Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu searched Heaven Dou City for Gu Yuena, then traded his cultivation method for Spirit Gold after she stopped his attempt to call for her across the city. Gu Yuena returned to her courtyard with the method, while Zi Ji questioned why she had given away Spirit Gold meant to treat her injuries.

• Bai Yu left Dugu Manor to find Gu Yuena while Ye Lingling returned to her clan to discuss the martial soul inheritance issue.
• Gu Yuena concealed herself and Zi Ji when Bai Yu’s domain reached their courtyard, letting him search while they finished breakfast.
• After searching Heaven Dou City, Bai Yu used Wind Phase, Heaven and Earth Echo to call for Gu Yuena, but she appeared and stopped his power.
• Bai Yu asked Gu Yuena for two pieces of Spirit Gold and offered his cultivation method in exchange; Gu Yuena gave him a fist-sized piece and accepted the method.
• Gu Yuena returned to her courtyard and began reading the cultivation method, while Zi Ji asked why she had given away Spirit Gold meant to treat her injuries.

Bai Yu told Tang San that Ah Yin was the Blue Silver Emperor and claimed she was his woman, leading Tang San to suspect she was his mother. Unable to find Tang Hao for confirmation, Tang San decided to wait for his father and planned to kill Bai Yu if the chance arose.

• Gu Yuena dismissed Zi Ji's doubts about the Heaven and Earth Confluence Yin Yang Ode, saying it could speed her recovery.
• Bai Yu declined to go sightseeing with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, then encountered Tang San at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San asked about Ah Yin, and Bai Yu said she was a Blue Silver Emperor and his woman.
• Tang San left, then privately questioned whether Ah Yin was his mother and searched for Tang Hao, who had been missing since his injuries relapsed.
• Unable to find Tang Hao, Tang San resolved to wait for him and consider killing Bai Yu, then headed toward Yu Xiaogang's dormitory.

Bai Yu reassured Ah Yin after she feared he would abandon her, then comforted her about Tang San and Tang Hao. Later, he encountered Yu Xiaogang and revealed that Liu Er Long had witnessed their deal.

• Bai Yu returned to his villa, where Ah Yin had prepared breakfast and worried that he might drive her away.
• Bai Yu soothed Ah Yin’s fears, carried her into the bedroom, and spent the morning with her.
• Bai Yu told Ah Yin that Tang San had asked about her, and he advised her to leave the past behind.
• Bai Yu and Ah Yin saw Tang San pushing Yu Xiaogang by the artificial lake, and Yu Xiaogang demanded to know what Bai Yu had told Liu Er Long.
• Bai Yu said Liu Er Long had witnessed his deal with Yu Xiaogang, leaving Yu Xiaogang frozen in shock.

Bai Yu explained to Yu Xiaogang that his choices had driven Liu Erlong away, then gave him a dragon-type Soul Gathering Seal so he could absorb a third Spirit Ring. After Yu Xiaogang began absorbing an Ironclad Thunder Dragon ring, Bai Yu confronted Tang San, who concealed his hostility behind a polite smile.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Bai Yu of setting a trap that caused Liu Erlong to leave him, but Bai Yu said Yu Xiaogang’s own choices had brought this on.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bai Yu for a Soul Gathering Seal and a recommendation for his third Spirit Ring.
• Bai Yu said dragon-type Spirit Rings could help Yu Xiaogang evolve his weak martial soul and recommended the Ironclad Thunder Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang chose a lightning-attributed dragon Spirit Ring, took the seal from Bai Yu, and began absorbing it.
• Bai Yu asked Tang San why he had been silent, and Tang San replied politely while hiding his resentment and resolve to endure until his father returned.

Bai Yu reassured Tang San while Yu Xiaogang celebrated reaching level 32, then comforted Ah Yin over Tang San’s body. Ye Lingling arrived with news that her grandfather had agreed to let Bai Yu attempt to reshape the Ye Family’s Martial Souls, with safeguards in place.

• Bai Yu joked with Tang San, who hid his anger behind respectful words.
• Yu Xiaogang broke through to level 32, returned Bai Yu’s Soul Gathering Seal, and left with Tang San’s help retrieving his wheelchair.
• Bai Yu comforted Ah Yin, who grieved that Tang San still occupied her child’s body, and promised she could deal with him once Bai Yu had arranged everything.
• After lunch, Bai Yu learned that Ye Lingling and her family had come to visit and found her waiting in the reception hall.
• Ye Lingling told Bai Yu that her grandfather would let him try reshaping the family’s Martial Souls, and that the Ye Family had prepared to surround him and seek protection if he harmed them.

