Chapter Summaries

Xu Yu planned to flee Spirit Hall and grow stronger after the Ninth Elder left in anger. In the Treasure Codex space, Snow Woman beat Moss Head, A Lan, and Old Bi into accepting her as their big sister boss, while Moss Head revealed that three nearly ripe fruits had grown on the Chaos Ancient Tree.

• Xu Yu decided to pursue Tang Hao across the continent, avoid Spirit Hall, and deal with the Elder Hall survivors after resting.
• Moss Head woke to find Snow Woman considering chopping down the Chaos Ancient Tree, and she easily defeated him and Old Bi before carrying A Lan away.
• Moss Head and A Lan tried to stop Snow Woman from taking A Lan, but she beat them both and made the three summoned beasts kneel in repentance.
• Snow Woman agreed not to chop down the tree and asked about its three fruits; Moss Head explained that they had grown from the fertilizer of Thousand Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and the Third Elder.
• A Lan and Moss Head left the Treasure Codex space and landed on Xu Yu as he slept.

Xu Yu dealt with the Elder Hall captives and decided how to handle Shrek Academy after the Third Elder's betrayal. He spared the academy members by assigning them guard duty, then ordered Ma Hongjun to take Jiang Zhu to his bed and threatened to bring Xiao Wu to them for fun.

• A Lan and Moss Head complained to Xu Yu about the Snow Woman, while Xu Yu learned that three new fruits were still ripening.
• Xu Yu entered the prisoners' tent with Big White and ordered the protesting Elder Hall members beheaded.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun pleaded for Shrek Academy, and Xu Yu spared its members on the condition that they obey his orders and take up perimeter guard duty.
• Xu Yu kept Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Jiang Zhu behind, then told Ma Hongjun to take Jiang Zhu to his bed.
• Xu Yu said he would bring Xiao Wu out for Oscar and Ma Hongjun to play with, and they hurriedly rejected the idea.

Xu Yu appointed Tai Bai as his chief steward and sent the convoy onward while refusing Ah Yin’s request to visit Tang Hao and Tang San. Meanwhile, the Skywater Academy group encountered the aftermath of an execution and continued through the snow, still hoping for shelter in Spirit Hall’s enormous Soul Tool.

• Xu Yu questioned Oscar and Ma Hongjun about Xiao Wu, then left them in the tent with Jiang Zhu.
• Shui Bing'er stopped the Skywater Academy girls from approaching the convoy, but they witnessed the bloody execution and many of them vomited.
• Xu Yu scolded the guards, appointed Big White as Chief Steward Tai Bai, and entrusted her with routine affairs and optimizing the battle team.
• Ah Yin told Xu Yu she wanted to see Tang Hao and Tang San, but he refused to discuss it and she withdrew into the depths of the soul.
• Xu Yu found A Lan asleep in his bed, then slept on the sofa as Tai Bai ordered the convoy to advance.
• The Skywater Academy students trudged through the snow and wondered whether Xu Yu would invite them inside the enormous Soul Tool.

Xu Yu hosted Skywater Academy while disguising his search for Tang Hao, then ordered the Ice Jade Scorpion to kill Shui Bing'er because he feared she had uncovered his secrets. Snow Woman volunteered to go instead, but asked Xu Yu to let her contract two summoned beasts, and he agreed.

• Xu Yu woke to find Moss Head holding the two Coiled Dragon Staffs, which Snow Woman explained could be used by anyone.
• The Skywater Academy delegation asked Xu Yu for a ride, but he refused and defended his pursuit of Tang Hao against Shui Bing'er's warning.
• Shui Bing'er questioned how Tang Hao had escaped Spirit Hall's surveillance, and Xu Yu claimed the watchers had been killed or had betrayed Spirit Hall.
• After sending the academy away, Xu Yu ordered the Ice Jade Scorpion to kill Shui Bing'er, fearing she had discovered his secret.
• Snow Woman offered to kill Shui Bing'er herself and asked Xu Yu to let her contract two summoned beasts; Xu Yu agreed.

Xu Yu captured Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, then negotiated with the Snow Woman to bind them by contract. After the Sky Water Dean asked him to find the missing students, Xu Yu sent out a fake search party and returned to the secret chamber, where the Snow Woman prepared to take the girls into the Treasure Codex.

• The Sky Water Dean led her students south after deciding not to risk their safety for the injured Tang Hao.
• A storm of ice and snow obscured the group, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu disappeared.
• Xu Yu caught Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu trying to escape their ropes and froze them in place.
• The Sky Water Dean asked Xu Yu to help search for the missing students, and he agreed while secretly sending out a futile search party.
• The Snow Woman finished dealing with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and Xu Yu handed her the Treasure Codex so she could take the two girls inside.

