Chapter Summaries

Chang Gong Miao tried to keep Tang San on his side by giving up sharing a bed with Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu rejected Tang San and followed Chang Gong Miao out. Qin Xuan then subdued them and read their thoughts, learning about Chang Gong Miao’s system and his fear of Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang left Dorm Seven after telling Tang San and Chang Gong Miao that his lessons would begin the next day.
• Tang San offered Xiao Wu his quilt and told Chang Gong Miao to share a quilt with him, but Xiao Wu said she wanted to sleep with Chang Gong Miao instead.
• Chang Gong Miao gave Xiao Wu his quilt and left to buy another, and Xiao Wu followed him out of Dorm Seven.
• Tang San lashed out at Wang Sheng when he asked if Tang San was all right, frightening the work-study students.
• Qin Xuan subdued Chang Gong Miao and Xiao Wu outside Dorm Seven and used the Mind Reading Technique to learn that Xiao Wu disliked Tang San, while Chang Gong Miao feared becoming his enemy and relied on an Affection System.

Qin Xuan bound Xiao Wu and Chang Gong Miao, while Mo Ya warned Tang Hao not to harm Xiao Wu or Chang Gong Miao. Tang San’s attempts to win Xiao Wu over faltered, and a Spirit Hall lecture by Su Yuntao unsettled him and Chang Gong Miao.

• Qin Xuan bound Xiao Wu and Chang Gong Miao and erased Chang Gong Miao’s memories of the Heavenly Marching Qin era.
• Mo Ya told Qin Xuan that he had warned Tang Hao, then recounted threatening Tang Hao with harm to his son and the Clear Sky Sect if he attacked Xiao Wu or Chang Gong Miao.
• Tang San hunted alone in the Soul Beast Forest, obtained a Datura Snake Soul Ring, and abandoned his plan to kill Chang Gong Miao after meeting Chang Gong Miao’s powerful steward.
• Tang San focused on Xiao Wu, but she grew closer to Chang Gong Miao despite Tang San’s efforts and Chang Gong Miao’s deliberate distance.
• Su Yuntao arrived at Nuoding Academy to lecture, shocking Tang San and Chang Gong Miao by appearing to be a Soul Elder and then praising Spirit Hall’s history.

Su Yuntao gave a speech praising Spirit Hall’s benefits and then defended its Soul Master subsidies when Tang San challenged him. Tang San was left speechless and condemned by the classroom, while Chang Gong Miao feared Spirit Hall might have a transmigrator.

• Su Yuntao praised the Angel God and Spirit Hall’s efforts to help commoners and protect Soul Beasts, moving most of the audience to cheer for them.
• Chang Gong Miao recognized Spirit Hall’s slogans as familiar and worried that a transmigrator from Blue Star was behind them.
• Tang San suspected someone in Spirit Hall had been reborn and interrupted Su Yuntao to question where Spirit Hall got the money for its subsidies.
• Su Yuntao questioned Tang San about his commoner status and taxes, then argued that Spirit Hall returned taxes to commoners through its benefits while the empires would not provide subsidies themselves.
• Su Yuntao accused Tang San of siding with nobles despite benefiting from Spirit Hall, and the classroom erupted in condemnation of Tang San.

After Tang San was forced to admit he was wrong during Su Yuntao’s lecture, Chang Gong Miao panicked at how familiar Su Yuntao’s words sounded and left the classroom with Xiao Wu. Tang San later learned that Qin Xuan was Spirit Hall’s current Pope, a name he suspected might belong to another reborn person.

• The students and Xiao Wu condemned Tang San, and he reluctantly admitted his mistake after Su Yuntao urged the class to give him a chance.
• Chang Gong Miao was terrified by Su Yuntao’s familiar way of arguing and left for the infirmary with Xiao Wu and the dean.
• Tang San questioned Su Yuntao about soul master theories, and Su Yuntao explained the dangers of plant martial souls absorbing animal soul rings while criticizing Yu Xiaogang’s book.
• Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and asked who Spirit Hall’s Pope was.
• Yu Xiaogang named Qin Xuan as the Pope, and Tang San wondered whether Qin Xuan was a reborn person like Chang Gong Miao.

Yu Xiaogang explained Qin Xuan’s rise to the papacy and Bibi Dong’s role in Spirit Hall to Tang San and Chang Gong Miao. Tang San and Chang Gong Miao took the account as reassurance that Qin Xuan posed no threat and Spirit Hall was vulnerable.

• Yu Xiaogang described Qin Xuan’s exceptional talent, his Martial Soul, and his rise as Spirit Hall’s pope.
• Chang Gong Miao entered with Xiao Wu, and Tang San grew jealous when he saw her holding Chang Gong Miao’s arm.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the previous pope’s disciple had lost her Holy Maiden position after a conflict and that Qin Xuan later became pope.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that the former Holy Maiden was still a Titled Douluo, Qin Xuan’s personal guardian, and effectively Spirit Hall’s vice pope.
• Tang San and Chang Gong Miao left believing Spirit Hall was beset by internal and external troubles, while Xiao Wu asked Chang Gong Miao whether he still felt unwell.

