Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Hu Liena spent the night together before parting to attend to their duties. Ma Xiaotao reported how she had punished Yu Xiaogang, received an immortal herb from Lu Yuan, and gave him Tang Hao's Pope Token.

• Lu Yuan fed Hu Liena a Youth Preservation Pill with a kiss, and they spent the night together.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena woke up, shared breakfast with Bibi Dong, and then Hu Liena left to train with her team.
• Ma Xiaotao appeared and told Lu Yuan that she had used Phoenix Flames to make Yu Xiaogang suffer.
• Lu Yuan rewarded Ma Xiaotao with a Blazing Golden Lotus to help her break through to Rank 96.
• Ma Xiaotao handed Lu Yuan Tang Hao's Pope Token.

Lu Yuan recovered Tang Hao's Pope Token and considered how it would keep Yu Xiaogang away from Bibi Dong. A week later, as the academy teams neared Spirit City, Lu Yuan and Bibi Dong discussed his longing for Zhu Zhuqing and his plans to book a hotel floor for his companions.

• Lu Yuan accepted Tang Hao's Pope Token, reasoning that taking it from Yu Xiaogang would strip away his influence in Spirit Hall and prevent him from seeing Bibi Dong.
• Lu Yuan arranged for Ma Xiaotao to absorb the Blazing Golden Lotus, then went to the Angel Secret Realm to keep Qian Renxue company.
• A week later, Lu Yuan asked Bibi Dong when the academy teams would arrive, and she said they should reach Spirit City the next day.
• Lu Yuan admitted that he missed Zhu Zhuqing, and Bibi Dong teased him about being a womanizer while warning him to take responsibility for his partners.
• Lu Yuan discussed lodging with Bibi Dong and said he would reserve an entire floor at the Holy Light Hotel.
• Bibi Dong set aside her documents, brushed Lu Yuan's hair from his forehead, and gazed at him.

Lu Yuan and Ma Xiaotao waited at Spirit Hall’s reception area for the academy teams competing in the tournament. Lu Yuan reunited with the Heavenly Star Squad, including Zhu Zhuqing and Wang Qiu'er, as the teams settled in.

• Lu Yuan and Ma Xiaotao flew to the reception area to meet the arriving academy teams.
• The Heaven Dou Empire teams arrived with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, followed by the other teams, including Skywater Academy.
• Shui Yue'er spotted Lu Yuan and called out to him before Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Lu Yuan when the Heavenly Star Squad arrived, and Wang Qiu'er rushed into his arms.
• The rest of the Heavenly Star Squad gathered around Lu Yuan, while Wang Qiu'er stayed close and clung to his arm.

Lu Yuan reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and welcomed the team to Spirit City, promising them gifts and arranging a stay at the Holy Light Hotel. After he and Zhu Zhuqing shared a private moment, Tang San and two companions arrived at Lu Yuan’s residence seeking their teacher’s guidance for the tournament.

• Lu Yuan warmly reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and congratulated the team on taking first place in the Heaven Dou Empire’s advancement round.
• Lu Yuan promised the team surprise gifts after the finals and booked the entire sixth floor of the Holy Light Hotel for them.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Yuan that Dean Erlong and the others were arranging the team’s matches, while Old Long was protecting them.
• Lu Yuan learned Zhu Zhuqing had reached level fifty-three and promised to take her to the Angel Secret Realm after the tournament and their trip to Star Luo to end her engagement.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing shared a private, intimate moment in their hotel suite.
• Tang San, an ordinary-faced young man, and a blond young man with heterochromatic eyes arrived at Lu Yuan’s residence seeking their teacher’s guidance, and the other two reacted to Lu Yuan’s name with killing intent.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng planned to use a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to defeat Lu Yuan’s team, then discovered Yu Xiaogang badly injured. On the opening day of the tournament finals, the Heavenly Star Squad slept through the first round after receiving a bye.

