Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Pope Palace seeking Bibi Dong and the secret of twin martial souls, while Lin Jiang used their systems to make Bibi Dong serve him tea mixed with fresh chicken dung. Yu Xiaogang drank it to earn a reward for Luo Sanpao, and Bibi Dong watched with disgust.

• Yu Xiaogang entered the Pope Palace and waited in a side hall, planning to ask Bibi Dong about twin martial souls.
• Bibi Dong received word that Yu Xiaogang had arrived and found her old obsession with him had faded.
• Lin Jiang issued Bibi Dong a mission to serve Yu Xiaogang tea mixed with fresh chicken dung, offering a Soul-Bone Age Enhancement Card as the reward.
• Bibi Dong ordered an attendant to prepare the tea and serve it to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang received a system mission promising progress for Luo Sanpao and eagerly drank the entire cup.
• Bibi Dong entered the side hall, saw Yu Xiaogang holding the empty cup, and felt astonishment and disgust.

Bibi Dong’s disgust with Yu Xiaogang overwhelmed the last of her old affection after his advances and entitled behavior. She struck him, revoked his Honorary Elder Token, and ordered the guards to expel him as he tried to reveal that he had come to discuss the secrets of twin martial souls.

• Bibi Dong recoiled from Yu Xiaogang and demanded that he address her as Your Holiness or Your Majesty.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to invoke their past relationship, but Bibi Dong ordered him to get to the point and warned him not to approach.
• Yu Xiaogang became consumed by thoughts of winning Bibi Dong back and tried to grab her hand, interpreting her mention of old affection as encouragement.
• Bibi Dong struck Yu Xiaogang across the chest with her scepter and ordered the guards to throw him out and reclaim his Honorary Elder Token.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted that he had important information about the secrets of twin martial souls, but Bibi Dong ordered the guards to remove him.

Yu Xiaogang was stripped of his Honorary Elder token and thrown out of Pope Palace, where the guards mocked him as he tried to get back inside. Meanwhile, Lin Jiang escaped the crowded carriage of admiring girls when Xue Qinghe summoned him, and she sealed their private conversation from outside listeners.

• Two knights dragged Yu Xiaogang out of Pope Palace and confiscated his Honorary Elder token.
• Yu Xiaogang was thrown down the palace steps, then stopped by spear-wielding guards when he tried to force his way back in.
• The guards mocked Yu Xiaogang after he could not produce his token, leaving him humiliated outside the palace.
• Lin Jiang left the crowded Return to Ruin Academy carriage after an attendant announced that the Crown Prince had summoned him.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed her attendants and used a soul tool to isolate the carriage from outside listeners.

Lin Jiang revealed the newly unsealed Everlasting Sand Sword to Qian Renxue and demonstrated its time-slowing first soul skill, winning her admiration. After more than half a month of travel, the procession arrived at Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue revealed herself and reproached Lin Jiang jealously for his romantic entanglements.
• The system announced that the Hourglass of Time had completed its 4,999th reversal and unsealed the Sword of Time, Everlasting Sand.
• Lin Jiang summoned Everlasting Sand and explained that it could command time and interfere with the past and future.
• Lin Jiang used Everlasting Sand Sword's first soul skill, Myriad Laws Return to the Source: One Breath, slowing the world around him.
• Qian Renxue experienced the skill and leaned against Lin Jiang, praising him with adoration.
• After more than half a month of travel, Lin Jiang's procession arrived at Spirit City.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe led the Soul Master teams into Spirit City, where its formidable defenses and Soul Master-centered life revealed Spirit Hall’s wealth and influence. Lin Jiang explored the city and learned how the Pope Palace and the Hall of Douluo embodied its political power and sacred authority.

• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe stationed five hundred soldiers and the Royal Knight Corps outside Spirit City, then led the Soul Master teams through its gates.
• The teams saw Spirit City’s immense hexagonal walls, Spirit Hall patrols, and shops and hotel staffed by Soul Masters.
• Lin Jiang walked through the city and discovered it was built around a hill crowned by the golden Pope Palace and a smaller jade-white building.
• A roadside Soul Master identified the Pope Palace as Pope Bibi Dong’s residence, and Ning Fengzhi explained that the Elder Hall was also hidden within it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lin Jiang that the Hall of Douluo was Spirit Hall’s sacred mausoleum, ranked above the Pope Palace and governed by rules even the Pope could not violate.

