Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu arrived at Oakland Academy to negotiate its acquisition on behalf of the Immortal Palace. Oakland agreed to surrender the academy’s authority while remaining honorary dean, and Lin Yu asked to see the academy’s Spirit Master Team before they signed the contract.

• Lin Yu traveled to Oakland Academy with Bai He and Bai Chenxiang to discuss the acquisition.
• Oakland welcomed Lin Yu and Bai He at the academy entrance.
• Lin Yu offered to acquire Oakland Academy for the Immortal Palace and asked Oakland what he thought.
• Oakland accepted on the condition that he could remain honorary dean, while yielding all actual authority to the Immortal Palace.
• Lin Yu proposed seeing Oakland Academy’s Spirit Master Team before signing the contract, and Oakland agreed to take him to them.

Lin Yu met the Auckland Team at Oakland Academy while considering its members, and Dai Mubai panicked when he realized Lin Yu was there. Dai Mubai believed his disguise and the lack of a serious personal feud would keep Lin Yu from recognizing or targeting him.

• Oakland brought Lin Yu and his companions to a meeting room and went to gather the Auckland Team.
• Oakland introduced the seven team members and gave Lin Yu documents about them.
• Lin Yu studied the team, whose members besides Dai Mubai admired him and hoped to receive his guidance.
• Dai Mubai recalled how Lin Yu's actions had ruined his plans, driven him into hiding, and forced him to seek an academy's pills.
• Dai Mubai feared Lin Yu had come for him but reasoned that his disguise and their limited history made that unlikely.

Lin Yu offered the Auckland Team a chance to join Immortal Palace and train for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, while concealing his plan to torment Dai Mubai. He singled Dai Mubai out as the one person who could not join, leaving Dai Mubai stunned.

• Lin Yu told Oakland that Immortal Palace would select outstanding Oakland Academy students for training.
• Lin Yu promised the Auckland Team members that, if they performed well, they could represent Immortal Palace Academy in the tournament two years later.
• Six Auckland Team members thanked Lin Yu, while Dai Mubai remained cold and only slightly lowered his head.
• Lin Yu pointed at Dai Mubai and declared that he alone was excluded from joining Immortal Palace.

Lin Yu refused to admit Dai Mubai to the Immortal Palace because Dai Mubai had failed to show gratitude, then offered him a chance to join by passing a test. Dai Mubai accepted despite his anger, and Lin Yu named Bai Chenxiang as his opponent.

• Oakland defended Dai Mubai's talent, but Lin Yu excluded him because he seemed ungrateful and arrogant.
• Oakland scolded Dai Mubai and brought him back to apologize to Lin Yu, while Dai Mubai concealed his anger and asked to join the Immortal Palace.
• Lin Yu mocked Dai Mubai's eyes and said he would need to pass a test to join.
• Dai Mubai pretended to condemn the person Lin Yu called trash and agreed to accept any test.
• Lin Yu said Dai Mubai had to defeat Bai Chenxiang, who introduced herself.

Dai Mubai accepted Lin Yu’s test and fought Bai Chenxiang for a chance to join the Immortal Palace. Bai Chenxiang’s evolved Fiery Swan and aerial speed gave her the advantage as she evaded Dai Mubai’s attack, and the duel continued.

• Dai Mubai decided to fight Bai Chenxiang rather than give up his chance to enter the Immortal Palace.
• Lin Yu led everyone to the plaza and started the duel between Bai Chenxiang and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai summoned his Evil Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul, while Bai Chenxiang revealed her evolved Fiery Swan Martial Soul and took to the air.
• Bai Chenxiang increased her flying speed and dived at Dai Mubai with Oracle Bone Dragon Claw.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Bai Chenxiang evaded it and prepared another dive.

Bai Chenxiang defeated Dai Mubai, who was expelled from Oakland Academy and barred from other academies by Lin Yu. Lin Yu then set out for the Far North Land with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and the thirty-first livestream was about to begin on the journey.

