Chapter Summaries

Su Yuntao joined Ming Lunyu’s family and learned that her new body had raised her to Soul King strength. Dugu Bo prepared to help her obtain God-bestowed Soul Rings, while the chapter ended with Su Yuntao absorbing them, unaware of the welcome ceremony planned for that night.

• Ming Lunyu introduced Su Yuntao as his new girlfriend, and Ma Hongjun welcomed her into the family.
• Dugu Bo examined Su Yuntao and revealed that she had reached roughly level fifty-six with a physique stronger than an ordinary Soul King’s.
• Dugu Bo explained that Su Yuntao’s cultivation had been suppressed to strengthen her foundation and promised to help her obtain Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo described God-bestowed Soul Rings and explained the backgrounds of Ming Lunyu’s consorts to Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao chose to absorb her Soul Rings before building a house, while Dugu Bo considered arranging a private welcome ceremony for her that night.

Su Yuntao absorbed five ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and gained a powerful new form, then became Ming Lunyu’s girlfriend. The next day, she served as his personal attendant and learned that she would compete in the tournament finals to gain combat experience.

• Su Yuntao absorbed five Soul Rings, became a Soul King, and discovered that her War Wolf Martial Soul could act independently.
• Ma Hongjun pushed Su Yuntao into Ming Lunyu’s room, where she chose to embrace her new relationship with him.
• Ming Lunyu practiced spearmanship with Su Yuntao’s lychee jelly while she cheered him on.
• The following day, Su Yuntao cleaned Ming Lunyu’s ears during a carriage ride and asked whether she could compete in the finals.
• Ming Lunyu reassured Su Yuntao that the tournament would help her gain combat experience and that Xiao Jun, Zhuqing, and the others would be there with her.

As the Heavenly Dou teams traveled to Spirit City for the finals, Ming Lunyu analyzed the mysterious power affecting Dai Mubai and discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s past with him. He agreed to recruit Oscar after the competition and began plotting how to exploit Oscar’s devotion to Ning Rongrong.

• Ming Lunyu and his companions discussed why Bibi Dong had arranged for the finals to be held in Spirit City, and Tang Fu'er revealed that Tang Hao was likely wandering as a moron after she had extracted his memories.
• Oscar delivered sausages to Ming Lunyu’s carriage, and the traveling academies continued their uneasy but mostly friendly interactions, with Shrek’s members visiting Zhu Zhuqing while Dai Mubai kept his distance.
• Ming Lunyu secretly observed Dai Mubai and concluded that an evil-leaning energy was worsening his emotional instability after his defeat and separation from Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ming Lunyu that she no longer cared what happened to Dai Mubai, and Ming Lunyu accepted that she had moved on.
• Ming Lunyu agreed to recruit Oscar after the competition and began devising a scheme based on Oscar’s talent, character, and determination to marry Ning Rongrong.

Tang Fu'er detected a Spirit Hall ambush in the canyon, and Qian Daoliu, Tang Fu'er, and Yang Wudi stopped Yue Guan and Gui Mei before they could attack the convoy. After learning Bibi Dong had sent them to target Tang San, Qian Daoliu ordered them to abandon the operation, while Dugu Bo quietly dealt with the ambushers and Chen Xin wondered about Ming Lunyu's strength.

• Tang Fu'er detected more than a thousand Soul Masters lying in ambush in the canyon, including the Titled Douluo Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Qian Daoliu, Tang Fu'er, and Yang Wudi rushed to confront the leaders, and Qian Daoliu knocked Yue Guan and Gui Mei down before demanding an explanation.
• Yue Guan revealed that Bibi Dong had sent them because Tang San was Tang Hao's son, and Qian Daoliu ordered them to tell Bibi Dong not to attack the convoy that way again.
• Dugu Bo defeated the remaining Spirit Hall ambushers while the convoy passed safely through the canyon.
• Chen Xin thanked Dugu Bo for her help and wondered how Ming Lunyu could command such formidable people.

