Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan and Hu Liena took leave to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone while Yan worried about their closeness. At Spirit Hall’s assembly, Bibi Dong’s Hunting Soul Plan was blocked by Qian Daoliu, so she publicized Xue Celou’s attack on Xu Yuan as justification for a punitive expedition against the Heaven Dou Empire, stirring outrage across the continent.

• Xu Yuan and Hu Liena took leave from Lor Diarra to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Yan agonized over their shared dormitory and future relationship.
• Bibi Dong proposed the Hunting Soul Plan at Spirit Hall’s grand assembly, but Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders opposed it and forced her to shelve it.
• Bibi Dong heard that Prince Xue Xing blamed Spirit Hall for Xue Celou’s death and ordered an announcement accusing the Heaven Dou Empire of plotting against Xu Yuan.
• Spirit Hall’s announcement threatened a punitive expedition against the Heaven Dou Empire and recounted Xue Celou’s attack on Xu Yuan in Tianxing City.
• The announcement spread across the continent, and commoner Soul Masters grew indignant at the Heaven Dou Empire.

Spirit Hall’s accusation against Xue Celou gained credibility as investigators found he had killed someone in Tianxing City and Xu Yuan had been absent from classes. The Star Luo Empire backed Spirit Hall while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect urged mediation, leaving Xue Ye furious and unsure how to respond to the threat of war.

• Heaven Dou Empire factions investigated Spirit Hall’s claims and found evidence that Xue Celou had killed someone in Tianxing City and that Xu Yuan had stopped attending classes.
• The Star Luo Empire announced its support for Spirit Hall and offered to send the White Tiger Legion to guard Slaughter City.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect urged the Star Luo Emperor not to inflame the conflict and offered Ning Fengzhi as a mediator, while acknowledging Xue Celou’s fault.
• Xue Xing denounced Spirit Hall’s accusation against his dead son, and Xue Qinghe nearly choked at his claim that Xue Celou had kindly helped young women.
• Xue Ye blamed Ning Fengzhi for confirming Xue Celou’s actions, but Xue Qinghe warned that the empire could not withstand Spirit Hall’s attacks on its leaders.
• Xue Ye realized the empire had little defense against Spirit Hall but resented the suggestion that he compensate and apologize.

Xue Ye apologized to Spirit Hall and agreed to compensate it for Xue Celou’s attack on Xu Yuan, but Spirit Hall’s response demanded a soul bone, a heavenly treasure, and fifteen million Gold Soul Coins. The chapter ended with Xue Ye furious over the demands, while the continent reacted to Heaven Dou’s public apology.

• Xue Ye ordered the Heaven Dou Empire to apologize to Spirit Hall and compensate it, dismissing Xue Celou’s punishment as unimportant beside calming Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye berated Prince Xue Xing for Xue Celou’s crimes, while Xue Qinghe watched calmly.
• The Heaven Dou Empire published its apology, prompting outrage among its nobles and subordinate kingdoms and celebrations among Spirit Hall members and commoner Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong doubted that the apology reflected genuine goodwill and believed Heaven Dou would attack Spirit Hall if it gained the strength to do so.
• Spirit Hall accepted the apology but demanded a soul bone, a foundation-repairing treasure, five million Gold Soul Coins for Xu Yuan, and ten million more for damaged buildings.
• Xue Ye smashed another teacup and angrily called Spirit Hall’s fifteen-million-coin demand extortion.

Xu Yuan learned that Spirit Hall had secured enormous compensation from the Heaven Dou Empire by claiming he had been gravely injured, and Yue Guan warned him to keep up the deception. After more than a month of recuperation, Xu Yuan received his share of the compensation and discovered that personal income tax applied even in another world.

• Bibi Dong demanded an exorbitant compensation payment from the Heaven Dou Empire, confident that it could not break its promise.
• After waking from his Soul Bone absorption, Xu Yuan heard the story of his supposed injury and Martial Soul destruction and learned that Xue Ye had agreed to pay.
• Xu Yuan considered visiting the Heaven Dou Empire to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Yue Guan told him to wait until the compensation arrived and keep acting injured.
• Yue Guan told Xu Yuan that Bibi Dong had praised Immortal Happy Water's sales and proposed another reward for him.
• Xu Yuan spent more than a month consolidating his Soul Power while Hu Liena brought him meals, and Xue Qinghe delivered the compensation supplies to Spirit City.
• Yue Guan gave Xu Yuan five million Gold Soul Coins in compensation, leaving him with three million seven hundred and fifty thousand after personal income tax.

