Chapter Summaries

Lan Yu confronted Bibi Dong over her assassination attempt and forced her to apologize and offer compensation after Qian Daoliu intervened. Qian Daoliu then took Lan Yu to the Elder Hall, where Lan Yu met Qian Renxue without her disguise.

• Lan Yu challenged Bibi Dong to explain why she had ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to assassinate him, and warned her not to target him again.
• Lan Yu spread his Mycelial Carpet through the Pope Palace and revealed six red soul rings as he faced Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, acknowledged Spirit Hall's fault, and pressured Bibi Dong to apologize and promise a 10,000-year soul bone as compensation.
• Lan Yu accepted Bibi Dong's apology, then left with Qian Daoliu for the Elder Hall as his Mycelial Carpet retreated and mushrooms remained in the Pope Palace.
• Lan Yu asked Qian Daoliu how many people in Spirit Hall still believed in the Angel God, and Qian Daoliu admitted that few did.
• Qian Daoliu introduced his granddaughter Qian Renxue to Lan Yu without her disguise.

Lan Yu warned Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall risked repeating the cycle of corruption and collapse, then led the Botanical Academy into the Grand Finals. The team crushed Longkui Academy in its first match, establishing itself as a force the other academies feared.

• Lan Yu told Qian Daoliu and the elders a story about a corrupt Church of Light, prompting Qian Daoliu to reflect on Spirit Hall and Qian Renxue to reconsider the Usurpation Plan.
• Lan Yu returned to the hotel, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told him they had encountered Dai Davis and Zhu Zhuyun; he urged them to teach Star Luo Royal Academy a lesson if they met in the finals.
• At the Grand Finals opening, Lan Yu kept the Botanical Academy from bowing to Bibi Dong, while Golden Crocodile Douluo forced Shrek Academy to kneel and left Yu Xiaogang sprawled on the ground.
• The Botanical Academy drew Longkui Academy for its first match, and Yao Zi led the team in beating all seven opponents until the referee stopped the match and declared Longkui Academy eliminated.

Lan Yu watched Shrek Academy face Star Luo Royal Academy and recognized Tang San’s concealed-weapon trick hidden in his Blue Silver Grass. After Lan Yu alerted Golden Crocodile Douluo, the elder interrupted the match and seized one of Tang San’s vines, leaving the spectators waiting to learn what he had discovered.

• After Botanical Academy’s victory and the second-round draw, Shrek Academy learned it would face Star Luo Royal Academy, and Tang San promised the team would finish the match.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing, but ignored Zhu Zhuyun’s warning that provoking the person behind her was dangerous.
• During the match, Tang San switched to Blue Silver Grass and used its vines against Dai Weisi while Dai Mubai fought Zhu Zhuyun.
• Lan Yu spotted needles and poison concealed among Tang San’s vines and secretly alerted Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo noticed Tang San’s trick, shouted that he had been caught cheating, and seized one of the vines, while Lan Yu told Ning Rongrong the real show was about to begin.

Tang San and Shrek Academy were exposed for cheating in the Soul Master Tournament and imprisoned, while Tang Hao broke into Spirit Hall’s prison to rescue his son. Bibi Dong tried to intervene, but Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked her as Qian Daoliu waited nearby to confront Tang Hao.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo found concealed needles in Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, accused Shrek Academy of cheating, and ordered the team arrested.
• Yu Xiaogang presented Tang Hao’s Elder Token, but Golden Crocodile Douluo knocked him down and demanded to know where it came from.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo failed to catch Tang Hao, and the referee declared Star Luo Royal Academy the winner as Shrek Academy was taken away.
• Bibi Dong confronted Golden Crocodile Douluo over the arrests, but he blocked her from going to the prison, where Qian Daoliu was waiting for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao broke into the prison and carried Tang San out, leaving the others behind.

