Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong rejected the Grandmaster’s pleas, denounced him for exploiting her and stealing Spirit Hall’s records, and ordered him rehung as a gate guardian. Half a month later, the Heaven Dou Empire delegation reached Spirit City and saw him hanging on the wall.

• Bibi Dong ordered the guards to lower the Grandmaster and recognized the armless old man as Yu Xiaogang.
• The Grandmaster claimed he had returned to prove himself and sought Bibi Dong’s method for resolving the conflict between Twin Martial Souls for Tang San.
• Bibi Dong exposed how she had given the Grandmaster access to Spirit Hall’s core records and refused to help him.
• When the Grandmaster tried to leave, Bibi Dong had the guards hang him back up as Spirit City’s gate guardian.
• After a half-month journey, the Heaven Dou Empire delegation arrived at Spirit City, where Yu Tianxin condemned Spirit Hall for hanging an old man.

The Heaven Dou Empire delegation discovered that the man hanging from Spirit City’s gate was Yu Xiaogang, who had been punished for impersonating a Spirit Hall elder and disrespecting Bibi Dong. Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi agreed to negotiate with Spirit Hall to secure his release, while the rest of the group went to the hotel.

• Tang San and the others recognized the man on the city wall as the Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong confirmed his identity and tried to rush to save him.
• Liu Erlong blamed Bibi Dong for the Grandmaster’s predicament, while Tang San privately resented his former teacher and smiled when he learned the Holy Son had ordered the hanging.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi asked the city guards why the Grandmaster was being displayed, and learned that he had impersonated a Spirit Hall elder and disrespected the Pope.
• Xue Qinghe promised to negotiate with Spirit Hall, and Liu Erlong entrusted the Grandmaster’s rescue to him and Ning Fengzhi.
• After entering Spirit City, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi set out with Sword Douluo for Pope Palace while the others headed to the hotel.

Flender reflected on the flaws he saw in Shrek Academy’s students as Liu Erlong demanded that Tang San be expelled after the tournament. At Pope Palace, Lu Yu justified what he had done to Yu Xiaogang, while Bibi Dong left Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe to hear his explanation.

• Liu Erlong challenged Flender over Tang San laughing while Yu Xiaogang suffered, and Flender recognized that Tang San’s apology had been motivated by self-interest.
• Flender judged Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong harshly, then blamed himself for failing to guide the students and recalled that their problems seemed to begin after Grandmaster arrived.
• Liu Erlong told Flender to expel Tang San from the team after the Soul Master Tournament, and Flender followed her in low spirits.
• Xue Qinghe asked Bibi Dong why Yu Xiaogang had offended her, and Bibi Dong said Lu Yu had handled the matter.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong to summon Lu Yu to mediate, and she ordered a guard to bring him to the reception hall.
• Lu Yu arrived and told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had misused a Spirit Hall Elder Token, scammed people, and insulted her.

Lu Yu demanded that Yu Xiaogang publicly apologize to Spirit Hall and admit his wrongs at the Soul Master Grand Finals, while Bibi Dong ordered Ning Fengzhi and the others to take the Pope Token and arrange his release. After they left, Lu Yu approached Bibi Dong with a wicked grin and told her he was going to “do” her.

• Lu Yu accused Yu Xiaogang of ties to Tang Hao and disrespecting Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong asked Ning Fengzhi and the others for their views.
• Xue Qinghe offered compensation and asked Bibi Dong to spare Yu Xiaogang, but Lu Yu insisted Spirit Hall’s dignity required a public apology.
• Lu Yu demanded that Yu Xiaogang admit his wrongs publicly at the Soul Master Grand Finals, and Xue Qinghe agreed to the condition.
• Lu Yu urged Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi to confirm Yu Xiaogang would comply, and Ning Fengzhi accepted responsibility for keeping watch over him.
• Bibi Dong gave a guard her Pope Token and ordered him to take Ning Fengzhi and the others to the North Gate to release Yu Xiaogang.
• After the visitors left, Lu Yu approached Bibi Dong and said he was going to “do” her.

Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Sword Douluo freed the ruined Grandmaster from the city wall and forced him to agree to apologize publicly to Lu Yu during the finals. After reuniting with Liu Erlong, the Grandmaster revealed that Lu Yu and Lu Fei had both reached Soul King rank, leaving the Heaven Dou Team facing a serious threat.

