Chapter Summaries

Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy forfeited their individual matches, sending Spirit Hall straight to the final while preserving their strongest fighters’ trump cards. Flender planned an internal battle to decide which team would withdraw from the losers’ bracket, but Lin Hai challenged the plan’s safety and its failure to account for Hu Liena’s Spiritual Power.

• Osler worried that Spirit Hall’s strength would make it difficult to win the championship, while Dugu Yan assured her teammates that she would not abandon them if Spirit Hall’s position changed.
• Flender and Qin Ming agreed to forfeit their teams’ individual matches rather than reveal their fighters’ trump cards against Hu Liena.
• Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s forfeits sent Spirit Hall Academy directly to the next day’s final without a fight.
• Flender told the gathered teams that Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy would fight at full strength inside the camp, and the losing team would forfeit the afternoon’s losers’ bracket match.
• Lin Hai entered the tent and warned Flender that Hu Liena’s Spiritual Power and Spirit Hall’s presence in Spirit City made the plan dangerous.

Lin Hai dealt with Flender’s attempt to involve him in the competition and considered how Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong might use divine artifacts. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong discovered that Lin Hai’s books contained a groundbreaking, comprehensive theory of martial souls, and Shrek defeated the Royal Dou Team in their match.

• The Shrek group and the Royal Dou Team greeted Lin Hai, while Yu Tianheng reflected on Lin Hai’s role in his family’s upheaval.
• Flender asked Lin Hai to mediate over Hu Liena’s advantage, but Lin Hai refused to betray his side and then ordered the teams to settle the match.
• Bibi Dong read Lin Hai’s books and realized their rigorous theories could overturn soul master education, then stored them away.
• Xiao Wu held back Dugu Yan as Ning Rongrong supported Shrek, and Zhu Zhuqing’s recovery helped Shrek wear down the Royal Dou Team until Dugu Yan conceded defeat.

After Shrek lost its internal match, Lin Hai comforted Ye Lingling and took Xiao Wu aside, where he gave her a divine artifact that could counter Hu Liena’s team-wiping ability. Xiao Wu began refining the Inkstone of No Return to prepare for the final.

• Lin Hai comforted Ye Lingling after the match and joked that he would need her healing later, while Dugu Yan silently resented his attention to Ye Lingling.
• Flender asked Lin Hai for the method he had supposedly promised, but Lin Hai clarified that he had only proposed an internal match.
• Lin Hai took Xiao Wu to her tent, where their intimacy gave her the chance to wield one of his divine artifacts.
• Lin Hai explained that the Inkstone of No Return could strengthen Xiao Wu’s Teleportation and control space, helping Shrek withstand Hu Liena’s attack.
• Xiao Wu began using her Spiritual Power to communicate with and refine the Inkstone of No Return.

Tang San learned from Yu Xiaogang to focus on becoming stronger rather than dwelling on Xiao Wu, then revealed that he had deduced Tang Hao’s identity and learned that his Blue Silver Grass held hidden potential. The Spirit Master Competition championship battle began the next day amid rumors about Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s surrender, while Tang San awaited answers after reaching Rank 40.

• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao talking in a secluded forest and admitted he feared he had lost Xiao Wu to Lin Hai.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to focus on strength and surpass Lin Hai, and Tang San resolved to make Xiao Wu see him differently.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had deduced that his father’s second martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao confirmed the significance of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Hao promised to answer Tang San’s questions after the competition if he reached Rank 40, and Tang San returned to cultivate.
• The championship battle began as spectators debated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s surrender and speculated that it had helped Shrek Academy.

Before the final, the teams’ revealed Spirit Ring configurations sparked discussion, and Lin Hai explained to Flender how Whale Rubber and Immortal Herbs affected Spirit Hall’s students. Flender asked Lin Hai to help Ma Hongjun but accepted that Lin Hai would not help Yu Xiaogang.

• The host displayed the finalist teams’ members and Spirit Ring configurations, drawing attention to Hu Liena’s Soul Saint level, Xiao Wu’s increased Soul Power, and Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Flender asked Lin Hai why some Spirit Hall students had thousand-year Second Spirit Rings, and Lin Hai explained that Whale Rubber and Spirit Ring Pills allowed selected students to absorb them safely.
• Flender questioned why Xie Yue and Yan lacked ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Rings, and Lin Hai said their suitable Immortal Herbs had not been available in time.
• Lin Hai asked whether Flender wanted an Immortal Herb, but Flender said his friends, students, and Shrek Academy mattered more than strength.
• Flender asked Lin Hai to help Ma Hongjun, and Lin Hai agreed before asking whether he should help Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Hai said he considered Yu Xiaogang scum and would not help him, while Flender began to explain that there were other circumstances behind Yu Xiaogang’s conflict with his teacher.

