Chapter Summaries

After Neuvillette suggested Hu Yanzhen apologize to the spectators, Hu Yanzhen mistakenly took his words as advice to win public support and change the Elephant Armor Sect’s ways. He left determined to make his clan friendlier, while Neuvillette and Focalors remained puzzled about what he had understood.

• Neuvillette told Hu Yanzhen to apologize to the spectators who had supported Elephant Armor Academy, since the team would miss its next two matches.
• Hu Yanzhen decided the Elephant Armor Sect needed to win commoners’ support and thanked Neuvillette for the supposed insight.
• After Hu Yanzhen left, Neuvillette and Focalors wondered what he had realized, and Neuvillette admitted he did not know.
• Hu Yanzhen ordered his younger clan members to smile, act politely toward non-enemies and commoners, and read more books.
• Hu Yanzhen told Hu Yanli to learn etiquette after the Preliminary Competition, and passersby were unnerved when the Elephant Armor Sect members practiced smiling.

Xue Beng discussed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s sudden interest in ruling with Zhao Wuji, whom he hoped to win over as an ally. He offered Zhao Wuji a rare Soul Bone to help him break through, leaving Zhao Wuji tempted by the gift.

• Xue Beng asked Zhao Wuji what he thought of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Zhao Wuji said the Crown Prince’s actions looked like those of a wise ruler.
• Xue Beng explained that Xue Qinghe had once shown no interest in the throne or state affairs, which made his present conduct frightening.
• Zhao Wuji avoided taking sides, while Xue Beng recognized his loyalty and asked whether his Soul Power was nearing rank seventy-nine.
• Zhao Wuji admitted he was almost rank seventy-nine, and Xue Beng said he had obtained a Power Attack Type Right Arm Soul Bone more than thirty thousand years old.
• Xue Beng offered the Soul Bone to Zhao Wuji to help him reach rank eighty, and Zhao Wuji was tempted by its value.

Xue Beng won Zhao Wuji’s allegiance by giving him a soul bone and a residence, while Zhao Wuji warned him not to try recruiting Neuvillette and Focalors. Neuvillette and Focalors then visited a newly opened dessert shop, where its fan-owner offered them a barely noticeable discount.

• Xue Beng gave Zhao Wuji a soul bone, which Zhao Wuji accepted.
• Xue Beng offered Zhao Wuji an empty residence as a congratulatory gift for his impending breakthrough to Soul Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji warned Xue Beng that Neuvillette, Focalors, and Neuvillette’s grandfather were too powerful to provoke or recruit lightly.
• Neuvillette and Focalors noticed a new dessert shop and joked about its 99.8-percent price offer.
• The shop owner recognized Neuvillette and Focalors and offered them a 99.7-percent price instead.

Neuvillette and Focalors learned that the expensive dessert shop had hired an exceptionally powerful Food-Type Soul Master, prompting Neuvillette to suspect that Spirit Hall had set a trap for them. He left uncertain whether Bibi Dong or Qian Renxue was behind the scheme.

• The shop owner defended the dessert shop’s high prices by revealing that it employed the finest Food-Type Soul Master on the Douluo Continent.
• The owner described the cultivation difficulty and battlefield value of Food-Type Soul Masters, then claimed the shop’s master had reached Soul Douluo level eighty-two.
• Neuvillette was shocked that an eighty-second-level Food-Type Soul Master was selling desserts and concluded that the shop had been arranged to attract him and Focalors.
• Neuvillette suspected Spirit Hall was behind the setup, though he was unsure whether Bibi Dong or Qian Renxue had arranged it.

Neuvillette realized that Qian Renxue had arranged for a Titled Douluo to run a dessert shop for him and Focalors. Ghost Leopard Douluo revealed the arrangement and his identity, leaving Neuvillette and Focalors to reckon with Qian Renxue’s careful attempt to win them over and prevent them from becoming enemies.

• Neuvillette guessed that the dessert shop belonged to the Qian family, and the owner confirmed that Qian Renxue had set it up for him.
• The shop owner revealed that he was a Titled Douluo assigned to protect a Food System Soul Douluo, and that the shop was meant to serve only Neuvillette and Focalors.
• The owner introduced himself as Ghost Leopard Douluo, a level 95 Agility Attack Type Titled Douluo whose Martial Soul and title matched his name.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo offered to keep the shop open for Neuvillette and Focalors whenever they wished to visit.
• Neuvillette recognized how deliberately Qian Renxue had arranged the gesture to curry favor and keep them from becoming enemies.

