Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong considered how Lin Yi might help her refine the Soul Hunt Operation, but decided to wait for a better opportunity to approach him. Lin Yi returned to the inn, reunited with the concerned girls, and learned that Tianshui Academy had earned a bye in the second round.

• Bibi Dong worried that Lin Yi might expose her Soul Hunt Operation and considered showing him the Rakshasa God tome, but she postponed the idea because of Spirit Hall’s political risks.
• Lin Yi returned to the inn and wondered why Bibi Dong had treated him politely and tried to recruit him into Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er came to fetch Lin Yi for dinner and showed relief that he was safe.
• The girls heard Lin Yi assume they had worried about Dugu Bo experimenting on him, though they knew he had gone to the Library Pavilion.
• Shui Qingyue announced that the first round had ended, Tianshui Academy ranked first among the fifteen advancing academies, and the team had a bye in the second round.

At breakfast, Lin Yi thought through the tournament brackets and planned to visit Qian Renxue on the rest day, while the girls heard his thoughts and grew suspicious of their relationship. Shui Qingyue warned the team to be careful while exploring Spirit City, and they prepared to disperse.

• Shui Qingyue announced that her team had drawn a bye, and Lin Yi considered how the second-round matches and seeded teams would be arranged.
• Lin Yi assessed Shrek, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Golden Generation, then planned to watch the Golden Generation compete.
• Lin Yi decided to visit Qian Renxue the next day, prompting Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to react with suspicion and jealousy.
• The girls concealed that they had heard Lin Yi's thoughts, while he wondered why they were acting strangely.
• Shui Qingyue cautioned everyone to avoid certain places in Spirit City before letting the team disperse.

Golden Crocodile Douluo reported Bibi Dong’s unusual behavior to Qian Daoliu and the other worships, including her visits to the matches and the Library Pavilion. The worships grew suspicious after learning that a mysterious youth with a silver access token entered the pavilion just before her.

• Qian Daoliu and the worships waited in the hall for Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had not returned after visiting Qian Renxue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo returned late and told the worships that Bibi Dong had been acting unusually.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reported that Bibi Dong dressed with unusual feminine charm for the drawing ceremony, allegedly for her old lover.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said Bibi Dong watched the first day of matches but left early on the second day to visit the Library Pavilion.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that a plainly dressed youth with a silver access token had entered the Library Pavilion before Bibi Dong, prompting Azure Luan Douluo to suspect a secret connection between them.

The worship elders debated why Bibi Dong cared about Lin Yi, and Light Feather Douluo speculated that Lin Yi was her illegitimate son. Qian Daoliu dismissed that claim but ordered Light Feather Douluo to secretly investigate Lin Yi, whose enrollment at Skywater Academy surprised the elders.

• Light Feather Douluo suggested that Lin Yi might be Bibi Dong's illegitimate son, shocking the worship elders.
• Qian Daoliu rejected the illegitimate-son theory but agreed that Lin Yi's connection to Bibi Dong warranted investigation.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Light Feather Douluo to observe Lin Yi without interfering or alerting Bibi Dong.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that Lin Yi attended Skywater Academy, which had accepted only female students for a hundred years.
• Light Feather Douluo left to begin his investigation, while Qian Daoliu wondered what Bibi Dong intended and who Lin Yi really was.

Light Feather Douluo secretly inspected the sleeping Lin Yi, while Shui Qingyue and Bibi Dong sensed his presence and wondered why he had come. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong suspecting that the Worship Hall had targeted Lin Yi.

• Qian Daoliu decided to wait for Light Feather Douluo to return before investigating Lin Yi himself.
• Light Feather Douluo entered Lin Yi's room, judged him ordinary, and left without waking him.
• Shui Qingyue sensed an unfamiliar, powerful aura near Lin Yi's room and wondered if Lin Yi's father had come.
• Shui Qingyue found Lin Yi asleep with no signs of disturbance and decided to watch for further activity and warn him later.
• Bibi Dong sensed Light Feather Douluo heading toward the West Wing Guest House Complex and suspected Lin Yi was his target.

