Chapter Summaries

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Exotic Beast Academy after Lin Wan overwhelmed the opposing team with a powerful soul skill. Days later, Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Mubai had fled the Star Luo Empire, resolved to rely on herself, and was confronted by Zhu Zhuyun.

• Song Yi restrained Exotic Beast Academy's remaining support Soul Master as Lin Wan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team secured victory.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, and the spectators erupted in cheers and astonishment at Lin Wan's strength.
• News spread through Star Luo City that Dai Mubai had fled, leaving nobles who supported him worried about losing their investments and facing Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned of Dai Mubai's flight, felt betrayed, and decided she could depend only on herself to survive.
• Zhu Zhuqing left her room, where Zhu Zhuyun mocked her about Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing over Dai Mubai’s escape, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to show distress and walked away. Dai Mubai and Huo An reached Sunset Forest after several days of travel and pressed onward through its dangers, nearing their destination.

• Zhu Zhuyun mocked Zhu Zhuqing for Dai Mubai’s flight and threatened to have Dai Weisi make her a concubine.
• Zhu Zhuqing calmly dismissed Zhu Zhuyun’s insults and left to read.
• Zhu Zhuyun decided to inform Dai Weisi and use Dai Mubai’s escape to eliminate Zhu Zhuqing’s chance of a comeback.
• Dai Mubai and Huo An entered Sunset Forest and avoided dangerous areas using Huo An’s experience and knowledge of the route.
• Huo An and Dai Mubai fought off Century Ghost Vines and escaped a cloud of poisonous moths.
• Dai Mubai recognized that the increasingly dense, miasma-filled forest meant they were almost at their destination.

Dai Mubai asked Ge Duo to shelter and train him after fleeing Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Empire, but Ge Duo rejected his appeal and mocked his desperate situation. The chapter left Dai Mubai humiliated and furious, unable to retaliate.

• Huo An called out to Ge Duo through the poisonous miasma, and Ge Duo eventually opened a narrow passage to face Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai begged Ge Duo to let him stay and grow stronger so he could defeat Dai Weisi in the next continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Ge Duo mocked Dai Mubai and reminded him that their previous deal covered pills in exchange for future loyalty and resources, not shelter or protection.
• Dai Mubai grew furious at Ge Duo's insults but held back from attacking her.

Ge Duo drove Dai Mubai and Huo An away from the Icefire Yin Yang Well, leaving Dai Mubai furious but forced to preserve their agreement for pills. After recovering in Heaven Dou City, Dai Mubai resolved to rely on himself and considered entering an academy, but ruled out the Heaven Dou Royal Academy because his identity as a Star Luo prince made it too dangerous.

• Ge Duo rejected Dai Mubai’s plea to stay at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, though she agreed to keep providing pills under their existing contract.
• Ge Duo forced Dai Mubai and Huo An out through the poisonous miasma, and Dai Mubai swallowed his anger rather than risk defying her.
• Dai Mubai left the Sunset Forest with Huo An, vowing privately to remember Ge Duo’s humiliation while recognizing he still needed her pills.
• A few days later, Dai Mubai recovered in an inn in Heaven Dou City and decided he needed to establish himself without relying on others.
• Dai Mubai considered entering the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then rejected the plan because the academy might detain him or return him to Star Luo.

Dai Mubai chose to seek a place at Canghui Academy in Suotuo City after abandoning the idea of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy or one of the prominent academies. On the way, he heard about another academy with unusually strict admissions standards and stopped to ask its name.

• Dai Mubai ruled out the Five Elemental Academies because his identity as a Star Luo prince made approaching their sect-backed schools too dangerous.
• Dai Mubai selected Canghui Academy as a less prominent school near Sunset Forest and ordered Huo An to change their destination to Suotuo City.
• Dai Mubai and Huo An traveled by carriage for several days toward Suotuo City while Dai Mubai worried over his uncertain future and relied on the medicinal pills Ge Duo supplied.
• Dai Mubai overheard people at a roadside tea stall complaining that an academy rejected children who were over thirteen or below Soul Power level twenty-one.
• Dai Mubai stopped the carriage and asked the men which academy had those admissions requirements.

Dai Mubai heard that Shrek Academy accepted only monsters and changed course to investigate, despite its shabby appearance. He reached the registration line and revealed his White Tiger Martial Soul and two Soul Rings for the entrance test.

