Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi met Bibi Dong in the Papal Palace, agreed to join Spirit Hall when the time was right, and explained his plan to restore Yu Xiaogang’s ability to cultivate. After talking with Yu Xiaogang about Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, Shi Yi left with his teacher, and the competing teams arrived in Spirit City three days later.

• Bibi Dong offered Shi Yi the finest treatment in Spirit Hall if he joined, and he asked to delay his formal entry while traveling the continent.
• Shi Yi gave Bibi Dong his Internal Cultivation method and explained that he planned to clear Yu Xiaogang’s meridians after strengthening his body and gaining more control.
• Bibi Dong asked when Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had gotten together, then dismissed Shi Yi after learning it had been less than a year.
• Shi Yi found Yu Xiaogang on the mountain path and told him that becoming the person Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong hoped for could make them happy, even if they could not be together.
• Three days later, the competing teams arrived in Spirit City, and Yu Xiaogang met Liu Erlong’s gaze without fear as she took his arm.

Shi Yi learned that Bibi Dong had refused to give Yu Xiaogang guidance on Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, while Tang Hao considered how Soul Bones could help Tang San bear stronger Soul Rings. During a stroll in Spirit City, Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, whose confidence in the Star Luo succession contest faltered after hearing about Zhu Zhuqing’s team.

• Liu Erlong questioned Shi Yi about Yu Xiaogang’s private meeting with Bibi Dong, and Shi Yi said the conversation had been unpleasant but had settled the matter.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Bibi Dong refused to share a method for safely developing Twin Martial Souls because Tang San came from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao listened from hiding and considered using Soul Bones to strengthen Tang San, while Shi Yi reflected that Tang San lacked the advantages he had in the original story.
• Shi Yi took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing around Spirit City, where Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi confronted Zhu Zhuqing and urged her to return home after the competition.
• Shi Yi taunted Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi with news of Zhu Zhuqing’s rank and team victories, prompting the pair to leave and plan to gather information about the team.

Shi Yi led Shrek Academy to a decisive first-round victory over Godwind Academy, using Ning Rongrong’s support and Oscar’s flight-granting sausages to overcome their aerial tactics. After the match, Spirit Hall’s observers recognized Shi Yi as a serious threat, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun watched Zhu Zhuqing’s rise with alarm and regret.

• Flender announced that Shrek Academy would face Godwind Academy in the first round, and Yu Xiaogang urged the team to make the most of their final tournament.
• Shi Yi led Shrek onto the stage with Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, surprising the other academies with the team’s lineup and support abilities.
• Godwind Academy took to the air and surrounded Shi Yi, but he ate Oscar’s Mushroom Sausages and received Ning Rongrong’s boosts from her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Shi Yi dodged Godwind’s wind blades and knocked its members out of the arena one by one, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue agreed that the Pope had been right to pay attention to Shi Yi, while Yan followed them from the resting area.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun watched Zhu Zhuqing leave the stage, and Dai Weisi insisted that they had not lost yet.

Shi Yi rejected Zhu Zhuyun’s offer to help her defeat Dai Mubai, and she left after teasing him. The next day, Shrek faced Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Grand Finals, with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai confronting their siblings as the match began.

• Zhu Zhuyun visited Shi Yi at night and offered herself in exchange for his help against Dai Mubai, but Shi Yi refused and told her to change her fate through her own efforts.
• Zhu Zhuyun teased Shi Yi before leaving, while he calmed himself with the Mysterious Ice Marrow Shui Bing'er had given him.
• Shrek drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy as its third-round opponent, and Shi Yi reassured Zhu Zhuqing before the match.
• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai that even winning would only prolong his struggle, while Dai Mubai stayed silent.
• The teams released their martial souls, and the referee started the match between Shrek and Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Shrek Advanced Soul Master Academy defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, with Shi Yi eliminating Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuqing facing her sister Zhu Zhuyun. After the match, Zhu Zhuqing worried that Zhu Zhuyun would be caught in the political struggle over the Star Luo throne, and Shi Yi encouraged her to choose for herself whether to help.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Shi Yi as Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun coordinated their attack on the Star Luo team.
• Shi Yi used Thousand Jun Tremor and redirected Disorder Splitting Wind to knock Dai Weisi off the arena, while Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun saw her team fall and forfeited, giving Shrek Advanced Soul Master Academy the victory.
• Zhu Zhuqing grieved after defeating her sister, and Shi Yi invited her to take a walk with him.
• Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing discussed the danger Zhu Zhuyun faced in the struggle for the Star Luo throne, and he told Zhu Zhuqing to make her own choice.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Shi Yi, and they continued walking hand in hand.