Xue Beng and Zhao Wuji investigated the Dessert Shop after noticing its unusual treatment of Neuvillette and Focalors, only to encounter Ghost Leopard Douluo and his vastly inflated prices. They left with two expensive prepackaged cakes, and Xue Beng was furious about the shop’s blatant differential treatment.

• Xue Beng persuaded Zhao Wuji to visit the Dessert Shop after seeing Neuvillette and Focalors receive special treatment there.
• Ghost Leopard recognized Zhao Wuji as a Soul Sage, dismissed him and Xue Beng, and changed the menu to prices more than a hundred times higher.
• Zhao Wuji warned Xue Beng that the shopkeeper was an expert, so Xue Beng ordered two signature cakes instead of confronting him.
• Ghost Leopard charged them twenty-seven thousand Gold Soul Coins and handed over two prepackaged Small Cakes.
• Xue Beng left with the cakes and angrily complained about the shop’s differential treatment.

Xue Beng and Zhao Wuji discovered that the Dessert Shop’s costly cakes were made with rare ingredients and powerful Soul Power, then reported their encounter to Xue Xing. Xue Xing suspected a major faction might be behind the shop and ordered them to keep watch without spreading the news.

• Xue Beng and Zhao Wuji examined their cakes and realized the desserts were worth their steep price and had been made by a powerful Food-Type Soul Master.
• Xue Beng and Zhao Wuji judged the shop owner to be extremely dangerous, then hurried to Xue Xing Residence.
• Ghost Leopard watched them leave and wondered which powerful faction could have a Soul Sage protecting Xue Beng.
• Xue Xing accepted Zhao Wuji’s cake as a gift, and Xue Beng recounted what had happened at the Dessert Shop.
• Xue Xing suspected Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, or another major faction was involved and ordered Xue Beng to monitor the situation quietly.

Neuvillette and Focalors discussed Qian Renxue’s lavish gesture at the dessert shop and agreed that she might become their friend if she became a god, though they would not accept her invitation to join Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Soul Arena disciples practicing Purple Demon Eyes at sunrise after more than two years of cultivation.

• Neuvillette and Focalors left the dessert shop and praised its powerful staff, while recognizing that Qian Renxue had arranged the visit as a gesture of goodwill.
• Neuvillette said Qian Renxue could become their friend if she became a god, but he and Focalors would not accept her goodwill or join Spirit Hall.
• Neuvillette predicted that Qian Renxue would become a god within ten years once she understood that her undercover mission was holding back her progress.
• At sunrise, disciples in the Soul Arena cultivated Purple Demon Eyes, which they had practiced for over two years and brought to the minor mastery stage.

The Soul Arena staff set the betting odds for Canghui Academy's match against the undefeated Thunder Academy, while nobles overwhelmingly wagered on Thunder. Neuvillette and Focalors took their places as both teams entered the arena.

• Soul Arena staff discussed how Purple Demon Eyes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track had helped them cultivate, then opened the gates for spectators.
• The supervisor learned that the Soul Arena had made a huge profit from wagers on Canghui Academy's upset victory over Elephant Armor Academy.
• The betting official reported that the analysis team favored Thunder Academy, so the supervisor raised Canghui's odds and lowered Thunder's.
• Nobles placed bets on Thunder Academy, while one spectator wagered more than half his savings—fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins—on Canghui.
• Neuvillette and Focalors took their positions, and contestants from Canghui Academy and Thunder Academy entered the arena.

Canghui Academy revealed that its seven-member team had a dangerous trump card and asked Neuvillette to protect Thunder Academy from it. Neuvillette recognized the threat and appointed Focalors to referee the match.

• Neuvillette realized Tang Yin’s absence did not mean Canghui Academy had given up, while the nobles and Thunder Academy mistakenly expected an easy victory.
• Yu Tianxin challenged Canghui Academy’s captain, who revealed that the team had prepared a trump card for the Spirit Hall Team and claimed Thunder Academy had no chance.
• The Canghui captain told Neuvillette that the seven-member technique could kill even Soul Kings and asked him to prevent deaths during the match.
• Neuvillette recognized the team’s spiritual attack, said he could defend against it, and appointed Focalors as referee.

