Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yurou absorbed the Emerald Lotus and gained a powerful domain, then joined Lin Li in killing the Life Lotus to obtain its twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring. As the lotus’s green radiance persisted, Lin Li realized Zhou Yurou might also have gained an External Soul Bone.

• Zhou Yurou finished absorbing the Emerald Lotus, and her eyes turned emerald green as her hair returned to black.
• Zhou Yurou told Lin Li that her Martial Soul had gained the Lotus Weak Moon Shadow domain, which weakened enemy Plant Martial Souls and strengthened her own abilities.
• Lin Li used Abyssal Waltz to weaken the Life Lotus, and Zhou Yurou destroyed it with Jade Cloud Lotus Blade.
• A twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring rose from the Life Lotus’s remains, while pale green mist covered Zhou Yurou’s arm and Lin Li recognized the sign of an External Soul Bone.

Zhou Yurou absorbed her fifth Spirit Ring, gained an External Soul Bone, and discovered her new ability could both attack and heal. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Li learned that Qin Ming had taken the Imperial Dou Team to Suotuo City, where they could encounter Shrek and the protagonist group.

• Lin Li watched Zhou Yurou finish absorbing her fifth Spirit Ring and learned she had gained an External Soul Bone.
• Zhou Yurou offered the External Soul Bone to Lin Li, but Lin Li rejected the idea and warned her not to suggest it again.
• Zhou Yurou explained that her fifth spirit ability, Lotus Blooms, All Things Descend, created a hundred-meter lotus-flower rain with strong offensive, healing, and Soul Power-restoring effects.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Lin Li heard that Qin Ming had taken the Imperial Dou Team to Suotuo City for spirit battles.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou connected the trip to Suotuo City with Shrek and the Shrek Seven Devils, and Lin Li's hatred surged at the prospect of meeting them.

Lin Li and Zhou Yurou arrived at the Battle Arena in Suotuo City, where the Imperial Dou Team was losing to Shrek. Lin Li intervened to save Ye Lingling, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lin Li traveled to Suotuo City after Qin Ming took the Imperial Dou Team away from her guidance.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou watched the battle from a private viewing area, and Lin Li silenced Qin Ming when he cried out to Yanzi.
• Tang San revealed his external soul bone, and Zhou Yurou offered to take it for Lin Li.
• Tang San poisoned six members of the Imperial Dou Team and pinned Ye Lingling with a spider spear.
• Lin Li attacked with a black phoenix plume and sliced apart the spear before it could harm Ye Lingling.

Lin Li intervened when Tang San attacked Ye Lingling, then overwhelmed the Great Soul Arena official and the Shrek group. After punishing Shrek’s teachers and giving the defeated Imperial Fighting team antidote pills, she left with Tang Hao as her intended target.

• Lin Li appeared to protect Ye Lingling and sent Tang San flying, then confronted Grandmaster and the Great Soul Arena official.
• Lin Li revealed her Abyssal Phoenix martial soul and seven spirit rings, forcing the official to back down.
• Lin Li trapped the Shrek group in Yellow Springs Purgatory, broke the teachers’ legs, and burned them with Abyssal Phoenix Flame.
• Lin Li spared the protagonist’s group but considered taking the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit’s spirit ring and spirit bone.
• Lin Li scolded the defeated Imperial Fighting team and gave each member a pill to cure the poison.
• Lin Li said she would wait for Tang Hao and kill him when he appeared.

Lin Li rebuked Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team for their poor Spirit Ability choices and tactics after their defeat. She revealed that Spirit Hall’s team included three Spirit Kings and four powerful Soul Ancestors, leaving the Imperial Dou Team facing a much tougher challenge next year.

• Lin Li mocked Qin Ming for choosing arena-focused Spirit Abilities instead of strengthening his Blazing Fire Azure Wolf’s Sacred Attribute.
• Lin Li ridiculed Yu Tianheng and condemned the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics, especially their failure to target the opposing support Spirit Masters.
• Lin Li revealed that Spirit Hall’s team had three Spirit Kings and four Soul Ancestors ranked at least forty-seven.
• Lin Li challenged the Imperial Dou Team to compete next year despite Spirit Hall’s strength and resolved to watch Spirit Hall’s chance to build momentum for its Saintess.