Chang Gong Miao considered pursuing Qian Renxue while Tang Hao began plotting to trick a transformed soul beast into sacrificing herself. In the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuyun arrived after Zhu Zhuqing awakened her Martial Soul and promised her parents she had a way to protect her younger sister.

• Chang Gong Miao left Tang San and Xiao Wu, deciding Qian Renxue could be an ideal wife and ally.
• Tang San apologized to Xiao Wu with a carrot feast while Tang Hao watched them and resolved to trick a transformed soul beast into sacrificing herself to Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened a Nether Civet Martial Soul with rank seven Innate Soul Power, tying her fate to Dai Mubai under the Star Luo succession rules.
• Mother Zhu pleaded with Zhu Tianhao to save Zhu Zhuqing, but he said opposing the Emperor and the ancient rules could bring disaster on the family.
• Zhu Zhuyun arrived, embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and told her parents she had a way to protect her younger sister.

Zhu Zhuyun took her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing to the Soul Master Guild Headquarters to protect her from the Star Luo Imperial Family’s forced engagement and give her a chance to control her own fate. Zhu Zhuqing began her new life at Spirit Hall Academy, while Zhu Zhuyun asked Ayan and Qian Renxue where Qin Xuan had gone.

• Zhu Zhuyun revealed her Level-Forty-Seven cultivation and told Zhu Tianhao she would protect Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing became engaged, but Dai Mubai fled the empire after Dai Weisi bullied him, and Zhu Zhuyun took Zhu Zhuqing to the Soul Master Guild Headquarters without letting her see his letter.
• At Rakshasa Hall, Zhu Zhuyun introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Ayan and Qian Renxue, who agreed that Zhu Zhuqing should study at Spirit Hall Academy and stay away from her family and the empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing vowed to cultivate and take control of her own fate, inspired by Zhu Zhuyun’s resolve to oppose the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked where Qin Xuan was, and Ayan and Qian Renxue said he had gone to the herb garden with their mothers and Yan Fei and Yue Shen.

Yue Shen reached Level-Ninety-Nine and discussed whether to pursue a First-Level Godhood or wait for a God King Divine Core. Six years later, Dai Mubai was neglecting cultivation at Shrek Academy while Oscar and Ma Hongjun trained seriously, and Ma Hongjun warned him that Zhu Qing and the others would soon arrive.

• Yue Shen celebrated her breakthrough to Level-Ninety-Nine, and Qin Xuan offered her a First-Level Divine Core or the chance to train toward Level-Hundred before receiving a God King Divine Core.
• Yue Shen learned Yan Fei had received the first God King Divine Core and chose to wait for a stronger opportunity.
• Qin Xuan noted that Wu Geng's birth and the coming war between the Underworld Clan and the God Clan would bring him closer to obtaining Heaven's Divine Core.
• Six years later, Dai Mubai remained at Level-Thirty-Seven and spent his days pursuing women, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun cultivated diligently at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai urged Ma Hongjun to go out with him, but Ma Hongjun refused and warned that Third Brother, Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhu Qing would arrive within a few months.

Dai Mubai planned to cut ties with the twins after one last night out, while Zhu Zhuqing and Qin Rongrong arrived in Suotuo City for a Spirit Fighting Arena assignment. Zhu Zhuqing hurried Qin Rongrong toward the arena, leaving the nature of her meridian-clearing experience unexplained.

• Dai Mubai persuaded Ma Hongjun and Oscar to join him for dinner at the Rose Hotel before he ended things with the twins.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the twins entered the Rose Hotel without noticing Zhu Zhuqing and Qin Rongrong passing by in a carriage.
• Qin Rongrong identified Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuqing’s betrothed, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected the match and said she would decide her own fate.
• Qin Rongrong envied Zhu Zhuqing’s training and cultivation, while Zhu Zhuqing noted Qin Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and other advantages.
• When Qin Rongrong asked about her meridians, Zhu Zhuqing blushed and changed the subject to their assignment to earn Golden Soul Fighter rank within ten days.
• Qin Rongrong confidently said they could take part in life-or-death duels to speed up their progress.

Dai Mubai drugged Ma Hongjun and Oscar’s meal at the Rose Hotel and arranged for twin sisters to seduce them, hoping to implicate them in his escapades. The next morning, Oscar had escaped, while Ma Hongjun complained that Dai Mubai had left him to deal with both sisters and that he had nearly fought Oscar in the dark.