Shi Yi explained to Zhu Zhuqing how he had eased Zhu Zhuyun’s fears, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted that her sister was trying to survive. After Zhu Zhuqing and Shi Yi grew closer, Shui Bing'er confronted him about his new relationship, and he promised her a farewell meal and a gift before she returned to Skywater Academy.

• Shi Yi told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhuyun had offered herself in exchange for him killing Dai Mubai, but he had revealed his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing instead.
• Shi Yi helped Zhu Zhuqing understand that Zhu Zhuyun wanted to survive, and Zhu Zhuqing decided she could help by following Zhu Zhuyun’s plan against Dai Mubai.
• Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their hotel, kissed, embraced, and fell asleep together.
• After waking at dusk, Shi Yi encountered Shui Bing'er, who told him Tianshui Academy had lost to Thunderclap and would soon return home.
• Shui Bing'er confronted Shi Yi about Zhu Zhuqing, admitted she wanted him to owe her, and agreed to go out to eat with him before he gave her a farewell gift.

Shi Yi and Little Ant dominated Spirit Hall Academy’s Yan in the individual elimination match, while Bibi Dong forced Tang San to kneel for refusing to salute. Spirit Hall Academy conceded just as Shi Yi hurled a chunk of lava at Yan, leaving the match’s outcome decided.

• Shi Yi gave Shui Bing'er a jade box and promised to visit her as she returned to Tianshui Academy.
• At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong made Tang San kneel after he refused to salute, then announced the tournament’s elimination-match format and displayed the three Soul Bone prizes.
• Yu Tianxin had Thunder Academy forfeit, setting up a match between Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall Academy.
• Shi Yi summoned Little Ant and sat down as Yan charged; Little Ant chased and repeatedly struck at Yan while resisting his attacks.
• Shi Yi dodged Yan’s lava, caught a chunk with his jade-like hand, and threw it at him, but Spirit Hall Academy conceded and a teammate cut the lava apart.

Shi Yi defeated Xie Yue by exploiting the limits of his Full Moon technique, then overcame Hu Liena’s charm and forced Spirit Hall Academy to forfeit the morning matches. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and left with Shi Yi, determined to escape her fate rather than return to Star Luo.

• Shi Yi caught Xie Yue’s Moon Blades barehanded, then used his movement to make Xie Yue’s Full Moon spin out of control until Xie Yue conceded.
• Shi Yi resisted Hu Liena’s charm with his Purple Demon Eyes, and Little Ant chased her through her red mist until Bibi Dong forfeited the morning matches for Spirit Hall Academy.
• Bibi Dong told Shi Yi telepathically that she expected him to give her the skull bone as compensation for her disciple.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to return to Star Luo after she had won, but Zhu Zhuqing said she now fought to escape her fate and left with Shi Yi.

Bibi Dong forgave Spirit Hall Academy’s Golden Generation after Shi Yi’s victory and urged them to fight hard in the final. In the championship match, Shi Yi broke through Spirit Hall’s coordinated defense and helped Shrek defeat their team, leaving the outcome of the final unresolved in the chapter.

