Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu fought Chu Huai, using elemental attacks to withstand and counter the elder’s powerful blade techniques. In the stands, Dugu Yan told the Royal Arena Team that Bai Yu was her boyfriend, but Yu Tianheng and the others did not believe her, leaving her furious.

• Chu Huai unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and struck Bai Yu with his third and fifth spirit skills, but Bai Yu blocked the attack with an earthen wall and hit him with lightning.
• Bai Yu warned Chu Huai not to underestimate powers beyond Martial Souls, then attacked with a flaming slash and a wind blade that combined into a Flame Tornado.
• Osler and Yu Feng marveled at the battle in the stands as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched with knowing smiles.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan whether she knew Bai Yu, and she declared that he was her boyfriend and warned Yu Tianheng not to call her Yan Yan.
• Yu Tianheng and the rest of the team dismissed Dugu Yan’s claim, and she grew angry while someone beside her muffled a laugh.

As Bai Yu fought a powerful opponent, Tang San grew jealous of his command over the elements and tried to learn how he had gained it. Ning Rongrong tricked Tang San into believing Bai Yu’s ability came from a difficult cultivation method, leaving Tang San determined to spy on Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dugu Yan caught Ye Lingling laughing at her and threatened to stay at Ye Lingling’s place that night.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun praised Bai Yu’s strength until Flender smacked them and reminded them they were among the Shrek Team’s weakest members.
• Tang San asked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing whether Bai Yu’s elemental power came from his cultivation method.
• Ning Rongrong falsely claimed that she and Zhu Zhuqing had tried the method for two days but found it too difficult, while Zhu Zhuqing knew Bai Yu had said the ability could only be comprehended.
• Tang San believed Ning Rongrong’s story and decided to watch Zhu Zhuqing for a chance to learn the ability; afterward, he repeatedly wandered around the simulated environment for Feline Spirits whenever she cultivated.

Bai Yu and Chu Huai fought for hours before unleashing their strongest attacks high above the Great Soul Arena. Chu Huai conceded defeat, and Bai Yu offered his favor to Chu Huai’s family after learning that one of its younger members had posed as a waiter to see him.

• Bai Yu and Chu Huai traded blade techniques for roughly two hours, until Chu Huai praised Bai Yu’s rapid improvement.
• Bai Yu and Chu Huai prepared to decide the fight with one strike, but the spectators panicked at the danger to the arena.
• Bai Yu and Chu Huai moved their battle into the sky and clashed their enormous blades, sending a shockwave across Heaven Dou City.
• Chu Huai admitted defeat after the clash, and Bai Yu thanked him for his guidance and offered help to his family.
• Bai Yu asked about the family member who had posed as a waiter, and Chu Huai explained that the young man was an avid reader of storybooks who had wanted to see Bai Yu.

Bai Yu and Chu Huai received treatment from Ye Lingling after their fierce battle, and the Great Soul Arena declared Bai Yu, known as Lord Hong Ming, the undefeated victor. Bai Yu invited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Royal Arena Team to eat with his academy friends, but the teammates nervously tried to leave while Dugu Yan insisted some of them join.

• Bai Yu used his fifth spirit skill to help Chu Huai and brought him to Ye Lingling for healing.
• Ye Lingling treated Bai Yu and Chu Huai together, and Chu Huai thanked her before departing.
• The arena host announced that Lord Hong Ming had defeated a higher-ranked opponent and remained undefeated.
• Bai Yu invited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Royal Arena Team to meet his academy friends over a meal.
• Yu Tianheng and four teammates tried to return to the academy, but Dugu Yan told the four teammates to come along.

After Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Bai Yu and the Shrek group, Tang San feared Bai Yu had seen through his disguise, while Yu Xiaogang endured Dugu Yan’s teasing. Bai Yu invited everyone to stay and celebrate at the Tiandou Grand Hotel, leaving the four girls trailing him amid quiet rivalry.

• Dugu Yan ordered Osler and the other Imperial Fighting Team members to report to the training ground the next morning, then left with Ye Lingling and Bai Yu.
• Tang San grew terrified that Bai Yu might have recognized his disguise and decided he felt safer staying with the Shrek group.
• Bai Yu introduced Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Shrek group, and Dugu Yan teased Yu Xiaogang about his unusual techniques.
• Bai Yu invited the group to the Tiandou Grand Hotel at his expense, exciting Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling followed Bai Yu, with faint tension between the four girls.

