Chapter Summaries

Xu Yu discovered that Moss Head’s Seed had grown a controllable Chaos Ancient Tree clone on Sea Island, with three fruits linked to Spirit Hall’s young talents. After considering how to obtain another Seed and preparing to leave the city, Xu Yu went to see Bibi Dong in her bedchamber.

• Xu Yu summoned the Brilliant Gold Scepter and saw that its second and fourth soul rings had advanced, evolving Recovery into Super Recovery.
• Moss Head released A Lan from the Summoning Tome, and she snuggled beneath Xu Yu’s blanket.
• Xu Yu examined Moss Head’s completed tome and discovered that Seed had created a Chaos Ancient Tree clone on Sea Island, where three fruits were growing.
• Moss Head explained that he could control and develop the clone tree, while Xu Yu considered ways to obtain another Seed.
• Xu Yu rested, then put A Lan and Moss Head away and hurried to the Pope’s Palace before leaving the city to begin his path to power.
• Xu Yu found Bibi Dong in her bedchamber after her bath, and she welcomed his visit.

Xu Yu received orders from Bibi Dong to track Tang Hao and report his location and strength every seven days, then encountered Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy members in Spirit City. Seeing Feng Xiao Tian as a potential summoned beast, Xu Yu invited him to meet at Zhu Zhuyun’s inn, while Feng Xiao Tian considered how to win Huo Wu’s affection.

• Bibi Dong told Xu Yu that Golden Goose, two Spirit Hall Douluo, and the Third Elder would accompany him, and ordered him to report Tang Hao’s whereabouts every seven days.
• Bibi Dong confronted Xu Yu about secretly refining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then let him leave after he promised to do the job.
• Xu Yu spotted Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiao Tian, and their companions from Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy, and decided Feng Xiao Tian’s martial soul and talent made him a suitable contract target.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang discussed Tang San and Shrek, while Feng Xiao Tian listened as Huo Wu defended Tang San.
• Xu Yu privately urged Feng Xiao Tian to grow stronger if he wanted Huo Wu’s regard and gave him the address of Zhu Zhuyun’s inn.

Zhu Zhuyun confronted Xu Yu over neglecting her ambitions, took his governance handbook, and announced that she was leaving to gather support in the south. Xu Yu stopped her to ask for help with a formidable visitor, then used his Illusionary Talent to approach her in a vivid spring scene.

• Zhu Zhuyun accused Xu Yu of using her as an assistant and demanded his Storage Soul Tool.
• Zhu Zhuyun broke open Xu Yu's Storage Soul Tool, took several Gold Soul Coin cards, and found his draft handbook on governance.
• After reading the handbook, Zhu Zhuyun decided to take it and travel south to rally kingdoms and provinces against the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Yu stopped Zhu Zhuyun, asked her to help deal with a formidable person he had arranged to meet, and joked that he could not feel nothing for her.
• Xu Yu asked about the Hell Spirit Cat's sense of taste, then used his Illusionary Talent to create a spring scene and pinned Zhu Zhuyun against a tree.

Xu Yu offered Feng Xiao Tian a contract that would strengthen his cultivation and martial spirit, and Feng Xiao Tian accepted, breaking through to Soul Power Level fifty. The Treasure Codex then upgraded to the Golden Codex, allowing Zhu Zhuyun to smell the flowers in Xu Yu’s illusion, though she still could not touch them.

• Xu Yu asked Zhu Zhuyun whether she would trade some freedom for the chance to grow stronger quickly, and she agreed to wait for his explanation.
• Feng Xiao Tian arrived, and Xu Yu used the Eye of Detection to reveal his abilities and praised his talent compared with Tang San’s.
• Xu Yu asked Feng Xiao Tian to put his blood on a sheet of paper and accept the voices in his mind, explaining that the contract could raise his Soul Power and improve his martial spirit.
• Feng Xiao Tian accepted the contract, and the Chaos Ancient Tree’s life sap helped him break through Soul Power Level fifty.
• After Feng Xiao Tian left, the Treasure Codex upgraded into the Golden Codex, and Zhu Zhuyun smelled flowers in Xu Yu’s illusion but still could not touch them.