With the tournament finals three days away, Lin Jiang found Zhu Zhuyun exercising at the Star Luo Royal Academy hotel and claimed to be her fitness coach. Her Bodybuilding System ordered her to obey his guidance or suffer a permanent loss of her figure, so she reluctantly accepted as he began adjusting her form.

• Lin Jiang noticed that Spirit Hall had housed the Star Luo Empire's teams separately and went alone to their hotel area.
• Zhu Zhuyun completed her system-required workout in the hotel gym.
• Lin Jiang approached Zhu Zhuyun during her squats and introduced himself as the gym's specially hired fitness coach.
• Zhu Zhuyun's system ordered her to obey all of Lin Jiang's guidance, promising a soul power increase and threatening to make her flat-chested if she refused.
• Zhu Zhuyun suppressed her anger and accepted Lin Jiang's help, and he placed his hands on her waist to adjust her posture.

Lin Jiang used his Bewitching Touch while coaching Zhu Zhuyun, leaving her confused by her attraction to him. At the Strength Clan grounds, Tang Hao urged Tang San to leave Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang returned from Spirit Hall without the twin martial soul cultivation method.

• Lin Jiang adjusted Zhu Zhuyun during training while secretly using Bewitching Touch, and she struggled to resist his influence.
• After the training, Zhu Zhuyun wondered how she had become so drawn to Lin Jiang despite keeping her distance from Davis.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Shrek Academy was a waste of time and urged him to leave with him.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang's trip to Spirit Hall, but Yu Xiaogang returned dejected and unable to explain what had happened.
• Tang Hao mocked Yu Xiaogang for failing to obtain the method and told Tang San that only strength could secure his revenge and place in the world.

Tang San agreed to leave with Tang Hao, while Yu Xiaogang was left humiliated. At the finals, Return to Ruin Academy drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Lin Jiang reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would save both her and her sister before their team made its first appearance.

• Tang San agreed to train with Tang Hao, who led him away and left Yu Xiaogang alone with his shame.
• Spirit Hall prepared its grand finals arena, and the top teams gathered for the third-round draw.
• Return to Ruin Academy drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, while Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing why she seemed troubled, and Lin Jiang promised that she and Zhu Zhuyun would both survive.
• Lin Jiang's words gave Zhu Zhuqing hope, and she told him she believed him.
• Return to Ruin Academy's seven members entered the arena together, surprising spectators when Ning Rongrong appeared in the lineup.

Return to Ruin Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in an elimination match, where Zhu Zhuqing confronted her sister Zhu Zhuyun and Lin Jiang unsettled Zhu Zhuyun with their past encounter. The teams revealed their strength, and Star Luo Royal Academy was left stunned by Return to Ruin Academy’s three Soul Kings, including Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing about reaching the finals, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected her and declared them enemies on the arena.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Lin Jiang from their past training encounter, panicked, and denied knowing him when Davis asked.
• The referee announced that the losing team would be eliminated, and Davis ordered Star Luo Royal Academy to release their martial souls.
• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun revealed four soul rings each, while six members of Star Luo Royal Academy were Soul Ancestors.
• Return to Ruin Academy released their soul power, revealing four Soul Ancestors and three Soul Kings.
• Zhu Zhuqing's fifth black soul ring shocked Zhu Zhuyun, who realized her younger sister had become a Soul King.

Lin Jiang used Ning Rongrong’s support and his three divine swords to overwhelm the Star Luo Empire team in a single attack. He left Davis and five teammates incapacitated, kissed Zhu Zhuyun, and stood as the arena erupted in astonishment.

• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun saw Lin Jiang’s five black ten-thousand-year soul rings and were shaken by the gap in their strength.
• After the match began, Ning Rongrong boosted Lin Jiang’s strength, speed, soul power, and defense.
• Lin Jiang slowed time with Everlasting Sand and used Lightchaser to rush into the Star Luo Empire’s formation.
• Lin Jiang struck with Mountain Suppressor, sending Davis and five teammates out of the arena and leaving them unable to fight.
• Lin Jiang appeared behind Zhu Zhuyun, kissed her cheek, and the crowd erupted at Return to Ruin Academy’s swift victory.

