Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Ning Rongrong at the hotel, where Ning Fengzhi privately questioned Ye Kai about Spirit Hall’s recent changes. After hearing about Spirit Hall’s surveillance of the Clear Sky Sect, Ning Fengzhi suspected the sect had moved because of Tang San and planned to investigate further.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the hotel, and Ning Rongrong greeted them.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to leave so he could discuss confidential matters with Ye Kai.
• Ye Kai told Ning Fengzhi that the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders had secretly left their base and that Spirit Hall had increased its surveillance.
• Ning Fengzhi connected the Clear Sky Sect’s movements to Tang San and considered whether Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had fallen out.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to investigate the Clear Sky Sect, while Ye Kai left wondering how his misinformation would shape Ning Fengzhi’s conclusions.

The grand finals began, and Eastern Radiance Academy crushed Star Spirit Academy in under five minutes. After watching Star Luo Royal Academy compete, Zhu Zhuqing chose to return to training, while Hu Liena’s visit revealed that Ye Kai was her junior brother and prompted the team to question his connection to Spirit Hall.

• Ye Kai led Eastern Radiance Academy into the grand finals, where the team defeated Star Spirit Academy in less than five minutes.
• Dai Weisi grew angry that Star Spirit Academy’s loss revealed nothing about Eastern Radiance Academy and made the Star Luo Empire a target of ridicule.
• Dragon Shine Academy eliminated Elephant Armor Academy despite Hu Yanli using his Soul Bone, and Hu Yanzhen ordered the team to return and train harder.
• Spirit Martial Hall academy defeated Godwind Academy, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun led Star Luo Royal Academy to an easy victory that Zhu Zhuqing watched closely.
• Ye Kai reassured Zhu Zhuqing about facing her sister and Dai Weisi, then agreed to let her and Gu Qiu'er return to training.
• Hu Liena called Ye Kai her junior brother, surprising the Eastern Radiance Academy members and leading Ye Kai to send them away.

Ye Kai learned that Tang Xiao had gone missing after the Clear Sky Sect's failed soul-beast hunts and suspected he planned to steal the Champion Team's soul bones. Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu agreed to strengthen Spirit City's defenses, while Ye Kai's mission to repel or kill Tang Xiao promised to unlock a second Martial Soul slot.

• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan explained Bibi Dong's identity and strength to Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Wu.
• At Pope's Hall, Azure Phoenix Douluo reported that Tang Xiao had left the Clear Sky Sect alone and his whereabouts were unknown.
• Ye Kai connected Tang Xiao's disappearance to the Clear Sky Sect's need to recover its inheritance soul bones and suspected he would target the Champion Team.
• Ye Kai explained that Tang Xiao might disguise the attack as a rival's attempt to steal the soul bones, since few people knew they were among the team's rewards.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit City's defenses strengthened, and Qian Daoliu agreed that the Worship Hall would not stand by if Tang Xiao attacked.

After Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City to accept the Angel God's inheritance, Bibi Dong confronted Ye Kai about his involvement, then questioned him about her plan in the Heaven Dou Empire. Hu Yanzhen interrupted their conversation to request a place for his grandson and offer two sects' allegiance, and Bibi Dong assigned him to welcome them into Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong accused Ye Kai of helping Qian Renxue hide her return and inheritance plans, while Hu Liena left the Pope's Hall to avoid becoming involved.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Kai she would not forget the matter, then asked him to report on the plan in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Kai explained that Qian Renxue's people had spread through the empire and that promising candidates were being inspected for higher positions.
• Hu Yanzhen requested that his grandson be allowed to study in Spirit City and offered to bring two sects under Bibi Dong's command.
• Bibi Dong appointed Hu Yanzhen as her special envoy to welcome the sects into Spirit Hall and agreed to find his grandson a place in Spirit City.

Ye Kai reassured Bibi Dong about his team’s chances while the tournament advanced to the fourth round. Eastern Radiance Academy began its match against Star Luo Royal Academy, separating Zhu Zhuqing from her sister and leaving Zhuqing poised to face her.

• Ye Kai sorted the Official Reports and told Bibi Dong he trusted his teammates to win the reward without revealing their tactics.
• The Spirit Academy Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Thunder Team, and Star Luo Royal Academy narrowly defeated Skywater Team in their earlier matches.
• Gu Qiu’er assigned roles for Eastern Radiance Academy’s match, while Dai Weisi threatened Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to change her fate.
• After Ning Rongrong buffed her teammates, Xiao Wu disrupted Dai Weisi’s attempt to activate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and threw Zhu Zhuyun across the battlefield.
• Dugu Yan used Jade Phosphor Purple Poison to isolate Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed after her sister.

