Chapter Summaries

Gu You explained to Qian Renxue why he planned to weaken the nobles and use historical recognition to encourage soul masters to serve the public. He invited her to try the nearly finished New Style Magic Kitchen, while guards outside imagined the future improvements to Heaven Dou City.

• Qian Renxue reacted with surprise to Gu You's hostility toward nobles and questioned the implications of his Spartacus plan.
• Gu You reasoned that noble privilege restricted martial-soul awakenings, academy access, and opportunities for powerful soul masters, and resolved to weaken the old nobility while discouraging new nobles.
• Gu You proposed using fame and historical records to inspire soul masters to pursue public service, with Qian Renxue carrying out the plan.
• Gu You invited Qian Renxue to try the New Style Magic Kitchen, and she changed into Xue Qinghe's appearance before leaving with him.
• Xiao Li excitedly imagined that Xue Qinghe would renovate his hometown, while Captain Old He praised Xue Qinghe's accomplishments and rallied the guards.

Gu You explained to Qian Renxue that Soul Masters’ growth depended less on age than on practicing their abilities in real combat. The chapter left her considering his claim that battle could stimulate Soul Power and reshape cultivation habits.

• Gu You and Qian Renxue left the Imperial Palace in disguise while Royal Guards watched them go.
• Gu You assured Qian Renxue that he still cultivated daily, then argued that the belief in a pre-twenty golden period was misleading.
• Gu You used Dai Mubai’s faster growth at Shrek Academy than at Star Luo Royal Junior Soul Master Academy to support his argument.
• Gu You concluded that real combat stimulated Soul Power and accelerated growth for both combat and support Soul Masters.

Gu You explained why soul masters needed combat training and defended the spirit fight arena, then Qian Renxue asked how he viewed the profession. He turned the question back on her, pointing out that her conflicting identities as Spirit Hall’s heir and Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince had left her searching for an answer.

• Gu You told Qian Renxue that battle, insight, and quiet cultivation were all essential to a soul master’s growth, and admitted his influence on the spirit fight arena column.
• Gu You argued that the spirit fight arena gave soul masters a place to fight and gamble after other entertainment venues had been shut down.
• Qian Renxue asked Gu You what a soul master was to him and said she sometimes doubted he cared about being one.
• Gu You recalled asking Xiao Wu the same question and explained that people valued soul masters differently depending on their circumstances.
• Gu You asked whether Qian Renxue was speaking as Xue Qinghe or as herself, and she answered that she was Qian Renxue.
• Gu You told Qian Renxue that her identities as Spirit Hall’s heir and Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince gave her conflicting perspectives, leaving her confused.

Gu You brought Qian Renxue to Shao Xin’s New Style Magic Chef Restaurant, where he revealed that Tang San was visiting Tang Yuehua. Tang San arrived at Tang Yuehua’s confinement and introduced himself as her nephew.

• Gu You and Qian Renxue arrived at Shao Xin’s restaurant, where Shao Xin explained that he was holding a discounted trial run for invited gourmets.
• Qian Renxue realized Gu You had arranged something else and learned that Tang San had gone to visit Tang Yuehua with Bai He.
• Tang Yuehua read the newspaper and reflected on her confinement while preparing rice porridge in her room.
• A guard announced Tang Yuehua had a visitor, then Tang San and an old man entered her room.
• Tang San introduced himself to Tang Yuehua as the son of A Yin and Tang Hao and asked her to call him her nephew.

Tang Yuehua confirmed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, then described how she had been sent to Heaven Dou City as a young girl to spy for the Star Luo Empire. She began recounting how a letter from Tang Hao interrupted her work, leaving her story unfinished.

• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang San’s reputation, and Bai He confirmed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Yuehua tried to embrace Tang San, but he restrained her hand with Blue Silver Grass and told her to conduct herself properly.
• After Bai He arranged tea, Tang San confronted Tang Yuehua about her secret intelligence mission for the Star Luo Empire, and she admitted he was right.
• Tang Yuehua recalled that the Star Luo Emperor had recruited her as a powerless young Spirit Scholar to infiltrate Heaven Dou’s upper ranks and send intelligence back to Xingluo City.
• Tang Yuehua explained that she had built Moonlight Pavilion and gained Xue Ye’s permission to open a noble etiquette school before receiving a letter from Tang Hao about finding the love of his life.

