Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing told Shrek Academy that an Immortal Grade Herb had evolved her martial soul, then discovered Dai Mubai had returned to despair and debauchery. After he rejected her attempt to persuade him, she left Shrek Academy with a letter and Gold Soul Coins, and the chapter ended with her seeking Ming Lunyu.

• Ming Lunyu received a message from Zhu Zhuqing and met her at Sunset Academy, where she recounted the events that led to her leaving Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her evolved Nethersteel Night Hunter martial soul to the Shrek Seven Devils, and Tang San identified the herb she had consumed as Nether King Incense.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned from Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu that Dai Mubai had returned to his old habits, then found him drunk in Heaven Dou City's red-light district.
• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing he had accepted his fate and rejected her efforts to persuade him, so she left him without telling him about Ming Lunyu.
• Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy a letter and Gold Soul Coins, then sought Ming Lunyu at Sunset Academy.

Ming Lunyu welcomed Zhu Zhuqing into his group, and Dugu Bo offered her a high-end soul bone suited to her fighting style. After the others rushed off to eat, Zhu Zhuqing was left holding the gift.

• Ming Lunyu reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she was under his protection, and she accepted his support.
• Tang Fu'er, Dugu Bo, Ma Hongjun, and Yang Wudi burst through the doorway, and Ma Hongjun urged Zhu Zhuqing to join their group.
• Ming Lunyu announced that Zhu Zhuqing had joined and kissed her as the group welcomed her.
• Dugu Bo offered Zhu Zhuqing a selection of soul bones and chose an over eighty-thousand-year Purple Lightning Mysterious Turtle Left Leg Bone for her.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo shared embarrassing stories from their youth before Ma Hongjun called everyone to eat.
• Dugu Bo hurriedly gave Zhu Zhuqing the soul bone and vanished with the others, leaving Zhu Zhuqing alone with it.

Ming Lunyu's group met Spirit Hall's leaders and learned that Qian Renxue had invited them to negotiate for God-bestowed Soul Rings. After Qian Daoliu offered compensation for his failed show of force, Qian Renxue secretly drugged him, leaving her motives unclear.

• Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun broke through their Soul Power bottlenecks and received Hundred-Thousand-Year God-bestowed Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue brought Ming Lunyu's group to meet Qian Daoliu, but Tang Fu'er and the others defeated the six Worshippers' show of force.
• Tang Fu'er explained God-bestowed Soul Rings, and Ming Lunyu asked Qian Daoliu to summon Qian Renxue to discuss cooperation and compensation.
• Qian Renxue apologized to Qian Daoliu and served him tea while he urged her to consult him before acting.
• Qian Daoliu began to discuss compensation, then slumped as the tea's drug sealed his Soul Power, and he realized Qian Renxue had poisoned him.

Qian Renxue revealed that inheriting the Angel God’s position would require Qian Daoliu to sacrifice himself, and asked Ming Lunyu to help her make him the inheritor instead. Qian Daoliu agreed to Ming Lunyu’s contract, which promised the aptitude to become a god but bound their fates together.

• Qian Renxue explained that the Angel God’s ninth trial required Qian Daoliu to sacrifice himself, and she wept over the secret he had kept from her.
• Qian Renxue recounted how she searched for a way to save her grandfather and concluded that Ming Lunyu’s Second Martial Soul might improve Qian Daoliu’s aptitude enough for him to inherit the divine position.
• Ming Lunyu confirmed that his Second Martial Soul was Inverse Yin Yang, while Qian Daoliu recognized Tang Fu’er as Tang Chen’s transformed, fused soul.
• Ming Lunyu offered Qian Daoliu a contract that would bind their fates, and Qian Daoliu reached out to accept it.

Qian Daoliu completed her contract with Ming Lunyu and was reborn as a golden-haired girl, then awakened the Twelve-winged Angel Saint King martial soul. The Angel God declared that she had surpassed him and urged her to forge her own godhood, leaving Qian Daoliu grateful that she could live to see Qian Renxue again.

• Qian Renxue gave Ming Lunyu two god-bestowed soul rings and hurried away after the Emperor summoned her, regretting that she could not witness Qian Daoliu's rebirth.
• Qian Daoliu emerged from the cocoon in a petite female body, stumbled in her unfamiliar high heels, and Ming Lunyu caught and steadied her.
• Ming Lunyu explained that the contract had altered Qian Daoliu's personality, making her more soft and tsundere, and encouraged her to examine her gains.
• Qian Daoliu summoned the Twelve-winged Angel Saint King, whose sacred aura awed Spirit City's residents and drew the Angel God's mark to her forehead.
• The Angel God completed Qian Daoliu's trials and urged her to master the laws and forge her own god position; Qian Daoliu realized she no longer needed to die and could reunite with Qian Renxue.