• Dai Mubai used his soul skills to try to stop Bai Chenxiang, but her Fiery Mirage clones and Oracle Bone Dragon Claw overwhelmed him.
• Bai Chenxiang repeatedly evaded Dai Mubai's attacks with Fiery Substitute and left him badly wounded until he collapsed unconscious.
• Lin Yu rejected Dai Mubai from the Immortal Palace, and Oakland agreed to expel him after he recovered.
• Lin Yu arranged for Bai He and Bai Chenxiang to sign Oakland Academy's acquisition contract and ordered the Immortal Palace to bar academies from admitting Soul Masters with Double Pupils.
• Lin Yu left Heaven Dou Imperial City with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er for the Far North Land, and the thirty-first livestream was about to begin after more than a month on the road.

Lin Yu arrived in Far North City with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er as the thirty-first live stream approached. The stream began with a dispute between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, then showed Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lin Yu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er reached Far North City after traveling for over a month and spent a day exploring it.
• The thirty-first live stream began, and Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye discussed the previous stream’s difficult questions and missed rewards.
• Dai Tianfeng taunted Xue Ye over the empires’ records in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, prompting Meng Shenji and other Heaven Dou figures to argue with him.
• The live stream showed a familiar section of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei appeared.

A live broadcast showed Huo Yuhao joining the Tang Sect, learning its skills, and entering Shrek Academy. Lin Yu criticized Shrek Academy's nonrefundable fees and Yu Xiaogang's relationship with Liu Erlong as the footage continued.

• Tang Ya invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, and he accepted.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei led Huo Yuhao through the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bei Bei subdued a Mandala Snake for Tang Ya to absorb as a soul ring.
• Tang Ya taught Huo Yuhao Tang Sect skills, including the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy and introduced him to the school.
• Lin Yu condemned Shrek Academy for charging high tuition and refusing to refund registration fees when applicants failed its assessment.

Huo Yuhao registered at Shrek Academy and learned that Zhou Yi would be his homeroom teacher. Lin Yu condemned Zhou Yi’s practice of driving weaker students out of her classes, while Bei Bei defended her strict teaching methods.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei accompanied Huo Yuhao through enrollment, tuition payment, and collection of his dormitory key, uniforms, and badge.
• Bei Bei stopped at a notice board and Tang Ya realized Zhou Yi had been assigned to teach the new students.
• Bei Bei warned Huo Yuhao that Zhou Yi was an extremely strict teacher who had been demoted after few of her third-year students advanced and students repeatedly reported her.
• Lin Yu argued that Zhou Yi merely kept talented students and took credit for their success, comparing her arrogance to Yu Xiaogang’s.
• Huo Yuhao questioned whether the academy tolerated Zhou Yi’s methods, and Bei Bei defended her by citing her students’ achievements and inner-court admissions.

Lin Yu condemned Zhou Yi’s harsh treatment of ordinary students as the live stream showed her first class at Shrek Academy. Zhou Yi expelled and punished students arbitrarily, then praised Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for fighting, leaving Lin Yu furious at her teaching methods.

• Lin Yu argued that Zhou Yi’s entrance assessment unfairly denied commoner Soul Masters a chance to advance, and that her record of eliminating most of her students reflected selfish teaching.
• After Bei Bei defended Zhou Yi, Huo Yuhao accepted his senior’s judgment, left Tang Ya and Bei Bei, and met Wang Dong in the dormitory.
• The next day, Zhou Yi told the class she wanted monsters rather than trash and asked who had fought since enrolling.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood up, and Zhou Yi ordered everyone else to run one hundred laps around Shrek Square.
• When students objected, Zhou Yi asserted her authority to expel them and used her Soul Emperor pressure to drive them from the classroom.
• Zhou Yi praised Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for fighting over a roommate dispute, prompting Lin Yu to condemn her for encouraging conflict.

Lin Yu watched Zhou Yi punish Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong despite praising their fight, then qualify Huo Yuhao after Wang Dong carried him through the run while expelling nine other students. He condemned Shrek Academy’s treatment of ordinary students and concluded that the lack of Spirit Hall’s protection helped explain why Evil Soul Masters ran rampant in this era.

