Chapter Summaries

Li Mubai told Bibi Dong that he had sold the new district’s land for twenty-six million gold coins, far exceeding her expectations. He led her to the carriages carrying the proceeds, where she met the merchant Li Fengheng.

• Bibi Dong confronted Li Mubai for entering the Pope’s Hall rear courtyard and threatened to dock his pay and make him face the wall, but he redirected the conversation by announcing good news.
• Li Mubai revealed that the new district’s plots had sold for twenty-six million gold coins, leaving Bibi Dong stunned and eager to verify the amount.
• Li Mubai led Bibi Dong outside the Pope’s Hall, where she saw the long line of carriages carrying the proceeds and praised his achievement.
• Li Mubai called Li Fengheng out of a carriage, and Li Fengheng nervously approached Bibi Dong to pay his respects.
• Bibi Dong recognized Li Fengheng as the founder of Sili Trading Company, praised him, and lifted him to his feet, explaining that Spirit Hall did not require people to kneel.

Li Mubai persuaded Bibi Dong to support free education for ordinary children, with Li Fengheng’s Sili Trading Company offering to fund it in exchange for refuge for the Li Clan if the Heaven Dou Imperial Family turned against them. As construction began on an academy intended to teach practical sciences, Hu Liena noticed her stipend had increased and wondered whether the Tenth Elder’s project had made money.

• Li Mubai explained his plan for educating children without Martial Soul talent, and Bibi Dong questioned how Spirit Hall would afford universal free schooling.
• Li Fengheng offered the Sili Trading Company’s support and revealed that he hoped the Li Clan could settle in Spirit City if the Heaven Dou Imperial Family forced them out; Bibi Dong agreed.
• Li Mubai showed Li Fengheng the rapidly developing new district and designated a hill and surrounding land for an academy focused on mathematics, physics, chemistry, and gunpowder.
• Several days later, Hu Liena received a stipend several times larger than usual and wondered whether the Tenth Elder’s project had finally made money.

Hu Liena learned that Li Mubai had sold Spirit Hall’s wasteland for more than twenty million, while Golden Crocodile found the site already under construction and wondered whether Spirit Hall’s treasury had secretly funded it. The chapter left Golden Crocodile preparing to investigate how the new city district was being built.

• Hu Liena visited Bibi Dong and asked why her allowance had increased.
• Bibi Dong explained that Li Mubai had sold the wasteland for a high price, earning Spirit Hall over twenty million in net profit.
• Bibi Dong praised Li Mubai and promised to protect him and his free academy from interference by the two great empires.
• Hu Liena was stunned by Li Mubai’s success, then accepted Bibi Dong’s day off and went shopping.
• Golden Crocodile inspected the former wasteland, found construction underway, and heard a worker explain that the new city district was being built with installment-based housing.
• Golden Crocodile wondered whether someone had secretly used money from Spirit Hall’s treasury to fund the construction.

Golden Crocodile accused Bibi Dong of secretly spending Spirit Hall treasury funds, but she denied it and he found no recent treasury disbursements. He left still puzzled about how the new city was being built, while Bibi Dong suspected his visit was connected to it.

• Golden Crocodile saw the new city's construction and assumed Bibi Dong had diverted treasury money to fund it.
• Golden Crocodile forced his way toward the rear courtyard, overwhelming Bibi Dong's guards with his presence before one of them hurried to alert her.
• Bibi Dong confronted Golden Crocodile, who accused her of diverting treasury funds without the Worship Hall's approval; she denied the charge and challenged him to name a price for her words.
• Golden Crocodile left the Pope's Hall and questioned the treasury guards, who told him there had been no disbursements for over a month.

Golden Crocodile investigated Spirit Hall’s treasury and discovered that Li Mubai’s wasteland project had brought in over twenty million gold coins. At a construction site, he learned that merchants were paying millions for plots to build housing, but he had yet to discover the homes’ prices.

• Golden Crocodile questioned treasury guards, who said the treasury had received over twenty million gold coins and that Li Mubai might know where they came from.
• Golden Crocodile went to the new city’s construction site and spoke with workers resting in a tent.
• The workers told Golden Crocodile that Li Mubai had sold their plot to their boss for two million gold coins.
• Golden Crocodile realized that plots across the wasteland could account for Spirit Hall’s huge income and asked why the land was so valuable.
• A worker explained that the plot was being developed into five-story housing, with each building intended for fifteen households, and began to reveal the price of each home.