After Bibi Dong’s agents tried to capture Tang San and draw out Tang Hao, Ming Lunyu urged Qian Daoliu to remove Bibi Dong as Pope. Qian Daoliu agreed to impeach him after the tournament, but still needed to find a successor.

• Qian Daoliu told Ming Lunyu that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had been sent by Bibi Dong to capture Tang San and force Tang Hao out.
• Ming Lunyu accepted Meng Shu’s thanks and told him to keep the attackers’ origins quiet while he handled the matter.
• Ming Lunyu argued that Bibi Dong’s actions and plans for Qian Renxue endangered Spirit Hall’s future and proved he was unfit to lead it.
• Qian Daoliu decided to lead the Worship Hall in impeaching Bibi Dong after the tournament, but Ming Lunyu cautioned him to find a successor first.
• Qian Daoliu rejected the prospect of becoming Pope himself and privately decided that Qian Renxue should eventually take over.

As the Spirit Master Tournament finals approached, Ming Lunyu encouraged the heartbroken Feng Xiaotian and explained his new Subordinate Contract skill and plans for building an independent force. He left his companions considering his proposal to recruit loyal soul masters and open maid cafés after the tournament.

• The contestants arrived in Spirit City, toured the finals arena, and learned that Sunset Academy would face Yellow Moon Academy, with Su Yuntao and Ma Hongjun assigned to compete.
• Ming Lunyu found Feng Xiaotian grieving over his repeated failures against Tang San and urged him to keep training and pursuing Huo Wu.
• Ming Lunyu suggested Feng Xiaotian could spar with him in Four Elements City, and Feng Xiaotian gratefully accepted his encouragement.
• After Ma Hongjun admitted the group had eavesdropped, Ming Lunyu explained that reaching Soul Saint had granted him the Subordinate Contract skill, which improved loyal recruits and bound them to obey him.
• Ming Lunyu proposed selecting loyal soul masters from Sunset Academy and allied groups to form an independent force, then placing contracted recruits in maid cafés.

Ming Lunyu watched Dai Mubai face Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the finals, while helping Zhu Zhuqing confront her fear of her elder sister. Shrek defeated Star Luo Royal Academy by destroying the Hell White Tiger, and Ming Lunyu saw Dai Mubai's victory as an opportunity for himself.

• Ming Lunyu explained that his maid café could serve as an intelligence network, though he admitted he mainly wanted to open it for fun.
• Ming Lunyu comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she watched Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, encouraging her to overcome her fear.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai, and Tang San stopped Dai Mubai from rushing into their trap.
• Shrek gained the upper hand with Oscar and Ning Rongrong's support, while Tang San knocked Star Luo Royal Academy's support member out of the arena.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun summoned the Hell White Tiger, but Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng overcame it with mysterious divine power and Shrek destroyed the fusion.
• Dai Mubai celebrated Shrek's victory, while Ming Lunyu privately believed the result had given him a chance to rule the continent.

After Dai Weisi lost to Dai Mubai, Ming Lunyu abducted him and offered to help him reclaim the succession. Ming Lunyu then displayed his group’s power, leaving Dai Weisi overwhelmed by four Titled Douluo.

• Dai Weisi returned toward the Empire with Elder Jing after losing to Dai Mubai, while trying to hide his fear that the Emperor would now favor his brother.
• Elder Jing drove Dai Weisi away from Spirit City, where Ming Lunyu appeared and revealed that his group had mentally controlled the evaluator.
• Ming Lunyu offered Dai Weisi a chance to regain his right of succession, arguing that he had little hope of defeating Dai Mubai on his own.
• Dai Weisi saw Zhu Zhuqing with Ming Lunyu and realized she had joined forces with someone powerful.
• Ming Lunyu had four Titled Douluo activate their Soul Rings, and Dai Weisi collapsed at the sight of their strength.

Ming Lunyu won Dai Weisi’s agreement to a contract and planned to use him to control the Star Luo Empire. He also altered investigator Jing Qingyuan’s memories and made him his subordinate, leaving Jing transformed into the maid Xiao Yuan as everyone waited for Dai Weisi to emerge from his cocoon.

