Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu returned from Sea God Island with Bibi Dong and the others after Sea God Island agreed to follow him as the Sea God Successor. Aboard the fleet, Bibi Dong made him Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, and he began writing Dugu Yan and Tang San’s story, but Bibi Dong was the first to urge him to continue.

• Ye Mu and the Spirit Hall fleet left Sea God Island, while Bo Saixi told Sea Star Douluo that they served the Sea God Successor rather than Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Mu to become Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, and he accepted; the assembled Titled Douluo greeted him.
• Ye Mu returned to his cabin and began writing a story about Dugu Yan and Tang San, stopping around the Soul Master Tournament arc.
• Bibi Dong urged Ye Mu to update the Storybook and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Bibi Dong and others gained powerful rewards by urging updates, while Hu Liena received a chance to evolve her Martial Soul. In the Storybook’s Book Review Section, Bibi Dong approached Dugu Yan to negotiate for the Immortal Herbs, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue urged for updates using valuable items.
• Hu Liena teased Ye Mu, then received five Soul Power levels, a forty-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and eligibility to evolve her Demon Fox Martial Soul into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Bibi Dong gained increased Spirit Ring age and a second God Position Fragment, while Qian Daoliu noticed that she seemed stronger.
• Dugu Yan questioned her past attraction to Tang San after reading the Storybook’s accounts of people connected to him.
• Bibi Dong asked Dugu Yan in the Book Review Section to make a deal for the Immortal Herbs.

Dugu Yan agreed to give Bibi Dong Immortal Herbs in exchange for Spirit Hall protecting the Dugu Family and helping with its martial spirit poison, then secretly gathered the herbs and set off for Spirit City. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong’s expedition returned to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall announced its results as the continent’s factions watched for signs of weakness.

• Dugu Yan negotiated with Bibi Dong, who promised to protect the Dugu Family and help resolve the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison in exchange for Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Yan went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gathered the requested herbs while Dugu Bo watched in disbelief.
• Dugu Yan left for Spirit City without telling Dugu Bo where she was going.
• Bibi Dong’s fleet reached land after more than two months, and Ye Mu was relieved to be off the sea.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to return to Spirit City as the continent’s factions waited to learn how the expedition had gone.
• Spirit Hall’s forces arrived in Spirit City and announced the results of the expedition.

Spirit Hall announced that Sea God Island had joined its jurisdiction without losses, strengthening Bibi Dong’s position and discouraging rival factions. Dugu Yan delivered Immortal Herbs to Bibi Dong, who used one as a reward through the Storybook’s new function, giving Ye Mu an evolved herb that could help with the Second God Trial.

• Spirit Hall announced that it had gained Sea God Island and its seven Title Douluos without suffering any casualties, alarming the sects and empires.
• Tang Xiao abandoned hope of using the expedition to weaken Spirit Hall, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan chose to keep its head down.
• Dugu Yan brought the Immortal Herbs to Bibi Dong, who promised to protect the Dugu Family and help resolve the flaws in their martial souls.
• Bibi Dong discovered a new Storybook reward function and sent a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower as a reward.
• Ye Mu received the evolved True Dragon Phoenix Sunflower and learned that it was key to the Second God Trial.

Ye Mu continued cultivating and writing before Dugu Yan came to ask about her story and the Dugu Family’s martial soul defect. He gave her two leaves of the True Dragon Phoenix Sunflower to help her grandfather, leaving her ready to bring the remedy to him.

• Ye Mu focused on cultivation in the Library while Hu Liena spent time near him and privately wondered whether he had a romantic deficiency.
• Dugu Yan confronted Ye Mu, recognized him as the Storybook’s author, and asked about her future story.
• Ye Mu remembered Dugu Yan’s update request and began writing her story, then realized her deal with Bibi Dong concerned the Dugu Family’s martial soul defect.
• Ye Mu told Dugu Yan that the True Dragon Phoenix Sunflower could repair the Jade Phosphor Snake martial soul’s defect, and showed her the herb.
• Ye Mu explained that each of its nine leaves could help one person, then gave Dugu Yan two leaves to take to her grandfather.

After reading Dugu Yan’s story, Bibi Dong changed Spirit Hall’s strategy to win the people’s support and persuade the sects and empires to submit. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue sought out Xue Ke, and Ye Mu brought Xiao Wu and the others to register at Spirit Hall Academy.