Golden Crocodile told Qian Daoliu why he trusted Li Mubai, citing the young man's reforms and the money he raised by selling Spirit Hall land. He urged Qian Daoliu to support Li Mubai’s efforts to improve ordinary people’s lives, and the chapter ended with Li Mubai preparing to attend the monthly assembly.

• Golden Crocodile reported that Li Mubai appeared sincere toward Spirit Hall, though Qian Daoliu insisted his identity and decisions still needed scrutiny.
• Golden Crocodile revealed that Li Mubai had sold wasteland in Spirit City for twenty-six million and established offices that improved city management, sanitation, and employment.
• Golden Crocodile recounted how disaster killed his family and how Bai Xiaoxiao, the village girl he loved, was abducted and died while he was away.
• Golden Crocodile told Qian Daoliu he would support Li Mubai even if he were an undercover agent, because he hoped Li Mubai could change the world.
• Qian Daoliu said Li Mubai was quite good, and Golden Crocodile left the hall.
• Several days later, Li Mubai woke, washed, and prepared to attend the monthly assembly.

During Spirit Hall's monthly assembly, Li Mubai completed his first official sign-in and received a powerful spatial Soul Tool, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and a Cultivation Enhancement Card as the system finished loading. The chapter left him being singled out by Bibi Dong, who praised his contributions to Spirit Hall and revealed that he had brought in substantial additional income.

• Li Mubai met Demon Bear on the way to the assembly, and Demon Bear complained about the early meeting and his exhaustion.
• While Bibi Dong addressed the elders, Li Mubai signed in and obtained the Mount Sumeru Mustard Seed, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and a Cultivation Enhancement Card.
• The system completed loading and displayed its new sections, including Li Mubai's personal panel and an empty Random Missions page.
• Bibi Dong singled out Li Mubai for praise, surprising the elders and making Demon Bear happy for his brother.
• Bibi Dong said Li Mubai had brought Spirit Hall a large amount of additional income in a short time.

Bibi Dong nominated Li Mubai to command the Spirit City Guard Corps, citing his contribution, while Snake Lance Douluo and two other elders challenged her decision. She claimed Li Mubai had earned Spirit Hall three years of net profits and summoned a vault keeper to provide proof, leaving the hall waiting for confirmation.

• Bibi Dong proposed making Li Mubai commander of the Spirit City Guard Corps, but Snake Lance Douluo and other elders objected to his youth and questioned his contribution.
• Bibi Dong said Li Mubai had helped launch the new city project, and Li Mubai privately complained that he wanted to avoid work and keep enjoying his leisure.
• Snake Lance accused Bibi Dong of implying the other elders had not served Spirit Hall and demanded evidence for her claim that Li Mubai had earned three years of net profits.
• Demon Bear cursed the opposing elders, and their argument turned the great hall into a shouting match while Li Mubai hoped Bibi Dong could not prove her claim.
• Bibi Dong ordered a guard to fetch a vault keeper, and Snake Lance grew uneasy as he considered whether Li Mubai might really have earned the enormous sum.
• A silver-armored guard entered the hall and greeted Bibi Dong as the elders waited for the vault keeper.

Bibi Dong struggled to prove Li Mubai’s earnings as Snake Lance challenged his appointment as commander of the Guard Corps. Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and revealed that Li Mubai had earned Spirit Hall three years’ worth of profit, while Li Mubai’s inner thoughts made clear he still wanted no part of the job.

• Bibi Dong had a vault guard report Spirit Hall’s income and expenditures; he stated that the past month’s income was twenty-six million one hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Snake Lance demanded tangible proof of Li Mubai’s achievement, leaving Bibi Dong unable to respond because she had not recorded the money in the vault accounts.
• Hu Liena defended Li Mubai’s appointment and rebuked Snake Lance for obstructing the Pope’s decree; Demon Bear then taunted Snake Lance.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived, rebuked Snake Lance and his allies, and declared that Li Mubai had earned Spirit Hall three years’ worth of profit.
• Snake Lance and Bibi Dong were astonished by Golden Crocodile’s revelation, while Li Mubai’s inner voice complained that he did not want to command the Guard Corps.

The elders accepted Li Mubai’s appointment as captain of the Guard Corps after Golden Crocodile confirmed his contribution, and Bibi Dong gave him the command token. Li Mubai then learned the corps might not accept him and headed with Demon Bear to visit its station.

• Golden Crocodile backed Li Mubai’s appointment, and Snake Lance withdrew his objection after Bibi Dong pressed him.
• Bibi Dong appointed Li Mubai captain of the Guard Corps and gave him the token’s upper half, which alone held the authority to command the corps.
• Li Mubai and Demon Bear celebrated at Drunken Spring House, where Li Mubai asked where the Guard Corps was stationed.
• Demon Bear warned Li Mubai that the corps might refuse to obey him because its members had been devoted to their previous commander.
• After finishing their meal, Li Mubai and Demon Bear headed south toward the Guard Corps’ station.

