Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City, where they reunited with Gu Yihan and Gu Sanshui and met their cousins from Skywater Academy. Qian Renxue left them with a token for enrolling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xiao Yao's next steps remained open.

• Xiao Yao used the Incomplete Chapter of the Seventy-Two Transformations to take on a fire-wielding man's form and gained instinctive access to his abilities, though he lacked the skill to use them effectively.
• Qian Renxue hurried away after receiving urgent news, giving Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu a gold token to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu entered Heaven Dou City and recognized Gu Yihan and Gu Sanshui in the queue; Xiao Yao proved his identity by triggering Gu Yihan's Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu Yihan thanked Xiao Yao for withdrawing from the New Soul tournament and letting her and her brother advance, and the four chatted as they entered the city.
• Gu Yihan and Gu Sanshui met their cousins, who had come to collect them, and introduced the cousins as students of Skywater Academy.

Xiao Yao met Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er in Heavenly Dou City and formed a contract with Shui Bing'er, whose intimacy with him rose to twenty. After receiving a martial soul evolution set and the already-refined Sea Heart Flame, he checked into a hotel and worked out why her rewards were richer than Xiao Wu's.

• Xiao Yao recognized Shui Bing'er, greeted her, and established a contract with her as Gu Yihan brought the two groups together.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu told the sisters that they had come to Heavenly Dou City to study, then left the restaurant rather than stay at Shui Yue'er's house.
• Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about letting Xiao Yao call her by name, and Shui Bing'er defended his courteous behavior.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu checked into a hotel near the city gates, where Xiao Yao realized Shui Bing'er's intimacy required a different approach from Xiao Wu's.
• Xiao Yao spent the night considering the rewards and concluded that Shui Bing'er's greater difficulty to win over explained her richer gifts, including the Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Yao brought Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to complete their enrollment and find a place to stay. After Xiao Wu clashed verbally with several students, teacher Qin Ming arrived and explained that the academy would test them to determine their benefits.

• Xiao Yao reviewed the Heavenly Book’s records, including his new Sea Heart Flame and his contract partners Xiao Wu and Shui Bing’er.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the crown prince’s token to enroll.
• Xiao Wu traded insults with a group of academy students, who withdrew after a guard intervened.
• Xiao Yao encouraged Xiao Wu to seek out the students later if they caused trouble again.
• Qin Ming greeted Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu and said the academy would test them to determine their benefits.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu underwent Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s admission tests, astonishing Qin Ming and Teacher Feihong with their ages and Soul Power. After Meng Shenji arrived, Xiao Wu revealed her Martial Soul and an almost thousand-year Soul Ring, leaving the academy’s senior educators stunned.

• Qin Ming brought Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu to Teacher Feihong for age and Soul Power tests.
• Teacher Feihong found that Xiao Wu was seven years and eight months old, while Xiao Yao presented a bone age of twelve.
• Xiao Wu proved she was a Soul Master and displayed rank twenty-five Soul Power, while Xiao Yao showed rank thirty-one.
• Teacher Feihong fetched Meng Shenji and two other elderly academy officials, who confirmed the children’s ages.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu summoned their Martial Souls, and Xiao Wu’s yellow-purple Soul Ring astonished Meng Shenji and the others.

Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee members tried to recruit Xiao Wu and Xiao Yao as disciples, but Xiao Yao cited his agreement with the Crown Prince. After they settled into a villa at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Fourth Prince Xue Beng arrived with students seeking a confrontation.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin competed to take Xiao Wu as a disciple until she said she would follow whichever master Xiao Yao chose.
• The committee members examined Xiao Yao's Fallen Heart Flame, and Meng Shenji identified that Soul Power could block its attack.
• Xiao Yao declined Meng Shenji's offer, saying the Crown Prince would arrange a suitable teacher, and the committee sent Qin Ming and Feihong to help the siblings choose a villa.
• Xiao Wu chose a courtyard with a vegetable garden, but the students who had confronted her earlier returned with a backer.
• Qin Ming identified their leader as the Fourth Prince, and Xiao Yao recognized him as Xue Beng.

Xiao Yao drove off Xue Beng’s lackeys with his flame-control technique, then secretly left Heaven Dou Royal Academy to raise his intimacy with Shui Bing’er. He disguised himself as Yan Lingji and arrived at Skywater Academy’s admissions, where the crowd stared at his striking appearance.

