Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi awoke in a strange, energy-rich space and met the Radiant Divine Dragon, who explained the Sun God Spear’s connection to the Dragon Clan. The Radiant Divine Dragon offered to help Lin Yi grow stronger, and Lin Yi gladly accepted.

• Lin Yi woke on a grassy plain beneath a golden-white sky and sensed that the space’s spiritual energy was unusually dense.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon appeared before Lin Yi as a golden phantom, and Lin Yi reasoned that it did not intend to harm him.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon asked about Lin Yi’s abilities and learned that Lin Yi did not know others could hear his Heart Voice.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon explained that the Sun God Spear had been created by a Dragon God and that Lin Yi’s spear and Dragon Essence tied him closely to the Dragon Clan.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon said Lin Yi was too weak and offered to help him improve his strength, and Lin Yi gratefully accepted.

The Radiant Divine Dragon used Origin Dragon Qi to raise Lin Yi from level forty-four to level fifty, then told him that twenty days had passed. It prepared to send him away and gave him a vision that would guide him back after he reached level eighty.

• The Radiant Divine Dragon infused Lin Yi with Origin Dragon Qi, breaking his bottleneck and raising him to level fifty while its own phantom grew dimmer.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon told Lin Yi that he had spent twenty days there, and Lin Yi worried that he might have missed the Promotion Tournament.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon said it was time to send Lin Yi away and asked whether he could hunt a ten- or twenty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring.
• The Radiant Divine Dragon told Lin Yi to return after reaching level eighty and sent an image of a misty mountain range and cave into his mind.

After returning to the Star Dou Forest, Lin Yi searched for a suitable fifth Soul Ring and found an Aurora Unicorn with light and lightning attributes. He began fighting it, but the battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• The Radiant Divine Dragon sent Lin Yi back to the Star Dou Forest and told him to visit again after reaching level eighty.
• Lin Yi decided Qian Renxue was likely safe and had already returned, then set off to find a light-attributed Soul Beast for his fifth Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi sensed a pure attribute fluctuation in the Mixed Zone and discovered an Aurora Unicorn beneath an ancient tree.
• The Aurora Unicorn spotted Lin Yi and fired lightning at him, then attacked with an electric net and a lightning-charged hoof.
• Lin Yi dodged the Unicorn's attacks and blocked its hoof with the Sun God Spear, but the impact forced him back several steps.

Lin Yi defeated the nearly twenty-thousand-year-old Aurora Unicorn and absorbed its Soul Ring, gaining the Lightning Domain as his Fifth Soul Skill. He headed back to Heaven Dou City, arriving after the Promotion Tournament had ended, while Qian Renxue worried about his disappearance.

• Lin Yi defeated the Aurora Unicorn after a ten-minute battle and checked that no other Soul Beasts had approached before absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi gained the Lightning Domain, a Soul Skill that boosted two teammates and hindered opponents, but found that his Soul Power remained at level fifty-one.
• Lin Yi left the Star Dou Forest, rested overnight in Soul Hunting Town, and hurried toward Heaven Dou City.
• The Promotion Tournament concluded, and Xue Ye sent Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue, to oversee the Grand Finals in Spirit City.
• Lin Yi reached Heaven Dou City on the evening of the fourth day, while Qian Renxue remained uneasy about his month-long absence.

After vanishing in Star Dou Forest, Lin Yi left Qian Renxue and the Skywater Academy girls without news throughout the Promotion Tournament. He finally returned to Heaven Dou City after dark and hurried to the hotel, unsure whether the girls had already left for Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue recalled finding Lin Yi missing in Star Dou Forest and sending She Long and Ci Xue to search for him without success.
• Shui Qingyue reassured the worried Skywater Academy girls that Lin Yi would return, and her jokes helped lift their spirits.
• Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yu speculated about Lin Yi's absence and hoped to see him compete in the Grand Finals.
• Lin Yi entered Heaven Dou City and went straight to the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel to find the Skywater Academy girls.
• Lin Yi found the hotel quiet and worried that the girls had already departed, so he planned to ask the front desk.

Lin Yi returned to the hotel and learned that the academies would leave for Spirit City in three days. After overhearing the girls worry about his long absence, he left them undisturbed and set out to find his Junior Uncle.

