Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu confessed his feelings to Xiao Wu, and they spent the night together before he prepared for his investiture. Bibi Dong presided over the ceremony, formally making him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.

• Xiao Wu confronted Zhang Tianyu about his relationships with Rongrong and Zhuqing, and he apologized and admitted he had been waiting to see whether she could accept his situation.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she and Zhang Tianyu had shared intimate contact years earlier in Suotuo City, though she refused to explain what had happened.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu spent the night together, then returned to the hotel where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing understood what had happened.
• Zhang Tianyu went to Pope's Palace and changed into formal robes while Bibi Dong prepared to preside over the investiture.
• Bibi Dong formally invested Zhang Tianyu as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and the crowd acclaimed him and Spirit Hall.

After Shrek Academy’s friends parted ways, Zhang Tianyu returned to Spirit Hall and tried to explain Bibi Dong’s unusually indulgent treatment of him as a scheme to devour his power. The chapter ended with him deciding to play along with her supposed seduction plan, despite the system questioning his assumptions.

• Zhang Tianyu and the Shrek Academy group promised to reunite at Shrek Academy in five years, then said tearful farewells as they went their separate ways.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu embraced Zhang Tianyu, while Oscar accepted that he had no chance with Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings for Zhang Tianyu.
• Ghost Douluo told Zhang Tianyu and Yu Xiaogang that Bibi Dong had sent Spirit Masters to secretly protect the departing group, including Tang San.
• Zhang Tianyu suspected Bibi Dong intended to devour his power, and the system warned him that her Spider Emperor martial souls could consume others.
• After arriving at Spirit Hall, Zhang Tianyu interpreted his relaxed schedule and the maids’ attention as further attempts to lower his guard, then considered exploiting the supposed scheme by asking for greater indulgences.

Zhang Tianyu began learning Spirit Hall’s affairs under Bibi Dong while privately plotting to gain control of the organization and eventually dominate the continent. Bibi Dong introduced him to her senior officials and Cardinals, leaving him seated beside her as the morning meeting began.

• Zhang Tianyu rose early and waited on the roof for Bibi Dong, then greeted her when she left her bedchamber.
• Bibi Dong invited Zhang Tianyu to learn Spirit Hall’s internal and external affairs so he could help manage them.
• Zhang Tianyu privately planned to win over Ju and Gui, gain Qian Daoliu’s support through Qian Renxue, and eventually take the Pope’s position.
• Bibi Dong brought Zhang Tianyu into the Pope’s Palace, where Ju, Gui, and twenty Cardinals welcomed them.
• Bibi Dong seated Zhang Tianyu beside her and introduced him to the officials during the morning meeting.

Zhang Tianyu upgraded his mission to pitfall Yu Xiaogang, claimed a new Soul Bone, and set a plan in motion to have someone else severely injure Yu Xiaogang. The first staged accident began when Yu Xiaogang dodged and caught a nail thrown at him outside his Post House.

• Bibi Dong encouraged Zhang Tianyu to balance his playfulness with discipline before he left the Pope's Palace.
• After a week of routine, Zhang Tianyu upgraded his mission and learned that Yu Xiaogang had to suffer severe injuries caused by someone else without dying.
• Zhang Tianyu claimed the Ancient Path West Wind Right Leg Bone, which granted [West Wind Gale] and [Ancient Path Song].
• Zhang Tianyu selected a Mall item and activated a plan he called three consecutive accidents against Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang went out for a walk, dodged a nail flying toward his forehead, and caught it outside the Post House.

Yu Xiaogang headed for the Pope’s Palace after a string of dangerous accidents made him suspect something was wrong. He left the chapter standing naked beneath a sparring platform after a Soul Master’s wayward attack shredded his clothes.

• A shop owner’s rebounding spike and a worker’s flying hammer struck or grazed Yu Xiaogang, who accepted their apologies and continued on.
• A city guard’s spear flew out of the barracks, and Yu Xiaogang dodged it before deciding to find Zhang Tianyu for help.
• While crossing the Sparring Platforms, Yu Xiaogang dodged a stray Lightning Blade and hurried toward the Pope’s Palace.
• A Soul Master’s scissors soul skill missed Yan Zi and shredded Yu Xiaogang’s clothes, leaving him naked as the crowd stared.

Yu Xiaogang was repeatedly stripped by a lecherous man’s misdirected soul skill, then narrowly avoided further collateral damage on his way to the Pope’s Palace. Zhang Tianyu met the shaken Yu Xiaogang outside the palace and asked what was wrong.

