Chapter Summaries

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Lin Ye learned that Ning Fengzhi planned to meet Tang San and arranged to go with Ning Rongrong to see Oscar and the others. The auction’s final item was revealed to be a trembling girl locked in a cage, and Ning Fengzhi’s response led Lin Ye to suspect the Heaven Dou Imperial Family ran the auction house.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Tang San had agreed to provide the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Hidden Weapons, and Ning Fengzhi welcomed the potential alliance.
• Lin Ye worried that Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo might encounter Xiao Wu while visiting Tang San, so he asked Ning Rongrong about Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Liu Erlong had given Flender her academy, which had been renamed Shrek Academy, and Lin Ye offered to go with them to find Oscar.
• A noble bought Tang San’s Casting Shadows for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and host Rosbin introduced the final auction item as a rare treasure for men.
• The auction staff uncovered a cage holding a trembling purple-haired girl, and Lin Ye angrily questioned how the auction house could sell a person.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lin Ye that the law could not restrain the powerful, prompting Lin Ye to ask whether the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had established the auction house.

Lin Ye learned that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family profited from slave trading and decided to rescue a captured cat-like girl himself. When Prince Xue Xing tried to intimidate the auction hall into yielding the girl, Lin Ye challenged him openly, and Xue Xing recognized his face.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that both the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires enslaved people captured across their border, while Lin Ye objected that all people deserved protection.
• Lin Ye refused Ning Fengzhi's offer to buy and free the cat girl, deciding he would keep her by his side instead.
• Host Rosbin began the cat girl's auction at fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the guests quickly raised their bids.
• Prince Xue Xing stood and used his reputation to discourage the other bidders, but Lin Ye bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Prince Xue Xing removed his mask and demanded to know who opposed him, so Lin Ye revealed his own face and sneered at him.
• Prince Xue Xing's anger shifted when he recognized Lin Ye.

Lin Ye bought the cat girl at the auction after Prince Xue Xing backed down from challenging him. After sending the girls back to Heavenly Star Academy, Lin Ye left with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin for Shrek Academy.

• Prince Xue Xing recognized Lin Ye, feared provoking him, and silently withdrew from the bidding.
• The auction hall stopped bidding, and Lin Ye won the cat girl for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Ye paid for the cat girl and, with help from the four girls, reassured her after she was released from her cage.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Lin Ye to go with him to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Ye sent the four girls and the cat girl back to Heavenly Star Academy with Golden Crocodile Douluo, then prepared to leave with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

Lin Ye visited New Shrek Academy with Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, where they met Oscar and learned Tang San was working in the back mountain with Xiao Wu. When Chen Xin’s presence put Xiao Wu in danger, Lin Ye swiftly stepped in front of her and blocked the Titled Douluo’s view.

• Ning Rongrong told Lin Ye how Flender had taken over Blue Tyrant Academy after its dean reunited with Grandmaster.
• Lin Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin arrived at New Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Ye collected Oscar’s prepared Soul Power Sausages and paid him, while Ning Fengzhi invited Oscar to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation; Oscar declined.
• Oscar told Ning Rongrong that Tang San was assembling Hidden Weapons in the back mountain with Xiao Wu, so the group went to find them.
• Xiao Wu sensed Chen Xin’s Titled Douluo presence and froze when he glanced toward her, but Lin Ye used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to rush in front of her and block his view.

Lin Ye rescued Xiao Wu from Sword Douluo Chen Xin and warned her that she would be exposed if she competed in the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament. He gave her Myriad Forms to disguise her identity and made her promise to return to the Star Dou Forest afterward.

• Lin Ye used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to block Chen Xin's view and led Xiao Wu into the woods.
• Lin Ye warned Xiao Wu that Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos would watch the tournament and urged her to leave before she was discovered.
• Xiao Wu refused to abandon Tang San and the Shrek Team, then pleaded with Lin Ye for one last chance to compete.
• Lin Ye agreed to help Xiao Wu through the tournament but told her to leave Tang San and return to the Star Dou Forest afterward.
• Lin Ye gave Xiao Wu the Myriad Forms artifact and told her to practice using it before the tournament.

After Tang San saw Lin Ye give Xiao Wu a necklace and act intimately with her, he felt jealous, then faced Lin Ye’s question about whether he would abandon the tournament to protect her. Tang San could not promise to withdraw, leaving Xiao Wu disappointed and Lin Ye contemptuous as he walked away.

