Chapter Summaries

Long Yu and Gu Yuena confessed their love and spent the night together before he returned to Shrek Academy. There, Flender announced the academy’s dissolution, and Long Yu prepared to take Oscar and the others to Spirit City.

• Long Yu pulled Gu Yuena into his embrace, confessed that he liked her, and kissed her; Gu Yuena returned his feelings and said she accepted his other women.
• Gu Yuena asked Long Yu to stay with her, and they spent the night together by the Lake of Life.
• At dawn, Long Yu and Gu Yuena said goodbye, and he passed through a Spatial Gate back to Shrek Academy.
• Flender told Long Yu that he had agreed to Ma Hongjun’s matter, but he and the other academy elders would travel the continent rather than join Spirit Hall; he also announced Shrek Academy’s dissolution.
• Oscar agreed to join Spirit Hall after Long Yu reaffirmed his promise, and Long Yu prepared to lead him and the others to Spirit City.

Long Yu brought Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to Spirit Hall, promising to help them grow and resolve Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem. After introducing them to Spirit Hall and guiding their cultivation, he returned with them to Spirit City, where people hurried to inform the Pope of his arrival.

• Long Yu led Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun away from Shrek Academy, while Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the students’ futures.
• On the carriage ride, Long Yu reassured the three about their talents, Spirit Hall’s resources, and Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem.
• The system rewarded Long Yu for recruiting the three and changing Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship with Dai Mubai, but explained that Tang San still obtained the Eight Spider Lances.
• Over the next few days, Long Yu introduced the three to Spirit Hall and its academy, revealed that Bibi Dong was his teacher, and advised them on cultivation and future Soul Skills.
• Long Yu and the three arrived in Spirit City, where passersby recognized him and hurried to notify the Pope of his return.

Long Yu brought Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to meet Bibi Dong, who welcomed them into Spirit Hall and arranged for their training. He reunited with Hu Liena at their estate, where she told him she had reached Soul Power Level fifty, while Bibi Dong planned to ask him about increasing soul ring age.

• Long Yu introduced Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to Bibi Dong, who accepted them into Spirit Hall Academy.
• Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall had stopped its actions against Zhao Wuji and had given money to the former teachers, then reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Spirit Hall would help her defeat her elder sister.
• Bibi Dong sent the three recruits with Temple Knights to Spirit Hall Academy and left to consider asking Long Yu about increasing soul ring age.
• Long Yu returned to the estate and embraced Hu Liena, who said she had reached Soul Power Level fifty through diligent cultivation.

Long Yu reunited with Hu Liena and Bibi Dong, recounted his recent adventures, and demonstrated his power after reaching level 46. Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena away so she could speak privately with Long Yu.

• Long Yu promised Hu Liena a gift to strengthen her Soul Power and physique, then told her about his recent experiences while leaving out Gu Yuena.
• Hu Liena questioned Long Yu about Zhu Zhuqing, and the two reconciled affectionately before joining Bibi Dong for dinner.
• Long Yu recounted his adventures in greater detail to Bibi Dong, who was shocked that he and his companions had survived an encounter with a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.
• At Bibi Dong's request, Long Yu displayed his peak state and his four Soul Rings, including a golden one, astonishing Hu Liena and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong praised Long Yu's strength and asked Hu Liena to leave so she could speak with him privately.

Long Yu told Bibi Dong about Qian Renxue’s safety and explained why he had gone to Shrek Academy: to deal with Tang San and put a plan in motion against Tang Hao. He then gave Bibi Dong a fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, leaving her astonished and reluctant to accept it.

• Bibi Dong asked Long Yu how Qian Renxue was doing, and he assured her that Qian Renxue was safe, powerful, and protected.
• Long Yu explained that he had gone to Shrek Academy mainly because Tang San posed a future threat to Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong realized that Tang San’s talents and Oscar’s Innate Full Soul Power had gone unreported.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Long Yu had killed Tang San, and he said he was keeping him for another purpose while reserving Tang Hao for Bibi Dong to handle personally.
• Long Yu told Bibi Dong that he had brought her two gifts to strengthen her, then presented her with a small sphere containing a fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong called the Soul Bone too precious and urged Long Yu to keep it, but he insisted that he had prepared it specifically for her.

Long Yu gave Bibi Dong the Snow Swan Kiss and warned her to store it safely, then reassured her that he and Hu Liena would stand by her. Afterward, he teased Hu Liena with a promised gift that could improve her strength and talent when she obtained her fifth soul ring.