• Dai Weisi accepted Ming Lunyu’s offer of help and agreed to form a contract with him.
• Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo discussed supporting Dai Weisi onto the throne and expanding their influence across the continent.
• Ming Lunyu ordered Tang Fu’er to alter investigator Jing Qingyuan’s memories, and the newly loyal Jing accepted a Subordinate Contract.
• The Subordinate Contract transformed Jing Qingyuan into a young woman, whom Ming Lunyu named Xiao Yuan and appointed as his personal maid.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that her martial soul had evolved and her level had risen from eighty-five to eighty-seven, while the group waited for Dai Weisi to emerge from his cocoon.

Dai Weisi awakened from Ming Lunyu’s contract with a transformed Martial Soul and a new body, then learned that Zhu Zhuyun had betrayed her by seducing Dai Mubai. Ming Lunyu comforted Dai Weisi and promised her a future with his family, leaving her emotionally drawn to his embrace.

• Dai Weisi awakened with the Yin and Yang power, a Super Martial Soul called the Profound Firmament Sacred Tiger, and a breakthrough past Rank Fifty.
• Dai Weisi asked Ming Lunyu to bring Zhu Zhuyun out, but he explained that her transformed Martial Soul could no longer fuse with Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell Spirit Cat.
• Ming Lunyu showed Dai Weisi Tang Fu’er’s recording of Zhu Zhuyun deciding to seduce Dai Mubai and then taking him to bed.
• Dai Weisi reacted with fury and jealousy, and Ming Lunyu held her and urged her not to lose herself over Zhu Zhuyun’s betrayal.
• Dai Weisi cried over her painful past, and Ming Lunyu promised that she would have a perfect future with him and his family.
• Dai Weisi felt moved by Ming Lunyu’s kindness and wanted to remain in his embrace.

Ming Lunyu welcomed Dai Weisi into his family as his Sister, while Dugu Bo teased him over their intimate relationship. The next day, Ming Lunyu chose to fight Godwind Academy himself, leaving Feng Xiaotian worried but hopeful about the promised training.

• Ming Lunyu comforted Dai Weisi, introduced himself, and welcomed her as his Sister.
• Dugu Bo asked Ming Lunyu why he had made Dai Weisi his Sister, then playfully claimed an upper-and-lower relationship with him.
• Dai Weisi heard the sounds from next door and spent the night distracted by thoughts of Ming Lunyu.
• Yang Wudi announced that Sunset Academy would face Godwind Academy, and Ming Lunyu volunteered to compete.
• Feng Xiaotian worried that Ming Lunyu would use the important match as practice, but Ming Lunyu promised to help him improve.

Ming Lunyu dominated Godwind Academy’s challenge, then used the final move against Feng Xiaotian to guide and improve his self-created technique. The chapter ended with Feng Xiaotian unleashing the complete second stage of his skill, Symphony of the High Heavens.

• Ming Lunyu offered Godwind Academy three moves to make him retreat, and Feng Xiaotian allowed a Wind Giant Eagle Soul Master to attack first.
• Ming Lunyu caught the Wind Giant Eagle Soul Master’s full-force attack with one hand and threw him out of the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian sent five teammates to attack together, but Ming Lunyu easily scattered them and they left the stage.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with his Thirty-Six Consecutive Severing Winds of the Gale Wolf, while Ming Lunyu redirected his wings and helped him improve the technique.
• Feng Xiaotian thanked Ming Lunyu for his guidance, then performed the improved slashes and launched the complete Symphony of the High Heavens.

Ming Lunyu gave Feng Xiaotian control over the wind in his domain, allowing him to unleash a massive storm before Ming Lunyu ended the match. After sensing Bibi Dong's hostile attention, Ming Lunyu left the arena and told the women to come with him to confront her.