Lin Li challenged the Imperial Dou Team to train harder and warned Qin Ming to prepare them for the Spirit Hall Team. After Dugu Yan asked Lin Li to detoxify her, Lin Li offered to help if Dugu Yan promised not to use poison in a future war, leaving the agreement unresolved.

• Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Dou Team accepted Lin Li's challenge, and she told Qin Ming to take them away and ensure they improved before the next competition.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou heard agonized cries from inside the Great Soul Arena as they left.
• Dugu Yan secretly followed Lin Li through Soto City and asked her to detoxify the poison of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Lin Li initially refused, but then offered to resolve Dugu Yan's poison if she promised not to use it against either side in a future war.

After Lin Li defeated Shrek Academy, her Abyssal Phoenix Flame left the group in agony, and Flender considered seeking Liu Erlong’s help to dispel it. Lin Li sensed their attempt to interfere with her flames and believed only an ultimate Sacred Attribute could extinguish them, though she had not considered the Golden Sacred Dragon.

• The Shrek group woke from Lin Li’s illusions with burning pain in their legs and cursed her as they returned to the academy.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu he was shocked by Lin Li’s power, and Xiao Wu warned him that a Ten-Thousand-Year spirit ring could cause fatal spiritual shock before Spirit King.
• Yu Xiaogang identified Lin Li’s flames as the cause of their pain, while Flender failed to dispel them after two hours of struggling.
• Flender suggested that Liu Erlong could solve their problem, and Zhao Wuji recognized the members of their former Golden Iron Triangle.
• Lin Li sensed Shrek’s attempt to tamper with her Abyssal Phoenix Flame and concluded that only an ultimate Sacred Attribute might extinguish it, while overlooking the possible power of the Golden Sacred Dragon.

Lin Li returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after helping defeat the Imperial Dou Team and explained why she had agreed to treat Dugu Bo’s poison. She met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, refused his invitation, and left the education committee members wary of his warning about the academy’s young people.

• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou discussed the Imperial Dou Team’s defeat, and Lin Li said she had treated Dugu Bo’s poison to prevent future tragedies.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou entered the education committee’s office and found the three committee members wearing their formal robes and imperial badges beside Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lin Li and invited her to his palace, but Lin Li declined and reported what she had seen in Suotuo City to the committee members.
• After Lin Li left, Xue Qinghe told the committee members to keep a close eye on the Imperial Dou Team and emphasized the empire’s young people.
• Xue Qinghe returned to the Imperial Palace to report to the emperor.

Lin Li declined the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s recruitment and discussed Ning Lanlan with Zhou Yurou before the God of Death assigned her to find a student with a sausage martial soul and plant a Divinity Seed in him. The God of Death gave Lin Li the Ghost Mist Cloud Silk as a reward and warned her that the fate of the boy with the Blue Silver Emperor was strange.

• Lin Li returned to Zhou Yurou and said the Heaven Dou Imperial Family wanted to recruit her.
• Zhou Yurou told Lin Li that Ning Lanlan wanted to meet them, but Lin Li declined to go.
• The God of Death told Lin Li that the God of Food had chosen a student with a sausage martial soul and ordered her to plant a Divinity Seed in him.
• The God of Death gave Lin Li the Ghost Mist Cloud Silk, which could block attacks below God-tier up to five times before exhausting her.
• The God of Death warned Lin Li to be careful around the boy who used the Blue Silver Emperor because his fate was strange.

Lin Li visited Shrek Academy to carry out the God of Death's task and secretly gave Oscar a Divinity Seed. After noticing Zhu Zhuqing, her system rewarded her with Spirit Bones and a Soul Tool and issued a mission to recruit disciples.

• Lin Li flew to Shrek Academy and overheard Flender and Xiao Gang discussing their injured legs and Lin Li's flames.
• Lin Li used her Star Radiance Crown to locate Oscar and secretly merged a golden Divinity Seed into his forehead.
• Lin Li saw Zhu Zhuqing cultivating on a rooftop and admired her resilience, but decided not to take her as a disciple.
• Lin Li's system announced rewards for reaching higher ranks and obtaining the Death God inheritance, then issued a mission to recruit gifted disciples.