Zhu Zhuqing fought her sister Zhu Zhuyun in a one-on-one match, overcoming a soul skill that dragged her into painful childhood memories. She regained her resolve and outmaneuvered Zhu Zhuyun with her fourth soul skill, leaving the match at a decisive moment.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun clashed with their Hell Stab and Netherworld Hundred Claws soul skills, and Zhu Zhuyun realized her younger sister was stronger despite her higher Soul Power Level.
• Zhu Zhuyun used Netherworld Underworld Spring to trap Zhu Zhuqing in memories of her painful childhood.
• Zhu Zhuqing kept fighting through the memories, and her Netherworld Slash clashed with Zhu Zhuyun's stronger version of the skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled the friends and teammates who had helped her find a new life at Eastern Radiance Academy, then renewed her resolve.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Shadow Assault to evade Zhu Zhuyun's counterattack and appeared behind her with her claws on her shoulders.

The Eastern Radiance Team turned the fight around as Xiao Wu eliminated Star Luo Royal Academy’s support members and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun. With Dai Weisi then sent flying out of the arena by Gu Qiu'er, Star Luo Royal Academy’s defeat was sealed.

• Dai Weisi mocked Gu Qiu'er’s strategy, but she overpowered him despite his boosts and kept him on the defensive.
• Xiao Wu evaded her opponents’ attacks with Teleportation, causing Dong Hui and Yang Mingxin to be struck by their own teammates and sent out of the arena.
• Xiao Wu reappeared and shoved Dong Hui and Yang Mingxin out of the arena before their teammates could rescue them.
• Zhu Zhuqing outmaneuvered Zhu Zhuyun and knocked her unconscious, drawing a roar from the audience.
• After learning Zhu Zhuyun had lost, Dai Weisi tried to use White Tiger Light Wave, but Gu Qiu'er interrupted him, knocked him into the air, and kicked him out of the arena.

After Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun, she credited Ye Kai with helping her break free from her family's expectations and asked him to accompany her to see her sister. They found the Star Luo delegation being reprimanded after every academy from the Star Luo Empire had been eliminated.

• Hu Liena teased Ye Kai before returning to the Spirit Academy Team, while Xie Yue considered Eastern Radiance Academy a serious threat and led his team away.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Kai for supporting her, and he told her that her own hard work had brought her this far.
• Blazing Academy defeated its opponents and advanced to the fifth round, where Huo Wu promised to show Ye Kai her progress.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried about Zhu Zhuyun and asked to visit her, so Ye Kai obtained Star Luo Royal Academy's hotel address and escorted her there.
• Ye Kai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the hotel and found Star Luo Empire students being scolded after all their academies had been eliminated.

After the Star Luo team’s defeat, Dai Weisi confronted Zhu Zhuyun for leaving formation and trying to meet Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing intervened and openly rejected both his threats and her family. Ye Kai moved the sisters away from the watching eyes so they could speak privately.

• Star Luo officials berated their team for its humiliating loss, while Dai Weisi blamed Zhu Zhuyun for the defeat.
• Zhu Zhuyun refused to explain her private affairs, and Dai Weisi blocked her from leaving to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing appeared behind Dai Weisi and challenged him, dismissing his threats and saying she had no intention of returning to the Zhu Family.
• Dai Weisi left in anger, vowing to repay the humiliation, while Zhu Zhuyun felt relieved to see how much her younger sister had grown.
• Zhu Zhuyun worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might exploit Zhu Zhuqing, but Ye Kai interrupted and suggested they talk somewhere else because they were being watched.

Zhu Zhuyun met privately with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Kai, mistaking Ye Kai for a Spirit Hall faction's powerful ally and wondering how to protect her sister. Zhu Zhuqing admitted her relationship with Ye Kai and suggested Zhu Zhuyun could join them, leaving her sister to consider the offer as Zhu Zhuqing left with Ye Kai.

• Ye Kai asked a Red Bishop to find a private room, and Zhu Zhuyun inferred that his connection to Spirit Hall explained Zhu Zhuqing's confidence.
• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Zhu Zhuqing for helping her, questioned Ye Kai about his teacher, and accepted his refusal to name her.
• Ye Kai left the sisters alone, and Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun she had been well and admitted she was with Ye Kai.
• Zhu Zhuqing suggested Zhu Zhuyun consider joining them so their future children would not repeat the sisters' deadly rivalry, while warning she would not make it easy for her.
• Zhu Zhuyun imagined herself and Zhu Zhuqing inviting Ye Kai to share their bed but hesitated because she still felt responsible for her family.
• Zhu Zhuqing ended the conversation, found Ye Kai outside, and asked him to walk back with her.

