Chapter Summaries

Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong agreed to travel together toward Gengxin City after sharing their losses and introducing themselves, though Lin Hanye concealed his real name. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong learned that Lin Hanye had left Yelin City without coming to see her and feared he was avoiding her, then resolved to take revenge on Qian Xunji, Yu Luomian, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.

• Liu Erlong asked Lin Hanye to remove his mask, then became embarrassed after seeing his face.
• Liu Erlong told Lin Hanye that her mother had recently died, and Lin Hanye said he was also alone because both his parents were dead.
• Lin Hanye invited Liu Erlong to travel the continent with him, and she agreed without hesitation.
• Lin Hanye introduced himself as Parentheses Haibodong, then admitted that Haibodong was a fake name as they headed toward Gengxin City.
• Bibi Dong learned that Lin Hanye had left Yelin City without visiting Spirit City and suspected that he was avoiding her.
• Bibi Dong imagined Qian Xunji and Yu Luomian threatening Lin Hanye through her, then vowed that they and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect deserved to die.

Bibi Dong recruited Ling Yuan to help find Lin Hanye, using her secret Medusa skull bone and a promised Immortal Herb to secure her loyalty. The story then shifted to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, where Yu Xiaogang arrived to announce that he had reached level 20.

• Ling Yuan reported that she had failed to find Lin Hanye, and Bibi Dong confirmed that Qian Xunji did not know about the search.
• Bibi Dong threatened to reveal Ling Yuan's secretly absorbed Medusa skull bone, then offered her a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in exchange for her loyalty and help finding Little Linzi.
• Bibi Dong gave Ling Yuan a portrait of a handsome man to watch for in case Lin Hanye's appearance changed.
• Ling Yuan accepted the task and left to alert Spirit Hall's branch halls, deciding she could claim the search was for her lover if the Pope questioned her.
• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's Dragon's Tomb, Yu Xiaogang told Yu Luomian that he had broken through to level 20 at age fourteen.

Yu Xiaogang reached level 20 and planned to choose a non-Sub-Dragon Soul Beast for his Second Soul Ring, while Yu Luomian dismissed his choices and learned that Liu Erlong had left with Haibodong. On the road, Lin Hanye taught Liu Erlong to use Soul Power to move faster, leaving her eager to keep traveling without a carriage.

• Yu Luomian congratulated Yu Xiaogang on reaching level 20 and told him to ask Uncle Fu to hunt his Second Soul Ring.
• Uncle Fu reported that Liu Erlong had left Heaven Dou City with Haibodong, a fourteen-year-old Ice Element Soul Master at level 29, and Yu Luomian ordered secret protection for her.
• Yu Luomian told Uncle Fu to let Yu Xiaogang choose whatever Soul Ring he wanted.
• After several days of travel, Lin Hanye checked that Liu Erlong's hidden protector had left and showed her how to use Soul Power beneath her feet to move faster.
• Liu Erlong successfully copied Lin Hanye's method and decided she no longer wanted to hire a carriage.

Lin Hanye explained his plan to establish the Soul Master Guild, a commission-based organization intended to help Soul Masters and ordinary people while giving him a force of his own. Liu Erlong agreed to become its Vice Guild Leader as Lin Hanye prepared to seek recruits in Suotuo City.

• Lin Hanye pushed Liu Erlong to practice moving with Soul Power as they traveled toward Gengxin City, then guided her cultivation and gave her his Soul Power Meditation Method.
• Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong reached Suotuo City after several days, and Lin Hanye booked a room at the Rose Hotel.
• Over dinner, Lin Hanye told Liu Erlong he planned to found the Soul Master Guild and explained its mission and commission-based work.
• Liu Erlong asked to be Vice Guild Leader, and Lin Hanye agreed to reserve the position for her while saying they first needed like-minded companions.
• Liu Erlong guessed that Lin Hanye planned to recruit people at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena and accused him of approaching her with ulterior motives, while Lin Hanye denied tricking her.

Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong recruited companions for a Team Soul Duel at the Soto Great Spirit Arena and accepted Shao Xin, a talented young Food System Soul Master. Shao Xin joined because he hoped to earn money for a suitable thousand-year Soul Ring, while Lin Hanye saw potential in helping him grow.

• Lin Hanye told Liu Erlong his real name, and she promised to keep it secret.
• Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong won their Two-on-Two and individual Soul Duels at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong recruited several Battle Soul Masters, but Lin Hanye wanted a Support System Soul Master to complete their team.
• Shao Xin offered to join and revealed that he was a Level 30 Food System Soul Master whose Sugar Bean Soul Skills could restore strength and remove toxins.
• Lin Hanye welcomed Shao Xin, who hoped to earn enough money through Soul Duels to hire someone to obtain his next Soul Ring.