Qian Daoliu pledged loyalty to Ming Lunyu after he transformed her martial soul, then used her position to bind him to Spirit Hall and help restore it. As the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament began, Ming Lunyu prepared to recruit talented youths for his growing force.

• Qian Daoliu pledged loyalty to Ming Lunyu, and he accepted her as family.
• Qian Daoliu exposed and eliminated four disloyal worshippers, then appointed Golden Crocodile Douluo to manage Worship Hall while she served Ming Lunyu.
• Qian Daoliu told Tian E that she planned to make Ming Lunyu Spirit Hall's leader and lead it toward a new beginning.
• Qian Daoliu grew comfortable at Ming Lunyu's side, and Qian Renxue caught her dressed in cat-ear maid attire before Dugu Yan took Qian Renxue away.
• Dugu Bo reported that the tournament opening ceremony had ended, and Ming Lunyu announced that he would recruit talented youths.

Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun arrived in Heaven Dou City for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament and met Feng Xiaotian, who explained the rift between the Five Elements academies. At Sunset Academy, Ming Lunyu agreed to Dugu Bo’s plan to secure perfect preliminary results while saving his own appearance for the Promotion Tournament.

• Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun discussed using the tournament to make Sunset Academy and Ming Lunyu famous before arriving at the crowded Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena.
• Ma Hongjun teased Feng Xiaotian about his crush on Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian introduced himself as a Godwind Academy contestant.
• Feng Xiaotian explained that the Elephant Armor Sect’s alliance with Spirit Hall had strained its academy’s ties with the other four Five Elements academies.
• Feng Xiaotian was called away by a teammate before he could ask Ming Lunyu about the rumors surrounding Sunset Academy.
• Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun reached Sunset Academy’s resting area, where Ming Lunyu greeted the students and discussed the tournament lineup with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo proposed winning every preliminary match with a lineup supported by Eldest Miss, Zhuqing, or Yanyan, while Ming Lunyu saved his debut for the Promotion Tournament.

Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun watched Shrek Academy defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team and noticed the sinister changes in Tang San and his companions. Dugu Bo also sensed that an eerie power concealed Xiao Wu's soul beast nature, while Yu Xiaogang privately celebrated the effects of the herbs and his own advancement.

• Ma Hongjun and Ming Lunyu watched the arena and laughed at Shrek Academy's conspicuous green-and-red advertising uniforms.
• Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun sensed Tang San's transformed, ominous Blue Silver Grass and suspected his rapid growth had influenced Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.
• Shrek Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team in one minute and revealed that their healer had been helping their opponents throughout the match.
• Dugu Bo told Ming Lunyu that an eerie power now concealed Xiao Wu's soul beast aura even from a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang privately credited the precious herbs for his disciples' strength and his own breakthrough, then hid his sinister excitement when Flender praised the team.

Ming Lunyu watched the tournament, judged the academies’ strength, and saw Zhu Zhuqing defeat Godwind Academy’s team in seconds. He left the arena and returned to Dugu Bo’s residence, where Tang Fu'er and Qian Daoliu competed for his affection but agreed to try getting along.

• Ming Lunyu watched Xue Ye and exchanged glances with Xue Qinghe, who shyly looked away, before Ma Hongjun called his attention to Sunset Academy’s match against Godwind Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her four Soul Rings to defeat all seven of Godwind Academy’s fighters in under five seconds, astonishing Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ming Lunyu left the tournament after deciding the smaller academies were weak and the established ones were concealing their strength, while Ma Hongjun stayed to watch for a chance to compete.
• Ming Lunyu returned to Dugu Bo’s residence, where Tang Fu'er and Qian Daoliu rushed to greet him and argued over which of them liked him more.
• Ming Lunyu made Tang Fu'er and Qian Daoliu hold hands and promised to love them equally, then invited them inside to try on the clothes he had bought.

As the preliminaries reached their midpoint, Ming Lunyu watched his new companions grow closer and learned about the drama surrounding Shrek, Blazing Fire, and Godwind Academies. He settled in to watch Feng Xiaotian challenge Tang San for a chance to date Huo Wu.

• Ming Lunyu found Tang Fu'er and Qian Daoliu asleep together after two days of bonding over costumes and Oral Liquid.
• Ming Lunyu went to the arena, where Dugu Bo explained that Ma Hongjun’s overwhelming strength had made other academies concede their matches against Sunset Academy.
• Ming Lunyu learned that Zhu Zhuqing had rejected Dai Mubai’s attempt to persuade her to return to Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo recounted how Tang San led Shrek to defeat Blazing Fire Academy, prompting Huo Wu to kiss him and Feng Xiaotian to challenge him for a chance to date her.
• Ming Lunyu found a good spot to watch the upcoming match and silently hoped Feng Xiaotian would succeed.

