Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye led Shrek Academy through the opening ceremony of the All Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition, where Meng Yiran defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team. Afterward, Ning Fengzhi brought Bai Ye to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue, and their conversation left Bai Ye uncertain about her intentions.

• Bai Ye led the Shrek Team into the competition, where the team received little attention before the opening ceremony began.
• Ning Fengzhi avoided naming Shrek as his favorite team, and Salas drew Shrek for the exhibition match against the Heaven Dou Second Team.
• Meng Yiran led Shrek to an easy victory, while the Heaven Dou Three Education Committee blamed Prince Xue Xing for losing the chance to field Shrek.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo met Bai Ye outside the arena, then took him to a tea house to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, apologized for Xue Beng, asked Bai Ye about Spirit Hall, and made no attempt to recruit him.
• Bai Ye left the tea house puzzled by Qian Renxue's intentions, while she watched him go with a trace of longing.

Several days after the All Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition began, the Shrek Team defeated several opponents and then faced the Canghui Team.

• Several days passed after the competition's opening ceremony.
• The Shrek Team faced several spirit master teams, including the Elephant Armor Team.
• The Shrek Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team with an aerial suppression strategy using Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage, despite Dai Mubai and Tang San's absence.
• The Shrek Team encountered the Canghui Team.

The Canghui Team revealed its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, Seven Asura Illusory Realm, against Shrek, stunning the tournament spectators. Qing Lin's Star Extremity Divine Eyes could see through illusions, leaving the Canghui Team's trump card at risk.

• The Canghui Team planned to use its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to defeat its opponents.
• The host announced the match, and the Shrek Team and Canghui Team entered the arena.
• The Canghui Team unleashed Seven Asura Illusory Realm, shocking the teams, officials, and VIP guests.
• Qing Lin's Star Extremity Divine Eyes could see through the spiritual illusion.

Bai Ye asked Shi Nian to design a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for the Shrek Team, and Shi Nian pretended to consider the offer. The conversation ended with Shi Nian refusing to discuss his research with Yu Xiaogang and asking to speak with Bai Ye alone.

• Shi Nian suppressed his urge to worship Bai Ye and coldly asked why the Shrek Academy teachers had come to Canghui Academy.
• Bai Ye led Shi Nian to a secluded corridor and asked who had designed the Canghui Team's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Shi Nian claimed that he had researched and designed the skill, and Bai Ye praised him before asking him to create one for the Shrek Team.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Shi Nian about how he had merged the seven members' Soul Power, and Shi Nian refused to reveal his methods.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized, but Shi Nian ignored him and asked to speak with Bai Ye alone.

Bai Ye returned to Spirit City and visited Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, planning to give them immortal herbs and later take them to Sea God Island for God Trials. He explained his work as a teacher at Shrek Academy, and the three were relieved that he had not joined a rival team in the upcoming competition.

• Bai Ye planned to give Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue immortal herbs and eventually bring them to Sea God Island for God Trials.
• Bai Ye went to Spirit Hall Senior Spirit Master Academy and found Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue training.
• Hu Liena was startled by Bai Ye's return and feared he had joined another academy's competition team.
• Bai Ye told the three about his travels and explained that he had become a teacher at Shrek Academy to recruit Oscar and Ma Hongjun into Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue learned that Oscar was an Innate Full Soul Power Food System Spirit Master and felt relieved that Bai Ye was not competing against them.

Bai Ye recognized Tang San on the Star Luo Royal Team and resolved to use Spirit Hall to expose and eliminate him, though he waited for an opportunity. Several days later, the competition finals began in Spirit City, and eliminated teams were allowed to stay and watch.

• Bai Ye recognized Tang San despite his changed appearance and Star Luo Royal Team uniform.
• Bai Ye decided Tang San had to die and planned to arrange an early match against Spirit Hall that might force him to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Bai Ye wondered whether his Ruthless Great Emperor Puppet would appear if Tang Hao intervened when Tang San faced danger.
• Several days later, the finals began at Spirit City's Great Soul Arena under an elimination format.
• Most teams that lost chose to remain in Spirit City to watch the rest of the competition.

After Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, Bai Ye reported his identity and family history to Spirit Hall, which decided to use him to lure out Tang Hao. Spirit Hall postponed its plan until the All Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition ended, while Tang San remained unaware of the danger.

• Bai Ye arranged for Zhu Zhuyun to stay in Spirit City so Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Royal Team would remain there too.
• Spirit Hall's higher-ups argued over how to handle Tang San after he revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and Twin Martial Souls.
• Bai Ye reported that Tang San's father was Tang Hao and suggested Tang Hao had killed the previous Pope, Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong proposed capturing Tang San to draw out Tang Hao, then publicly sparing Tang San while secretly planning to kill him later.
• Spirit Hall delayed acting against Tang San until the All Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition ended.