• A palace guard used Bibi Dong’s Pope Token to release the Grandmaster from the North Gate city wall.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi gave the Grandmaster a choice between apologizing publicly during the finals or being returned to the wall or killed, and he reluctantly agreed.
• The Grandmaster vowed revenge against Lu Yu, Bibi Dong, and the three men who had forced him to comply.
• Liu Erlong recoiled when she saw the Grandmaster’s aged, battered appearance, and he blamed Lu Yu’s sword strike for his condition.
• The Grandmaster told Ning Fengzhi that Lu Yu and Lu Fei were both Soul Kings, alarming the group about the Heaven Dou Team’s chances.

After a healer revealed that Lu Yu’s strange energy was draining Grandmaster’s life and leaving him five to seven years, Tang San urged him to identify its source. Grandmaster named three possible Soul Beasts, but Ning Fengzhi revealed he had thought of eleven, leaving Grandmaster stunned.

• A healing Soul Master said Grandmaster’s severed arm could not regenerate while Lu Yu’s energy remained, and that the energy would leave him only five to seven years to live.
• Tang San pressed Grandmaster to identify the energy so he could learn how to face Lu Yu’s sword strike.
• Grandmaster and Ning Fengzhi searched their knowledge for Soul Beasts with similar abilities.
• Grandmaster identified three possible Soul Beasts that devoured life force, including the rare Life-Devouring Flower.
• Ning Fengzhi said he had thought of eleven such Soul Beasts in total, leaving Grandmaster stunned.

Ning Fengzhi exposed Grandmaster’s bluff about Soul Beasts, leaving the academy group disgusted and divided over him. He later identified Lu Yu’s life-draining attack as the Blue-White Demon Civet’s Eternal Moment, a time skill that could age a victim to death in an instant.

• Ning Fengzhi named Soul-Devouring Worms and a supposedly rare Man-Eating Vine while questioning Grandmaster, then revealed that he had invented the Man-Eating Vine to trap him.
• Ning Fengzhi left with Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe barred Grandmaster from returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Dai Mubai urged Flender to replace Grandmaster as team leader, while Tang San and the others showed their disappointment in him.
• Liu Erlong withdrew to reconsider what she knew of Xiao Gang, and Grandmaster retreated to his room while telling himself Tang San could restore his reputation.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Lu Yu’s skill came from the extinct Blue-White Demon Civet and that Eternal Moment could imprison time and consciousness, making a victim’s lifespan end in an instant.

Ning Fengzhi explained Lu Yu’s suspected Eternal Moment soul skill and warned Ning Rongrong that Lu Yu and Lu Fei were Soul Kings, making victory against the Martial Soul Hall Team unlikely. After Ning Rongrong shared the information, Tang San refused to surrender and volunteered to hold Lu Yu back.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo that Lu Yu might wield Eternal Moment, a time-based soul skill linked to the nearly extinct Blue-White Demon Civet.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Ning Rongrong to surrender if Lu Yu targeted her, and she agreed to pass his information to Tang San and the others.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San, Flender, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Yu Tianxin, and Dai Mubai that Lu Yu and Lu Fei were Soul Kings.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar saw no point in fighting, while Tang San grew furious at how far Lu Yu and Lu Fei had surpassed him.
• Tang San declared that he would face Lu Yu and promised to hold him back so the others could fight.

Tang San rallied his teammates to risk probing Lu Yu’s strength in the tournament, while Liu Erlong seemed to have made peace with Grandmaster’s condition. Grandmaster, unwilling to face public humiliation, went to Liu Erlong seeking help to escape Spirit City.

• Tang San urged Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, and the others to use the competition to uncover Lu Yu’s abilities, and Dai Mubai agreed to face Red Hair while Yu Tianxin took Lu Fei.
• Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, and the rest agreed to do their best, while Oscar pointed out that he was only a support Soul Master.
• Flender told Liu Erlong about the team’s decision and the Spirit Hall lineup, and she accepted that the students would take their chances in the finals.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that Grandmaster could enjoy his remaining years in peace, leaving Flender astonished.
• Grandmaster decided to leave Spirit City rather than apologize to Spirit Hall, then bumped Liu Erlong’s door open with his head because he had no hands.

Grandmaster told Liu Erlong and Flender he wanted to flee Spirit City, but they refused to risk Spirit Hall’s retaliation for his sake. He left convinced Flender had turned Liu Erlong against him, while she and Flender questioned whether they had ever truly understood him.