• Ming Lunyu activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Heart Fan Barrier, creating a domain where Feng Xiaotian could freely command wind elements.
• Feng Xiaotian gathered a colossal tornado and charged Ming Lunyu with the storm.
• Ming Lunyu amplified his Soul Power with his one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill, alarming Bibi Dong, who realized he possessed power comparable to five Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong considered Ming Lunyu a threat to her plan to destroy Spirit Hall and contemplated a sinister response.
• Ming Lunyu sensed danger from Pope's Palace, then knocked Feng Xiaotian out with a giant meteor and left the arena.
• Ming Lunyu found the women and told them to come with him to beat Bibi Dong.

Ming Lunyu led his allies to the Pope’s Palace after sensing Bibi Dong’s intent to kill him, then subdued her and ordered Tang Fu’er to alter her memories. The discovery of a strange, bloodthirsty scythe led Ming Lunyu and Qian Daoliu to suspect that Bibi Dong had received a Divine Inheritance, and he went to inspect the weapon.

• Ming Lunyu gathered Tang Fu’er and four Titled Douluo and entered the Pope’s Palace to confront Bibi Dong.
• Tang Fu’er defeated Chrysanthemum Ghost, and the group overwhelmed and imprisoned Bibi Dong.
• Ming Lunyu spared Bibi Dong because of Qian Daoliu and ordered Tang Fu’er to change her memories as punishment.
• Yang Wudi reported finding a powerful, bloodthirsty scythe in a secret chamber, and Qian Daoliu noted Bibi Dong’s abnormal rise to rank ninety-six.
• Ming Lunyu suspected Bibi Dong had a Divine Inheritance and went with Dugu Bo to examine the scythe.

Ming Lunyu and the others investigated the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and found its power resembled the power possessed by Shrek Academy. After Tang Fu'er altered Bibi Dong’s memories and made her obedient to Qian Daoliu, the group concluded the scythe’s inheritance was an evil, chaotic force, though Tang Fu'er safely took the scythe to study it.

• Ming Lunyu and three Titled Douluo visited the hidden chamber and found that the Rakshasa Demon Scythe’s divine power matched the power of Shrek Academy.
• Tang Fu'er brought back a subdued Bibi Dong, who called Qian Daoliu “Mother” and described Yu Xiaogang as a villain.
• Bibi Dong claimed she had loved her Teacher and borne his child, prompting Qian Daoliu to knock her unconscious.
• Ming Lunyu dismissed Qian Daoliu’s concerns about Bibi Dong’s altered memories and asked her to wake Bibi Dong and have her explain the scythe.
• Tang Fu'er identified the scythe’s power as similar to the Asura God’s but more chaotic and devoted to slaughter, and Ming Lunyu decided Bibi Dong should abandon its inheritance.
• Tang Fu'er grabbed the Rakshasa Demon Scythe without being harmed, and Ming Lunyu scolded her for worrying him.

Qian Daoliu and Tang Fu'er joined forces as the Slaughter Angel to defeat the Rakshasa God’s avatar and trap its scythe. After the battle, they separated and playfully claimed they needed hugs from Ming Lunyu.

• Tang Fu'er said Bibi Dong’s memories revealed nothing about the god behind the scythe.
• The Rakshasa God’s avatar attacked, but Qian Daoliu and Tang Fu'er formed the Slaughter Angel and blocked its strike.
• Dugu Bo reinforced the crumbling secret chamber with poison mist that turned to stone.
• The Slaughter Angel trapped the scythe, and Qian Daoliu and Tang Fu'er invoked the Angel God and Asura God’s power to burn the avatar to ashes.
• Ming Lunyu noticed the scythe had lost most of its divinity, then hurried to check on Qian Daoliu and Tang Fu'er.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Fu'er pretended to feel unwell and asked Ming Lunyu for hugs.

After Bibi Dong lost the Rakshasa God's trial, Ming Lunyu and his companions returned to the dormitory, where Ma Hongjun took Ming Lunyu inside and the others began lining up behind her. Xiao Yuan joined the queue, leaving Dai Weisi to realize that her former guard had come for the same reason as everyone else.

