Chapter Summaries

Lin Hai gave Qian Renxue the first volume of the All Spirits Affinity Technique and teased her about her cultivation progress. He then dangled an Elixir Pill before her, and their playful argument turned into mutual accusations about their secret crimes.

• Qian Renxue explained how she had created and maintained her Xue Qinghe disguise, then asked Lin Hai about the first volume of his All Spirits Affinity Technique.
• Lin Hai gave Qian Renxue the technique and warned her not to send it to Spirit Hall or let it distract from her cultivation.
• Qian Renxue defended her level seventy-two Soul Power by describing the pressure of handling palace affairs and court politics while undercover.
• Lin Hai showed Qian Renxue a Jade Bottle and implied it held an Elixir Pill, prompting her to reach for it.
• Lin Hai withdrew the bottle and demanded that Qian Renxue call him Brother Lin Hai before he would give it to her.
• Qian Renxue threatened to investigate Lin Hai as the outsider behind the attacks on Xue Beng and Xue Xing and the theft of the national treasure, while Lin Hai countered by calling her Your Highness the Crown Prince.

Qian Renxue fought with Lin Hai, then discussed a spirit ring pill with him before leaving. Ye Yunyao arrived with news that Xue Ye wanted Ye Lingling to marry Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and she came to discuss the proposal and gauge Lin Hai’s feelings for her daughter.

• Qian Renxue and Lin Hai brawled in his room until they both sat down to catch their breath.
• Lin Hai advised Qian Renxue to use a suitable Spirit Ring Pill when she reached level eighty, and she admitted someone had already brought one to her.
• Qian Renxue left with Porcupine Douluo after arranging to visit Lin Hai again to refine the pill.
• Ye Yunyao told Lin Hai that Marshal Ge Long had indicated Xue Ye wanted Ye Lingling to marry into the Eastern Palace as Crown Princess.
• Ye Yunyao said she wanted to discuss how to handle the proposal and privately hoped to learn whether Lin Hai cared for Ye Lingling.

Lin Hai helped Ye Yunyao resist the royal family’s plan to marry Ye Lingling to Xue Qinghe, while Tang Hao gave Tang San a Spirit Bone he claimed came from a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San absorbed it quickly but discovered it was only a thousand-year Blue Silver Grass torso bone, leaving Tang Hao furious and confused.

• Lin Hai told Ye Yunyao that Xue Qinghe’s proposed marriage to Ye Lingling was unsuitable and suggested claiming that he and Ye Lingling had privately pledged themselves to each other.
• Ye Yunyao agreed and hurried off to find Er Long after sharing a moment of mutual attraction with Lin Hai.
• Tang Hao summoned Tang San to the forest behind Shrek Academy and gave him a Spirit Bone he described as a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.
• Tang San absorbed the Spirit Bone in half an hour, but his Soul Power rose only about half a level and remained at level thirty-three.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that the Spirit Bone was actually a thousand-year Blue Silver Grass torso bone, and Tang Hao demanded to know its Spirit Bone skill.

Tang Hao discovered that Tang San had absorbed a Thousand Year Trunk Bone instead of Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone, then recovered through a mysterious red light at the cost of his youth. After Yu Xiaogang deduced that someone had switched the bone, Tang Hao feared Ah Yin’s true body had also been replaced and rushed to the rear mountain.

• Tang San used Light of Life on Tang Hao, who realized his Spirit Bone had been ruined and fainted after spitting blood.
• The Asura God sensed the failure of his arrangements and sent a bead of blood-red Divine Power toward Douluo Continent.
• Tang Hao woke with his injuries partly healed and his Soul Power raised to rank 96, but his hair and face had aged.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang that Ah Yin’s Spirit Bone had been sealed in a cave and that he had found no signs of anyone entering it.
• Yu Xiaogang deduced that someone had disguised a Thousand-year Blue Silver Grass Trunk Bone as Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone.
• Tang Hao wondered whether Ah Yin’s true body had also been switched and hurried toward the academy’s rear mountain.