• Qin Rongrong and Zhu Qing talked about being careful and wished Xiangxiang could have joined them.
• Dai Mubai invited Ma Hongjun and Oscar to dinner, but they resisted his attempts to involve them with the twin sisters.
• Dai Mubai had the twins drug the food and offered them five thousand Gold Soul Coins to seduce Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• The twins entered the room and pressured Ma Hongjun and Oscar while Dai Mubai found another girl for himself.
• Dai Mubai returned the next morning and learned Oscar had escaped after the drug wore off, leaving Ma Hongjun with the twins.
• Ma Hongjun accused Dai Mubai of doing him dirty and said he had nearly collided with Oscar in the dark.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had become a talented Soul Elder at Spirit Hall Academy, though she resented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Qin Xuan reviewed the seven gifted Clear Sky Hammer students chosen for Spirit Hall’s Tang-Elimination Squad and asked why he had summoned them.

• Ning Fengzhi delayed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s reopening banquet until Sword Douluo returned and worried about whether Ning Rongrong would still feel attached to the sect.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and become a twelve-year-old Soul Elder, but had grown resentful after being bullied at Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed the news and resolved to make up for the years Rongrong had spent away from home.
• Bibi Dong introduced the seven young Clear Sky Hammer Soul Masters of the Tang-Elimination Squad, including Tian Yue and Yue Mei, who each possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Qin Xuan asked the squad why he had summoned them, and Tian Yue answered that it was for the great revival of Spirit Hall.

Qin Xuan rewarded the Tang-Elimination Squad with Immortal Herbs and organized Spirit Hall’s young elites for the upcoming tournament. He told Qin Rongrong to skip the tournament for a more important mission, and she guessed he wanted her to inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and bring it under Spirit Hall.

• Qin Xuan reminded the Tang-Elimination Squad that Tang Hao had killed Spirit Hall’s previous Pope and ordered them to defeat every tournament opponent except Martial Soul Academy.
• Qin Xuan promised the squad seven Immortal Herbs after six months of fighting across the Great Soul Arenas and two years of Advanced Training Camp.
• Qin Xuan summoned the younger Martial Soul Ten Elites, most of whom were his daughters or adopted children, and explained the tournament preparations.
• Qin Xuan kept Qin Rongrong behind and told her she would not compete in the tournament because he had a more important task for her.
• Qin Xuan raised the approaching expiration of the Lock the Mountains and Rivers Treaty, and Qin Rongrong guessed that he wanted her to inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and make it submit to Spirit Hall.

Qin Xuan assigned Qin Rongrong to help bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Spirit Hall’s control, while Sword Douluo came to retrieve Ning Rongrong after the treaty expired. Qin Rongrong denied being Ning Fengzhi’s daughter, leaving Sword Douluo uncertain about her identity.

• Qin Rongrong accepted Qin Xuan’s task to help take over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and said she would arrange Ning Fengzhi’s death if needed.
• Sword Douluo arrived in Spirit City and rejected Chrysanthemum Pass’s invitation to join Spirit Hall.
• Sword Douluo asked Qin Xuan to return Ning Fengzhi’s daughter, and Qin Xuan and Bibi Dong pretended they did not know where she was.
• Bibi Dong brought Qin Rongrong to Qin Xuan, and Qin Rongrong displayed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and concealed her true strength.
• Sword Douluo asked Qin Rongrong about a jade pendant, and she said she had traded it away as a child without remembering whether it bore the character Ning.

Qin Rongrong left Spirit Hall after Qin Xuan staged a merciful release, while Ayan asked to lead the Tang-Elimination Squad. Years later, Xiao Wu, Chang Gong Miao, and Tang San arrived in Suotuo City to register at Shrek Academy as sworn siblings.

• Qin Rongrong refused Qin Xuan's offers to stay in Spirit Hall or return to her father, and Qin Xuan let her leave with Sword Douluo.
• After Sword Douluo and Qin Rongrong departed, Qin Xuan, Bibi Dong, and Ling Yuan laughed about his deception, and Ayan asked to lead the Tang-Elimination Squad.
• Tang San graduated from Nuoding Academy, and Xiao Wu, Chang Gong Miao, and Tang San traveled to Suotuo City for Shrek Academy's admissions.
• Xiao Wu asked Chang Gong Miao to carry her, while Tang San offered instead, and the chapter recalled how the three had become sworn siblings.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Chang Gong Miao traveled together toward Shrek Academy, while Tang San struggled with jealousy as Xiao Wu grew closer to Chang Gong Miao. The chapter ended with the three arriving at the Rose Hotel, where Tang San demanded separate rooms.