Lin Hanye organized a seven-person team soul duel, earning Shao Xin’s trust by accepting his awkwardly named support candies and persuading the others to use them. The Fire Dragon Team began its match against the Beast Team, with Liu Erlong knocking an opponent away while Lin Hanye prepared to fight.

• Lin Hanye asked the team to follow his orders and had Shao Xin prepare recovery and detoxification sugar beans.
• Lin Hanye ate Shao Xin’s beans and explained their battlefield value, changing the team’s attitude toward Shao Xin’s soul skills.
• Liu Erlong and the others accepted beans, and Lin Hanye gave the team further instructions before the duel.
• The Fire Dragon Team faced the Beast Team on the central stage and adopted a three-three-one formation.
• Liu Erlong, Niu Cheng, and Cai Kun charged with their soul skills; Liu Erlong sent a Battle Tiger Soul Master flying, while Niu Cheng matched his opponent.

Lin Hanye led Fire Dragon Team to defeat Beast Team in a swift team Soul Duel, then collected his betting winnings and warned the man who had placed the bet for him. He left the Great Soul Arena and rejoined Liu Erlong and the others at the entrance.

• Lin Hanye froze most of Beast Team with Frost Sword Qi and helped Liu Erlong and the others knock their opponents off the stage.
• A berserk sheep soul master broke free and charged Cai Kun, but Lin Hanye pierced his shoulder with Frost Sword Finger and finished off Beast Team.
• The referee declared Fire Dragon Team the winner, and Lin Hanye sent Liu Erlong to collect the team’s points and rewards while he went to the betting area.
• Lin Hanye recovered his fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins from the old man who had placed his bet and frightened him with a threat and a touch of frost.
• Lin Hanye left the Great Soul Arena and met Liu Erlong, Shao Xin, and the others at the entrance.

Lin Hanye invited Shao Xin to travel with him and Liu Erlong, offering to help him obtain a thousand-year soul ring. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang obtained his second soul ring and prepared to absorb a Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's ring.

• Lin Hanye distributed the spirit battle prize money and treated Shao Xin, Liu Erlong, and the others to dinner at the Soto Grand Hotel.
• Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong invited Shao Xin to join their travels and promised to help him hunt for a thousand-year soul ring near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shao Xin accepted the invitation after Lin Hanye assured him that no soul master family or sect backed them.
• Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, and Shao Xin searched Suotuo City for Whale Rubber, found none, and set out toward Gengxin City to keep looking.
• Yu Xiaogang received help from Uncle Fu to obtain a second soul ring and chose a hundred-year Three-Eyed Demonic Fox, believing it would grant him a mental-attack skill.

Yu Xiaogang gained a second Soul Ring, but its Soul Skill still made Luo Sanpao release a stinking fart, deepening his despair. At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong learned that Qian Xunji approved her proposal for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while concealing her hatred of him and awareness of his plans for her.

• Yu Xiaogang absorbed the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's Soul Ring and became a Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang tested his new Soul Skill, and Luo Sanpao released a foul-smelling cloud that left him devastated.
• Uncle Fu dismissed Yu Xiaogang's failure and led him out of the Soul Beast Forest.
• Qian Xunji approved Bibi Dong's proposal for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Bibi Dong hid her resentment toward Qian Xunji and asked whether he agreed to hold the tournament.

Bibi Dong persuaded Qian Xunji to let her form a team and travel the Great Soul Arenas, hoping to meet Lin Hanye. After Qian Xunji secretly ordered her monitored, Bibi Dong learned Lin Hanye was traveling with Liu Erlong and reacted with unexpected jealousy.

• Bibi Dong convinced Qian Xunji to let her select ten students and travel with them to build their combat skills before the tournament.
• Qian Xunji questioned Ling Yuan about Bibi Dong and ordered her to keep watching the Saintess, then arranged additional protection and an investigation of the students she selected.
• Ling Yuan reported to Bibi Dong that Qian Xunji had asked about her recent activities and contacts.
• Bibi Dong asked where Haibodong was, and Ling Yuan said he was traveling through the Star Luo Empire with Liu Erlong and Shao Xin.
• Bibi Dong questioned Ling Yuan about Liu Erlong's age, martial soul, strength, appearance, and figure before asking her to mark the travelers' route and location on a map.

Bibi Dong deduced that Lin Hanye was heading to Gengxin City and set out with ten promising young Soul Masters, planning to meet him there. Meanwhile, Lin Hanye’s group continued earning money and collecting whale glue before a Great Spirit Arena manager asked him to compete in a higher-level team duel.