• Dugu Yan hurried back to Heaven Dou City to resolve her martial soul’s flaw, while readers lamented her fate and the Dugu Family’s decline.
• Bibi Dong decided to halt Spirit Hall’s infiltration plans and ordered higher Soul Master subsidies, more branch halls, support for commoner Soul Masters, and punishment for corrupt bishops.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall would first win the people’s hearts, then seek the support of sects and empires, and the two Titled Douluo accepted the change.
• Qian Renxue learned that the previous plans were being abandoned and went to ask Xue Ke whether she also had a Storybook.
• Ye Mu brought Xiao Wu and the other four to Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena explained that they could register and had been assigned to her class.

Hu Liena brought Ye Mu, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Spirit Hall Academy, where they enrolled and waited in Angel Square for Bibi Dong. The chapter ended as someone approached Hu Liena and asked why she was there and who her companions were.

• Hu Liena led the group into Spirit Hall Academy, where the students recognized her and wondered about her companions.
• The admissions director registered the four newcomers after seeing their letters of introduction, but left their class assignments to Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena explained that Bibi Dong would personally guide their cultivation and that they would have an exclusive classroom for lessons.
• The group waited beneath a tree in Angel Square while Zhu Zhuqing observed the academy students training.
• Someone arrived and asked Hu Liena why she was there and who the others were.

Yan discovered Hu Liena standing close to Ye Mu and challenged him after learning he was a level-fifty-six Soul King. Hu Liena made her affection for Ye Mu clear, and Ye Mu prepared to fight Yan.

• Yan arrived and learned that Ye Mu, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were waiting for Bibi Dong as new students.
• Yan questioned Ye Mu's cultivation and tried to provoke him into a fight, while Hu Liena warned him not to cause trouble.
• Ye Mu revealed that he was level fifty-six, stunning Yan, who was only a level-fifty Soul King.
• Hu Liena linked her arm through Ye Mu's to make Yan understand that she liked someone else.
• Yan refused to believe Ye Mu's level and challenged him, and Ye Mu pulled away from Hu Liena and accepted the prospect of a fight.

Ye Mu defeated Yan by using the Wordless Heavenly Book’s Secret Rune Sealing to restrict his Soul Power and trap his attack inside a barrier. Yan accepted his defeat and began to let go of Hu Liena, just as the Pope arrived with Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Xie Yue.

• Yan challenged Ye Mu, and they summoned their Martial Souls for a fight.
• Ye Mu’s Secret Rune Sealing struck Yan, slowing his Soul Power and preventing him from using most of his soul skills.
• Yan unleashed Flying Sand Wild Flame, but Ye Mu enclosed him and the flames inside a Secret Rune Barrier, causing the attack to batter Yan.
• The barrier vanished to reveal Yan charred and sprawled on the ground, and he admitted that Ye Mu had won.
• Hu Liena and the others joined them, and Yan decided to stop pursuing Hu Liena after seeing her close to Ye Mu.
• The Pope arrived with Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Xie Yue.

Bibi Dong recruited Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing as her disciples and established Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, naming Ye Mu its captain. She assigned the team to train together and gain combat experience, while Ye Mu reluctantly accepted the role.

• Bibi Dong arrived at Spirit Hall Academy and announced that Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing could become her disciples, and all three accepted.
• Bibi Dong established the Golden Generation and named Ye Mu captain alongside Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Bibi Dong warned Xie Yue not to challenge Ye Mu lightly and said she, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo would guide the team’s cultivation.
• Ye Mu accepted the captaincy despite preferring to train alone, and Bibi Dong told the team to learn one another’s fighting styles and practice combat.
• Bibi Dong designated the Mimicry Cultivation Area as the team’s main training ground, and someone asked whether they needed to go to the Great Soul Arena.

Ye Mu decided to enter the Great Soul Arena and led the Golden Generation in sparring to prepare for their first match in three days. After seeing the girls’ formidable Spirit Rings and watching Xiao Wu narrowly defeat Hu Liena, the team ended practice and awaited their trip.

• Ye Mu asked Bibi Dong for permission to compete in the Great Soul Arena, and she approved his plan to start with skill matches before trying death and gambling matches.
• Ye Mu scheduled the Golden Generation’s first Great Soul Arena match for three days later and gathered the team to learn one another’s abilities through sparring.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhuqing, and Hu Liena revealed their powerful Spirit Rings, shocking Xie Yue and Yan.
• Xie Yue and Yan sparred against the others for over two hours before exhaustion forced them to withdraw, while Ye Mu watched the girls continue fighting.
• The girls fought for six hours, and Xiao Wu narrowly won after Hu Liena surrendered to avoid being humiliated by her Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw.
• Ye Mu ended the practice and told the team they would continue the next day before going to the Great Soul Arena in three days.

