Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu learned that Bibi Dong had entered seclusion for her God Trial, arranged with Yue Guan to make Golden Needles for her future treatment, and cultivated in the academy’s Mimicry Cultivation Ground. After half a year of alternating cultivation and studying the Power of Time, he reached Minor Accomplishment and demonstrated his new ability to drain life.

• A guard told Lu Yu that Bibi Dong had entered seclusion and would notify him when she emerged, so he left without giving her a massage.
• Lu Yu asked Yue Guan to prepare Golden Needles for the acupuncture he expected Bibi Dong would need after her God Trial.
• Lu Yu trained in the Mimicry Cultivation Ground, then spent the next half year alternating between cultivation there and comprehending the Power of Time at home.
• Dugu Bo sensed Lu Yu’s Power of Time and saw him age into an old man before the effects reversed and Lu Yu returned to normal.
• Lu Yu reached Minor Accomplishment in the Power of Time and used Life Drain to wither a potted flower in seconds.

Lu Yu tested his newly mastered Life Drain and discussed its limits with Dugu Bo before Yue Guan summoned him to treat Bibi Dong. His Golden Needle acupuncture cleared her mind and forced the Rakshasa Divine Power back toward her dantian, though the treatment left Lu Yu mentally drained.

• Lu Yu tested Life Drain and concluded that it could threaten even a Title Douluo only if he broke through their defenses and struck a wound under favorable conditions.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lu Yu about his progress with the Power of Time and reacted with excitement to the potential of his soul skill.
• As Lu Yu explored Spirit City, Yue Guan arrived and told him that Bibi Dong wanted to see him.
• Lu Yu recognized that Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Divine Power was eroding her mind and agreed to treat her with acupuncture.
• Lu Yu used Golden Needles to clear Bibi Dong's mind and drive the Rakshasa Divine Power back into her dantian, exhausting himself through the demanding treatment.

Lu Yu sealed Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Divine Power temporarily, then reunited with his friends and learned how their cultivation had progressed. Bibi Dong later called him back for a massage and discussed the uncooperative Speed Clan and Strength Clan, but kept her next plan secret.

• Lu Yu used Golden Needles to temporarily seal Bibi Dong’s ownerless Rakshasa Divine Power, then hurried out of her room after finishing the treatment.
• Lu Yu returned home, heard that Lu Fei had reached level forty-five and the others had also advanced, and took the group out for a celebratory meal.
• Lu Yu discussed Dugu Yan’s future Soul Rings with her, and she agreed with his view that she should make fuller use of her Poison Dragon’s poison abilities.
• Bibi Dong summoned Lu Yu for a massage after he failed to visit, then asked about the Speed Clan and Strength Clan; Lu Yu said they could be wiped out, and Bibi Dong agreed.
• Lu Yu asked whether attacking the clans would affect Spirit Hall’s plan, but Bibi Dong declined to reveal her next move and told him to wait.

Over the course of a year, Lu Yu and his companions grew stronger, with Lu Yu reaching Soul King and the Spirit Hall Academy team all attaining the same rank. As the Soul Master Tournament approached, Lu Yu wondered how Tang San’s group was faring, then left Spirit City for a walk with Dugu Yan while plotting a way to help Yan.

• Lu Yu and Bibi Dong grew closer as he continued her massages, and he spent the rest of his time cultivating Soul Power and studying the Power of Space.
• A year later, Lu Yu reached level fifty-three and Lu Fei reached level fifty-two, while every member of the Spirit Hall Academy team had become a Soul King.
• Lu Yu wondered whether Tang San and the others had reached level forty and considered visiting them, while noting that the tournament championship offered seven powerful Spirit Bones prepared for his team.
• Lu Fei beat Yan at cards, then left with Hu Liena, while Xie Yue went walking with Ye Lingling.
• Lu Yu told Yan to guard the house, then went for a walk outside the city with Dugu Yan and quietly considered how he might make things up to Yan.

At the Heaven Dou Empire division’s tournament opening, old teammates reunited, while Grandmaster and Liu Erlong faced each other again after years apart. As the teams entered the arena, Lu Yu watched Tang San’s group and was asked what he thought of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.

• Ning Rongrong and the others arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and heard that Yu Tianheng was there.
• Osler reunited with Yu Tianheng, who had joined Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Team alongside former members of several other teams.
• Grandmaster and Liu Erlong saw each other again, while Liu Erlong ignored Flender and kept her gaze on Grandmaster.
• Zhao Wuji urged everyone into the arena, and Liu Erlong followed Grandmaster inside as the tournament began.
• Lu Yu watched Tang San and the others enter and was asked for his opinion of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.