• Long Yu gave Bibi Dong the Snow Swan Kiss and explained that it could amplify toxins more than ten thousand times.
• Long Yu warned Bibi Dong to store the herb in her External Soul Bone rather than touch it or guide it directly into her body, and she agreed to follow his instructions.
• Long Yu told Bibi Dong that he and Senior Sister would stay with her even if the world abandoned her, then left to join Hu Liena.
• Long Yu checked with the system that Bibi Dong would be safe, while Bibi Dong wondered how he knew about Tang San and the divine power in his gifts.
• Long Yu asked Hu Liena when she would obtain her fifth soul ring and promised a gift that would improve her strength and talent before kissing her.

Bibi Dong absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring and Snow Swan Kiss, evolving her Six-winged Purple Light Wing and greatly increasing her confidence. The next day, Long Yu arranged to help Hu Liena obtain a fifth soul ring in Sunset Forest, while Bibi Dong assigned Yue Guan to accompany them.

• Bibi Dong absorbed the fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring and fused its power into her Six-winged Purple Light Wing.
• Bibi Dong's wings evolved, gaining enhanced poison and the ability to devour vitality or Soul Power, and she then absorbed the Snow Swan Kiss to increase their toxicity.
• Bibi Dong tested her venom on a tree and decided she no longer feared any Limit Douluo, including Tang Hao.
• At breakfast, Long Yu said Hu Liena could endure a soul ring of roughly eleven thousand years and proposed finding her a fox-type soul beast in Sunset Forest the next day.
• Bibi Dong agreed and said Yue Guan would accompany Long Yu and Hu Liena, while Hu Liena blushed and pinched Long Yu over his examination of her the previous night.

Long Yu returned to Spirit Hall, gave Chrysanthemum Douluo a Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and reunited with Hu Liena. After admitting that he had fallen for Gu Yuena, he received Hu Liena’s acceptance and promise that he would continue to love her.

• Long Yu told Chrysanthemum Douluo that he, Hu Liena, and Chrysanthemum Douluo would go to Sunset Forest the next day, then gave him a Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that could help him break through to level 96.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gratefully took the immortal herb and went to refine it while Long Yu returned to Hu Liena.
• Long Yu tested Hu Liena’s Phoenix Dance Six Illusions training and found that her movement techniques had surpassed his own.
• Long Yu visited Xie Yue and learned that he had reached level 51 at eighteen years old.
• Hu Liena tested Long Yu by claiming he smelled of another woman, and Long Yu admitted that he had fallen for Gu Yuena.
• Hu Liena said she understood their love, asked Long Yu to always love her too, and then playfully tussled with him.

Long Yu, Hu Liena, and Chrysanthemum Douluo traveled to Sunset Forest so Hu Liena could obtain her fifth soul ring. As they searched for a suitable ten-thousand-year demon fox, Long Yu sensed a strange, intensely evil aura.

• Long Yu woke beside Hu Liena, and they prepared to find her fifth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong thanked Long Yu for the immortal herb that helped Chrysanthemum Douluo break through to Rank 96, and Chrysanthemum Douluo promised to help Hu Liena.
• Long Yu, Hu Liena, and Chrysanthemum Douluo traveled to Sunset Forest after breakfast.
• Long Yu and Hu Liena searched the forest for a ten-thousand-year fox-type soul beast while Chrysanthemum Douluo stayed nearby.
• After resting, Long Yu sensed an unfamiliar, evil aura in the forest.

Long Yu and Hu Liena discovered Evil Soul Masters slaughtering soul beasts in Sunset Forest to collect their blood, including a Soul Douluo Protector and a Soul Sage. Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to attack while Long Yu sensed danger and chose to observe the situation first.

• Long Yu and Hu Liena followed two Soul Emperor Evil Soul Masters who had captured a brown-furred fox, while Chrysanthemum Douluo trailed behind them.
• Long Yu and Hu Liena found a clearing where the Evil Soul Masters had killed hundreds of soul beasts and imprisoned more than a dozen ten-thousand-year beasts.
• The Soul Douluo Protector ordered his group to capture five more kinds of ten-thousand-year soul beasts and warned them to leave quickly because he sensed danger.
• Long Yu assessed the seventeen Evil Soul Masters in the group and considered how he and his allies could defeat them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Long Yu that he had killed the two Soul Emperor pursuers and offered to attack the group alone.
• Long Yu told Chrysanthemum Douluo to strike first while he and Hu Liena watched, because he sensed that something was dangerous.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Long Yu fought the Evil Soul Masters, with Chrysanthemum Douluo suppressing their guardian while Long Yu and Hu Liena eliminated his subordinates. Long Yu recognized the guardian’s deepest wound and used his newly reached Subtlety spear mastery to launch a concentrated Soaring Dragon attack.