• Lin Yi met Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and Feng Yu, and learned the academies would depart for Spirit City in three days.
• Huo Wushuang reminded Feng Xiaotian that Lin Yi had talked about hunting a ten-thousand-year spirit ring a year earlier, leaving Feng Xiaotian baffled by Lin Yi's apparent strength.
• Huo Wu defended Skywater Academy for having met Lin Yi first, then went upstairs with Huo Wushuang while Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yu returned to rest.
• After washing up, Lin Yi decided to visit his Junior Uncle and explain what had happened so she could reassure Xiao Wu and the others.
• Lin Yi overheard Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Xiao Wu discussing his long absence and worrying that they were about to leave for Spirit City, then stopped listening.

Lin Yi returned to Heaven Dou City and faced questions from Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er about his disappearance, while concealing how he had gained a new level and spirit ring. In the Crown Prince's Palace, Qian Renxue learned of his return and increased strength and wondered what had happened to him in the Star Dou Forest.

• Shui Yue'er found Lin Yi outside Xiao Wu's room, where Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about his long absence.
• Lin Yi claimed an old acquaintance had delayed him, while his Heart Voice revealed that he had reached level fifty and obtained a nearly twenty-thousand-year Aurora Unicorn as his fifth spirit ring.
• The girls heard Lin Yi's Heart Voice but continued to make things difficult for him as he played along with their interrogation.
• She Long reported to Qian Renxue that Lin Yi had returned to Heaven Dou City and briefly met the Huo Wu siblings and Feng Xiaotian at the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.
• She Long told Qian Renxue that Lin Yi seemed stronger than before, and Qian Renxue considered the possibility that the powerful being in the Star Dou Forest had helped him.

Qian Renxue worried Lin Yi might expose her identity during the journey to Spirit City, while Lin Yi rested and prepared for the trip. Two days later, the academies departed Heaven Dou City under Royal Knights escort, and Lin Yi wondered why Xue Qinghe was missing.

• Qian Renxue dismissed She Long and Ci Xue, then worried Lin Yi might reveal her identity as Xue Qinghe or her role in poisoning Emperor Xue Ye during the journey.
• After Shui Bing'er ended the girls’ questioning, Lin Yi returned to his room and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Lin Yi spent the next two days resting and adjusting to his new Soul Power rank and fifth soul skill, Lightning Domain.
• Lin Yi reported to Shui Qingyue, who confirmed he was safe and did not ask about his trip to Star Dou Forest.
• Fifteen qualifying academies and five hundred Royal Knights assembled outside Heaven Dou City to begin their journey to Spirit City.
• From the rear of Skywater Academy’s procession, Lin Yi noticed Xue Qinghe was absent and wondered what had happened.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, approached Lin Yi and tried to persuade him to ride in her carriage on the journey to Spirit City. After Lin Yi refused, she threatened to tell Skywater Academy that he had caused her to lose an Immortal Herb, and he reluctantly accepted her invitation.

• Xue Qinghe congratulated Lin Yi and Skywater Academy on their Preliminary Tournament success and asked whether they had met before.
• Ning Rongrong joined them, and Xue Qinghe praised Lin Yi’s role as Skywater Academy’s vice captain before speaking with Shui Bing’er about the Spirit City expedition.
• Xue Qinghe argued that Lin Yi would be uncomfortable traveling with an all-female team and invited him to ride in her carriage.
• Lin Yi refused, but Xue Qinghe privately threatened to reveal that he had caused her to lose an Immortal Herb in Sunset Forest.
• Lin Yi reluctantly agreed to ride in Xue Qinghe’s carriage.

Xue Qinghe secured permission to take Lin Yi in her carriage, while Lin Yi’s Heart Voice nearly exposed that she was a woman. Inside the carriage, Qian Renxue wondered whether others could still hear his thoughts, and Lin Yi marveled at the luxurious furnishings.

