Chapter Summaries

Guang Yu taught Ji Juechen the Sword Dao, accepted him as his disciple, and brought him back to Shrek Academy as he and Qian Renxue began recruiting talents for their future Spirit Hall. As their power recovered, Jing Hongchen planted false memories in Ma Xiaotao, and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek to abduct her.

• Guang Yu revealed his Light God Sword Intent, helping Ji Juechen reach the Sword Dao Fourth Realm, Sword Soul Resonance.
• Ji Juechen knelt and begged Guang Yu to accept him as a disciple, and Guang Yu named him his final disciple while Qian Renxue welcomed him as her mistress.
• Guang Yu explained the Sword Dao realms to Ji Juechen and promised to teach him sword techniques and his lifelong Sword Dao arts.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue returned to Shrek with Ji Juechen and began training him while using Ultimate Light to suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil aura.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue recovered their Soul Power to Level 51, leaving the academy periodically to hide their returning soul rings.
• Jing Hongchen implanted a Soul Tool insect containing false memories into Ma Xiaotao, and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek with four Titled Douluo-level experts and a large force.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue rescued Ma Xiaotao from the Holy Spirit Cult and invited her to join their future faction. Two years later, they left with their allies during the Body Sect’s attack on Mingde Hall and began their journey to establish Spirit Hall.

• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue pursued the four Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo who had abducted Ma Xiaotao and killed them with their Ice Light Saint Angel fusion skill.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue erased the Soul Tool bug in Ma Xiaotao, awakened her, and invited her to follow them when they founded a faction; Ma Xiaotao said she would think about it.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue planned to leave Shrek Academy during the exchange program at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, and recruited Ma Xiaotao and other Inner Court geniuses to join them.
• After six months of studying at Mingde Hall, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue reached level 74 and became level-six Soul Engineers.
• When the Body Sect attacked Mingde Hall, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue left with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, while Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao, Chen Zifeng, and other allies left Shrek Academy to reunite with them.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue reunited with their allies in the Sun Moon Empire and began their journey to establish Spirit Hall.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue went to the Ordinary Alliance to recruit Ye Guyi, who possessed the Divine Angel Martial Soul. After Guang Yu forced Shangguan Weier to summon her, Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi revealed their Angel Martial Souls and felt an immediate affinity.

• Guang Yu told Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan that the group would visit the Ordinary Alliance to find Ye Guyi before deciding where to establish their faction.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue broke into the Ordinary Alliance and confronted its leader, Shangguan Weier.
• Guang Yu overpowered Shangguan Weier and forced her to bring Ye Guyi to them.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and Ye Guyi responded by manifesting her Divine Angel Martial Soul.

Qian Renxue tested Ye Guyi in battle, then recruited her by promising to eradicate Evil Soul Masters. Guang Yu and Qian Renxue left Radiant City with Ye Guyi and their companions, heading for Qiankun Asking Love Valley to use its trials to recover their strength.

• Qian Renxue defeated Ye Guyi’s attacks and shattered her Holy Light Spirit Formation, convincing Ye Guyi that she was outmatched.
• Qian Renxue offered to help Ye Guyi become a powerful Soul Master and eradicate Evil Soul Masters, and Ye Guyi agreed to follow her.
• Guang Yu asked Shangguan Weier whether the Ordinary Alliance would submit to him if he destroyed the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and the Xishui Alliance, and Shangguan Weier agreed conditionally.
• Guang Yu promised to return to Radiant City within three years, then left with Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and their companions.
• Guang Yu told Ji Juechen and the others that their next destination was Qiankun Asking Love Valley and explained its trials and dangers.
• Guang Yu planned to take Qian Renxue into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, hoping their enduring love would help them recover their strength.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue entered Qiankun Asking Love Valley and faced the God of Love’s trials. Their devotion and Martial Soul Fusion Skill convinced her to pass them, ending their test in the valley.

• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue traveled into the Western Mountains of the Sun Moon Empire while their companions waited nearby.
• Golden and silver light drew Guang Yu and Qian Renxue into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where the God of Love began testing them.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue declared that they would live or die together, passing the first trial.
• The God of Love ordered them to defeat each other, but they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to become the Ice Light Saint Angel.
• The God of Love waived the third trial and declared that Guang Yu and Qian Renxue had passed.

The God of Love restored Guang Yu and Qian Renxue’s Soul Power to level 81 and sent them out of Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Reunited with their followers, they named their new faction Soul Hall and planned to establish a base and win the next Soul Master Tournament.

