Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue woke in Spirit Hall and feared that Long Yu had died after staying behind to face Long. Bibi Dong investigated the battle site, concluded Long Yu had likely survived and been taken to Heaven Dou Imperial City, then ordered a major search and mobilization there and in Sunset Forest.

• Qian Renxue learned five days had passed since Long Yu’s encounter with Long and asked Qian Daoliu to send her to Sunset Forest.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile to accompany Qian Renxue and protect her as they flew toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Bibi Dong examined the traces in Sunset Forest and deduced that Long Yu had fought Long, been badly injured, and likely been carried away by a group heading toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate soul masters who had been in Sunset Forest, search the forest, and place hundreds of powerful soul masters on standby in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Ghost Douluo questioned whether Heaven Dou Imperial City would react to Spirit Hall deploying such a formidable force.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to press ahead with its plans if the Heaven Dou Empire declared war, while Spirit Hall’s search for Long Yu brought tension to Heaven Dou Imperial City. Ning Fengzhi defended Xue Qinghe against Prince Xue Xing and left the palace after Xue Ye ordered the city searched for Long Yu; Xue Ye was left confronting the Empire’s weakness and his unwillingness to challenge the nobles.

• Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to Heaven Dou Imperial City and ordered Spirit Hall to warn the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not to interfere.
• Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and Ning Fengzhi discussed Spirit Hall’s deployment, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Spirit Hall was searching for Long Yu, the Pope’s second disciple.
• Xue Ye agreed to order a citywide search for Long Yu, while Ning Fengzhi defended Xue Qinghe’s decision to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo left the palace, and Xue Ye reprimanded Prince Xue Xing for provoking internal conflict.
• Xue Ye reflected that the Empire’s Soul Master forces lagged behind Spirit Hall, but he could not recruit commoners without threatening the nobles’ power.

Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Long Yu was likely in Heaven Dou Imperial City and gently offered her a place at her side, leaving Qian Renxue shaken by her warmth. Meanwhile, Long Yu recovered at Skywater Academy after surviving his fight with Long, and prepared to contact Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong assured Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall was searching for Long Yu and promised she would not harm him.
• Bibi Dong softened toward Qian Renxue and offered to let her return, prompting Qian Renxue to thank her and leave with tears in her eyes.
• Long Yu woke as the Meteor Tear healed his injuries and reflected on how narrowly he had survived his battle with Long.
• Shui Yue'er announced that Long Yu had awakened and called for her sister.
• Long Yu recognized Skywater Academy and decided to notify Spirit Hall that he was alive.
• Two graceful figures entered Long Yu's room.

Long Yu awoke in Skywater Academy after Shui Bing'er rescued him, and learned that Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family were searching for him. Though still badly injured, he planned to return to the Spirit Hall Holy Temple, then revealed his age, Soul Power Level, and role as Spirit Hall Academy Team captain.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er introduced themselves after Long Yu thanked Shui Bing'er for saving him.
• Shui Bing'er explained that Long Yu’s presence put Skywater Academy at risk and offered to arrange for Spirit Hall to collect him.
• Long Yu tried to stand but nearly fell, and Shui Bing'er helped him back to bed as he realized he needed more time to recover.
• Shui Yue'er pleaded for Long Yu to stay, while Long Yu promised to repay the sisters and said he would return after leaving.
• Long Yu told Shui Bing'er that he was a little over thirteen, had reached Soul Power Level 60, and captained Spirit Hall Academy’s team.

Long Yu recovered at Skywater Academy and returned to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong welcomed him and asked about his battle with Long. He began explaining how he had survived the fight, including his sudden rise in cultivation and use of Ring Explosion.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were shocked when Long Yu revealed that he was thirteen and had Soul Power Level 60.
• Long Yu thanked the Shui sisters, promised to repay them, and flew away with his Water-Fire Dragon Wings.
• Shui Yue'er admired Long Yu and wished he could be her boyfriend, while Shui Bing'er urged her to return to cultivation.
• Long Yu reached the Spirit Hall Holy Temple, showed his Elder's Token, and found Bibi Dong reviewing documents.
• Long Yu reunited with Bibi Dong, explained that he had gambled against Long to save himself and the others, and hugged her.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Spirit Hall worshippers and asked Long Yu to describe his fight with Long and explain his cultivation boost and Ring Explosion.

