Chapter Summaries

Lin Li discussed the Spirit Master Competition and criticized promising contestants for their choices in cultivation. She and Zhou Yurou went to explore Heaven Dou City, where Lin Li heard someone call out to her in the market.

• Lin Li told Zhou Yurou that she expected her students to make her proud at the Spirit Master Competition.
• Zhou Yurou described Divine Wind’s gifted captain, but Lin Li dismissed his focus on Self-Created Soul Skills as misguided.
• Zhou Yurou mentioned Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix martial soul, and Lin Li argued that Shui Bing’er should follow the assault path instead of the control path.
• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou headed into Heaven Dou City and browsed its busy market.
• As Lin Li looked at a carved wooden figurine, someone behind her recognized her and called out.

Lin Li met Ning Lanlan, who revealed that she had been betrothed to the son of the Heaven Dou Purple Spirit Duke and was learning to behave with the poise expected of her. Over dinner, Lin Li recognized the restaurant’s ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Lanlan brought up something Lin Li had never expected.

• Lin Li recognized Ning Lanlan by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda emblem on her waist token.
• Ning Lanlan invited Lin Li and Zhou Yurou to a restaurant, where Zhou Yurou urged her to stop imitating the mannerisms she had learned at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Ning Lanlan said she had been betrothed to the son of the Heaven Dou Purple Spirit Duke and felt she had to act poised.
• Lin Li tasted the restaurant’s Phoenix-simmered Diced Meat and sensed a faint fluctuation in her Soul Power.
• Ning Lanlan explained that the restaurant belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and served mostly Thousand-Year Soul Beast meat.
• Ning Lanlan shared some amusing stories, then raised something Lin Li had never expected.

Lin Li heard that Ning Fengzhi had taken Oscar, a Food System soul master with Innate Full Soul Power, under his protection and arranged his engagement to Ning Rongrong. She suspected Ning Fengzhi was deliberately spoiling Oscar to pursue the evolution of his Martial Soul, while Oscar’s divine inheritance remained uncertain.

• Ning Lanlan told Lin Li and Zhou Yurou that Ning Fengzhi had brought Oscar into the sect and arranged his engagement to Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Lanlan said Ning Fengzhi provided Oscar with exceptional comforts and that Oscar berated attendants when his meals displeased him.
• Zhou Yurou questioned why the sect tolerated Oscar’s behavior, and Lin Li said that he had little hope if he continued developing that way.
• Lin Li suspected Ning Fengzhi was deliberately raising Oscar into uselessness and risking divine wrath to evolve his Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

As the Youth Spirit Master Competition began, Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s teachers discussed their teams’ prospects. Lin Li expressed confidence in the first team’s chances, while the academy prepared for the second team’s opening match.

• Zhou Yurou chatted with Lin Li about the gossip on their way back, unaware of the Deity.
• The three Education Committee members met with the academy’s teachers and discussed the second team’s difficult competition schedule.
• Dessin argued that the second team could at best reach the top sixteen, then sarcastically praised Lin Li’s first team.
• Lin Li highlighted Yu Tianheng’s and Dugu Yan’s strength, including Dugu Yan’s ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring, and predicted the first team could challenge Spirit Hall.
• Meng Shenji praised Lin Li and asked Dessin to watch the second team’s match the next day, while Lin Li resolved to put the students through their paces.

Lin Li addressed the Imperial Dou Team before the Continental Advanced Youth Spirit Master Competition and urged them to challenge Spirit Hall. She then began mental training to prepare them for the powerful opponents ahead.

• Lin Li watched the Imperial Dou Team cultivate at the training grounds after the teachers’ mobilization meeting.
• Lin Li told the team to face Spirit Hall with confidence and make its members fight hard for any victory.
• Yu Tianheng shouted that the team could defeat Spirit Hall, and the other six joined him.
• Lin Li revealed that she wanted the team to win the competition and unleashed Yellow Springs Purgatory to temper their minds.

Lin Li and Zhou Yurou arrived with Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the Youth Spirit Master Competition. Huo Wushuang admired Lin Li until Yu Tianxin revealed that she was the feared Phoenix Girl, leaving the onlookers wary of her.

• Lin Li and Zhou Yurou joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy's procession to the competition venue.
• Lin Li arrived at the venue and took her place in the VIP section.
• Huo Wushuang stared at Lin Li, and Huo Wu chided him for it.
• Yu Tianxin warned Huo Wushuang that Lin Li was the Phoenix Girl, famed for her Soul Douluo strength and victories over Dugu Bo and Tang Hao.
• Yu Tianxin headed into the venue while Huo Wushuang reconsidered his admiration for Lin Li.

Lin Li watched the Youth Spirit Master Competition preliminaries begin and recognized Tang San and the other Shrek Academy members among the contestants. As the officials took their seats, she noticed an unfamiliar person who made her frown.