• Tang San remained troubled that his Blue Silver Grass was weak and his Soul Power had reached only level twenty-nine, while Chang Gong Miao had become a level-thirty-three Soul Elder and Xiao Wu had also advanced to Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu chose Chang Gong Miao to carry her and defended him when Tang San hesitated, leaving Tang San secretly furious.
• At an upscale restaurant in Suotuo City, Xiao Wu ordered an expensive meal, and Chang Gong Miao discreetly gave Tang San a gold card so Tang San could pay and impress her.
• Tang San led Xiao Wu and Chang Gong Miao to the Rose Hotel, hoping to meet Dai Mubai, and requested three rooms.
• The hotel attendant noticed Xiao Wu’s interest in Chang Gong Miao, but Tang San insisted that the attendant arrange separate rooms.

Tang San tried to stop Xiao Wu and Chang Gong Miao from sharing a room, but Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived and mistook Tang San for an adversary. The chapter left Dai Mubai challenging Chang Gong Miao and Tang San to a fight, while Xiao Wu objected.

• Tang San refused to let Xiao Wu share a room with Chang Gong Miao, but Xiao Wu eagerly asked whether Chang Gong Miao liked her.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived, and Xiao Wu did not recognize them; the three mistook Tang San and Chang Gong Miao for men plotting against her.
• Dai Mubai asked Chang Gong Miao's name and sensed a Martial Soul resonance, while Chang Gong Miao deduced that she was Dai Tianfeng's illegitimate daughter.
• Dai Mubai challenged Chang Gong Miao to a match and told Tang San to roll away if he lost; Xiao Wu protested that they had no reason to leave.

At the Rose Hotel, Chang Gong Miao challenged Dai Mubai and revealed that his Green Tiger Martial Soul could match and outclass Dai Mubai’s White Tiger despite his lower Soul Power. Their fight left the lobby wrecked and ended with Dai Mubai unable to gain an advantage, while Xiao Wu praised Chang Gong Miao.

• Xiao Wu defended Chang Gong Miao after Dai Mubai warned her about the men who had harassed her, and Chang Gong Miao accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge.
• Dai Mubai and Chang Gong Miao revealed their tiger Martial Souls and introduced themselves as Level-Thirty-Seven and Level-Thirty-Three Battle Soul Elders.
• Chang Gong Miao’s Green Tiger Entanglement trapped Dai Mubai with green flaming vines, forcing Dai Mubai to use his first Soul Skill to protect himself.
• Dai Mubai and Chang Gong Miao fired their second Soul Skills at each other, and the collision shattered the vines and wrecked the hotel lobby.
• Dai Mubai gained no advantage despite his higher Soul Power, and Xiao Wu praised Chang Gong Miao as she linked her arm with his.

Tang San reunited with Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun after convincing them that he was their former companion reborn. They discussed Chang Gong Miao’s suspicious origins and his closeness to Xiao Wu, while Tang San warned that this world had changed and that Chang Gong Miao was protected by a powerful hidden guard.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar prepared to attack Chang Gong Miao, but Tang San’s hidden weapons interrupted them, and he led them outside to talk.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, but Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar doubted his identity and challenged him to prove it.
• After questioning Tang San, the three confirmed who he was and greeted him excitedly, with Dai Mubai giving him a painful hug.
• Tang San told his friends that Chang Gong Miao had transferred to Nuoding Academy when Tang San was six, become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple first, and might also be reincarnated.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun voiced concern about Chang Gong Miao’s interest in Xiao Wu, while Tang San said a powerful guard protected him and that the world differed from their previous life.

Tang San and the others suspected Chang Gong Miao might threaten their plans, but decided to use him as a lackey rather than kill him. They returned to the hotel pretending their earlier fight had been a misunderstanding, while Chang Gong Miao accepted their explanation.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar worried Chang Gong Miao might win over Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, or Rongrong, and Tang San dismissed him as a bootlicker who wanted to become a god alongside them.
• Tang San proposed using Yu Xiaogang to draw Bibi Dong to their side and using Xue Qinghe as leverage in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San decided they should keep Chang Gong Miao around and kill him only if he pursued Zhu Qing or Rongrong.
• Tang San and the others returned to the hotel acting friendly, and Tang San lied that their fight had been a misunderstanding between Shrek students testing one another.
• Xiao Wu told the group that Chang Gong Miao had paid for their rooms and the hotel repairs, prompting the others to scorn him inwardly.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Chang Gong Miao arrived at Shrek Academy and learned that Spirit Hall’s smear campaign had driven away most applicants. Qin Rongrong intervened when Shrek pressured a short-haired applicant, and Oscar returned the boy’s fee as she prepared to register.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Chang Gong Miao arrived at Shrek Academy and passed its initial age and Soul Power requirements.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Spirit Hall had branded Shrek a fraudulent third-rate academy, and most applicants left after hearing him.
• Dai Mubai pressured the short-haired applicant to continue registering or fight for his fee, while Ma Hongjun threatened him.
• Qin Rongrong criticized Shrek for bullying the weak, and Oscar returned the short-haired applicant’s ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yusong asked Qin Rongrong whether she had come to register.