After reaching level twenty and mastering his spirit bone skill, Xu Yuan emerged from seclusion and visited Fadanier to discuss the next stage of their drink business. He introduced hot Milk Tea to offset declining cold-weather sales of Immortal Happy Water and left with his share of the profits.

• Xu Yuan reached level twenty after absorbing the ten-thousand-year leg bone and learned Warp, which let him make three spatial transfers within a hundred-meter radius.
• Hu Liena gave Xu Yuan his breakfast before hurrying to class, and he noticed autumn had arrived.
• Xu Yuan visited Fadanier and learned that Immortal Happy Water sales had fallen as the weather grew colder.
• Xu Yuan gave Fadanier Milk Tea to taste and discussed its price, profit split, and expanded sales through merchants such as restaurants and Spirit Fighting Arenas.
• Xu Yuan received a little over two million Gold Soul Coins from two months of Immortal Happy Water profits and compared the earnings unfavorably with Bibi Dong's ability to talk her way to wealth.

Xu Yuan visited Bibi Dong, who assigned Gui Mei to protect him while he acquired his Second Spirit Ring, then set out with Hu Liena to the Star Dou Forest after arranging a trip home to Holy Soul Village. There, Gui Mei captured a Soul Swallowing Beast, and Xu Yuan eagerly eyed the creature as a potential target.

• Xu Yuan visited Bibi Dong, who confirmed his foundation was stable and assigned Gui Mei to accompany him on his Spirit Ring journey.
• Xu Yuan invited Hu Liena to join him, planned to visit Old Jack in Holy Soul Village, and made arrangements with Yu Xian, Xu Hu, and Lor Diarra before leaving Spirit City with her and Gui Mei.
• On the way to the Star Dou Forest, Xu Yuan asked Hu Liena about Xue Qinghe and privately admired the Crown Prince's talent.
• Three days later, Xu Yuan, Hu Liena, and Gui Mei entered the Star Dou Forest, where a Soul Swallowing Beast ate a century-old hyena and spat out its Spirit Ring.
• Gui Mei restrained the Soul Swallowing Beast, while Xu Yuan approached it with delighted interest.

After absorbing his second Spirit Ring, Xu Yuan gained a skill that rapidly replenished his Soul Power, then traveled with Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo to Notting City. At the city’s Spirit Hall, Hu Liena overheard a deacon exaggerating Xu Yuan’s status and claiming she was smitten with him, leaving her embarrassed.

• Xu Yuan absorbed the Soul Swallowing Beast’s Spirit Ring and gained Soul Devouring Frenzy, which devoured spiritual energy within eight hundred meters to replenish his Soul Power.
• Xu Yuan became a two-ring Soul Grandmaster and left Star Dou Forest with Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo.
• The group reached Notting City and headed to its Spirit Hall because Xu Yuan did not remember the route back to Holy Soul Village.
• A female deacon told the Spirit Hall staff exaggerated stories about Xu Yuan’s influence and wealth, claiming Hu Liena was smitten with him.
• Hu Liena blushed at the deacon’s claim and wondered whether her feelings for Xu Yuan could really be called being smitten.

Xu Yuan returned to Notting City to visit Su Yuntao and then traveled to Holy Soul Village to see Old Jack. The chapter ended with Old Jack spotting Xu Yuan coming back into the village.

• Sisi recognized Xu Yuan as a Title Elder and greeted him and the Pope’s disciples with respect.
• Xu Yuan found Su Yuntao in his office, and the two happily caught up before Xu Yuan introduced Hu Liena and Gui Mei.
• Xu Yuan asked Su Yuntao to guide him back to Holy Soul Village, and Su Yuntao agreed.
• Xu Yuan saw that Spirit Hall had renovated Old Jack’s home and learned that Old Jack spent his days waiting for him.
• Old Jack recognized Xu Yuan approaching the village and cried out joyfully that his grandson had returned.

Xu Yuan returned to Holy Soul Village and reunited with his grandfather, Old Jack, while introducing him to Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo. At dinner, Xu Yuan reassured Hu Liena that she still had a family and that Spirit Hall could be her home.

• Xu Yuan rushed to embrace Old Jack, and the two happily caught up after their time apart.
• Xu Yuan introduced Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo to Old Jack and the villagers, who were awed by the Title Elder.
• Old Jack brought the group home, where Xu Yuan saw that Elder Yue had arranged for him to live in a spacious villa.
• Hu Liena insisted on cooking, and she and Xu Yuan prepared the meal together while Old Jack and Ghost Douluo watched approvingly.
• Hu Liena revealed that her parents had died and she had no home, so Xu Yuan told her that the people who cared for her were her family and that a place of peace was home.