Bai Yu agreed to visit the Ye Family and help resolve its martial soul inheritance problem in exchange for a favor. He met Ye Lingling’s mother, Ye Qingyin, who thanked him and prepared to negotiate terms.

• Bai Yu worried about the Ye Family’s five Soul Douluos, but agreed to go with Ye Lingling after she teased him about being afraid.
• Ye Lingling explained that she had kept her mother from joining them because she feared her mother would distrust Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu told Ye Lingling that her mother’s role as acting family head proved she was capable of handling herself.
• Ye Lingling brought Bai Yu to a Heaven Dou City estate, where Ye Qingyin welcomed him and teased her daughter about thinking of him.
• Bai Yu said he had prepared what he needed and would begin once they agreed on terms, and Ye Qingyin promised the Ye Family would spare no effort to fulfill his request.

Bai Yu negotiated with the Ye Family to resolve Ye Shan’s Martial Soul inheritance problem in exchange for the entire family joining his faction. He prepared arrays to begin the procedure, leaving the Ye family members bewildered by the unfamiliar setup.

• Ye Qingyin thanked Bai Yu and led him and Ye Lingling to meet Ye Shan and Liu Yuan.
• Ye Shan agreed to Bai Yu’s condition that the Ye Family join his faction once its Martial Soul problem was resolved.
• Ye Shan asked Bai Yu to begin treating his Martial Soul, and Bai Yu said he needed to prepare first.
• Bai Yu arranged Soul Power Crystals into a Calming Array and a Spirit Locking Array, then explained that rebuilding a broken Martial Soul would be extremely painful.

Bai Yu used the Calming Array, Spirit Locking Array, and Spirit Gold to reconstruct Ye Shan’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and remove its inheritance restrictions. Ye Shan rejoiced at the change, while Bai Yu warned that Ye Shan’s Soul Power had broken through level 80 and his Martial Soul needed stabilizing.

• Bai Yu explained that the arrays could steady Ye Shan’s mind and preserve his scattered Martial Soul Origin, though they could not ease the pain.
• Ye Shan followed Bai Yu’s instructions and sat inside the array as Bai Yu entered his Creation Form and began altering the Nine Heart Begonia with Spirit Gold.
• Bai Yu reconstructed Ye Shan’s Martial Soul and returned its scattered Origin, successfully removing the inheritance shackles.
• Ye Shan celebrated that the Ye Family’s one-person-per-generation curse could finally change, then composed himself and apologized for losing control.
• Bai Yu pointed out that four Soul Douluo had been waiting outside, so Ye Shan and Liu Yuan left to reassure them while Ye Qingyin stayed with Ye Lingling.
• Bai Yu told Ye Shan that the Spirit Gold had raised his Soul Power to level 80, but warned him to stabilize his newly reassembled Martial Soul.

Ye Shan realized Bai Yu’s aid had raised him to level 80 and hurried away to stabilize his Soul Power. Bai Yu then began using Spirit Gold to address Ye Lingling’s martial soul inheritance problem.

• Bai Yu reminded Ye Shan that he had reached level 80, and Ye Shan thanked him before leaving with Liu Yuan.
• Ye Qingyin complained that Ye Shan had refused to help when her husband planned to die during Ye Lingling’s martial soul inheritance ceremony, then tried to persuade Bai Yu to give Lingling Spirit Gold.
• Bai Yu explained that he had prepared enough Spirit Gold for both Ye Shan and Ye Lingling because its life energy would prevent damage during martial soul reconstruction.
• Ye Qingyin urged Bai Yu to resolve Lingling’s martial soul problem, and Ye Lingling entered the formation and released her martial soul.
• Bai Yu took out Spirit Gold and began the martial soul reconstruction process for Ye Lingling.

Bai Yu restored Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul Origin and freed her from the Martial Soul Shackles, then told Ye Qingyin that he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and asked the Ye Family to contact Bibi Dong. He also revealed Sea God Island’s strength, including its Rank 99 High Priest, Ocean Invincible.

• Bai Yu finished reintegrating Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul Origin, leaving him exhausted while Ye Lingling felt relief from the vanished shackles.
• Ye Lingling thanked Bai Yu, hugged him in excitement, and fled to bathe after realizing she had soaked his face with sweat.
• Ye Qingyin massaged Bai Yu’s temples and asked to learn his Water Phase skill, but he explained that it required comprehending the Elemental Laws and could not be learned by humans.
• Ye Qingyin asked Bai Yu which faction he belonged to and what he planned to do next, and Bai Yu identified himself as Spirit Hall’s current Holy Son and asked the Ye Family to consult Bibi Dong.
• Ye Qingyin explained why the Ye Family had suspected Spirit Hall or Sea God Island, and Bai Yu described Sea God Island’s seven Pillar Douluo and its Rank 99 High Priest, Ocean Invincible.