• Xue Qinghe asked Shui Qingyue, Shui Bing'er, and the others for permission to travel with Lin Yi, and they agreed.
• Lin Yi privately called Xue Qinghe “this girl,” making her and the others wonder whether they had heard him correctly.
• Ning Rongrong guessed that Lin Yi had said “that brat” or was blaming Shui Bing'er, and the group accepted her explanation.
• Lin Yi and Xue Qinghe entered her carriage, where Qian Renxue wondered if people outside could still hear Lin Yi’s Heart Voice.
• Lin Yi took in the carriage’s extravagant furnishings as Qian Renxue described the journey as simple and crude.

Lin Yi and Qian Renxue traveled together toward Spirit City, where the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament Grand Finals would be held. Qian Renxue tested whether others could hear Lin Yi’s Heart Voice and asked his opinion of the competition, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Qian Renxue invited Lin Yi to share her carriage and served him tea while wondering whether the people outside could hear his Heart Voice.
• A departure horn sounded, and Qian Renxue left the carriage to check on Dugu and Ning Fengzhi, confirming that Lin Yi’s Heart Voice could not be heard while she was away.
• Qian Renxue returned and told Lin Yi they should reach Spirit City in about twenty days if the journey went smoothly.
• Qian Renxue asked whether the Heaven Dou division could win the Grand Finals, and Lin Yi considered the strength of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and Star Luo Royal Academy.

Lin Yi traveled with Qian Renxue toward Spirit City, hiding his combat strength while they grew more comfortable with each other. When the convoy entered a canyon linked to an ambush in the original story, Lin Yi began watching for danger.

• Qian Renxue asked whether Lin Yi would fight in the Grand Finals, and he claimed his participation did not matter because he was a support-type spirit master.
• Qian Renxue suggested Lin Yi call her big brother, but he chose to address her as Brother Qinghe instead.
• Lin Yi and Qian Renxue chatted throughout the peaceful journey, and the convoy covered half its route to Spirit City.
• The convoy entered a narrow canyon, and Lin Yi recognized it as the site of an ambush from the original story and scanned the slopes for attackers.
• Qian Renxue asked why Lin Yi was watching the canyon, and he dismissed her concern by calling its barrenness desolate beauty.

Lin Yi and Qian Renxue traveled safely through a gorge while discussing the Grand Finals and Lin Yi’s role as a support-type soul master. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong, but she refused to see him.

• Lin Yi feared an ambush in the gorge, then relaxed when no one appeared and told Qian Renxue he had been thinking about the competition.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether Lin Yi seemed like a support-type soul master, and he laughed off her observation.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Pope Palace carrying a Pope Token and requested an audience with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his history with Bibi Dong and explained to himself that he had come to seek a Twin Martial Soul cultivation method for Tang San.
• A Palace Guard Knight returned and told Yu Xiaogang that Bibi Dong would not see him.

Yu Xiaogang was turned away from Pope Palace by Bibi Dong, who refused to see him and dismissed his old claim on her. Meanwhile, Lin Yi and Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City, where Qian Renxue questioned whether Lin Yi had been there before.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Bibi Dong had ordered the guards not to let him see her, and he left the palace entrance.
• Bibi Dong recalled Yu Xiaogang's abandonment and decided she had no reason to meet or help him.
• Yu Xiaogang assumed Bibi Dong might see him another day and planned to settle in Spirit City before trying again.
• Lin Yi and Qian Renxue traveled peacefully toward Spirit City and talked about the imperial tea and their journey.
• Lin Yi saw Spirit City for the first time on the journey and silently compared its imposing walls and buildings with Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue noticed Lin Yi's reaction and asked whether he had been to Spirit City before.

Lin Yi arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou delegation and learned the arrangements for the Grand Finals. After rejoining Skywater Academy, he reviewed the tournament match list and Spirit Hall’s three-day rest regulations.