Lin Hai reflected on the Asura God's hidden influence and the changes of the past two years, including his new spirit skills and growing relationships. As the Spirit Master Competition approached, Ye Yunyao told Liu Erlong that Meng Yiran had absorbed an unusually powerful spirit ring, and Dragon Duke Meng Shu had come to visit.

• Lin Hai learned from the Bodhi Ancient Tree that the Asura God had used the Slaughter Origin to interfere with the lower realm, and he resolved to destroy Bibi Dong's Divine Slaughter's Domain during the competition finals.
• Tang San defeated Taino without the Eight Spider Lances, and Tai Tan later recognized Tang Hao and sent Tailong to follow Tang San.
• Ye Yunyao declined the imperial marriage proposal, while Xue Qinghe visited Shrek more often and later secured a million Gold Soul Coins for the academy from Xue Ye.
• Lin Hai broke through rank eighty, refined the Heaven Tying Chain, and gained three spirit skills, including Myriad Laws Unbound.
• Ye Yunyao explained to Liu Erlong that Meng Yiran's spirit ring hunt had intersected with Shrek's, and that Dragon Duke had later given Meng Yiran a Man Faced Demon Spider with more than two thousand years of cultivation.

Ye Yunyao told Liu Erlong how Meng Yiran's failed Spirit Ring absorption had left her unable to cultivate, and Liu Erlong suggested Lin Hai might be able to heal her. The conversation ended with Ye Yunyao confident that Dragon Duke would wait if Lin Hai could save his granddaughter.

• Ye Yunyao explained that Meng Yiran's meridians, Soul Power, and organs were badly damaged when she absorbed a Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring during a Beast Tide.
• Ye Yunyao said she had saved Meng Yiran's life but could not restore her cultivation, even after reaching the Spirit Douluo realm.
• Liu Erlong wondered whether Lin Hai could heal Meng Yiran, and Ye Yunyao was astonished that a Battle Spirit Master might succeed where she had failed.
• Liu Erlong worried that Meng Yiran might cling to Lin Hai if he saved her, while Ye Yunyao joked about Liu Erlong's jealousy and described Ye Ling Ling's easygoing attitude toward Lin Hai's other relationships.
• Ye Yunyao said Dragon Duke could wait three days and three nights if Lin Hai truly could cure Meng Yiran.

Lin Hai returned to Shrek Academy, then went with Liu Erlong to the Ye Family to examine Meng Yiran’s injury. He confirmed that she could be treated and offered her family two methods, leaving them to choose between them.

• Lin Hai returned to Shrek Academy to cultivate while Qian Renxue handled affairs at the Imperial Palace.
• Liu Erlong told Lin Hai about Meng Yiran’s condition and asked him to see whether his healing spirit skill could help.
• Lin Hai and Liu Erlong went to the Ye Family, where Lin Hai met Meng Yiran and her grandparents, Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager.
• Lin Hai examined Meng Yiran and revealed that he was a Spirit Douluo, astonishing her grandparents.
• Lin Hai confirmed that Meng Yiran’s injury could be treated and offered two methods for her family to choose from.

Lin Hai offered Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch a choice between ordinary treatment for Meng Yiran and a costly cure that would also improve her strength and talent; they chose the latter and agreed to serve him for ten years. As Shrek Academy prepared for the Spirit Master Competition, Flender discovered more than three million Gold Soul Coins had vanished and concluded that making money was now a matter of survival.

• Lin Hai offered to cure Meng Yiran completely or enhance her strength and talent in exchange for ten years of service, and Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch chose the second option.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch left Meng Yiran at the Ye Family estate, while Ye Yunyao worried about Lin Hai’s growing circle of women.
• Lin Hai returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender distributed redesigned competition uniforms and refused to negotiate away sponsorship fees.
• On the competition’s opening day, Flender found that more than three million Gold Soul Coins had disappeared from his office.
• Flender tried to sell more sponsorship space on Hong Jun and Tailong’s uniforms, and Liu Erlong demanded to know why he needed so much money.
• Flender admitted that he had never had a real purpose for the money before, but now he needed it for food.