Tang San pieced together how Tang Yuehua had helped Tang Hao and Ah Yin while they fled Spirit Hall, then suspected she had revealed their secret to Qian Xunji. He tested her with killing intent, discovered her calming domain, and attacked before confirming she was only rank nine; he apologized but warned her that he might have blamed her if her agents had found his father.

• Tang Yuehua recounted how Tang Hao and Ah Yin fled Spirit Hall, how she helped them find a safe place, and how she lost contact with them before the news of Qian Xunji’s death and the Clear Sky Sect’s seclusion.
• Tang San connected Tang Yuehua’s correspondence with Tang Hao to the secret letter that exposed Ah Yin’s identity and suspected that Tang Yuehua had been used to reveal their whereabouts.
• Tang San released killing intent against Tang Yuehua to test whether she was lying, but she instinctively produced a golden domain that dispersed it.
• Tang San attacked Tang Yuehua with Blue Silver Emperor vines and Yama’s Invitation while testing her Soul Power, then found that she was indeed rank nine.
• Tang San apologized, dismissed the guards to establish a security cordon, and warned Tang Yuehua that he might have blamed her if her people had found his father.

The Cult Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult explained the Holy Grail War and told Ming Wuxiang that he had been chosen as a Master. Left alone, Ming Wuxiang looked forward to using the war’s Servants as corpses for explosions.

• The Cult Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult explained that the Holy Grail could grant wishes through equivalent exchange and had been hidden from the world.
• He told Ming Wuxiang that the Command Spell on his right hand marked him as a Master chosen to fight in the Holy Grail War.
• The Cult Leader reassured Ming Wuxiang that the Holy Grail would equalize Masters’ soul power and that Servants would handle most combat.
• He explained that Servants were recreated from heroes and great figures recorded in the planet’s Memory of Stars.
• After the Cult Leader left, Ming Wuxiang gleefully imagined using the Servants’ corpses for corpse explosions.

Tang San left Tang Yuehua after she recognized his killing-intent control as an early form of Divine Slaughter's Domain, giving her hope that the Clear Sky Sect could regain its former strength. Outside, Tang San lifted the lockdown around her residence, while Qian Renxue and Gu You discussed whether he would take Tang Yuehua away.

• Tang San avoided Bai He and left Tang Yuehua behind, while Bai He tried to comfort her about their strained relationship.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang San's method as an immature Divine Slaughter's Domain and concluded that the Clear Sky Sect might one day return to its peak.
• Tang Yuehua vowed that the Clear Sky Sect would repay Spirit Hall for its humiliation, unaware that a Blue Silver Grass stalk overheard her.
• Tang San asked the guards to lift the lockdown and recommended irregular patrols to prevent anyone from breaking Tang Yuehua out.
• At the New Style Magic Chef Restaurant, Qian Renxue asked Gu You whether Tang San would take Tang Yuehua away, and Gu You joked about his disregard for dining etiquette.

Lanta arrived at New Style Magic Chef Restaurant to meet Gu You, but entered a private room while he waited for another group. Gu You identified the newcomers as Canghui Academy principal Yang Kongming and the gem-martial-soul students Shi Nian had selected for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Lanta arrived at the restaurant and requested a private room, then sent word to Shao Xin that she had come to help the skinny guy with a martial soul test.
• Lanta passed Gu You and Qian Renxue and went into a private room without joining them.
• Gu You clarified that he had arranged to meet someone at the restaurant rather than inviting Lanta to dine with him.
• Yang Kongming arrived with Canghui Academy's young soul masters, and Gu You told Qian Renxue they were Shi Nian's chosen students, each with a gem martial soul.

Gu You explained that Shi Nian had been a meticulous teacher whose records revealed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill requiring seven gemstone Martial Souls. The Canghui Academy students entered the private room, and Gu You revealed that Shi Nian had recruited them to activate the skill.

