Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye refused to let other factions operate the Soul Ring Fusion Tower, but offered to sell fused and enhanced Soul Rings through the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce. After the assembled sect leaders accepted the arrangement, Ning Fengzhi offered to help mediate the Chamber of Commerce’s conflict with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Lin Ye told Ning Fengzhi and the other factions that only Chamber of Commerce members could use the tower, and that the Chamber would sell them fused Soul Rings for Gold Soul Coins or equivalent treasures.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the arrangement, and Lin Ye delegated the exchange-rate details to Elder Lin Yun.
• Hu Yanzhen and the other leaders asked about enhancing Soul Rings they had already absorbed, and Lin Ye claimed the process was exceptionally difficult.
• The factions offered to pay heavily for enhanced Soul Rings, while Lin Ye welcomed them as customers under the Chamber of Commerce’s rules.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect mediate the Chamber of Commerce’s conflict with the Clear Sky Sect, prompting the other leaders to regret not offering first.

Lin Ye welcomed the Soul Master factions that pledged support to the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce and invited them to a banquet. Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had become a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor and offered to help against the Clear Sky Sect, while Lin Ye declined and privately joked about his relationship with Rongrong.

• Leaders of several Soul Master factions offered to support Lin Ye and the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce, and he invited them to a banquet at the headquarters.
• After the factions left, Ning Fengzhi thanked Lin Ye for looking after Ning Rongrong, who proudly revealed that she had reached Soul Emperor rank.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Rongrong’s growth and pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Ye thanked Ning Fengzhi but said the Chamber of Commerce would handle any trouble from the Clear Sky Sect itself.
• Lin Ye privately thought about having seduced Ning Rongrong and imagined fighting his father-in-law, while Rongrong resolved to tease him that night.

After the Soul Ring Fusion Tower was revealed, factions sought the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s favor by cutting ties with the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Xiao received reports of severed alliances and Clear Sky Sect disciples being killed, leaving him wary of a wider conflict.

• The Wind Sword Sect Master ordered his sect to end all cooperation with the Clear Sky Sect and proposed helping the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce find production talent.
• Hu Yanzhen ordered the Elephant Armor Sect to report the Soul Ring Fusion Tower to the Pope and kill Clear Sky Sect disciples found outside their sect.
• Tang Xiao received letters from seven or eight factions announcing they were severing ties with the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Third Elder reported that the Elephant Armor Sect had discovered and killed Clear Sky Sect disciples lurking outside.
• Tang Xiao realized that retaliating against so many factions could provoke Spirit Hall and give it an excuse to attack.

Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to secretly seek revenge for the Fifth Elder while avoiding open conflict with Spirit Hall. In Heavenly Sword City, Lin Ye strengthened the Chamber of Commerce’s plans for new partners before learning that Bibi Dong was waiting for him in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Xiao warned the Clear Sky Sect elders not to fall for the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s supposed scheme and ordered them to secretly assassinate its branch presidents in revenge for the Fifth Elder.
• Lin Ye spent his days checking in and exploring Heavenly Sword City with Xiao Wu and the others.
• Elder Lin Yun told Lin Ye that the Elephant Armor Sect had killed more than twenty Clear Sky Sect direct-line disciples and that the Wind Sword Sect had recruited blacksmiths and alchemists and found a Fine Iron Ore vein.
• Lin Ye listed the Elephant Armor Sect and Wind Sword Sect as potential partners and planned to prioritize cooperation with them for new production lines and sword-type Soul Tools.
• Hu Liena told Lin Ye that Bibi Dong was waiting for him in Heaven Dou City, and Lin Ye wondered what the Pope wanted.

Lin Ye returned to Heaven Dou City and met Bibi Dong, who sought Spirit Hall’s cooperation on the Soul Ring Fusion Tower. The two agreed in principle to deepen their partnership, with Lin Ye offering Spirit Hall priority access subject to fair prices and limited slots.

• Hu Liena persuaded Lin Ye to visit Bibi Dong in Heaven Dou City, and he agreed to take the girls back the next day.
• Lin Ye and the girls returned to Heaven Dou City using Flight Soul Tools, leaving Heavenly Sword City’s affairs to Elder Lin Yun and Dean Lin Shu.
• Bibi Dong invited Lin Ye and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena to the Spirit Hall Main Hall.
• Bibi Dong proposed that Spirit Hall cooperate with the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce on the Soul Ring Fusion Tower.
• Lin Ye agreed to deepen the partnership and offered Spirit Hall priority access to Soul Rings at fair prices, with a limited number of slots.