• Bibi Dong woke on Qian Daoliu's lap and learned that the Rakshasa God's power and trial had left her; Ming Lunyu concluded the god had withdrawn them because Bibi Dong was loyal to him.
• Ming Lunyu told Bibi Dong to continue as Pope and led the group back to the dormitory, where Ma Hongjun and the others pressed him for details about the Rakshasa God’s avatar.
• After hearing how dangerous the encounter had been, Ma Hongjun checked Ming Lunyu for injuries, then dragged him into a room and told the others to line up.
• Tang Fu'er took the front of the queue, while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi disputed their places before Dugu Bo won at rock-paper-scissors.
• Dai Weisi joined the end of the line, and Xiao Yuan arrived behind her; when Dai Weisi thought Xiao Yuan had come to comfort her, Xiao Yuan admitted she had come to line up.

Ming Lunyu celebrated Sunset Academy’s advance to the tournament finals while discussing Spirit Hall’s team. In the Divine Realm, Rakshasa mistook Asura’s interference for a threat and prepared to flee by finding a successor, while Yu Xiaogang sought a god’s help to give Tang San the power to surpass Ming Lunyu.

• Ma Hongjun returned from Sunset Academy’s match and told Ming Lunyu that the team had advanced to the finals against Spirit Hall.
• Ming Lunyu declined Ma Hongjun’s suggestion to have Bibi Dong send Spirit Hall’s talented Golden Generation to him, saying he preferred to raise his own subordinates.
• Rakshasa realized her avatar’s destruction had made Asura a threat in her eyes, decided to escape the Divine Realm by discarding her godhood, and contacted Yu Xiaogang as a possible successor.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled finding an ancient paper about the Land of Fallen Ancient Gods and resolved to pursue its divine opportunity for Tang San, who he believed needed it to surpass Ming Lunyu.

Yu Xiaogang followed an ancient map to Pingye Forest, hoping to find the Land of Fallen Ancient Gods, and was transported to a desolate world after his blood activated the parchment. There, he unlocked an altar among nine stone pillars and began the Rakshasa God Trial.

• Yu Xiaogang left under the pretense of meeting Bibi Dong and traveled to the area near Pingye Forest, where he paid his driver and continued alone.
• Yu Xiaogang searched Pingye Forest for a day, grew desperate, and wandered off the route marked on the map.
• A pack of Nether Wolves surrounded Yu Xiaogang and wounded his arm, but Rakshasa Cannon knocked their leader away.
• Yu Xiaogang's blood soaked the parchment, which erupted in scarlet light and transported him from the forest.
• The parchment flew Yu Xiaogang to an altar between nine stone pillars and transformed into a black key.
• Yu Xiaogang inserted the key into the altar and started the Rakshasa God Trial, Black-Rank First Trial.

Yu Xiaogang accepted the Rakshasa God’s power and began the Fourth Trial, while Ming Lunyu prepared for the finals and helped Dai Weisi decide what he wanted from their relationship. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang facing a trial to reach Soul Saint and Dai Weisi becoming Ming Lunyu’s girlfriend as well as his Sister.

• The Rakshasa God changed Yu Xiaogang’s mark and began the Fourth Trial, requiring him to reach Soul Saint in exchange for a god-bestowed soul ring and fifty percent affinity with Rakshasa divine power.
• Ming Lunyu told Ma Hongjun that he would compete in the finals and planned to see how Susu had progressed.
• Ming Lunyu invited his Contractors to come together, and later Dai Weisi remained hesitant while the others were together.
• Dai Weisi told Ming Lunyu that he had saved him from despair and that he no longer wanted to occupy a Contract slot without fulfilling his duty.
• Ming Lunyu reassured Dai Weisi that he did not need to feel guilty or return romantic feelings, and that he could regard him only as family.
• Dai Weisi followed his heart, confessed that he liked Ming Lunyu, and chose to be both his Sister and his girlfriend.