Chapter Summaries

Qian Ren Shang explained that Soul Spirits could preserve Spirit Beasts’ wisdom after death, reduce the need to hunt them for soul rings, and potentially let them ascend with a soul master. The Beast Kings eagerly volunteered to become his first Soul Spirit, and Qian Ren Shang was left to choose one for an experiment.

• Xiong Jun and the other Beast Kings grew enraged at the future extinction of Spirit Beasts and prepared to attack humanity.
• Qian Ren Shang stopped them and revealed his Soul Spirit method, which could let a Spirit Beast produce multiple wisdom soul rings while retaining its wisdom.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian asked Qian Ren Shang to explain the method, and he described how a Spirit Beast could contract with a human and remain with them until death.
• Qian Ren Shang said a Spirit Beast might ascend to the God Realm with a soul master and offered to test the method using his Second Spirit.
• Xiong Jun and the other Beast Kings eagerly volunteered to become Qian Ren Shang’s Soul Spirit.

Qian Ren Shang learned that his rare talent gave Spirit Beasts hope of ascending to the God Realm, and Gu Yuena chose Zi Ji as the best match for his dark-type Second Spirit. Three days later, Qian Ren Shang began the first Soul Spirit ceremony with Zi Ji beside the Lake of Life.

• Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, Ten Thousand Demons King, and Zi Ji competed to become Qian Ren Shang's Soul Spirit.
• Di Tian explained that the Beast Kings wanted to follow Qian Ren Shang because his talent could let them ascend to the God Realm.
• Gu Yuena chose Zi Ji because her dark-type abilities suited Qian Ren Shang's Second Spirit and her next great tribulation was approaching.
• Qian Ren Shang and Zi Ji agreed to hold the Soul Spirit ceremony three days later.
• At the Lake of Life, Zi Ji confirmed her choice, and Qian Ren Shang activated his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel to begin the ceremony.

Qian Ren Shang successfully fused with Zi Ji as a Soul Spirit, gaining three orange-golden soul rings alongside his three black ones. Zi Ji appeared as a young girl with her memories intact, and Qian Ren Shang asked her to demonstrate her abilities.

• Qian Ren Shang steadied his incantation and formed a stable energy vortex as Zi Ji's light resonated with it.
• Qian Ren Shang completed the ritual, and Zi Ji merged into his body as a Soul Spirit.
• Qian Ren Shang's three black soul rings transformed, and three orange-golden soul rings appeared around his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji worried about Zi Ji, and Qian Ren Shang summoned her safely into the field.
• Zi Ji discovered she had become a seven- or eight-year-old girl, and Qian Ren Shang reassured her that she would gradually recover.
• Qian Ren Shang asked Zi Ji to demonstrate her Soul Spirit abilities, and she agreed.

Zi Ji demonstrated her soul spirit abilities in a spar with Xiong Jun, showing how a soul spirit could boost a Soul Master’s combat strength. After explaining the requirements for the Soul Spirit Contract Method, Qian Ren Shang proposed establishing an organization called the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, and Di Tian endorsed it as a force that could surpass Spirit Hall.

• Zi Ji challenged Xiong Jun and used Void Shadow Escape and Shadow Puppet to evade and distract him, but lost after their three-minute battle.
• Zi Ji told Qian Ren Shang that her strength as a soul spirit was equivalent to a Title Douluo’s and depended on his power.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Qian Ren Shang’s Soul Spirit Contract Method could be taught, and he explained the spiritual power required for different soul spirits.
• Qian Ren Shang announced that he planned to establish the Spirit Transfer Pagoda.
• Di Tian supported the plan and predicted that the Spirit Transfer Pagoda would become stronger than Spirit Hall.

Qian Ren Shang promised Gu Yuena that the Spirit Transfer Pagoda would preserve a refuge for Spirit Beasts, and Di Tian and the other Beast Kings agreed to accompany him into the human world to help build it. Seven days later, Meng Shen Ji still had no news of Qian Ren Shang, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling disappointed when they came looking for him.