Five years after Spirit Hall and the Two Empires competed to attract Soul Masters, Spirit City had grown prosperous, and Xu Yuan led the Golden Generation Team on a study and exchange trip to the Heaven Dou Empire. Yue Guan sent the group off in a massive ox cart after warning them not to damage Spirit Academy’s reputation.

• Spirit Hall prospered from Happy Water and Milk Tea sales, while the Two Empires recruited Soul Masters and opened their royal academies to talented commoners.
• Five years passed as Spirit City filled with food stalls and other businesses.
• Yue Guan gathered the seven-member Golden Generation Team, led by level-thirty-eight Xu Yuan and vice-captain Hu Liena, outside Spirit City.
• Yue Guan warned the team not to stir up trouble, and Xu Yuan and Hu Liena teased him for repeating the same speech.
• Yue Guan recalled Xu Yuan’s reckless attacks on evil Soul Masters and ordered the group to depart for the Heaven Dou Empire in a huge cart pulled by seven Iron-Horned Giant Rhinoceroses.

Spirit Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xu Yuan and the others saw its lavish grounds and cultivation facilities. After a welcome dinner and room assignments, Yue Guan disappeared from his room shortly after retiring for the night.

• Yue Guan introduced Spirit Academy’s delegation to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin, the leaders of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee.
• Meng Shenji led the group up the mountain, where Xu Yuan was astonished by the academy’s vast white-jade staircase and Yu Xian tried to inspect a step.
• Meng Shenji showed the delegation Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Mimicry Cultivation Fields, making Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Xu Hu envy the academy’s facilities.
• Xu Yuan and the others attended a lavish welcome dinner, though its food lacked the spirit beast meat and rare treasures served at Spirit Academy.
• Yue Guan assigned rooms in a courtyard, reminded the students not to cause trouble, and then vanished from his room soon after appearing to go to sleep.

Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe discussed the arrival of Spirit Academy’s Golden Generation, while Yue Guan brought the Spirit Academy students to begin their exchange at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At the Battle Arena, Yue Guan announced he was leaving Xu Yuan in charge, angering Qin Ming.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to keep the nobles in line and have the Imperial Fighting Team test Spirit Academy’s strength.
• A golden figure appeared to meet Xue Qinghe as she left the imperial palace.
• Yue Guan gave the Spirit Academy students three rules for the exchange, including that their targets were not limited to Heaven Dou Royal Academy students.
• Sun Buyu led Yue Guan and the students to the Battle Arena, where they met Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Yue Guan said he had to leave and appointed Xu Yuan to handle matters, leaving Qin Ming furious at the perceived insult.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xu Yuan and the Spirit Academy students agreed to three one-on-one matches and one seven-on-seven match against the Imperial Fighting Team. As the first opponent waited, the Spirit Academy team chose its fighter with rock-paper-scissors, angering their rivals.

• Yue Guan left the Spirit Academy students at the battle hall, and Xu Yuan calmed Yan by explaining that Hu Liena was concerned for him.
• Sun Buyu proposed Soul Fighting matches between the academies, and Xu Yuan agreed to the exchange.
• Xu Yuan noticed Ye Lingling among the Imperial Fighting Team and reflected on her potential, while Hu Liena teased him about her.
• The academies agreed to three one-on-one matches and one seven-on-seven match, with Qin Ming as referee.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy sent Osler to fight first, and Xu Yuan had the Spirit Academy students use rock-paper-scissors to choose their representative, angering the Imperial Fighting Team.

Yu Xian fought Osler in the opening match between Spirit Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, overcoming Osler’s advantage in cultivation and spirit rings with skillful archery. Osler fell, leaving the arena silent and Heaven Dou Royal Academy stunned.

• Yu Xian refused Xu Yuan’s offer to replace him and entered the match against Osler, who had three Spirit Rings to Yu Xian’s two.
• Osler used Leopard Shadow Clone to attack from three directions, but Yu Xian dispelled two clones with Dragon Shadow Arrows and wounded the real Osler.
• Osler closed the distance and attacked with Shadow Rending Claws, but Yu Xian blocked with his bow and used the blast to retreat.
• Yu Xian kept firing Dragon Shadow Arrows and Explosive Arrows as he moved away, steadily injuring Osler.
• Osler collapsed from Yu Xian’s attacks, and the stunned Heaven Dou Royal Academy students fell silent.

Yu Xian and Hu Liena won their matches against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team reeling from two defeats. The next match was set to pit the captains, Yu Tianheng and Xu Yuan, against each other.