Tang Hao sacrificed himself to let Tang San escape Spirit City, while Qian Daoliu tightened his control over Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. The Soul Master Tournament continued with Botanical Academy facing Star Luo Royal Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing prepared to confront Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to seek the Blue Silver Forest, then detonated seven soul rings and attacked Qian Daoliu with the Great Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Daoliu's Breath of the Angel overwhelmed Tang Hao, while a blood-red barrier protected Tang San and a vortex transported him to the Capital of Slaughter.
• Lan Yu traced Tang San through the Mycelium Network, and Qian Daoliu returned to the Worship Hall and forbade Bibi Dong from visiting Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope Palace and wrecked its decorations after finding Green Mushrooms there, while Lan Yu learned of the outburst and laughed.
• Botanical Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing vowed to beat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun opened with their Hell White Tiger fusion, and Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong for support.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Botanical Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, and the next tournament draw matched them against New Gale Academy. Lan Yu then summoned Ah Yin as a Fungus Beast and decided she would study and work for him.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the Botanical Academy used vines and her Fourth Spirit Ability to break the Hell White Tiger fusion, then knocked Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun off the platform.
• The referee declared the Botanical Academy the winner, and the draw paired them with New Gale Academy.
• Huo Wu asked Lan Yu for Green Mushrooms, and he made them sprout by invoking the Sage Lord of Fungi.
• Bifulong told Lan Yu that he had found and repaired an incomplete soul near Notting College and made her a believer.
• Lan Yu used Fungification to summon Ah Yin as a half-height Fungus Beast and decided she would study and serve as his stand-in.

Lan Yu trained A Yin, then led Botanical Academy to victory over New Gale Academy and entered the finals against Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At the finals, he knocked out Yan in one punch, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy conceded and joined the losers’ bracket.

• Lan Yu brought A Yin to Botanical Academy and asked the girls to teach her common sense and help her serve as an envoy.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to abandon the Usurpation Plan, but she joined Spirit Hall’s tournament roster to settle her doubts.
• Botanical Academy defeated New Gale Academy when Ning Rongrong’s geo construct blocked Huo Wu’s attack and Zhu Zhuqing swiftly defeated Huo Wushuang.
• Botanical Academy, Spirit Hall, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy advanced to the finals, where Qian Daoliu appeared publicly and the singles matches began.
• Lan Yu decomposed Yan’s fifth spirit ability, then knocked Yan out of the arena with one punch.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy conceded to Lan Yu and entered the losers’ bracket, while a Spirit Hall contestant stepped forward to face him.

Lan Yu defeated Qian Renxue in the individual match, exposing her as Spirit Hall’s young heir and worsening Bibi Dong’s political position. Spirit Hall forfeited the remaining individual matches, and Bibi Dong proposed moving the losers’ bracket team match to that afternoon.

• Qian Renxue revealed her six-winged angel martial soul and challenged Lan Yu, while those present recognized her as the Qian Family’s heir.
• Lan Yu resisted Qian Renxue’s attacks and detonated his Spore Cloud, leaving her injured but still determined to continue.
• Lan Yu used Mycelium Swamp and summoned the Jadeplume Terrorshroom, which struck Qian Renxue off the arena and secured his victory.
• Xie Yue forfeited Spirit Hall Team’s remaining individual matches, and the referee announced that Botanical Academy advanced to the winners’ bracket.
• Bibi Dong proposed holding the losers’ bracket team match that afternoon, and neither Spirit Hall Team nor Heaven Dou Royal Academy objected.