Lu Yu planned to recruit Zhu Zhuqing to his team by pairing her with Yan, then watched the tournament draw pit Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blue Tyrant Academy. Tang San and the others struggled with facing their former teammates, and the chapter ended as they prepared for the match.

• Lu Yu asked Yan whether he liked Zhu Zhuqing and offered to bring her into their team, then quietly told Yan how to approach her.
• Blue Tyrant Academy entered the arena, led by Liu Erlong and including Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.
• Salas drew the preliminary matchups, pairing Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Blue Tyrant Academy in the first round.
• Osler and the others hesitated to fight their former captain Yu Tianheng, while Grandmaster reminded them that it was only a competition.
• Yu Feng offered to join Tang San's team, but Tang San insisted they follow the original plan and save their trump cards.

The Imperial Fighting Team and Blue Tyrant Team began their first qualifier match after Tang San’s lineup dispute left the Imperial Fighting members divided. Yu Tianxin and Dai Mubai both revealed they were Soul Ancestors, but Yu Tianxin quickly gained the advantage by overpowering Dai Mubai.

• Tang San’s comment about the team’s trump cards upset Shi Mo and the others, so Grandmaster chose a lineup that included the Shi Mo brothers and tried to avoid further conflict.
• Yu Tianxin decided to sit out because of his past friendship with the Imperial Fighting Team, then Yu Tianheng briefed the Blue Tyrant members on their opponents’ abilities.
• The two teams entered the arena, summoned their Martial Souls, and revealed that Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin each had four Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the Imperial Fighting Team as both sides launched their attacks, and Dai Mubai charged Yu Tianxin while Ma Hongjun took to the air.
• Yu Tianxin used his third Soul Skill to withstand Dai Mubai’s attack and send him flying into Zhu Zhuqing, while Lei Dong and Lei Tian struck at the Shi Mo brothers.

The Imperial Fighting Team was overwhelmed by Yu Tianxin’s aggressive attacks and his Thunder Explosion, forcing Tang San to surrender. The team lost its opening match, while Salas revealed Tang San’s identity as Tang Hao’s son and stirred concern among Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.

• Ma Hongjun and Tang San helped the Shi Mo brothers evade Yu Tianxin’s attacks, but Dai Mubai remained badly injured and Zhu Zhuqing left him to stand with Tang San.
• Salas told Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, prompting Xue Ye to consider expelling him and Ning Fengzhi to prepare for conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianxin gathered his teammates and unleashed Thunder Explosion across the arena, knocking out Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun while Tang San survived with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Grandmaster called for surrender, and Tang San surrendered after seeing that only he and the defensive Shi Mo brothers remained able to fight.

After the Imperial Fighting Team lost to Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong offered to bring Tang San and the others to her academy and rename it Shrek Academy. Flender rejected the plan because leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy during the tournament could provoke the Heaven Dou Empire, so they agreed to wait until the competition ended.

• Salas mocked Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye after the Imperial Fighting Team's defeat, while Lu Yu left the arena with Yan after declining Xue Qinghe's invitation to eat.
• The Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong met at a restaurant, where the Grandmaster recounted his years with Shrek and explained his plans for Tang San and the others.
• Liu Erlong offered to rename Blue Tyrant Academy Shrek Academy and bring Tang San and the others there, arguing they needed to join forces with her team to have a chance against Spirit Hall Academy.
• Flender refused, warning that abandoning Heaven Dou Royal Academy during the Soul Master Tournament would anger the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Grandmaster accepted Flender's warning, and Liu Erlong fell silent as they agreed to wait until after the tournament.

Liu Erlong persuaded Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to consider joining the Imperial Fighting Team after the finals so their combined strength could challenge Spirit Hall Academy. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and the others brooded over their defeat, and Dai Mubai lashed out at the Grandmaster as Flender tried to rally the team.

• Liu Erlong proposed that the Blue Tyrant Team merge into the Imperial Fighting Team, but Flender and the Grandmaster questioned the idea and its timing.
• Liu Erlong explained to Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng that the combined teams might be strong enough to face Spirit Hall Academy, and both agreed to discuss merging after the finals.
• Dai Mubai lay injured and blamed Yu Tianxin for catching him off guard, while Zhu Zhuqing stood apart, disappointed in Dai Mubai.
• The Grandmaster mocked the team's dispirited mood, and Dai Mubai angrily told him to shut up.
• Flender restrained the Grandmaster and encouraged the team to recover from losing only one match.