• Xue Beng tried to expel Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Xiao Yao challenged him.
• Xiao Yao shaped the fallen heart flame into a flaming Wolf Spirit, scattered Xue Beng’s lackeys, and frightened Xue Beng without injuring him.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu settled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Wu earned fame as the “Heaven Dou goddess.”
• Xiao Yao secretly left the academy and decided to enroll at Skywater Academy to increase Shui Bing’er’s intimacy.
• Xiao Yao transformed into Yan Lingji and joined the admissions queue, attracting attention from the crowd and Skywater Academy students.

Xiao Yao, transformed into Shui Lingji, sought admission to Skywater Academy and was brought before its dean for a private assessment. He revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving the academy’s teachers stunned.

• A self-proclaimed beauty tried to prove herself by asking a boy to dinner, and he vomited in her face.
• Xiao Yao reached the admissions desk, where Shui Bing'er took over after learning he was only eight years old.
• Shui Bing'er brought Xiao Yao into the academy and asked the dean to assess him privately.
• The dean confirmed Xiao Yao's age and asked him to show his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yao displayed his flame-like Martial Soul and two purple thousand-year Soul Rings, astonishing the gathered teachers.

The teachers at Skywater Academy hesitated to admit Xiao Yao because his Martial Soul was a flame, but he demonstrated that his Sea Heart Flame could command water and impressed them. Qiu Wanxi took him to meet the dean, where he saw through an illusion concealing the lake and found the dean waiting underwater.

• The teachers were astonished by Xiao Yao’s age, cultivation, and Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but Li Qiuyun objected to enrolling him because he had a fire-attribute Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing’er urged Li Qiuyun to give Shui Lingji a chance, and Qiu Wanxi invited her to explain her confidence in choosing Skywater Academy.
• Xiao Yao drew water from around the office to surround his Sea Heart Flame and explained that it could command all water.
• Qiu Wanxi decided to take Xiao Yao to the dean, and Shui Bing’er followed them while Li Qiuyun left in embarrassment.
• At the lake, Xiao Yao recognized and dispelled an illusion, discovering that he was underwater with the dean, who praised his perception.

Xiao Yao, disguised as Shui Lingji, revealed her extraordinary Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and skill with illusions to Skywater Academy’s dean, Shui Wuyang. After explaining the Crystal Palace’s dangerous influence and the academy’s history, Shui Wuyang accepted Shui Lingji as her personal disciple and arranged for her to study with Shui Bing’er.

• Xiao Yao showed Shui Wuyang Sea Heart Flame and two purple Soul Rings, then said illusions were her greatest strength.
• Shui Wuyang recalled how the Crystal Palace’s water-source secret realm empowered and transformed successive deans, while its spreading charm threatened the academy.
• Shui Wuyang decided Shui Lingji was the best candidate to inherit the deanship because of her talent and abilities.
• Shui Wuyang accepted Shui Lingji as her personal disciple and ordered her to train with Shui Bing’er under private instruction.

Shui Wuyang took Shui Lingji as her disciple and began teaching her the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method, but the practice exposed Xiao Yao’s hidden identity to Shui Bing’er. The chapter ended with Shui Wuyang criticizing Shui Bing’er for making no progress in the method after three years.

• Shui Wuyang made an exception to Skywater Academy’s rules by taking Shui Lingji and Shui Bing’er as her personal disciples, then gave Shui Lingji a storage earring.
• Shui Wuyang began teaching Shui Lingji the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method, and Xiao Yao imagined Xiao Wu in the mirror.
• Xiao Yao’s illusion power leaked during meditation, making her shift between Shui Lingji and Xiao Yao; Shui Wuyang praised her talent while Shui Bing’er recognized Xiao Yao.
• Shui Wuyang assumed the person Xiao Yao saw in the mirror was her sweetheart, and Xiao Yao realized he had likely reverted to his original appearance in front of Shui Bing’er.
• Shui Bing’er practiced the meditation method, but Shui Wuyang said she had made no progress beyond its first stage in three years.

Xiao Yao concealed his identity by telling Shui Bing'er he had a secret crush on Xiao Yao, earning her trust and a little Intimacy. Shui Bing'er took him to her room for the night, where he was caught off guard by Skywater Academy's unusual sleeping customs and dreamed of the women around him.