• Yu Tianxin encouraged Huo Wushuang, who nervously followed his sister into the venue after recalling the terrifying battle he had witnessed.
• Lin Li recognized Canghui Academy headmaster Can Meng, Shi Nian, and drove his probing Spiritual Power from her spiritual sea.
• The Shrek Academy members entered amid ridicule over their appearance, and Tang San met Lin Li's cold gaze with hatred.
• Lin Li sensed the changes in Tang San's aura and saw that the Divinity Seed she had given Oscar had withered.
• The emperor and two other figures took their seats of honor, and Lin Li frowned at one of them.

The Continental Advanced Youth Spirit Master Competition officially began with speeches from Emperor Xue Ye and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master Ning Fengzhi. The master of ceremonies ended by asking Ning Fengzhi which team he believed would win.

• Lin Li noticed a lewd-looking middle-aged man in red bishop's robes among the introduced guests.
• The master of ceremonies invited Emperor Xue Ye to speak, and he declared the competition officially begun.
• Xue Ye urged the young Spirit Masters to compete for their academies and the Empire's glory.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the contestants as talented and wished them success.
• The master of ceremonies asked Ning Fengzhi which team he thought would claim victory.

Ning Fengzhi hinted that one of the twenty-eight teams could win the Spirit Master Competition, and Salas drew the preliminary matchups. Shrek Academy was paired with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, prompting accusations of a rigged draw before the first match began.

• Ning Fengzhi said he favored one of the twenty-eight teams but kept its identity secret.
• Salas used his Soul Power to draw the preliminary matchups, including Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy.
• The crowd reacted angrily to Shrek Academy's pairing, while Tang San urged his teammates to win decisively.
• Salas guaranteed that the draw had been fair, and the three education committee members grew concerned about Shrek Academy and Tang San.
• Salas returned to the viewing platform, and the first match began.

Shrek Academy defeated Imperial Dou Team Two almost instantly, but Dessin accused them of murder. Lin Li forced the Shrek members to their knees before an icy voice challenged her for disrupting the tournament.

• Shrek Academy and Imperial Dou Team Two made their entrances, and Alder revealed that he was a Four-Ring Spirit Elder.
• Tang San displayed his black fourth spirit ring and used Blue Silver Emperor vines to entangle Imperial Dou Team Two.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, and Shrek Academy defeated the opposing team.
• Dessin objected that Shrek Academy had committed murder, and Tang San said their final member was a Support Healing Spirit Master.
• Lin Li called the Shrek members vermin and forced them to their knees, until an icy voice asked whether she was disrupting the tournament.

Lin Li overpowered Salas after he challenged her intervention in the competition, then warned Shrek Academy's teachers against further trouble. Her display stunned the teams watching, including Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing'er, who compared Lin Li's strength to her own.

• Salas rose from the spectator stand and confronted Lin Li, summoning an angel whose Holy Power filled the arena.
• Lin Li shattered Salas's power with her Ultimate Evil Power and warned him she would speak with his young friend's father after becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Li told Dessin to watch the Shrek Academy students, then returned to her seat and taunted Shrek's teachers.
• Huo Wu watched Lin Li's display and sighed at her brother Huo Wushuang, who remained stunned.
• Shui Bing'er admired Lin Li's power but doubted she could control her own Ice Phoenix spirit or ever match Lin Li.

Zhou Yurou healed the injured Heaven Dou Royal Academy secondary team after Shrek Academy defeated them. As the group left the venue, Shi Nian followed them, and Lin Li moved to intervene.

• Zhou Yurou used her Jade Blood Elixir Lotus to heal the defeated students, while Alder remained indignant.
• Alder realized his team had lost to the little-known Shrek Academy and blamed the defeat for ruining his chance to impress important figures.
• Xue Ye recognized the opposing captain's Evil-Eyed White Tiger martial spirit, while Ning Fengzhi explained that his daughter was on Shrek's team.
• After Shrek Academy left the venue, Shi Nian followed them, and Lin Li noticed him and flashed away after giving Zhou Yurou an instruction.
• Zhou Yurou commented on Lin Li's impulsiveness, then jogged away from the venue.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San in an illusion and revealed his intent to kill him over the Spirit Master Competition. Lin Li watched from concealment, waiting as the confrontation began.

• Lin Li saw Shi Nian use his Sixth Soul Ring to draw Tang San into an illusory copy of Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San recognized Shi Nian and confronted him after Shi Nian appeared in the illusion.
• Shi Nian said he wanted Tang San to disappear and justified his attack by accusing him of being ruthless toward opponents.
• Tang San fired sixteen poisoned arrows from an Iron Crossbow at Shi Nian.
• Lin Li remained hidden and prepared to intervene while Shi Nian toyed with Tang San.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San in a tormenting illusion, but Lin Li appeared and planted a sinister seed in Tang San before leaving him alive. Tang San broke through the illusion while pretending to remain under its control, and Lin Li sensed that a Deity had intervened.

• Shi Nian attacked Tang San with his Can Meng martial soul, forcing Tang San to put away the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and defend himself with his Blue Silver Domain.
• Shi Nian's illusion made Tang San relive his punishment by the Tang Sect elders and watch Bu Le threaten Xiao Wu.
• Lin Li appeared behind Shi Nian, restrained him, and warned him not to kill Tang San before planting an evil seed in Tang San's body.
• Tang San broke through the illusion while pretending to remain trapped, and Lin Li sensed a Deity's intervention.