Li Mubai and Demon Bear found the Guard Corps camp neglected and deserted, then discovered its men gambling and brawling in filthy quarters. When the men tried to extort Li Mubai and then surround him, he began to tell them to look at something first.

• Li Mubai and Demon Bear entered the Guard Corps fortress and saw its overgrown grounds and moss-covered training yard.
• Li Mubai followed Demon Bear into the living quarters, where the men gambled amid filth and foul smells.
• A table-slapper broke the gambling table, then fought with a thick-bearded man as the others egged them on.
• The men noticed Li Mubai at the doorway, and the table-slapper demanded thirty gold coins to let him leave.
• Li Mubai refused to pay or fear Spirit Hall, so the men moved to surround him; he began telling them to take a look first.

Li Mubai presented the Pope’s identity token and revealed himself as the Wine Sword Immortal to the unruly Guard Corps, then ordered them to assemble. He and Demon Bear discussed the force’s potential while the men, angered by Li Mubai’s insults, finally began heading to the training ground.

• Li Mubai showed the Guard Corps members his captain’s identity token and identified himself as Li Mubai, the Tenth Elder and Wine Sword Immortal.
• Li Mubai demonstrated his overwhelming strength, but the men hesitated to accept him as their leader because they remained loyal to their missing former captain.
• Li Mubai criticized the Guard Corps for their filthy living quarters and ordered them to assemble at the training ground.
• Outside the dormitory, Li Mubai and Demon Bear discussed the former captain, the Corps’ three thousand Soul Masters, and Li Mubai’s plan to turn them into a firearms combat unit.
• After Li Mubai left, the Guard Corps members decided to go to the training ground, and they began emerging from the dormitory after about twenty minutes.

Li Mubai took charge of the Guard Corps and provoked its dispirited members into defending their former commander, then returned home and used the Ten-Year Arduous Cultivation Card. The card raised his cultivation by two levels, while Zhao Shuran and Xiao Yu'er misunderstood the sounds from his study.

• Li Mubai and Demon Bear found the Guard Corps disorganized, with many members absent and the rest lacking fighting spirit.
• Li Mubai showed his identity token, then taunted the Guard Corps until its members angrily defended their former commander; he told them to improve before he returned in three days.
• Li Mubai explained to Demon Bear that provoking the Guard Corps could restore its members' self-respect and sense of glory.
• Li Mubai used the Ten-Year Arduous Cultivation Card in his study, and Zhao Shuran mistook his cry of pleasure for something indecent.
• Xiao Yu'er told Zhao Shuran that she had seen her blushing in the night and covered her with a quilt, so Zhao Shuran made her promise to keep it secret.
• The card's energy entered Li Mubai's dantian and raised his cultivation by two levels.

As autumn rain arrived in Spirit City, Li Mubai treated Zhao Shuran for a chill, then dealt with Xiao Yu'er's innocent misunderstanding about her mother's sleep-talking. He visited the guard corps and challenged its members to prove their abilities.

• Li Mubai found a white cat sleeping on his chest as the cold rain marked the arrival of autumn.
• Li Mubai used Soul Power to treat Zhao Shuran, who caught a chill, and later returned with breakfast while she rested.
• Xiao Yu'er asked Li Mubai to check whether Zhao Shuran was sick after hearing her moan in her sleep, and Li Mubai reassured her that Zhao Shuran was healthy.
• Li Mubai visited the guard corps, saw that its members had cleaned up and begun drilling, and told them to demonstrate what they could do.
• A guard demanded that Li Mubai explain what he meant, and Li Mubai recognized that they had taken his bait.

The author ended the novel early, apologized to readers, and outlined the story’s planned conclusion. The chapter left the protagonist’s planned rise and Spirit Hall’s unification of Douluo Continent unwritten.

• The author acknowledged that the later characterization had become inconsistent and decided to end the book.
• The author described starting to write web novels, explained the problems with the story, and thanked readers for their criticism.
• The author apologized to loyal readers for not providing the ending they wanted.
• The author outlined how the protagonist would have strengthened Spirit Hall, battled rival factions, and brought popular characters into his harem.
• The author described a final war in which Spirit Hall would have defeated Tang San’s forces, unified the three kingdoms, and transformed society.
• The author said the protagonist would have ascended to the Divine Realm with his harem and hinted that the system could have taken him to other worlds.