Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao confronted Neuvillette and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Neuvillette caught the blow barehanded and sent Tang Xiao flying. Tang Xiao realized Neuvillette had overwhelmed him with physical strength alone.

• Tang Xiao challenged Neuvillette, boasting about his level 96 Soul Power and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Neuvillette compared Tang Xiao unfavorably with Tang Chen and invited him to attack.
• Tang Xiao used the Po Character Secret and swung his thunder-attributed Clear Sky Hammer at Neuvillette.
• Neuvillette struck the hammer with his bare hand, sending Tang Xiao flying backward with it.
• Tang Xiao realized Neuvillette's blow showed no Soul Power fluctuations and relied on tremendous physical strength.

Neuvillette confronted Tang Xiao after easily overpowering him, while Tang Xiao threatened retaliation from the Clear Sky Sect and then fought back with his strongest techniques. The chapter ended as Tang Xiao unleashed the eighty-first stacked hammer strike, using the Killing Word Incantation to try to hit Neuvillette.

• Neuvillette told Tang Xiao he would settle their grudge on the spot, and Tang Xiao threatened that the Clear Sky Sect would attack other Soul Arenas if he died.
• Tang Xiao realized no one knew he had come to the Soul Arena and regretted not fleeing toward a crowd.
• Tang Xiao activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged Neuvillette with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xiao combined the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with the Penetration Word Art, but Neuvillette dodged his strike.
• Tang Xiao stacked eighty hammer strikes and launched the stronger eighty-first strike with the Killing Word Incantation.

Neuvillette revealed his true form and stopped Tang Xiao’s fully charged Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with one hand. He shattered Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Tang Xiao gravely injured and his Martial Soul unlikely to recover.

• Tang Xiao launched the eighty-first strike of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Neuvillette caught the Clear Sky Hammer with his bare hand.
• Neuvillette cracked a corner of the Clear Sky Hammer, while Gu Rong watched nearby and concluded that Tang Xiao was outmatched.
• Neuvillette punched the Clear Sky Hammer and shattered it into dark golden light.
• Tang Xiao spat blood as the destruction of his Martial Soul caused severe backlash and left him barely standing.

Neuvillette defeated Tang Xiao, destroyed his Clear Sky Hammer, and killed him after agreeing to spare the Clear Sky Sect unless its members sought trouble. He collected Tang Xiao’s soul bones and reflected that he still had no clear measure of his growing strength.

• Tang Xiao begged Neuvillette to kill him and spare the Clear Sky Sect, insisting its members knew nothing of his assassination attempt.
• Neuvillette agreed to spare the sect unless its members provoked him, then engulfed Tang Xiao in the Fire Dragon King’s ultimate fire and killed him.
• Several soul bones appeared after Tang Xiao vanished, including all three of the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited soul bones.
• Neuvillette collected the soul bones to bring back for his people.
• With about a minute remaining before the competition, Neuvillette lamented that Tang Xiao had been too weak to help him gauge his strength and considered Focalors his only remaining reference.

Neuvillette reflected on his growing strength before leaving Gu Rong, who decided to discuss the Clear Sky Sect’s weakened position with Ning Fengzhi. At the tournament, Focalors had the crowd welcome Neuvillette, who appeared beside her and asked what was going on.

• Neuvillette estimated that he could surpass Focalors in strength within decades and said he would protect her.
• Neuvillette revealed that he had noticed Gu Rong watching, then vanished after saying goodbye.
• Gu Rong felt relieved Neuvillette held no grudge and decided to tell Ning Fengzhi that Tang Xiao’s death created an opportunity for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The audience grew confused when Neuvillette did not arrive to referee the first match of the tournament’s second round.
• Focalors asked the crowd to welcome Neuvillette, and he appeared beside her as the spectators cheered.

Neuvillette arrived at the arena and stunned Hu Yanzhen when the VIPs revealed that he was a Titled Douluo with unmatched strength. The second round began with Thunder Academy facing Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yu Tianxin warned his team to go easy because the opposing dean, Liu Erlong, was his biological aunt.