Lin Li tested Zhu Zhuqing, then offered her the chance to become strong enough to escape her forced fate. Overwhelmed by Lin Li’s power but resolved to claim her own life, Zhu Zhuqing accepted.

• Lin Li sent a phoenix feather at Zhu Zhuqing, who dodged it with her First Spirit Ability.
• Lin Li revealed herself and restrained Zhu Zhuqing, leaving her unable to use spirit abilities.
• Lin Li confronted Zhu Zhuqing about her family, her older sister, and her fiancé, asking if she wanted to grow stronger.
• Lin Li revealed the Abyssal Phoenix’s seven spirit rings, including five Ten-Thousand-Year and two Hundred-Thousand-Year rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that she wanted to become strong and take control of her own life.

Lin Li accepted Zhu Zhuqing as her disciple and gave her a powerful soul bone that evolved her Martial Soul. Zhu Zhuqing gained greatly enhanced abilities, but her connection to Dai Mubai's Hell White Tiger was severed.

• Zhu Zhuqing declared that she wanted to become strong enough to escape being controlled, and Lin Li offered to take her as a disciple.
• Zhu Zhuqing knelt and accepted Lin Li as her Master, earning Lin Li a system reward: a Ninety-Nine-Thousand-Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Year Soul Devouring Demonic Cat King Right Leg Bone.
• Lin Li fused the soul bone into Zhu Zhuqing's right leg, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed it as ghostly light and demonic power surged around her.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat evolved into the Netherworld Nine-Life Spirit Cat, increasing her speed more than tenfold.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that her Martial Soul connection with the Evil-Eyed White Tiger had been severed and that her evolved Martial Soul disdained it.

Zhu Zhuqing’s martial soul evolved after she absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and Lin Li left her with cultivation techniques and a protective Phoenix Feather. As Lin Li returned toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters, she sensed danger at Soul Town Village and rushed back in fury to confront the Second Elder.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Li that her Hell Spirit Cat had evolved into the Netherworld Nine-Life Spirit Cat after absorbing the soul bone.
• Lin Li offered Zhu Zhuqing the choice to stay or go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to stay because of her ties to the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Li gave Zhu Zhuqing a modified cultivation method, Carefree Steps, and a Phoenix Feather containing three powerful attacks.
• As Lin Li headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters, she sensed danger and transformed with her seventh soul skill, Abyssal Phoenix Body.
• The Second Elder arrived outside Soul Town Village with a youth, learned that his Fourth Uncle was buried there with his wife and daughter, and tried to extinguish the flames surrounding the entrance.
• Lin Li roared at the Second Elder, demanding to know how he dared.

Lin Li confronted a Star Crown Soul Douluo in Soul Town Village and used her evolved domain and soul bone skill to incapacitate him and the people around him. She left for the Star Dou Great Forest, determined to accelerate her divine trial despite her grief over her father.

• A Star Crown Soul Douluo challenged the black phoenix that appeared above Soul Town Village, and Lin Li recognized his resemblance to someone from her memories.
• Lin Li revealed herself as the Phoenix Girl and unleashed the second layer of her Abyssal Interminable Domain, weakening the Soul Douluo and melting his Star Crown barrier.
• Lin Li said the man was still not like Lin Yan, then used Azure Nether Yellow Springs to make everyone in the domain lose consciousness.
• Lin Li supported the Soul Douluo as he fell, reflected on her father and family, and left for the Star Dou Great Forest to advance her divine trial.

Xu Ling discovered that Lin Li had carved the gravestones of Lin Yan and Bai Yuan, and vowed to protect her while seeking revenge on Tang Hao and Ju Gui. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Li killed a Magic Eye Phoenix Butterfly and absorbed its spirit ring, reaching the peak of level seventy-six.

• Xu Ling found Lin Yan and Bai Yuan's gravestones and recognized Lin Li as their granddaughter.
• Xu Ling vowed to protect Lin Li if she was willing and threatened revenge on Tang Hao and Ju Gui.
• Lin Li encountered a Magic Eye Phoenix Butterfly in the Star Dou Great Forest and used Death God's Fall to kill it.
• Lin Li absorbed the butterfly's spirit ring and rose to the peak of level seventy-six.

