the Soul Ring, then prepared food by a fire.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself as Xue Qian after recognizing Wang Xiaoming, and he teased her by questioning her name and ties to Spirit Hall.

Wang Xiaoming shared roasted meat with Qian Renxue and refused her offer to join a faction, while her suspicions turned into a series of increasingly alarming misunderstandings. When she summoned her Martial Soul and tried to flee, he used Acupoint Sealing to stop her in midair and send her falling.

• Qian Renxue claimed she was Xue Qian and denied having ties to Spirit Hall, then sat with Wang Xiaoming to eat the roasted meat he offered.
• Qian Renxue asked why Wang Xiaoming had saved her and tried to recruit him, but he said he would rather establish his own faction.
• Wang Xiaoming used Qian Renxue as an example while explaining why he preferred to remain unaffiliated, and she imagined he had plotted something against her.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Martial Soul and rose into the air to keep her distance from Wang Xiaoming.
• Wang Xiaoming struck Qian Renxue twenty-six times with Acupoint Sealing, interrupting her Soul Power and sending her plummeting from the sky.

Wang Xiaoming escaped Qian Renxue after disrupting her Soul Power and embarrassing her, while Snake Lance and Pufferfish returned badly wounded from their fight with Tang Hao. Back at the hotel, Dong’er caught Wang Xiaoming sneaking a look toward Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong in the bath, then recognized a familiar scent on him; elsewhere, a woman in a Star Luo village waited for something to happen soon.

• Wang Xiaoming teased Qian Renxue about her figure and fled through the Dimensional Wall, leaving her furious but unharmed.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish found Qian Renxue and explained that Tang Hao had badly injured them, though he had not used Ring Detonation.
• Wang Xiaoming returned to the hotel and nearly watched Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong bathing before Dong’er covered his eyes and led him away.
• Dong’er made Wang Xiaoming dry her hair, then detected a familiar scent and asked whether he had visited the crown prince.
• A graceful woman in a thatched hut near the Star Dou Great Forest watched the moon and said that only a little longer remained.

Zhu Zhuyun met with Mirror Xiaoming and brought him to a hidden cave where she had sheltered members of the Netherworld Clan who had been cast out. She offered them to him as a refuge and a fallback for the future.

• Zhu Zhuyun dismissed the people who had pursued her younger sister into the Balak Kingdom and told them what to report to the clan.
• Zhu Zhuyun met Mirror Xiaoming, then took him and Mirror Xiao Wu to a concealed cave in the forest.
• Zhu Meiyu told Mirror Xiaoming that nine people lived in the cave, including six with Martial Souls and three children with degenerate Martial Souls.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained that her family had secretly protected the impoverished clan members who had lost the competition.
• Mirror Xiaoming agreed to take in the women and children, while Zhu Zhuyun described them as a fallback for Zhu Zhuqing or herself.

Mirror Xiaoming recruited Zhu Meiyu and the other women into his organization and planned to take them to the Heaven Dou Empire. Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoming rebuffed Ning Rongrong and the others’ attempts to tempt him at the Rose Hotel.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Mirror Xiaoming she would not let Zhu Zhuqing become Dai Weisi’s bedmate, and he said Zhu Zhuyun herself might join his organization.
• Mirror Xiaoming told Zhu Meiyu and the other women to rise, promised not to abandon them, and said they would serve as guards at his residence for now.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Mirror Xiaoming to treat the women well and leave unseen, then fled the cave in embarrassment.
• Mirror Xiaoming handed Zhu Meiyu the mirror, told her to keep it safe, and said he would return the next day.
• At the Rose Hotel, Wang Xiaoming tossed Ning Rongrong and the other two women onto the bed, reminded them of what they had said earlier, and told them to rest.

Wang Xiaoming and the others prepared for Shrek Academy while Mirror Xiaoming secretly manipulated events around Zhu Zhuqing. The group arrived at the remote academy for enrollment, where Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu remained unsure whether they would stay.

• Ning Rongrong worried that Wang Xiaoming had ignored her advances, and Wang Dong'er and Xiao Wu tried to comfort her.
• Mirror Xiaoming told Wang Xiaoming to have Uncle Meng replace useless household staff, then admitted he had secretly helped Zhu Zhuqing escape and escorted her to Suotuo City.
• Wang Xiaoming and the others found Ning Rongrong a Third Soul Ring, which she absorbed safely, and then went shopping in Suotuo City.
• Wang Xiaoming noticed Flender's shop was advertising a clearance sale and a sublease, but he did not investigate.
• When Shrek enrollment began, Wang Xiaoming's group traveled to the remote academy, where Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu questioned whether it was worth attending.