• After Ning Fengzhi paid Tang San a five-million-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit for Hidden Weapons and left with Sword Douluo, Tang San spotted Lin Ye putting a necklace on Xiao Wu and mistook their closeness for betrayal.
• Lin Ye led Xiao Wu back to Tang San and Ning Rongrong and urged her to leave the tournament if it endangered her life, but Xiao Wu asked him not to tell Tang San.
• Lin Ye asked Tang San whether he would still enter the tournament if Xiao Wu faced fatal danger, and Tang San hesitated while thinking about Yu Xiaogang’s theories and the team’s chance to compete.
• Xiao Wu tried to dismiss the hypothetical danger, and Tang San said he and the Golden Iron Triangle would protect her rather than agreeing to withdraw.
• Lin Ye mocked Tang San’s confidence and walked away, while Tang San insisted he would protect Xiao Wu and resented Lin Ye’s closeness with her.

After returning to Heavenly Star Academy, Lin Ye began an intensive training program for Zhu Zhuqing and the other girls to prepare them for the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament. Half a year later, their training had continued through physical conditioning, Soul Skill practice, cultivation, and team spirit battles.

• Lin Ye introduced Vivian, who would cook for the group, and began training the girls the next morning with gravity-inducing turtle-shell pendants.
• Lin Ye led the girls on a strenuous weighted run through the back mountain, then assigned them fifteen minutes to rest.
• Lin Ye trained Zhu Zhuqing to coordinate her Nether Shadow Clone copies and assigned Meng Yiran precision practice with Death Storm.
• Lin Ye gave the other girls Soul Skill combination practice or sparring, while Ye Na focused on cultivation.
• Lin Ye arranged afternoon cultivation and nightly team spirit battles at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, and half a year passed.

After nearly half a year of training, the women improved their cultivation and battle skills while Lin Ye prepared a new Myriad Forms Magic Tool for the tournament. The Heavenly Star Team gathered on the eve of the competition to receive uniforms and hear the rules and schedule from Cheng Wudi.

• The women raised their cultivation ranks during training, while Lin Ye visited the Spirit Sacred Hall, acquired a Three-Eyed Demonic Fox eye, and refined a replacement Myriad Forms Magic Tool that his External Soul Bone: Symbiotic Battle Suit devoured.
• Lin Ye ended the training three days before the tournament, and the women spent their break at home or exploring Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Cheng Wudi distributed the Heavenly Star Team uniforms, explaining that Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing wore the sun and moon patterns as captain and vice-captain while the other members wore stars.
• Cheng Wudi explained the tournament's participation requirements, including the rules that seven people had to compete and that opponents should not be maimed or crippled.
• Cheng Wudi outlined the preliminary divisions, advancement round, and final elimination matches in Spirit City, then told the team to rest before registering the next morning.

The All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament began in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Lin Ye joined Heavenly Star Team at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena under the identity of Sword One. After settling into the teams’ shared resting hall, he recognized Shrek Team by its leaders and its unmistakable green uniforms.

• Crowds filled Heaven Dou Imperial City as the tournament began, and the army maintained order around the venue.
• Cheng Wudi led Lin Ye and Heavenly Star Team to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, where Lin Ye attracted attention from onlookers despite wearing a mask.
• Yue Qishan and the other three girls surrounded Lin Ye to shield him from the admiring girls nearby.
• Cheng Wudi and Little Wang went to register Heavenly Star Team while Lin Ye rested in the teams’ shared hall.
• A burst of laughter drew Lin Ye’s attention to Shrek Team, and he recognized Flender, Zhao Wuji, Grandmaster, and Qin Ming among its leaders.

Shrek Academy faced ridicule over its uniforms and argued with Canghui Academy, while Lin Ye chose not to intervene. Lin Ye and the Heavenly Star Team entered the tournament arena, where the opening ceremony finally began after all the academy teams arrived.

• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek Academy’s uniforms, and Flender defended them while redirecting her criticism toward Grandmaster and Qin Ming.
• A Canghui Academy student mocked Shrek Academy, and Tang San recognized the team from their earlier encounter.
• Lin Ye recognized Canghui Academy but decided not to help Shrek Academy because he believed they had brought the trouble on themselves.
• Cheng Wudi led Lin Ye’s group into the competition venue, where they saw Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and other dignitaries.
• Staff directed the Heavenly Star Team to the waiting area and explained the opening ceremony’s proceedings.
• After the teams had arrived and the host was notified, the opening ceremony officially began.