Yu Xiaogang saw Spirit Hall’s attempt to seize Tang San as a chance to make Tang San his disciple and reconnect with Bibi Dong. He stepped in to stop the Hall Guardian Knights, but Bibi Dong showed no sign of helping him as they advanced.

• Yu Xiaogang decided that defending Tang San from Spirit Hall could win Tang San’s admiration and create a chance to take him as his disciple.
• He also hoped the confrontation would let him become familiar with Bibi Dong again, believing she still cared for him.
• When Bibi Dong ordered the Hall Guardian Knights to seize Tang San, Yu Xiaogang stepped between them and Tang San, calling their actions improper.
• The knights threatened to kill anyone who obstructed Spirit Hall and continued forward, while Yu Xiaogang relied on Bibi Dong to stop them.
• Bibi Dong remained cold and made no move to intervene, and Yu Xiaogang could no longer hold his ground.

Bibi Dong revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and ordered the Hall Guardian Knights to seize him. Yu Xiaogang defied her again to protect Tang San, hoping his stand would earn Tang San’s acceptance as his disciple.

• Yu Xiaogang assumed Bibi Dong resented him for being with Liu Erlong and regained confidence in opposing Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong revealed Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Dai Weisi, and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Bibi Dong release Tang San and seek revenge on Tang Hao through honorable means.
• Bibi Dong ridiculed Yu Xiaogang as trash and ordered the Hall Guardian Knights to seize Tang San, threatening to have Yu Xiaogang beaten to death if he interfered.
• Yu Xiaogang stood in front of Tang San again, secretly counting on Flender, Liu Erlong, and possibly Bai Ye to keep him safe.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Spirit Hall, while Bai Ye discovered Xiao Wu’s distress and brought her to confront Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong revealed that Xiao Wu’s mother was alive, and Xiao Wu finally reunited with her.

• Tang Hao appeared at Pope's Palace, detonated his soul rings to attack the palace, and escaped with Tang San while Bibi Dong and the Douluo blocked his hammer.
• News of Tang Hao’s appearance and the tournament spread through Spirit City, and Bai Ye noticed Xiao Wu was troubled by the soul bone linked to her mother’s death.
• Xiao Wu told Bai Ye that Bibi Dong had hunted her mother, and he took her to Pope's Palace to ask what had happened.
• Bibi Dong told Bai Ye that the altered past had created a Parallel World and said she had kept Xiao Wu’s mother alive.
• Bibi Dong led Bai Ye and Xiao Wu to her island residence, where Xiao Wu recognized her mother and called out to her.

After reuniting Xiao Wu with her mother, Ah Rou, Bai Ye returned to Spirit City and prepared to use the Moonlight Treasure Box to complete his time loop. He traveled into the past and found himself lying in a forest, though he had not yet confirmed when or where he had arrived.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Ah Rou, and the two returned to the cottage to share what had happened during their separation.
• Bibi Dong left after telling Bai Ye she hoped they would truly meet again; Ah Rou later accepted Bai Ye after learning Xiao Wu loved him and that he could protect them.
• Bai Ye returned to Spirit City and learned that Flender, Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others had left for Shrek Academy, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun planned to visit their families before joining Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Zhuyun stayed in Spirit City to keep Bai Ye company, and Bai Ye spent the night with her, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and Qing Lin before leaving them a note.
• Bai Ye went alone to a secluded forest, recited the Moonlight Treasure Box's incantation, and disappeared in a flash of light.
• Bai Ye awoke on the ground in a forest covered with dead branches and fallen leaves.

Bai Ye considered how Qian Xunji could end Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang’s relationship by exposing Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and lack of trust. He planned to separate them and give Bibi Dong time to see Yu Xiaogang clearly.

• Bai Ye reasoned that separating Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang would give Bibi Dong time to understand her feelings.
• Bai Ye planned to collect evidence that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Spirit Hall’s knowledge.
• Bai Ye intended to show Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang’s theories came from plagiarized and rearranged material.
• Bai Ye planned for Qian Xunji to separate the pair and reveal that Yu Xiaogang had never trusted Bibi Dong.

The speaker warned a young woman that the man she was compatible with would likely betray her, causing her to turn against her teacher and Spirit Hall. The speaker left open the possibility that this predicted future could change.

• The speaker told the young woman that the man was not right for her.
• The speaker predicted a ninety percent chance that he would betray her and lead her into conflict with her teacher and Spirit Hall.
• The speaker explained that the warning was meant to help her avoid harm and change her fate.
• The speaker cautioned that the prediction described only one possible future and might be wrong.

Bai Ye secretly watched Yu Xiaogang exploit Bibi Dong's kindness to gain access to the Spirit Hall Central Public Library, while she remained unaware of his motives. After finding no solution to evolving his martial soul on the third or fourth floors, Yu Xiaogang decided to deepen his relationship with Bibi Dong so he could reach the fifth floor.

