Chapter Summaries

After defeating Shrek, Lin Yi took Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and forced her to obey by exposing her identity as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and offering the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal it. Four months later, Lin Yi and the Imperial Fighting Team had grown stronger, and Shrek and Tang San appeared before the tournament began.

• Meng Shenji declared Lin Yi the winner, ordered Xiao Wu to join the Imperial Fighting Team, and stopped Zhao Wuji from challenging the result.
• Lin Yi rejected Tang San’s plea to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zhao Wuji led the defeated Shrek group away while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling escorted Xiao Wu to Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit and offered her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red in exchange for her obedience; Xiao Wu accepted.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s four-thousand-year Soul Ring with Lin Yi’s help and reached level forty-one.
• Over the next four months, Lin Yi reached level sixty-seven, Xiao Wu reached level thirty-nine, and Lin Yi’s training strengthened the Imperial Fighting Team.
• As the Soul Master Tournament drew near, Lin Yi learned that Shrek and Tang San had arrived.

The Shrek group came to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to challenge Lin Yi for Xiao Wu, but Yu Xiaogang refused the stakes Lin Yi demanded and left without her. With a showdown at the Soul Master Tournament looming, Lin Yi prepared to take Xiao Wu to a secret realm for seven months of training.

• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek group confronted Lin Yi at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked for a team Soul Fighting match to win Xiao Wu back.
• Lin Yi agreed to the match only if Shrek also wagered Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy if they lost.
• Yu Xiaogang weighed the risk to Shrek's team and refused Lin Yi's stakes, despite Tang San and the others' protest.
• Tang San vowed to defeat Lin Yi at the Soul Master Tournament, and the Shrek group left without Xiao Wu.
• Lin Yi assigned Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to oversee training, then told Xiao Wu to pack for special training in a secret realm.

Lin Yi and Xiao Wu spent seven months cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where their relationship grew increasingly intimate. With the tournament preliminaries less than a month away, they left seclusion and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Lin Yi returned to the valley with Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo failed to notice that she was a Soul Beast.
• Lin Yi cultivated by the Ice Spring and gave Xiao Wu spirit herbs suited to her Martial Soul.
• During their secluded routine, Lin Yi began kissing Xiao Wu, and their intimacy gradually increased.
• Xiao Wu broke through to level forty, while Lin Yi advanced from level sixty-seven to level sixty-eight.
• Xiao Wu's Soul Power reached level forty-one during the remaining months of their seclusion.
• With the tournament preliminaries approaching, Lin Yi and Xiao Wu left the valley and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yi added Xiao Wu to the Imperial Fighting Team and prepared the team for the tournament finals. He watched Shrek Academy defeat the Elephant Armored Sect, where Tang San spotted Xiao Wu beside him and erupted into a furious attack before challenging Lin Yi.

• Lin Yi returned from seven months of cultivation at Rank 68, while Xiao Wu had reached Rank 41.
• Lin Yi officially added Xiao Wu to the Imperial Fighting Team and directed the team to study potential opponents.
• Lin Yi and Xiao Wu went to watch Shrek Academy face the Elephant Armored Sect in the preliminary rounds.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu sitting beside Lin Yi and unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer in a frenzied attack on Huyan Li.
• Tang San broke through Huyan Li's defense and won the match for Shrek Academy, then pointed at Lin Yi and silently threatened him.
• Lin Yi led Xiao Wu away from the venue as she watched Tang San with conflicted feelings.

After assessing Tang San as a major threat, Lin Yi led the Imperial Fighting Team through sparring matches against powerful academies to improve their teamwork. They won every match, but Lin Yi concluded that they still had slim chances against the Star Luo Imperial Family team and Spirit Hall Academy Team as he pursued the championship prize.