Ye Mu led his team to the Great Soul Arena, where Xiao Wu and Ye Mu quickly defeated their opponents. The team watched Ye Mu win by stopping his sword qi just short of injuring Xue Qishou, who surrendered.

• Ye Mu took the team to the Great Soul Arena, where the new students registered for matches.
• Xiao Wu fought Tie Zhan in Sub-Soul Arena No. 21 and knocked him unconscious with Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw in under ten seconds.
• Ye Mu went to Sub-Soul Arena No. 22 to face the level-fifty-nine control-type Soul Master Xue Qishou.
• Xue Qishou used Roar of a Hundred Beasts, but Ye Mu's secret patterns disrupted his Soul Power and stopped him from using another soul skill.
• Ye Mu's Ink Smoke Sword Qi surrounded Xue Qishou without striking, and Xue Qishou surrendered.

Ye Mu swept through single, paired, and team battles at the Great Soul Arena, sealing opponents’ soul skills and collecting his bets. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Bo with a True Dragon Phoenix Sunflower leaf and urged him to use it after revealing that it had cured her poison and evolved her martial soul.

• Ye Mu collected his winnings, then teamed up with Ning Rongrong and defeated their opponents before she could use a soul skill.
• Ye Mu led his team to a quick victory in the team battle by sealing the opposing team’s soul skills and overwhelming them with his first soul skill.
• Ye Mu returned to Spirit Hall Academy, eager to write stories and advance his Martial Soul Evolution progress.
• Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Bo and gave him a True Dragon Phoenix Sunflower leaf, explaining that the Immortal Herb had cured her Jade Phosphor Snake Poison and evolved her martial soul into the Jade Dragon.
• Dugu Bo marveled at Dugu Yan’s transformation, asked where she got the leaf, and heard her urge him to eat it so he could cure his poison and evolve his martial soul too.

Dugu Bo consumed an Immortal Herb leaf, purged his poison, evolved his Martial Soul into a Jade Dragon, and rose to Rank 93. After Dugu Yan revealed Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength and its conquest of Sea God Island, Dugu Bo questioned whether they could persuade Xue Ye to avoid opposing it.

• Dugu Bo swallowed the Immortal Herb leaf, and Dugu Yan guarded him while he absorbed its energy.
• Dugu Bo emerged with a Jade Dragon Martial Soul, purified of poison, and one rank stronger at Rank 93.
• Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to stop opposing Spirit Hall and persuade Xue Ye to do the same, but Dugu Bo dismissed the idea.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had conquered Sea God Island, gained seven Titled Douluo, and had two Rank 99 powerhouses: Bibi Dong and the Grand Pontiff.
• Dugu Bo realized Spirit Hall had given them the Immortal Herb leaf and might be trying to win him over, then asked whether they could persuade Xue Ye.

Dugu Yan warned Dugu Bo not to oppose Spirit Hall, while Ye Mu collected the Second God Trial rewards and reached Rank Sixty with a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth spirit ring. He showed his new strength to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then planned to visit Spirit Hall Academy and pursue Spirit Bones.

• Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to avoid becoming enemies with Spirit Hall because Ye Mu supported it, and Dugu Bo set out with her to speak to Xue Ye.
• The Wordless Heavenly Book told Ye Mu that he had completed the Second God Trial, and he claimed its rewards, which raised him four ranks and increased his five spirit ring ages by ten thousand years each.
• Ye Mu reached Rank Sixty, gained a red Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth spirit ring, and spent the night absorbing it.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing visited Ye Mu after noticing their own trial rewards, and he showed them his six spirit rings.
• Ye Mu said he would visit Spirit Hall Academy and looked forward to the future Soul Master Tournament, while considering hunting a Man Faced Demon Spider for an Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone.

Ye Mu learned that the Third God Trial required him to obtain an External Soul Bone, so he set out for Suotuo City with Ning Rongrong, the other girls, and Hu Liena to intercept the Man Faced Demon Spider before Tang San could claim its bone. At Shrek Academy, Tang San brooded over Xiao Wu’s departure and his teacher’s unknown attacker as Oscar prepared to hunt for a Spirit Ring.