After Lin Jiang defeated Zhu Zhuyun’s team, he offered to protect both Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing and invited Zhu Zhuyun to join Return to Ruin Academy. Zhu Zhuyun broke down and accepted his embrace, leaving the sisters’ fate in Lin Jiang’s hands.

• Lin Jiang asked Zhu Zhuyun whether she still wanted to fight, and she resolved to make one final attempt despite her team’s defeat.
• Lin Jiang offered Zhu Zhuyun a place at Return to Ruin Academy and promised to protect her and Zhu Zhuqing from their family’s deadly fate.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Jiang through tears as Zhu Zhuyun was moved by his promise and began to cry.
• Lin Jiang opened his arms, and Zhu Zhuyun rushed into his embrace, sobbing against his shoulder.

After Lin Jiang defeated Davis, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing embraced him, and he promised to protect them. As they discussed where Zhu Zhuyun would stay, Davis’s Blazing Sound Twin Heroes ambushed them, and Lin Jiang prepared to fight rather than abandon the sisters.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing embraced Lin Jiang after his victory, while the injured Davis watched and vowed revenge.
• The Spirit Hall Team defeated Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy and revealed that it had three Soul Kings.
• Zhu Zhuyun left with Lin Jiang and Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing invited her sister to stay with her.
• A piercing soul skill from Bewitching Sound struck the group, and Zhu Zhuyun identified the attackers as Davis’s Blazing Sound Twin Heroes.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Lin Jiang to flee with Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Jiang refused to leave either sister behind as an attacker declared it was too late to escape.

Dai Lie and Bewitching Sound ambushed Lin Jiang, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing, trapping them between a Soul Douluo and a Soul Sage. Lin Jiang used Illusory Space to evade Dai Lie’s attack and poison him with the Dormant Serpent Sword, but Dai Lie counterattacked and struck him with the edge of a tiger palm.

• Dai Lie confronted Lin Jiang and revealed that Davis had ordered him to kill the boy, while Zhu Zhuyun pleaded with Lin Jiang to escape.
• Bewitching Sound appeared behind the group and unleashed her fifth soul skill, Soul-Shaking Shriek, as Dai Lie attacked with Wind-Rending Carnage.
• Lin Jiang used Illusory Space to make Dai Lie’s wind-blade net pass through an illusion, then appeared behind him and stabbed him with the Dormant Serpent Sword.
• Dai Lie transformed with Martial Soul True Body and suffered a poisoned gash on his left arm, but he endured the pain and struck Lin Jiang with a tiger palm.

Lin Jiang unleashed his Poison Miasma Bud to corrode the battlefield and worsen the poison in Dai Lie’s arm, but Bewitching Sound and Dai Lie countered with their ultimate abilities. Trapped in Bewitching Sound’s sound maze, Lin Jiang faced Dai Lie’s Wind-Thunder Star-Shattering Strike as Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun watched helplessly.

• Dai Lie advanced on the injured Lin Jiang while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, pinned down by Bewitching Sound’s sound waves, begged Lin Jiang to escape.
• Lin Jiang used his fifth soul skill, Poison Miasma Bud, to fill the battlefield with corrosive poisonous mist that restricted Dai Lie and intensified the poison in his arm.
• Bewitching Sound transformed with her seventh soul skill and used Chaotic Sound Maze to disorient Lin Jiang and disrupt his Soul Power.
• Dai Lie unleashed his eighth soul skill, Wind-Thunder Star-Shattering Strike, and fired a destructive energy cannon at Lin Jiang.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun screamed in despair as Lin Jiang faced the incoming attack.

Lin Jiang survived Dai Lie’s Wind-Thunder Star-Shattering Strike with his Fate Blade Trunk Bone’s Deadly Block, then used his vines to recover while the poison in Dai Lie worsened. The chapter leaves Dai Lie screaming as Lin Jiang triggers Poison Explosion.

