Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu stood between Tang San and Chrysanthemum Douluo, refusing to let Spirit Hall take his brother. Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi arrived and forced Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to withdraw, but the black-clad men remained kneeling before Zhang Tianyu’s Tombstone.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified Tang San as Spirit Hall’s target and was bewildered by his changed appearance.
• Zhang Tianyu declared that Chrysanthemum Douluo would have to get past him to harm Tang San, while the Shrek Academy group stood with him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo privately revealed his Spirit Hall identity and threatened Zhang Tianyu, but Zhang Tianyu refused to back down.
• Ghost Douluo appeared to restrain Zhang Tianyu while Chrysanthemum Douluo moved to attack Tang San, and Zhang Tianyu vowed to defend his brother.
• Sword Douluo arrived to protect the Shrek Academy group, and Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue appeared nearby.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo conceded and tried to leave, but their black-clad men stayed kneeling before Zhang Tianyu’s Tombstone.

Zhang Tianyu used his Tombstone domain to force Spirit Hall’s attackers to retreat and then discussed Tang San’s danger and Spirit Hall’s motives with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. Tang San refused protection at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and remained determined to travel to Spirit City, while Zhang Tianyu raised the possibility of one day becoming Spirit Hall’s Pope.

• Zhang Tianyu suppressed the black-clad attackers with the Tombstone, spared them, and sent Ju and Gui away with their forces.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, while Tang San thanked them for their help.
• In the carriage, Zhang Tianyu and Ning Fengzhi concluded that Spirit Hall had targeted Tang San because of his Clear Sky Sect ties, his father, and his talent.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to send Tang San to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Sword Douluo’s protection, but Tang San refused and chose to continue to Spirit City.
• Zhang Tianyu asked whether his friends would still oppose Spirit Hall if he became its Pope while remaining himself, and Tang San promised to support him.
• Ning Fengzhi promised to do his best to protect Tang San as Tang San reaffirmed his friendship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Zhang Tianyu and the Shrek Academy group explored Spirit City, where Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun provoked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. Zhang Tianyu used a Clear Sky Douluo Elder Token to stop the guards from arresting the group, then warned Dai Weisi that their conflict would be settled in the tournament arena.

• Zhang Tianyu completed a circuit of Spirit City, stored its map, and found Hu Liena near the Pope's Palace.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi insulted Xiao Wu.
• Zhang Tianyu cut off Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's hair with Huangquan and intimidated the Star Luo Royal Battle Team.
• Spirit Hall guards sided with Dai Weisi's group and threatened to arrest the Shrek Academy members.
• Zhang Tianyu showed the guards a Clear Sky Douluo Elder Token, prompting them to kneel and apologize.
• Zhang Tianyu declined to have Dai Weisi's group arrested and warned them not to forfeit when they met in the arena.

Zhang Tianyu encouraged Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to face their family rivals as the finals approached, while Bibi Dong secretly watched Zhang Tianyu and considered recruiting him into Spirit Hall. The tournament began, and Tang San had returned to his normal male form before the teams awaited their first match draw.

• Zhang Tianyu stopped Ma Hongjun from misusing Master’s Elder Token, then helped Dai Mubai regain his resolve to face Dai Weisi and encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to face her sister.
• After three days of rest, Yu Xiaogang told Zhang Tianyu to compete in every finals match and warned the team that a loss meant elimination.
• Bibi Dong secretly watched Zhang Tianyu, recognized his value to Spirit Hall, and reconsidered whether Yu Xiaogang had been responsible for the strange events surrounding him and Tang San.
• Tang San’s Female Transformation traits had worn off before the finals, and the team congratulated him on returning to normal.
• After the teams waited in the rest area for the draw, Flender returned looking delighted.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the finals, where Zhang Tianyu revealed his overwhelming aura and let Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confront their siblings. As Tang San realized that he, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun had advanced too deeply into the enemy formation, he warned them to retreat while he covered them.

• Blazing Fire Academy withdrew from the finals, giving Shrek Academy two consecutive byes, while Godwind Academy restructured in a way Shrek suspected targeted them.
• Shrek Academy drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to face Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed six Soul Rings, shocking the Star Luo team, and said he would intervene only if Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing lost.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned eighty-one Illusion Swords and backed Shrek as Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun attacked.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun pushed into the Star Luo formation, and Tang San noticed the danger and told the others to retreat while he covered them.