• Guang Yu declined the God of Love’s divine position, asked for their strength to be restored, and promised to find a suitable inheritor for the God of Love.
• The God of Love restored Guang Yu and Qian Renxue to level 81, ended their trial, and sent them out of the valley.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue reunited with Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao, and the others in a small town.
• Guang Yu announced plans to establish a faction headquarters and enter the next Soul Master Tournament, with him and Qian Renxue ready to step in if needed.
• Guang Yu named the new faction Soul Hall, and Qian Renxue confirmed that they intended to build an organization like Spirit Hall and rise above the empires.
• Guang Yu asked the group to discuss which empire and city should host Soul Hall.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue chose the Dou Ling Empire as the place to establish Soul Hall and headed to Sunset Forest to gather Immortal Herbs. Huo Yuhao learned that they and other Shrek Academy students had disappeared, while Guang Yu and Qian Renxue entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and seized nearly all its mature herbs.

• Ye Guyi questioned whether Soul Hall could rise above the empires, and the group chose the Dou Ling Empire for its base.
• Guang Yu decided the group would visit Sunset Forest to obtain Immortal Herbs before continuing to the Dou Ling Empire.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Guang Yu, Qian Renxue, Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao, and other Shrek students had vanished, and he vowed to find them.
• Guang Yu explained to Qian Renxue that Huo Yuhao was a Child of Destiny and should develop on his own for now.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and took nearly all the mature Immortal Herbs, leaving seeds and those that had not ripened.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue distributed immortal herbs that strengthened their companions and transformed Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul into a Fire Phoenix with Ultimate Fire. After choosing a mountain near Spirit Sword City for Spirit Hall’s temporary headquarters, Guang Yu faced an angry delegation from the nearby Arrogant Sword Sect and proposed that it become a subordinate sect.

• Guang Yu gave Ma Xiaotao a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, then distributed immortal herbs to Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, Xiao Xiao, Chen Zifeng, and the others.
• The group absorbed the herbs, raising their strength and talents, while Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul evolved into a Fire Phoenix with pure Ultimate Fire.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue chose a mountain near Spirit Sword City in the Dou Ling Empire and hired workers to build Spirit Hall’s temporary headquarters.
• The Arrogant Sword Sect learned of the construction and sent an elder and disciples to demand that Guang Yu’s group leave their territory.
• Guang Yu refused to relocate and asked the Arrogant Sword Sect to submit to Spirit Hall, so the elder sent Wu Yifan to confront the group.

Guang Yu brought Ji Juechen to the Arrogant Sword Sect, where Ji Juechen crushed Wu Yifan in a duel. Guang Yu then challenged the sect master, Wu Ao Jian, to prove his worth and was left facing the sect master's Ninth Soul Skill with his own Sixth Soul Skill.

• Ji Juechen challenged Wu Yifan and defeated the Soul King with his Sword Skill Masteries.
• An elder tried to recruit Ji Juechen, but Ji Juechen refused and declared Guang Yu his teacher.
• Guang Yu revealed his eight rings and persuaded the elder to take him to the Arrogant Sword Sect.
• Guang Yu invited Wu Ao Jian to join Soul Hall, promising to strengthen the sect, and Wu Ao Jian challenged him to block his strongest slash.
• Wu Ao Jian unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Azure Steel Slash Annihilation, while Guang Yu answered with his Sixth Soul Skill, Aurora Sky Extinction.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue established Soul Hall, recruited powerful sects, and secured the Dou Ling Empire’s support as the faction expanded. Two years later, Soul Hall’s team traveled to Ming Du for the second Soul Master Tournament, which Guang Yu expected to be dangerous.

• Wu Ao Jian accepted defeat by Guang Yu and led the Arrogant Sword Sect into Soul Hall.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue established Soul Hall’s hierarchy, with Qian Renxue as Pope and Guang Yu as Great Enshrined.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue recruited the Dragon Slaying Sect and Heavenly Armor Sect, then negotiated imperial support and permission to build branch halls across the Dou Ling Empire.
• Over two years, Soul Hall expanded to more than two thousand Soul Masters, and Guang Yu submitted its roster for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.
• Guang Yu led Soul Hall and its affiliated sect teams to Ming Du, where he and Qian Renxue arrived for the tournament.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue prepared Soul Hall’s team for the tournament and warned that the Sun Moon Empire planned to use it to eliminate rival Soul Masters before launching a continental campaign. At the opening ceremony, Guang Yu spotted Shrek Academy’s lineup and watched Long Xiaoyao silence the assembled teams with his power.

