Chapter Summaries

Spirit Hall’s Sunshine Kindergarten drew children from powerful Soul Master families, while Qian Daoliu considered its benefits and the families’ motives. At dismissal, Bai He recognized Golden Crocodile Douluo picking up Tian Yue and left in awe.

• Qian Daoliu watched Bo Saixi nurse Qian Xunfeng and considered the value of her life energy.
• Soul Master families sent children to Sunshine Kindergarten to educate them and build ties with Spirit Hall, while Ning Fengzhi kept the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction secret.
• Sunshine Kindergarten dismissed its junior class in staggered groups to protect the children.
• Bai Chenxiang greeted Bai He and reunited with Niu Man and Yang Pozhu, telling her grandfather that they helped defend her at school.
• Bai Chenxiang waved goodbye to Tian Yue, and Bai He recognized the elder picking her up as Golden Crocodile Douluo.

At Qian Xunfeng’s first birthday celebration, Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Tian Yue to honor the infant heir and presented him with a rare defensive Soul Tool. The children went to play together while Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Tian Yue was unlikely to inherit his Martial Soul, though he hoped she would become a Title Douluo.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Tian Yue that Qian Xunfeng’s birthday celebration was being held and instructed her to look after him when they eventually attended kindergarten together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived at Pope Hall, greeted Qian Daoliu, and gave Qian Xunfeng a defense-system Soul Tool that could withstand three attacks from a Soul Saint.
• Qian Xunfeng thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo and greeted Tian Yue as Sister Yue before she led him toward Qian Renxue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Tian Yue was unlikely to inherit his Martial Soul and that he would be satisfied if she reached Title Douluo.

After Qian Xunfeng’s first birthday, Bo Saixi asked Qian Daoliu to let her take the child to Sea God Island, but he refused until she prepared the island for his arrival. Days later, Spirit Hall’s academy began a new coming-of-age ceremony in which students swore oaths upon their Martial Souls.

• Qian Renxue greeted Tian Yue at Qian Xunfeng’s birthday celebration, and Qian Xunfeng pondered their tangled family relationships.
• Bo Saixi asked Qian Daoliu to take Qian Xunfeng to Sea God Island to pay respects to the Sea God, but Qian Daoliu told her to put the island in order first.
• A Cardinal named Greg led the academy’s twelve-year-old students to the final stage of their coming-of-age ceremony before a Six-Winged Angel Statue.
• Greg began the Martial Soul oath, while Xie Yue stood at the head of the students and the others wondered what terms they would be asked to swear to.

During the coming-of-age ceremony, Greg explained the Martial Soul oath and required students to choose whether to swear loyalty to Spirit Hall or simply promise not to oppose it. After Xie Yue asked Greg to help find his missing sister Hu Liena, Greg learned that the former Holy Maiden had accepted her as a disciple.

• Greg told the students they could leave Spirit Hall after graduation but had to swear not to become its enemy or harm its interests.
• Xie Yue swore to oppose Spirit Hall only if its members were corrupt and abused the people, while the other students made oaths according to their intentions.
• Yan Kun asked to refuse the oath, and Greg ordered him to leave Spirit Hall Academy after the semester and return to his clan.
• After the ceremony, Xie Yue asked Greg to help locate Hu Liena, who had disappeared four years earlier after the former Holy Maiden accepted her as a disciple.
• Greg reacted with surprise at Hu Liena's Innate Soul Power of 9.5 levels and told Xie Yue that her acceptance was a good thing.

Xie Yue told Greg that he had not seen Hu Liena in over four years, prompting Greg to investigate her disappearance. Qian Daoliu learned of Xie Yue’s search and planned to use it to draw him and Hu Liena closer to Spirit Hall, while Qian Xunji arrived to continue the Seventh Angel Trial.

• Xie Yue told Greg that he had been unable to find Hu Liena and feared something had happened to his only surviving family member.
• Greg promised to investigate Hu Liena’s disappearance after realizing why Xie Yue had resisted joining Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Xie Yue was searching for Hu Liena and blamed Qian Xunji for dismissing his concerns.
• Qian Daoliu planned to give Xie Yue an Immortal Grade Herb and use Qian Xunfeng to make Hu Liena fiercely produce negative results.
• Qian Xunji entered the Douluo Hall and asked Qian Daoliu to continue the Seventh Angel Trial.