• Flender explained that Ning Rongrong had learned the Blue-White Demon Civet’s details from Ning Fengzhi, but Grandmaster had never heard of the Soul Beast or a way to restore his arm.
• Grandmaster asked Liu Erlong to help him escape Spirit City, insisting Spirit Hall would not retaliate against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Heaven Dou Empire, or their team.
• Flender warned Grandmaster that fleeing would give Spirit Hall an excuse to retaliate, and Grandmaster demanded to know whether Flender would help him.
• Liu Erlong refused to put everyone at risk and told Grandmaster to apologize instead of fleeing; Grandmaster left bitterly, saying they had all changed.
• Grandmaster blamed Flender for Liu Erlong’s changed attitude and decided their friendship was a hypocritical obstacle to his success.

Yu Xiaogang was kept under guard until the tournament finals, where Spirit Hall publicly exposed him for impersonating an elder and announced that he would be given a chance to repent. He took the stage amid jeers, with Tang San privately deciding to get rid of him.

• Sword Douluo stopped Yu Xiaogang from leaving the hotel and ordered him to stay inside until the competition began.
• Three days later, Flender returned from the draw and reported that Blazing Fire Academy had forfeited its first-round match against Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Master of Ceremonies announced that Yu Xiaogang had impersonated a Spirit Hall elder, insulted Bibi Dong, and been exposed by the Holy Son.
• Tang San felt humiliated by Yu Xiaogang and secretly resolved to kill him when he found an opportunity.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar urged Yu Xiaogang onto the arena, where he faced the audience's ridicule.

Lu Yu publicly broke Yu Xiaogang’s legs and forced him to introduce himself and reveal his claims to fame. The chapter ended with Lu Yu demanding that Yu Xiaogang explain where his Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters came from, leaving Yu Xiaogang terrified as the audience suspected plagiarism.

• The Master of Ceremonies pressured Yu Xiaogang to announce his name and identity, while the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team mocked him and Flender noticed Liu Erlong’s reluctance.
• Lu Yu and his team arrived, and Yu Xiaogang hurriedly introduced himself when he saw Lu Yu approach.
• Lu Yu kicked Yu Xiaogang’s legs and forced him to kneel, then struck and threatened him when Yu Xiaogang glared at him.
• Lu Yu made Yu Xiaogang reveal his background, title, and claim to have created the Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters, prompting the audience to gossip about him.
• Lu Yu demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain where the Ten Core Competencies came from, and Yu Xiaogang panicked as the crowd suspected he had plagiarized them.

Lu Yu publicly exposed the Grandmaster for plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters and forced him to confess before the crowd. Liu Erlong and Flender recoiled from their past association with him, while Flender considered ending their ties.

• Liu Erlong broke down with regret over her relationship with the Grandmaster, and Flender caught and comforted her.
• Lu Yu announced that the Grandmaster’s Ten Core Competencies had been plagiarized from Spirit Hall’s core research.
• Lu Yu revealed that the Grandmaster had joined Spirit Hall to access its knowledge, deceived a young woman, and later published the stolen material as his own.
• Lu Yu struck and kicked the Grandmaster until he admitted publicly that his work had been plagiarized from Spirit Hall.
• Tang-San resolved to erase the disgrace after the tournament, while Liu Erlong and Flender regretted their connection to the Grandmaster and Flender questioned whether he deserved Liu Erlong.

After Lu Yu exposed Grandmaster’s plagiarism, Grandmaster apologized publicly but secretly vowed revenge, while his companions distrusted him. Lu Yu later discussed Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa power and agreed to visit Slaughter City after the Soul Master Tournament.

• Flender decided he would not give up on Liu Erlong, who resolved to look after Grandmaster only as family.
• Grandmaster admitted his mistakes and apologized, then resented Lu Yu as Lu Yu and his companions left the arena.
• Grandmaster tried to win Tang San’s trust again, but Tang San and the others remained unconvinced despite Liu Erlong speaking up for him.
• Lu Yu visited Bibi Dong, explained why he had exposed Grandmaster’s plagiarism, and discussed her progress controlling the Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Bibi Dong asked Lu Yu about finding a God Position, and Lu Yu agreed to visit Slaughter City after the tournament.

Lu Yu reassured Bibi Dong that he did not need the Asura God's approval, then teased her before they became intimate. At the tournament venue, Dai Weisi confronted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing leaving him for the Spirit Hall Academy Team, deepening Dai Mubai's anger and despair.

• Lu Yu told Bibi Dong he could rely on mastering the Powers of Time and Space even if he failed to obtain the Asura God’s God Position.
• Bibi Dong blushed as Lu Yu teased her, then bit his arm before drawing him into an intimate encounter.
• Tang San and his companions learned that Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy had merged into a stronger team.
• Dai Weisi confronted Dai Mubai outside the venue and mocked him for losing Zhu Zhuqing to the Spirit Hall Academy Team.
• Dai Mubai clenched his fists in fury and focused on defeating Red Hair to prove Zhu Zhuqing had chosen wrongly.