Ning Rongrong secretly visited Bai Yu's room and demanded that he take her, but he refused because she was too young. The chapter ended with Bai Yu reassuring her that he did not dislike her, while Ning Rongrong remained fixated on comparing herself with Zhu Zhuqing and the others.

• Ning Rongrong gathered Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and later Xiao Wu for a private chat, while Tang San debated whether to flee.
• Bai Yu treated everyone to a lavish meal and arranged their stay at the Tiandou Grand Hotel.
• Tang San refused Dai Mubai and the others' invitation to call for room service, while Yu Xiaogang stormed back to the academy after seeing Flender with an attendant.
• Bai Yu told the five girls to rest, and they returned to their rooms after chatting.
• Ning Rongrong sneaked into Bai Yu's room and asked him to take her, but Bai Yu refused because she was too young.
• Ning Rongrong accused Bai Yu of disliking her and comparing her unfavorably with Zhu Zhuqing, but Bai Yu denied it and told her small ones were cute too.

Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan each sneaked into Bai Yu’s room, but hid in his wardrobe when another visitor arrived. Zhu Zhuqing entered to find Bai Yu sitting on the bed, and he was left facing another unexpected visit.

• Ning Rongrong refused to leave Bai Yu’s room, then hid in his wardrobe when she heard someone at the door.
• Dugu Yan entered and questioned whether Bai Yu truly liked her or had only made her his girlfriend to placate her grandfather.
• Bai Yu comforted Dugu Yan, who explained that her teammates’ dismissive reaction to her relationship had made her fear she was not good enough for him.
• When someone opened the door, Dugu Yan hid in the wardrobe beside Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered and asked Bai Yu why he was still awake and whether his Great Soul Arena injuries had healed.

Bai Yu reassured Zhu Zhuqing about his healed injury and explained why he was waiting before becoming intimate with her. After Zhu Zhuqing hid in the wardrobe when someone arrived, Ye Lingling confessed that she wanted to be his girlfriend, leaving Bai Yu stunned as she explained her feelings.

• Bai Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that his injury had healed and said he wanted to wait because he felt she was too young.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to leave, but when the door opened, Bai Yu signaled for her to hide in the wardrobe.
• Ye Lingling entered and told Bai Yu she wanted to be his girlfriend, like Yan Yan.
• Bai Yu asked whether Ye Lingling had made the choice herself or was following her family's wishes, and she said it was her own decision.
• Ye Lingling told Bai Yu she had long felt repulsed by men but had recognized him as the light in her life after hugging him at the Ye Family.

Bai Yu helped Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing confront their jealousy and embarrassment after Ye Lingling tried to claim the older-sister role. The women reconciled through a playful brawl and ended the night teasing one another.

• Ye Lingling hugged Bai Yu and tried to kiss him, declaring that she wanted Dugu Yan to call her sister.
• Dugu Yan interrupted Ye Lingling and mocked her, prompting Ye Lingling to hide beneath Bai Yu’s blanket in embarrassment.
• Bai Yu coaxed Ye Lingling out and joked that all four women shared secrets, but the women turned on him and pounced on him.
• Bai Yu escaped to the bathroom to cool down after the women’s playful brawl.
• Bai Yu returned to find the four women smiling and teasing one another, though they all mocked Ye Lingling when she complained about Zhu Zhuqing.

Bai Yu gave Ye Lingling a Primordial Immortal Herb, which raised her Soul Power and granted her a domain, then helped her absorb a Soul Gathering Seal. After a sleepless night, the group prepared to leave for breakfast, where Flender and the others had been waiting outside Bai Yu’s room.

• Bai Yu gave Ye Lingling a Primordial Immortal Herb and explained its effects and how to absorb it.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the herb, reached level 40, and discovered that her Martial Soul had gained a domain.
• Bai Yu explained the Soul Gathering Seal and gave one to Ye Lingling, who absorbed it with help from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing.
• After the group got ready to leave, Ma Hongjun called Bai Yu out, and Bai Yu found Flender and the others waiting outside.
• Bai Yu teased Flender about blocking his door, and the group set off for breakfast before heading home.