Bibi Dong worried that the Worship Hall might discover Lin Yi’s connection to the Rakshasa God and decided to watch them instead of visiting him. The next morning, Lin Yi set out to thank Qian Renxue but was waylaid by four girls, while Light Feather Douluo continued watching the guest house from nearby.

• Bibi Dong considered checking on Lin Yi but feared Qian Daoliu would suspect her, so she chose to monitor the Worship Hall instead.
• Lin Yi woke after sleeping soundly and planned to have tea with Qian Renxue to thank her.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er intercepted Lin Yi and insisted on accompanying him outside.
• Lin Yi left the guest house surrounded by the four girls, wondering why they had gathered to wait for him.
• Light Feather Douluo watched the West Wing Guest House Complex from a sightseeing corridor and complained that Lin Yi had not left yet.

Light Feather Douluo discovered that he could hear Lin Yi’s unspoken thoughts and decided to watch him rather than report what he had learned. Lin Yi’s thoughts nearly revealed Xue Qinghe’s identity, but she interrupted him and greeted the group.

• Light Feather Douluo heard Lin Yi’s thoughts and realized the voice came from Lin Yi despite there being no Soul Power fluctuations.
• Light Feather Douluo chose to keep observing Lin Yi instead of reporting his discovery.
• Lin Yi accompanied Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er to a pastry shop, where they chose treats for him to buy.
• Lin Yi thought of inviting Qian Renxue when Xue Qinghe appeared with two attendants.
• Xue Qinghe heard Lin Yi’s thoughts and greeted him before he could expose her identity.

Lin Yi invited Xue Qinghe to lunch so he could thank her for the token, while the girls misread their connection as political. At the restaurant, the group sat in an awkward silence as Lin Yi privately enjoyed the tension, and Guang Ling Douluo left to report Lin Yi’s knowledge of Qian Renxue’s identity.

• Lin Yi invited Xue Qinghe to join him and the girls for lunch, and she accepted.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er speculated that Lin Yi and Xue Qinghe were connected by a political marriage.
• Lin Yi’s thoughts about Qian Renxue and the girls’ past rivalries made Xue Qinghe interrupt him before he revealed more.
• Guang Ling Douluo wondered how Lin Yi knew the young mistress’s identity and left to report the matter to the Grand Priest and the others.
• At the restaurant, the group sat without eating while Lin Yi privately remarked on the tense gathering.

Ning Rongrong asked Xue Qinghe whether he had a fiancée, narrowly avoiding exposing his identity as Qian Renxue. At the Worship Hall, the six Worships weighed Lin Yi’s dangerous knowledge and debated how to handle him.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xue Qinghe if he had a fiancée, and he calmly said he did not.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu exchanged a knowing look, believing Qian Renxue was Xue Qinghe’s fiancée, while Xue Qinghe let the subject drop.
• Light Feather Douluo reported to Qian Daoliu and the other Worships everything he knew about Lin Yi and his contact with Qian Renxue.
• Mighty Lion Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Lin Yi’s unusual ability and how much sensitive information he possessed.
• Jiang Mo Douluo suggested silencing Lin Yi, but Light Feather Douluo argued that Bibi Dong had been unable or unwilling to deal with him.

Qian Daoliu ordered the Worshippers to investigate Lin Yi while forbidding anyone but Light Feather from watching him, and Jiang Mo secretly resolved to investigate on his own. After dinner, Qian Renxue showed Lin Yi a bronze token that could grant them access to the lower floors of Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion.

• Qian Daoliu told the Worshippers that Lin Yi should not be provoked and assigned Light Feather to investigate his background and abilities.
• Jiang Mo failed to persuade Qian Daoliu to let him watch Lin Yi, then decided to sneak out and observe him himself.
• Lin Yi and the others finished their meal at a restaurant in Spirit City and left together.
• Qian Renxue privately invited Lin Yi somewhere and explained that a Cardinal had given her a bronze token granting access to certain restricted areas, including the lower floors of the Library Pavilion.