Snow Woman brought Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu into the Treasure Codex, where they discovered a hidden realm filled with powerful soul beasts. Outside it, Xu Yu’s attempt to keep his desire in check ended with him cornering Shui Rou, who had come to ask about the missing students.

• Snow Woman pulled Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu into the Treasure Codex, while Xu Yu failed to enter and distracted himself by kissing Tai Bai.
• Snow Woman showed Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu the snowy island and its powerful soul beasts, then recruited Old Bi to dig a cold pool.
• Shui Rou visited Xu Yu to ask for news of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and Xu Yu told her to wait for word.
• After Shui Rou accidentally locked herself in the room with him, Xu Yu grabbed her, and she asked him to help find the students; he assured her they were alive.
• A passing child mistook Xu Yu’s encounter with Shui Rou for an attack while his grandfather warned him not to judge Soul Masters.

Bibi Dong learned that a black-haired, black-eyed man had assaulted a woman and ordered Ghostly Moon Guan to pursue Xu Yu. Meanwhile, Xu Yu investigated the growing connection between his fifth soul ring and Shui Rou, but Moss Head could not explain the change without observing it further.

• Bibi Dong questioned Huo Xiang, who described seeing a black-haired, black-eyed man attack a woman and identified details that pointed to Xu Yu.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghostly Moon Guan to bring Huo Xiang and his grandfather along and hasten after Xu Yu.
• Xu Yu noticed that his fifth soul ring was gradually connecting with Shui Rou and growing older, but he could not determine the cause.
• Xu Yu reassured the Skywater Academy girls that Shui Rou would return, then asked Moss Head about the changes to his soul rings.
• Moss Head said she needed to observe Xu Yu while the change occurred, and Xu Yu dragged Snow Woman away from Shui Rou's room as the others tried to enter.

Xu Yu and Snow Woman confronted Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu about whether they would join their side, while plotting to pursue Tang Hao and seize a base in the Baroque Kingdom. Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu agreed to cooperate in exchange for their dean and companions being spared.

• Xu Yu refused to let A Lan, Moss Head, and Snow Woman leave, then outlined a plan to travel south by iceberg and pursue Tang Hao toward the Baroque Kingdom.
• Snow Woman brought Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu through a portal after Shui Bing’er complained about their captivity and suggested exploring a nearby island.
• Xu Yu challenged Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu to declare their stance, warning that refusing to join could lead to their deaths or being remade as emotionless killers.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu asked to go home and then offered to cooperate if Xu Yu spared their dean and companions.
• Xu Yu accepted their condition and joked that he could give them a new home instead of letting them return.

Xu Yu agreed to let Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu join the academy and accepted Snow Woman’s offer to train an ice-and-snow mage group. After comforting Shui Rou over her feelings for Tang Hao, Xu Yu promised to take responsibility for her, and his fifth soul ring stirred again as they kissed.

• Snow Woman proposed training an ice-and-snow mage group, and Xu Yu agreed.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu went to report in, while Snow Woman stomped on Xu Yu’s foot and caught his Summoning Tome.
• Xu Yu returned to his room and asked the awakened Shui Rou whether she liked Tang Hao.
• Shui Rou admitted her long-standing feelings for Tang Hao and began to cry over what had happened with Xu Yu.
• Xu Yu promised to take responsibility for Shui Rou, and she nestled into his arms without rejecting him.
• Xu Yu kissed Shui Rou, causing his fifth soul ring to stir again.

Xu Yu recruited the Sky Water Dean to help establish his Maritime Academy, then flew to the West Sea while Tang Hao and Tang San traveled toward the Star Luo Empire. Tang San sensed Blue Silver Grass near Xu Yu, and the pair heard rumors of a Demon Tree by the southern sea.

• Xu Yu declined to continue being intimate with the Sky Water Dean and learned that her martial soul was the Great Sea; she agreed to help recruit Skywater Academy graduates for his planned Maritime Academy.
• Xu Yu left the Steel Monster and flew west, while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu learned from the Snow Woman that he was a Soul Saint and returned to the Sky Water Dean.
• Shui Bing'er told the Sky Water Dean that a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo had rescued them, following Xu Yu's instructions, and the dean welcomed them back.
• Xu Yu reached the West Sea, failed to move an iceberg with Blue Silver Grass vines, and projected a message calling Old Bi to come help.
• Tang San sensed Blue Silver Grass near Xu Yu as he traveled south with Tang Hao, and they heard that a Demon Tree grew near the southern sea.