Flender revealed that the academy’s funds had been stolen, while Yu Xiaogang connected the theft to earlier incidents and suspected Bone Douluo Gu Rong. At the Great Soul Arena, Shrek Academy ran into Canghui Academy and its teacher Shi Nian, who fixed his strange gaze on Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Flender told the group that someone had emptied the academy’s safe, and Lin Hai secretly knew he had stolen the money.
• Yu Xiaogang linked the theft to the Spirit Bone theft and Tang San’s assassination attempt, suspected Gu Rong, and decided to inform Tang Hao.
• The group headed to the Great Soul Arena, where Ning Rongrong complained about their uniforms and Flender urged the students to aim for third place and fight for first.
• Canghui Academy mocked Shrek, and Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun taunted them over their previous defeat.
• Shi Nian arrived, recognized Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing from Ye Zhi Qiu’s report, and fixed them with a strange, black-hole-like gaze.

Lin Hai stopped Shi Nian from attacking Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing by instantly incapacitating him, then Shrek Academy prepared for its tournament debut. Flender placed all the money Lin Hai had given him on Shrek to win its opening match against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.

• Shi Nian used a mental Illusion Realm to target Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Hai struck his Sea of Consciousness and knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Hai explained Shi Nian's attack to Shrek's students, and Liu Erlong tried to go after Shi Nian before Lin Hai stopped her.
• Flender warned the students to avoid going out alone, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing felt reassured by Lin Hai's intervention.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe gave the tournament's opening speech, and Shrek Academy drew the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team for its first-round Exhibition Match.
• Lin Hai gave Flender a Golden Card for the students' meals, and Flender used the money to bet everything on Shrek.

Shrek Academy defeated the Imperial Dou Second Team, and Lin Hai took the girls shopping afterward. Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy team spotted the Jade Pendant at Lin Hai's waist and recognized it as the Profound Ice Phoenix.

• Shrek's first-match lineup was set without Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, or Ning Rongrong, while Qin Ming and Dugu Yan visited the team before the match.
• Dugu Yan admitted she could not break through Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing accused Lin Hai of being a double agent for revealing information.
• Shrek quickly routed the Imperial Dou Second Team, and the referee declared Shrek the winner despite the opposing supervising teacher's protest.
• Lin Hai went shopping in Heaven Dou City with the girls and spent money Flender had given him.
• Shui Yue'er noticed the Jade Pendant on Lin Hai's waist, and Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater Academy girls recognized it as the Profound Ice Phoenix.

Shui Bing'er learned the history of the Profound Ice Phoenix pendant Lin Hai wore and recognized it as the heirloom she and her friends had sold when they were children. After returning to the hotel, she discussed Shrek Academy with her mother, Shui Yunshu, who recalled its headmaster Liu Erlong and other famous figures of their generation.

• Shui Bing'er remembered how she, Xue Wu, Shui Yue'er, and their friends had sold the Profound Ice Phoenix pendant, with Shui Yue'er taking the blame when Shui Yunshu discovered it was missing.
• Xue Wu recognized Dugu Yan beside Lin Hai, and Shen Liuyu told the others rumors that Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had feelings for a Shrek Academy man.
• Shui Bing'er recognized Lin Hai as a likely Shrek Academy team member, blushed as she left, and returned with the others to their hotel.
• Shui Bing'er told Shui Yunshu that Shrek Academy had defeated the Imperial Dou Second Team in less than a minute.
• Shui Yunshu recalled Liu Erlong and Ye Yunyao as prodigies of their generation and said the most remarkable had been Your Holiness the Pope.

Shui Bing'er confessed to her mother, Shui Yunshu, that she had stolen the Profound Ice Phoenix Jade Pendant, then explained that she had seen it on Lin Hai. The pendant’s return raised the prospect of a relationship with him and left both women worried about the Shui Family’s rules and possible ties to Spirit Hall.