Ye Kai received the Pope’s order to proceed with the plan, while Bibi Dong presided over the fifth round of the competition. Rakshasa reappeared in Bibi Dong’s mind and triggered her Sixth Test, leaving Ye Kai unaware of the danger.

• A Red Bishop told Ye Kai that the target had entered the game and that Bibi Dong wanted him to follow the plan; Zhu Zhuyun later saw Ye Kai and Zhu Zhuqing together and quietly returned to the hotel.
• Three days later, the top three teams assembled for the fifth round, with the Blazing Battle Team planning to surrender into the Losers' Bracket and Ning Rongrong showing hostility toward Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong opened the ceremony and noticed Xiao Wu after the hundred-thousand-year soul ring from Xiao Wu’s Mother reacted to her presence.
• Rakshasa reappeared in Bibi Dong’s Sea of Consciousness, corroded it, and issued the Sixth Rakshasa Test, directing Bibi Dong to inflict on Ye Kai what her teacher had inflicted on her.
• Bibi Dong composed herself as the Red Bishop announced the competition rules, while Ye Kai sensed a chill but found nothing wrong.

Eastern Radiance Academy defeated Spirit Academy to win the Soul Master Competition, with its Soul Beasts turning the team final into a 7v12 battle. After the awards, Bibi Dong summoned Ye Kai to her bedchamber, while Ning Fengzhi offered to discuss Soul Spirits once Ye Kai returned.

• Blazing Academy forfeited the Individual Battle, and Eastern Radiance Academy advanced after Gu Qiu'er defeated Yan and Xie Yue.
• Spirit Academy defeated Blazing Academy in the Losers' Bracket, leaving Blazing Academy in third place.
• Eastern Radiance Academy summoned five Soul Beasts during the team final and defeated Spirit Academy again to claim the championship.
• Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Wu as a one-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast and secretly summoned Ye Kai to her bedchamber.
• Ye Kai told his teammates to stay in Spirit City, and Ning Fengzhi asked him about Soul Spirits before he left.

Bibi Dong summoned Ye Kai to her bedchamber, sealed his Soul Power, and forced him into her “cultivation” lesson. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuyun joined Zhu Zhuqing in Spirit City and planned to rely on Ye Kai and his allies against Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Empire.

• Bibi Dong lured Ye Kai into her bedchamber, kissed him, and said she wanted him to help her cultivate.
• Bibi Dong sealed Ye Kai’s Soul Power and pressed him beneath her as she began her “loving” education.
• Zhu Zhuyun left a letter at her hotel and went to meet Zhu Zhuqing after deciding to stand against her family and the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that the group would remain in Spirit City until Ye Kai returned and promised he would explain her Soul Beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing reassured Zhu Zhuyun that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Poison Douluo would protect them from Dai Weisi.

Ye Kai used his vitality to purify the Rakshasa Divine Thought in Bibi Dong, aging himself in the process. When Bibi Dong woke, she found him frail and vowed to restore him.

• Dugu Bo worried that Ye Kai had not returned, while Ning Fengzhi said they had no grounds to demand his release from Bibi Dong.
• After waking, Ye Kai resumed sparring with Bibi Dong and used his Purification Domain to attack the Rakshasa Divine Thought in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Ye Kai transferred a vast amount of vitality to Bibi Dong, gradually purifying the divine thought but causing his hair to lose its luster and his body to age.
• Bibi Dong tried to stop Ye Kai, but he persisted until she fainted, leaving her filled with regret.
• Bibi Dong woke to find Ye Kai frail and aged; she embraced him and promised to find a way to restore him.

Bibi Dong feared Ye Kai would die from losing his life force, but he reassured her as his hair began to recover. After discussing Soul Spirit deals and their departure from Spirit City, Ye Kai learned Zhu Zhuyun wanted to leave her family and asked him to take her in.

• Bibi Dong sobbed as she held Ye Kai, then calmed when his hair began recovering and he insisted his life force would return.
• Ye Kai told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo that he still had matters to handle, while they planned to leave Spirit City with Ning Rongrong.
• Ye Kai explained Soul Spirits to Ning Fengzhi, who asked to arrange slots for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's direct disciples, and Ye Kai agreed to discuss terms later.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ye Kai that Zhu Zhuyun had come to Spirit City and that Davis had caused trouble before Chen Xin intervened.
• Ye Kai visited Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, where Zhu Zhuqing asked him to take in her sister after Zhu Zhuyun broke with her family and Davis.