Zhang Tianyu rescued Tang San and the others from Dai Weisi’s ambush, allowing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. After the tournament matches, Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s belief that his efforts entitled him to her affection.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun surrounded Tang San and the other two, hoping to force Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to stop fighting.
• Zhang Tianyu used his Illusion Swords to wound the five attackers and carry Tang San and the others back to safety; Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing then defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Bibi Dong discussed Zhang Tianyu’s strength and possible Second Martial Soul with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, then left before the next match.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Team, leaving only Yu Tianheng standing before he collapsed.
• Dai Mubai celebrated defeating Dai Weisi, then confronted Zhu Zhuqing about her cold attitude toward him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai that she had never asked him to change or treat her well, and that she had already rejected his one-sided efforts.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and declared she would live freely, while Dai Mubai accepted their separation and later invited Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and A San to the Star Luo Empire. After the fourth round, the championship teams gathered before Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong appeared as Zhang Tianyu prepared to carry out his plan against Yu Xiaogang.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she would never accept their marriage contract or return to her family, and Ning Rongrong offered her protection.
• Dai Mubai left the hotel, then later visited Zhang Tianyu drunk and asked what he should do about Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai revealed he was the Star Luo Empire’s third prince and invited Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and A San to come with him after the tournament.
• The fourth round ended with Shrek Academy, Divine Wind Academy, and the Spirit Hall Team advancing to the championship match.
• Bibi Dong emerged from Pope’s Palace before the gathered teams, and Zhang Tianyu saw her up close for the first time.

Bibi Dong arrived at the tournament and publicly revealed that Zhang Tianyu was already a Soul Saint, shocking the crowd and the Shrek team. As she announced the final tournament matches, Yu Xiaogang repeatedly interrupted her while seeming unaware of what he was doing.

• Bibi Dong arrived with Ju, Gui, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi as Spirit Hall members knelt to greet her.
• Bibi Dong fixed her gaze on Tang San, but Zhang Tianyu blocked it with Huangquan's aura and warned off a Cardinal who challenged him.
• Bibi Dong identified Zhang Tianyu as a fifteen-year-old Soul Saint, surprising the audience and his Shrek teammates, and then presented three Soul Bones as tournament prizes.
• Bibi Dong began explaining the elimination matches, but Yu Xiaogang interrupted and then claimed he had nothing to say.
• Yu Xiaogang interrupted Bibi Dong again, prompting Zhang Tianyu and Oscar to suspect that something was wrong.

Zhang Tianyu used a Speech Interrupter to make Yu Xiaogang repeatedly cut off Bibi Dong, unaware of what he was doing. Bibi Dong finally ordered Yu Xiaogang seized, and Tang San prepared to defend his teacher as Spirit Hall moved against him.

• Yu Xiaogang repeatedly interrupted Bibi Dong, while Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to warn him and then slipped away from the hostile crowd.
• Bibi Dong restrained her anger and called Yu Xiaogang Elder Yu, easing the tension and allowing the match to begin.
• Yu Xiaogang insulted Bibi Dong as a croaking toad, and Zhang Tianyu revealed his amusement at how well the item combination was working.
• Bibi Dong ordered her people to seize Yu Xiaogang after he continued interrupting and insulting her.
• Tang San vowed not to let Spirit Hall take his teacher away.

Yu Xiaogang provoked Bibi Dong until she blasted him unconscious, while Zhang Tianyu used the incident to complete a mission and reach level 95. He then warned Bibi Dong that a hidden attacker might be operating in Spirit City, and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s unexplained slipping left her wary of a mysterious threat.

• Yu Xiaogang repeatedly insulted Bibi Dong, who struck him with a wave of energy and knocked him unconscious.
• Zhang Tianyu celebrated the mission’s completion, gained rewards, and used a Miracle Fruit to raise his soul power to level 95.
• Tang San tried to defend Yu Xiaogang, but Zhang Tianyu stopped him and urged Bibi Dong to take Yu Xiaogang into custody while warning of a hidden attacker.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo slipped twice on apparently normal ground, then used Soul Power to float away from it.
• Bibi Dong and Ghost Douluo searched for the unseen threat, but found no one, leaving Bibi Dong uneasy about who might be hiding in Spirit City.