• Dai Mubai heard rejected applicants complain that Shrek Academy had turned them away for their age and Soul Power, then paid them Silver Soul Coins for the information.
• Dai Mubai redirected the carriage toward Shrek Academy, while Huo An questioned whether the place was trustworthy.
• Dai Mubai arrived at the village entrance, saw the rundown academy and its waiting applicants, and decided to investigate before leaving.
• Dai Mubai waited as the old man rejected applicants who failed the initial tests, then paid ten Gold Soul Coins when his turn came.
• Dai Mubai passed the bone-age check and released his White Tiger Martial Soul and two yellow Soul Rings.

Dai Mubai entered Shrek Academy’s next test alone after ordering Huo An to wait outside. In Spirit City, the Soul Master Tournament’s final showdown was about to begin between the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and the Spirit Hall Academy Team.

• The registration clerk admitted Dai Mubai and directed a bearded student to take him to the second test.
• Dai Mubai stopped Huo An from entering Shrek Academy with him and told him to wait outside.
• The tournament’s final brought the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and the Spirit Hall Academy Team to the arena before Bibi Dong and the assembled delegations.
• Dai Weisi watched the finalists after the Star Luo Empire’s team had been eliminated by Spirit Hall Academy in the semifinals.
• Yu Tianqing and Lin Wan led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team, while Qian Heng headed the Spirit Hall Academy Team.

The Spirit Hall team opened the finals with a coordinated assault, while Lin Wan disrupted Qian Heng’s attack and became the focus of a plan to keep him at a distance. The Heaven Dou Team held its ground under mounting pressure as the battle between Yu Tianqing and Jin Chuan began.

• Qian Heng used Mountain Suppression against the center of the Heaven Dou formation as Jin Chuan and the rest of Spirit Hall’s team launched a coordinated attack.
• Ning Zetian boosted four teammates, and the Heaven Dou fighters countered the charge, flanking attacks, and vines.
• Lin Wan used Nine-Tailed Moon Worship to weaken Qian Heng’s staff attack, allowing Heaven Dou to evade its main impact.
• Qian Heng ordered his teammates to pin Lin Wan down, and Lin Wan used Thousand Phantom Steps to evade their attacks but could not break through Qian Heng’s defenses.
• Jin Chuan tore through Yu Tianqing’s lightning net and led the assault into Heaven Dou’s front line, where Jiang Tao was injured holding the defense.
• Yu Tianqing and Jin Chuan clashed, their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Golden Crocodile King martial souls colliding amid lightning and golden light.

Lin Wan used his exploding clones and soul skills to break Spirit Hall’s formation and force its Control System Soul Ancestor out of the arena. Qian Heng immediately counterattacked, targeting Ning Zetian as the Heaven Dou Team struggled to protect its exposed support fighter.

• Lin Wan detonated three fox-shadow clones to disrupt Qian Heng and the Control System Soul Ancestor, then used Soul-Breaking Needles and Soul Seizure to throw the stunned controller out of the arena.
• The crowd erupted as Lin Wan’s move gave the Heaven Dou Team a brief opening, while Snow White relaxed and Bibi Dong watched impassively.
• Qian Heng ordered Jin Chuan to keep Yu Tianqing pinned down and led an attack on the Heaven Dou Team’s rear with Earthsplit Wave.
• Jin Chuan’s Golden Roar Blast trapped Yu Tianqing in a storm of energy, while Qian Heng and a wounded Agility Attack System Soul Ancestor charged toward Ning Zetian.
• Jiang Tao, Yan Xin, Ye Qing, and Song Yi failed to stop the attackers, while Ning Zetian stayed calm and maintained his boosts on Yu Tianqing and Lin Wan.

Qian Heng eliminated Ning Zetian, whose final amplification helped Lin Wan survive Mountain Suppression, leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy without its support. Heaven Dou's fighters tried to exploit their numerical advantage, but Qian Heng later eliminated Song Yi as Yu Tianqing and Yan Xin knocked out a Spirit Hall Assault System fighter, leaving both teams weakened.