The All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament opening ceremony began, and Ning Fengzhi was invited to name the team he truly favored. Unable to find Lin Ye among the competitors, Ning Fengzhi began to lose his composure.

• Tony Yang introduced the participating teams as they entered the arena, including Lin Ye's Heavenly Star Team and, last, Shrek Team.
• Spectators laughed at Shrek Team's vivid green uniforms and slogan, Champions Without Opponents, while its members covered their faces in embarrassment.
• Xue Ye officially opened the tournament and wished the young Soul Masters success.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team before saying he favored another team as a potential champion.
• Ning Fengzhi searched the assembled teams for Lin Ye but could not find him, and he worried that Lin Ye was not competing.

Ning Fengzhi was pressured by Salas into admitting that he favored the Shrek Team, although he had actually been searching the tournament teams for Lin Ye. His public endorsement boosted Shrek’s confidence, while Yue Qishan and Feng Yan’er misunderstood why Ning Fengzhi had chosen them.

• Ning Fengzhi kept his favored team secret, saying he believed the champion would come from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Salas pointed out that Ning Fengzhi had lingered on the Shrek Team and that Ning Rongrong attended Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the audience would assume he favored Shrek and admitted that the Shrek Team was his choice.
• Flender celebrated Ning Fengzhi’s endorsement and predicted Shrek would win, while Grandmaster and Qin Ming stayed silent about the challenge ahead.
• Yue Qishan wondered why Ning Fengzhi backed Shrek, and Feng Yan’er explained that he could not recognize Lin Ye in disguise.

Lin Ye and the Heavenly Star Team watched the Sugar Water Troupe perform at the opening ceremony before Platinum Bishop Salas drew the preliminary matchups. The draw paired Heavenly Star Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the ceremony prepared to select an opponent for the second team's exhibition match.

• Lin Ye and the Heavenly Star Team left the plaza for their waiting room, then watched as a stage rose at the center of the venue.
• The Sugar Water Troupe performed for the cheering crowd, and Yue Qishan explained the troupe's popularity and performance fees to Lin Ye.
• After the troupe finished its dance, host Tony Yang announced the preliminary draw and the exhibition match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.
• Platinum Bishop Salas used Soul Power to pair the academy emblems, and Tony Yang announced that Heavenly Star Academy would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the seventh preliminary round.

Lin Ye led the Heavenly Star Team into its first tournament match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, while Salas publicly offered finalists a place in Spirit Sacred Hall. The match was about to begin when Lin Ye's teammates sat down to eat snacks and watch, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lin Ye told Yue Qishan and the other women to relax and watch while he handled the match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.
• Salas denied manipulating the matchups and announced that tournament finalists could join Spirit Sacred Hall, angering Xue Ye until Ning Fengzhi calmed him.
• Lin Ye led the masked Heavenly Star Team onto the Spirit Combat Arena, while Zhu Zhuqing and Su Mei stayed behind.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team made a dramatic entrance by leaping from an aerial corridor, and its members mocked the Heavenly Star Team's masks before Lin Ye answered their challenge.
• As both teams prepared to fight, Lin Ye's teammates set out tables, chairs, fruit, pastries, and sunflower seeds, then sat down to chat and snack.

Lin Ye faced the Heaven Dou Second Team alone, dismissing their attacks and defeating their fighters with ease. Ye Zhilan wagered Prince Xue Xing’s estate against five Nine Heart Begonia treatments, while the match ended with Lin Ye holding his sword at the team’s control specialist’s neck.

• Lin Ye summoned the Hidden Wind Sword and revealed four soul rings as the Heavenly Star Team’s members sat aside to watch.
• The Heaven Dou Second Team’s captain and the spectators condemned Lin Ye’s confidence, while Xue Ye frowned and Salas watched with amusement.
• Ye Zhilan wagered Prince Xue Xing’s estate that the Heavenly Star Team would win, and he accepted in exchange for five treatment opportunities.
• After Tony Yang started the match, Lin Ye cut through the spider silk, evaded attacks, and drove the Heaven Dou Second Team’s fighters off the arena.
• Lin Ye appeared behind the female control specialist and held the Hidden Wind Sword to her neck, declaring that she had lost.