Qian Daoliu reflected on Tang Chen’s techniques and ordered changes to the Six-Winged Angel clan’s Soul Ring choices before continuing Qian Xunji’s Angel assessment. Later, he told Xie Yue that Hu Liena was studying in Nuoding City and gave him a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help him grow stronger.

• Qian Daoliu praised Tang Chen’s Great Sumeru Hammer and Nine Absolute Techniques, then ordered Qian Xunji to have the clan seek support and enhancement Soul Skills for its first four Angel Soul Rings.
• Qian Daoliu continued Qian Xunji’s Angel assessment by repeatedly striking and hurling him around the Douluo Hall with the Sea God Scepter.
• Qian Daoliu met Xie Yue in Pope Hall and told him that Hu Liena was studying at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, not at Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu said Hu Liena had been deceived into disliking Spirit Hall and urged Xie Yue to become stronger so she would recognize the difference between their training.
• Qian Daoliu gave Xie Yue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, saying the Immortal Grade Herb would benefit him.

Qian Daoliu began Qian Xunji’s Angel Seventh Trial by attacking him with the Sea God Scepter, then explained how support and enhancement Soul Skills could still matter at high levels. Qian Xunji realized he should have used Angel Wings to counter the blows, and the trial remained underway.

• Qian Daoliu sealed Douluo Hall with Angel Light and prepared to test Qian Xunji’s ability to endure his assault.
• Qian Xunji summoned his six-winged angel and drew the Divine Holy Sword as Qian Daoliu armed himself with Bo Saixi’s Sea God Scepter.
• Qian Daoliu struck Qian Xunji with the scepter and overwhelmed him with a rapid barrage of jabs.
• Qian Daoliu stopped when Qian Xunji cried out in pain and explained why offensive Soul Skills could lose usefulness at high cultivation while enhancement and support skills remained valuable.
• Qian Xunji understood that Angel Wings could have protected him from the physical attacks and reconsidered Qian Daoliu’s intentions.

Xie Yue advanced after refining the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and swore lifelong loyalty to Spirit Hall. Two and a half years later, Flender discovered Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul and Innate Rank Nine Soul Power during a village awakening, and considered recruiting him into Shrek Academy.

• Xie Yue rose from Rank 28 Soul Grandmaster to Rank 30 quasi-Soul Elder after refining the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.
• Xie Yue vowed to devote his life to Spirit Hall and resumed cultivating at the Spirit Hall Soul Master Academy.
• Flender traveled to Grass Chicken Village to awaken the children’s Martial Souls and dismissed the other children as lacking Soul Master potential.
• Ma Hongjun awakened a Phoenix Martial Soul, tested at Innate Rank Nine Soul Power, and told Flender that it was a Phoenix.
• Flender decided that recruiting Ma Hongjun into Shrek Academy would benefit him more than reporting the boy to the Martial Soul Branch Hall.
• Ma Hongjun knelt before Flender with a sincere expression.

Ma Hongjun became Flender’s disciple and agreed to join Shrek Academy, then arrived there with him and discovered that Hu Liena had come to enroll. Flender welcomed the prospect of recruiting her, while Ma Hongjun panicked over the possibility that Spirit Hall was protecting her.

• Ma Hongjun asked Flender to become his master, and Flender accepted him as a disciple and offered him a place at Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun said farewell to his family, and two days later Flender led him to Shrek Academy.
• Flender and Ma Hongjun found Hu Liena inspecting the shabby academy entrance, and Flender asked who she was looking for.
• Hu Liena confirmed her identity after Flender recognized her, and Ma Hongjun realized she was Bibi Dong’s disciple and feared Spirit Hall’s response.
• Flender was pleased that Hu Liena might join Shrek Academy and considered using her ties to Bibi Dong to gain Spirit Hall’s backing.

Hu Liena arrived at Shrek Academy and impressed Flender with her Rank 29 Heavenly Fox Martial Soul, earning admission. Ma Hongjun wondered why she had come and decided to keep her close so he could learn what had changed in her past.

• Flender proved he was Shrek Academy’s dean by displaying his seven Soul Rings, and Hu Liena showed her Heavenly Fox Martial Soul and Rank 29 cultivation.
• Flender accepted Hu Liena and personally took her to register at Shrek Academy.
• Hu Liena questioned the academy’s humble appearance, and Flender described its harsh training and claimed its graduates became outstanding figures.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Flender’s boast about a Platinum Bishop as a lie and resolved to learn why Hu Liena had come to Shrek Academy.
• Flender introduced Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul and Rank 9 Innate Soul Power, and Hu Liena apologized for doubting the academy.