• Lin Yi gathered the Imperial Fighting Team, discussed Tang San’s strength, and ordered the team to seek challenging sparring matches.
• Lin Yi took the team to Skywater Academy, where they faced Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s main team.
• Skywater Academy unleashed the Ice and Snow Fluttering Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Yu Tianheng, Xiao Wu, Osler, and Yu Feng coordinated an attack that interrupted it and secured victory.
• Lin Yi led the Imperial Fighting Team to spar against Blazing Fire Academy, Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, and other formidable teams, winning each match and improving their cohesion.
• Lin Yi judged that the team still had slim championship chances against the Star Luo Imperial Family team and Spirit Hall Academy Team.

Lin Yi weighed the danger of entering the tournament against the chance to win three Soul Bones, then sought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection. Reassured by Gu Rong, he registered as a fifteen-year-old level sixty-eight Soul Emperor and joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team as its secret weapon.

• Lin Yi considered competing for the championship prize but worried that revealing his age and strength would make Spirit Hall target him.
• Lin Yi sent Ning Fengzhi a confidential letter asking for advice and support.
• Gu Rong visited Lin Yi and reported that Ning Fengzhi had become a level eighty-two Soul Douluo with an evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Sword Douluo had entered seclusion to pursue level ninety-seven.
• Gu Rong promised that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect Lin Yi and support his bid for the championship.
• Lin Yi resolved to claim the title and three Soul Bones, then registered with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team as a substitute.
• Meng Shenji and the other administrators learned Lin Yi’s true age and strength and classified his information as top secret.

Lin Yi left Xiao Wu behind to keep her safe from Bibi Dong before traveling to Spirit City for the tournament. After Zhu Zhuqing suffered three broken ribs in Shrek Academy’s first knockout match, Lin Yi set her bones and healed her enough to recover, but said she could not compete again.

• Shrek Academy advanced through the preliminaries and promotion rounds, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy received a direct pass to the semifinals in Spirit City.
• Lin Yi told Xiao Wu to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy because Bibi Dong might discover her identity, then traveled to Spirit City with the academy party.
• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated a Star Luo Empire team, but Zhu Zhuqing broke three ribs while helping Tang San win.
• Lin Yi examined Zhu Zhuqing and, with her consent, set her ribs and used his Soul Skill to aid their healing.
• Lin Yi told Ning Rongrong and the others that Zhu Zhuqing needed to rest and could not compete anymore.

Lin Yi warned Shrek that Zhu Zhuqing needed more time to recover, but the team chose to use drugs to make her fight in the next round. Zhu Zhuqing was gravely injured against Godwind Academy, while Tang San defeated the opposing team and led Shrek into the top four, leaving them weakened ahead of the remaining matches.

• Lin Yi offered to heal Zhu Zhuqing at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy residence, but Tang San declined and said Shrek would wait for its dean.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender returned with a healing Soul Master, who said Zhu Zhuqing needed at least half a month to recover and warned that drugs could worsen her injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang approved using drugs to let Zhu Zhuqing fight in three days, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed despite Dai Mubai's objections.
• Feng Xiaotian spotted Zhu Zhuqing's lingering injury during the match and struck her beneath the left ribs, causing her to collapse unconscious in critical condition.
• Tang San flew into a rage and defeated Godwind Academy, securing Shrek's place in the top four as Lin Yi watched from the stands.

After Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries worsened to the point of near death, Lin Yi agreed to save her on the condition that she leave Shrek Academy. With Ye Lingling’s help, he repaired Zhu Zhuqing’s meridians and bones, and she awoke to hear him declare that she belonged to him now.

• A healer told the Shrek group that Zhu Zhuqing was dying, so Ning Rongrong rushed to find Lin Yi and beg him to save her.
• Lin Yi examined Zhu Zhuqing and said he could heal her completely, but only if she severed her ties with Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San protested, but Meng Shenji ordered the Shrek group to leave while Ye Lingling stayed to assist Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi used his Soul Power and mental power to repair Zhu Zhuqing’s bones and meridians while Ye Lingling nourished her with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• After two hours, Zhu Zhuqing’s breathing steadied and she awoke; Lin Yi told her that her life belonged to him and that she was his now.