After Shrek Academy’s loss to the Blue Tyrant Team, Flender pushed the students to examine why they had lost, and Dai Mubai admitted that his carelessness had caused most of the defeat. The discussion turned into a confrontation when Zhu Zhuqing learned that a man named Yan from Spirit Hall was waiting for her, and the group went to find out why he had come.

• Flender asked the students to identify why they had lost, and Dai Mubai eventually accepted that his carelessness and injury had made him chiefly responsible.
• A gatekeeper arrived and asked for Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Dai Mubai to accuse her of meeting another man before the gatekeeper could explain.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Dai Mubai and the Grandmaster, then learned that the visitor was Yan from Spirit Hall, whom she did not know.
• Ma Hongjun suggested Yan might be trying to recruit Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San and Flender proposed going to meet him.
• Dai Mubai got out of bed and joined the others as they headed to the academy gate.

Yan confronted Zhu Zhuqing outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered to help her escape her fate if she joined Spirit Hall. After Yan revealed he was a young Soul King, Zhu Zhuqing was tempted to leave, while Dai Mubai’s behavior and refusal to apologize deepened her disappointment.

• Yan met Zhu Zhuqing at the academy gates and offered to discuss helping her if she joined Spirit Hall.
• Flender and Grandmaster challenged Yan, but Yan revealed five Soul Rings and warned Flender against attacking him.
• Flender withdrew his pressure and said Zhu Zhuqing could choose whether to leave.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to stay, while Tang San urged Dai Mubai to apologize.
• Yan called Dai Mubai useless, provoking him, and Tang San restrained Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuqing remained tempted to leave.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to leave with Yan on the condition of her choosing, prompting Dai Mubai to attack and suffer severe burns from Yan’s overwhelming flames. Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo arrived and questioned Spirit Hall’s presence, while Grandmaster’s accusation against Yan and Dugu Bo ended with him suddenly spitting blood and collapsing.

• Zhu Zhuqing chose to go with Yan but said she had one condition, while Dai Mubai threatened her over their engagement.
• Yan defeated Dai Mubai with his fifth soul skill, Flying Sand Wild Flame, as a hidden expert prevented Flender from intervening.
• Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived, and Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi sensed that Dugu Bo had reached the level of a Peak Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe asked what had happened, and Grandmaster accused Yan and Dugu Bo of poaching people and disrespecting the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Grandmaster suddenly spat blood, turned pale, and collapsed to his knees as Flender cried out to him.

After Dugu Bo silenced the Grandmaster, Flender explained the dispute over Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Fengzhi declined to intervene, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave with Yan and Dugu Bo, trusting Spirit Hall to help resolve her marriage agreement.

• Dugu Bo rebuked the Grandmaster, and Xue Qinghe asked Flender to explain what had happened.
• Flender recounted the incident, and Dugu Bo argued that Zhu Zhuqing had chosen freely and should not be controlled by the academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked Sword Douluo to help Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Fengzhi refused to risk angering the Star Luo Empire.
• Yan promised to seek help resolving Zhu Zhuqing's marriage agreement, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing said goodbye to Flender and Ning Rongrong, then Dugu Bo left with her and Yan.

After Spirit Hall defeated the Shrek team and recruited Zhu Zhuqing, Lu Yu gave her a pill to help her grow stronger and explained that she would have to earn a place on the team. Zhu Zhuqing settled into her new room with Yan, while Lu Yu expected Dai Mubai to be furious.

• Ning Fengzhi left with Xue Qinghe after Tang San's side suffered its defeat and Dai Mubai was injured.
• Tang San arranged for the Grandmaster to be cared for and resolved to get him to Spirit Hall to learn the secrets of Twin Martial Souls before dealing with him.
• Yan returned to Lu Yu's residence with Zhu Zhuqing, and Lu Yu learned that she was at level thirty-five.
• Lu Yu gave Zhu Zhuqing an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid pill and explained that she would need to reach the substitutes' standard and prove herself to join the official team.
• Lu Yu warned Zhu Zhuqing to commit herself to Spirit Hall and promised that they would help resolve her engagement later.
• Yan showed Zhu Zhuqing to an empty room and offered to help if she needed anything.