• Neuvillette appeared beside Focalors without any detectable spatial or Soul Power fluctuations, leaving the audience and Yu Tianheng amazed.
• Meng Shenji revealed Neuvillette's overwhelming strength to Hu Yanzhen, while Chen Xin and Dugu Bo accepted the praise and Calhoun called Hu Yanzhen's information outdated.
• Xue Ye ended the VIP Seats' discussion as Neuvillette arrived and started the second round's first match between Thunder Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Tianxin told Lei Dong and his teammates that Blue Tyrant Academy's dean, Liu Erlong, was his biological aunt and asked them to go easy on her students.
• Neuvillette gave both teams one minute to release their Martial Souls before the match began.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s team faced Yu Tianxin’s stronger Thunder Team in a tournament match, with Ning Rongrong drawing the opponents’ attention. Thunder Team routed Blue Tyrant Team in under five minutes, and Neuvillette’s arena then moved on to Heavenly Water Girl Group versus War Wolf Feng Xiaotian.

• Yu Tianxin introduced himself as Thunder Team’s level forty-three captain and revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, while Blue Tyrant Team’s strongest member was only level thirty-five.
• Yu Tianxin ordered his teammates to target Ning Rongrong, whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could boost Blue Tyrant Team’s combat strength.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Tianxin for targeting a support, then taunted him by calling him over as both teams prepared to fight.
• Yu Tianxin charged with Thunder Dragon Claw, and both teams clashed as Blue Tyrant Team fell back to protect Ning Rongrong.
• Thunder Team routed Blue Tyrant Team in under five minutes, after which the other arenas began their matches and Heavenly Water Girl Group faced War Wolf Feng Xiaotian on Neuvillette’s arena.

Godwind Academy defeated Skywater Academy by using its wind-element flight advantage to blow the opposing team off the arena. Shui Bing'er and the others accepted the loss and returned to the resting area, where they joked about Neuvillette calling her “contestant” instead of “Miss Shui Bing'er.”

• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er exchanged pre-match boasts before Neuvillette started the match.
• Godwind Academy flew above the arena while Xue Wu covered the stage in frost to give Skywater Academy an advantage.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered his team to unleash powerful winds, blowing Qiu Ruoshui and Shui Yue'er off the arena first.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu steadied themselves, but Godwind's combined wind attacks eventually forced them off the stage without revealing their trump card.
• Neuvillette declared Godwind Academy the winner, and Shui Bing'er accepted the result before returning to the resting area with her teammates.
• Shui Bing'er remarked that Neuvillette now called her “contestant,” and her teammates teased her by asking if he should call her “little sweetheart.”

Tang San sat out Canghui Academy’s match against Blazing Academy as his team concealed its strength, and Neuvillette noticed his unexpected change in behavior. Halfway through the preliminary competition, Tang San challenged Canghui’s repeated retreats after they risked falling short of the finals.

• Shui Bing'er worried that her sisters’ teasing about Neuvillette calling her a little sweetheart could cause trouble with Focalors, who overheard and planned to ask Neuvillette to say it after the match.
• Tang San agreed to sit out Canghui Academy’s match against Blazing Academy so the team could hide its trump cards, and Neuvillette was surprised to see him remain in the rest area.
• Over the next half month, Skywater Academy defeated Blazing Academy with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Canghui Academy repeatedly yielded points to its rivals.
• Tang San confronted Shi Nian and the captain of the Canghui Battle Team when they considered yielding again against Elephant Armored Academy, warning that Canghui might miss the finals.

Tang San convinced Shi Nian to let him lead Canghui Academy against Elephant Armor Academy, confident that his flight ability could counter their team. Meanwhile, Neuvillette and Focalors discussed the possibility of missing contestants before deciding to go out together.

• Tang San argued that he could win without Canghui Academy’s Seven Shura Illusion Realm, and Shi Nian decided against assassinating an Elephant Armor Academy member because it could provoke Hu Yanzhen.
• Tang San assured Shi Nian that Elephant Armor Academy’s tactic of forcing opponents off the arena would not stop him, and Shi Nian let him choose the lineup and lead the team.
• Tang San planned to use his flight ability against Elephant Armor Academy’s powerful Brick Mammoth users, while worrying that revealing his soul bone skills might attract attention.
• Neuvillette asked Focalors whether any contestants had recently gone missing or died, and she said she had heard nothing of the sort.
• Neuvillette and Focalors decided to go out for a walk and get something to eat.

Neuvillette and Focalors followed Shi Nian out of Heaven Dou City after realizing he was trying to trap them in an illusion. Shi Nian revealed that he hunted geniuses for pleasure, but refused to believe the pair were as strong as the rumors claimed.