• Dai Lie struck Lin Jiang with Wind-Thunder Star-Shattering Strike, but Lin Jiang activated Deadly Block and survived the blast.
• Dai Lie realized the poison in his arm was still spreading, while Meyin taunted Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, believing Lin Jiang had died.
• Lin Jiang emerged from the crater unharmed, shocking Dai Lie and Meyin.
• Lin Jiang used Symbiotic Root System to absorb life energy from the earth and recover his health and Soul Power.
• Dai Lie tried to attack, but the Dormant Serpent poison disrupted his Soul Power as Lin Jiang thickened the poisonous miasma.
• Lin Jiang triggered Poison Explosion, causing the poison marks on Dai Lie’s arm to swell as Dai Lie screamed.

Lin Jiang killed Dai Lie and Bewitching Sound, then decided to move Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun somewhere safe as Davis’s retaliation threatened to escalate. He activated Return to Ruin Pavilion and prepared to take the sisters to the Far Western Wasteland.

• Dai Lie’s poisoned body erupted, and he died from the injuries.
• Bewitching Sound charged Lin Jiang in a rage, but he killed her with Dragon Soar’s Boundary Severance slash.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were stunned by Lin Jiang’s victory, then supported him as his strength faded.
• Lin Jiang warned the sisters that Davis would retaliate and decided they could no longer remain in Spirit City.
• Lin Jiang activated Return to Ruin Pavilion and selected the Far Western Wasteland as their destination.

Lin Jiang summoned Return to Ruin Pavilion in the Far Western Wasteland and sent Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun there before teleporting himself. He collapsed from exhaustion upon arrival, and the sisters carried him to a hot spring to recover.

• Return to Ruin Pavilion descended from distorted space above the Far Western Wasteland, frightening a Sand Poison Scorpion into hiding.
• Lin Jiang used the pavilion to transport Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun from Spirit City to safety.
• After clearing the battlefield, Lin Jiang teleported to the pavilion despite his depleted spiritual and soul power.
• Lin Jiang collapsed upon arrival, and Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun hurried to help him.
• The sisters carried Lin Jiang to a hot spring, where Zhu Zhuqing began to remove his battle-torn robe and Zhu Zhuyun blushed and turned away.

Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing helped Lin Jiang recover in a hot spring, and he drew both sisters close after waking. The next day, the tournament’s fourth round began with six teams gathering for the draw.

• Zhu Zhuyun overcame her embarrassment and helped Zhu Zhuqing undress Lin Jiang and settle him in the hot spring.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun used their soul power, aided by the spring, to help Lin Jiang recover.
• Lin Jiang woke and took Zhu Zhuqing’s hand, then pulled Zhu Zhuyun back when she tried to leave.
• The fourth round began as the six remaining teams gathered at the central arena before Pope Palace for the draw.

Spirit Hall Academy, Return to Ruin Academy, and Skywater Academy advanced to the Grand Finals, setting up the championship match for the following day. That night, Lin Jiang bonded Hu Liena with the Daji System, which gave her an embarrassing first task in exchange for faster Soul Power cultivation.

• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Godwind Academy, while Return to Ruin Academy advanced without Lin Jiang taking the field.
• Skywater Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, and the three finalists were confirmed as Spirit Hall Academy, Return to Ruin Academy, and Skywater Academy.
• Lin Jiang activated the twentieth Sub-System bonding authorization and chose Hu Liena as its target.
• Hu Liena received the Daji System in her room and learned that its first task required her to say “Big brother~” in a coquettish voice for a permanent one-percent increase in Soul Power cultivation speed.

Hu Liena completed Daji’s first mission and gained a permanent increase to her cultivation speed, while Lin Jiang received a much greater feedback reward and condensed the Void-returning Sword Casket’s second soul ring. On the final night before the tournament finals, Hu Liena received another mission from the system.

• Hu Liena secretly called out “B-Big brother~” and gained a permanent 1% increase in soul power cultivation speed.
• Lin Jiang received feedback from Hu Liena’s completed mission, permanently doubling his own soul power cultivation speed.
• After binding his twentieth subsystem, Lin Jiang fulfilled the requirement to condense the Void-returning Sword Casket’s second soul ring.
• Lin Jiang formed a 120,000-year soul ring and rose from level 63 to level 66.
• On the night before the finals, Hu Liena received a new mission from Daji and felt both reluctant and curious about its reward.