Lin Hai challenged Flender’s faith in Yu Xiaogang’s theories while Shrek faced the Spirit Hall Team, with Xiao Wu’s Inkstone of No Return trapping Hu Liena behind a Space Barrier. Hu Liena struggled to escape as the battle shifted into a contest of endurance.

• Lin Hai told Flender that Yu Xiaogang’s theories were unreliable and questioned how their claimed spirit ring limits had been established.
• Xiao Wu blocked Hu Liena’s Spiritual Power with a Space Barrier, then repelled Yan’s attack and used Invincible Golden Body to withstand Xie Yue’s Full Moon.
• Xiao Wu trapped Hu Liena in the barrier while the Shrek team moved to face their opponents, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward the Spirit Hall Team’s support soul master.
• Ning Rongrong used the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Xiao Wu’s Soul Power and Zhu Zhuqing’s speed, while Hu Liena urged Yan to stop Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Hai realized the Inkstone of No Return countered Hu Liena’s spiritual-focused abilities so effectively that she had few ways to break the barrier.

Shrek Academy’s ambush crippled five Spirit Hall fighters, but Xiao Wu exhausted her Soul Power and Shrek ultimately conceded the championship match. As the crowd prepared to leave, Bibi Dong announced that she had two matters to reveal.

• Xiao Wu used her fifth and sixth soul skills to help Zhu Zhuqing ambush Yan, while Zhu Zhuqing’s attack sent Zhang Ping and the other Spirit Hall fighters off the arena.
• Xiao Wu could no longer maintain the Space Barrier, and Hu Liena broke free as Shrek’s resistance ended.
• Hu Liena whispered a proposal to Xiao Wu, who blushed and angrily rejected what she said.
• Shrek Academy voluntarily conceded, and the six Spirit Bones went to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan.
• Bibi Dong tapped her scepter and announced that she had two matters to address.

Bibi Dong publicly banned Yu Xiaogang’s theory and announced Lin Hai’s new body of Spirit Master research, prompting Yu Xiaogang to accuse them of stealing his work. Bibi Dong countered his denials with evidence and challenged the rigid Spirit Ring limits in his theory, leaving him unable to answer.

• Bibi Dong declared Yu Xiaogang’s ‘Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul’ a banned book, barred him from publishing Spirit Master theories or entering Spirit City, and Yu Xiaogang fainted from rage.
• Bibi Dong announced Lin Hai’s six-volume Spirit Master theory and explained how its foundational and advanced material would be distributed.
• After waking, Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of clearing the way for Lin Hai and accused Lin Hai of approaching him to steal his theories.
• Bibi Dong stopped Spirit Hall’s leaders from attacking Yu Xiaogang and presented a tray of evidence, then cited Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong’s Spirit Ring configurations against his theory.
• Bibi Dong had Zhang Ping and Xu Yu display their Spirit Rings, and challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain how his fixed absorption limits accounted for physical strengthening methods.

Bibi Dong publicly dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s theories, prompting him to attack before Tang San and Tang Hao intervened. As Tang Hao clashed with Spirit Hall’s experts, Lin Hai sent Bibi Dong to the safety of his Dantian Space, while the Bodhi Ancient Tree warned that two Gods had arrived nearby.

• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories and exposed flaws in his claims, leaving the crowd laughing as he vowed revenge and summoned his Three-Eyed Blazing Demon.
• Yue Guan ordered the Cardinals to take Yu Xiaogang, but Tang San stepped forward to defend his teacher, backed only by Tailong.
• Tang Hao appeared and struck the ground with his hammer, blasting away the Cardinals and intimidating the Soul Masters with his Super Douluo power.
• Lin Hai urged Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm to confront Tang Hao, and the two activated their Martial Soul Avatars as Bibi Dong prepared to join the battle.
• Lin Hai asked Bibi Dong to trust him and sent her into his Dantian Space; the Bodhi Ancient Tree then warned him that two Gods had arrived nearby.

Lin Hai learned that two God King-level deities had secretly descended and told the Bodhi Ancient Tree to watch them without drawing their attention. The Goddesses of Life and Goodness identified Lin Hai in Spirit City as the source of the power they sought, each pursuing a different goal.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree warned Lin Hai that two concealed deities with God King-level strength had arrived nearby.
• Lin Hai questioned the Sea God about who the deities might be, and the Sea God guessed they could be one of the Divine Realm’s two godly couples.
• Lin Hai ordered the Bodhi Ancient Tree to monitor the newcomers but not investigate them unless they posed a threat.
• The Goddess of Life told the Goodness Goddess that Lin Hai carried the higher-level Life Law power she had sensed in the mortal world.
• The chapter revealed that the Goddess of Life had descended seeking a way past her bottleneck, while the Goodness Goddess wanted to find the source of the Slaughter Law and have a child.