Lin Ye offered Bibi Dong one hundred annual spots for Spirit Hall to obtain fused Soul Rings under thirty thousand years, and she accepted the cooperation. Bibi Dong also considered repairing her relationship with Qian Renxue and asked Hu Liena and Xiao Wu about their cultivation, while eyeing ways to grow closer to Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye offered Spirit Hall one hundred spots per year for Soul Rings below thirty thousand years, and Bibi Dong accepted the deal.
• Bibi Dong learned from Lin Ye’s inner voice that Qian Renxue had exceptional talent and that mother and daughter faced a deep misunderstanding; she resolved to try to repair their relationship.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena about her cultivation, and Hu Liena reported reaching level sixty-six with Lin Ye’s help.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena’s progress, then asked Xiao Wu whether she was now a Soul Saint.

Lin Ye learned that Tang San was secretly meeting with Xue Beng and ordered the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce to investigate their intentions. Meanwhile, Hu Liena and the other girls caught Tang San and his companions following them, leaving the group surrounded.

• Tang San repeatedly failed to enter the Trial Tower, and Flender banned him from approaching it.
• Tang San began spending time with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, while Yu Xiaogang guided their cultivation without access to the academy's resources.
• Lin Ye sensed Tang San and several Heaven Dou Royal Family members following him and the four girls through the city.
• Hu Liena led the girls away to confront their pursuers, while Lin Ye returned to the academy.
• The Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce reported that Tang San and Xue Beng had met twice and seemed close, so Lin Ye ordered the agency to investigate Xue Beng.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the girls surrounded Tang San and his companions after they lost sight of them in an alley.

Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing killed the Soul Masters who had followed them, then beat Tang San until he escaped with poison smoke. The women planned to lure out and kill Fourth Prince Xue Beng, while Tang San hid to recover and plotted to capture them with Xue Beng’s help.

• Hu Liena killed five Soul Masters who claimed to serve Fourth Prince Xue Beng, while Tang San fled from the four women.
• Xiao Wu caught Tang San and, with the others, beat him severely until he released purple poison smoke and escaped.
• The women connected Tang San to Xue Beng and discussed luring the prince out to kill him without exposing their identities.
• Tang San avoided returning to the academy, hid in an abandoned courtyard, and decided to seek Xue Beng’s help capturing the women.
• Tang San planned to use the five days before his next meeting with Xue Beng to heal and prepare poison.

Tang San recovered from his injuries and considered using poison and finding his teacher to improve his chances, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong recovered from a grueling night with Lin Ye. Yu Xiaogang barged into the courtyard demanding to know where Tang San was, and Lin Ye seized him as Flender arrived without offering help.

• Tang San decided that poison, greater cultivation, and finding his teacher could help him deal with future threats.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong emerged exhausted the next day, while Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena discussed their condition and cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed into the courtyard demanding to know where Tang San was, and Lin Ye kicked him away.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Ye of taking Tang San, then revealed that Tang San had followed the group and had not returned.
• Lin Ye slapped Yu Xiaogang and lifted him with a hand formed from Soul Power after accusing him of making a baseless charge.
• Flender arrived and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that he was an academy teacher, leaving Yu Xiaogang alarmed.

Lin Ye confronted Yu Xiaogang over Tang San tracking him and beat Yu Xiaogang with a barbed whip while Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong watched. Yu Xiaogang fainted, and Lin Ye told Flender to keep a close watch on him as the question of Tang San remained unresolved.

• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang for knowing Tang San was tracking Lin Ye and failing to stop him.
• Lin Ye called for Yu Xiaogang to be punished, and Liu Erlong offered to strike him herself before Yu Xiaogang backed down in fear.
• Lin Ye knocked Yu Xiaogang down and lashed him repeatedly with a barbed whip until he fainted.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji watched without intervening, while Lin Ye told Flender to keep a close watch on Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender asked about Tang San, and Lin Ye said he had seen Tang San tracking him but claimed he had paid no attention.

