Chapter Summaries

Ye Ling reunited with Xu Jiujiu, who reported that a suspected Evil Soul Master had infiltrated the Star Luo Empire’s Royal Family. Ye Ling promised her the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Skull and decided to use the missing Third Prince Dai Mubai to create turmoil in the Star Luo Imperial Family.

• Xu Jiujiu reunited with Vina and Ye Ling after years apart, then teased Ye Ling for neglecting her.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that she had infiltrated the Xu Clan and risen to Level sixty-six while getting close to the Star Luo Royal Family.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that a royal Chaplain at Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy carried a faint Evil Soul Master aura.
• Ye Ling promised Xu Jiujiu the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Skull as a reward after the tournament.
• Ye Ling decided to use the missing Third Prince Dai Mubai to throw the Star Luo Imperial Family into chaos.

The Individual Advancement Tournament began in Spirit City, where more than a thousand soul masters competed for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone under rules that required them to remain on one of sixty-four arenas. Ye Ling sent Long Aotian to lead the way, and Ji Juechen joined him, officially starting the elimination round.

• Spirit Hall and Mending Heaven Pavilion set up sixty-four arenas after more than a thousand soul masters registered for the expanded tournament.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo announced the three-day elimination rules, including a ban on killing and protection for anyone who surrendered.
• Ye Ling discussed the unfair advantage facing early entrants and said the competitors would have to accept that the world was not fair.
• Ye Ling ordered Long Aotian to step onto an arena, and Long Aotian obeyed.
• Ji Juechen also entered an arena despite Ning Fengzhi's concern, and Chen Xin explained that Ji Juechen cared only about battle and improvement.

Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempts to persuade him to join Spirit Hall and then encountered Ji Juechen, a young Seven-Ringed Soul Sage trained by Sword Douluo. Ji Juechen’s fighting skill and name unsettled Tang San, who could not recall why he seemed familiar.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to conserve his strength and consider joining Spirit Hall, but Tang San said he needed to think carefully because Spirit Hall had harmed his family.
• Tang San dismissed Yu Xiaogang and walked away, while Yu Xiaogang cursed him and resolved to retaliate.
• Tang San joined Xiao Wu, Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar near a Battle Arena, where Ning Fengzhi explained that Ji Juechen was a promising young talent he hoped to recruit.
• Ji Juechen defeated his opponent with two sword swings and no soul skills, prompting Tang San to judge him a formidable enemy.
• Tang San heard Ji Juechen’s name and realized it felt familiar, though he could not remember encountering such a genius before becoming a god.

Tang San recognized Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, and Long Aotian as people from ten thousand years in the future and began suspecting their connection to Mending Heaven Pavilion. He resolved to watch them closely and seek proof that could turn others against the pavilion.

• Tang San struggled to remember why Ji Juechen’s name sounded familiar as the group noticed Ye Guyi competing as a Seven-Ringed Soul Sage.
• Ye Ling suspected Ye Guyi had received benefits from the Angel God’s inheritance, while Ning Fengzhi explained that she had joined Spirit Hall after losing to Ji Juechen.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Long Aotian’s strength, and Oscar complained that Mending Heaven Pavilion’s contestant could win back the soul bone it had offered as a reward.
• Tang San recalled that Ji Juechen had entered Qiankun Querying Love Valley with Huo Yuhao ten thousand years later and realized that Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, and Long Aotian were all from that future era.
• After Ning Fengzhi assured him that Ji Juechen’s background had been investigated, Tang San decided to watch the three closely and find evidence linking them to Mending Heaven Pavilion.

Ye Ling watched the tournament before Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun provoked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with a suggestive account of Zhuqing’s past journey with Ye Ling. As Dai Mubai raised his hand to strike Zhu Zhuqing, an unseen speaker warned Zhu Zhuyun that Young Pavilion Master Ye might learn of her lewd rumor.

• Ye Ling surveyed the Battle Arenas, found the first day’s matches dull, and decided to wait until the final day to compete.
• Dai Weisi mocked Dai Mubai for leaving the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Mubai challenged him over their eventual fight for the imperial succession.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing for staying with Dai Mubai and suggested she should have sought protection from Ye Ling.
• Zhu Zhuyun told the gathered spectators that Zhu Zhuqing had shared a carriage with Ye Ling and that he had invited her to visit the Mending Heaven Pavilion.
• Dai Mubai believed Zhu Zhuyun’s insinuations, accused Zhu Zhuqing of betraying him, and raised his hand to slap her.
• A voice from the crowd warned Zhu Zhuyun that Ye Ling might discover the lewd rumor she had spread about him.