• Qian Renxue recalled Shi Nian and explained why she had never considered him useful, while Gu You wondered how she knew he had been killed.
• Qian Renxue said Ning Fengzhi had told her about Shi Nian, and Gu You abandoned his fanciful suspicion of a Shadow Legion.
• After Canghui Academy's students entered the private room, Gu You said Shi Nian's Soul Tool contained detailed teaching logs and student files.
• Gu You said he could understand Shi Nian's care for his students but condemned his decision to kill people during a competition.
• Gu You revealed that Shi Nian had recruited the seven students because he designed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that required seven gemstone Martial Souls.

Lanta met Canghui Academy’s dean and students in place of Gu You, explaining that she would represent her teacher in addressing Shi Nian’s unfinished undertaking. Outside, Gu You taught Qian Renxue that Shi Nian’s death mattered because it gave others the right to use what he had left behind.

• Lanta waited in a private room at the New Style Magic Chef Restaurant as Yang Kongming arrived with Canghui Academy’s students.
• Yang Kongming mistook Lanta for Master Gu You and nearly prostrated himself before she corrected him.
• Lanta introduced herself as Gu You’s personal disciple and said she would represent him in completing Shi Nian’s unfinished undertaking.
• Gu You asked Qian Renxue whether Shi Nian’s students or his Seven-in-One Fusion Skill mattered more to him.
• Gu You told Qian Renxue that Shi Nian’s death mattered most because it let them use his students and his Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.

Gu You explained how Shi Nian’s research into the Seven Asura Illusion Realm could help him advance his Martial Soul Fusion Skill experiments, then gave Qian Renxue two new cards. Meanwhile, Lanta told Canghui Academy a fabricated story about Shi Nian’s disappearance, and the students accepted it as Yang Kongming doubted her account.

• Gu You explained that the Seven Asura Illusion Realm had no single core user and said Shi Nian’s research had inspired him to pursue new Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Gu You produced cards named Ultimate Crystal God - Rainbow Overdragon and Gem-Knight Master Diamond, telling Qian Renxue that his stalled research could move forward.
• Lanta recounted to Yang Kongming and the Canghui Academy team a story in which Shi Nian entrusted his research notes to Gu You before disappearing.
• Yang Kongming questioned Lanta’s story, but the seven team members wept and remained devoted to Shi Nian.
• Lanta privately noted that events were proceeding according to plan.

Lanta used the story of Canghui Academy’s past to persuade Dean Yang Kongming to accept Gu You’s help and take control of the academy team. She revealed Gu You’s gift of gemstone-themed cards and introduced his proposed seven-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Ultimate Gem God Rainbow Dragon.

• Lanta recognized that Yang Kongming’s devotion to Shi Nian’s reputation left him with little choice but to cooperate with her.
• Yang Kongming recounted Canghui Academy’s founding during the Bloody Rain Rebellion and explained its former prominence and later decline.
• Captain Zhang Jingyang warned Lanta that the Seven Asura Illusion Realm depended on balanced Soul Power and an experienced illusionist.
• Lanta assured Yang Kongming that Gu You understood the fusion skill’s requirements and that his gift could strengthen the team even if the illusion realm failed.
• Yang Kongming examined the cards depicting seven gemstone beasts, and Lanta announced Gu You’s Ultimate Gem God Rainbow Dragon.

Yang Kongming examined Gu You’s Gem Beast and Gem Knight cards and agreed to Canghui Academy’s cooperation with Lanta, though he distrusted the Heaven Dou Empire. He asked to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Zhang Jingyang encouraged the team’s two new members to share their concerns about continuing Martial Soul Fusion Skill training under Lanta.

• Yang Kongming admired the Ultimate Gem God Rainbow Dragon card, then identified the second deck as Gem Knights and learned about their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Gem Knight Prism Aura.
• Lanta and Yang Kongming settled an agreement for weekly training in three Martial Soul Fusion Skills, academy expenses to be covered, and Canghui Academy to align its future recruitment and teaching with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Kongming, uneasy about the empire’s stability, asked Lanta to take the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she agreed.
• Lanta led Yang Kongming and the students from the restaurant to carriages bound for the academy, privately regretting the expense.
• Zhang Jingyang told the team that Shi Nian had retired and that they would continue training under Lanta, then invited Liu Baoyu and Xiao Liuli to speak openly about their thoughts.

After Lanta’s display of strength left Liu Baoyu and Xiao Liuli terrified, Xiao Liuli analyzed her hands and concluded that Lanta was no older than fifteen. Zhang Jingyang realized that Lanta might join the Imperial Dou Team and compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament herself.