• Shui Yunshu revealed that she had long known Shui Bing'er was behind the theft and had waited for her to accept responsibility.
• Shui Bing'er told Shui Yunshu that she had seen the Profound Ice Phoenix on Lin Hai and described his looks, companions, and the rumors surrounding him.
• Shui Yunshu explained that the pendant traditionally marked the current Shui Family head’s acknowledged lover, making Lin Hai’s possession of it politically and personally troubling.
• Shui Bing'er worried that she and Shui Yue'er might have to marry Lin Hai and that he might be connected to Spirit Hall.
• Shui Yunshu asked whether Shui Bing'er dared defy their ancestors’ rules, and both admitted they did not before deciding to take matters one step at a time.

Dai Mubai sought Lin Hai’s help against Dai Weisi, but Lin Hai revealed that Dai Mubai had another path besides inheriting the Star Luo throne. Shrek then prepared to face Blazing Academy without Tang San and Jiang Zhu, choosing a strategy of attrition.

• At dinner, Dai Mubai decided to ask Lin Hai for help because he feared losing to Dai Weisi and dying under the Star Luo succession rules.
• On the back mountain, Lin Hai told Dai Mubai that Dai Weisi could no longer use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that reporting this to his father could remove Dai Weisi from the succession contest.
• Lin Hai warned Dai Mubai that becoming Crown Prince and inheriting the throne might not be the life he wanted, and Dai Mubai admitted he preferred his freedom at Shrek.
• Shrek won its next two matches and prepared for its fourth Preliminary Tournament round against Blazing Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang chose an attrition strategy and benched Tang San and Jiang Zhu, explaining that Blazing Academy’s fire-attribute Martial Souls countered Tang San’s abilities.

Lin Hai warned Shrek Academy that Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion could make her Fourth Spirit Skill too dangerous, so Zhu Zhuqing replaced Ning Rongrong. Zhu Zhuqing revealed herself as a level 58 Spirit King and swiftly overwhelmed most of Blazing Academy, leaving Huo Wu to face her in a final decisive clash.

• Lin Hai warned Yu Xiaogang and Flender that Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion could make her Fourth Spirit Skill powerful enough to injure Shrek’s team, and Ning Rongrong confirmed the danger.
• Liu Erlong backed Lin Hai’s recommendation, and Flender chose Zhu Qing to replace Rong Rong.
• Doudou announced Zhu Zhuqing’s level 58 Spirit King status, astonishing the crowd and drawing comments from Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.
• Huo Wushuang worried that Huo Wu would be outmatched, but Huo Wu insisted that Blazing Academy should fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Dark Moon Domain to knock Blazing Academy’s other Battle Spirit Masters from the arena and leave Huo Wushuang injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Huo Wu to decide the match in one move, and Huo Wu accepted.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Huo Wu in a clash of their fourth spirit skills, ending the match with Blazing Academy's concession. On the way back, Tang San promoted his Hidden Weapons to the Shrek team in hopes of gaining Dai Mubai's support, but Ning Rongrong revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect already had stronger versions.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Huo Wu agreed to settle the match with one move each, then unleashed Netherworld Dark Moon and Fire Dance Sun.
• Zhu Zhuqing's attack overcame Huo Wu's fireball, and Huo Wushuang conceded for Blazing Academy after Dai Mubai carried him to safety.
• Lin Hai led the team back to the academy while Oscar and Ma Hongjun discussed whether Food System Spirit Masters needed combat ability.
• Tang San described his mechanical Hidden Weapons and offered to give the team a set, hoping to attract Dai Mubai's interest and build a connection with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• After Oscar questioned why Ning Rongrong seemed uninterested, she said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect already had weapons that were stronger than Tang San's.