Bai Yu left breakfast with Dugu Yan and the other women, while Xiao Wu began reconsidering her vow to stay away from him. At Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, confronted Bai Yu about publicly revealing himself in a Soul Fight and attracting the attention of Heaven Dou’s elite.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun watched Bai Yu leave with Dugu Yan and the other women, while Tang San felt relieved that Xiao Wu had come from his room.
• Xiao Wu envied the women around Bai Yu and imagined joining them, though she reminded herself of her vow not to get involved with him.
• After breakfast, Bai Yu returned to Shrek Academy and learned from Liu Erlong that Xue Qinghe was waiting for him in the reception room.
• Bai Yu entered the reception room and teased Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know why Bai Yu had publicly fought the Chu Family’s Supreme Elder and revealed his identity, explaining that Xue Ye had ordered her to contact him.

Bai Yu explained to Qian Renxue that his Soul Fight was meant to establish a public connection that would let Spirit Hall support Heaven Dou in unifying the continent. He persuaded her that she had to become emperor herself, though she demanded that he find someone to replace her afterward.

• Bai Yu told Qian Renxue that he had made a name for himself to support a new plan after Bibi Dong abandoned her ambition to establish a nation.
• Qian Renxue confirmed Spirit Hall had instructed her to help Heaven Dou unify the continent, and Bai Yu outlined how their friendship could provide a public justification for the alliance.
• Qian Renxue agreed that Spirit Hall's backing would win over Heaven Dou's conservative factions, then asked when Bai Yu intended to begin.
• Bai Yu said the plan would start in at least two years and insisted Qian Renxue would have to return and become emperor because her double could not be trusted with that power.
• Qian Renxue accepted that she was necessary for unification but demanded that Bai Yu find someone to replace her afterward.

Bai Yu asked Qian Renxue to continue their public charade while he pursued plans for the Spirit Transmission Tower. He sought Gu Yuena’s help finding high-level Spirit Beasts for Soul Gathering Seals, and she agreed to assist after asking to clarify something about the seals.

• Bai Yu and Qian Renxue agreed to discuss their plans later, then strolled through noble venues so people would see them together and Qian Renxue could report to Xue Ye.
• Bai Yu returned to Shrek Academy, spent time with Ling Yuan and Ah Yin, then went to Gu Yuena’s courtyard.
• After Zi Ji reluctantly let him in, Bai Yu asked Gu Yuena to help him find high-level Spirit Beasts so he could make more Soul Gathering Seals for the Spirit Transmission Towers.
• Gu Yuena agreed to help Bai Yu, then said she first wanted to ask him a question about the Soul Gathering Seal.

Bai Yu explained how Soul Gathering Seals could be adapted across Spirit Beast age ranges and reverse-engineered from high-level templates. Gu Yuena revealed that she was the Silver Dragon King and asked Zi Ji to let Bai Yu examine her, leaving Bai Yu anxious but reassured that Gu Yuena would help him.

• Bai Yu told Gu Yuena that a Soul Gathering Seal could produce Spirit Rings within an age range and that lower-level seals could be deduced from high-level pathways.
• Gu Yuena agreed to help Bai Yu begin his research, and he said recording each high-level Spirit Beast's pathways could take nearly a full day.
• Gu Yuena told Zi Ji to let Bai Yu examine her, prompting Zi Ji to step forward and demand that he begin.
• Bai Yu objected to examining Zi Ji until Gu Yuena revealed that she was the Silver Dragon King and the Common Lord of all Spirit Beasts.
• Bai Yu tried to leave, but Gu Yuena called him back and promised she would help with his Soul Gathering Seal research and would not harm him.

Bai Yu examined Zi Ji’s Soul Power routes and discovered that taking human form had altered them, weakening her beast techniques. He brought her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to inspect her in her true form.

• Bai Yu probed Zi Ji’s body and found that her human form had chaotic Soul Power routes, with many false Meridians weakening her techniques.
• Bai Yu explained that Gu Yuena retained her strength because she had a Divine Body unconstrained by form.
• Gu Yuena opened a Spatial Vortex and brought Bai Yu and Zi Ji from Heaven Dou City to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zi Ji returned to her giant-dragon form, and Bai Yu climbed onto her back to examine her routes.
• Zi Ji reluctantly lay still as Bai Yu began probing her Soul Power routes.

Bai Yu finished recording Zi Ji’s complex Soul Power pathways but explained that he could not yet make the high-rank Soul Gathering Seal they would require. As Gu Yuena asked how Zi Ji’s four attributes would be represented in the seal, the group had not yet settled on a solution.