• Bibi Dong identified Gengxin City as Lin Hanye’s destination and left Spirit City with ten selected Soul Masters, intending to encounter him along the way.
• Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong defeated a Silver Soul Duel team with their temporary teammates, then collected their winnings from Shao Xin.
• Lin Hanye reflected that he had acquired three pieces of Thousand-Year Whale Glue during the journey and hinted that another surprise awaited the group.
• Huang Yueyao, manager of the Golden City Great Spirit Arena, approached Lin Hanye and assured him that his betting winnings were legitimate.
• Huang Yueyao offered Lin Hanye ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to join a Soul Elder-level Team Soul Duel, and Lin Hanye questioned how he could compete as a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster.

Huang Yueyao recruited Lin Hanye to join the Golden Team against the Clear Sky Team, offering him the Thousand Faces disguise treasure and a doubled reward. Lin Hanye met his teammates and prepared to fight that night while keeping his true abilities concealed.

• Huang Yueyao asked Lin Hanye to join six Golden Team Soul Elders for a team duel against seven Clear Sky Hammer Soul Masters, and he examined both teams’ profiles.
• Lin Hanye initially refused because he feared exposing his abilities and provoking the Clear Sky Clan, but he agreed after Huang Yueyao offered Thousand Faces and a doubled reward.
• Lin Hanye returned to his suite with Shao Xin and Liu Erlong, who wondered about the surprise he had promised to show them in Gengxin City.
• Huang Yueyao delivered Thousand Faces the next morning, and Lin Hanye met Xie Ming, Hu Mei, Dugu Xin, Li Bingyan, Huang Tianba, and Ning Caichen.
• Lin Hanye learned that Li Bingyan was Dugu Xin’s girlfriend and Dugu Yan’s mother, then tested Thousand Faces before rejoining the Golden Team to prepare for the evening duel.

Lin Hanye questioned the Golden Team’s plan for facing the Clear Sky Team but kept his concerns to himself, hoping the battle might help him test his strength and recruit talented Soul Masters later. In the opposing camp, Tang Lie warned Tang Zhan and the others about their key opponents, while Tang Zhan prepared to assign their combat roles.

• Xie Ming assigned Lin Hanye to protect support Soul Master Ning Caichen, while the rest of the Golden Team prepared to support Xie Ming and Hu Mei’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Lin Hanye judged the plan too focused on confronting the Clear Sky Hammer directly and chose not to challenge Xie Ming’s arrangements.
• Tang Zhan told the Clear Sky disciples that they were fighting in Golden City to pressure the Radiant Sword Lion Family and to prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Tang Lie presented the Golden Team’s information and warned Tang Zhan’s team not to underestimate Haibodong, Dugu Xin, Xie Ming, or Hu Mei.
• Tang Zhan dismissed the Golden Team’s threat and began assigning combat duties to Tang Feng, Tang Yun, and Tang Shuang.

The Clear Sky Team and Golden Team began their high-profile soul duel, with the Clear Sky disciples targeting Xie Ming, Hu Mei, and Dugu Xin. Dugu Xin unleashed his Jade Phosphor Black Poison, but Tang Jin and Tang Xiong countered with their Wind Attribute Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tang Zhan assigned Fengyun Shuang and his brothers to pressure Xie Ming and Hu Mei, while he and the other disciples were given separate targets.
• Huang Yueyao introduced both teams at the Central Main Spirit Arena, and the Golden Team and Clear Sky Team revealed their formations and Martial Souls.
• The duel began, and Tang Zhan struck Huang Tianba away with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Bingyan froze Tang Zhan, giving Dugu Xin time to release his Jade Phosphor Black Poison at the Clear Sky Team.
• Tang Jin and Tang Xiong moved to protect Tang Zhan and used their Wind Attribute Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against the poison.

Lin Hanye turned the Clear Sky Team’s apparent victory around by injuring Tang Lang and using Mysterious Ice Bind to eliminate Tang Shuang and Tang Xiong. The remaining Clear Sky Team members rushed to attack him, leaving the soul duel unresolved.

• Bewitching Charm and the Clear Sky Team fought as Dugu Xin and Li Bingyan were eliminated from the duel.
• Tang Zhan’s fire attack injured Li Bingyan, and Tang Jin and Tang Xiong drove Dugu Xin off the stage.
• Tang Lang attacked Lin Hanye, but Lin Hanye struck him down and protected himself and Ning Caichen with Mysterious Ice Bind.
• After Ning Caichen supported him, Lin Hanye sent Ning Caichen off the stage and used Mysterious Ice Bind to trap Tang Shuang while its fragments eliminated Tang Xiong.
• Tang Zhan, Tang Jin, Tang Feng, and Tang Yun charged at Lin Hanye in anger.