The Goodness Goddess and Goddess of Life descended to Spirit City together while discussing their longing for children and their very different desires. As Tang Hao fought in the plaza, Bo Saixi struggled between the Sea God's oracle, her ties to Tang Chen, and her growing feelings for Lin Hai, and she decided not to help Tang Hao.

• The Goodness Goddess and Goddess of Life agreed to descend to Spirit City, then teased each other about wanting children and discussed their differing views of mortal life.
• Atop a Spirit City building, Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu why he had not captured Tang Hao, who had killed her father.
• Bo Saixi recognized Tang Hao's immense potential and hesitated over whether to subdue him and take him away.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bo Saixi that opposing Lin Hai could have consequences, mistaking her hesitation for concern about Tang Hao.
• Bo Saixi decided she would not help Tang Hao, while Qian Renxue remained confused about the situation.

Lin Hai watched Tang Hao battle Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm until Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer to try to break through and escape with Tang San. Lin Hai intervened with Intercept Flow, stripped the attack of its overwhelming force, and followed up with skills to restrain Tang Hao.

• Lin Hai ordered Lingyuan Douluo and the others to guard the Pope's Palace and capture Yu Xiaogang and Tailong, while Tang San held back from intervening.
• Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm adapted to their evolved Martial Souls and fought Tang Hao in concert, though they had not fully mastered their new strength.
• Tang Hao concluded that Lin Hai was behind Spirit Hall's growing power and decided he needed to escape with Tang San.
• Tang Hao exploded four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer toward Yue Guan, Ghostly Charm, and the Pope's Palace.
• Lin Hai used Intercept Flow to drain the force from Tang Hao's strike, then activated Space Control and Prison Chain Thousandfold · Body Lock.

Lin Hai defeated Tang Hao by interrupting the Great Sumeru Hammer and binding him for Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm’s Ninth Spirit Skills, but Tang Hao survived and escaped with Tang San. Lin Hai stopped the pursuit, ordered Yu Xiaogang imprisoned, and learned that Asura had acted nearby while the hidden gods remained still.

• Lin Hai used his spirit skills to interrupt Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer, restrain him with a Dark Chain, and expose him to Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm’s Ninth Spirit Skills.
• The onlookers were stunned by Lin Hai’s strength, while Huo Yao urged Huo Wu to stay in Spirit City and prepare to marry Lin Hai.
• Tang Hao broke the Dark Chain, grabbed Tang San, and fled after swearing to repay Lin Hai’s humiliation.
• Lin Hai stopped Yue Guan and Ghostly Charm from pursuing Tang Hao, then ordered Yu Xiaogang imprisoned for the Pope to decide his fate.
• Lin Hai asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree about Asura’s move and learned that neither of the two gods hidden near Spirit City had acted.

After Tang Hao escaped, Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue to abandon thoughts of revenge and prepare for the Angel God's trial. Back in Spirit City, Lin Hai discussed Yu Xiaogang's fate with Shrek Academy, saying it depended on Yu Xiaogang himself.

• Bo Saixi chose not to pursue Tang Hao and went to see Lin Hai, while Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue not to seek revenge for her father's death.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to manage Heaven Dou's affairs and return to Spirit City to prepare for the Angel God's trial.
• As teams left Spirit City, Huo Yao returned home to prepare a dowry, Feng Xiaotian abandoned his hopes of winning Huo Wu, and Dai Weisi hurried away.
• Lin Hai met with Shrek Academy and urged Flender to consider joining Spirit Hall.
• Flender asked Lin Hai what would happen to Yu Xiaogang, and Lin Hai said Yu Xiaogang's fate depended entirely on himself before calling Hu Liena over.

Lin Hai woke Bibi Dong and told her Yu Xiaogang had been captured while Tang Hao and his son escaped. They went to see Yu Xiaogang, whose attempts to justify himself and cast suspicion on Lin Hai drew Hu Liena’s anger and left Flender and Liu Erlong reflecting on the past.

• Lin Hai waited beside Bibi Dong as she slept, then joked with her after she woke.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had been captured and agreed to see him after Lin Hai suggested she hear what he had done behind her back.
• Lin Hai and Bibi Dong arrived at Yu Xiaogang’s room and heard him apologize to Yu Tianheng while defending his theories and insinuating that Lin Hai had ulterior motives.
• Hu Liena rebuked Yu Xiaogang and clarified to Flender that she had only called Shrek little-known to answer his own argument.
• Flender and Liu Erlong considered Lin Hai’s past at Shrek, while Liu Erlong resolved to share Lin Hai’s life and fate.

Lin Hai and Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s calculated schemes by having Hu Liena hypnotize him and reveal his past. Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang locked in Spirit Hall’s Black Room, leaving his punishment to begin.