Xu Yu moved his group and their Steel Monsters across a glacier, but Bibi Dong arrived before they could head out to sea and confronted him for avoiding her. He was left facing her anger and an uncertain punishment.

• Tang Hao suggested Tang San save the Devil Tree for a future soul ring, but Tang San refused to hunt it because it had not attacked him.
• Zhu Zhuyun wrote to Xu Yu about finding support in two southern provinces and asked for help consolidating her control.
• Xu Yu and Old Bi freed a glacier, and Snow Woman used her ice powers to move it into the sea.
• Xu Yu secretly recalled his summoned allies and put away the Treasure Codex when powerful auras approached.
• Bibi Dong descended, confronted Xu Yu for avoiding her, and asked to meet Golden Goose about the Soul Tools before warning Xu Yu that he was in trouble.

Xu Yu explained his absence from Bibi Dong by offering her a magical green leaf that could be refined with a treasure. When Bibi Dong infused it with the Rakshasa Scythe’s evil aura, the leaf unexpectedly drew evil energy from her two Spider Emperor martial souls, leaving their death and soul attributes closer to the ultimate.

• Bibi Dong questioned Xu Yu about avoiding her, then asked Golden Goose to explain the Soul Tools.
• Golden Goose showed that her green leaf could summon a soul beast and revealed that her Gale Wolf had become mechanized; she declined Bibi Dong’s offer to return to Spirit City.
• Xu Yu gave Bibi Dong a green leaf and claimed he had prepared it as a gift for her.
• Bibi Dong infused the leaf with the Rakshasa Scythe’s evil aura, triggering an unexpected reaction that also drained evil attributes from her two martial souls.
• Bibi Dong realized that losing those evil attributes might let her martial souls’ death and soul attributes approach the ultimate.

Bibi Dong’s Martial Souls evolved after the Rakshasa Scythe removed their evil aura, and she used Xu Yu’s green leaf to refine her soul beasts. She discovered that the leaf could summon them, then considered how to train the newly summoned Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Bibi Dong examined her altered Martial Souls, tried possessing herself with each one, and was pleased that their appearances had improved.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Yu how to refine the green leaf, then marked it with her blood and watched it repair the beastly nature in her sixteen soul rings.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from her sixth soul ring, and a person-sized Soft Bone Rabbit appeared without intelligence.
• Xu Yu explained that the summoned rabbit would need training to awaken intelligence and might retain only fragments of its memories.
• Xu Yu offered to help train the rabbit, but Bibi Dong gave him a dangerous look, making him stop talking.

Bibi Dong confronted Xu Yu over whether he had forced a woman into a relationship, so Xu Yu brought Shui Rou to prove their love was mutual. Bibi Dong accepted the proof but ordered Xu Yu to enter the City of Slaughter and retrieve a soul bone for Hu Liena, leaving Xu Yu considering what reward he could ask for.

• Bibi Dong threatened to punish Xu Yu unless he brought the woman from the earlier incident to prove their relationship was consensual.
• Xu Yu summoned the Sky Water Dean, Shui Rou, and explained that Bibi Dong suspected he had forced her.
• Shui Rou willingly kissed and defended Xu Yu in front of Bibi Dong, confirming their secret relationship.
• Bibi Dong stopped the display and ordered Xu Yu to enter the City of Slaughter and bring Hu Liena a soul bone.
• Xu Yu agreed that entering the City of Slaughter would be manageable but waited for Bibi Dong to offer a benefit for taking the dangerous assignment.

Xu Yu urged Bibi Dong to lead Spirit Hall in a war to unify the continent, arguing that it could break the rigid class system and improve the lives of commoners. Bibi Dong was moved by his vision, while Xu Yu declined to go to the City of Slaughter for now.

• Bibi Dong warned Xu Yu not to mistreat Hu Liena and promised External Soul Bones for both of them when he was ready to go to the City of Slaughter.
• Xu Yu outlined a plan to use the buffer-zone kingdoms and duchies as a pretext to cut off the empires, consolidate Spirit Hall’s forces, and conquer the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Xu Yu argued that unification would be a just, revolutionary war that could free commoners from a stagnant class hierarchy.
• Xu Yu described the poverty and frozen corpses he had witnessed during his travels and said his strength gave him a responsibility to help ordinary people.
• Xu Yu warned that without Spirit Hall, commoners and low-level soul masters would remain trapped under powerful clans, and Bibi Dong fell silent before seeing him in a new light.