• Qian Heng shattered Jiang Tao's shield and exposed Ning Zetian to an attack, but Lin Wan drove off the Agility Attack Soul Ancestor with Nine-Tailed Moon Worship.
• Qian Heng struck at Lin Wan and Ning Zetian with Mountain Suppression, and Ning Zetian sacrificed himself to amplify Lin Wan before being eliminated.
• Qian Heng regrouped with Jin Chuan while Yu Tianqing directed Heaven Dou's remaining fighters to attack and contain their opponents.
• Heaven Dou's fighters struggled without Ning Zetian's support, and Qian Heng struck Song Yi down, eliminating him.
• Yu Tianqing and Yan Xin blasted a Spirit Hall Assault System Soul Ancestor out of the arena, but Yan Xin was left temporarily unable to fight.

Lin Wan unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Phantom Sea Mirage, trapping Spirit Hall’s fighters in a pink illusion that drained their Soul Power and stirred their fears and desires. He knocked out the Agility Attack System Soul Ancestor and incapacitated Jin Chuan, leaving Qian Heng alone and struggling as Lin Wan reached for him from the mist.

• Yu Tianqing defended Ye Qing as Qian Heng and Jin Chuan prepared to finish the fight.
• Lin Wan activated Phantom Sea Mirage, engulfing the arena and trapping Spirit Hall’s three fighters in illusions.
• Lin Wan used Soul Seizure to knock out the Agility Attack System Soul Ancestor.
• Lin Wan evaded Jin Chuan’s claws with a duplicate and used Soul Seizure to incapacitate him.
• Qian Heng resisted the illusion but lost Soul Power and called for Lin Wan to face him as Lin Wan reached toward him from behind.

Lin Wan defeated the Spirit Hall Academy Team, securing the tournament championship for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. After Bibi Dong announced the champions’ rewards and the award ceremony ended, the team left the arena while she watched from her throne.

• Lin Wan used his pink light to incapacitate or immobilize Qian Heng and the remaining Spirit Hall Academy Team members, ending the final.
• The referee declared the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team the tournament champions, and the Heaven Dou delegation erupted in cheers.
• Bibi Dong congratulated the champions and announced that each member would receive a Soul Tool and help from Spirit Hall experts to hunt a Soul Beast.
• A red-robed cardinal gave the team their Soul Tools and tokens for arranging Soul Beast hunts with two Soul Sages.
• The Heaven Dou Team left the arena, with Yu Tianqing and Yan Xin discussing the match, Ye Qing tending to Song Yi, and Lin Wan bringing up the rear.

After the Heaven Dou team returned from Spirit City, Emperor Xue Ye honored its members for winning the tournament and named Lin Wan a viscount with a residence and one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. The team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the education committee welcomed them and prepared a victory banquet.

• Lin Wan spent the days before the delegation departed reflecting on the tournament while sensing the pope's scrutiny.
• The Heaven Dou delegation returned to Heaven Dou City to cheers from the gathered citizens.
• Emperor Xue Ye named Lin Wan and the other five team members viscounts, awarding Lin Wan a residence and one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and each of the others fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The team left the palace and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin welcomed them and invited them to a victory banquet.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the championship, its education committee urged Lin Wan to stay and lead the team in the next tournament. Lin Wan refused, leaving the committee members shocked and still hoping to persuade him.

• Lin Wan attended the celebratory banquet but remained distant as students and teachers celebrated the victory.
• Meng Shenji invited Lin Wan to meet with him, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin after the banquet.
• The three committee members asked Lin Wan to remain at the academy and defend the championship in the next tournament.
• Lin Wan firmly refused, saying he had no interest in defending the title.
• Meng Shenji argued that Lin Wan owed the academy and empire, while Bai Baoshan urged him to consider the benefits of becoming a two-time champion.
• Lin Wan challenged the idea that he still needed to repay them and looked out at the academy grounds.

Lin Wan rejected the Academy and Empire’s offers and left to follow his own path, while Flender struggled to teach Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy because he feared the consequences of disciplining a prince. The chapter left Lin Wan walking away from the Academy and Flender turning to a lesson with only Oscar and Ma Hongjun present.

• Lin Wan declined the education committee members’ offers and refused to say where he planned to go.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin accepted that they could not force Lin Wan to stay and regretted losing him.
• Lin Wan left the Academy, thinking he had no interest in competing in the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Flender found that Dai Mubai had skipped class again, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun were the only students present.
• Flender recalled Dai Mubai’s talent and royal status, and admitted to himself that he did not dare punish him.
• Flender told Oscar and Ma Hongjun to focus on the lesson about compressing Soul Power.