Ning Rongrong demonstrated a new crossbow that exposed the limits of Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow, while Lin Hai later met Xue Ke and agreed to consider taking her as a disciple. Xue Qinghe arranged the connection to give Xue Ke protection when the Heaven Dou Empire fell, and they planned to discuss it with Tang Yuehua.

• Ning Rongrong fired a new crossbow at Lin Hai, and he blocked its bolts with a Space Barrier before confirming that the weapon could threaten Soul Kings.
• Tang San recognized that the new crossbow surpassed his Godly Zhuge Crossbow and was shaken by the setback to the Tang Sect’s legacy.
• Xue Qinghe brought Xue Ke to meet Lin Hai and explained that she had come to see Shrek’s strongest soul master after its victory over Blazing Academy.
• Xue Qinghe asked Lin Hai to accept Xue Ke as a disciple so she could have a public identity and protection in the future.
• Xue Ke worried that Tang Yuehua would object, and Xue Qinghe proposed explaining the arrangement to her at Moonlight Pavilion.

Lin Hai visited Moonlight Pavilion with Xue Qinghe and met Tang Yuehua, whose history and feelings for Tang Hao were revealed. During a music lesson, Lin Hai played an ocarina piece that made Tang Yuehua recognize him as the musician she had heard years earlier.

• Xue Qinghe brought Lin Hai to Moonlight Pavilion and obtained Tang Yuehua’s approval for him to teach Xue Ke cultivation.
• Tang Yuehua felt an unexplained familiarity with Lin Hai, while recalling her place in the Clear Sky Sect and her unspoken love for Tang Hao.
• Xue Qinghe arranged for Lin Hai and Tang Yuehua to exchange musical techniques during her class and forbade Lin Hai from using his qin.
• Lin Hai performed “The Scenery of My Hometown” on an ocarina, and Tang Yuehua recognized him as the musician she had heard in a carriage years before.

Lin Hai impressed Tang Yuehua with his Ocarina performance and received a special teacher badge, then returned to Shrek Academy with Xue Qinghe. Shrek finished the Heaven Dou Preliminary Tournament undefeated and entered its final match against Skywater Academy, where Lin Hai planned to test Tang San’s resistance to ice.

• Lin Hai performed on his Ocarina, and Tang Yuehua praised his talent and gave him a Moonlight Pavilion Special Grade Teacher badge.
• Lin Hai and Xue Qinghe left Moonlight Pavilion without settling whether Xue Ke would take Tang Yuehua as her master; Xue Qinghe teased Lin Hai about Xue Ke’s feelings for him, and they fought playfully in the carriage.
• Shrek Academy swept through the Preliminary Tournament, defeating teams including Elephant Armored Academy and Canghui Academy to claim first place in the Heaven Dou division.
• Zhu Zhuqing became known as the Dark Goddess, though Skywater Academy’s dancers drew more attention before the final round.
• Shrek fielded Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tailong, and Jiang Zhu against Skywater Academy, while Lin Hai hoped Zhu Zhuqing would give Tang San room to face Shui Bing’er’s ice skills.

Skywater Academy’s opening plan failed when Zhu Zhuqing broke free of Shui Bing’er’s ice, forcing the teams into a fierce regrouping. Xue Wu completed her preparations and joined Shui Bing’er in a fusion that carried them into the storm clouds overhead.

• Shui Bing’er trapped Dai Mubai, Tailong, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing in ice while Skywater Academy attacked Ma Hongjun and the two support Spirit Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing shattered her ice prison, and Dai Mubai, Tailong, and Tang San broke free and rushed to help Ma Hongjun.
• Shui Bing’er ordered her teammates to regroup as Shrek’s fighters surrounded them, while Zhu Zhuqing returned to guard Oscar and Jiang Zhu.
• Huo Wu told Huo Wushuang she hoped Skywater Academy would lose because she had never beaten Shui Bing’er and did not want Shui Yue’er to tease her.
• Xue Wu finished preparing her technique and joined Shui Bing’er, merging their Soul Power and shooting into the dark clouds as Skywater Academy’s other members retreated.