Zhang Tianyu secured Yu Xiaogang’s temporary release and watched Shrek Academy advance to the championship match by default after Spirit Hall Team and Godwind Academy both withdrew. He learned Huo Wu had planned to test Spirit Hall Team for his benefit, then persuaded her to withdraw from the afternoon match, while Huo Wushuang left the team in anger.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang locked up temporarily, then privately promised Zhang Tianyu she would have him sent back around dusk; the system activated a mission for Zhang Tianyu to gain Bibi Dong’s romantic affection.
• Spirit Hall Team withdrew from its match against Zhang Tianyu, and Godwind Academy also withdrew, giving Shrek Academy a championship spot and leaving Godwind Academy to face Spirit Hall Team for the other one.
• Huo Wushuang angrily confronted Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian over their decision to turn against Spirit Hall, then announced he was leaving Spirit City.
• Zhang Tianyu arrived at Godwind Academy’s resting area and asked to speak with Huo Wu alone, while Huo Wu eagerly agreed and Feng Xiaotian watched them go.
• Zhang Tianyu urged Huo Wu to withdraw from the afternoon match for her safety, and she agreed after he told her he did not want to never see her again.

Yu Xiaogang was imprisoned in Spirit City's Underground Prison after Bibi Dong punished him, while two guards discovered his [King of Two-Part Idioms] tool erased his memory of events that occurred as he spoke an idiom. The guards exploited the effect to secretly beat him, and Yu Xiaogang remained confused about why he was hurt.

• Zhang Tianyu completed his mission by persuading Huo Wu to forfeit her match, promised they would meet again, and left using a clone.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in Spirit City's Underground Prison and insisted that Bibi Dong and the others had framed him.
• Two soul masters realized Yu Xiaogang forgot what happened while he spoke two-part idioms and tested the effect by striking him with pebbles.
• The soul masters began slapping Yu Xiaogang whenever he spoke an idiom, while he mistakenly blamed Bibi Dong for his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether the guards were cold, spoke another idiom, and received two more slaps without understanding why his face hurt.

Yu Xiaogang returned from the Underground Prison convinced that speaking caused him pain, but he and the Shrek Academy team discovered that the beatings continued whenever he used two-part allegorical sayings. Zhang Tianyu and Ma Hongjun left Yu Xiaogang unconscious after one final blow, while the rest of the group vanished as sword qi.

• Two Soul Masters secretly struck Yu Xiaogang whenever he spoke, and he suspected that the Underground Prison was haunted.
• The Soul Masters left when Yu Xiaogang stopped talking, and he asked when he could leave before returning to the hotel under guard.
• Yu Xiaogang explained his strange injuries to Shrek Academy in writing, then spoke without pain and concluded that the prison had caused them.
• Yu Xiaogang used a two-part allegorical saying and was slapped twice by Tang San, then another saying brought a blow to the back of his head.
• Zhang Tianyu praised Ma Hongjun, who had struck Yu Xiaogang, and the group vanished as sword qi while Yu Xiaogang lay unconscious.

Yu Xiaogang woke after Zhang Tianyu knocked him unconscious and refused to speak, while Zhang Tianyu prepared for the Soul Master Tournament final with Xiao Wu kept off the field. The match began with Shrek Team facing Spirit Hall Team, and Zhang Tianyu summoned his Illusion Swords as the two sides prepared to fight.

• Yu Xiaogang woke in Flender's room but stayed silent, then wrote down that speaking had caused him to feel as if he were being beaten.
• Yu Xiaogang refused Tang San's suggestion to test the problem again and said he would communicate by writing for three days.
• Zhang Tianyu kept Xiao Wu out of the final because he feared Bibi Dong might discover her identity, and Ye Lingling took her place.
• Shrek Team and Spirit Hall Team entered the arena before Pope's Palace, revealing their Soul Rings and Zhang Tianyu's seven-ring Soul Saint strength.
• Hu Liena greeted Zhang Tianyu excitedly, and he urged her to fight without holding back before summoning eighty-one Illusion Swords as the match began.

Zhang Tianyu faced Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan alone in a match against Spirit Hall’s Golden Trio. He overwhelmed their attacks with his swords and unleashed the complete Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain, leaving Bibi Dong and the others stunned by its immense range and effects.

• Zhang Tianyu proposed that he fight the Golden Trio alone, and Bibi Dong allowed both sides to decide the match’s terms.
• The other members of both teams left the arena, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena transformed into Demon Charm while Yan assumed his Flame Overlord form.
• Demon Charm attacked Zhang Tianyu with its speed and red mist, but his Illusion Swords dispersed the mist temporarily and Huangquan automatically blocked a sickle strike.
• Zhang Tianyu released the Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain, which erased Demon Charm’s red mist and spread black fog across the Pope’s Palace and surrounding plaza.
• The complete domain’s tombstones intensified its effects, making even Bibi Dong feel suppressed, chilled, and overwhelmed by ghostly wails.