Ye Kai arranged for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Fengzhi’s group to leave Spirit City while he stayed behind to deal with Tang Xiao, who believed Ye Kai had the champion’s Soul Bones. He planned to lure Tang Xiao out, then use the incident to confront the Clear Sky Sect, before spending the night with Bibi Dong.

• Ye Kai told Zhu Zhuqing he would stay in Spirit City, while she left with Ning Fengzhi’s group for the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi overruled Ning Rongrong’s wish to stay, and Chen Xin and Dugu Bo sensed someone spying on them as the group left Spirit City.
• Ye Kai loudly claimed he would keep the champion’s reward, prompting the disguised Tang Xiao to double back after the convoy departed.
• Ye Kai explained to Bibi Dong that he would lure out Tang Xiao, then announce the matter and demand an explanation from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Kai addressed Bibi Dong with an intimate title and continued their sexual encounter despite her pleas for him to stop.

Ye Kai handled Spirit Hall’s affairs after helping Bibi Dong purge the Rakshasa Divine Thought, but Hu Liena noticed he had aged from losing vitality. She learned that Death Row Prisoners could restore him and rushed with him to retrieve them.

• Hu Liena found Ye Kai in Pope's Hall and questioned why Bibi Dong’s scent was on him; Ye Kai explained that Bibi Dong had asked him to handle Spirit Hall’s affairs while she rested.
• Hu Liena noticed Ye Kai’s changed appearance and feared someone had harmed him, so Ye Kai explained that using Life Energy to purify the Rakshasa Divine Thought had cost him vitality.
• Ye Kai told Hu Liena that his Ultimate Life martial soul could restore him by absorbing vitality, and Hu Liena offered to bring Death Row Prisoners from the Dungeon.
• Ye Kai warned that taking prisoners to Pope's Hall could damage Spirit Hall’s reputation, so he went with Hu Liena to retrieve them discreetly.

After refining tainted Life Essence, Ye Kai planned to lure Tang Xiao into a fight, while Hu Liena worried about his safety. Bibi Dong agreed to watch over the operation, and Qian Daoliu approved sending additional consecrators with Ye Kai.

• Ye Kai recovered after refining Life Essence from the Fallen, and Hu Liena stopped him from absorbing more.
• Ye Kai told Hu Liena he planned to use himself as bait for Tang Xiao, with Bibi Dong and other powerful allies backing him.
• Bibi Dong arrived at Pope's Hall and agreed to oversee the plan, attributing her transformed appearance to Ye Kai purifying her Rakshasa Divine Thought.
• Ye Kai went to the Worship Hall to coordinate with the Grand Elder, where Golden Crocodile Douluo met him.
• Qian Daoliu approved the plan and ordered the Second, Sixth, and Seventh consecrators to accompany Ye Kai.

Ye Kai lured Tang Xiao away from Spirit City so he could test his strength in a fight, while Bibi Dong and several Titled Douluo prepared to support him. Tang Xiao recognized Ye Kai’s golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass as Ah Yin’s and attacked in fury, until Bibi Dong and the others arrived to surround them.

• Ye Kai told Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun, and Subduing Demon Douluo that he wanted to exchange blows with Tang Xiao, and they agreed to hold the line.
• Bibi Dong sent Ju and Ghost Douluo to support Ye Kai, while Hu Liena warned him not to get carried away.
• Tang Xiao followed Ye Kai out of Spirit City, where Ye Kai revealed the trap and six powerful auras approached.
• Tang Xiao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and charged Ye Kai, then recognized the golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass as Ah Yin’s and attacked in anger.
• Ye Kai blocked Tang Xiao with golden tree trunks and branches before evading his hammer, and Bibi Dong and the others arrived to surround them.

Tang Xiao was surrounded by Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, and Bibi Dong challenged him to fight her disciple, Ye Kai. Tang Xiao struck first, but Ye Kai evaded the attack and met his Clear Sky Hammer head-on, leaving Tang Xiao shocked.

• Bibi Dong confronted Tang Xiao over leaving the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain seal and offered to spare him if he defeated Ye Kai.
• Tang Xiao accepted the challenge, intending to defeat Ye Kai quickly and use him as a hostage.
• Tang Xiao activated his Martial Soul True Body and charged Ye Kai with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ye Kai vanished before the hammer landed, then attacked Tang Xiao with branches bursting from the ground.
• Ye Kai charged forward and punched the Clear Sky Hammer, forcing Tang Xiao back only a few steps and stunning him.