Xu Yu gained the Platinum Codex’s Replica ability, which could create crude Summoning Tomes from its leaves. After giving Zhu Zhuyun a replica leaf, he flew after her to see her off, while Bibi Dong watched and ordered Golden Goose to protect him.

• The Golden Codex gained the One Flower, One World and One Leaf, One Bodhi abilities, and Xu Yu gave Zhu Zhuyun a contract that let her break through two levels.
• The codex finished upgrading to Platinum and gained Replica, which let Moss Head create a leaf that served as a crude Summoning Tome.
• Moss Head explained that replica summons could return after their soul rings recovered, and that Xu Yu could use replicas for soul rings after his first four.
• Xu Yu took a replica leaf and flew out of Spirit City with the Pope’s Token to catch up to Zhu Zhuyun and give it to her.
• Bibi Dong watched Xu Yu give Zhu Zhuyun the leaf and embrace her, then told Golden Goose to leave the city and protect Xu Yu.

Xu Yu left Spirit City with Golden Goose and a Spirit Hall convoy, while Zhu Zhuyun chose to go her own way. After asserting his authority among the convoy, Xu Yu planned to stop in Heaven Dou City before continuing north to capture Tang Hao.

• Zhu Zhuyun left Xu Yu, though she kept the leaf he had given her without knowing how extraordinary it was.
• Xu Yu departed Spirit City with Golden Goose and learned that the Third Elder, a powerful Titled Douluo with ties to Shrek, had joined the expedition.
• Xu Yu and Golden Goose found the convoy divided into factions, with their own camp poorly arranged and Xu Yu uninformed about the order to stop.
• Xu Yu ordered a Spirit Hall Soul Saint crippled after the man approached him disrespectfully, and Golden Goose carried out the order.
• Xu Yu went to meet several elders and intended to discuss resting and resupplying in Heaven Dou City before heading to the Extreme North to capture Tang Hao.

Xu Yu used his disguise as Hu Liena and Third Elder’s supposed backing to stop Spirit Hall’s consecrated elders from attacking him, then arranged a two-day stop in Heaven Dou City to investigate Tang Hao and his son. After Xu Yu left, Third Elder discussed bringing Oscar and Ma Hongjun into Spirit Hall’s ranks and ordered Tang San expelled from Shrek.

• Xu Yu took the seat between the factions, rebuked the masked maiden for calling him Hu Liena, and invoked his status as the Pope’s special envoy.
• After Qian Jun Douluo dismissed the insult, Xu Yu cursed him and dared the consecrated elders to kill him, claiming Third Elder and Ninth Elder would witness their attack.
• Xu Yu proposed stopping in Heaven Dou City for two days to investigate Tang Hao’s past whereabouts, and the factions agreed.
• Xu Yu left the tent with Golden Goose, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun after thanking Third Elder for his support.
• Third Elder told Zhao Wuji he could bring Oscar and Ma Hongjun under his command in Spirit Hall and ordered Shrek to expel Tang San.

Tang Hao and Tang San fled the Extreme North while the Snow Empress considered transforming into a human to continue cultivating. Xu Yu sent Bibi Dong a misleading request for information about Xiao Wu, recruited Oscar to organize his Soul Masters, and left Ma Hongjun to shovel manure.

• Tang Hao and Tang San left the Extreme North after being injured by a powerful soul beast, and the Snow Empress watched them go with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus in her possession.
• Xu Yu sent Bibi Dong a letter asking about Xiao Wu and claiming he wanted to use her to lure Tang San, while secretly intending to lure Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xu Yu told Oscar and Ma Hongjun that Xiao Wu was still alive and offered them a chance to gather information about Spirit Hall by staying with him.
• Oscar agreed to work for Xu Yu and was appointed second-in-command of the Support System Soul Masters, while Ma Hongjun refused to pledge allegiance.
• Xu Yu assigned Oscar to organize the Support System Soul Masters and told Ma Hongjun to follow the convoy and shovel manure.