Lin Hanye defeated the remaining Clear Sky Team fighters, but Tang Lie attacked him afterward until Huang Yueyao and Ning Fengzhi intervened. Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit Lin Hanye, who left the offer open, and Huang Yueyao warned him that Ning Fengzhi was scheming and Tang Lie remained a threat.

• Lin Hanye defeated Tang Jin and Tang Zhan with Frost Sword Qi while Bewitching Charm defeated Tang Feng and Tang Yun, wiping out the Clear Sky Team.
• Tang Lie burst into the arena and attacked Lin Hanye, but Huang Yueyao blocked him and argued that the battle injuries had been fair.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived, and Tang Lie agreed to leave after Ning Fengzhi asked him to let the matter rest.
• Huang Yueyao thanked Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi praised Lin Hanye's victory and invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Hanye told Ning Fengzhi he would consider the sect first if he ever joined one, and Huang Yueyao later warned him about Ning Fengzhi and Tang Lie.

Lin Hanye received Thousand Faces as a gift, warned Dugu Xin about the toxins affecting his body, and reached Gengxin City after breaking through to Level 30. Bibi Dong learned that Tang Lie had tried to kill him and prepared to meet him, while Lin Hanye searched for a quiet place to refine Whale Rubber.

• Huang Yueyao gave Lin Hanye Thousand Faces and rewarded the Golden Team after their victory over the Clear Sky Team.
• Lin Hanye advised Dugu Xin to use a Soul Bone to contain the toxins in his body, then left with Liu Erlong and Shao Xin for Gengxin City.
• Lin Hanye reached Level 30, and Liu Erlong also advanced before the group arrived in Gengxin City.
• Ling Yuan reported Tang Lie's attempt on Lin Hanye's life to Bibi Dong, who gave Ling Yuan a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and left Yue Guan and Gui Mei in her care.
• Lin Hanye found Gengxin City's hotels full and began searching for a quiet residence to rent.

Lin Hanye met Bibi Dong in Gengxin City, where she recognized him despite his pretending to be Haibodong. After they spoke privately, Bibi Dong warned him that Liu Erlong was Yu Luomian’s illegitimate daughter and offered to help, but Lin Hanye told her not to interfere.

• Bibi Dong called Lin Hanye “Little Linzi” after finding him walking with Liu Erlong, and he pretended not to know her.
• Lin Hanye sent Liu Erlong and Shao Xin to rent a courtyard, then went with Bibi Dong to a teahouse.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she had recovered memories of their past and believed Lin Hanye was distancing himself from her to protect her.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Hanye that Liu Erlong was Yu Luomian’s illegitimate daughter and that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could endanger him.
• Lin Hanye thanked Bibi Dong for the warning but sternly asked her to stop involving herself in his affairs.

Lin Hanye convinced Bibi Dong that he stood by her, and she vowed to share his hardships before explaining how she had been reborn with memories from a simulation. They concluded Lovesick Heartbreak Red was probably responsible, leaving Lin Hanye relieved that no one else had returned with their memories and wary of future simulations.

• Lin Hanye told Bibi Dong he did not want to burden or taint her, but declared that he would always take her side.
• Bibi Dong confessed that she was willing to face any hardship with Lin Hanye, and they embraced and kissed.
• Lin Hanye asked how Bibi Dong had found him, and she recounted her rebirth, her cultivation, and how she had learned Qian Xunji had plotted against him.
• Bibi Dong said she had tested the people she knew and found no one else who had been reborn, then showed Lin Hanye the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Hanye suspected Lovesick Heartbreak Red had caused Bibi Dong's rebirth, felt relieved that no one else shared her memories, and resolved to be more cautious with future simulations.

Lin Hanye and Bibi Dong discussed his plans for the Soul Master Guild, and she gave him money and Immortal Herbs to support him. After spending the day together, he met a resentful figure in an alley in Gengxin City late that night.

• Bibi Dong urged Lin Hanye to refine the flower and grow stronger, then asked about his plans.
• Lin Hanye told Bibi Dong about founding a Soul Master Guild and explained Liu Erlong’s difficult past.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Hanye over two million Gold Soul Coins, Immortal Herbs, and Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue.
• Lin Hanye returned the Narcissus Jade Bone to Bibi Dong and advised her when to refine and consume the Immortal Herbs.
• Bibi Dong stayed with Lin Hanye until she had to return for the Spirit Hall Team’s evening spirit battle.
• Late that night, Lin Hanye encountered a familiar, resentful figure in an alley in Gengxin City.