Ye Qingyin learned about Sea God Island, its divine inheritance, and Bai Yu's ability to control Law Power, then tried to match him with Ye Lingling. Bai Yu declined to stay the night but agreed to visit Ye Lingling to say goodbye.

• Bai Yu told Ye Qingyin that Sea God Island was the sacred land of Sea Soul Masters and the site of Sea God Poseidon's inheritance, warning that it was difficult to enter and leave.
• Bai Yu explained that his unusual form had appeared when he controlled the Four Symbols Law with a mortal body, and he told Ye Qingyin he expected to become a god.
• Ye Qingyin offered to make Ye Lingling Bai Yu's girlfriend, but Bai Yu said they were only friends and rejected the forced match.
• Bai Yu declined Ye Qingyin's offer to stay overnight and asked her to tell Ye Lingling he would not visit her.
• Ye Qingyin refused to pass on the message and led Bai Yu to Ye Lingling's room so he could say goodbye himself.

Bai Yu left Ye Mansion after finding Lingling asleep in the bathtub, then spent the night with Ah Yin. Liu Erlong told him she had reached Soul Douluo and revealed that Yu Xiaogang had urged her to trick Bai Yu out of his cultivation method and an Immortal Herb; the chapter ended with Liu Erlong biting Bai Yu after he questioned whether her past self would have agreed.

• Bai Yu found Lingling asleep in the bathtub, asked Ye Qingyin to wake her, and returned to the academy.
• Bai Yu carried Ah Yin to bed, and the next morning he left after she attended to his washing up and breakfast.
• Liu Erlong took Bai Yu to her cabin and excitedly announced that she had reached level eighty and become a Soul Douluo.
• Liu Erlong told Bai Yu that Yu Xiaogang had asked her to pretend to love him and obtain his Cultivation Method and an Immortal Herb.
• Bai Yu asked whether Liu Erlong would have followed Yu Xiaogang's plan in the past, and she bit his shoulder after he argued that she probably would have agreed.

Bai Yu gave Liu Erlong Immortal Herbs to examine and promised to help her find an eighth Spirit Ring. Unable to locate a suitable powerful dragon-type fire Spirit Beast, he went to seek Gu Yuena’s help, where Zi Ji confronted him before Gu Yuena let him in.

• Liu Erlong asked Bai Yu for an Immortal Herb, and he showed her a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf and a Phoenix Tail Orchid Flower.
• Bai Yu reminded Liu Erlong that the Sacred Dragon Origin would benefit her more than an Immortal Herb, and she asked him to help find her eighth Spirit Ring.
• Bai Yu agreed to find a suitable Spirit Beast for Liu Erlong, then worried that he needed an eighty- or ninety-thousand-year dragon-type fire Spirit Beast.
• Bai Yu went to Gu Yuena’s courtyard to ask for help, but Zi Ji warned him not to deceive Gu Yuena again.
• Gu Yuena called Bai Yu inside and asked why he had come back so soon.

Bai Yu asked Gu Yuena for a high-level dragon-type Spirit Beast to study for his Soul Gathering Seal, but she gave him a golden Spirit Ring instead. He then visited Qian Renxue, who complained about Xue Xing, and Bai Yu claimed Dugu Bo was support from her teacher, leaving Qian Renxue surprised.

• Bai Yu asked Gu Yuena where to find an eighty- or ninety-thousand-year-old dragon-type Spirit Beast, prompting Zi Ji to attack him before Gu Yuena sent her away.
• Bai Yu explained that his Soul Gathering Seal needed Spirit Beast research to produce suitable high-level Spirit Rings, and Gu Yuena offered to help him find Spirit Beasts later.
• Gu Yuena gave Bai Yu a golden orb that could serve as a Spirit Ring, and he thanked her before leaving.
• Bai Yu went to Qian Renxue's mansion, fell asleep on her bed, and woke when she returned from court.
• Qian Renxue complained that Xue Xing kept troubling her, and Bai Yu suggested she stop acting undercover and use her substitute.
• Bai Yu told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo was support her teacher had provided, leaving Qian Renxue wondering why she had never heard of it.

Bai Yu explained that he recruited Dugu Bo by curing the poison that afflicted the Dugu Clan, then took Qian Renxue out to explore Heaven Dou City. As they walked, he hinted that his first visit to an auction house had left him afraid he might make a move against one.