Xu Yu learned from Bibi Dong that Xiao Wu was still alive and traveled to Heaven Dou City, intending to strengthen himself at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before seeking a sixth Spirit Ring. Bibi Dong kept Xiao Wu imprisoned while considering how to claim her Spirit Ring, and Xu Yu entered the city with Golden Goose and two newly recruited guards.

• Bibi Dong read Xu Yu's letter, confirmed Xiao Wu was alive, and replied to him.
• Bibi Dong visited Xiao Wu in the underground prison, questioned her motives, and left without killing her because her own red Spirit Ring threatened to collapse.
• Xu Yu received Bibi Dong's reply upon arriving near Heaven Dou City and decided to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before finding a sixth Spirit Ring.
• Zhang Sheng and Li Si met Xu Yu at the city gates, explained their names, and won his approval as useful guards despite their suspicious flattery.
• Golden Goose asked what Xu Yu had been doing with the guards, and he teased her before she knocked him on the head and ordered him into the city.

Xu Yu received a jade-leaf dungeon and considered how to refill his four empty Soul Rings, then discovered Ah Yin waiting to talk. Ah Yin remained troubled by her memories, while Xu Yu misunderstood her feelings and ended up taking A Lan out for lollipops.

• Moss Head delivered Xu Yu a finely carved jade-leaf dungeon, which Xu Yu refined and wore around his neck.
• Xu Yu reasoned that the four empty Soul Rings might let him choose new inhabitants, and planned to experiment with his Illusionary Talent.
• Xu Yu noticed Ah Yin beside his bed and offered to take her to see Tang Hao and revisit places from her memories once he became a Titled Douluo.
• Ah Yin returned to sleep, and A Lan emerged and got angry when she saw Xu Yu's reaction to her appearance.
• Xu Yu gave up on sleeping and promised to take A Lan out to buy lollipops.

Xu Yu took A Lan shopping in Heaven Dou City and encountered the Imperial Dou Team, whose members were shocked to learn that he had reached the five-ring level. His Brilliant Gold Scepter unexpectedly linked with Ye Lingling, leaving him eager to investigate their connection.

• Xu Yu carried A Lan through Heaven Dou City's shopping districts until she reluctantly agreed to go back when he tired.
• Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Dou Team spotted Xu Yu and approached him, discussing the Empire's plans to reunite the elemental academies and bring Feng Xiao Tian back.
• Xu Yu's Brilliant Gold Scepter activated on its own and formed a link with Ye Lingling before he quickly withdrew it.
• Yu Tianheng noticed Xu Yu had five rings, while Ye Lingling sensed something stir inside her and suspected Xu Yu had caused it.
• Xu Yu decided to investigate the connection between his first soul ring and Ye Lingling and considered finding a chance to study her.

Xu Yu met with Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Dou Team, hinted at Spirit Hall’s dealings with Feng Xiao Tian, and provoked Dugu Yan by asking whether she liked Tang San. After bonding with Ye Lingling over flowers and revealing that Immortal Herbs explained the Shrek Seven Devils’ rapid cultivation, he left for Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xu Yu told Yu Tianheng that Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy were doing well, and claimed Bibi Dong had sent Feng Xiao Tian to Heaven Dou City on an errand.
• Dugu Yan angrily denied liking Tang San, then left with Yu Tianheng after Xu Yu asked her about him.
• Xu Yu impressed Ye Lingling by identifying the flowers in her scent, and they discussed plants and Immortal Herbs.
• Xu Yu explained that Immortal Herbs had helped the Shrek Seven Devils cultivate unusually quickly, shocking the Imperial Dou Team.
• After Golden Goose reported finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xu Yu rode toward Sunset Forest.