Ye Ling confronted Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the others in Spirit City, mocking Dai Mubai and offering Zhu Zhuqing protection from the Star Luo Empire’s inheritance struggle. After Dai Mubai attacked him with his fourth Soul Skill, Ye Ling effortlessly made the projectiles disappear and reached for him.

• Ye Ling approached Zhu Zhuqing and exchanged greetings with her, stirring gossip among the onlookers.
• Dai Mubai confronted Ye Ling over Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Ling mocked him and criticized Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
• Ye Ling offered Zhu Zhuqing’s Mending Heaven Pavilion protection if she found no way forward with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai attacked Ye Ling with his fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower.
• Ye Ling silently made the golden projectiles vanish, then reached through the air to grab Dai Mubai.

Ye Ling stopped Flender’s assassination attempt and revealed that Liu Erlong was alive, then arranged for the former lovers to fight. As Liu Erlong pressed Flender with her superior strength, Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Ling to spare them both.

• Dai Mubai attacked Ye Ling, who lifted and crushed him with a mysterious force until Flender intervened with a surprise strike.
• Ye Ling’s defensive Soul Guiding Ring blocked Flender’s attack, and Ye Ling revealed that Liu Erlong was alive and had become an eight-ring Soul Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to stop the fighting, but Ye Ling sent the Ice Empress to drive him away from Spirit City.
• Ye Ling ordered Liu Erlong and Flender to settle things themselves, and Liu Erlong quickly gained the advantage while Flender tried to remind her of their past.
• Ye Ling asked Zhu Zhuqing to peel him an orange, and she instead pleaded with him to spare Flender and Liu Erlong.

Ye Ling rejected Zhu Zhuqing’s plea for Flender and Liu Erlong, arguing that they had brought their fate upon themselves. After Liu Erlong defeated Flender and brought him before Ye Ling, he used his pressure to force Yu Xiaogang to his knees, then ordered Liu Erlong to finish Flender.

• Ye Ling refused Zhu Zhuqing’s request to spare Flender and Liu Erlong, and Zhu Zhuqing reconsidered her plea after hearing his reasoning.
• Liu Erlong struck Flender from the sky, leaving him badly injured, as Ghost Douluo arrived in Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang pushed through the crowd with his Spirit Hall elder token, while Du Busi appeared and pressured Ghost Douluo.
• Liu Erlong dragged Flender before Ye Ling, and Flender demanded to know what Ye Ling had done to her.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ye Ling of tampering with Liu Erlong, but Ye Ling’s pressure knocked him to his knees.
• Ye Ling ordered Liu Erlong to do what she should, and she seized Flender by the neck and gathered soul power to kill him.

Ye Ling confronted Shrek Academy after Flender and Dai Mubai attacked him, then defended his actions before Bibi Dong and the crowd. As Ye Ling considered what to do about Flender, Liu Erlong punched through his chest and killed him.

• Ye Ling extended his pressure to the Shrek members, forcing Tang San and the others to their knees, while Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong away.
• Bibi Dong arrived and challenged Ye Ling over his treatment of Yu Xiaogang and his disruption of the tournament.
• Ye Ling accused Dai Mubai of attacking first and Flender of launching a sneak attack, then argued that he had acted to protect himself and preserve relations between Spirit Hall and Mending Heaven Pavilion.
• Bibi Dong accepted Ye Ling's account in public and left the decision about the Shrek group to him.
• As Ye Ling began to address Flender's fate, Liu Erlong pierced Flender's chest with her fist, killing him.

After Ye Ling killed Flender and left the competition site, the Shrek members grieved and Tang San checked on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu blaming Dai Mubai for Flender’s death.

• Ma Hongjun broke free of Ye Ling’s pressure and charged at him, but Ye Ling knocked him unconscious and calmed his rampaging evil fire.
• Bibi Dong challenged Ye Ling, who agreed to end the matter and left with the Ice Empress; Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to maintain order.
• Tang San checked Flender, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, confirmed Flender was dead, and found the other two unconscious but alive.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Ma Hongjun woke and threw himself onto Flender’s corpse.
• When Dai Mubai asked what had happened, Xiao Wu angrily blamed him for Flender’s death.