Lan Yu led the Botanical Academy Team to claim the Soul Master Tournament championship, distributed the soul bones, and transformed Dugu Yan’s martial soul. After accepting Bibi Dong’s invitation, he met her at a secluded lake, where she tried to bargain for the Jadeplume Terrorshroom and threatened to involve her daughter; Lan Yu’s mention of the secret chamber behind the Pope Palace provoked her killing intent.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Enchantress, and Bibi Dong declared the Botanical Academy Team champions after the Spirit Hall Academy Team conceded.
• Bibi Dong presented Lan Yu with three soul bones, which he gave to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yao Zi, while the rest of the team prepared to leave Spirit City.
• Lan Yu transformed Dugu Yan’s martial soul, and Dugu Bo praised him for freeing the Dugu Family from spirit poison before returning to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan.
• Lan Yu went to meet Bibi Dong at a secluded lakeside and found Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo concealed nearby.
• Bibi Dong offered Lan Yu a favor in exchange for the Jadeplume Terrorshroom, then suggested giving him her daughter when he rejected the deal.
• Lan Yu brought up the secret chamber behind the Pope Palace, and Bibi Dong lost her composure and sent killing intent toward him.

Lan Yu defeated Bibi Dong with help from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, then sealed her and extracted Ah Rou's soul. When the Rakshasa God's divine consciousness appeared, it asked Lan Yu for a favor, leaving him poised to negotiate.

• Bibi Dong attacked Lan Yu, but the Jadeplume Terrorshroom shattered her Thorn Spider Armor and Lan Yu provoked her into summoning Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei used their Nether River Domain to trap Bibi Dong, then Lan Yu froze the area and sealed her Soul Power with Sealing Spore.
• Lan Yu cocooned Bibi Dong and used Fungal Threads to separate Ah Rou's soul from her Soul Ring, sending it into the Mycelium Network.
• The Rakshasa God's mark summoned a fragment of her divine consciousness, but Bifulong struck back when her divine pressure failed to affect Lan Yu.
• The Rakshasa God asked Lan Yu to do her a favor, and Lan Yu considered what he could demand in return.

Lan Yu made the Rakshasa God promise to plant Green Mushrooms before leaving Spirit City, then led Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lina to the Blue Silver Forest. There, he revealed Ah Yin’s identity and recruited the Blue Silver King and his clan to serve the Sage Lord of Fungi.

• Lan Yu released Bibi Dong from the Sealing Spore after the Rakshasa God agreed to plant Green Mushrooms, and the Rakshasa God took Bibi Dong into the Rakshasa Space.
• Bibi Dong emerged grim but spared Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, then left Spirit Hall the next day while Ning Rongrong chose to travel with Lan Yu.
• Lan Yu returned to the Botanical Academy, celebrated the students’ victory, and set off with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lina for the Blue Silver Forest.
• Lan Yu explained that Tang San was a human–spirit beast hybrid whose Blue Silver Emperor bloodline had not awakened, and said he intended to prevent its awakening.
• Lan Yu summoned Ah Yin and told the Blue Silver King that she was the former Blue Silver Emperor, whom he had restored after her sacrifice; Ah Yin urged the clan to trust the Sage Lord of Fungi.
• The Blue Silver King agreed to follow Ah Yin and become a subject of the Sage Lord of Fungi, surprising Ning Rongrong.

Lan Yu brought the Blue Silver Forest under the Sage Lord of Fungi’s command, empowered its Blue Silver King, and sent him out to spread the faith. After receiving Zhu Zhuyun’s plea for help, Lan Yu and Zhu Zhuqing set out for Star Luo City, where Dai Weisi confronted Zhu Zhuyun about her secret work as a priestess.

• Lan Yu connected the Blue Silver Forest to the Mycelium Network, transformed its Blue Silver King into a 100,000-year-old humanoid Fungus Beast named Lan Xiang, and ordered him to spread the faith.
• Lan Yu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing they would travel the continent, but a plea from Zhu Zhuyun changed their destination to Star Luo City.
• Dai Weisi retaliated against the Sage Lord of Fungi’s followers in Star Luo City after discovering their worship following Zhu Zhuqing’s victory over him.
• Lan Yu told Zhu Zhuqing her father might side with the Star Luo Royal Family, and she swore to serve the Sage Lord of Fungi and Lan Yu unto death.
• Dai Weisi traced the city’s followers to Zhu Zhuyun, sent for her, and then confronted her at the Nether Duke’s Estate after she refused to visit him.