• Guang Yu explained the tournament’s elimination, round-robin, and finals formats, including how individual and team points determined advancement.
• Qian Renxue told Soul Hall’s students to treat her and Guang Yu as unavailable until the quarterfinals so the tournament could serve as a trial.
• The tournament began outside Ming Du, where Guang Yu identified Shrek Academy’s team, including Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiuer, and Tang Wutong.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Guang Yu and the others and wanted to approach them, but Xuan Zi told him to wait until after the day’s matches.
• Xu Tianran arrived with Long Xiaoyao, who used his overwhelming pressure to demand silence across the venue.

Soul Hall began the Continental Advanced Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament with a perfect first-round victory, drawing attention to its former Shrek Academy members. After the matches, Xuan Zi confronted Guang Yu and Qian Renxue and demanded they return to Shrek, but Guang Yu refused and left with his team.

• Soul Hall faced Tianling Academy, and She Yunfei revealed Level 58 Soul Power before sweeping all seven opponents to secure twelve points and advance.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect, Heavenly Armor Sect, Arrogant Sword Sect, Holy Spirit Cult, Snow Demon Sect, Shrek Academy, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy also advanced on the first day.
• After the matches, Xuan Zi confronted Guang Yu and the others and demanded to know why they had left Shrek Academy for Soul Hall.
• Guang Yu told Xuan Zi that they were free to leave the academy, but Xuan Zi insisted they needed the academy's consent and threatened to take them back.
• Guang Yu turned away and told his team to leave, while Huo Yuhao grabbed Xuan Zi and offered to speak with them himself.

Huo Yuhao learned that Guang Yu and the others had founded Soul Hall after leaving Shrek Academy, and he broke down over being left behind before reconciling with them. After learning Soul Hall’s purpose and receiving the Autumn Water Gazing Dew, he warned them about the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire, then returned to prepare for the tournament.

• Guang Yu explained that he and the others had secretly left Shrek Academy to establish Soul Hall, prompting Huo Yuhao to erupt in anger over not being invited to join them.
• Ma Xiaotao caught Huo Yuhao after he ran off, and he calmed down and apologized before Guang Yu explained Soul Hall’s goals.
• Huo Yuhao said he wanted to join Soul Hall in a few years, and Guang Yu gave him the Autumn Water Gazing Dew, which greatly increased his Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the Holy Spirit Cult was likely colluding with the Sun Moon Empire, and Guang Yu said he and Qian Xue would handle the threat.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy’s residence eager to face Guang Yu and Qian Xue in the tournament; he was a level 55 Soul King with the Snow Empress as his true soul spirit.

Soul Hall advanced through the elimination stage to the round robin without Guang Yu or Qian Renxue entering the field, drawing attention from powerful rivals. The round-robin groups were set, and Soul Hall prepared to face a group without the tournament’s strongest teams.

• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi about Guang Yu’s group and Soul Hall, prompting Xuan Zi to quietly form a plan to keep the geniuses at Shrek Academy.
• She Yunfei swept a weak team in the second elimination round, while Xiao Hongchen vowed to challenge Guang Yu and Qian Renxue and the Holy Spirit Cult ordered its students to kill them.
• Mo Tian defeated five opponents in a row in Soul Hall’s third-round match, and She Yunfei beat the remaining two to secure their advance without a team battle.
• Thirty-two teams entered the round robin, and Qian Renxue drew Soul Hall’s group, which included Earth Dragon Gate, the Iron Sword Sect, the Dragon Slaying Sect, Di Ao Academy, the Heavenly Armor Sect, Star Luo Royal Academy, and an average-strength academy.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue’s group appeared manageable, and the preliminary stage began with many teams fielding Soul Kings or stronger.

Soul Hall revealed its strength and reached the tournament’s top eight, while Guang Yu and Qian Renxue began their plan to disrupt the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult. After looting a weapons warehouse and destroying two underground powers, they attacked Xu Tianran in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace.

• Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi revealed their seven-ring strength as Soul Hall defeated Star Luo Royal Academy and advanced to the top eight undefeated.
• The tournament’s top eight teams were confirmed, and Guang Yu told his teammates to remain in the hotel before leaving with Qian Renxue.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue broke into an underground warehouse in Radiant City and took its high-grade Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue destroyed the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and Xishui Alliance, though Feng Leng escaped.
• After Xu Tianran learned of the attacks, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue used the Ice Light Saint Angel to fire an Ice Light Holy Arrow at his room, triggering a massive explosion in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace.