• Bai Yu told Qian Renxue that he had recruited Dugu Bo by curing the inherited poison that threatened the Dugu Clan, and Qian Renxue accepted that Dugu Bo could be trusted.
• Qian Renxue teased Bai Yu about his travels and romantic pursuits, then agreed to go shopping with him after he invited her out.
• Bai Yu and Qian Renxue slipped out of the Crown Prince's Mansion and walked through Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue enjoyed being herself rather than pretending to be Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue declined to visit the Heaven Dou Auction House, and Bai Yu said he had only visited one auction house before and feared he might make a move if he went again.

Bai Yu explained why he opposed the auction houses’ slave-catching practices, then dined and spent the afternoon with Qian Renxue before preparing to return to Spirit City. Back at the academy, he visited Liu Erlong and gave her the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring he had obtained for her eighth ring.

• Bai Yu told Qian Renxue that auction houses captured people and that Spirit Hall’s entrenched parasites could not yet be confronted without causing widespread panic.
• Bai Yu and Qian Renxue went to a restaurant, where he said he would return to Spirit City and asked what she wanted him to bring back.
• Qian Renxue asked Bai Yu to tell her grandfather that she missed him and to thank her mother for her.
• Bai Yu took Qian Renxue around Heaven Dou City for the afternoon, then returned to the academy and went to Liu Erlong’s courtyard.
• Bai Yu gave Liu Erlong the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring he had obtained for her eighth Spirit Ring.

Liu Erlong absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and successfully reached a hundred-thousand-year Red Eighth Ring, with Bai Yu guarding her through the dangerous breakthrough. After they spent the night together, Bai Yu told her he would be away for about half a month.

• Liu Erlong crushed the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and began absorbing its energy while Bai Yu watched over her.
• Liu Erlong pushed her absorption toward a hundred thousand years, and Bai Yu used his domain and Soul Power to protect her through the dangerous breakthrough.
• Liu Erlong completed the absorption and gained a Red Eighth Ring, then teased Bai Yu by wearing a sheer nightgown and taking the initiative with him.
• After spending the night together, Liu Erlong accused Bai Yu of having an unfair advantage, but eventually admitted defeat.
• Bai Yu told Liu Erlong he would be away for around half a month and said he would go say goodbye to Zhu Qing and the others.

Bai Yu decided to take Ah Yin back to Spirit City because Tang San had discovered her identity and Tang Hao might return. After saying goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, Bai Yu told them he was leaving, and they asked him to take them along if he would not come back.

• Bai Yu warned Ah Yin that it was dangerous for her to stay and promised he would later find a chance for her to meet Tang Hao.
• Bai Yu and Ah Yin went to the training grounds to say goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, where Bai Yu teased Yu Xiaogang about cultivating his technique.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that Bai Yu's technique greatly increased his cultivation speed, while Tang San said it advanced nearly twice as fast as his own but left Soul Power unstable.
• Ma Hongjun rejected the idea of cultivating the technique, and Dai Mubai wondered whether its speed could help him surpass Dai Weisi.
• Bai Yu told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that he was leaving, and they asked him to take them with him if he would not return.

Bai Yu returned to Spirit City with Ah Yin after years away and brought her to stay at his Holy Son's Palace. He reunited with Hu Liena there, then headed to see his teacher at the Pope's Palace.

• Ning Rongrong pulled Zhu Zhuqing away to train rather than watch Bai Yu say goodbye, and Zhu Zhuqing wished him a safe trip and an early return.
• Bai Yu visited Dugu Manor to spend time with Dugu Yan, then flew to Spirit City with Ah Yin.
• Bai Yu told Ah Yin she could stay safely at the Holy Son's Palace and said he needed to visit his teacher.
• Bai Yu and Ah Yin found Hu Liena waiting in the brightly lit palace; she rushed to embrace him and complained that he had left without her.
• Bai Yu promised Hu Liena he would take her along next time he left, then prepared to visit the Pope's Palace as Hu Liena asked who Ah Yin was.

Bai Yu returned to Spirit Hall, leaving Hu Liena to question Ah Yin about her connection to him and Tang Hao. Bibi Dong arranged a public battle with Bai Yu for the next morning, and he learned that Spirit Hall’s Soul Gathering Seal rollout was progressing slowly above the third level.

• Hu Liena recognized Ah Yin as Tang Hao’s wife from the Chronicle of Time and teased her about falling for Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu went to the Pope’s Palace and apologized to Bibi Dong for leaving and for drugging her in the past.
• Bibi Dong ordered Bai Yu to fight her outside the city the next morning so Spirit Hall could witness the Holy Son’s strength.
• Bai Yu asked about Spirit Hall’s Soul Tool materials and Soul Gathering Seals, and Bibi Dong said widespread distribution above the third level would take more than twenty years.