• Qin Ming declared Yu Xian the winner after Osler lost his fighting ability, and ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to win the next match.
• Dugu Yan stepped onto the platform to face Hu Liena, whom Spirit Academy selected by rock-paper-scissors.
• Hu Liena used Charm to control Dugu Yan, then attacked with her enhanced nine tails until Qin Ming intervened and declared Dugu Yan defeated.
• Hu Liena celebrated her win, while Qin Ming realized Spirit Academy was far stronger than he had expected.
• Xu Yuan won Spirit Academy's rock-paper-scissors selection, setting up a captain-versus-captain match with Yu Tianheng.

Xu Yuan used Elemental Stripping and elemental attacks to trap Yu Tianheng, who hoped Xu Yuan would run out of Soul Power. The chapter ended when Xu Yuan's Second Spirit Ring restored much of his Soul Power, crushing Heaven Dou Royal Academy's hopes of outlasting him.

• Xu Yuan and Yu Tianheng released their Martial Souls, and Qin Ming began their match.
• Yu Tianheng boosted his lightning attacks and launched a Thunder Dragon Claw, but Xu Yuan stripped lightning from the area and made the attack vanish.
• Xu Yuan trapped Yu Tianheng in reinforced earth-and-gold walls and attacked him with Sky Fire and Wind Blades.
• Yu Tianheng endured the attacks while Qin Ming hoped Xu Yuan would exhaust his Soul Power first.
• Xu Yuan activated his Second Spirit Ring and recovered from forty percent to around eighty percent Soul Power, stunning Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

After Spirit Academy swept the one-on-one matches, both teams rested and prepared for the seven-versus-seven battle. The match began with Dugu Yan’s poison mist blown back onto the Imperial Fighting Team by Xu Yuan’s wind, leaving her teammates poisoned.

• Yu Tianheng was carried off the platform after Xu Yuan defeated him, completing Spirit Academy’s clean sweep of the individual matches.
• Qin Ming requested an hour’s rest and analyzed Spirit Academy’s fighters while arranging tactics for Heaven Dou Class One.
• Xu Yuan joked with his teammates, then both teams assembled for the team battle after the break.
• Qin Ming started the match, and the Imperial Fighting Team formed a defensive line while Dugu Yan released poison mist toward Spirit Academy.
• Xu Yuan used his wind-element skill to blow the poison mist back across the platform, poisoning the Imperial Fighting Team.

Xu Yuan's Origin Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team after turning Dugu Yan's poison against her teammates and overpowering the rest of the squad. After the match, Xu Yuan refused Sun Buyu's request to teach their tactics and told him to practice more.

• Dugu Yan's poisonous mist incapacitated the Shi Brothers, and the Imperial Fighting Team used prepared pills to contain the poison but lost the brothers' support in the match.
• The battle began, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yu Xian quickly drove back Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng, so Xu Yuan struck her with Justice from Above and knocked her unconscious.
• The Origin Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, confining Dugu Yan and leaving the other fighters unable to continue.
• Xu Yuan corrected Sun Buyu about his team's name and refused to teach their combat methods, telling him to practice more.

After the exchange at Heaven Dou Royal Academy was suspended, Xu Yuan and Hu Liena visited Heaven Dou City and wandered through its shops. They entered Moonlight Pavilion, where Hu Liena recognized the person who approached them.

• Sun Buyu watched the Imperial Fighting Team lose every battle and brought the Origin Team to lunch, hoping Xu Yuan would teach them combat techniques, but Xu Yuan refused.
• Xue Ye summoned the Education Committee after the defeats, suspending the exchange event and postponing the visit to the Mimicry Cultivation Field.
• Xu Yuan and Hu Liena decided to visit Heaven Dou City, accompanied by two Archbishops while the others stayed behind.
• Xu Yuan and Hu Liena explored Heaven Dou City’s shops and streets until evening.
• Hu Liena pulled Xu Yuan into Moonlight Pavilion, where an unfamiliar person asked if they were visiting for the first time and Hu Liena recognized him.

Xu Yuan confronted Xue Qinghe over her rude greeting at Moonlight Pavilion and forced her to apologize. Xue Qinghe then invited Xu Yuan and Hu Liena upstairs to see the hall, and they accepted.

• Hu Liena told Xu Yuan that the young man they encountered was Xue Qinghe, the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince.
• Xu Yuan challenged Xue Qinghe's claim to good manners, arguing that she had failed to introduce herself despite knowing who he and Hu Liena were.
• Xue Qinghe apologized to Xu Yuan and Hu Liena after his argument drew the attention of the people nearby.
• Xue Qinghe invited Xu Yuan and Hu Liena upstairs to see Moonlight Pavilion Hall, and Xu Yuan accepted.