• Shui Bing'er asked Xiao Yao who the man in her illusion was, and Xiao Yao claimed he secretly liked Xiao Yao.
• Shui Binger's impression of Xiao Yao improved, raising their Intimacy by five.
• Shui Bing'er invited Xiao Yao to eat and stay in her single room, and Shui Yue'er reluctantly gave up her usual place there.
• Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yao undressed to follow the academy's sleeping customs, bathed in the public bathhouse, and shared her bed.
• Xiao Yao dreamed of his original appearance and a gathering of women from Skywater Academy, along with Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue.

Xiao Yao helped persuade Shui Wuyang to let Shui Bing'er search the sea for her third Soul Ring, then returned to find Xiao Wu upset that he had neglected her. He apologized, but Xiao Wu learned he would be away for two months and complained that he was leaving her alone again.

• Xiao Yao’s closeness with Shui Bing'er grew, while his cultivation rose to rank twenty-five and Shui Bing'er broke through to rank thirty.
• Shui Wuyang chose a Condensed Water Flying Kite for Shui Bing'er's third Soul Ring and planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Yao suggested searching the sea for a suitable seabird Soul Beast, and Qiu Wanxi supported the plan.
• Shui Wuyang agreed to the sea journey and gave Qiu Wanxi a jade pendant to summon her if danger arose.
• Xiao Yao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found Xiao Wu training and cursing him for staying away.
• Xiao Yao apologized to Xiao Wu but told her he would leave for about two months, and she protested that he was neglecting the rabbit at home.

Xiao Yao traveled west with Qiu Wanxi and Shui Bing'er, learning that Shui Bing'er wanted powerful offensive Soul Skills. When they found a village ravaged by Wolf Bandits, Qiu Wanxi explained their brutality, and Xiao Yao’s anger erupted.

• Xiao Wu agreed to Xiao Yao’s departure after spending two days with him, and he left for Skywater Academy with Qiu Wanxi and Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Xiao Yao for letting her choose her own Soul Rings and said she wanted an attack that could blast enemies to death.
• After five days of travel, Qiu Wanxi stopped outside a village to buy dry rations and returned after finding its people dead and its buildings damaged.
• About fifty Wolf Bandits charged from the village, carrying severed limbs and chewing on human flesh.
• Qiu Wanxi explained that the Wolf Bandits preyed on the villagers and abused the women, and Xiao Yao’s fury erupted.

Xiao Yao urged Qiu Wanxi to kill the Wolf Bandits, then helped spur her into destroying them with her Martial Soul Avatar. Afterward, Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er bathed in a nearby lake, where Shui Bing'er praised Xiao Yao's courage and Xiao Yao asked to kiss her.

• Xiao Yao challenged Qiu Wanxi for sparing the Wolf Bandits and insisted she finish them off while he and Shui Bing'er stayed nearby.
• Xiao Yao used his heavenly flames to kill a Wolf Bandit, convincing Qiu Wanxi that he could protect himself.
• Qiu Wanxi transformed with her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and defeated the remaining Wolf Bandits.
• Qiu Wanxi went to report the slaughter to the imperial army while Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er stayed behind and found a lake.
• Shui Bing'er praised Xiao Yao's courage, and Xiao Yao asked whether she would like him if he were a man before asking her to kiss him.

Xiao Yao revealed that he and Qiu Wanxi had used Shui Bing'er as bait to lure the Wolf Bandits into an ambush, then fought off their vanguard with her help. The remaining Wolf Bandits circled the lake, waiting for the pair to weaken.

• Shui Bing'er imagined Xiao Yao as a boy she might like, but wolf howls interrupted her thoughts as Wolf Bandits approached the lake.
• Xiao Yao gave Shui Bing'er robes and explained that he and Qiu Wanxi had planned to lure the Wolf Bandits out using a secret medicine.
• Xiao Yao used the sea heart flame to command lake water and seize the charging Wolf Bandits.
• Shui Bing'er used her Ice Seal Soul Skill to immobilize the captured Wolf Bandits so they sank beneath the water.
• The Wolf Bandits on shore hesitated, then circled the lake and waited for Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er to exhaust their Soul Power.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er fought off waves of Wolf Bandits at a lake, but a mutated two-headed leader pushed them toward defeat. As the pair faced their first life-and-death crisis, Qiu Wanxi arrived and unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill.

• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er used a fireball-driven water spear barrage and Frost Impact to defeat the first group of Wolf Bandits.
• A Gale Twin-Headed Wolf arrived with reinforcements, and Xiao Yao revealed that he had faked his exhaustion to lure the bandits into the lake.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er worked together, freezing the Wolf Bandits and using water pressure to drown them.
• The Wolf Bandits used frozen comrades as footholds to advance, leaving Xiao Yao ready to flee with Shui Bing'er using his transformation technique.
• Qiu Wanxi appeared and launched her Sixth Soul Skill, Lingering Ice Curse Seal: Kill.

Qiu Wanxi killed the Wolf Bandits with her ice skills, and Xiao Yao, Shui Bing'er, and Qiu Wanxi continued their journey by ship. As they entered the open sea, Qiu Wanxi warned Xiao Yao that real danger lay ahead.

• Qiu Wanxi used her soul skills to kill the two-headed Wolf Bandit and wipe out the other Wolf Bandits.
• Shui Bing'er told Xiao Yao that Qiu Wanxi and her daughter, Qiu Ruoshui, had a family Martial Soul called the Lord of Water.
• The Heaven Dou Empire's general took over the village and lake, celebrated the victory, and privately vowed revenge against the three women.
• Qiu Wanxi bought a ship in Vast Sea City, and Xiao Yao gave Shui Bing'er a powerful outfit and prepared matching sailor uniforms for the women.
• Shui Bing'er asked why they had not found a suitable Soul Beast, and Qiu Wanxi explained they were still in coastal waters.
• Qiu Wanxi learned from the sailors that the ship was about to enter the open sea, then warned Xiao Yao to stop fooling around because danger lay ahead.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er entered the middle waters, where Qiu Wanxi taught them to stay wary and conserve their strength. After watching a Monstrous Tuna hunt, they prepared to test their skills against it.

• A storm struck soon after the ship entered the middle waters, and Xiao Yao calmed the sea with the Sea Heart Flame before Qiu Wanxi scolded him for wasting Soul Power.
• Qiu Wanxi ordered the crew to activate the ship’s Soul Power barrier and warned Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er that people at sea might abandon human order and turn pirate.
• Qiu Wanxi pointed out a Monstrous Tuna and told Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er to gain experience fighting Sea Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Yao stopped Shui Bing'er from ambushing the Monstrous Tuna so they could observe its hunting technique and its prey’s unusual defenses.
• After the Monstrous Tuna finished its hunt, Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er launched an attack as it approached its spoils.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er hunted Sea Soul Beasts, then discovered a Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish whose Mystic Water Drops might evolve Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice. After Ice Seal failed to affect the jellyfish, Xiao Yao used Sea Heart Flame to obscure Qiu Wanxi's view while Shui Bing'er began transforming.

• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er froze and roasted a Monstrous Tuna, then ate it aboard the boat as Qiu Wanxi scolded them for relying on an unfair tactic.
• Qiu Wanxi spotted a Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish and explained that its Mystic Water Drops might evolve Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice.
• Xiao Yao froze the jellyfish with Ice Seal, but it swam out of the ice unharmed; Qiu Wanxi told them to target the organ where it stored spiritual power.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er pursued the fleeing jellyfish while Qiu Wanxi stayed behind them to let them train.
• Xiao Yao raised Sea Heart Flame to block Qiu Wanxi's view and told Shui Bing'er to transform.

Shui Bing'er transformed into a mermaid and helped Xiao Yao trap the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish in a Heavy Water Cage. Xiao Yao struck it with a fused-flame attack, but the explosion and rushing seawater swept him and Shui Bing'er toward the blast's center.

• Shui Bing'er used the Fish and Bird Bound by Love set to evolve her Martial Soul and transform into a mermaid.
• Shui Bing'er carried Xiao Yao after the fleeing Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish, then trapped it in a Heavy Water Cage underwater.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er realized the jellyfish's speed slowed when it had to adjust its mass to escape the cage.
• Shui Bing'er used the Breath of Ice to enlarge the Heavy Water Cage, and Xiao Yao fused two heavenly flames into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yao hurled the fire lotus and warned Shui Bing'er to run, but the explosion and returning seawater swept them toward its center.