• Tang San warned Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng that Lu Yuan and his teammates were powerful, and proposed relying on their unfinished Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to win.
• Tang San privately hoped Yu Xiaogang had found a way to cultivate both Martial Souls, while plotting revenge against Lu Yuan, the Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai broke open Yu Xiaogang’s bolted door, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng found him badly injured and bandaged in bed.
• The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament finals opened near the Papal Hall under heavy security, with only nobles and Spirit Masters allowed to watch.
• The Heavenly Star Squad received a first-round bye as the Heaven Dou Division’s top team and stayed asleep instead of attending the opening matches.

Lu Yuan considered the tournament’s strongest threats, then spent the day with Zhu Zhuqing after they woke from a drunken night. As he prepared to take her sightseeing, he unexpectedly spotted Flender and the Shrek Academy group in Spirit City.

• Lu Yuan identified the Spirit Hall Academy and Heavenly Dou Royal Academy teams as the Heavenly Star Squad’s main tournament threats, but kept his concerns to himself.
• Lu Yuan woke beside Zhu Zhuqing, and they agreed not to discuss her failed attempt to grow closer to him the previous night.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing got dressed, ate breakfast, and went to watch the day’s matches.
• After finding the matches uninteresting, Lu Yuan took Zhu Zhuqing’s hand and prepared to explore Spirit City with her.
• Lu Yuan noticed Flender, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the rest of Shrek Academy on a nearby street.

Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers arrived in Spirit City with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, debating whether they could afford tickets to the tournament finals. They reunited with Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing, and Lu Yuan invited them to watch the matches with his team for free.

• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Shao Xin, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar discussed the cost of attending the finals and Flender’s hidden winnings.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing approached the group, and everyone greeted each other warmly.
• Lu Yuan told them he captained the Heavenly Star Academy Team, which had taken first place on the Heaven Dou Empire side.
• Lu Yuan invited Flender and the others to watch the finals with his team without paying, and Flender asked whether they could join.

Lu Yuan invited Flender and the Shrek group to stay with his academy at the luxurious Holy Light Hotel in Spirit City. The group was astonished by the hotel’s cost and its rule that only Soul Masters could enter.

• Flender asked if his group could accompany Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan welcomed them to stay at the Holy Light Hotel.
• Ma Hongjun eagerly accepted the offer after hearing about the hotel’s luxury and food, and Lu Yuan said his team had a bye that day.
• Lu Yuan led Flender and the others to the hotel, where they marveled at its grand interior.
• Lu Yuan revealed that booking the sixth floor cost two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins per day, shocking Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others.
• Lu Yuan told the group that they would need to show a Soul Master handbook or release a Martial Soul to enter the hotel.

Lu Yuan brought Flender’s group into Holy Light Hotel, a Spirit Hall establishment reserved for Soul Masters, and reunited them with Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong admitted she still had not won Lu Yuan’s acceptance, and Zhao Wuji urged him to accept her as Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong exchanged looks.

• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing showed their Soul Master credentials to enter Holy Light Hotel, while Flender’s group displayed their Martial Souls to satisfy the hotel’s rules.
• Lu Yuan led the group to the sixth floor, where Ning Rongrong came out of her room and greeted him.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Flender and Zhao Wuji, and Flender recalled that she had left Shrek Academy to follow Lu Yuan.
• Ning Rongrong said Lu Yuan still had not accepted her, prompting Zhao Wuji to urge him to take her as a partner.
• Ning Rongrong agreed with Zhao Wuji, and she met Lu Yuan’s pressured gaze without backing down.

Lu Yuan struggled to reject Ning Rongrong as she clung to him, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed by his side. Ning Rongrong grew impatient with her long pursuit and planned to drug Zhu Zhuqing so she could force a relationship with Lu Yuan, leaving the group on their way to lunch.

• Lu Yuan yielded to Ning Rongrong’s pleading gaze, and she hooked her arm around his while he held Zhu Zhuqing’s hand.
• Lu Yuan invited Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others to eat, while Ning Rongrong privately considered forcing him to accept her.
• Ning Rongrong decided to seek a drug and incapacitate Zhu Zhuqing, hoping to get Lu Yuan alone before the next day’s competition.
• Lu Yuan chose to let the others keep sleeping and planned a celebration that night, then led the group toward the dining hall.