Lin Li intervened in Tang San’s fight with Shi Nian, then took the soul bone Tang San had won. She left after mocking him and warning that he still had a battle the next day, while Tang San swore revenge.

• Lin Li used Abyssal Gaze against Tang San, but a powerful killing intent broke her attack as Tang San used King Yama’s Decree to kill Shi Nian.
• Tang San spotted a skull soul bone beside Shi Nian’s body, but Lin Li appeared and claimed it as hers.
• Lin Li told Tang San she knew he already carried a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and placed Shi Nian’s soul bone in her Storage Ring.
• Lin Li said Tang San’s parents made her despise him and told him to rest for his battle the next day.
• Lin Li vanished after declaring she was satisfied with Tang San’s soul bone, and Tang San vowed to kill her.

Lin Li learned that Tang San had received a portion of Asura divinity, but the God of Death assured her she would gain divinity at level 90 and could still kill him. She examined a powerful soul bone and considered Zhou Yurou’s troubled romance, leaving her boyfriend’s identity hinted to be that of an “old monster.”

• Tang San watched Lin Li leave with red eyes and clenched fists.
• The God of Death told Lin Li that Tang San had received a portion of Asura divinity, then promised her divinity once she reached level 90.
• The God of Death teased Lin Li for ruining Oscar’s opportunity and offered her help if she found a suitable Food System talent to support.
• Lin Li identified the seven-colored soul bone as a Spirit Gem Wisdom Condensing Skull with the skill Illusionary Dream Space.
• Lin Li checked the spiritual imprint on Zhou Yurou and realized Zhou Yurou had fallen in love with an old monster.

Lin Li confronted Ning Fengzhi and the Sword and Bone Douluos after they questioned Oscar’s divine favor, and her God of Death punished them for threatening his inheritor. She returned to her courtyard strengthened to Level 89 Soul Douluo and demanded an explanation from Zhou Yurou.

• Lin Li appeared at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ning Fengzhi asked whether Oscar truly had a god’s favor and threatened to summon Lin Li’s god.
• Lin Li summoned the Abyssal Phoenix and revealed the God of Death, who injured Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin and warned them against bullying his inheritor.
• The Abyssal Phoenix swallowed the three severed fingers, and Lin Li reached Level 89 Soul Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi accused Lin Li of trying to use them to cripple Oscar, and Lin Li admitted she had wanted to make them fight each other.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin left through a spatial tunnel, and Lin Li returned to her courtyard.
• Lin Li confronted the newly returned Zhou Yurou and demanded to know whether she had anything to explain.

Lin Li accused Zhou Yurou of protecting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and cast her out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters. Left alone, Lin Li asked the system about Tang San’s remaining fortune and learned he still possessed forty percent of his original amount.

• Lin Li confronted Zhou Yurou, claimed Brother Dragon was a powerful dragon-blooded Soul Beast, and demanded an explanation.
• Zhou Yurou denied knowing Brother Dragon was a Soul Beast and refused to leave his side.
• Lin Li ended her friendship with Zhou Yurou and used the Star Annihilating Dragon Emperor to send her away through a star path.
• Lin Li warned Zhou Yurou that she would kill her if she found her with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast after he took human form.
• Lin Li asked the system about upgrading her martial souls and Tang San’s fortune, and the system said she had to wait until Level 90 and Tang San retained forty percent of his original fortune.

Lin Li watched Shrek Academy face Elephant Armored Academy while the VIPs discussed Huyan Li’s talent and hidden soul bone. As Huyan Li unleashed Elephant Armored Trample, Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Netherworld Nine-Lives Cat martial soul and struck with a transformed aura.

• Lin Li arrived at the Great Soul Arena in a Soul Douluo robe and watched Shrek Academy’s lineup include Zhu Zhuqing.
• Huyan Zhen praised his grandson Huyan Li, while Xue Ye challenged him to compare his talent with Lin Li’s; Lin Li answered coolly and watched the match.
• Tang San helped Shrek Academy gain the advantage over Elephant Armored Academy.
• Huyan Li revealed a skull soul bone and unleashed Elephant Armored Trample, shaking the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing transformed her Hell Spirit Cat into the Netherworld Nine-Lives Cat and changed from a cold assassin into the Empress of the night.

Zhu Zhuqing used her fourth soul skill and Soul Devouring Demonic Cat Emperor Right Leg Bone skill to defeat Huyan Li and the Elephant Armored Sect team, securing Shrek’s victory. Lin Li appeared to protect her disciple and warned everyone not to covet Zhu Zhuqing’s spirit bone.

• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Eternal Dark Shadow and overwhelmed the Elephant Armored Sect disciples with her attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Soul Devouring Abyss to bind Huyan Li and strike him while he was in a frenzy.
• Salas declared Shrek the winner while eyeing Zhu Zhuqing’s right leg spirit bone.
• Lin Li appeared beside Zhu Zhuqing, threatened anyone who coveted her disciple’s spirit bone, and made Huyan Zhen hold back.