• Lin Hai asked Hu Liena to make Yu Xiaogang reveal the truth, and she hypnotized him until his Spiritual Power was exhausted.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yu Xiaogang and learned that he had deliberately engineered his first meeting with her to win her attention.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he had suspected Liu Erlong’s connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and pursued their Martial Soul Fusion Skill despite his doubts.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed his resentment toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and his disregard for Flender, while Yu Tianheng left and Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena demanded punishment.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to have the enforcement team lock Yu Xiaogang in the dungeon’s Black Room.

Lin Hai gave Elixir Pills to his companions and allies as they chose their next steps, then visited Bibi Dong to discuss Divine Slaughter's Domain. He explained that the Asura God had used it to protect Tang Hao and proposed devouring the domain before it became a danger.

• Lin Hai persuaded Dai Mubai that he could stay in Spirit City or return to Shrek without being forced to fight for Star Luo, and offered Elixir Pills to him, Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Lin Hai spent two days refining Elixir Pills for Shrek, Skywater Academy, Spirit Hall's worshippers, and elders; Dai Mubai returned to Star Luo, Ma Hongjun went back to Shrek, and Oscar stayed in Spirit City.
• Lin Hai kept Skywater Academy in Spirit City for the journey to Sea God Island, gave Yan an Elixir Pill for blessing him and Hu Liena, and later got Hu Liena so exhausted that she could barely move.
• Lin Hai went to Bibi Dong and proposed restricting Divine Slaughter's Domain during their planned contest, explaining that it had allowed the Asura God to save Tang Hao.
• Lin Hai told Bibi Dong that the Asura God intended to nurture Tang San as an heir and offered to devour and refine Divine Slaughter's Domain before it could become a source of disaster.

Lin Hai prepared to sever Bibi Dong’s connection to Divine Slaughter’s Domain while the Goodness Goddess and the Goddess of Life watched from afar. The Goddess of Life decided to wait for a chance to bargain with Lin Hai, and the Goodness Goddess suggested using his female confidantes to draw her into his affairs.

• Lin Hai told Bibi Dong that winning her mattered more than beating her, then asked her to release Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree formed a barrier around Lin Hai and Bibi Dong to block outside observation and interference.
• The Goddess of Life complained that Lin Hai had obscured the energy screen in broad daylight, and the Goodness Goddess defended his choice.
• The Goodness Goddess suspected Lin Hai might be the mortal who had wielded the Slaughter Law, while the Goddess of Life revealed she had recorded Tang Hao’s use of Asura Divine Power.
• The Goddess of Life explained that she wanted to make a fair deal with Lin Hai for something important to her, rather than take it by force.
• The Goodness Goddess warned that conflict with Asura could trouble Lin Hai and suggested the Goddess of Life approach him through his talented female confidantes.

Goddess of Life considered choosing an heir from Lin Hai’s companions while Lin Hai and Bibi Dong prepared to spar outside the city. Their fight began with Bibi Dong’s attacks, but Lin Hai’s counter unexpectedly caught her around the waist.

• Goodness Goddess suggested that Goddess of Life choose a compatible girl near Lin Hai and give her a Divine Trial, and Goddess of Life agreed to consider it.
• Lin Hai advanced from Rank 80 to Rank 82 while refining Divine Slaughter’s Domain, then thanked Bibi Dong and agreed to spar with her outside the city.
• Lin Hai and Bibi Dong traveled outside the city, where Lin Hai created a Space Barrier that also enclosed the hidden Goddess of Life and Goodness Goddess.
• Bibi Dong trapped Lin Hai with Death Spider Web Restraint, but he broke free and claimed he was immune to its poison.
• Bibi Dong used Spider Emperor Clone to attack Lin Hai, who countered with Cosmic Spirit Control and grabbed her around the waist from within a broken tree root.

Lin Hai and Bibi Dong’s sparring match turned into a close-quarters struggle of restraints and soul attacks. Bibi Dong withdrew her dangerous Hellfire when she feared Lin Hai had been hurt, but his apparent suffering proved to be a ruse.

• Lin Hai caught Bibi Dong from behind, but she ensnared him with the Spider God Demon Web and attacked with her spirit bones.
• Lin Hai blocked Bibi Dong’s strike and bound them together with Heaven Tying Chains, refusing to loosen them when she demanded it.
• Bibi Dong unleashed Soul Burning Hellfire, and Lin Hai endured its soul-damaging effects using Spirit Platform Heart Guard.
• After fifteen minutes, Bibi Dong worried that Lin Hai had been seriously hurt and withdrew her Hellfire and web.
• Bibi Dong realized Lin Hai had been faking his suffering when she felt his unmistakable reaction behind her again.