Ma Hongjun realized that Hu Liena’s teacher might be the reborn Bibi Dong, while Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul to Tang Hao. The chapter ended with Tang Hao embracing his son in astonished joy.

• Flender registered Hu Liena and Ma Hongjun at Shrek Academy and encouraged Ma Hongjun to cultivate diligently if he wanted to earn Hu Liena’s approval.
• Ma Hongjun concluded that Bibi Dong had been reborn and sent Hu Liena to Yu Xiaogang to repair their relationship.
• Old Jack told Tang Hao that Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power and offered him the village’s work-study place.
• Tang Hao refused to let Tang San attend Nuoding City’s academy, but Tang San said he would obey and asked how many Martial Souls a person could have.
• Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, a black hammer, and Tang Hao recognized that his son possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao pulled Tang San into a tight embrace, and Tang San felt happy to be held by his father again.

Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to Tang Hao, who told him to use the Clear Sky Hammer to protect the grass. Unable to sleep, Tang San weighed his plans for this life and decided to take Yu Xiaogang as his master despite knowing his teachings were flawed, partly to keep Bibi Dong from harming his companions.

• Tang Hao saw Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and told him to use the hammer in his left hand to protect the grass in his right hand.
• Tang San remembered Xiao Wu's sacrifice and felt renewed killing intent toward Spirit Hall.
• Tang San lay awake in Holy Soul Village, longing for the day he would meet Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San judged Yu Xiaogang's Blue Silver Grass cultivation advice to be wrong and concluded that the healing control path was more suitable.
• Tang San decided to follow Yu Xiaogang's poison-based path anyway, seeking the Eight Spider Lances and hoping Yu Xiaogang's bond with Bibi Dong would protect his Shrek companions.

Tang Hao visited the Blue Silver Grass he believed was Ah Yin and vowed to protect Tang San and take revenge on Spirit Hall. Three months later, Qian Daoliu began assembling a Spirit Hall squad to deal with Tang San and considered adding Dugu Yan as its Control System Soul Master.

• Tang Hao entered the cave behind the waterfall and spoke to the Blue Silver Grass, unaware that it was an ordinary plant rather than Ah Yin’s Seed of Life.
• Tang Hao told Ah Yin that Tang San had awakened Twin Martial Souls and vowed to avenge her by killing Qian Xunji and destroying Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said he would leave the cave more often to secretly protect Tang San, then returned to the cottage before dawn.
• Three months later, Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy as a work-study student.
• Qian Daoliu drafted a Spirit Hall squad roster including Xie Yue, Bai Chenxiang, Yang Pozhu, Niu Man, and Tian Yue, then decided to consider Dugu Yan for its Control System role.

At Nuoding Academy, Tang San struck the gatekeeper after he mocked Old Jack and rejected Tang San’s certificate, drawing Yu Xiaogang’s attention. Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and tried to take him as a disciple, but Tang San refused to kneel because he did not believe Yu Xiaogang deserved that respect.

• Old Jack brought Tang San to Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper mocked their village and called Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate a forgery.
• Tang San struck the gatekeeper and knocked him into the academy gate.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s certificate and inferred that Tang San possessed a second, powerful Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang explained his reasoning and began trying to guide Tang San into becoming his disciple.
• Tang San respectfully addressed Yu Xiaogang as “Teacher” but did not kneel or kowtow.

Tang San welcomed Xiao Wu into Dorm Seven, deliberately lost to her, and agreed to hunt a four-hundred-year Datura Snake with Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek Academy, Bibi Dong confronted Flender over the poor food Hu Liena was receiving, and Flender pleaded that the academy could not afford better ingredients.

• Tang San resolved to keep Yu Xiaogang as his teacher but withhold the Nine-Grade Purple Mushroom and divine blood baptism as repayment for using him.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven, and Tang San recognized her and deliberately let her defeat him so she could become dorm leader.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu put their beds together and shared a quilt, while Yu Xiaogang offered to take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tang San chose to seek a four-hundred-year Datura Snake Soul Ring so he could return quickly to Nuoding Academy and grow closer to Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong visited Hu Liena at Shrek Academy, smashed Flender's desk over the academy's poor food, and demanded better nutrition for her disciple.
• Flender told Bibi Dong that Shrek Academy could not afford premium ingredients with only six students.