Yan and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer before she refined the pill and broke through to rank forty, while Lu Yu returned to Spirit Hall to check on Bibi Dong. He found that the Rakshasa Divine Power inside her had become gentler, though the cause remained unclear.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Yan, and his awkward sincerity made her laugh before she withdrew to refine the pill.
• Yan returned to Lu Yu in high spirits, and Lu Yu mocked him for acting like a man in love.
• Zhu Zhuqing refined the pill, reached rank forty, and went with Dugu Bo and Yan to hunt for her Fourth Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu returned to Spirit Hall and told Yan to have Zhu Zhuqing challenge Sun Chuantao and the other team members for an official position.
• Lu Yu visited Bibi Dong and discovered that the Rakshasa Divine Power eroding her body had become less violent.

Lu Yu and Bibi Dong sealed the Rakshasa Divine Power within her, then agreed to kill Tang Hao if he appeared at the Soul Master Tournament. After returning to his team, Lu Yu welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and warned the Martial Soul Hall Team against underestimating their opponents.

• Lu Yu cautiously sealed Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Divine Power back into her dantian, and they discussed Tang Hao's likely arrival at the tournament.
• Lu Yu proposed killing Tang Hao, and Bibi Dong agreed that Spirit Hall could make sure he did not leave alive.
• Lu Yu left Bibi Dong and returned to his residence, where he learned that Zhu Zhuqing had won and officially joined the Martial Soul Hall Team.
• Lu Yu described the Heaven Dou Team's defeat by the Blue Tyrant Team as a warning against carelessness, and Xie Yue, Yan, and the others promised to fight seriously.

Lu Yu comforted Dugu Yan as she struggled with leaving her former teammates behind, while the tournament ended with Blue Tyrant Academy first and Shrek’s Heaven Dou team fourth. Afterward, Grandmaster went alone to Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s help for Tang San, but the Palace Guard Knights arrested and injured him when they suspected him of impersonating a Spirit Hall elder.

• Lu Yu reassured Dugu Yan that she did not need to blame herself for choosing her own path, and the two went to get something to eat.
• Blue Tyrant Academy won the Heaven Dou Division, Blazing Fire Academy placed second, and Tang San’s team finished fourth after Dai Mubai’s poor performance.
• Grandmaster proposed merging the teams, with Yu Tianheng and the others joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San’s group accepted.
• Grandmaster traveled to Spirit City alone to ask Bibi Dong for help resolving the conflict between Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• The Palace Guard Knights mocked Grandmaster, rejected his Elder Token, broke his leg, and accused him of impersonating an elder when he demanded to see the Pope.

Lu Yu confronted Grandmaster after Palace Guard Knights brought him to the villa, exposing how Lu Yu and Lu Fei had surpassed Grandmaster’s theories and achievements. Grandmaster refused to accept the evidence, attacked Lu Yu, and was left mutilated and rapidly aged.

• Palace Guard Knights seized Grandmaster after Lu Yu warned them about someone misusing an Elder Token, then delivered him to Lu Yu’s villa.
• Lu Yu showed Grandmaster his Soul Rings and mocked his claims of expertise, leaving Grandmaster stunned by Lu Yu’s Soul King strength and unusual Soul Ring configuration.
• Lu Fei summoned his Martial Soul and displayed five Soul Rings matching Lu Yu’s configuration, further shattering Grandmaster’s confidence in his theories.
• Lu Yu criticized Grandmaster’s research and teaching, but Grandmaster refused to debate him and lunged at him, trying to bite him.
• Lu Yu drew his sword and severed Grandmaster’s arms, after which Grandmaster’s hair turned white and his face rapidly aged.

Lu Yu punished Yu Xiaogang for impersonating a Spirit Hall elder and insulting Bibi Dong, then reassured Bibi Dong when she asked to see him. Bibi Dong went to the North Gate, where Yu Xiaogang mistook her arrival for a chance to be rescued.

• Lu Yu ordered the Palace Guard Knights to hang the injured Grandmaster at the North Gate and publicize his crimes.
• Lu Yu visited Bibi Dong, told her what he had done to Yu Xiaogang, and accepted her wish to see him.
• Yu Xiaogang was hung at the North Gate while passersby learned of his offenses and he resolved to survive for revenge.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the North Gate, and Yu Xiaogang called out to her, demanding that she free him and punish Lu Yu.