• Shi Nian secretly cast an illusion on Neuvillette and Focalors, then led them from Heaven Dou City to the suburbs.
• Shi Nian explained that he hunted talented Soul Masters for the pleasure of watching them suffer before death.
• Neuvillette and Focalors showed that Shi Nian's illusion had not affected them, leaving him stunned before he reassured himself that he had not yet used his full power.
• Neuvillette asked why Shi Nian was targeting them, and Shi Nian admitted it was his personal hobby rather than an attempt to affect the tournament.
• Focalors asked why Shi Nian would target them despite their reputation, and Shi Nian insisted the Soul Arena had fabricated their fame.
• Neuvillette and Focalors suggested they might be even stronger than the rumors claimed, but Shi Nian declared that impossible.

Shi Nian attacked Neuvillette and Focalors after refusing to believe they were powerful, but Focalors unleashed three creatures that repeatedly overwhelmed and killed him. Shi Nian realized he had targeted opponents far beyond his ability to handle.

• Shi Nian dismissed Neuvillette and Focalors's claims and released his Remnant Dream martial soul.
• Focalors told Shi Nian that he would not survive a single move from them and summoned three seafood creatures.
• Miss Shebellede struck Shi Nian's waist, and Madam Haiweima and Lord Wuther joined in until he passed out.
• A spring spirit revived Shi Nian, who woke in pain and realized the creatures could overpower him despite his Soul Sage rank.
• Shi Nian understood he had made a grave mistake after deciding to kill Neuvillette and Focalors for amusement.

Focalors and Neuvillette tortured Shi Nian until he died, then claimed his ten-thousand-year soul bone and burned his body. At the Heaven Dou City Soul Arena, Canghui Academy's captain noticed Shi Nian had not returned and wondered where he had gone.

• Focalors and Neuvillette continued killing and healing Shi Nian until he had endured thirteen and a half shichen of torment.
• Shi Nian finally died when Lord Wuther wounded him without healing him, and his body shattered as his consciousness faded.
• Focalors collected Shi Nian's ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone and stored it in her Storage Soul Tool.
• Neuvillette burned Shi Nian's remains to ashes, and he and Focalors returned toward Heaven Dou City.
• At the Heaven Dou City Soul Arena, the Canghui Battle Team's captain noticed Shi Nian was missing and wondered where he had gone.

Tang San led the Canghui Battle Team against Elephant Armor Academy while the Canghui captain searched for Shi Nian and the missing soul bone. As the match began, Hu Yanli’s team advanced with overwhelming physical strength, leaving Tang San to decide how to respond.

• The Canghui captain watched Hu Yanzhen for signs that the Elephant Armor Sect had obtained Shi Nian’s soul bone, while Tang San sensed the captain’s unease.
• With Shi Nian still missing as the match approached, the Canghui captain told Tang San to lead the team.
• Tang San brought the five users of the Seven Shura Illusion Realm onto the arena, intending for them to disrupt their opponents’ minds.
• Hu Yanli led Elephant Armor Academy onto the arena, and Hu Yanzhen proudly told Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye that his grandson might become a Title Douluo.
• Once the match began, Hu Yanli’s team advanced in formation, and Tang San’s teammates panicked at their opponents’ size and strength.
• Tang San wondered why Weapon Soul Master Neuvillette had a stronger physique than Beast Soul Masters, then ordered his team to fall back.

Tang San used a flight soul bone to lift his team above the Elephant Armor Battle Team, turning the match into a contest of endurance. He then ordered his teammates to disrupt an opponent so he could attack, and Neuvillette noticed a possible violation of the competition rules.

• Tang San used his right-leg soul bone to fly and bind the Canghui Battle Team, revealing that he possessed a soul bone with a flight skill.
• Hu Yanli halted his team and waited, expecting Tang San's flight to consume too much Soul Power to last.
• Tang San noticed his teammates coveting his soul bone and ordered them to interfere with an Elephant Armor Battle Team vice-captain.
• Five Canghui Battle Team members used soul skills to disrupt the Soul Ancestor's mind, leaving him unable to defend properly.
• Tang San launched his fourth soul skill, Blue Silver Overlord Spear, at the distracted Soul Ancestor, and Neuvillette frowned at the apparent rules violation.