• Bai Yu completed his booklet of Zi Ji’s Soul Power pathways after spending the evening exploring and recording them.
• Gu Yuena and Zi Ji read the notes, and Bai Yu explained that he thought the world’s power system relied too heavily on instinctive abilities.
• Bai Yu said he could make only seventh-rank Soul Tools easily and eighth-rank ones with difficulty, while Zi Ji’s Soul Gathering Seal would need to be at least ninth-rank and require rare materials.
• Zi Ji angrily accused Bai Yu of wasting her time, but Gu Yuena pointed out that he could use the recorded routes to develop lower-rank seals first.
• Bai Yu clarified that he intended to send the information to his organization, which could produce the seals, and explained that they also needed devices simulating Zi Ji’s attributes.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Zi Ji’s darkness, corrosion, chill, and devouring attributes meant her seal would need four simulation devices.

Bai Yu told everyone he would visit the Star Dou Great Forest to record Spirit Beast Soul Power pathways for the Spirit Transmission Tower, while Ling Yuan explained his plan to the others. The group noticed Ling Yuan lacked a copy of the Chronicle of Time and discreetly kept Gu Yuena’s existence secret as Bai Yu went to bed.

• Bai Yu gave Gu Yuena materials on Soul Tools and the Soul Gathering Seal, then agreed to meet her the next morning to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bai Yu returned to his villa and found Ling Yuan, Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin having a late-night barbecue gathering.
• Bai Yu told the group he would visit the Star Dou Great Forest and instructed them to activate their protective Soul Tools if Tang Hao attacked.
• Ling Yuan explained that Bai Yu planned to build Spirit Transmission Towers across the continent to distribute the Soul Gathering Seal, but needed more information on high-level Spirit Beasts.
• Ah Yin, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu noticed that Ling Yuan lacked a copy of the Chronicle of Time and silently agreed not to reveal Gu Yuena’s existence.
• Bai Yu went inside to sleep and invited Xiao Wu to join him at the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

Bai Yu took Xiao Wu to Gu Yuena’s courtyard before bringing her back to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she met Gu Yuena and Zi Ji. Xiao Wu was terrified by their presence but stayed close to Bai Yu as they prepared to leave together.

• Bai Yu offered to take Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu decided to visit rather than stay there permanently.
• The next morning, Bai Yu led Xiao Wu toward Gu Yuena’s courtyard and held her close when she tried to turn back out of fear.
• Zi Ji questioned Bai Yu for bringing Xiao Wu, and Bai Yu explained that she was a Spirit Beast who had taken human form.
• Gu Yuena recognized Xiao Wu as a Soft Bone Rabbit and explained that Bai Yu’s Law Power concealed her nature from Zi Ji.
• Xiao Wu trembled under Gu Yuena’s aura as Bai Yu said they would all head to the Star Dou Great Forest together.

Bai Yu arrived at the Lake of Life with Gu Yuena and was assigned Da Ming and Er Ming to help him record Spirit Beast Soul Power circulation routes. After Gu Yuena and Zi Ji left, Xiao Wu recovered from the pressure of Gu Yuena’s aura while Da Ming still struggled to recognize her.

• Gu Yuena brought Bai Yu and the others to the Lake of Life and told him that Da Ming and Er Ming would help with his work.
• Da Ming summoned Er Ming, and the two Spirit Beasts worried that following a human’s orders would put them in danger.
• Gu Yuena used her bloodline aura to make Da Ming and Er Ming obey, then left Bai Yu a silver mark before departing with Zi Ji.
• Xiao Wu collapsed into Bai Yu’s arms and complained about being frightened by Gu Yuena’s aura.
• Da Ming asked whether Xiao Wu was really herself, while Er Ming pounded his chest and roared that she was clearly Sister Xiao Wu.

Bai Yu investigated Er Ming’s Soul Power circulation while Xiao Wu explained the Soul Gathering Seal to Da Ming. He and Xiao Wu stayed near the Lake of Life, where she took him to the cabin she had once called home.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and scolded him for failing to recognize her, while Er Ming mocked him.
• Bai Yu asked Er Ming to sit still as he channeled Soul Power into him, and Xiao Wu explained the Soul Gathering Seal to Da Ming.
• Bai Yu finished recording Er Ming’s Soul Power circulation, and he and Xiao Wu decided to stay near the Lake of Life for a few days.
• Xiao Wu led Bai Yu to her former cabin, where she reminisced while Bai Yu made a bed and lay down.