Xu Yu traveled to Sunset Forest with Golden Goose to search for Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, while Salas plotted to undermine him in Heaven Dou City. Golden Goose confided in Xu Yu about her past, and he reassured her before preparing to handle his business.

• Zhang Sheng and Li Si demanded that Salas pay for a welcome banquet and arrange a beautiful woman for Xu Yu, prompting Salas to angrily agree after hearing their threats.
• An adviser urged Salas to abduct the mistress of Moonlight Pavilion and frame Xu Yu, and Salas ordered him to carry out the scheme quickly.
• Xu Yu rode Golden Goose’s manifested martial soul over Sunset Forest and asked her to fly lower so he could search for Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden.
• Xu Yu asked whether he could trust Golden Goose, and she explained that her family’s deaths and her fear of the Pope had left her wanting only a quiet life.
• Xu Yu teased and comforted Golden Goose with a shoulder massage, then she sent him to finish his business and leave Dugu Bo’s garden without causing trouble.

Xu Yu rooted the Chaos Ancient Tree in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used its energy to strengthen A Lan through the Summoning Tome. A Lan reached the fifty-thousand-year level and grew into a seventeen-year-old, while Xu Yu left to direct energy toward the other summoned beasts.

• Xu Yu used his illusion talent to fill the forest with Blue Silver Grass and lifelike spirit beasts, keeping Golden Goose from learning his true objective.
• Xu Yu confirmed that the Chaos Ancient Tree could endure the well’s extreme energies, and Moss Head warned him to wait until after he absorbed his sixth soul ring before taking in its energy himself.
• Xu Yu directed Moss Head to send energy to A Lan, whose body swelled painfully until Xu Yu slowed the transfer and used his soul skills to support her.
• A Lan activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, processed the energy, and reached the fifty-thousand-year level as the shroud became a Sea Crown.
• After Xu Yu exited the tome to manage energy transfers to the others, A Lan grew from a child’s appearance into a seventeen-year-old.

Feng Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuyun received cultivation boosts through Xu Yu’s contract and headed toward new opportunities, while Xu Yu finished his work at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and prepared to travel north. Dugu Bo returned home furious after seeing his granddaughter chase a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan youth, then attacked an intruder in his house.

• Huo Wu learned that her sect had sent people to negotiate her return, while Feng Xiao Tian hesitated to leave because Xu Yu had helped him advance.
• Feng Xiao Tian broke through to Rank 53 after receiving energy through Xu Yu’s contract, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu asked how his cultivation had advanced so quickly.
• Zhu Zhuyun felt a breakthrough approaching, left her family’s merchant caravan, and rode her Tiger Shark into the deep sea with Xu Yu’s leaf token.
• Xu Yu finished channeling energy into the Treasure Codex members and underwent an Ice and Fire Forged Golden Body, but remained capped at level sixty without a sixth soul ring.
• Dugu Bo returned home angry after seeing his granddaughter chase a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan youth, found a thief inside, and struck to kill.

Xu Yu and Golden Goose fought Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xu Yu helped overpower and drain the Poison Douluo before powerful figures arrived. They escaped back to Heaven Dou City, leaving Dugu Bo furious and Xu Yu weakened by his poison.

• Golden Goose and Dugu Bo clashed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo turned his attack on Xu Yu when Golden Goose gained the upper hand.
• Xu Yu used A Lan and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to evade Dugu Bo, then ordered A Lan and Moss Head to restrain and drain him.
• Golden Goose rescued Xu Yu and, strengthened by his support, battered Dugu Bo while the Chaos Ancient Tree absorbed his power.
• Golden Goose sensed powerful figures approaching, so Xu Yu stopped the attack and rode away with her before Sword Douluo arrived.
• Dugu Bo crawled out of the crater and blamed Spirit Hall, while Xu Yu returned to Heaven Dou City and discovered that Dugu Bo's poison had left him numb and weakened.