• The guardian and a Soul Saint fused their martial souls into a powerful form and charged Chrysanthemum Douluo while the other Evil Soul Masters prepared to flee with the Essence Blood.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed his martial soul avatar and golden petal attacks, killing more than half the Evil Soul Masters as the guardian defended them and struck back.
• Long Yu and Hu Liena joined the fight, with Long Yu killing the remaining Soul King Evil Soul Masters while Hu Liena disrupted them with Charm.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo used his ninth soul skill to trap the guardian in a tornado of golden petals, and Long Yu used Weakness Capture to identify the guardian’s deepest wound.
• Long Yu gathered the momentum of heaven and earth into a concentrated Soaring Dragon, demonstrating the second realm of spear mastery, Subtlety.

Long Yu, Hu Liena, and Chrysanthemum Douluo defeated the Evil Soul Masters, and Long Yu protected Hu Liena from a guardian’s self-destruction. After releasing the surviving ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, they prepared to leave so Hu Liena could absorb the demon fox’s soul ring and Long Yu could carry out another plan.

• Long Yu struck the guardian’s wound with a fire dragon, allowing Chrysanthemum Douluo to shatter his armor and knock him down.
• The guardian tried to self-destruct, but Long Yu shielded Hu Liena and the iron cage with his third soul skill and Fire Dragon Wings.
• Hu Liena kissed Long Yu in gratitude, while Chrysanthemum Douluo confirmed that the Evil Soul Masters had all died and recovered the bottle of Essence Blood.
• Long Yu released the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, whose members bowed to his Dragon God aura, but kept the unconscious demon fox.
• Long Yu, Hu Liena, and Chrysanthemum Douluo buried the dead Soul Beasts, burned the Evil Soul Masters’ bodies, and set off for Hu Liena to absorb the demon fox’s soul ring.

Long Yu brought Hu Liena to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she absorbed a soul ring and underwent body tempering with two immortal herbs. She emerged stronger and immune to fire and water, while the well was destined to perish within a week.

• Long Yu led Hu Liena and Chrysanthemum Douluo through the poison array to the diminished Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to guard outside.
• Hu Liena absorbed an eleven-thousand-year demon fox soul ring and became a level 52 Soul King.
• Long Yu gave Hu Liena the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and she entered the well to temper her body in its alternating hot and cold energies.
• After enduring the process overnight, Hu Liena emerged with a greatly strengthened constitution, immunity to fire and water, and Soul Power Level 56.
• Long Yu told Hu Liena she was his woman and that she no longer needed to thank him, while system notifications awarded him Glory Points for changing events and helping Chrysanthemum Douluo kill evil soul masters.

After returning to Spirit City, Long Yu heard Bibi Dong explain the Evil Spirit Sect’s history, ranks, and remaining strength. Bibi Dong began recalling her past campaign against the sect and said its leader was weaker than her in raw strength but extremely troublesome.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo noticed Hu Liena’s improved Soul Power and physique after taking the immortal herb, and Long Yu led her and Chrysanthemum Douluo back to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that Hu Liena’s cultivation had become more stable, her physique had improved, and she had gained immunity to water and fire.
• Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena to reach Soul Emperor before the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, then sent her to rest.
• Long Yu asked Bibi Dong about the Evil Spirit Sect, and she explained that it had recovered despite Spirit Hall’s suppression and was led by the Two Emperors and a sect leader.
• Bibi Dong said the Ghost Emperor and Demon Empress were both at least level 92, while the sect’s Guardians and Stewards had suffered heavy losses.
• Long Yu asked about the sect leader, and Bibi Dong said he was weaker than her in raw strength but was an extremely troublesome opponent.

Bibi Dong warned Long Yu that the thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Sect Leader was nearly impossible to kill and forbade him from confronting the sect leader until he could defeat Yue Guan and Gui Mei together. Long Yu then helped Xie Yue absorb Golden Blade Grass, raising his Soul Power and evolving his Moon Blade, before heading to Spirit Hall Academy to help others.

• Bibi Dong told Long Yu about the Evil Spirit Sect Leader’s bloodline abilities, Copy soul skill, long life, and past battle against her.
• Bibi Dong gave Long Yu records about the sect leader and warned him not to pursue the man until he could defeat Yue Guan and Gui Mei together.
• Long Yu considered the Evil Spirit Sect’s strength and his own future challenges, including a battle against the Divine Realm, then decided to focus on accelerating his cultivation.
• Long Yu gave Xie Yue Golden Blade Grass and refined it into liquid for him to absorb while guiding its energy through his body.
• Xie Yue’s Soul Power rose to level 55, and his Moon Blade evolved into a golden blade with greater attack power.
• Long Yu left for Spirit Hall Academy, where three more people were waiting for immortal herbs.

Long Yu gave Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing immortal herbs to strengthen their cultivation and address their individual weaknesses. After absorbing them, all three gained major breakthroughs, leaving them with newfound hope and stronger prospects at Spirit Hall Academy.