• Bibi Dong forgave Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena, while Ghost Douluo threatened the team with three years of training in Mizong Grand Canyon if they lost.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo that she wanted Shi Yi protected as he grew up.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender sent the Shrek team to face Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final.
• Hu Liena controlled most of Shrek’s team, and Shi Yi fought Spirit Hall’s coordinated assault while Tang San held off Yan.
• Shi Yi used his speed and stacked force to send two Spirit Hall contestants out of the arena, then Tang San helped Shrek break free of Hu Liena’s control.
• Tang San restrained the remaining opponents with Blue Silver Grass, and Shi Yi sent Spirit Hall’s team members off the arena one by one.

After Shrek Academy won the tournament, Shi Yi refused Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall but was caught in a confrontation when Tang Hao stole the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull for Tang San. Bibi Dong offered Shi Yi a replacement Soul Bone from Spirit Hall’s treasury, leaving Ning Fengzhi alarmed by her growing influence.

• Bibi Dong congratulated Shrek Academy, and Shi Yi accepted the three Soul Bones while tactfully refusing her invitation to join Spirit Hall.
• Tang San demanded the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull, but Tang Hao appeared, restrained Shi Yi, and seized the skull for his son.
• Bibi Dong and six other Title Douluo confronted Tang Hao, who injured them and damaged the Papal Palace before escaping with Tang San.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to publicize Tang Hao’s theft and offered Shi Yi another Soul Bone from Spirit Hall’s treasury.
• Shi Yi checked on Zhu Zhuqing and accepted Bibi Dong’s offer, while Ning Fengzhi worried about Spirit Hall’s growing influence.

Shi Yi accompanied Bibi Dong to Spirit Hall’s underground treasury, where she showed him its vast collection of Soul Bones and let him choose one. He selected the Void Netherworld Left Leg Bone for Zhu Zhuqing, then left as Bibi Dong promised to assign him a task the next day.

• Shi Yi stayed behind with Bibi Dong after Ning Fengzhi and the others departed, and explained that he had avoided openly accepting her invitation because Tang Hao was watching.
• Shi Yi told Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had taken the skull bone for its connection to the City of Slaughter and Tang San’s preparation, and Bibi Dong asked him to call her Aunt Dong inside Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong led Shi Yi through a hidden passage into Spirit Hall’s treasury and explained that it held more than three hundred Soul Bones of at least ten thousand years.
• Shi Yi rejected a strength-enhancing Soul Bone and chose the Void Netherworld Left Leg Bone, intending it for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bibi Dong reminded Shi Yi that he owed Spirit Hall work for the Soul Bones and said she would assign him a task the next day; Shi Yi returned toward the hotel.

Shi Yi rejected Ning Fengzhi's suspicions and chose to remain with Spirit Hall, while Zhu Zhuqing joined him after their friends departed. He gave her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully plucked, then revealed another herb for her.

• Shi Yi told Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's narrow perspective had cost it his trust, and he confirmed he would join Spirit Hall.
• Shi Yi told Ning Rongrong he would give her a gift someday, then said farewell to her and Ning Fengzhi without becoming enemies.
• Shi Yi chose to stay in Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang agreed it was the safest place for him and Zhu Zhuqing; Liu Erlong and the others then departed.
• After seeing Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender off, Shi Yi told Zhu Zhuqing he had gifts prepared for her.
• Shi Yi explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Zhu Zhuqing's blood and unwavering feelings allowed her to pluck it.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to keep the flower rather than eat it, so Shi Yi presented her with another herb suited to her.

Shi Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Bone, then met Qian Renxue, who tried to bring him back to Heaven Dou before trading her Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower for his goodwill. After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the herb and gained four Soul Power levels, she and Shi Yi became intimate, while Shi Yi postponed absorbing his own Soul Bone.