Zhu Zhuqing reconsidered her place in Shrek after Lin Yi saved her from life-threatening injuries, and she refused Ning Rongrong’s request to return. Lin Yi continued treating her, but reminded her that he had not saved her for free.

• Ye Lingling told Zhu Zhuqing that Lin Yi had repaired her severe injuries and that Shrek’s representatives had been sent away; Lin Yi had declared her no longer part of Shrek.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on Shrek’s decision to send her into battle while injured and began questioning her loyalty to the team.
• Ning Rongrong visited Zhu Zhuqing with medicinal soup and urged her to return to Shrek for its upcoming semifinal against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to return yet, saying she needed time to rest and think, and Ning Rongrong left the room.
• Lin Yi treated Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries that night, and she thanked him for saving her.
• Lin Yi replied that she did not need to thank him because he had not saved her for free.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to serve Lin Yi as his maid for three years and refused Shrek Academy’s pleas to return. At the tournament semifinals, Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Yi of falsifying his age and asked Pope Bibi Dong to order a public bone-age test.

• Lin Yi asked Zhu Zhuqing to serve as his maid for three years, and she accepted to repay him for saving her life.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others urged Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek, but she refused and said she would stay with Lin Yi.
• Shrek’s resentment toward Lin Yi deepened, especially for Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• At the semifinals, Spirit Hall Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy and secured a place in the finals.
• Before Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy began their match, Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Yi of falsifying his age and asked Bibi Dong to test his bone age in public.

Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Yi of falsifying his age, but three separate tests confirmed that Lin Yi was fifteen, leaving the arena stunned by the revelation that he was a Soul Emperor. Bibi Dong cleared Lin Yi and ordered the semifinal between Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to test Lin Yi’s age, claiming that his strength and bearing were too mature for a fifteen-year-old.
• Lin Yi agreed to the test, and the Bone Age Crystal Tablet showed that he was fifteen.
• Bibi Dong ordered two additional tests, and the Age-Measuring Soul Guiding Mirror and Eye of Life also showed that Lin Yi was fifteen.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the Shrek Academy team reacted with shock as the crowd realized Lin Yi was a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Shrek Academy’s accusation, and the referee began the semifinal between Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

Lin Yi's support and control skills led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to crush Shrek Academy in the semifinals. With Shrek eliminated and Tang San left furious and injured, Lin Yi turned his attention to the final against Spirit Hall Academy.

• Lin Yi boosted Heaven Dou Royal Academy's speed and recovery with Ice Lotus Blessing, while Ice Lotus Protection blocked Shrek's attacks and healed his teammates.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy's coordinated attacks defeated Tailong, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the other Shrek fighters, leaving only Tang San and Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Yi ordered his teammates not to touch Ning Rongrong, and Tang San charged at him with the Clear Sky Hammer and Eight Spider Lances.
• Lin Yi slowed Tang San with Breath of Ice Sealing, allowing Yu Tianheng to strike him down with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, and Lin Yi focused on Spirit Hall Academy and its Golden Generation.

Lin Yi led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to a crushing victory over Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final. Bibi Dong conceded and announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as champion.

• The final began as Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed their Demon Charm martial soul fusion skill against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Lin Yi countered the red mist with his Extreme Cold Domain and Spirit Detection, guiding his teammates as they defeated Spirit Hall’s four Soul Ancestors.
• Lin Yi resisted Hu Liena’s bewitchment, caught her as she faltered, and froze Xie Yue after dodging his attack.
• Yu Tianheng and the others overwhelmed Yan and knocked him out of the arena, leaving all seven Spirit Hall members defeated.
• Bibi Dong conceded the match and announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the tournament champion.

After winning the tournament, Lin Yi refused Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect divided the championship Soul Bones among its members. Lin Yi then planned to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for seclusion and urged Ning Fengzhi to secure the site as a strategic resource for the sect.