Dai Mubai stayed at Shrek Academy after Flender promised he could secure a tournament slot, then relaxed his doubts after learning of Flender’s connection to Liu Erlong and Blue Tyrant Academy. He continued neglecting his studies and training, spending his days enjoying Suotuo City.

• Dai Mubai asked Flender whether Shrek Academy could compete in the continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in five years.
• Flender claimed he could borrow a slot from another academy, though his promise was uncertain.
• Dai Mubai sent Huo An to investigate Flender and learned that Flender had once been part of the Golden Iron Triangle with Liu Erlong, dean of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Dai Mubai decided to stay at Shrek Academy, believing Flender might be able to secure a tournament slot.
• Dai Mubai skipped his classes and training, relying on Ge Duo’s pills and indulging himself in Suotuo City.

Dai Mubai indulged in luxury at the Drunken Life, Dreaming Death Hotel in Suotuo City, where he reveled in the power he lacked in the Star Luo Empire. After a waiter accidentally splashed water on his boots, Dai Mubai brutally injured him and returned to his revelry.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the Drunken Life, Dreaming Death Hotel and was welcomed into his reserved Imperial Hall.
• Dai Mubai drank and enjoyed the attention of the young women waiting in the hall.
• A young waiter accidentally knocked over an ice bucket, splashing water onto Dai Mubai's boots.
• Dai Mubai splashed wine into the waiter's face and slammed his head against a table leg, leaving him unconscious.
• Dai Mubai wiped his fingers and resumed drinking with the frightened young women.

As Xiao Wu reached level thirty and began condensing her third Soul Ring, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm broke through its seal and forced a sacrifice and fusion upon her. Xiao Wu’s body and mind began collapsing under the immense energy, while the Nine-Colored Deer reacted in alarm.

• Xiao Wu reached level thirty beside the Lake of Life and began condensing her third Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seized the moment, broke through the weakened seal beneath the lake, and attacked Xiao Wu with his mental strength and Soul Power.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm intended to become Xiao Wu’s Wisdom Soul Ring and use her body to escape the lake and pursue godhood.
• The surge of energy interrupted Xiao Wu’s breakthrough, destroyed her forming Soul Ring, and overwhelmed her body and mind.
• The Nine-Colored Deer sensed Xiao Wu’s life force plummeting and sprang up in alarm.

The Nine-Colored Deer used its Nine-Colored Auspicious Light to stabilize Xiao Wu as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completed his Sacrifice. Xiao Wu survived and gained a strange third Soul Ring, but Di Tian returned and confronted Tian Meng.

• The Nine-Colored Deer enveloped Xiao Wu and the energy field in Nine-Colored Auspicious Light, keeping Xiao Wu alive as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm restrained and merged his energy with her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Sacrifice succeeded, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious but stable with three Soul Rings, including a jade-white ring with a faint golden halo.
• Tian Meng declared that he was finally free, while the Nine-Colored Deer sensed that Xiao Wu's life force had stabilized.
• Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life, saw Xiao Wu's new Soul Ring, and accused Tian Meng of daring to act without permission.
• The Nine-Colored Deer stayed in front of Xiao Wu as Di Tian's killing intent filled the lake.

Di Tian confronted the Nine-Colored Deer after the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed itself to Xiao Wu, but he withdrew rather than endanger Xiao Wu or estrange the Auspicious Beast. Xiao Wu awoke in her Spiritual Sea, where the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that her third Soul Ring was a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm taunted Di Tian, but his killing intent frightened it into retreating into Xiao Wu's Spiritual Sea.
• Di Tian accepted that he could not undo the sacrifice without risking Xiao Wu's life, told the Nine-Colored Deer to watch over her, and vanished.
• The Nine-Colored Deer comforted the unconscious Xiao Wu while Scarlet King resumed guarding her.
• Xiao Wu awoke in her Spiritual Sea and discovered her Soul Power had reached level thirty-one and that her third Soul Ring was white rather than purple.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Xiao Wu it had sacrificed a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring to her and claimed its faint golden glow made it platinum.