• Zhou Yi said students should challenge other classes, then ordered Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to run one hundred laps as punishment for fighting as roommates.
• Huo Yuhao struggled to finish the run, so Wang Dong carried him while using her Light Goddess Butterfly’s Martial Soul Possession.
• Zhou Yi declared Huo Yuhao qualified and expelled nine students, including some who had persisted but lacked the fitness to complete the laps.
• Lin Yu condemned Zhou Yi for judging students by whim and Shrek Academy for allowing her to ruin the futures of ordinary students.
• Lin Yu reflected that civilian soul masters had little protection without Spirit Hall and that their hopelessness could lead some to become Evil Soul Masters.

After Zhou Yi expelled nine students in the live broadcast, the Q&A asked viewers to judge what kind of teacher she had been from her students’ perspectives. Lin Yu and the other observers concluded that Zhou Yi earned praise from the few geniuses she kept but was despised by most of the students she drove away.

• The live broadcast froze after Zhou Yi expelled nine students, and the Q&A announced rewards for an objective assessment of her teaching.
• Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Xue Ye welcomed the Holy Light Feather reward, while Xue Ye hoped it could strengthen the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s Swan Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue reasoned that Zhou Yi’s harsh expulsions benefited the remaining geniuses but harmed Shrek Academy by driving away ordinary students who might have proved valuable.
• Lin Yu suspected Shrek Academy tolerated Zhou Yi because she was Fan Yu’s wife, despite the damage she caused, and thought Huo Yuhao’s favorable treatment was an exception.
• The observers concluded that Zhou Yi was praised by the few students who advanced but was likely hated by the nine out of ten students she expelled.

Lin Yu judged Zhou Yi to be an unqualified teacher because she expelled less gifted students, and he submitted his evaluation to the Live Stream. His answer prompted major factions to rush their own responses before Lin Yu could share the correct answer with the Immortal Palace.

• Lin Yu concluded that Zhou Yi selfishly favored gifted students and harmed ordinary students by driving them out of Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yu submitted his harsh evaluation of Zhou Yi and anxiously awaited the Live Stream's response.
• Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and other faction leaders hurriedly summoned subordinates to submit answers before the rewards were claimed.
• Dugu Yan, Liu Erlong, Xiao Wan, and Cheng Hao submitted evaluations that described Zhou Yi as an unqualified teacher, though Cheng Hao noted that gifted students saw her as a good teacher.

Lin Yu and Dugu Yan answered the live Q&A correctly about Zhou Yi, while Liu Erlong independently gave a correct answer. The rewards were distributed, and Lin Yu reflected on Liu Erlong's sound values and Flender and Yu Xiaogang's hypocrisy.

• Lin Yu had gone to the Immortal Palace and arranged for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to be ready to answer after he passed them the response.
• Lin Yu's answer condemning Zhou Yi was marked correct, and Dugu Yan secured the second answering slot with the same judgment.
• Liu Erlong independently answered that Zhou Yi was selfish, arrogant, and glory-seeking, and the Live Stream Room marked her answer correct.
• The Live Stream Room awarded Lin Yu two random rewards, Dugu Yan a Holy Light Feather, and Liu Erlong a Thousand-Year Heaven-Sent Soul Ring.
• Lin Yu considered Liu Erlong's values sound but criticized Flender and Yu Xiaogang, citing Flender's conduct and Shrek Academy's refusal to refund applicants who failed its entry requirements.

The Live Stream Room punished several factions for answers that separated Zhou Yi’s reputation among gifted and ordinary students. Lin Yu explained that an objective evaluation could not take either group’s side, and Yu Xiaogang regretted missing the chance to answer correctly and earn rewards for Tang San.

• The Live Stream Room announced that Cheng Hao, Lin Tian, and Luo Kong had answered incorrectly and lost three levels of Soul Power each.
• Gu Rong, Meng Shenji, and Dai Tianfeng questioned the punishments, while Lin Yu realized their answers had failed to meet the demand for objectivity.
• Lin Yu explained that answers distinguishing gifted students from ordinary students took sides, and Ning Fengzhi understood why those answers were wrong.
• Yu Xiaogang lamented that he had failed to buzz in, then resolved to win Live Q&A rewards to help Tang San succeed in the City of Slaughter.
• The Live Stream Room ended the Q&A and announced that it would close temporarily, with the next session scheduled in three months.