• Shi Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Bone and instructed her how to absorb it.
• Qian Renxue summoned Shi Yi to her carriage, threatened him into returning to Heaven Dou, and revealed that Ning Fengzhi had warned her about him.
• Shi Yi recognized that Qian Renxue was not the real Xue Qinghe and inferred her connection to Bibi Dong.
• Shi Yi gave Qian Renxue a Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower in exchange for a favor and friendship, then advised her to distance herself from Ning Fengzhi.
• Shi Yi returned to the hotel and decided to delay absorbing his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone because he feared Ning Fengzhi might be watching him.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Narcissus Jade Bone, reached level forty-five, and became intimate with Shi Yi.

Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing joined Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong tested Shi Yi with her Divine Slaughter's Domain. Shi Yi decided to enter the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind and Bibi Dong gave Shi Yi and Hu Liena Soul Bones before their departure.

• Yue Guan recognized Zhu Zhuqing's Lovesick Heartbreak Red, explained its powers, and Bibi Dong welcomed Zhuqing as family and a member of Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall Academy's other students to train in Mizong Grand Canyon, while Hu Liena asked to train in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong tested Shi Yi with her Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Shi Yi gained insight into killing intent and resolved to visit the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong agreed to send Shi Yi and Hu Liena together, while Zhu Zhuqing remained in her care and asked Shi Yi to return safely.
• Bibi Dong gave Shi Yi and Hu Liena Soul Bones and warned Shi Yi to avoid conflict with Tang San in the City of Slaughter.
• Yue Guan examined Zhu Zhuqing's Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which flared when he tried to touch it, and Shi Yi left the hall with Zhuqing.

Shi Yi absorbed Bibi Dong’s Head Soul Bone, greatly enhancing his Mental Power, then traveled with Hu Liena to the town outside the City of Slaughter. After Shi Yi killed the attackers who ambushed them, the pair continued toward the town center to face the entrance test.

• Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing discussed the Soul Bones, and Zhu Zhuqing persuaded him to absorb Bibi Dong’s skull rather than save it for later.
• Shi Yi absorbed the Head Soul Bone, gained a Mental Power amplification ability, and reached level forty-seven.
• After several days in Spirit City, Shi Yi left with Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo, and Hu Liena for the town outside the City of Slaughter; Yue Guan told him to protect Hu Liena.
• Shi Yi and Hu Liena entered the town after Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo departed, and Shi Yi sensed hostile watchers targeting them.
• Several attackers ambushed Shi Yi and Hu Liena, but Shi Yi killed them with a quick burst of golden projectiles.
• Shi Yi refused Hu Liena’s request to teach her his techniques and continued toward the town center, suppressing his nausea at the sight of the corpses.

Tang Hao found Ah Yin's place and box missing, then unleashed his fury, worsened his old injuries, and began Tang San's special training. Meanwhile, Shi Yi and Hu Liena entered the City of Slaughter after defeating Terror Knight Scott, and the Black-veiled Woman began guiding them through the city.

• Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin and the box in the cave were gone, then blamed Spirit Hall and raged until his old injuries made him cough blood and his hair turn white.
• Tang Hao sealed Tang San's Soul Power and ordered him to practice hammer strikes beneath the waterfall, beginning a special training that had to reach eighty-one accurate strikes.
• Shi Yi threatened the tavern server and forced him to open the passage to the City of Slaughter, then explained the danger of the Bloody Mary to Hu Liena.
• At the passage exit, Hu Liena dazed Scott's horse with her abilities, allowing Little Ant to kill Terror Knight Scott and absorb his killing intent.
• The Black-veiled Woman gave Shi Yi and Hu Liena identity plates and escorted them into the City of Slaughter as their guide.

Shi Yi and Hu Liena explored the City of Slaughter, where its violent inner city forced them to confront the killing intent saturating the place. After Shi Yi used Tang Sect techniques to obtain Bloody Mary, he explained that Hu Liena had come to temper her Mental Power and taught her how to begin training; they would leave once she could control killing intent.