Lu Yuan treated Ma Hongjun and the others to an extravagant meal in Spirit City, where the prices astonished Ma Hongjun and Flender. After dinner, Lu Yuan asked about Shrek, and Flender revealed that the academy had closed and its people were now homeless.

• Lu Yuan handed Ma Hongjun the menu and told him to order whatever he wanted, but Ma Hongjun was shocked by the enormous prices.
• Flender examined the menu and realized he could not afford even the cheapest dish, while Ning Rongrong laughed and ordered nearly five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins' worth of food.
• Lu Yuan and the others from Shrek enjoyed the lavish meal, which satisfied Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Lu Yuan asked Flender whether Shrek was still open, and Flender said the academy had closed, leaving them homeless.

After Shrek Academy shut down, Lu Yuan invited Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers to join Heavenly Star Academy’s inner academy. Flender accepted the offer, and the teachers agreed to work there for generous salaries.

• Lu Yuan learned that Shrek Academy had shut down and decided to offer its teachers a place at Heavenly Star Academy.
• Lu Yuan described the inner academy’s twenty-two students and their talents, which interested Flender.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Lu Yuan had founded Heavenly Star Academy, reassuring Flender that the teachers could join smoothly.
• Lu Yuan offered Flender the inner academy vice-dean position and proposed generous salaries for the teachers.
• Zhao Wuji and the other teachers accepted Lu Yuan’s offer.

Lu Yuan welcomed Flender and the other Shrek teachers to Heavenly Star Academy, then helped them choose rooms and revealed that Liu Erlong was staying nearby. Ning Rongrong secretly left the hotel to set a plan in motion, calling on her two Soul Emperor guards for help.

• Flender agreed to join Heavenly Star Academy after Lu Yuan offered the teachers generous salaries, and Lu Yuan told him Liu Erlong was a vice dean there.
• Lu Yuan led Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others to choose rooms, with Flender taking Room 617 across from Liu Erlong's Room 612.
• Ning Rongrong refused Lu Yuan's offer to accompany her outside, claiming her family's Soul Masters were protecting her.
• After Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Room 601, Ning Rongrong confirmed no one had followed her and summoned her two Soul Emperor guards to find something for her.

After the Heavenly Star Squad recovered from their drinking, Liu Erlong returned with news that Thunder Academy had forfeited, giving them another bye. She went to reunite with Flender, while Ning Rongrong kept the gift she had prepared for Lu Yuan a secret.

• Lu Yuan told the waking squad members to save their appetites for the evening celebration, then took Wang Qiu'er to eat.
• Liu Erlong returned with Ning Rongrong and told Lu Yuan that Thunder Academy had forfeited, giving the Heavenly Star Squad a bye the next day.
• Liu Erlong learned Flender was staying nearby and went to see him after twenty years apart.
• Ning Rongrong told Lu Yuan she had prepared a gift for him and promised to reveal it at dinner.

Ning Rongrong prepared a surprise for Lu Yuan while Flender reunited with Liu Erlong and told her about Shrek Academy's closure and his new position at Heavenly Star Academy. Liu Erlong revealed that she had waited for Yu Xiaogang for more than twenty years, and Flender told her he had last seen him leave with Tang San.

• Ning Rongrong sat across from Lu Yuan and kept her unusual gift a secret.
• Liu Erlong visited Flender in his room, and the two reunited after more than twenty years apart.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Shrek Academy had closed and that Lu Yuan had appointed him vice dean of Heavenly Star Academy's inner academy.
• Liu Erlong said she had waited for Yu Xiaogang for over twenty years, and Flender told her he had seen Yu Xiaogang leave with Tang San two years earlier.
• Liu Erlong wondered whether Tang San could prove Yu Xiaogang's theories after seeing Lu Yuan's extraordinary soul ring configuration.

Liu Erlong questioned whether Yu Xiaogang’s theories could be proven by Tang San, while Flender explained how badly Tang San compared with Lu Yuan. Ning Rongrong prepared to drug Lu Yuan’s wine, and Lu Yuan introduced Flender and the other teachers to Heavenly Star Academy.