Bibi Dong confronted Flender over Shrek Academy’s poor conditions and advised him to establish separate Inner and Outer Academies. After warning him to improve her disciple’s living environment, she returned to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San noticed that the students treated Yu Xiaogang with unusual respect.

• Flender claimed his poverty came from devoting himself to Shrek Academy’s students, while Bibi Dong criticized him for failing to earn money and selling counterfeit Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong advised Flender to separate talented students into an Inner Academy and place ordinary students in an Outer Academy, and Flender eagerly accepted the idea.
• Bibi Dong warned Flender that she would not spare Yu Xiaogang’s feelings if her disciple’s living conditions remained unchanged, then returned to Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the Dorm Seven work-study students met Yu Xiaogang on their way to lunch and greeted him respectfully.
• Tang San wondered why Wang Sheng and the other students treated Yu Xiaogang better than he remembered.

Bibi Dong discovered that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year transformed Soft Bone Rabbit and took her away, while Tang Hao recognized Bibi Dong and prepared to protect Xiao Wu from other pursuers. Xiao Wu awoke in a grove before Bibi Dong, who identified her as a Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to eat on the cafeteria’s second floor, then took Tang San to study Soul Beast theory.
• Bibi Dong sensed Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast aura and decided to capture her for Hu Liena’s future benefit.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San and Xiao Wu together, then sensed a powerful spiritual presence and recognized Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong seized Xiao Wu and brought her to a small grove, where Xiao Wu recognized the Death Spider Emperor and trembled in fear.
• Bibi Dong saw that Xiao Wu knew her Martial Soul and called her a Soft Bone Rabbit.

Tang Hao ambushed Bibi Dong while she was holding Xiao Wu, and the two Title Douluo fought over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Tang Hao badly injured Bibi Dong and drove her to flee, while Tang San recognized his father’s Clear Sky Hammer but could not tell who he was fighting.

• Bibi Dong prepared to confine Xiao Wu near Nuoding Academy, but Tang Hao struck her with his Clear Sky Hammer and knocked Xiao Wu unconscious with the shockwave.
• Tang Hao revealed himself and attacked Bibi Dong, believing she was still Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and wanting to eliminate a future enemy for Tang San.
• Bibi Dong released Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn, but Tang Hao shattered her attack and overwhelmed her with the Great Sumeru Hammer and Breaking Formula.
• Tang Hao’s strike sent Bibi Dong crashing through trees and left her seriously injured; she abandoned Xiao Wu and prepared to flee.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San recognized the Clear Sky Hammer’s Soul Power and realized Tang Hao was fighting, though he did not know who his father was attacking.

Tang Hao defeated Bibi Dong but spared her after she claimed to have left Spirit Hall, then returned to Nuoding Academy. When Xiao Wu woke, Tang San tried to comfort her by calling Bibi Dong “Aunt Dong,” intensifying Xiao Wu’s hatred of him.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about the battle, and Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong and rushed to stop Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao overpowered Bibi Dong and prepared to kill her with Ring Detonation, but she claimed she had left Spirit Hall and wanted to destroy it too.
• Bibi Dong put away her Martial Soul, and Tang Hao warned her not to touch Xiao Wu before leaving to conceal his worsening injuries.
• Xiao Wu woke in Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory and recoiled in fear when she saw Bibi Dong treating her injuries.
• Tang San called Bibi Dong “Aunt Dong” while comforting Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu’s resentment toward him surged.

After Xiao Wu rejected Tang San and left for Dorm Seven, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Xiao Wu moved on to Shrek Academy. Three years later, Qian Xunfeng stood in Spirit Hall for his Martial Soul awakening, with Bo Saixi unable to take him to Sea God Island.

• Xiao Wu refused Tang San's comfort and returned to Dorm Seven after a spiritual force stopped her escape.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to leave Nuoding Academy for Shrek Academy, and Tang San wondered whether Bibi Dong had harmed someone close to Xiao Wu.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong traveled to Shrek Academy, where Tang San pursued Xiao Wu for three years without changing her attitude toward him.
• Qian Xunfeng reached age six, and Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall's elders, Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue, Bibi Zhu, and Bo Saixi gathered to witness his Martial Soul awakening.
• Bo Saixi wanted Qian Xunfeng to awaken beneath the Sea God's statue, but Qian Daoliu refused to let her take him to Sea God Island.