• Long Yu gave Oscar the Eight-petal Immortal Orchid and explained that it would strengthen his foundation and improve his cultivation.
• Long Yu gave Ma Hongjun the Crested Phoenix Sunflower to refine his flames and resolve his Evil Fire problem, and gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Bone to strengthen her body.
• Oscar absorbed the herb and rose six ranks to Rank 37, qualifying to enter Spirit Hall Academy's advanced class.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Rank 30 with most of the herb's medicinal power still unabsorbed, then hugged Long Yu in excitement.
• Ma Hongjun broke through to Rank 30, resolved his Evil Fire problem, and awakened a phoenix phantom as he became a true Phoenix Soul Master.

Long Yu prepared Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing for their next cultivation steps, then discussed a possible system reward for interfering with the tournament plot. Bibi Dong ordered him to face the finalized Spirit Hall Academy Team alone the next day, without using his Ultimate Fire.

• Long Yu said Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun would receive help obtaining their third soul rings before joining the advanced class, then tempered Zhu Zhuqing's and Oscar's bodies.
• Long Yu cultivated at the pavilion and asked the system whether plot interference could earn rewards like Zhě Zǐ Mì, but the system refused to answer without paid VIP service.
• Bibi Dong showed Long Yu the finalized Spirit Hall Academy Team roster, and he dismissed the other members as unremarkable.
• Long Yu said he wanted to compete alone in the finals, so Bibi Dong ordered him to fight all six team members by himself the next day.
• Bibi Dong forbade Long Yu from using his Ultimate Fire, and he accepted confidently despite the team's two Soul Kings and four Soul Ancestors.

Long Yu faced the six members of the Spirit Hall Academy Team in a sparring match arranged by Bibi Dong, who wanted to assess his strength and introduce him as captain. The team revealed two Martial Soul Fusion Skills, but Long Yu escaped Demonic Charm’s control by taking flight, leaving the fight underway.

• Hu Liena warned Long Yu that Xie Yue and the four Soul Ancestors would make the coming match difficult, while she privately anticipated he might suffer a loss.
• Bibi Dong brought Long Yu to the Spirit Hall Academy Team’s training ground and introduced him as their captain, announcing that he would fight all six team members.
• Hu Liena told the team that Long Yu could defeat a Soul Sage, shocking them, while Xie Yue welcomed the chance to test his strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun watched from the stands as Long Yu and the six team members summoned their Martial Souls.
• The team used Demonic Charm and a second Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Long Yu activated his Fire Dragon Armor, Fire Dragon Wings, and Reincarnation Double Pupils.
• Long Yu flew out of Demonic Charm’s range, escaping its suppression as the battle continued.

Long Yu defeated Spirit Hall Academy’s team in a sparring match, overcoming their Martial Soul Fusion Skills and testing himself against Gui Mei’s Full Moon. Bibi Dong stopped the fight after Long Yu pierced through the golden disk, leaving the exhausted Hu Liena and Xie Yue and the stunned spectators to reckon with his strength.

• Long Yu knocked the Golden Feather Flying Tiger out of its fusion state with two spear strikes, and Bibi Dong caught the injured pair as they left the platform.
• Long Yu defeated the next two opponents, leaving Demonic Charm as the only Spirit Hall Academy fighter still standing.
• Long Yu overcame Demonic Charm’s control with his Divine Dragon Body and Reincarnation Double Pupils, then sent Gui Mei flying with Dragon Breaker.
• Gui Mei unleashed the Self-Created Soul Skill Full Moon, but Long Yu pierced through the spinning golden disk with Dragon Breaker and stopped his spear above Gui Mei’s forehead.
• Bibi Dong ended the spar, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue withdrew from their fusion state, exhausted, while Oscar and the others stared at Long Yu in shock.

Long Yu explained weapon cultivation to Xie Yue and reassured Bibi Dong that Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing would remain loyal to Spirit Hall. After Bibi Dong learned Ning Fengzhi wanted to visit, she prepared for his arrival and questioned Long Yu, who explained his agreement with Ning Rongrong and his plans for Soul Tools.

• Long Yu told Xie Yue that mastering Aura could strengthen his Moon Blades and advised him to practice merging with his surroundings.
• Bibi Dong praised Long Yu’s power and questioned why he had helped Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing grow so strong; Long Yu said they would become a force for Spirit Hall.
• Long Yu assessed the three students’ Soul Power ranks and encouraged them to work toward earning places on Spirit Hall’s tournament team.
• Long Yu and Hu Liena returned to their residence, where she said she was happy he had guided her brother and they spoke about their relationship and cultivation.
• Bibi Dong received word that Ning Fengzhi wanted to visit Spirit Hall, suspected a connection to Ning Rongrong, and summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to prepare.
• Bibi Dong asked Long Yu whether he had run off with Ning Rongrong, and Long Yu explained their agreement and his plans involving Soul Tools.