Lin Yu traveled with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er toward the Far North Land, where they camped in a snowy forest. Shui Yue'er first pitied the rabbits Lin Yu had hunted, then devoured the roasted Snow Rabbits and asked him to hunt more.

• The Live Stream Room learned the next live stream would take place in three months, raising hopes of earning rewards.
• Lin Yu left Far North City with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er and traveled north through increasingly harsh, uninhabited terrain.
• The three crossed deep snow on skis but could not get through the vast Xue Song forest in a day, so they made camp for the night.
• Lin Yu hunted five Snow Rabbits while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er gathered firewood.
• Shui Yue'er objected to eating the cute rabbits, but agreed after Lin Yu explained they were already dead.
• After tasting Lin Yu's roasted Snow Rabbits, Shui Yue'er ate three and begged him to hunt more, leaving Shui Bing'er speechless.

Lin Yu had Shui Bing'er test her newly trained martial skills against a Frost Winter Wolf Pack, encouraging her to fight as a strong attack-system soul master. As Shui Bing'er launched her first counterattack, Lin Yu reflected on why her Ice Phoenix potential called for a different development path.

• A Frost Winter Wolf Pack surrounded Lin Yu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er at their camp, and Lin Yu identified the alpha as a two- or three-thousand-year soul beast.
• Lin Yu told Shui Bing'er to use the pack as practice for the strong attack-system fighting style he believed suited her potential, and she agreed.
• Lin Yu summoned a World Purification White Lotus to light the forest, easing Shui Bing'er's unease as she approached the wolves.
• Shui Bing'er used Swift Water, No Trace to dodge the pack's combined Frost Breath, then entered Martial Soul Possession and unleashed her Third Soul Skill, Rejecting Ice Ring.
• As the ice ring raced toward the wolves, Lin Yu considered how flight and ice-based attacks could make Shui Bing'er a formidable strong attack-system soul master.

Shui Bing'er fought off the Frost Winter Wolf Pack and refined her combat skills during the battle. After the wolves retreated, she broke through to Soul Ancestor, and Lin Yu congratulated her.

• Shui Bing'er used Rejecting Ice Ring to repel the Frost Winter Wolves, then wounded the Frost Winter Wolf King with Oracle Bone Dragon Claw and a Fierce Strength Leg Art kick.
• Shui Bing'er evaded the pack with Vertical Plum Blossom Steps and used her control-type soul skills to freeze wolves while Lin Yu watched her technique improve.
• The injured Frost Winter Wolf King howled a retreat, and the surviving wolves fled into the forest.
• Shui Bing'er broke through to Soul Ancestor after the battle, and Lin Yu congratulated her.

After reaching the Far North Land’s inner region, Lin Yu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er crossed a dangerous snowfield while searching for the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. When an Ice Armor Crocodile ambushed them, Lin Yu seized its tail and slammed it into the snow.

• Shui Yue'er regretted that the Frost Winter Wolf King had escaped, but Shui Bing'er said she wanted to save a soul ring slot for the Snow Empress.
• Lin Yu explained that Soul Contracts with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress could feed their cultivation back to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• After Lin Yu released his Soul Douluo-level Soul Power, no more soul beasts attacked their camp before dawn.
• The three traveled through the Far North Land and reached its inner region, where Lin Yu led Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er across a deep, dangerous snowfield.
• An Ice Armor Crocodile burst from beneath the snow to attack them, and Lin Yu grabbed its tail and smashed it into the ground.

Lin Yu subdued an Ice Armor Crocodile and tried to get it to lead him to Snow Empress and Ice Empress, but its loyalty made it mistake him for a threat. Lin Yu decided to use that loyalty to make the two rulers come to him instead.

• Lin Yu overpowered the Ice Armor Crocodile and considered taming it as a mount and guide through the Far North Land.
• Lin Yu used spiritual power to speak to the crocodile and offered to spare it if it took him to Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Lin Yu demonstrated the Wu Earth Apricot Yellow Banner by destroying a snowy peak, but the crocodile still refused to betray its rulers.
• Lin Yu realized the crocodile thought he intended to hunt Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and it did not believe his explanation.
• Lin Yu decided to pose as an enemy so the crocodile would alert Snow Empress and Ice Empress to his arrival and bring them to him.