• The cold beauty struck the lecherous man with her sound-wave soul skill, forcing him to surrender, but he later used his fourth soul skill and stripped Yu Xiaogang again.
• The cold beauty defeated the lecherous man, stabbed him, and shattered his Scissors Martial Soul after he attacked her from behind.
• The Spirit Hall Patrol recognized Yu Xiaogang while he stood naked, then let him go after the cold beauty explained what had happened and gave him clothes.
• Zhang Tianyu realized the collateral-damage effect could implicate people near arena fights and temporarily suspended it.
• Yu Xiaogang left the Sparring Platform area, cautiously made his way to the Pope’s Palace, and met Zhang Tianyu outside.

Zhang Tianyu kept Yu Xiaogang close until Yu Xiaogang relaxed, then invited him to accompany him to Spirit Hall Academy’s quarterly assessment. Yu Xiaogang accepted, unaware that Zhang Tianyu had lured him into a trap, as the academy’s staff awaited their new chief examiner.

• Yu Xiaogang told Zhang Tianyu about his latest misfortune, and Zhang Tianyu brought him to his residence to stay safe.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the Post House and spent several days without incident, then visited the Sparring Platform while masked.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled Tang Hao’s failed search for the Black-Clad Mystery Guest organization and wondered whether his misfortunes were caused by fate or a hidden enemy.
• Zhang Tianyu visited Yu Xiaogang and persuaded him to join the trip to Spirit Hall Academy for its Seasonal Exam, claiming Bibi Dong had approved.
• Zhang Tianyu arrived by carriage at Spirit Hall Academy, where the academy’s higher-ups waited for him to represent the Pope’s Palace as chief examiner.

Zhang Tianyu attended Martial Soul Hall Academy’s seasonal exam as its Holy Son and planned to use Yan to injure Yu Xiaogang during the next day’s tests. Afterward, Hu Liena took him for a walk, where their teasing ended with her learning from his birth certificate that he was younger than her.

• Zhang Tianyu gave a brief opening address and watched the academy’s first exam round select thirty top students.
• Zhang Tianyu planned for Yan to accidentally injure Yu Xiaogang during a match the next day.
• Hu Liena invited Zhang Tianyu on a nighttime walk and told him she had postponed going to Slaughter City until after the exam.
• Hu Liena and Zhang Tianyu teased each other about being senior sister and junior brother, and he pretended to let her inspect him before showing her his birth certificate.
• Hu Liena saw that Zhang Tianyu was younger than her and repeatedly called him her little junior brother.

Zhang Tianyu agreed to accompany Hu Liena to Slaughter City, then used a system item during the academy’s final exam to make Yan’s attack seriously injure Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was left burned and exposed as Zhang Tianyu called for a healer.

• Hu Liena invited Zhang Tianyu to train in Slaughter City, and he agreed while saying he needed Bibi Dong’s approval.
• The academy held its final exam, selecting three grade champions to challenge the Golden Trio in a timed match.
• Zhang Tianyu used Small Attack Lure on Yu Xiaogang, making him vulnerable to accidental injury during the fight.
• Yan unleashed Hellfire at the opposing team, but the flames passed them and struck Yu Xiaogang instead.
• Zhang Tianyu partially blocked the attack with Yellow Springs, but two streams of flame hit Yu Xiaogang and left him gravely burned.
• Zhang Tianyu rushed to Yu Xiaogang’s side and demanded that someone find a healing Soul Master.

Zhang Tianyu’s Tricking Item caused Yan’s attack to veer off course and severely injure Yu Xiaogang during the exam. After Yu Xiaogang was stabilized, Zhang Tianyu faced Yan and was given authority to decide his punishment, but Yan erupted in defiance.

• Zhang Tianyu received mission rewards, reached Level 96, and unlocked his second Martial Soul’s new soul skill, but focused on helping the healing Soul Master treat Yu Xiaogang.
• Yan insisted he had not meant to hit Yu Xiaogang, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena blamed him for losing control of his attack.
• The healing Soul Master stabilized Yu Xiaogang, and Zhang Tianyu turned the crowd’s attention toward Yan.
• Vice Dean Wang and the other academy leaders condemned Yan and left his punishment to Zhang Tianyu, citing Yan’s connection to Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Yan refused to let Zhang Tianyu decide his fate, rejected demands to apologize, and insulted Zhang Tianyu’s Martial Soul mutation.

Zhang Tianyu punished Yan for injuring Yu Xiaogang and disrespecting him and Bibi Dong, then used Yan’s life to pressure Chrysanthemum Douluo as part of his plan to control the two elders. After Bibi Dong left Yan’s fate to Zhang Tianyu, Yan agreed to submit to him, though Zhang Tianyu demanded to know whether he was truly convinced.