• Bibi Dong awarded the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team the championship trophy and three Soul Bones, then invited Lin Yi to join Spirit Hall as a future elder.
• Lin Yi declined the offer, and Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong made clear that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not give him up.
• Lin Yi kept the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull for himself, gave Yu Tianheng the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone, and gave Dugu Yan the Rapid Movement Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone.
• After the tournament, Ning Rongrong returned to Ning Fengzhi, and Lin Yi told him he planned to cultivate in seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yi urged Ning Fengzhi to negotiate with Dugu Bo for control or shared development of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss the plan with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.

Ning Fengzhi secured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lin Yi began secluded cultivation there with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. A year later, Lin Yi broke through to level seventy, becoming a Soul Saint.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Dugu Bo wealth, Soul Bones, and help resolving his poison backlash in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi assigned Gu Rong to guard the well, while Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take on its affairs.
• Lin Yi stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianheng returned to his family and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chose to become instructors.
• Lin Yi traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, where they began cultivating and Gu Rong took charge of the guard.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull and cultivated beside the Ice Spring for a year while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect built a fortified estate around the valley.
• Lin Yi broke through the level-seventy bottleneck, and Gu Rong recognized him as a Soul Saint.

After reaching level seventy, Lin Yi traveled to the Far North with Chen Xin and Gu Rong to hunt a powerful Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring. He absorbed a seventy-three-thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Emperor Scorpion’s Soul Ring, reached level seventy-three, and gained the Snow Lotus True Body Soul Skill.

• Lin Yi reached level seventy and asked Gu Rong to help him obtain a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring with Chen Xin’s protection.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong joined Lin Yi in the Far North, where they found a seventy-three-thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Emperor Scorpion in an Ice Rift Valley.
• Gu Rong sealed the valley as Chen Xin weakened the scorpion, allowing Lin Yi to strike its vulnerable head and kill it.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Mystic Ice Emperor Scorpion’s Soul Ring after enduring its violent energy and spiritual assault for a day and a night.
• Lin Yi reached level seventy-three and gained Snow Lotus True Body, which doubled his Snow Lotus Soul Skill effects and converted half the energy from incoming attacks into Soul Power.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yi confessed his love to Xiao Wu and asked her to stay with him by choice. Xiao Wu accepted, and they became lovers, ending the night with a promise to remain together.

• Lin Yi returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then resumed guiding the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing continued cultivating, with Xiao Wu reaching level forty-two and Zhu Zhuqing reaching level forty.
• Lin Yi confessed that he loved Xiao Wu and asked her to be with him willingly rather than through coercion.
• Xiao Wu admitted she was willing, and Lin Yi kissed her tenderly before they spent the night together.
• Xiao Wu asked whether they would always be together, and Lin Yi promised to keep her safe and never let her leave again.

After spending the night together, Lin Yi and Xiao Wu shared a tender breakfast while Zhu Zhuqing watched in silence. Zhu Zhuqing confronted Xiao Wu about her former closeness with Tang San, and Xiao Wu left no doubt that she loved Lin Yi and regarded Tang San only as her brother; Zhu Zhuqing withdrew, revealing her jealousy.

• Lin Yi woke beside Xiao Wu, and they shared an affectionate morning before getting dressed.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Lin Yi and Xiao Wu's closeness as she served them breakfast.
• After Lin Yi left for the academy, Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu about her past relationship with Tang San.
• Xiao Wu declared that Tang San was her brother and that she had chosen to be with Lin Yi.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to her room and showed a faint trace of jealousy.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, tried to recruit Lin Yi, but he refused by citing his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Lin Yi warned the sect that Spirit Hall had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Ning Fengzhi to begin organizing a response.

• Xue Qinghe visited Lin Yi and offered him a position serving the Heaven Dou Empire, but Lin Yi declined and invoked Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Lin Yi grew concerned that Spirit Hall was close to making its move against the empire.
• Lin Yi took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to the sect branch at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned Bone Douluo Gu Rong about concealed Spirit Hall forces near Xue Qinghe.
• Gu Rong alerted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, who came to meet with him and Lin Yi several days later.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to warn Emperor Xue Ye and unite the empire, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lin Yi for his warning and sent him back to cultivate as the sect quietly began targeting Spirit Hall's hidden forces.