Focalors took over as referee so Neuvillette could commentate, and his effortless display of power stunned the audience. As the Canghui Seven began their match, Neuvillette explained their gem-type martial souls and compared them with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Focalors volunteered to referee and tossed her amplifier to Neuvillette.
• Neuvillette walked through the air without using Soul Power, alarming soul masters and leading Ghost Leopard to judge him a demigod or Quasi-God.
• Neuvillette took the commentator’s seat, while Skywater Academy’s dean admitted she could not match his control over water.
• The soundproof formation activated, and Neuvillette introduced the Canghui Seven as illusion-type soul masters connected to spiritual power.
• The Canghui Seven released their gem-type martial souls, and Neuvillette explained how ordinary gem-type martial souls differed from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Neuvillette explained the limits and strengths of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda before revealing Canghui Academy’s hidden trump card: a Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique. The arena’s spectators realized Thunder Academy faced a much stronger opponent than they had expected.

• Chen Xin reassured Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s powerful support abilities still made it exceptional despite its inability to advance beyond Soul Sage.
• The Canghui Seven combined their gemstone martial souls, filling the arena with seven-colored light and leaving the audience stunned.
• Neuvillette explained that Canghui’s technique fused seven soul skills through Same Root, Same Origin rather than creating a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The spectators and contestants recognized the fusion technique as a devastating weapon, and many nobles feared their bets on Thunder Academy would be lost.
• The nobles and ordinary spectators began cheering for Yu Tianxin and Thunder Academy.

The Canghui Battle Team trapped Yu Tianxin and the Thunder Team in the Seven Shura Illusion Realm while Neuvillette used water figures to show the arena’s events to the spectators. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang reconsidered how powerful Neuvillette was, and the Thunder Team struggled to distinguish illusion from reality.

• The Canghui Battle Team’s captain activated the Seven Shura Illusion Realm, hiding the fight from the spectators.
• Neuvillette created water figures on the adjacent arena and narrated what was happening inside the illusion.
• Tang San realized Neuvillette was far stronger than he had assumed and resolved to invite him into the Tang Sect after the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang reconsidered his judgment of Neuvillette, then mistakenly appeared to a nearby spectator to have bet on Thunder Academy.
• Yu Tianxin mistook Lei Dong for the Canghui Battle Team captain and attacked him with Thunder Dragon Claw before realizing he had been fooled by the illusion.
• The Canghui Battle Team urged Yu Tianxin to surrender, saying the Thunder Team had no chance and that they did not want to waste more power prolonging the fight.

Canghui Academy defeated Thunder Academy by unleashing the Seven Shura Illusion Realm, while Focalors intervened to protect Yu Tianxin and his teammates. The chapter ended with the nobles reacting to their bets and Thunder Academy’s team leader checking on Yu Tianxin.

• Yu Tianxin realized the Canghui Battle Team had trapped him and his teammates in a mind-affecting illusion, but he struggled to choose between surrendering and protecting his clan’s honor.
• The Canghui captain, worried about the consequences of injuring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan descendants, glanced at Focalors before deciding to use the team’s true killing move.
• The Seven Shura Illusion Realm intensified, making Yu Tianxin and his teammates see the Canghui members as Grim Reapers approaching with scythes.
• Focalors protected the Thunder Team in bubbles, and Neuvillette declared Canghui Academy the winner after the illusion faded.
• The nobles lamented their losses, while one noble who had bet on Canghui realized he had won a fortune.
• Thunder Academy’s team leader arrived to check on Yu Tianxin and complained about Canghui Academy’s tactics.

After the match, the Thunder Team thanked Focalors and cleaned the arena while Heaven Dou’s leaders planned to recruit Canghui Academy’s seven-man fusion team and Tang Yin. Neuvillette and Focalors left together, discussing martial souls and their origins.

• Focalors protected the Thunder Team from the effects of Canghui Academy’s fusion skill, and Lei Dong and the others thanked her before cleaning the arena.
• Xue Ye ordered “Xue Qinghe” to contact Canghui Academy’s seven gemstone martial soul users, prompting Calhoun and Ning Fengzhi to consider their own recruitment plans.
• Xue Ye also told “Xue Qinghe” to approach Tang Yin because of his ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and Right Leg Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to recruit the students privately with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s resources, while Calhoun decided to avoid conflict.
• Neuvillette and Focalors left the Soul Arena together and discussed how martial souls and soul skills could fuse.
• Neuvillette reflected that martial souls originated from fragments of Divine Tools and divine beast souls after the Dragon God War, and that their power had weakened over time.