• Qian Renxue questioned whether Lin Yi had visited Spirit City before, while Lin Yi insisted it was his first time.
• The Heaven Dou delegation passed the city-gate inspection as Yue Guan and Gui Mei secretly watched Lin Yi on Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Lin Yi and Qian Renxue parted after discussing their separate lodging, and Lin Yi joined Skywater Academy’s group.
• Shui Bing’er told Lin Yi the academies would draw first-round matchups in three days and gave him Spirit Hall’s rest regulations.
• Lin Yi reviewed the list of thirty-three qualified teams and agreed that the three-day adjustment period was necessary.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Skywater Academy’s dining hall and invited Lin Yi to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the Grand Finals, and he accepted. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong wondered whether she could hear Lin Yi’s inner voice and decided to meet him in person, but stopped Yue Guan and Gui Mei as they were leaving.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived during dinner to visit Ning Rongrong and thank Lin Yi for helping her.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Lin Yi to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the Grand Finals, and Lin Yi agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left after chatting with Shui Qingyue about the competition.
• Bibi Dong considered whether she could hear Lin Yi’s inner voice and planned to meet him that night.
• Bibi Dong called Yue Guan and Gui Mei back just as they reached the palace doors.

Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had been kept from entering the Pope Palace and went to observe Lin Yi, whose Heart Voice revealed Yu Xiaogang’s connection to Tang San. The chapter ended with Lin Yi spotting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San walking through the street below.

• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had visited often but had been stopped from entering the Pope Palace.
• Bibi Dong left the Pope Palace and secretly watched Lin Yi from a rooftop across the guest house.
• Lin Yi wondered whether Yu Xiaogang would reveal Tang San’s identity by asking Bibi Dong about the cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong heard Lin Yi’s Heart Voice and tried to work out how it reached her.
• Lin Yi noticed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San walking together below his window.

Dugu Bo and Chen Xin sensed Bibi Dong’s brief visit to the guest house and wondered whether she had come to investigate Lin Yi or Tang San. Three days later, the academies gathered at Spirit City’s Central Arena for the drawing ceremony, where Lin Yi questioned why the ceremony had not begun after Spirit Hall’s officials arrived.

• Dugu Bo sensed Bibi Dong’s aura disappear and suspected she had come to investigate Tang San, but decided to wait for the drawing ceremony to learn more.
• Chen Xin also sensed Bibi Dong’s visit and concluded that Lin Yi’s leaked thoughts had drawn her attention.
• Over the next three days, the academies prepared for battle while Lin Yi noticed that Liu Erlong had grown cold toward Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Yi joined Skywater Academy at the Central Arena, where the teams took their assigned seats for the drawing ceremony.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, six Cardinals, and the Palace Guard Knights assembled at the main platform, but no one began the ceremony, leaving Lin Yi to wonder if Bibi Dong was expected to preside.

Bibi Dong arrived at the drawing ceremony in strikingly refined formal attire, prompting Lin Yi to speculate that she had dressed up for Yu Xiaogang. The chapter left the gathered spectators and Spirit Hall members reacting to Lin Yi’s theory, even as Hu Liena and the elders denied that Bibi Dong had met Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong entered the hall in carefully styled Pope's robes, and Lin Yi wondered why she had appeared before the tournament's top eight.
• Lin Yi saw Yu Xiaogang staring at Bibi Dong while Liu Erlong sat beside him looking upset, and he speculated that Bibi Dong had dressed up for her old flame.
• Lin Yi's Heart Voice amused Huo Wu and left Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yu speechless about Yu Xiaogang's behavior.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan dismissed Lin Yi's theory, saying Bibi Dong had not met Yu Xiaogang and her outfit had nothing to do with him.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei privately rejected the idea that Bibi Dong would dress up for a rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, though they admitted Lin Yi's absurd guess sounded strangely plausible.

Bibi Dong heard Lin Yi’s Heart Voice and silently endured his imagined story about her and Yu Xiaogang while considering how to punish him later. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin suspected that Heart Voice reach might depend on faction, but the reason remained unclear.

• Bibi Dong heard Lin Yi speculate that she had dressed up to rekindle old feelings with Yu Xiaogang, and she hid her irritation while deciding to settle accounts with him later.
• Lin Yi told Xiao Wu that Bibi Dong was not as beautiful as she was, while Xiao Wu remembered the name Qian Renxue from his thoughts.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin whether Bibi Dong’s reactions suggested she could hear Lin Yi’s Heart Voice, and Chen Xin said her glance toward Yu Xiaogang made that possible.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Heart Voice might be audible to people connected by faction, since Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall figures seemed to hear it while Shrek’s side did not.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Bibi Dong’s ability to hear Lin Yi was the main fact they needed, leaving the Heart Voice’s selection mechanism unresolved.