Lin Ye had Yu Xiaogang beaten and ordered him to guard Shrek Academy’s gate, while Xiao Wu admitted that she and the others had beaten Tang San until he ran away. Lin Ye then planned to seize or seal Tang San’s remaining opportunities, including the Water-Fire Dragon Kings’ souls and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Lin Ye told Zhao Wuji to throw Yu Xiaogang back into Tang San’s room and make him guard the academy gate instead of teaching.
• Lin Ye told Flender that Tang San might not return and that Tang Hao was unlikely to threaten the academy, while Flender left to issue a notice about Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu admitted that she and the others had beaten Tang San the previous night and that he had run away.
• Lin Ye privately decided that the Chamber of Commerce should monitor Tang San and take any opportunities he found.
• Lin Ye resolved to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seize the Water-Fire Dragon Kings’ souls or seal the site, and to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before Tang San could claim it.

Lin Ye accepted Bibi Dong’s invitation to the Spirit Hall Main Hall, where he found her meeting with the Crown Prince, Qian Renxue. He wondered if the two women had summoned him to witness a mother-daughter showdown, leaving their true purpose unclear.

• Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind from training and worried that her unresolved engagement still bound her to the Star Luo royal family.
• Lin Ye carried Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong back to their room, gave them a Soul Power massage, and let them sleep.
• Bishop Salas arrived and respectfully relayed Bibi Dong’s invitation for Lin Ye to visit the Spirit Hall Main Hall.
• Lin Ye followed Salas to the hall and found Bibi Dong seated with Qian Renxue, the Crown Prince.
• Lin Ye asked why Bibi Dong had invited him and privately wondered whether she and Qian Renxue were about to fight.

Lin Ye sold Bibi Dong five Martial Soul Evolution Pills and discussed a mining and refining partnership between Spirit Hall and the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce. His thoughts revealed the future failure of Qian Renxue’s coup and the painful truth behind her birth, leaving Bibi Dong worried that Qian Renxue had heard everything.

• Bibi Dong bought five Martial Soul Evolution Pills from Lin Ye for 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Bibi Dong offered Spirit Hall’s mineral veins to the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce, proposing that Spirit Hall handle mining while Lin Ye’s company refined the ores for a thirty percent share.
• Lin Ye wondered whether Bibi Dong planned to mass-produce equipment and stage a coup in the Heaven Dou Empire, and he recalled that Qian Renxue’s coup would fail.
• Qian Renxue heard Lin Ye’s thoughts about the coup and considered finding a chance to learn more about what would happen.
• Lin Ye’s thoughts revealed that Bibi Dong had been victimized by her teacher and that her painful past had shaped her lack of affection for Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong realized Qian Renxue might have heard the truth and looked toward her with a complicated expression.

After Lin Ye revealed the truth about Qian Renxue’s birth, Bibi Dong told her the full story of her past and asked to start over. Qian Renxue accepted her hand, and Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Divine Sense dissipated completely.

• Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong’s resentment came from the trauma of Qian Xunji forcing himself on her, and Bibi Dong resolved to punish Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong and Lin Ye agreed to cooperate on mineral deposits, with the ore to be sent to Heavenly Sword City for refining.
• After Lin Ye left, Bibi Dong confirmed the truth to Qian Renxue and offered to tell her what had happened.
• Bibi Dong recounted her history with Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Renxue listened without interrupting.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue to start over, and Qian Renxue took her hand and called her Mommy.
• Bibi Dong embraced Qian Renxue, and the Rakshasa Divine Sense dissipated completely.

Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong planned to punish Yu Xiaogang and disrupt Tang San’s chances, while Qian Renxue decided to give Lin Ye the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. At Shrek Academy, Lin Ye found the badly injured Yu Xiaogang working as a gatekeeper and mocked him for slacking.

• Qian Renxue vowed to make Yu Xiaogang pay, and Bibi Dong agreed while noting that Lin Ye did not seem ready to kill him.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong discussed arranging a warrant to force Yu Xiaogang to flee, then decided they could judge Lin Ye’s reaction before taking further action.
• Qian Renxue said she would obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and give it to Lin Ye, and Bibi Dong approved of the plan.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue to return before the imperial family grew suspicious, and Qian Renxue promised they would meet again in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Ye returned to Shrek Academy and saw the badly wounded Yu Xiaogang assigned to the gatehouse by Liu Erlong.
• Lin Ye rebuked Yu Xiaogang for resting at his desk, and Yu Xiaogang struggled to raise his head through the pain of his wounds.