The Ice Light Saint Angel threatened Xu Tianran with a devastating arrow, forcing him to cancel his plan against the tournament teams. The quarterfinals began, and as Soul Hall prepared to face Body Sect, Guang Yu assigned Gui Xie to fight first and reserved himself for the final individual match.

• The Ice Light Saint Angel destroyed half of Xu Tianran’s building with an arrow and warned him to abandon his plans against the tournament teams.
• Long Xiaoyao judged the attacker to be a Level 99 ranged fighter who might surpass him, and Xu Tianran canceled the plan rather than risk his life.
• Several days later, the tournament quarterfinals began, and Holy Spirit Cult advanced after killing several Heavenly Dragon Gate members and forcing them to forfeit the team match.
• Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy to defeat Star Luo Royal Academy, while Sun Moon Soul Tool Master Academy defeated Arrogant Sword Sect to reach the semifinals.
• Ji Juechen worried about Body Sect’s strength, and Guang Yu announced that he would fight in the final individual match while Gui Xie went first.

Ji Juechen fought Snow Demon Sect’s strongest competitor, Long Aotian, after Soul Hall’s other contestants fell behind. Ji Juechen lost after an exhausting battle, and Guang Yu comforted him as Long Aotian barely remained standing.

• Gui Xie and Mo Tian won their individual matches, while Xiao Xiao lost and Ye Guyi defeated two opponents before being worn down and defeated.
• Ji Juechen entered the match with Snow Demon Sect’s sixth contestant and defeated him despite losing some of his strength.
• Long Aotian took the field and clashed evenly with Ji Juechen, who wielded the Level 8 Sword of Judgment and unleashed his Sword Maniac Domain.
• Ji Juechen and Long Aotian fought through more than a hundred exchanges, using their Martial Soul Avatars and powerful attacks.
• Ji Juechen’s Light Slash failed to overcome Long Aotian’s Hell God Claw, and Ji Juechen lost after pushing Long Aotian close to his limit.
• Ji Juechen apologized to Guang Yu, who praised his performance and told him to rest.

Guang Yu revealed himself as an Eight-Ring Soul Fighting Douluo with three hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, then defeated Long Aotian with one sword and helped Soul Hall advance to the semifinals. After Shrek Academy reached the final, Guang Yu volunteered to face the Holy Spirit Cult alone to protect his students and kill its Evil Soul Masters.

• Guang Yu entered the arena and revealed that Ji Juechen was his disciple, then displayed his eight Soul Rings, including three hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Long Aotian attacked Guang Yu at full force, but Guang Yu shattered his punch and severely injured him with one sword strike.
• Soul Hall defeated the Snow Demon Sect without Guang Yu joining the team battle and advanced to the semifinals alongside the Holy Spirit Cult, Shrek Academy, and Sun Moon Soul Tool Master Academy.
• Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Soul Tool Master Academy in the first semifinal and advanced to the final.
• Guang Yu volunteered to fight the Holy Spirit Cult alone so his students would not be killed by its Evil Soul Masters.

Guang Yu defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters, purified Tang Ya, and secured Soul Hall’s place in the tournament final against Shrek Academy. Two days later, the final began, with Gui Xie and Tang Wutong sent out as the first contestants.

• Guang Yu killed five Holy Spirit Cult members in succession while pretending to be worn down.
• Tang Ya fought Guang Yu, who purified her evil aura and restored her memories instead of killing her.
• Guang Yu defeated Yan Feng and his Bone Dragon True Body, winning the match for Soul Hall.
• Soul Hall and Shrek Academy advanced to the final, scheduled for two days later.
• At the final, Guang Yu sent Gui Xie out first, while Shrek Academy chose Tang Wutong as its first contestant.

Soul Hall and Shrek Academy traded victories until Guang Yu defeated Wang Qiuer, leaving Huo Yuhao to face him in the final duel. Huo Yuhao was overwhelmed by Guang Yu’s strength but used Spiritual Replication to prepare a counterattack as Guang Yu struck at close range.

• Tang Wutong, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Ye Guyi, Pi Li Beibei, and Wang Qiuer fought through the team matches, leaving the score tied before Wang Qiuer narrowly defeated Ji Juechen.
• Guang Yu entered the match and defeated Wang Qiuer with a single blow.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Guang Yu and attacked with his Spirit Eyes and Ice abilities, but Guang Yu easily countered him and wounded him with his Aurora Sword Shield.
• Huo Yuhao refused to surrender and waited for Guang Yu to attack at close range.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Replication to use Guang Yu’s Aurora Seven Star Slash as Guang Yu swung his sword.