Long Yu returned safely after surviving his battle with the dragon, and he reunited with Qian Renxue before discussing how to repay Skywater Academy. After saying goodbye to Qian Renxue and the two Titled Douluo, he met with Bibi Dong, who asked whether he would seek his sixth soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Long Yu told Bibi Dong that the Dragon God had helped him survive the battle, and Bibi Dong asked how he would repay Skywater Academy.
• Qian Renxue embraced Long Yu, took him to her room, and asked him to promise they would face future dangers together.
• Long Yu told Qian Renxue he planned to visit Skywater Academy and help improve its strength and tournament results.
• Long Yu reassured Snake Lance Douluo and Stingray Douluo that he had chosen to send them away and asked them to protect Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue and the two Titled Douluo departed, and Long Yu returned to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Long Yu his Soul Power had reached level 60 and asked whether he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest for his sixth soul ring.

Long Yu gave Bibi Dong powerful Soul Tools, including Fixed Soul Guided Cannons, then avoided her attempts to make him handle Spirit Hall’s affairs. After Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, Long Yu went to Skywater Academy to help Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and their team grow stronger.

• Long Yu told Bibi Dong he would delay advancing to Soul Emperor until after the Soul Master Tournament and said he could defeat the other teams alone.
• Long Yu gave Bibi Dong Soul Tools and instructions, explaining that the Rank Nine Fixed Soul Guided Cannon Shells could strike with the force of a Titled Douluo or stronger.
• Bibi Dong tried to make Long Yu learn Spirit Hall’s affairs, but he complained and was made to read documents beside her.
• Bibi Dong left for Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and other high-ranking Soul Masters, telling Long Yu to return after helping Skywater Academy.
• Long Yu arrived at Skywater Academy, where Shui Yue’er greeted him excitedly and Shui Bing’er welcomed him as he offered to strengthen their academy and team.

Long Yu gave Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er two immortal herbs to improve their strength and promised them soul bones after they finished absorbing them. As the sisters cultivated, two Skywater Academy Soul Sages arrived, and Long Yu greeted them with gifts.

• Shui Bing'er accepted Long Yu's offer after he promised to raise her and Shui Yue'er's Soul Power Levels and strengthen their academy team.
• Long Yu explained the effects of the Snow Mountain Ice Lotus and Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus Root, then told the sisters to divide and absorb the herbs.
• Shui Bing'er said she trusted Long Yu despite his ties to Spirit Hall, and she asked him to guard them while they cultivated.
• The sisters began absorbing the herbs, whose intense cold and restorative effects altered their bodies and auras as Long Yu watched over them.
• Long Yu sensed two approaching Soul Sages, left the cultivation area, and offered the two women Beauty Retaining Pills as a token of appreciation.

Long Yu accepted Skywater Academy’s secret support and learned that Spirit Hall’s Soul Tool technology had impressed the academy’s leaders. When the Shui Bing’er sisters began freezing and losing life force, the system revealed that hidden injuries were preventing them from absorbing their immortal herbs.

• Long Yu accepted two pills from Bing Qing’er and Shui Mo’er, and they assured him that Skywater Academy would keep his arrival secret and protect him from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Bing Qing’er and Shui Mo’er discussed Spirit Hall’s new Soul Tool, concluded that the academy should secretly accept its overture, and arranged Long Yu’s quarters beside the Shui Bing’er sisters’ room.
• After more than an hour, Long Yu noticed the cold worsening and found the Shui Bing’er sisters encased in ice, with their life force draining away.
• The system told Long Yu that man-made injuries in the sisters’ lower abdomens were preventing them from absorbing the immortal herbs’ medicinal power.

Long Yu used the Meteor Tear and Dragon God Core to heal Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er, then gave them powerful Soul Bones. Shui Yue'er began absorbing hers, while Shui Bing'er hesitated over the External Soul Bone until Long Yu urged her to accept it.

• Long Yu used the Meteor Tear, guided by the Dragon God Core, to heal Shui Yue'er's lower-abdomen injury and help her recover.
• Long Yu treated Shui Bing'er and saw that someone had kicked both sisters in the lower abdomen.
• Long Yu left a hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Torso Bone for Shui Yue'er and a two-hundred-thousand-year Snow Maiden Clan flying External Soul Bone for Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about their awkward treatment, then began absorbing her Soul Bone.
• Shui Bing'er brought her External Soul Bone outside and tried to return it, but Long Yu urged her to accept it as compensation and compared it with the value of his life.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er absorbed powerful Soul Bones, gaining major strength and new abilities, then prepared to seek higher-level soul rings with Long Yu. Shui Yue'er confessed to Long Yu and kissed him, declaring herself his girlfriend despite his existing relationships.