• Gu Yuena asked Qian Ren Shang to protect the Spirit Beast inheritance by creating a refuge within the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, and he agreed.
• Gu Yuena proposed that the Beast Kings leave the Star Dou Great Forest to help Qian Ren Shang establish the pagoda, and they eagerly agreed.
• Xiong Jun told the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python that the Beast Kings were leaving and entrusted them with guarding the Lake of Life.
• Seven days later, Meng Shen Ji found Villa No. 2 empty and reflected that Qian Ren Shang had disappeared with the Silver-Haired Girl.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked Meng Shen Ji where Qian Ren Shang was, and he said he might never return, leaving them disheartened.

Qian Ren Shang returned to Heaven Dou and told Meng Shen Ji he wanted to join and cooperate with the empire. He arrived at the imperial palace with Gu Yuena and the Beast Kings, where Xue Ye personally welcomed them.

• Qian Ren Shang reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and said he planned to stay and join the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Meng Shen Ji eagerly escorted Qian Ren Shang toward the palace to meet Xue Ye.
• Qian Ren Shang paused to meet Gu Yuena, Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Ten Thousand Demons King, Scarlet King, and Aunt Bi Ji, who had arrived in the city.
• Qian Ren Shang asked to bring the Beast Kings to meet Xue Ye, and Meng Shen Ji agreed.
• Xue Ye personally waited at the imperial palace gate and welcomed Qian Ren Shang and his companions.

Qian Ren Shang explained Soul Spirits to Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou court, then demonstrated their power with Zi Ji. Impressed by the Soul Spirit’s potential, Xue Ye urged him to establish the Spirit Transfer Pagoda headquarters in Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Ye welcomed Qian Ren Shang and Gu Yuena into the Heaven Dou Empire and promised to double his previous rewards.
• Qian Ren Shang proposed building the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in the empire and explained that it would be based on Soul Spirits.
• Qian Ren Shang summoned his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel and revealed Zi Ji as his Soul Spirit, shocking the court with his orange-gold soul rings.
• Zi Ji demonstrated her darkness abilities, then returned to Qian Ren Shang’s side.
• Qian Ren Shang explained that a Soul Spirit could fight independently and grant multiple soul rings and skills, making the nobles eager to obtain one.
• Xue Ye pleaded with Qian Ren Shang to build the Spirit Transfer Pagoda headquarters in Heaven Dou City.

Xue Ye secured Heaven Dou City as the Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s headquarters and celebrated the new partnership with Qian Ren Shang. At the banquet, he named Xue Beng crown prince and ordered him to take Qian Ren Shang as his teacher.

• Xue Ye promised land, assistance, and other support for the Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s headquarters in Heaven Dou City, and Qian Ren Shang agreed to establish it there.
• Qian Ren Shang and Xue Ye confirmed their preliminary cooperation, then joined a lavish banquet with Gu Yuena, Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the others.
• Xue Ye summoned Xue Beng and revealed that he had investigated the deaths of his children and chosen Xue Beng to inherit the throne.
• Qian Ren Shang praised Xue Beng as an outstanding successor, and Xue Ye ordered him to become Qian Ren Shang’s student.
• Xue Beng knelt before Qian Ren Shang and asked him to accept him as a student.

Qian Ren Shang accepted Xue Beng as his student and secured Heaven Dou Empire’s support for the Spirit Transfer Pagoda. After a month of construction in Heaven Dou City, the pagoda was completed, leaving residents stunned by the imposing new structure.

• Xue Beng knelt before Qian Ren Shang and asked to become his student, and Qian Ren Shang accepted and gave him a bottle of the Spring of Life.
• Qian Ren Shang discussed the Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s plans with Gu Yuena and Uncle Di Tian, who agreed to gather Soul Beasts willing to become Soul Spirits.
• Xue Ye finalized the cooperation details with Qian Ren Shang and ordered earth-type Soul Masters to begin building the Spirit Transfer Pagoda south of the imperial palace.
• Qian Ren Shang offered suggestions as the earth-type Soul Masters worked for a month to complete the pagoda.
• Heaven Dou City residents saw the finished Spirit Transfer Pagoda and wondered what the mysterious building was.

Qian Ren Shang struggled to attract Soul Masters to the Spirit Transfer Pagoda because they did not believe in Soul Spirits. After receiving Qian Ren Xue’s challenge to fight at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, he decided to enter the tournament and use it to make Soul Spirits known across the continent.