Shrek Academy defeated Godwind Academy, and Tang San bested Feng Xiaotian in a one-on-one clash of self-created Soul Skills. Ming Lunyu, impressed by Feng Xiaotian’s talent, decided to recruit him.

• Shrek Academy’s Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and Dai Mubai overwhelmed Godwind Academy while Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, and Tailong supported the team.
• Feng Xiaotian took to the air after breaking free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, then conceded the team battle and challenged Tang San to a duel.
• Feng Xiaotian used his self-created Thirty-Six Consecutive Severing Winds of the Gale Wolf, while Tang San countered with the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian with eighty-one strikes, and Feng Xiaotian was left embedded in the arena wall.
• Huo Wu rejected Feng Xiaotian’s confession, while Ming Lunyu resolved to recruit the disappointed self-created Soul Skill user.

Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo abducted Feng Xiaotian after his loss and persuaded him that defeating Tang San was the way to win Huo Wu’s favor. Feng Xiaotian began considering Ming Lunyu’s promised help as a path to becoming stronger.

• Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo seized Feng Xiaotian while he was grieving his defeat and brought him to meet them.
• Feng Xiaotian insisted he would not give up on Huo Wu, and Ming Lunyu said he admired his devotion and wanted to help him.
• Ming Lunyu told Feng Xiaotian that Huo Wu would respect a man who proved his strength, then pointed out that Tang San had already defeated her.
• Ming Lunyu convinced Feng Xiaotian that he needed to defeat Tang San in the Promotion Tournament and offered to help him grow stronger.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted Ming Lunyu’s reasoning, though he still doubted whether Ming Lunyu could truly help him.

Ming Lunyu offered to help Feng Xiaotian grow stronger and revealed that his Inverse Yin Yang martial soul could improve a Contractor’s aptitude and martial soul through gradual gender reversal. Feng Xiaotian learned he could control the process with the Reversal Clock, but each change was irreversible, and he considered using it to defeat Tang San and pursue Huo Wu.

• Feng Xiaotian doubted Ming Lunyu’s offer, while Dugu Bo secretly placed poison powder in his body to keep him from revealing Ming Lunyu’s secret.
• Ming Lunyu revealed his gray-ringed Inverse Yin Yang martial soul and his powerful first martial soul, prompting Feng Xiaotian to beg him for guidance.
• Ming Lunyu explained that contracting with Inverse Yin Yang could improve aptitude and optimize a martial soul, but it would reverse the Contractor’s gender.
• Ming Lunyu showed Feng Xiaotian the Reversal Clock, which let its holder control irreversible feminization in increments while gaining corresponding improvements.
• Feng Xiaotian considered turning the clock only slightly so he could become stronger without fully changing, hoping to defeat Tang San and date Huo Wu.

Ming Lunyu watched Feng Xiaotian accept a clock that strengthened him at the cost of feminizing him, then learned that Tang San had defeated Canghui Academy’s seven-person Soul Skill Fusion Technique. Qian Daoliu began revealing the truth about the previous Pope’s death, but Qian Renxue arrived and caught him sharing an intimate moment with Ming Lunyu.

• Feng Xiaotian turned the clock one notch, gained one percent strength, and left determined to defeat Tang San and win Huo Wu’s heart.
• Ming Lunyu told Ma Hongjun about Feng Xiaotian’s choice and predicted he would keep using the clock to gain enough strength to challenge Tang San.
• Dugu Bo explained that Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique was an illusion and that Tang San had shattered it with his superior spiritual power.
• Ming Lunyu worried that Shrek Academy had badly injured Canghui’s members and could face trouble from Salas, while Dugu Bo noted Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao and Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu insisted that Tang Hao had not killed his son, and Ming Lunyu encouraged him to share the truth while affectionately feeding and teasing him.
• Qian Renxue arrived and froze after seeing Qian Daoliu and Ming Lunyu together.

Qian Daoliu revealed the truth behind Bibi Dong’s hatred and explained why she wanted Ming Lunyu to take Qian Renxue as well. Ming Lunyu rejected that plan and proposed an honest conversation between Bibi Dong and her daughter, though the chapter ended with him teasing Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Renxue caught Qian Daoliu cuddling with Ming Lunyu and left after learning they loved each other.
• Qian Daoliu asked Ming Lunyu to accept Qian Renxue, explaining that her granddaughter secretly loved him.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Qian Xunji had raped Bibi Dong, who later killed him and grew to resent Qian Renxue as a reminder of her suffering.
• Qian Daoliu confessed that she had known about Qian Xunji’s crime and regretted allowing it, while Ming Lunyu comforted her.
• Ming Lunyu argued that Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong needed an honest conversation rather than a romance to distract Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu agreed to trust him.
• Ming Lunyu lifted Qian Daoliu and teased her, easing her sadness.