• Long Yu pushed Shui Bing'er into her room and insisted that she absorb the two-hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone.
• Shui Bing'er finished absorbing the External Soul Bone, while Shui Yue'er described the two soul skills and domain she had gained from her Torso Bone.
• Shui Yue'er told Shui Bing'er she wanted to give herself to Long Yu, and the sisters went out to meet him.
• Long Yu noted that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had reached Soul King and Soul Ancestor levels and proposed going to Sunset Forest the next day for their next soul rings.
• Shui Yue'er confessed that she wanted to be Long Yu's girlfriend, kissed him, and declared that he was hers.

Long Yu joined Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er at Skywater Academy, where Yue'er publicly claimed him as her boyfriend and the girls learned how he had strengthened the sisters. After escaping their attention and going to bed, Long Yu considered using Glory Points to obtain powerful Soul Rings for them, while a petite figure quietly entered his room.

• Shui Yue'er insisted on calling Long Yu Xiao Yu and said she would stick with him, while Shui Bing'er avoided explaining who had injured them.
• Shui Bing'er led Long Yu and Shui Yue'er to the academy cafeteria, where Yue'er introduced Long Yu as her boyfriend and said he would guide the team.
• Xue Wu noticed that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had gained Soul Power levels, and Shui Bing'er explained that Long Yu had helped them.
• Long Yu feigned drunkenness to escape the Skywater Academy girls, then rested in his room and considered buying God-Bestowed Soul Rings with Glory Points.
• A petite figure entered Long Yu's room in the middle of the night and quietly approached his bed.

Long Yu gave Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er God-Bestowed Soul Rings, which greatly increased their Soul Ring ages and Soul Power. After they finished absorbing them, he set Skywater Academy the goal of winning the Heaven Dou Empire preliminaries without a loss.

• Shui Yue'er entered Long Yu's room, and he brought her out before the group ate breakfast.
• Long Yu bought two God-Bestowed Soul Rings with his remaining Glory Points and explained how they worked to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er absorbed the rings, raising Shui Yue'er's Soul Ring age to eleven thousand years and her Soul Power to level 44, while Shui Binger's fifth ring reached nineteen thousand years and her Soul Power reached level 54.
• Long Yu asked Skywater Academy to win the Heaven Dou Empire preliminaries in first place with a perfect record and said he would test the team himself.

Long Yu and the Shui sisters discussed testing their strength, and Shui Yue'er privately told him how a powerful official had ruined her family and injured her and Shui Bing'er. She left Long Yu with the story of their mother’s abuse and the corruption that had gone unpunished.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er warned Long Yu that they might be stronger than he expected, and Long Yu agreed they would settle it with a fight.
• After Shui Bing'er went to notify Skywater Academy’s team, Shui Yue'er stayed behind and teased Long Yu before offering to explain the injuries she and her sister had suffered.
• Shui Yue'er recounted how an influential official targeted her mother, a doctor, after she refused his advances and lost her job rather than betray her husband.
• The official sent people to seize Shui Yue'er’s mother, and Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er were kicked in the lower abdomen during the ensuing fight before neighbors intervened.
• Shui Yue'er explained that, despite the sisters joining Skywater Academy, their teacher could not challenge the official, who controlled Heaven Dou Imperial City’s finances.
• Shui Yue'er condemned the power imbalance that left commoners and female doctors vulnerable to abuse.

Shui Yue'er told Long Yu that Prince Xue Xing had ruined her family, and Long Yu vowed to kill him. At Skywater Academy, Long Yu began a one-against-seven battle, where Shui Yue'er unleashed her Everfrost Domain as he attacked the team.

• Shui Yue'er revealed that Prince Xue Xing had caused her father to lose his job, and Long Yu promised to deal with him.
• Shui Bing'er joined Long Yu and Shui Yue'er, and the three went to Skywater Academy's battle platform.
• Long Yu faced Skywater Academy's seven-member team while teachers watched from below.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Long Yu announced their levels and martial souls before Bing Qing'er started the battle.
• Long Yu charged into the formation with winged speed, evading Shui Bing'er's attempt to lock onto him with Ice Seal.
• Shui Yue'er activated her torso-bone skill, Everfrost Domain, spreading intense cold across the battle platform.