• Qian Ren Shang, Gu Yuena, Di Tian, and Xiong Jun inspected the completed Spirit Transfer Pagoda headquarters.
• Qian Ren Shang asked Xue Ye to publicize the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and its Soul Spirits, but few Soul Masters trusted the offer.
• Xue Ye explained that Soul Masters found Soul Spirits difficult to accept because they had believed for generations that soul rings were necessary to advance.
• Meng Shen Ji delivered Qian Ren Xue’s challenge letter, which named the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament as the place for their rematch.
• Qian Ren Shang decided to enter the tournament to face Qian Ren Xue and spread word of Soul Spirits.

Qian Ren Shang agreed to represent the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, and Xue Ye renamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Spirit Transfer Academy and appointed him dean. Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan went to the pagoda to question him about his recent activities, and he invited them inside because he needed their help.

• Qian Ren Shang told Xue Ye and Meng Shen Ji that he wanted to enter the tournament for the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and promote Soul Spirits.
• Xue Ye renamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Spirit Transfer Academy, appointed Qian Ren Shang dean, and let him choose the tournament team.
• News of the change shocked the academy, including Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, who decided to find Qian Ren Shang.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan went to the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, where Xiong Jun stopped them until Qian Ren Shang identified them as friends.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling confronted Qian Ren Shang about becoming dean and building the pagoda, and he invited them inside to explain and ask for their help.

Qian Ren Shang explained Soul Spirits to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then arranged for them to choose suitable Spirit Beasts. Afterward, Di Tian told him that Gu Yuena was undergoing special training to regain her strength and surpass him.

• Qian Ren Shang explained Soul Spirits and invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join his tournament team and try the new system.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling agreed, as both had recently reached rank forty, and Qian Ren Shang called Di Tian to guide them.
• Di Tian showed the women several Spirit Beasts and let them choose freely if they could gain the beasts’ consent.
• Di Tian returned to the Reception Hall and praised Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s talent.
• Di Tian told Qian Ren Shang that Gu Yuena was training to recover her original strength because he had grown stronger than her.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chose rare ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts and underwent seven days of physical training before Qian Ren Shang helped them fuse with the beasts as Soul Spirits. After both fusions succeeded, Qian Ren Shang asked them to find tournament team members who had reached a bottleneck.

• Dugu Yan chose a ten-thousand-year Green Wood Snake, and Ye Lingling chose a rare ten-thousand-year Nine-Colored Lotus; Qian Ren Shang approved their choices and warned them about the risks of fusion.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling agreed to attempt the fusions, and Xiong Jun trained them for seven days to improve their physical constitutions.
• Qian Ren Shang successfully fused the Green Wood Snake with Dugu Yan, giving her a black soul ring and a small snake Soul Spirit she named Little Green.
• Qian Ren Shang successfully fused the Nine-Colored Lotus with Ye Lingling, giving her a black soul ring and a Nine-Colored Lotus Soul Spirit.
• Qian Ren Shang asked Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to find strong tournament team members who had reached a bottleneck, and they agreed.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned from monitoring Heaven Dou City with news of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and its rumored soul spirits. Bibi Dong dismissed the reports as baseless, leaving Spirit Hall unaware of the new power’s significance.

• After two months watching Heaven Dou City, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo entered the city to investigate.
• The two discovered the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had become Spirit Transfer Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo hurried back to Spirit Hall to report that soul spirits could replace soul rings and fight outside the body.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Qian Ren Shang had returned, then listened to Chrysanthemum Douluo’s report.
• When Chrysanthemum Douluo admitted he had not seen a soul spirit himself, Bibi Dong called the claims unrealistic and shut down his objections.

Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to train Qian Ren Xue, whom she would make Spirit Hall Academy’s captain for the upcoming tournament. With two months remaining, the Shrek Seven Devils trained intensely after their defeat at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Bibi Dong rejected Chrysanthemum Douluo’s concerns and said Spirit Hall needed a decisive tournament victory to build support for unifying the continent.
• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Qian Ren Xue would lead Spirit Hall Academy, with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan serving as support, and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to train her.
• Bibi Dong laughed while looking at a photograph after Chrysanthemum Douluo left.
• As the tournament drew near, the Shrek Seven Devils practiced their skills at Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang praised the team’s hard work, and Flander said their defeat and encounter with the Silver-Haired Girl and Qian Ren Shang had spurred them to train.