Ming Lunyu learned that Shrek Academy was facing scrutiny after Canghui Academy’s members became incapacitated, but expected Shrek to be protected by the Pope’s Token. When Skywater Academy chose to face Sunset Academy rather than forfeit, Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo suspected they had a hidden Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ma Hongjun prepared to fight them.

• After Qian Daoliu’s concealment formation broke, Ma Hongjun reported that Canghui Academy’s seven members had become incurable idiots and that the tournament committee was holding Shrek Academy accountable.
• Ming Lunyu recalled that Tang Hao had given Yu Xiaogang a Pope’s Token and said Salas would not dare challenge its authority.
• Dugu Bo explained that Skywater Academy needed a win to protect its tournament standing, and Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo suspected the team had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ma Hongjun received a kiss from Ming Lunyu and went to the arena to face Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing’er steadied her team, while Ma Hongjun taunted the Skywater Academy members before the referee began the match.

Ma Hongjun overwhelmed the Skywater Team in the tournament match, defeating its members and shattering Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice Crystal Phoenix fusion skill with her royal Fire Phoenix. After the referee declared Sunset Academy the winner, Ma Hongjun rushed off the stage toward the one she loved.

• Ma Hongjun summoned her Martial Soul and suppressed Shui Bing'er with her royal phoenix bloodline.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu prepared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Ma Hongjun defeated the Skywater Team's front line.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed the Ice Crystal Drifting Ice Phoenix, but Ma Hongjun answered with her massive Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Hongjun's Fire Phoenix tore apart and shattered the Ice Crystal Phoenix, leaving Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unable to continue.
• The referee declared Sunset Academy the winner, and Ma Hongjun rushed off the stage toward the one who held her heart.

Ming Lunyu, Ma Hongjun, and Qian Daoliu were lured into Shi Nian’s illusion, but they saw through his ambush and defeated him. After Shi Nian begged for mercy and offered his knowledge, Ming Lunyu killed him outside Heaven Dou City.

• The remaining minor academies forfeited their matches after seeing Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan defeat Skywater Academy.
• Ming Lunyu sensed someone watching the group as they left the Great Soul Arena, and Shi Nian trapped them in an illusion.
• Ming Lunyu, Ma Hongjun, and Qian Daoliu remained unaffected by Shi Nian’s illusions and repelled his spiritual attack.
• Qian Daoliu pulled Shi Nian from the illusion while Ming Lunyu struck him, and the group discovered they were outside Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian admitted he had targeted Ma Hongjun because he resented gifted geniuses, then begged Ming Lunyu to spare him and teach him about soul skill fusion.
• Ming Lunyu rejected Shi Nian’s plea and killed him with a blast of Five Elements Power.

Ming Lunyu's group used Tang Fu'er's Soul Tool Beeper to summon her, and she extracted Shi Nian's memories so Ming Lunyu could study his soul skill fusion techniques. Meanwhile, Feng Xiaotian won Huo Wu another chance by revealing his breakthrough, while Dugu Bo secretly watched and interfered; Huo Wu was left wondering why their meeting felt like a farewell.

• Ming Lunyu used the Soul Tool Beeper to call Tang Fu'er, who arrived and extracted Shi Nian's memories into a pearl.
• Ming Lunyu studied Shi Nian's memories, Ma Hongjun burned the corpse, and the group kept the dropped soul bone as a reserve.
• Dugu Bo found Feng Xiaotian confronting Huo Wu and secretly knocked out her two maids so he could watch what happened.
• Feng Xiaotian told Huo Wu he had advanced two levels to rank forty-six and asked for another chance to defeat Tang San.
• Huo Wu reluctantly gave Feng Xiaotian another chance, and he left to train while she wondered why their meeting felt like their last.

Feng Xiaotian used the Reverse Clock to raise his Fallen Maiden Progress to twenty-five percent, gaining greater power while becoming noticeably more feminine. Meanwhile, Ming Lunyu’s group returned with Shi Nian’s memories and a Soul Bone, and Tang Fu'er showed everyone the strange Soul Tools she had invented.

• Dugu Bo watched Feng Xiaotian celebrate Huo Wu’s agreement, then left the rooftop.
• Feng Xiaotian turned the Reverse Clock twice, raising his Fallen Maiden Progress to twenty-five percent and improving his aptitude, wind affinity, and Soul Power circulation.
• Feng Xiaotian examined his more feminine reflection and decided to stop increasing the progress before the changes became impossible to hide.
• Ming Lunyu told Dugu Bo and the others that Shi Nian had tried to assassinate them and that he had obtained the man's memories about Soul Skill fusion techniques and a seventy-thousand-year head Soul Bone.
• Tang Fu'er gathered the group to demonstrate her Wonderful Little Gadgets, including a black iron dog that spun like a top and several other bizarre Soul Tools.
• Qian Daoliu hugged Tang Fu'er and praised her inventions, and the two girls embraced happily.