Long Yu fought Skywater Academy, shrugging off Shui Yue'er’s ice domain and Shui Bing’er’s attacks before challenging Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as their Ice and Snow Drifting swept toward him with power approaching a Martial Soul Avatar-level skill.

• Shui Yue'er unleashed her ice domain and Shui Bing'er covered the arena in snow, but Long Yu’s fire and Ice Immunity left him unaffected.
• Long Yu quickly swept four Skywater Academy students off the stage, leaving Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu.
• Shui Bing'er attacked Long Yu with Sky-Filling Snow Feathers, but he emerged unharmed and struck her with Dragon Suppression and Dragon Breaker.
• Shui Yue'er tried to intercept Long Yu with Ice Emperor's Pincers, but he knocked her back with his spear.
• Long Yu urged Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the two merged to unleash Ice and Snow Drifting.

Long Yu defeated Skywater Academy’s team alone, overcoming Shui Bing’er’s ice attacks and Shui Yue’er’s sneak attack without releasing his Martial Soul. Afterward, he helped Shui Bing’er up and encouraged the defeated team.

• Shui Bing’er formed an Ice Phoenix, but Long Yu shattered it with his Ultimate Fire attack as she and Shui Yue’er prepared their next moves.
• Shui Bing’er summoned her Emperor Sword, but Long Yu destroyed it with his multicolored Soaring Dragon and redirected the attack away from her.
• Shui Yue’er ambushed Long Yu with her pincers, but his Water-Fire Dragon Armor blocked them, and he swept her off the stage.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu had exhausted their Soul Power, leaving Skywater Academy defeated seven against one.
• Long Yu helped Shui Bing’er to her feet and reassured the team that their ice attribute disadvantage had contributed to their loss.

Long Yu discussed Shui Yue'er’s feelings and the sisters’ safety with Shui Mo'er, then learned Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng planned to visit Skywater Academy. He said he would deal with them on the road and left after giving Shui Mo'er money for academy repairs and the sisters’ family.

• Shui Bing'er sent the students away, and Shui Mo'er took Long Yu aside to speak with him.
• Shui Yue'er told Shui Bing'er she had climbed into Long Yu’s bed and was determined to be with him.
• Long Yu assured Shui Mo'er he knew about the sisters’ backgrounds and planned to kill Prince Xue Xing.
• Shui Mo'er explained that Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng would soon visit Skywater Academy, and Long Yu said he would attack them on the road.
• Long Yu gave Shui Mo'er two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for repairs and Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er’s parents, then left.

Long Yu explained Aura to Shui Bing'er after she questioned the power behind his attack, then revealed that his full strength approached that of a Titled Douluo. The two watched the moon together, and Long Yu carried the exhausted Shui Bing'er back to her room, unaware that someone had watched them.

• Long Yu reviewed Spirit Hall's information and anticipated Prince Xue Xing's visit to the Four Elements Academy, while Shui Bing'er asked him about his skills and the power he had used in battle.
• Long Yu explained how Shui Bing'er could sense and wield Aura by attuning herself to the laws and momentum of heaven and earth.
• Long Yu told Shui Bing'er that his full strength was close to a Titled Douluo's, and she warned him not to act recklessly while her teacher was away.
• Long Yu told Shui Bing'er he had arranged financial support for her parents, and she thanked him before the two sat together watching the moon.
• Shui Bing'er fell asleep against Long Yu, who carried her to her room and tucked her into bed; a petite figure secretly watched them and smiled.

Long Yu agreed to teach Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to comprehend Aura so they could grow stronger alongside him. He created an icy environment at Skywater Academy and left the sisters to begin their practice.

• Shui Yue'er asked Long Yu to teach her Aura, and he agreed to guide both sisters over the next two days.
• Shui Bing'er joined Shui Yue'er in asking Long Yu for help, and he urged them to aim for victories against every tournament team except Spirit Hall Academy.
• Shui Yue'er offered Long Yu a chicken leg she had already bitten, and he accepted it after she playfully pressured him.
• Long Yu explained how to sense the world and use its power, then released his Soul Power to cover the practice area in ice and snow.
• Long Yu told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to begin comprehending Aura and withdrew so he would not hinder them.