After learning how Flender died, Dai Mubai blamed Zhu Zhuqing for his attack on Ye Ling, and she exposed his past neglect and ended their engagement. Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others blocked Zhu Zhuqing from leaving, while Yu Xiaogang considered taking control of the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai what had happened after he fell unconscious, and Dai Mubai blamed Zhu Zhuqing for Flender’s attack on Ye Ling.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi left after mocking Dai Mubai’s conduct, while Tang San urged him to say less.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai about abandoning her in the Star Luo Empire and announced that their engagement was over.
• Dai Mubai refused to accept the breakup, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar blocked Zhu Zhuqing from leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang privately considered using Flender’s death to take control of the Shrek Seven Devils.

After Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing and she withdrew from the Shrek Seven Devils, Vina invited her to join Mending Heaven Pavilion. Zhu Zhuqing accepted, and Vina prepared to take her to meet Ye Ling despite Tang San standing in their way.

• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San stopped him from continuing to berate Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuqing announced that she was leaving the Shrek Seven Devils and ended her ties with the group.
• Vina approached Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to join Mending Heaven Pavilion, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted without hesitation.
• When Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing again, Vina used her spiritual power to inflict intense pain on him and warned him to watch his words.
• Vina told Tang San she was taking Zhu Zhuqing to meet the Young Pavilion Master, and Tang San blocked their way.

Zhu Zhuqing left the competition grounds with Vina after Tang San yielded to the threat of Ye Ling, while Dai Mubai was left powerless and furious. In Spirit City, Bo Saixi arrived seeking Qian Daoliu and information about the deaths of Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo, prompting Ye Ling to summon reinforcements before she reunited with Qian Daoliu.

• Vina threatened to bring Ye Ling to the competition grounds, and Tang San stepped aside so Zhu Zhuqing could leave with her.
• Dai Mubai cursed Mending Heaven Pavilion and Ye Ling after Zhu Zhuqing departed, while Gui Mei watched him and Ma Hongjun with a strange smile.
• Bo Saixi arrived in Spirit City to find Qian Daoliu and investigate the deaths of Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo, but Temple Knights tried to stop her at the Papal Palace.
• Bo Saixi revealed her nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and her aura was sensed by Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Du Busi, and Ye Ling.
• Ye Ling identified Bo Saixi and told Du Busi to summon Master Yun, Aunt Ya, Sister Yaozhu, and Sister Yulai to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at the Papal Palace and recognized Bo Saixi, who greeted him as an old friend.

Bo Saixi reunited with Qian Daoliu at Spirit Hall and learned about the Mending Heaven Pavilion, a powerful force that may have killed her two Titled Douluo. She came to the continent to recover Sea God Island’s sacred object and investigate their deaths, and left the conversation with the Mending Heaven Pavilion as the leading suspect.

• Bo Saixi met Qian Daoliu, who brought her into the Papal Palace after Bibi Dong questioned her arrival.
• Bibi Dong sensed Bo Saixi’s formidable strength and grave divine aura, then reflected that her own Rakshasa power remained limited.
• Bo Saixi noticed the evil godly aura surrounding Bibi Dong, but Qian Daoliu changed the subject rather than explain it.
• Bo Saixi told Qian Daoliu that two Titled Douluo she had sent to find Sea God Island’s sacred object had been killed, and that she had come to investigate.
• Qian Daoliu denied Spirit Hall’s involvement and revealed that a Level 99 Titled Douluo from the Mending Heaven Pavilion had severely injured him.
• Qian Daoliu said the Mending Heaven Pavilion was the likeliest culprit behind the deaths, and Bo Saixi considered that possibility.

Bo Saixi learned that Qian Daoliu had no news of Tang Chen and stayed in Spirit City to investigate Mending Heaven Pavilion. Ye Ling gathered his allies as a precaution against Spirit Hall and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had deployed a powerful cannon shell near the city.

• Qian Daoliu told Bo Saixi he had heard nothing of Tang Chen for nearly a century, and Bo Saixi left to investigate Mending Heaven Pavilion in Spirit City.
• Ye Ling warned Leng Yaozhu, Yun Ming, Leng Yulai, and Ya Li that Bo Saixi, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu were Level 99 Titled Douluo and might join forces against him.
• Ye Ling assigned Leng Yaozhu to stay by his side and told the others to remain hidden unless trouble arose.
• Kong Deming told Ye Ling that the Holy Spirit Cult had deployed the Level 8 Fixed Soul Guiding Cannon Shell near Spirit City.
• Ye Ling asked Kong Deming whether he could locate the cannon shell precisely and control it remotely.

Ye Ling sent Kong Deming, Du Busi, and Leng Yulai to retrieve the Near Level 9 Fixed Soul Guiding Cannon Shell, then accepted Zhu Zhuqing into the Mending Heaven Pavilion as his maid. He gave her a Pill that evolved her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul into a Nine-tailed Sky Cat, and she broke through level 40; the Ice Empress would accompany her to hunt a Soul Ring the next day.