Neuvillette suspended the match after detecting that Hu Yanzhen had secretly instructed Hu Yanli to use his spirit bone against Canghui Academy. Focalors exposed Elephant Armor Academy’s rule-breaking, while Calhoun warned Hu Yanzhen not to challenge Neuvillette, leaving the Elephant Armor leader cowed by the Soul Arena’s power.

• Neuvillette suspended the match and told Tang San that Canghui Academy was not at fault, prompting Tang San to lead his team aside in confusion.
• Focalors announced that Hu Yanzhen had transmitted instructions to Hu Yanli during the match, violating the arena’s rules against outside assistance.
• Chen Xin mocked Hu Yanzhen for complaining instead of confronting Neuvillette himself.
• Calhoun reminded Hu Yanzhen that Neuvillette was the appointed chief judge of the tournament’s Finals and urged him to accept the ruling.
• Hu Yanzhen realized that provoking Neuvillette and Focalors would be dangerous and fell silent.

Hu Yanzhen admitted that he had interfered in the match, and Neuvillette ruled that Canghui Academy had won while penalizing Elephant Armor Academy. Tang San began to reconsider his judgment of Neuvillette and wondered whether he could join the Tang Sect.

• Hu Yanzhen publicly admitted that he had sent Hu Yanli a warning and said Canghui Academy’s judgment would be accepted.
• Neuvillette declared the match unfair and awarded Canghui Academy the victory.
• Neuvillette banned Elephant Armor Academy from competing for two days and fined it 6,300 Gold Soul Coins, and Hu Yanzhen accepted both penalties.
• Tang San questioned his earlier belief that Neuvillette was unfair and recognized that he had been wrong to seek revenge against the brothers during their match.
• Tang San considered allowing Neuvillette to join the Tang Sect and learn its secret techniques.

After Neuvillette judged Hu Yanzhen’s match, Tang San began considering recruiting him and Focalors into the Tang Sect, while other spectators reflected on Neuvillette’s overwhelming strength. The chapter left Yu Tianheng resolved to make Neuvillette his goal and left rival academies worried about Canghui Academy’s tactics.

• Tang San decided Neuvillette would be a valuable Tang Sect ally and considered approaching him and Focalors.
• Neuvillette noticed Tang San’s fervent gaze and felt uneasy about his intentions.
• Hu Yanzhen’s respectful address to Neuvillette made the contestants recognize Neuvillette as a peerless powerhouse.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that Dugu Bo had lost badly when he sparred with Neuvillette and would not challenge him again.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Neuvillette as his goal and vowed to challenge him after mastering lightning.
• Other academies grew concerned about Canghui Academy’s tactics and Tang San’s advantages.

Canghui Academy prepared to use its final trump card against Thunder Academy after the draw matched them for the next tournament day. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reflected on their team’s poor prospects, and Zhu Zhuqing offered to compete alongside Ning Rongrong again in five years.

• Yu Tianxin worried that Thunder Academy might lose to Canghui Academy, while Canghui’s members considered using the Seven Shura Illusion Realm if necessary.
• The day’s matches ended, and the draw paired Canghui Academy against Thunder Academy, leaving both teams stunned.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing they could compete in a future All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament because they were still young.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she did not care about advancing and explained that life without threats from the Dai Family and Zhu Family was peaceful.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to join Ning Rongrong in another tournament in five years, prompting Ning Rongrong to compare her to an overbearing male lead speaking to a spoiled wife.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong mistook Neuvillette and Focalors for a cold-faced male lead and his doting wife, leaving the couple confused by their reactions. Outside the Soul Arena, Hu Yanzhen and his group approached Neuvillette and Focalors to pay their respects and apologize.

• Zhu Zhuqing saw Neuvillette holding Focalors's hand and recognized them as resembling a dramatic romance pairing.
• Ning Rongrong followed Zhu Zhuqing's gaze, imagined scenes from romance novels, and burst out laughing.
• Focalors asked Neuvillette whether anything was wrong with her, and he reassured her with a compliment.
• Neuvillette and Focalors left the Soul Arena and encountered Hu Yanzhen and several members of his group.
• Hu Yanzhen introduced himself and his companions, who respectfully greeted Neuvillette and Focalors as powerful experts.
• Hu Yanzhen privately concluded that Neuvillette's polite address was a pointed hint, while Neuvillette remained unaware of his interpretation.