• Bai Ye used Thousand Illusions Shifting Form to secretly observe Bibi Dong bring Yu Xiaogang into the library's third floor.
• Yu Xiaogang searched the third-floor books but found no way to evolve his martial soul, so he sought access to the fourth floor.
• Bibi Dong lied to the Spirit Hall Senior Spirit Master Academy headmaster to obtain permits for herself and Yu Xiaogang to enter the fourth floor.
• Yu Xiaogang found no answer on the fourth floor and hoped Bibi Dong would help him reach the fifth, which required Pope Qian Xunji's approval.
• Bibi Dong refused to seek fifth-floor permits because she did not want to deceive or upset Qian Xunji, so Yu Xiaogang decided to take his relationship with her further.

The chapter explained why Spirit Hall would not disclose the ages of its soul rings to Yu Xiaogang. The information was considered private and could be misused.

• Spirit Hall withheld the soul ring age information because Yu Xiaogang, rather than Bibi Dong, had asked for help.
• The chapter noted that Bibi Dong had only been Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden at the time.
• Spirit Hall feared Yu Xiaogang might sell the sensitive information.

Qian Xunji confronted Bibi Dong over her love for Yu Xiaogang and demanded that she end the relationship. Bibi Dong refused and threatened to elope with Yu Xiaogang, leaving Qian Xunji furious.

• Qian Xunji learned that Bibi Dong had fallen in love with Yu Xiaogang of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Qian Xunji resented Spirit Hall's investment in Bibi Dong benefiting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and judged Yu Xiaogang to be a good-for-nothing.
• Qian Xunji ordered Bibi Dong to break up with Yu Xiaogang and threatened to kill him if she refused.
• Bibi Dong declared she would never leave Yu Xiaogang and threatened to elope with him if Qian Xunji kept forcing her.
• Qian Xunji was enraged by Bibi Dong's words.

Bai Ye tried to convince Bibi Dong that his warnings about Yu Xiaogang were true by pointing out the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Ring Absorption Limit Theory. Bibi Dong began to reconsider her trust in Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong blamed herself for what happened the previous night and said she already loved someone else.
• Bai Ye reminded Bibi Dong that his predictions had come true and warned her that Yu Xiaogang might not love her as she believed.
• Bai Ye urged Bibi Dong to judge people by their actions rather than their words and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s stated desire to help ordinary people.
• Bai Ye asked what determined a Spirit Master’s spirit ring absorption limit, and Bibi Dong recognized that it depended partly on their martial spirit.
• Bai Ye argued that Yu Xiaogang’s theory wrongly set a universal first spirit ring limit of four hundred and twenty-three years, leaving Bibi Dong pale and unsteady.

Bai Ye stopped Yu Xiaogang from exploiting Spirit Hall and had him secretly watched as he traveled the continent seeking a disciple to prove his theories. In Spirit City, Qian Xunji fathered a child with a maid, and Bai Ye named the newborn Qian Renxue.

• Bai Ye used Spirit Hall's influence to discredit Yu Xiaogang's theories and halt the printing of his books.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit City, resented Spirit Hall, and traveled the continent to find a disciple who could prove his theories.
• Bai Ye ordered Qian Xunji to have Spirit Hall Soul Masters secretly monitor Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji told Bai Ye that a maid was pregnant with his child, and Bai Ye realized Qian Renxue would be born to another woman.
• Nearly ten months after the Secret Chamber Douluo incident, the maid gave birth, and Bai Ye named the child Qian Renxue.

Bai Ye warned Liu Erlong that her future romance would end in tragedy, but she ignored him and continued traveling with Flender and Yu Xiaogang. As Flender brought Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang together, Yu Xiaogang manipulated Liu Erlong into distrusting Bibi Dong, leaving their relationship poised to begin.

• Bai Ye told Liu Erlong that her future romance would bring tragedy and urged her to stay away from the person she would love, but he refused to explain further.
• Liu Erlong continued traveling with Flender and Yu Xiaogang, and the three gained fame as the Golden Iron Triangle for their Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill.
• Flender confessed his feelings to Liu Erlong, learned that she loved Yu Xiaogang, and persistently encouraged the two to become a couple.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to accept Liu Erlong but worried that Bibi Dong might expose his past and ruin the relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong a distorted account of his romance with Bibi Dong, blaming Spirit Hall while making Bibi Dong seem responsible.
• Liu Erlong became angry with Bibi Dong and treated her as an enemy, while Yu Xiaogang felt relieved that she would not believe Bibi Dong if she appeared.

Yu Xiaogang waited for his father and second uncle's family to arrive at his wedding to Liu Erlong, believing they would come despite his unease. As noon approached, they still had not appeared, leaving Liu Erlong worried that his family did not approve of their marriage.

• Yu Xiaogang believed his father and second uncle's family cared about him and would attend his wedding.
• As time passed without the family arriving, Flender suggested that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong marry first.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to proceed and asked to wait longer.
• Liu Erlong grew tense, worried that the missing family meant they did not approve of her.