Lin Ye dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s threats and declined to have Bibi Dong watched while she remained in Heaven Dou City. At Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall soldiers publicly arrested Yu Xiaogang over a suspicious Elder Token, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lin Ye intimidated Yu Xiaogang into silence, and Yu Xiaogang silently blamed him for ruining his prospects.
• Lin Ye refused the intelligence chief’s suggestion to monitor Bibi Dong, who had stayed in Heaven Dou City after their deal.
• Lin Ye received a Soul Ring Collector through a check-in and sent it to Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce Headquarters.
• Hu Liena told Lin Ye that something had happened at the academy gate, and he went there with her.
• Spirit Hall soldiers forced a wounded Yu Xiaogang to his knees before a crowd, and a Bishop accused him of carrying a possibly forged Elder Token and using it in the Balak Kingdom’s Soul Hunting Forest.

The Spirit Hall Bishop accused Yu Xiaogang of forging an Elder Token and had him arrested after he refused to explain where it came from. Oscar and Ma Hongjun worried about losing their teacher, while Lin Ye watched and considered dealing with them.

• The Spirit Hall Bishop announced that Yu Xiaogang had forged an Elder Token, and the students condemned him.
• Yu Xiaogang denied the charge but refused to reveal that Tang Hao had given him the token, hoping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would help him.
• The Bishop ordered soldiers to seize Yu Xiaogang, and the students applauded as they dragged him away.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun worried about who would train them and discussed seeking a new teacher or training outside the academy.
• Ma Hongjun said he planned to pursue Bai Chenxiang, while Oscar remained fixated on Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Ye watched Yu Xiaogang's arrest and considered putting Oscar and Ma Hongjun in their place.

Lin Ye arranged surveillance on Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xue Beng while waiting for Ah Yin to transform. Meanwhile, news of Yu Xiaogang’s forged Elder Token spread through Heaven Dou City, leaving everyone wondering how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce would respond.

• Lin Ye decided to have the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s Intelligence Department watch Oscar and Ma Hongjun after they returned to their dormitory.
• An intelligence agent told Lin Ye that Xue Beng was preparing to meet someone, and Lin Ye suspected he was going to see Tang San.
• Lin Ye watched Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass in the courtyard as she neared one hundred thousand years of cultivation and prepared to take human form.
• Xiao Wu and the other girls emerged from the Trial Tower after training, and Xiao Wu noticed that Ah Yin seemed close to transforming.
• Lin Ye and the girls went to the cafeteria, where they learned Yu Xiaogang’s forged Elder Token scandal had spread across Heaven Dou City and drawn attention from major factions.

Lin Ye recounted Yu Xiaogang’s arrest before taking Xiao Wu and the others to dinner, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan stepped up its campaign against the Clear Sky Sect to win favor with the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce. After learning Yu Xiaogang had forged an Elder Token, Yu Yuanzhen disowned him publicly and declared the clan would not interfere with his punishment.

• Lin Ye told Xiao Wu and the others that Bibi Dong had taken Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall’s prison, then led them to a private room for dinner.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian discussed their attacks on the Clear Sky Sect and their efforts to secure cooperation with the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce.
• Yu Yuanzhen read Yu Xiaogang’s letter asking the clan for help and rejected his appeal, ordering the clan to tell Shrek Academy that Yu Xiaogang had been expelled.
• An elder reported that Spirit Hall had arrested Yu Xiaogang for forging an Elder Token, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered the clan to inform Spirit Hall that it had no connection to him.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered a public announcement that Yu Xiaogang had been expelled for disgraceful conduct and that his future actions had nothing to do with the clan.

Lin Ye learned that Xue Beng had met Tang San in a Heaven Dou City brothel, where Tang San proposed using poison to control Lin Ye. Meanwhile, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan expelled Yu Xiaogang, leaving Lin Ye considering dealing with him.

• Alice reported that Xue Beng had left the palace, and Lin Ye ordered the Chamber of Commerce to keep watching him.
• The agents tracked Xue Beng to the Spring Breeze Pavilion, where Lin Ye ordered them to investigate the establishment and listen in on his meeting.
• Tang San told Xue Beng he could no longer return to Shrek Academy but offered to make poison that could control Lin Ye.
• Xue Beng agreed to supply Tang San with the materials for the poison, and Lin Ye ordered his agents to take it once it was ready.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan announced that it had expelled Yu Xiaogang, and Flender delivered Yu Yuanzhen's letter to Lin Ye.