Xu Yu attended a banquet at the Heaven Dou imperial palace, where Xue Ye tried to match him with Xue Ke, but Xu Yu refused. The arrival of Shrek Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect shifted the gathering’s attention.

• Inside the Treasure Codex, A Lan worried that growing taller would make Xu Yu stop liking her, and Moss Head suggested she plant her true body in his canopy.
• Xu Yu sensed a change in the Treasure Codex as he traveled to the imperial palace with Golden Goose, while Zhang Sheng and Li Si told him the arrangements were complete.
• Xue Ye warmly introduced Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke to Xu Yu and suggested he spend more time with Xue Ke, prompting suspicion about the emperor’s motives.
• Xu Yu tactfully rejected Xue Ye’s proposal, and Qian Renxue felt relieved that he had not agreed.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang arrived with Shrek Academy’s disciples, accompanied by Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xu Yu confronted Ning Rongrong about her feelings for Tang San and Oscar while the Shrek group and Ning Fengzhi met with Emperor Xue Ye. Ning Rongrong became defensive and tearful when Xu Yu revealed that Oscar now belonged to him and questioned whether she had kept Oscar as a backup.

• Flender, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong arrived in a foul mood, while Shrek's students voiced their anger over Xu Yu's treatment of Liu Erlong.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted Xue Ye, and Xu Yu teased Grandmaster about Shrek Academy's admissions after its merger with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Xu Yu and accused Spirit Hall of meddling, prompting Ning Fengzhi to apologize for her words.
• Xu Yu asked Ning Rongrong whether she liked Tang San, and she admitted that another boy had entered her heart.
• Xu Yu identified that boy as Oscar and accused Ning Rongrong of treating him as a backup, then said Oscar belonged to him; Ning Rongrong denied it with tears in her eyes.

Xu Yu angered Ning Rongrong, then misled Xue Ye about Spirit Hall’s plans while securing a request for dozens of Soul Tool craftsmen. At the banquet, Qian Renxue pulled the injured Xu Yu aside to drink with her, leaving Golden Goose unable to intervene.

• Xu Yu accused Ning Rongrong of stringing Oscar along, mocked her tears, and drove her to run out sobbing.
• Xue Ye probed Xu Yu for information about Spirit Hall’s operation against Tang Hao, and Xu Yu let him believe Tang Hao was hiding in the Extreme North.
• Xu Yu asked Xue Ye for dozens of Soul Tool craftsmen, and Xue Ye agreed, pleased with what he thought he had learned.
• Qian Renxue approached Xu Yu at the banquet and noticed his unsteady aura as they shared a drink.
• Qian Renxue ordered the nearby guests away so she could drink with Xu Yu, while Golden Goose frowned and Xue Ye let them be.

Xu Yu left Heaven Dou City with the northern convoy after a drunken night caused confusion and trouble for those around him. On the road, he checked that Golden Goose had settled the Soul Engineers and discussed developing practical Soul Tools powered by Soul Power.

• Xu Yu got drunk, vomited on Qian Renxue, and woke the next morning believing he had dreamed of a romantic encounter.
• Golden Goose scolded Xu Yu, while Zhang Sheng and Li Si had been punished to carry manure after arranging the previous night's mess.
• Xu Yu bid farewell to Xue Qinghe and Salas, then found Third Elder and Spirit Hall's elders dealing with their own disagreements and reprimanding Giant Crocodile.
• Xu Yu dismissed Zhang Sheng and Li Si's plea to escape their punishment, and they found Ma Hongjun using Phoenix Fireline to dry the manure pit.
• After the convoy set out north, Xu Yu asked Golden Goose about the Soul Engineers, and she said they were settled and requested more mechanical designs.
• Xu Yu considered using Soul Power to run everyday Soul Tools and planned to investigate whether coal or oil could provide an alternative energy source.