• Liu Erlong asked Flender about Tang San’s talent, and Flender said Tang San was no match for Lu Yuan and criticized his hidden weapons and treatment of teammates.
• Flender remembered Tang Hao’s unpaid medical bill and decided Tang San should repay his father’s debt.
• Ning Rongrong prepared wine laced with four blue pellets for Lu Yuan and planned to get Zhu Zhuqing drunk as part of her scheme.
• Lu Yuan welcomed his former teachers to Heavenly Star Academy and introduced Flender as the inner academy’s new vice dean.

Lu Yuan introduced the Shrek teachers and students to the Heavenly Star Academy Team, whose young members’ strength astonished Flender and the others. At the banquet, Ning Rongrong sat beside Lu Yuan, concealing that she had an important reason for choosing his table.

• Lu Yuan introduced Ma Hongjun and Oscar, then presented the Heavenly Star Squad and its members, including thirteen-year-old Wang Qiu'er, a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor.
• Flender and the other teachers were shocked by Wang Qiu'er's talent, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar were captivated by her beauty; Lu Yuan warned them not to pursue his sister.
• The guests split into two tables for dinner, and Ma Hongjun and Ling Wei quickly brought the younger members together.
• Ning Rongrong left the lively table and sat beside Lu Yuan, claiming she wanted a quieter seat, though she had an important purpose.
• The attendants served a lavish dinner, with ingredients costing at least one million Gold Soul Coins per table.

At dinner, Liu Erlong and Flender wanted to drink, but Ning Rongrong presented expensive wines she had brought as a gift. She singled out a bottle of Blue Sprite for Lu Yuan, secretly hoping its dissolved drug would take effect as he began to drink it.

• Liu Erlong asked for wine, and Flender agreed to drink with her as they reflected on their complicated feelings and her long wait for Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Lu Yuan from ordering wine and revealed several costly bottles she had prepared.
• Lu Yuan sent two bottles to Fu Qinsheng's table and warned Wang Qiu'er not to drink too much.
• Ning Rongrong took Golden Gilded Years from Lu Yuan and handed him Blue Sprite, which she had secretly drugged.
• Lu Yuan raised the Blue Sprite to his lips while Ning Rongrong nervously watched to see whether he would detect the drug.

Ning Rongrong secretly drugged wine intended for Lu Yuan and tried to get him and Zhu Zhuqing drunk, but Flender and Liu Erlong also drank some by accident. After Zhu Zhuqing became intoxicated and fell asleep in Lu Yuan’s arms, Ning Rongrong waited for the drug to take effect and prepared to carry out her plan.

• Ning Rongrong urged Lu Yuan to drink the drugged wine, and he finished his glass without noticing anything unusual.
• Flender took the wine bottle from Lu Yuan and poured drinks for himself and Liu Erlong, leaving Ning Rongrong worried that they had been caught in the crossfire.
• Ning Rongrong toasted Zhu Zhuqing with strong wine while Lu Yuan left to order more drinks.
• Zhu Zhuqing drank nearly half a glass and became unsteady before Lu Yuan returned.
• Lu Yuan let Zhu Zhuqing fall asleep in his arms, while Ning Rongrong watched and waited for the drug to take effect.

After the banquet, Lu Yuan carried the drunken Zhu Zhuqing back to his room and tried to rest, while Ning Rongrong waited for the drug she had slipped him to take effect. Lu Yuan resisted its illusion and fought to suppress a powerful bloodline impulse, realizing someone close to him must have drugged him.

• Lu Yuan escorted the drunken Flender and Liu Erlong to their rooms, then carried Zhu Zhuqing to room 601 and tucked her into bed.
• Lu Yuan bathed and tried to read, but soon felt dizzy as Ning Rongrong prepared to check whether her drug had taken effect.
• Ning Rongrong quietly approached Lu Yuan's room and knocked to test whether he could respond.
• Lu Yuan saw Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue in an illusion, then recognized that they could not be there and realized he had been drugged.
• Lu Yuan used the Qingqi Sutra and Pure Qi Divine Power to clear the illusion, but struggled to restrain the intense desire surging from his bloodline.