Neuvillette discussed creating and gifting martial souls with Focalors, then raised the possibility of changing Dugu Bo’s martial soul. The chapter left Dugu Bo stunned as he realized Neuvillette might be a god capable of granting one.

• Focalors asked whether she could create a martial soul by attaching a trace of her power to a person, and Neuvillette said she could.
• Neuvillette said he had planned to offer Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan a Hydro Dragon Lizard Martial Soul to settle his debt over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo arrived and invited Neuvillette and Focalors to his residence for tea.
• At Dugu Bo’s residence, Neuvillette asked whether he had considered changing his martial soul and explained that ice, fire, and water attributes were available.
• Focalors suggested keeping Dugu Bo’s existing martial soul and gifting him a new one, prompting Dugu Bo to suspect Neuvillette was a god.

Neuvillette offered to replace Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor Martial Soul with one from the Hydro Dragon Clan, and Dugu Bo eagerly accepted to escape his family’s cursed inheritance. Neuvillette began the divine ritual, and Dugu Bo saw the new Hydro Dragon Lizard overpower his old Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo explained that Twin Martial Souls could coexist only if they were of comparable quality, and Neuvillette worried the new Martial Soul might consume his old one.
• Dugu Bo decided to replace his Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, blaming it for the deaths and suffering of his ancestors and family.
• Neuvillette described the Hydro Dragon Clan and offered Dugu Bo a choice of Water, Fire, or Ice; Dugu Bo let Neuvillette choose between Water and Ice.
• Neuvillette revealed his true form and, in the name of the Hydro Dragon King, granted Dugu Bo the station of vassal.
• Neuvillette bestowed the Hydro Dragon Lizard Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo watched it seize and overpower his Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor in his Sea of Consciousness.

Neuvillette’s ritual replaced Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor with a young Hydro Dragon Lizard, while Focalors healed the damage caused by the Martial Soul shattering. Dugu Bo emerged with a new connection to the Hydro Dragon Lizard and realized the replacement had succeeded.

• Dugu Bo watched as the young Hydro Dragon Lizard approached his Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor without fear, while his own Martial Soul trembled.
• The Hydro Dragon Lizard shattered the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor with a single claw and devoured the energy it released.
• Dugu Bo suffered severe injuries from his Martial Soul’s destruction, but Focalors healed him with pale blue light.
• The Hydro Dragon Lizard took the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor’s former place, and Dugu Bo gradually felt a connection forming between them.
• After about five minutes, Dugu Bo opened his eyes and realized the Martial Soul replacement had worked.

Neuvillette and Focalors helped Dugu Bo replace his Martial Soul with a juvenile Hydro Dragon Lizard, and Dugu Bo discovered his new power had raised him to level 96. The chapter left Neuvillette considering how to improve Dugu Bo’s soul rings as Focalors recalled the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo thanked Focalors for healing him and thanked Neuvillette for helping him switch Martial Souls.
• Neuvillette realized the switch had gone smoothly because his strength had grown and Focalors had treated Dugu Bo during the process.
• Dugu Bo used Martial Soul Possession and found that the Hydro Dragon Lizard gave him a far greater boost than the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor.
• Dugu Bo sensed that he had reached level 96, but Neuvillette considered his inherited soul rings inadequate for a dragon Martial Soul.
• Focalors looked at Dugu Bo’s soul rings and remembered the bracelet Neuvillette had given her and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After the Preliminary Competition ended, the qualifying teams received a month-long break. The Canghui Battle Team planned to kill Tang San for his Soul Bone after the Finals, but Tang San overheard them and decided to kill them first.

• Focalors kept the bracelet Neuvillette had given her, and Dugu Bo decided to call his new Martial Soul Hydro Dragon.
• The Preliminary Competition ended, with Kamikaze Academy qualifying first, Thunder Academy second, and Elephant Armor Academy eliminated.
• The Canghui Battle Team grew worried after Shi Nian disappeared and discussed taking Tang San's Right Leg Soul Bone after the Finals.
• Tang San overheard the Canghui Battle Team's plan and resolved to kill them after the Finals, considering poison as a precaution.