Bibi Dong promised Xu Yu that Spirit Hall would issue a kill-on-sight order against the Clear Sky Sect, while warning him to act with a proper justification. After Bibi Dong left, Xu Yu and Shui Rou shared an intimate encounter, and Shui Rou told the Sky Water students they could stay behind to study with a skilled ice Soul Master.

• Bibi Dong told Xu Yu that Spirit Hall would target the Clear Sky Sect and warned him not to bring excessive negative attention upon Spirit Hall.
• Shui Rou invited Bibi Dong to dinner, but Bibi Dong refused and left; Xu Yu then carried Shui Rou away instead of going to eat.
• Shui Rou returned to the students and announced that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu could stay to study, while the others could leave for Heaven Dou City.
• Shui Yue'er asked to stay too, and Shui Rou agreed, praising her talent despite Shui Bing'er's objections.
• Shui Bing'er revealed that she had reached level fifty-two and was a Soul King, leaving the others stunned by how much she had changed.

After Sky Water Dean and most of her students left, Xu Yu prepared for war against the Baroque Kingdom while Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu stayed behind. The chapter ended with Sky Water Dean and her students setting off in a wildly bouncing tiger-shaped Soul Tool and Xu Yu ordering new weapons for his campaign.

• Shui Yue'er learned that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu had both reached Soul King, and Sky Water Dean left Shui Yue'er behind with them to seek guidance from Xu Yu.
• Sky Water Dean said goodbye to Xu Yu and led the other students east in a tiger-shaped Soul Tool, repeatedly crashing it into snow before finally getting it moving.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu laughed as they watched Sky Water Dean drive away, while Shui Yue'er wanted to try the Soul Tool herself.
• Xu Yu ordered Golden Goose to produce Soul Tools for his attack on the Baroque Kingdom, planning to use them alongside Soul Master teams while concealing his strength and testing new tactics.

Xu Yu and A Lan joined forces to launch a war against Barak, using the newly enthroned A Lan and the Lan Kingdom’s army to justify the attack. As the battle for Suotuo City began, Xu Yu hoped their victory would let them conquer the kingdoms west of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Small nations in the buffer zone searched for the Clear Sky Douluo, while Barak’s king tried to recruit him and sought independence from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Yu and Ninth Elder scouted Suotuo City as Snow Woman’s group seized the neighboring duchy and installed A Lan as its ruler.
• A Lan purged ministers who defied her, took control of the duchy’s forces, and marched thirty thousand soldiers and two thousand cavalry toward Suotuo City.
• A Lan accused Barak of oppressing her people and sheltering the Clear Sky Sect remnants, then promised ten thousand gold to the first soldier to enter the city.
• Xu Yu ordered Tai Bai to attack Suotuo City and deploy Soul Tool wolves if the city’s Soul Masters joined the battle.

Xu Yu's forces used their newly built cannons to devastate Suotuo City's defenders and prepared to blow open the gates. The bombardment continued as gunpowder-laden carriages charged toward the city, while Lan Kingdom's soldiers discussed their loyalty to the princess and admiration for Xu Yu.

• Suotuo City's lord arrived and ordered the guards to attack, but cannonballs began falling over the city.
• The lord tried to catch a cannonball barehanded, badly injuring his hand, while the explosions killed many defenders.
• Xu Yu ordered the bombardment to continue and sent gunpowder-laden carriages to the city gate to blow it open.
• Lan Kingdom soldiers drove the carriages through scattered arrows and talked about following the princess and admiring Xu Yu.

Xu Yu ordered an assault on Suotuo City after his forces blasted open its gate, then used his second soul skill to repair damaged mechanical wolves as they overwhelmed the defenders. The city lord refused to surrender, and Xu Yu remained safely behind the advancing forces.

• Xu Yu’s forces detonated gunpowder packs and blew apart a section of Suotuo City’s wall.
• Xu Yu offered fifty thousand gold and help obtaining a soul ring to anyone who killed the city lord, sending Soul Masters and mechanical wolf packs into battle.
• Suotuo City’s Soul Masters panicked and fled as the mechanical wolves attacked, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar joined the assault.
• Xu Yu ordered the defenders to surrender, but the city lord refused and demanded to know why the Soul Fighting Arena had not sent help.
• Xu Yu explained that his second soul skill, Recovery, worked far better on inanimate objects and could repair damaged mechanical wolves.