• Ning Rongrong considered returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to warn her family about the dangers facing them and the Soul Master World.
• Ye Mu checked the Wordless Heavenly Book, learned that the Third God Trial required an External Soul Bone, and decided to hurry to Suotuo City to pursue the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Ye Mu left with Ning Rongrong and the other girls, and Hu Liena joined them after hearing about the trial.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San sensed a loss and thought about Xiao Wu, whom he suspected was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Oscar announced that he had reached level thirty, and Flender and Zhao Wuji planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a Spirit Ring.
• Tang San wondered who had attacked his teacher and vowed he would not show mercy if he found the culprit.

Ye Mu and the four girls followed Shrek Academy’s group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to find the Man Faced Demon Spider and claim its External Soul Bone. After seeing Tang San at an inn, Xiao Wu struggled with her anger while Ning Rongrong asked Ye Mu to let her father come to Suotuo City.

• Oscar reached level thirty, while Tang San continued working toward the same breakthrough.
• Ye Mu asked Bishop Sachi to investigate Shrek Academy, and Sachi reported that its group was heading out to hunt Spirit Rings.
• Ye Mu and the four girls followed Zhao Wuji’s group to an inn near the Star Dou Great Forest and watched them arrive.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San and recalled how he and Tang Hao had concealed her identity and sought her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Xiao Wu and asked Ye Mu if they could stay in Suotuo City so she could bring her father there.

Ye Mu and the others watched Dai Mubai's group provoke Canghui Academy, then lose badly to Ye Zhiqiu. Ning Rongrong planned to persuade Ning Fengzhi not to oppose Spirit Hall, and Ye Mu agreed to stay in Suotuo City when the time came.

• Ye Mu reasoned that Ning Rongrong wanted to persuade Ning Fengzhi to avoid opposing Spirit Hall, and he agreed to remain in Suotuo City when she went to find him.
• Ning Rongrong blushed while thinking about Ye Mu, and Hu Liena also blushed as she recalled her teacher's task, puzzling Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai's group confronted Canghui Academy after Oscar repeated the saying that a soul master who did not dare cause trouble was mediocre.
• Ye Mu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong criticized Shrek's attitude toward causing trouble and its treatment of the weak.
• Ye Zhiqiu exploited the gaps in Dai Mubai's group's teamwork and defeated Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San.
• Ye Zhiqiu demanded that the group call out their teacher.

After Zhao Wuji defeated Ye Zhiqiu, Ye Mu and the others returned to the inn, where Ye Mu wrote Hu Liena’s story and checked the lively Book Review Section. Meng Yiran revealed that she had hunted Oscar’s Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for a powerful flying soul skill, while Tang San sensed danger; the next morning, Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to prepare to leave.

• Zhao Wuji beat Ye Zhiqiu without using soul skills or Soul Power, then scolded Dai Mubai and the others for their poor coordination.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted to beat up the Shrek students, but Ye Mu called everyone back to rest and decided to write Hu Liena’s story.
• Ye Mu opened the Book Review Section and saw Meng Yiran reveal that she had obtained Oscar’s Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and raised its Spirit Ring to the ten-thousand-year level with Storybook rewards.
• Meng Yiran explained that her third soul skill gave her Serpent Cane wings and let her fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for half a shichen.
• Ye Mu realized Meng Yiran might meet the others while they hunted a Man Faced Demon Spider, while Tang San suddenly sensed that someone was targeting him.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji woke everyone and told them to eat breakfast and prepare to leave.

Zhao Wuji led Tang San and the others into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a thousand-year Spirit Ring for Oscar, while Ye Mu's group followed them. The chapter left both groups facing a tense encounter at Zhao Wuji's campsite with Meng Yiran and the Unrivaled Dragon and Snake.

• Zhao Wuji led the dispirited Shrek students into the forest and warned them to stay alert as they searched for Oscar's Spirit Ring.
• Zhao Wuji's group made camp after failing to find a suitable Spirit Beast, while Ye Mu's group stopped nearby under the protection of Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura.
• Ye Mu used Little Golden Crow to spot Meng Yiran and her grandparents heading toward Zhao Wuji's campsite.
• Meng Yiran approached Zhao Wuji's group, curious about the protagonists and intent on teaching them a lesson.
• Zhao Wuji and the students readied their martial souls, then Zhao Wuji recognized Dragon Duke and greeted him cautiously.