Shrek Academy prepared to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, with Tang San and the others determined to win first place. After the opening ceremony and the first-round draw, they learned they would face Spirit Transfer Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang and Flander discussed Qian Ren Shang and Gu Yuena and praised Shrek's improved strength, especially Tang San's Immortal Herbs.
• The Shrek Seven Devils rejected the coaches' top-four goal and declared they would win the tournament.
• A month later, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, and Shrek's team joined the competitors.
• The teams drew their first-round matchups, and the master of ceremonies announced that Shrek Academy would face Spirit Transfer Academy.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Spirit Transfer Academy was the renamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy and rejected Ning Rongrong’s explanation of Soul Spirits as a threat to his theories. At the tournament, Qian Ren Shang’s team discovered they would face Shrek Academy, and he welcomed the chance to challenge their expected rise.

• Yu Xiaogang discovered that Spirit Transfer Academy was the recently renamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Tang San and the others astonished.
• Ning Rongrong explained that her father had told her about Soul Spirits and their connection to the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and Spirit Transfer Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily insisted that Soul Spirits were a scam and ordered Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils to defeat the academy.
• Qian Ren Shang, Gu Yuena, and Di Tian discussed the tournament and the growing gap between humans and Spirit Beasts.
• Yu Tianheng reported that Qian Ren Shang’s team had drawn Shrek Academy, and Qian Ren Shang anticipated changing the story of their rise.

Qian Ren Shang sent Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to face Shrek Academy while he and Nana stayed off the field. Their three-person lineup stirred debate about Soul Spirits, and the match began with Yu Tianheng declaring that they had grown stronger since their previous defeat of Shrek.

• Qian Ren Shang assigned the match to Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, asking them to win impressively.
• Shrek Academy entered with its seven main fighters, including Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling entered as Spirit Transfer Academy’s only competitors, surprising the crowd.
• Audience members discussed Spirit Transfer Academy’s connection to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Soul Spirit technology, while the Platinum Grand Bishop dismissed it.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun taunted the three opponents, and Yu Tianheng answered that they no longer needed their captain or vice-captain to defeat Shrek.

Spirit Transfer Academy revealed powerful Soul Spirits as its match against Shrek Academy began, leaving the spectators stunned. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s attacks overwhelmed Tang San’s defenses, and the battle continued with Shrek Academy under pressure.

• Yu Tianheng declared that he and his teammates had changed, then rebuked Tang San for speaking about Qian Ren Shang.
• Both teams released their Spirits, and Yu Tianheng summoned a thirty-thousand-year Mutated Thunder Dragon Soul Spirit alongside his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Dugu Yan summoned a Green Wood Snake Soul Spirit, while Ye Lingling summoned a Nine-Colored Lotus Soul Spirit, astounding the spectators and officials.
• The match began, and Yu Tianheng charged Shrek Academy with lightning from the Mutated Thunder Dragon.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass shield was burned apart by the lightning, forcing him to retreat as Dugu Yan’s Green Wood Snake unleashed poisonous mist over Shrek Academy.

Spirit Transfer Academy overwhelmed Shrek Academy in the arena with powerful Soul Spirits and Ye Lingling’s healing support. The Shrek team was left badly injured, with Xiao Wu paralyzed and Tang San unable to reach her.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing tried to cross the poison mist but its corrosion weakened their Soul Power shields.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine-Colored Lotus to heal Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan and rapidly restore their Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s Soul Spirits knocked Dai Mubai back, while the Thunder Dragon extinguished Ma Hongjun’s flames and sent him flying.
• As Shrek’s stamina and Soul Power dwindled, the Thunder Dragon struck Oscar and the others with lightning, leaving them twitching on the ground.
• Xiao Wu rushed to help her teammates, but Dugu Yan paralyzed her with venom, and Tang San could not break through to save her.
• The spectators marveled at the Soul Spirits’ strength as Spirit Transfer Academy kept Shrek in a desperate position.