Dai Mubai confronted Dai Weisi, admitted his flaws, and vowed to make him claim the throne as a tournament loser, while his friends promised to help him defeat Star Luo Academy. As Lu Yu’s team prepared for the tournament, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived at Spirit Hall to see Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Yan to defend her.

• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing leaving him, and Dai Mubai conceded that Dai Weisi could take the throne but promised to make him lose the tournament.
• Tang San and the others encouraged Dai Mubai to defeat Star Luo Academy, though Dai Mubai privately remained unwilling to give up the throne or Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Yu chose a lineup of Lu Fei, Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and three substitutes for the upcoming matches, excluding the match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A guard informed Lu Yu that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had come to request an audience, and Zhu Zhuqing joined Lu Yu’s group to meet them.
• Dai Weisi said he had come because he missed Zhu Zhuqing, and Yan angrily demanded that he explain himself.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun tested Zhu Zhuqing’s intentions and probed Spirit Hall Academy’s strength, but Lu Yu and Yan drove them off. The next morning, Spirit Hall Academy drew an easy opponent for its match, and Yan, Lu Fei, and the others headed to the arena to compete.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Weisi she had no interest in the throne and would eventually have her engagement canceled, while Lu Yu warned Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to leave.
• Lu Yu pressured Zhu Zhuyun with his aura, and Dai Weisi challenged Spirit Hall Academy to meet them on the arena.
• After leaving, Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi that Lu Yu was exceptionally strong and that Spirit Hall Academy might have more Soul Kings.
• The next morning, Spirit Hall Academy drew a weak, nameless academy as its opponent for the second round.
• Lu Yu sent Yan, Lu Fei, and the other starters out to compete in Spirit Hall Academy’s first match of the day.

Spirit Hall Academy revealed several Soul Kings and an extraordinary Soul Ring configuration, prompting Extra Academy to surrender before the match began. The Grandmaster explained the young fighters’ rapid advancement by claiming Bibi Dong had used Heavenly Treasures on them, though he called her choice wasteful.

• Yan revealed five Soul Rings, and the Spirit Hall Academy lineup shocked the rival teams and spectators.
• Lu Fei revealed five Soul Rings, including two black rings, and Extra Academy’s teacher surrendered before the battle started.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng realized Ye Lingling had become a Soul King and suspected Dugu Yan had too.
• The Grandmaster attributed Spirit Hall Academy’s rapid growth to Heavenly Treasures and criticized Bibi Dong for using them on the younger generation.
• Dai Mubai and the others recognized that investing in talented youths could produce stronger future fighters than improving Spirit Hall’s already formidable elders.

Spirit Hall Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the third round, and Yan’s team entered the match with Lu Fei’s support buffs and a formidable lineup. After Yan clashed with Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Zhu Zhuqing and Zhang Ping launched an assault into Star Luo’s formation.

• Yan celebrated drawing Star Luo Royal Academy, while Dai Weisi lost interest after realizing he could not challenge Yan one-on-one.
• Yu Tianxin suggested Spirit Hall Academy might underestimate Star Luo, but Tang San warned that Lu Fei and Zhu Zhuqing would make the match dangerous for Dai Weisi’s team.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Yan revealed his strength as a powerful Soul King.
• Lu Fei gave Spirit Hall Academy’s fighters buns that boosted their Soul Power, and Yan’s First Soul Skill collided with the Hell Spirit Cat.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhang Ping rushed into Star Luo’s formation, and Zhang Ping unleashed her Fourth Soul Skill, Golden Swallow Flying Feathers, against the team.

Spirit Hall Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Zhu Zhuqing eliminated its support fighter and Lu Fei revealed overwhelming sword-qi combat ability. The tournament advanced to its top three, with the finals set for three days later, and Lu Yu visited Bibi Dong to ask about their plans.

• Zhang Ping's feather blades distracted Star Luo Royal Academy while Zhu Zhuqing attacked and eliminated its support Soul Master.
• Dai Weisi broke through Yan's defense and attacked Lu Fei, but Lu Fei's sword qi shattered the Hell White Tiger fusion and badly wounded Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Yan engulfed the Star Luo team in flames, and Dai Weisi surrendered, giving Spirit Hall Academy the victory.
• Huo Wu's team and Tang San's team advanced to the top three, and the tournament paused for three days before the finals.
• Lu Yu left Hu Liena and the others, visited Bibi Dong, and asked what they planned to do before the finals.