Dai Weisi tried to force Zhu Zhuyun to lure Zhu Zhuqing and Lan Yu into a trap, but Lan Yu arrived and ordered the rescue of the captured followers. After the rescue, Dai Weisi vowed to kill Lan Yu, while the Mycelium Network spread into the Star Luo Imperial Palace.

• Dai Weisi demanded that Zhu Zhuyun lure Zhu Zhuqing and Lan Yu to him, but she refused and threw him to the ground.
• Lan Yu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong revealed they had heard Dai Weisi's demands, and Lan Yu ordered Zhu Zhuyun to help rescue the captured followers.
• Zhu Zhuyun led Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to the prison, where they fought the guards and freed the followers.
• Lan Yu released a Spore Cloud that incapacitated the arriving City Defense Army, then told the group to take the followers out of the city.
• Dai Weisi learned of the escape, vowed to make sure Lan Yu never returned, and went to the palace after the emperor summoned him.
• The Mycelium Network spread into the Star Luo Imperial Palace as Dai Weisi entered.

Lan Yu foiled the Star Luo Emperor and Dai Weisi’s plan to capture him by turning them and the Nether Duke into puppets. He left Zhu Zhuyun in her priestly position with the empire’s support, while Ning Rongrong marveled at how easily he had taken control.

• Dai Weisi defended his actions to the Star Luo Emperor, arguing that Lan Yu’s beliefs and ties to Zhu Zhuqing made him a threat to the Star Luo Royal Family.
• The Star Luo Emperor decided to lure Lan Yu with Zhu Zhuyun and capture him using troops and Spirit Douluo-level consecrates, while the Nether Duke agreed to persuade his daughter to cooperate.
• Lan Yu covered the emperor’s study with a Mycelial Carpet, froze Dai Weisi, the Nether Duke, and the Star Luo Emperor, and turned all three into puppets.
• Lan Yu left the palace and reflected that spreading the Mycelium Network was more reliable than relying on imperial orders.
• Lan Yu told Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong that the matter was resolved, then revealed that he controlled Dai Weisi, the Nether Duke, and the emperor.
• Lan Yu kept Zhu Zhuyun in her priestly position and expected her to serve well with the royal family’s support, while Ning Rongrong reacted with excitement.

Lan Yu explained Spirit Hall’s failed plan to control the Heaven Dou Empire and argued that it could gain greater authority by building faith among commoners. The Star Luo Empire began promoting faith in the Sage Lord of Fungi, and a revelation about Fungus Spirit Spirits sent the Soul Master world into turmoil.

• Lan Yu told Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Ning Rongrong that Qian Renxue had replaced the dead Xue Qinghe in Spirit Hall’s Usurpation Plan.
• Lan Yu explained that Spirit Hall could gain influence by awakening commoners’ martial spirits and spreading faith in the Angel God, but its leaders had neglected this path.
• Lan Yu said he would travel across the continent with the women to spread faith in the Sage Lord of Fungi.
• The Star Luo Empire promoted the Sage Lord of Fungi, and Zhu Zhuyun gave commoners mushrooms after they offered their faith.
• The Star Luo Royal Family revealed information about Fungus Spirit Spirits, stirring up the Soul Master world.

Several years after Spirit Spirits spread across Douluo Continent, Lan Yu and his companions set out to visit Sea God Island, but Xiao Wu called him to the Star Dou Great Forest for help. The Mycelium Network had spread through the forest and bonded with most of its Spirit Beasts, drawing them into the Sage Lord of Fungi’s system.