Qian Renxue used a bronze token and her Xue Qinghe identity to invite Lin Yi to Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion, separating him from Xiao Wu and the others. She intended to use the trip to let Lin Yi's Heart Voice clarify her identity without the girls overhearing, while keeping their political-marriage misunderstanding intact.

• Lin Yi accepted Xue Qinghe's invitation to the Library Pavilion and asked whether her bronze token could admit two people.
• Ning Rongrong, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu declined to join them and headed to the East Street market.
• Qian Renxue and Lin Yi walked toward the Pope Palace as Lin Yi wondered why she was using a bronze token despite her status.
• Qian Renxue recalled that she had arranged the token through She Long so she could take Lin Yi away from the girls and manage what they learned about her identity.

Lin Yi accompanied Qian Renxue into Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion, while Guang Ling and a spy reported their visit to the Grand Consecrator and Bibi Dong. As Qian Renxue browsed the ground-floor books, she asked Lin Yi whether he had heard rumors about her fiancée.

• Qian Renxue presented a bronze token at the Library Pavilion gates, and she and Lin Yi were allowed to enter the ground floor.
• Guang Ling watched them enter and decided to report their visit to the Grand Consecrator.
• A spy sent by Bibi Dong reported that Lin Yi had entered the Library Pavilion with Xue Qinghe, prompting Bibi Dong to decide to go see them herself.
• Qian Renxue browsed books while Lin Yi privately wondered why she was pretending to be interested in them.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Yi whether he knew why Rongrong had asked about her fiancée, then wondered aloud if he had heard rumors.

Lin Yi and Qian Renxue were talking in the Library Pavilion when Bibi Dong arrived, bringing Qian Renxue face-to-face with her mother while both maintained their public masks. Bibi Dong questioned Lin Yi about his return, leaving him anxious about what she intended to ask.

• Lin Yi told Qian Renxue he did not know why the girls had asked about Xue Qinghe's fiancée, while privately guessing they suspected Xue Qinghe's interest in him.
• Qian Renxue sensed Bibi Dong entering the Library Pavilion, and Lin Yi recognized the sound of her heels and tried to hide before standing upright again.
• Bibi Dong appeared and exchanged formal greetings with Qian Renxue, who addressed her as the Pope rather than her mother.
• Bibi Dong turned to Lin Yi and asked why he had come again, and Lin Yi explained that Xue Qinghe had invited him to accompany him.

Bibi Dong joined Qian Renxue and Lin Yi in the Library Pavilion, where their polite conversation concealed the complicated history between mother and daughter. As Lin Yi’s thoughts stirred painful memories for both women, Bibi Dong stopped and asked him about a matter she had raised before.

• Bibi Dong asked why Qian Renxue had entered the Library Pavilion with a bronze token, and Qian Renxue explained that a Cardinal had given it to her during a discussion about cooperation between their nations.
• Bibi Dong offered to guide Qian Renxue through the library, then walked among the shelves with her and Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi reflected on Qian Renxue’s lonely childhood and Bibi Dong’s decision to send her away, bringing their buried feelings to the surface.
• Bibi Dong stopped beside a bookshelf and asked Lin Yi how he had considered the matter she had brought up before.

Lin Yi endured a tense exchange between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue before Qian Daoliu arrived at the Library Pavilion. Qian Daoliu greeted the others and questioned Lin Yi about being a male student at Skywater Academy.

• Bibi Dong invited Lin Yi to join Spirit Hall, and Lin Yi said he would decide after the Grand Finals.
• Qian Renxue praised Lin Yi while she and Bibi Dong exchanged veiled verbal barbs.
• Lin Yi sensed Qian Daoliu approaching the Library Pavilion with the distinctive aura of a Six-Winged Angel.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and exchanged greetings with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Lin Yi.
• Qian Daoliu asked Lin Yi when Skywater Academy had begun accepting male students.

Qian Daoliu visited the Library Pavilion, questioned Lin Yi, and left after confirming that he could hear Lin Yi’s Heart Voice. Bibi Dong considered how Lin Yi’s connection to Qian Renxue might affect Qian Daoliu’s plans, then departed, and Qian Renxue decided to leave with Lin Yi.