• Zhang Jingyang and the others helped Liu Baoyu and Xiao Liuli recover from their fear of Lanta.
• Xiao Liuli explained that Lanta’s smooth hands suggested she or Master Gu You had developed a hand-related Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Xiao Liuli estimated that Lanta was at most fifteen, shocking everyone in the carriage.
• Xun Heguang warned Zhang Jingyang that Lanta might join the Imperial Dou Team after Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s recent tournament victory.
• Zhang Jingyang realized that Lanta had displayed two Martial Soul Fusion Skills because she planned to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament herself.

Sebastian answered the Dragon Serpent Family’s door to find a drunken Wei Dian asking for Meng Shu, while Canghui Academy’s students visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and discovered its students were busy during vacation. After Zhang Jingyang questioned a student, Lanta and Canghui’s dean vanished, leaving the group confused.

• Sebastian opened the mansion door and met Wei Dian, Spirit Hall’s Ninth Elder, who drunkenly asked whether Meng Shu was home.
• Canghui Academy’s students arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and wondered why so many students remained on campus during summer vacation.
• Lanta explained that the academy followed Ministry of Education regulations but did not reveal why the students were busy.
• Zhang Jingyang asked a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student why the campus was crowded, and the student mistook him for a prospective enrollee.
• The student told Zhang Jingyang to turn around, and Zhang Jingyang discovered that Lanta and Canghui Academy’s dean had disappeared.

Yang Kongming worried that his Canghui Academy students could get into trouble with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s nobles, but Lanta assured him she would prevent any conflict. The students were admitted for a campus tour, and Xu Xiaohui explained the academy’s visitor rules and credit penalties.

• Yang Kongming considered how to protect his students from the consequences of a fight with nobles, while Lanta said she would not allow a conflict.
• Xu Xiaohui checked Zhang Jingyang’s student ID and asked the other Canghui Academy students to show theirs.
• Xu Xiaohui led the visitors to a security booth, where Li Yusong verified their IDs and issued visitor passes.
• Xu Xiaohui explained that academy students had to guide visiting students or risk losing ten credits.
• Li Yusong kept the visitors’ student IDs and told them to wear their passes until they left the academy.
• Xu Xiaohui identified a strange white building as a restroom and angrily complained about rumors concerning the academy’s toilets.

Lanta helped Yang Kongming follow academy rules by applying for a visitor pass, then Xu Xiaohui guided the group through Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its layout and physical training policies. The group joked about students running laps, while Yang Kongming ended by asking Lanta whether running could really improve fitness.

• Li Yusong stopped Lanta and Yang Kongming and explained that academy rules required Yang Kongming to apply before visiting.
• Lanta identified Yang Kongming as Canghui Academy's dean and suggested he submit an application, after which she would add a note for the Student Union.
• Yang Kongming agreed to apply, and Li Yusong escorted them to the Security Booth.
• Xu Xiaohui showed the group Doutian Road and described the academy's North District, South District, facilities, and planned Exhibition Hall.
• Xu Xiaohui explained that students who failed physical fitness tests had to run ten laps daily until they passed a makeup exam, prompting Zhang Jingyang to question whether running could improve fitness.
• Yang Kongming joined the group and asked Lanta whether running could really improve physical fitness.

Lanta explained why Soul Masters rarely adopted running and described her demanding archery training, leaving Yang Kongming stunned by her daily workload. At the cafeteria, Xu Xiaohui explained how Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Disciplinary Committee, led by Zhu Zhuqing, had stopped students from fighting over food.

• Lanta explained that running suited some Soul Masters but offered little benefit to others, while tradition and discouragement kept most from changing their cultivation habits.
• Yang Kongming asked whether Lanta exercised daily, and she described her archery drills and how she adjusted their volume to her condition.
• Yang Kongming was shocked by Lanta’s account of shooting eleven hundred arrows in a day.
• At the cafeteria, Zhang Jingyang praised the orderly meal queue, and Xu Xiaohui pointed out a Disciplinary Committee Member on patrol.
• Xu Xiaohui said the committee had stopped cafeteria fights and identified Zhu Zhuqing as its chairwoman.