Zhang Tianyu defeated the Golden Trio and led Shrek Team to win the Soul Master Tournament, then received the champion’s Soul Bones. Bibi Dong offered him a Cardinal’s rank, a seat in Elder Palace, and the chance to become her disciple, leaving everyone stunned as Ning Fengzhi challenged her appointment.

• Zhang Tianyu’s Death Qi domain trapped the Golden Trio, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena admitted defeat after Yan’s attack vanished and Zhang Tianyu threw him off the arena.
• Bibi Dong declared Shrek Team the tournament champion and presented three Soul Bones, which Zhang Tianyu distributed to Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong, leaving Tang San with none.
• Bibi Dong named Zhang Tianyu a Cardinal, reserved him a seat in Elder Palace, and offered to take him as her disciple with permission to enter and leave Pope's Palace at will.
• Ning Fengzhi objected that Bibi Dong had granted Zhang Tianyu a position without first obtaining his consent.
• Bibi Dong replied that she had obtained Zhang Tianyu’s consent, prompting the Shrek members and Ning Fengzhi to look toward him in surprise.

Zhang Tianyu accepted Bibi Dong's offer to become her disciple, but Xiao Wu exposed herself as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to protect him. Bibi Dong forbade Spirit Hall from harming Xiao Wu and ordered her to leave Spirit City by morning.

• Zhang Tianyu accepted Bibi Dong as his teacher and took the Soul Bone she gave him.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San protested, while Zhang Tianyu insisted Bibi Dong had not threatened him.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and offered to stay in exchange for the others' release.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed he had known Xiao Wu's identity and summoned hundreds of Sword Qi Clones when Bibi Dong asked whether he would hate her for keeping Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall members not to harm Xiao Wu, then told her to leave Spirit City before morning.

Zhang Tianyu explained that he had joined Spirit Hall to protect his companions and get close enough to avenge Xiao Wu’s mother. Bibi Dong welcomed him warmly, then led him to a garden with three buildings, leaving Zhang Tianyu unsure why she treated him so generously.

• Zhang Tianyu stopped Xiao Wu from revealing more and told the group that he had joined Spirit Hall to become Pope and protect them from further attacks.
• Xiao Wu worried that Zhang Tianyu had sacrificed his freedom for them, and he privately told her he intended to avenge her mother by getting close to Bibi Dong.
• Zhang Tianyu argued that Spirit Hall’s powerful defenses made revenge from the outside nearly impossible, while Xiao Wu begged him not to risk his life.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo warned Bibi Dong that Zhang Tianyu might have a hidden scheme, but she ordered them to treat him politely and announced a Holy Son ceremony.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Zhang Tianyu to Pope’s Palace, invited him to cultivate by her side, and led him into a garden with three luxurious buildings.

Bibi Dong arranged for Zhang Tianyu to live beside her residence and announced that Spirit Hall would invest him as its Holy Son. She planned to win his trust so she could learn the secret of the Dead Sea, while preparing him for the ceremony the next morning.

• Bibi Dong showed Zhang Tianyu his luxurious residence and told him his Holy Son investiture ceremony would take place the next morning.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Bibi Dong why she was treating him so well, and she said she wanted to experience being a mother by caring for him as her disciple.
• Bibi Dong left Zhang Tianyu with ten maidservants, then privately resolved to act like a mother and teacher until he trusted her enough to reveal the Dead Sea's secret.
• That evening, Bibi Dong met Zhang Tianyu and explained the ceremony's schedule, procedures, and the responses expected of him.

Zhang Tianyu prepared for his Holy Son investiture while arranging for Tang Hao to escort Xiao Wu and Tang San away from Spirit City. Before they parted, Xiao Wu threw herself into Zhang Tianyu’s arms and said she wanted to become his, leaving him scrambling to confess about Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Bibi Dong reassured Zhang Tianyu that his Holy Son appointment was justified and told him to invite his friends to the ceremony.
• At the hotel, Zhang Tianyu asked Yu Xiaogang to stay in Spirit Hall and watch over him, but Tang Hao arrived and said he would take Tang San away.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Tang Hao to escort Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao agreed to collect her and Tang San after the ceremony.
• Xiao Wu privately told Zhang Tianyu she wanted to become his before leaving, and Zhang Tianyu began trying to tell her about his relationships with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu asked Zhang Tianyu whether he was going to make excuses to reject her again.