• The Black-veiled Woman led Shi Yi and Hu Liena from the outer city into the inner city, where its rampant violence made Hu Liena vomit and stirred Shi Yi's killing intent.
• The Black-veiled Woman explained the Hell Slaughter Arena's rules and said they needed Bloody Mary to secure housing in the outer city.
• Shi Yi silently killed two men with hidden weapons and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to seize their Bloody Mary, then gathered enough blood for both of them.
• Shi Yi and Hu Liena registered in the outer city, received a house token, and parted from the Black-veiled Woman.
• Shi Yi told Hu Liena to replace her Meditation Method with Internal Cultivation, study Purple Demon Eyes, and practice a movement technique while tempering her Mental Power with the city's killing intent.
• Hu Liena asked about Shi Yi's purpose, and he said he had come to temper his Mental Power as a supplement to his body- and Soul Power-focused Dao.

Shi Yi taught Hu Liena to resist the City of Slaughter’s poisonous, violent environment and to temper her Mental Power without killing indiscriminately. The pair began fighting in the inner city while guarding each other, earning the nicknames The Unkilling and The Unscathed as the King of Slaughter chose to let them proceed.

• Hu Liena considered Shi Yi’s approach to strengthening his body, then watched him carve and heard his advice on using focused activities to control Mental Power and killing intent.
• Shi Yi revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty protected him from the poisonous miasma, and Hu Liena began cultivating in his room to share its effects.
• Shi Yi explained that they should restrain themselves in the inner city, use opponents’ killing intent to test their Mental Power, and enter the Hell Slaughter Arena only a few times each month.
• The King of Slaughter dismissed the Black-veiled Woman’s concerns about Shi Yi and Hu Liena, noting that the God of Slaughter stood behind them.
• Shi Yi and Hu Liena went to the inner city and fought opponents in turns, avoiding unnecessary deaths while protecting each other.
• The Fallen Ones began calling Hu Liena The Unscathed and Shi Yi The Unkilling, and the pair earned respect through their results in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Over two years in the City of Slaughter, Shi Yi trained Hu Liena’s Mental Power and grew stronger while the pair earned seventy-six arena victories each. They encountered Tang San, who realized how far behind Shi Yi he had fallen, and Shi Yi and Hu Liena left to continue their training.

• Hu Liena used her Charm to drive the Fallen Ones who had vandalized their home into the inner city until she exhausted her Mental Power, and afterward they left the couple alone.
• Shi Yi explained to Hu Liena how the City of Slaughter’s killing intent could corrupt people and how her Charm might develop into a Domain.
• Shi Yi secretly absorbed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones as the pair’s arena victories rose, then used his resilience to challenge Fallen Ones and became known as the Fly.
• Shi Yi and Hu Liena encountered Tang San and the Black-veiled Woman, who told Tang San that both visitors had seventy-six victories without a defeat.
• Shi Yi released his killing intent toward Tang San but left with Hu Liena without challenging him, while Tang San resolved to avoid him.
• Shi Yi told Hu Liena that he had taken the Purple Demon Eyes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track from Tang San and warned her not to provoke him; they then set out to find another opponent.

Shi Yi and Hu Liena completed their hundredth matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena and refused the King of Slaughter’s offer to become God of Slaughter without facing the Hell Road. The King sent them into the trial, and they vanished inside its blood-red pattern.

• Shi Yi defeated nine opponents in his seventy-seventh match while Tang San watched from the crowd and slipped away.
• Shi Yi and Hu Liena discussed Tang San and decided he could not be killed in the City of Slaughter because the King of Slaughter might exploit the conflict with Tang Hao.
• One year later, Shi Yi and Hu Liena each achieved one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter offered them the title of God of Slaughter if they abandoned the Hell Road, but Shi Yi declined and promised Spirit Hall would respect the City of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed an evil aura that drove the city’s residents to harm themselves, and Shi Yi and Hu Liena summoned their Head Soul Bones to resist it.
• The King of Slaughter activated the blood-filled pattern in the arena, and it swallowed Shi Yi and Hu Liena as they began the Hell Road trial.