Lin Li acquired the Magic Eye Phoenix Butterfly’s Wrist External Spirit Bone and its Butterfly Emperor’s Fall, Phoenix Nirvana skill, then hunted until her Soul Power became unstable. She reached level 78 and headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xu Ling learned that the Phoenix Girl had become its lead instructor.

• The Magic Eye Phoenix Butterfly vanished and left behind a Wrist External Spirit Bone with the Butterfly Emperor’s Fall, Phoenix Nirvana skill.
• Lin Li attached the Soul Bone to her right wrist and gained a defense that healed fatal wounds or protected her in a cocoon before granting a speed boost.
• Lin Li hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest for nearly two weeks, reached level 78, and flew toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters.
• Xu Ling waited in Soul-Suppressing Village for his granddaughter, whom he believed was the Phoenix Girl.
• A young man told Xu Ling that scouts had reported the Phoenix Girl was the lead instructor at Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters.

Lin Li returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters and learned that the Imperial Dou Team had been left without a leader. She agreed to lead the team in the Youth Spirit Master Competition and help improve their strength.

• Lin Li returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters and reunited with Zhou Yurou, who told her Qin Ming had left the academy.
• Lin Li said she did not want to take charge of the Imperial Dou Team and noted the threats posed by Spirit Hall and the four elemental academies.
• The next morning, Yu Tianheng and the other members of the Imperial Dou Team visited Lin Li and asked her to lead them in the Youth Spirit Master Competition.
• Lin Li agreed to lead the team and said she would do everything she could to improve their strength.

Lin Li had the members of the Imperial Fighting Team introduce their Martial Souls and levels before Zhou Yurou revealed her overwhelming strength. The group then headed to the arena, where their performance would determine Lin Li’s future guidance.

• Zhou Yurou released her jade lotus Martial Soul and five soul rings, using her pressure to pin the seven team members in place.
• Yu Tianheng introduced himself as a level forty-one Soul Ancestor with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and Dugu Yan introduced herself as a level forty-two Soul Ancestor with a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo introduced their Black Tortoise Turtle Martial Souls at levels thirty-nine and thirty-eight, while Osler revealed his level-thirty-eight Ghost Leopard Martial Soul.
• Yufeng introduced his level-thirty-seven Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul and felt an oppressive bloodline pressure when it appeared.
• Ye Lingling introduced her level-thirty-eight Nine-Hearts Begonia Martial Soul, and Lin Li told the group to go to the arena for a match that would shape her guidance.

Zhou Yurou overwhelmed the Imperial Dou Team with her lotus-based control abilities, then Lin Li subjected the defeated team to her Yellow Springs Purgatory illusion. The seven members were left trapped in darkness as a seductive voice asked what they desired.

• Zhou Yurou unleashed several spirit abilities, and Dugu Yan warned the Imperial Dou Team that the rain contained mental control.
• Zhou Yurou trapped the team in her lotus domain, where Yu Tianheng broke free of the mental control but found his Soul Power greatly weakened.
• Lin Li noted Zhou Yurou had reached level fifty-seven and taunted the defeated team about their prospects against the Spirit Hall Team.
• Lin Li opened her third eye and used the Eye External Spirit Bone Skill, Yellow Springs Purgatory, on the seven members of the Imperial Dou Team.
• The team found themselves in a dark, scorching illusion as a seductive voice asked what they desired.

Lin Li used Yellow Springs Purgatory to test the others with temptations, punishing Osler and Yufeng when they gave in. She protected Ye Lingling from illusions exploiting her grief over her dead parents, but a figure resembling the God of Death continued to pressure her.

• Lin Li created tailored temptations in Yellow Springs Purgatory, while Zhou Yurou admired a bare-chested man in Ye Lingling’s illusion and Lin Li teased her.
• The restored God of Death sensed Lin Li’s progress and said a new God of Death would soon descend.
• Osler reached for greater power and Yufeng accepted a goddess’s invitation, so Lin Li scorched them with Abyssal Phoenix Flame and warned them against coveting what they could not attain.
• Lin Li recognized Ye Lingling’s longing for family, urged her to let go, and used Abyssal Phoenix Flame to shield her from mental blades.
• A man resembling the God of Death urged Ye Lingling to accept his embrace because her parents were dead.