Lin Ye defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team almost instantly, humiliating Prince Xue Xing and Xue Ye. Ning Fengzhi praised Lin Ye’s swordsmanship as comparable to Sword Douluo’s and offered to introduce him, while Salas listened with a sneer.

• Lin Ye knocked the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team’s fighters off the arena and subdued its Control System Soul Master, leaving only a Support System Soul Master.
• Ye Zhilan claimed the residence she had won from Prince Xue Xing in their wager, and he reluctantly agreed to hand over its deed and keys.
• Xue Ye grew angry and ashamed over the academy team’s defeat, while Ning Fengzhi argued that Lin Ye’s exceptional swordsmanship—not the team’s weakness—had caused it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Lin Ye’s swordsmanship recalled Chen Xin’s and suggested Lin Ye could become another Sword Douluo or even surpass him.
• Xue Ye ordered an attendant to find Lin Ye’s information, but Ning Fengzhi said he already knew the Heavenly Star Team and planned to meet its leader.
• Salas listened to Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye discuss Lin Ye and wore a deep sneer.

Lin Ye single-handedly defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team at the tournament opening ceremony, drawing the attention of Shrek Team and the Imperial Fighting Team. Afterward, Ning Fengzhi invited Lin Ye to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and tried to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Lin Ye declined.

• Lin Ye defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, forcing its spider martial soul Control System Soul Master to surrender and winning the match for the Heavenly Star Team.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Lin Ye as Sword One, while Dai Mubai warned the others that Lin Ye was extremely strong.
• Ning Fengzhi met Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang after the ceremony and asked them to tell Lin Ye that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe wished to meet him.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Ye a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the chance to train with Sword Douluo, but Lin Ye declined to join any faction.

Lin Ye watched the preliminaries, judged the Shrek Team to be a threat, and learned from Ning Rongrong that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had invited him to tea. He went to Yuxuan Pavilion to meet the Crown Prince.

• Lin Ye watched the morning matches and found the Five Elements Academy teams and the Shrek Team worthy of his attention.
• The Shrek Team won its first match under Tang San's battlefield command, and Lin Ye decided to face the team himself in a future match.
• Lin Ye waited for the Shrek Team and asked Ning Rongrong about Xue Qinghe's request to meet him.
• Ning Rongrong told Lin Ye that Xue Qinghe would have tea at Yuxuan Pavilion at noon, but declined to accompany him.
• Lin Ye left the arena and arrived at Yuxuan Pavilion to meet Xue Qinghe.

Lin Ye met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe at Yuxuan Pavilion, where they discussed the continent’s political order and Lin Ye’s views on commoners and unification. Xue Qinghe was excited by their agreement and grabbed Lin Ye’s hand, leaving Lin Ye puzzled by how soft it felt.

• Lin Ye met Xue Qinghe at Yuxuan Pavilion and accepted tea while wondering why the crown prince had summoned him.
• Xue Qinghe explained that he wanted to recruit Lin Ye for the Heaven Dou Empire, but Lin Ye refused after prompting him to ask directly.
• Xue Qinghe asked Lin Ye about the rival empires, commoners, Soul Masters, and whether the continent should be unified.
• Lin Ye argued that peace between the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire was temporary, that commoners were the foundation of Soul Masters, and that unification could protect them.
• Xue Qinghe excitedly grabbed Lin Ye’s hand after hearing their views aligned, and Lin Ye noticed how soft it felt.

Lin Ye accepted a residence from Ye Zhilan and cultivated while Heavenly Star Team won its preliminary matches under Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran. As the team prepared to face the formidable Elephant Armor Team, Lin Ye decided to compete, and Su Mei was chosen to join him on the arena.

• Lin Ye left Xue Qinghe after sensing an unsettling emotional undertone in the Crown Prince's gaze.
• Ye Lingling delivered Lin Ye a residence near Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena from her mother, Ye Zhilan, and Lin Ye accepted it.
• Lin Ye cultivated to level sixty-five while Heavenly Star Team won its first seven or eight preliminary matches without him.
• Heavenly Star Team drew the Elephant Armor Team, whose Diamond Mammoth martial souls posed a challenge for Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran.
• Lin Ye asked the girls to choose who would fight beside him, and Su Mei took Mu Qingyue's place for the upcoming match.