• Yan angrily rejected Zhang Tianyu’s authority and entered Martial Soul Possession, so Zhang Tianyu stabbed him with Huangquan and knocked him unconscious without killing him.
• Zhang Tianyu took Yan to the Pope’s Palace and explained what had happened to Bibi Dong, Ju, and Gui.
• Bibi Dong condemned Yan for injuring Yu Xiaogang and defying the Holy Son, then severely wounded him and handed his remaining punishment to Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Yan whether he would submit to him, and Yan agreed; Zhang Tianyu then asked if he was completely convinced.

Zhang Tianyu spared Yan from further punishment, then agreed to travel to Slaughter City with Hu Liena after Bibi Dong explained its dangers. He remained wary of Bibi Dong's apparent affection and later reassured Chrysanthemum Douluo that he had shown mercy partly out of respect for him.

• Zhang Tianyu asked Bibi Dong to suspend his share of Yan's punishment, and she agreed without asking why; Chrysanthemum Douluo took Yan away.
• Bibi Dong explained that she supported Zhang Tianyu's choices to help him learn independence, then demonstrated her Divine Slaughter's Domain and agreed that he could go to Slaughter City with Hu Liena.
• Zhang Tianyu checked the Friend List and saw that Bibi Dong's Favorability toward him was only Casual Acquaintance, so he resolved to keep playing along and discover her true intentions.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo called Zhang Tianyu back and thanked him for sparing Yan; Zhang Tianyu clarified that Yan's punishment was only on hold and said he had acted partly out of respect for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

Zhang Tianyu arranged to escort Yu Xiaogang to Heaven Dou City before traveling with Hu Liena to Slaughter City, while plotting a new way to torment Tang Hao and Tang San. At a waterfall, Tang Hao stripped down and ordered Tang San to spar with him, leaving Tang San increasingly uneasy about his father’s behavior.

• Zhang Tianyu visited the recovering Yu Xiaogang and promised to escort him safely back to Heaven Dou City before continuing to Slaughter City.
• Zhang Tianyu told Hu Liena that Bibi Dong had approved her joining the journey, and three days later they departed with Yu Xiaogang and an escort squad.
• Zhang Tianyu searched the item Mall for a way to torment Tang Hao and Tang San, then selected an item he considered suitable for the father and son.
• Tang Hao trained Tang San at the waterfall where he had first met Ah Yin, reflecting on why he had chosen not to abduct Xiao Wu after the finals.
• Tang Hao stripped down to his shorts, told Tang San to do the same, and ordered him to prepare for a spar on shore.
• Tang San obeyed but grew increasingly suspicious as Tang Hao insisted that he stay undressed.

Zhang Tianyu used an item to make Tang Hao and Tang San wrestle without restraint, then learned his system could livestream their spectacle across the continent. The chapter ends with the system revealing that a one-hour livestream costs one hundred thousand Reward Points.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to spar using physical skills instead of their Martial Souls, and Zhang Tianyu’s item made them begin wrestling.
• Tang Hao and Tang San tore each other’s clothes during their intense match, and Tang Hao knocked Tang San down after explaining how he could have held a better stance.
• Tang Hao and Tang San continued wrestling until they were naked, while Zhang Tianyu watched through [Observation] and the system laughed excitedly.
• Zhang Tianyu regretted that nobody else could see the spectacle, and the system offered to livestream it through the Sky Screen across the continent.
• The system said a livestream could last up to one hour with clear audio and video, but it would cost one hundred thousand Reward Points.

Zhang Tianyu used a system item to make Tang Hao and Tang San wrestle bare-chested, leaving them mortified and unable to explain their behavior. The system rewarded him with life-size inflatable dolls of the pair, while Hu Liena noticed his disgust; Zhang Tianyu decided to wait until Yu Xiaogang returned to Heaven Dou City before targeting him.

• Zhang Tianyu declined to spend a hundred thousand Reward Points on a Sky Screen livestream, saving his one free livestream for another time.
• After the wrestling effect wore off, Tang Hao and Tang San searched for signs of interference, found nothing, and awkwardly went their separate ways.
• Zhang Tianyu explained that the Unrivaled Big Cucumber had compelled the two men to wrestle bare-chested for an hour.
• The system gave Zhang Tianyu life-size Tang Hao and Tang San inflatable dolls as an extra reward, and he angrily protested that he wanted a doll of a beautiful woman.
• Hu Liena noticed Zhang Tianyu's nauseated expression, while Yu Xiaogang dismissed it; Zhang Tianyu resolved to wait until Yu Xiaogang returned to Heaven Dou City before tricking him.