• Ye Ling ordered Kong Deming, Du Busi, and Leng Yulai to recover the Near Level 9 Fixed Soul Guiding Cannon Shell from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Ling she wanted to join the Mending Heaven Pavilion, and he made her his maid.
• Ye Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing a Pill made with Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Pangu's Blood, and she swallowed it under his protection.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat evolved into a Nine-tailed Sky Cat, which the Ice Empress identified as an ancient Spirit Beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke with her soul power above level 40, and Ye Ling arranged for the Ice Empress to accompany her to hunt a Soul Ring the next day.

Ye Ling returned for the final day of the Individual Tournament after Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power and martial soul improved dramatically from his Pill, and he sent her to make Dai Mubai drop out. He entered a central Battle Arena and effortlessly defeated a Five-Ring Soul Master, then sensed a Level 99 Titled Douluo watching him.

• The Ice Empress told Ye Ling that Zhu Zhuqing had broken through to Level 50 after absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked him for the Pill that had also evolved her martial soul.
• Ye Ling ordered Zhu Zhuqing to make Dai Mubai drop out of the tournament, and she agreed.
• Bo Saixi watched the final day’s matches and marveled at the talented young soul masters gathered at Spirit City.
• Ye Ling chose a central Battle Arena and challenged Yang Xing, a Five-Ring Soul Master with the Blood Axe martial soul.
• Yang Xing’s strongest attack shattered against Ye Ling’s body, and Ye Ling sent him off the Battle Arena.
• Ye Ling sensed a Level 99 Titled Douluo’s powerful spiritual gaze and looked back with his Dark Gold Pupils.

Ye Ling and Bo Saixi tested each other’s Spiritual Power, while Tang San recognized Bo Saixi and hoped for her protection. Leng Yaozhu confronted Bo Saixi away from Spirit City, and the two Level 99 Titled Douluo identified themselves before discussing Mending Heaven Pavilion’s conflict with Qian Daoliu.

• Ye Ling recognized Bo Saixi and clashed with her in a Spiritual Power contest, with both feeling the other’s formidable strength.
• Tang San sensed Bo Saixi’s arrival, recognized her, and rejoiced at the prospect of gaining her protection in Spirit City.
• Bo Saixi left the field and challenged the person tracking her; Leng Yaozhu appeared and clashed auras with her.
• Bo Saixi and Leng Yaozhu identified themselves as Level 99 Titled Douluo and explained why they had followed each other.
• Bo Saixi asked whether Leng Yaozhu had injured Qian Daoliu, and Leng Yaozhu denied involvement.

Bo Saixi backed down after Leng Yaozhu warned her against provoking Mending Heaven Pavilion, while Ye Ling anticipated that she might become hostile once she learned what he had done on Sea God Island. At the Battle Arena, Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai and revealed her evolved Martial Soul and increased strength.

• Bo Saixi accepted Leng Yaozhu's warning and let her leave without fighting.
• Ye Ling considered Bo Saixi's likely reaction to his killing two Sea God Island Titled Douluo and refining the Sea God's Heart.
• Tang San directed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to compete on the edge Battle Arenas while the support Soul Masters stayed out.
• Dai Mubai defeated a wounded Gale Academy student, then Zhu Zhuqing challenged him on the Battle Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed her evolved Martial Soul and stronger Soul Power, forcing Dai Mubai back with her first Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai used his Third Soul Skill to boost his strength, defense, attack power, and resistance to abnormal states.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai in the arena after gaining powerful new abilities from Ye Ling, then rejected Zhu Zhuyun’s questions about her sudden growth. Zhu Zhuyun warned that their families would not accept the broken engagement and questioned whether Young Pavilion Master Ye would stand by Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she cut through his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and wounded him with her Nine Lives Nether Slash.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Nine Illusory Cat Forms to create four clones, then countered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower with the clones’ Nether energy.
• Zhu Zhuqing appeared through the obscuring Nether energy, slashed Dai Mubai, and kicked him off the Battle Arena, sparing him because of their past relationship.
• Dai Mubai was taken away for treatment while Zhu Zhuqing wondered at her sudden strength and credited Ye Ling.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Zhu Zhuqing about her rapid increase in strength, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to answer.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Zhu Zhuqing that the Zhu and Dai families’ longstanding arrangement could not be ended by her alone and questioned whether Young Pavilion Master Ye would bear the consequences for her.