• Qian Daoliu asked Bibi Dong why Lin Yi was studying at Skywater Academy, and Lin Yi explained that he had been admitted as a special case.
• Qian Daoliu went upstairs to consult texts, while Lin Yi wondered why he had appeared and Bibi Dong suspected he had come to test whether he could hear Lin Yi’s Heart Voice.
• Bibi Dong concluded that Qian Daoliu would avoid acting rashly and that Lin Yi’s relationship with Qian Renxue could give her room to intervene.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Yi and Qian Renxue to continue browsing, then left the Library Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue teased Lin Yi about seeming nervous, and after hearing his thoughts about Qian Daoliu, she said she no longer felt like reading and suggested they leave.

Lin Yi and Qian Renxue left the Library Pavilion after their encounters with Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, then went their separate ways. Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu both considered Bibi Dong’s interest in Lin Yi and Qian Renxue’s unusual closeness to him, while Qian Daoliu decided to watch Lin Yi and consult the records.

• Qian Renxue thanked Lin Yi for accompanying her, reminded him to prepare for the Grand Finals, and headed toward the main hall while he went to the West Wing Posthouse.
• After Lin Yi left, Qian Renxue worried that Bibi Dong had come to the Library Pavilion for Lin Yi, for her, or for both, and resolved to stabilize the situation.
• Qian Daoliu watched Lin Yi and Qian Renxue leave, then reflected on Lin Yi’s composure before his angelic aura and his granddaughter’s unusual interest in the young man.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Bibi Dong likely wanted to recruit Lin Yi, decided to keep an eye on him, and returned to the bookshelf to consult an ancient book.

Lin Yi reflected on Spirit Hall and watched the academies gather for the second round of the Grand Finals. As Shrek Academy prepared to face Star Luo Royal Academy, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun overheard Lin Yi’s thoughts and realized Tang San possessed abilities they had not anticipated.

• Lin Yi considered whether he could help Qian Renxue before deciding to focus on finishing the tournament.
• At the arena, Lin Yi observed the rival academies and expected Shrek to struggle against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Lin Yi noticed Dai Weisi watching him and guessed Dai Weisi suspected he had become close to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun overheard Lin Yi’s thoughts about Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, Hidden Weapons, and other abilities.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun recognized that Tang San was more formidable than they had believed and reconsidered the difficulty of the match.

Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy began their match in the tournament finals, with Dai Mubai facing his elder brother Dai Weisi. Dai Mubai’s first exchange with Dai Weisi ended with Dai Mubai at a disadvantage, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s combined strength would be difficult to overcome directly.
• The host announced the match between Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy, and both teams entered the arena.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai, who vowed to prove he was no longer a failure.
• Dai Weisi attacked Dai Mubai with his White Tiger Earthshaking Tremor, forcing Dai Mubai to defend with his White Tiger Protection Barrier.
• Dai Mubai countered Dai Weisi’s White Tiger God-Annihilating Strike with his White Tiger Intense Light Wave, making Dai Weisi dodge, though Dai Mubai still suffered the worse exchange.

Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi clashed while Tang San used Hidden Weapons and Blue Silver Grass to disrupt Star Luo Royal Academy’s formation. Tang San then helped Dai Mubai evade Dai Weisi’s attack and launched poisoned needles at him, leaving their impact unresolved.

• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi exchanged fierce attacks, while Zhu Zhuyun moved to target Oscar.
• Tang San stopped Zhu Zhuyun’s sneak attack with a silver needle, then instructed Oscar to give Ma Hongjun a pink sausage.
• Ma Hongjun flew above the battlefield and used Phoenix Fire Line to disrupt Star Luo Royal Academy’s rear formation.
• Tang San struck Star Luo Royal Academy members with Hidden Weapons and trapped three more with Blue Silver Entangling Array.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower against Dai Weisi’s White Tiger God-Annihilating Strike, but Dai Weisi overpowered him.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai to retreat, then fired three poisoned silver needles at Dai Weisi.