Zhang Tianyu returned to Shrek Academy, reunited with Ning Rongrong, and told Qian Renxue he would travel to Slaughter City with Hu Liena. On the carriage ride, he discovered Hu Liena was acting strangely, unaware that Golden Eagle Soul Douluo and the other Soul Masters had secretly put a plan into motion.

• Zhang Tianyu arrived at Shrek Academy with Hu Liena and greeted Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others, who welcomed him as Holy Son.
• Ning Rongrong rushed into Zhang Tianyu's arms, and Hu Liena watched their reunion with jealousy and growing insecurity.
• Zhang Tianyu exchanged greetings with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Qian Renxue, privately assuring Qian Renxue that he would discuss matters with her after returning from Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue decided she would take the next step with Zhang Tianyu and keep him close so he could help her oppose Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena fell silent in the carriage, and when Zhang Tianyu touched her shoulder, she trembled and sharply told him not to touch her.
• Golden Eagle Soul Douluo and the other Soul Masters watched Hu Liena's flushed, trembling state and silently celebrated that their mission was nearly complete.

Zhang Tianyu realized Golden Eagle Soul Douluo and the others had drugged Hu Liena to leave the two alone, and he and Hu Liena consummated their relationship. Afterward, Hu Liena accepted his promise to take responsibility, while Yu Xiaogang recounted his time in Spirit City to Flender.

• Wu Hai examined Hu Liena and declared that she had been set up, while Golden Eagle Soul Douluo led the group away under the pretense of chasing an enemy.
• Zhang Tianyu used the Live Map to realize the group had arranged for him to be alone with Hu Liena, and he gave in when she clung to him.
• Golden Eagle told the others to wait, claiming Zhang Tianyu was powerful enough to handle any threat, and explained that Bibi Dong had ordered the plan.
• After an hour and a half, Golden Eagle and the others returned to find Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena together, and the group resumed their journey.
• Hu Liena kissed Zhang Tianyu after he offered to take responsibility, and they embraced until Golden Eagle approached.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang told Flender about his time in Spirit City and linked his accidental injury by Yan to an earlier bizarre incident.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang discussed whether the strange incidents were connected to Zhang Tianyu, while Tang Hao and Tang San continued avoiding each other after their wrestling episode. Zhang Tianyu then used a wrestling item on Flender and Yu Xiaogang, leaving the teachers unable to stop them.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang considered whether Zhang Tianyu was behind the strange incidents and wondered if Tang San had experienced them too.
• Tang Hao and Tang San kept their distance from each other while recovering from the awkward wrestling incident.
• Zhang Tianyu decided to make Flender and Yu Xiaogang wrestle to draw Flender into the incidents and clear his suspicions.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender stripped down and began wrestling in the corridor, attracting the teachers.
• Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming tried to separate them, but both men threw off their restraints with tremendous strength.

Zhang Tianyu’s item made Flender and Yu Xiaogang wrestle uncontrollably while rendering them immune to everyone else’s attacks, leaving Shrek Academy’s teachers horrified. After the pair recovered, Flender realized the teachers had witnessed the spectacle, while Zhang Tianyu and his system enjoyed the outcome; Hu Liena also grew attentive and devoted toward Zhang Tianyu.

• Qin Ming and Zhao Wuji tried to separate Flender and Yu Xiaogang, but their control skills failed to affect the pair.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang wrestled down the stairs, ended up naked, and continued until Yu Xiaogang won, while the teachers heard and witnessed the chaos.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang regained their senses with only hazy memories, then Flender encountered Zhao Wuji and the teachers and fled in humiliation.
• Zhang Tianyu spoke with the delighted system after turning off its observation function, and he reflected on their growing familiarity.
• Over the next few days, Hu Liena stopped seeking chances to bicker with Zhang Tianyu and instead cared for him attentively.

Flender struggled with the academy’s gossip after he and Yu Xiaogang were seen wrestling, while Liu Erlong rejected his explanation and questioned whether she had ever truly known him. He drowned his humiliation in a tavern and concluded that Zhang Tianyu could not have caused Yu Xiaogang’s strange experiences, since Zhang was far away and might already have reached Slaughter City.

• Teachers and students at the academy shunned Flender and Yu Xiaogang after rumors spread that they were lovers and witnesses had seen them wrestling.
• Flender remained dazed and distressed as people avoided him, while Yu Xiaogang gradually returned to normal.
• Flender went to Liu Erlong, who mocked him and refused to hear his explanation that someone had set him up.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that she no longer trusted her understanding of him, leaving him devastated.
• Flender went to a tavern, drank heavily, and decided Zhang Tianyu could not be responsible for Yu Xiaogang’s strange incidents because Zhang was hundreds of miles away.