• Bibi Dong learned that the Star Luo Royal Family had announced Spirit Spirits and worried that they threatened Spirit Hall, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo could offer no solution.
• Over several years, Botanical Academy became the Sage Lord of Fungi Academy, and Su Qingluo and Yao Zi’s tournament group obtained Fungus Spirit Spirits; meanwhile, Shrek’s reputation collapsed and its members went their separate ways.
• Lan Yu advanced to Soul Sage, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reached Soul Emperor, and the three spread the Sage Lord of Fungi’s faith throughout both empires.
• Lan Yu proposed that they travel to Sea God Island, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned about the Sea God inheritance and its high priestess, Bo Saixi.
• Xiao Wu called Lan Yu for help, so he postponed the sea journey and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Mycelium Network had colonized the Core Area’s plants and bonded with most Spirit Beasts.

Wan Demon King attacked Xiao Wu, Daming, and Erming while investigating the changes in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Lan Yu and Bifulong arrived and overpowered him. With Wan Demon King defeated, Lan Yu prepared to speak with him.

• Wan Demon King found Xiao Wu, Daming, and Erming, then attacked them after learning they followed the Sage Lord of Fungi.
• Wan Demon King trapped Daming, Erming, and Xiao Wu with branches and injured Daming with Corrosive Venom.
• Lan Yu arrived, and the Mycelial Carpet decomposed Wan Demon King's branches while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing healed Daming and Erming.
• Bifulong descended in his true form and bounced on Wan Demon King until he was subdued.
• Bifulong left with Daming and Erming, and Lan Yu began a proper conversation with Wan Demon King.

Lan Yu captured Wan Demon King and revealed secrets about the Silver Dragon King and the Dragon God before forcing Wan Demon King to lead him to the Lake of Life. Di Tian emerged to confront Lan Yu, while Wan Demon King recounted their encounter but kept the Dragon God's curse secret.

• Lan Yu bound Wan Demon King and questioned him about the Silver Dragon King and the Lake of Life.
• Lan Yu told Wan Demon King that the Dragon God had cursed spirit beasts so they could never attain godhood, stunning Wan Demon King, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu.
• Lan Yu controlled Wan Demon King and ordered him to lead the way to the Lake of Life, leaving Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu behind.
• At the Lake of Life, Lan Yu released Wan Demon King and made him summon Di Tian.
• Di Tian emerged in his black dragon form, transformed into a man, and asked Wan Demon King what had happened.
• Wan Demon King told Di Tian about Lan Yu but concealed what he had learned about the Dragon God's curse.

Lan Yu trapped Di Tian in a Spore Cloud and countered his attacks with mushrooms and abnormal conditions. Di Tian unleashed Dragon God's Claw, but Lan Yu compressed and detonated the cloud, leaving him badly injured as Lan Yu reappeared.

• Lan Yu provoked Di Tian, then used the Spore Cloud and Mycelial Swamp to trap and hinder him.
• Di Tian tried to escape and burn away the spores, but the flames triggered rapid mushroom growth that buried him and released more spores.
• Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji arrived and found Di Tian trapped while Bi Ji treated the collapsed Wan Demon King.
• Di Tian used Dragon God's Claw to tear through the cloud, but Lan Yu compressed it and detonated it in an Explosive Spore attack.
• The explosion shattered many of Di Tian's scales and broke a horn, and Lan Yu reappeared after Di Tian stopped Bi Ji from approaching.

Lan Yu confronted the Silver Dragon King, evaded her attacks, and used Bifulong to pin her down. Unable to defeat him, she agreed to take human form and talk with him.

• Lan Yu told Di Tian he did not intend to harm the Silver Dragon King and warned that she and Di Tian would bring disaster upon the Soul Beast Clan in the future.
• Lan Yu revealed that the Silver Dragon King would marry the son of the man who killed the Golden Dragon King, provoking her to emerge from the Lake of Life and attack him.
• The Silver Dragon King unleashed an Elemental Torrent, but Lan Yu's Mycelium Network absorbed the lingering power and spread mushrooms around the lake.
• Bifulong dropped onto the Silver Dragon King and pinned her down, allowing Lan Yu to demand that she take human form and talk.
• The Silver Dragon King accepted Lan Yu's terms, and Bifulong released her as she transformed into a silver-haired girl.