Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena and Xie Yue challenged Thunder Academy’s full team with only the two of them, then revealed that they were both Soul Kings. Their strength stunned the contestants and spectators, who questioned how Spirit Hall had produced three Soul Kings when other factions’ geniuses had comparable resources.

• Hu Liena declared that she and Xie Yue were enough to defeat Thunder Academy, provoking Yu Tianxin and his teammates.
• Yu Tianxin charged at Hu Liena and Xie Yue with his team, and the siblings released their Martial Souls and five soul rings each.
• The spectators learned that Hu Liena and Xie Yue were Soul Kings, a first for the tournament, and assumed they would easily win.
• The contestants’ rest area fell silent as they compared Spirit Hall’s three Soul Kings with other factions’ talented students and similar cultivation resources.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Enchanting Demon, and defeated Yu Tianxin’s team with ease. Tang San recognized Ma Hongjun among Spirit Hall’s spectators and blamed him and Flender for his family’s troubles, while Ma Hongjun felt an inexplicable urge to kill Tang San.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused their martial souls into Enchanting Demon, shocking the tournament contestants with their combined Soul King strength.
• Tang San spotted Ma Hongjun and concluded that he and Flender had reported Tang San and Tang Hao’s whereabouts to Spirit Hall.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun exchanged hostile looks, each sensing that the other wanted to kill him, though neither recognized the other.
• Ma Hongjun told his teammates that Tang San’s stare felt wrong, and they offered to teach the stranger a lesson when they met him.
• Enchanting Demon spread its pink domain across the arena, slowed Yu Tianxin’s team, and defeated them in about a minute without seriously injuring them.

After the tournament matches ended, Chrysanthemum Douluo invited Neuvillette and Focalors to Spirit City at Bibi Dong’s request to discuss the promised reward. They agreed to go, while guessing she would offer Soul Bones, and Yue Guan nervously led the way.

• Tang San watched Spirit Hall’s easy victory and realized Enchanting Demon could see and fight effectively inside its pink mist.
• The day’s matches ended, and Neuvillette and Focalors returned to their hotel after the draw.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived and said Bibi Dong had invited them to Spirit City to fulfill her promise.
• Neuvillette and Focalors agreed to visit Bibi Dong, and Yue Guan led them toward Spirit City.
• Focalors asked what reward Bibi Dong might offer, and Neuvillette guessed it would be Soul Bones.

Neuvillette and Focalors discussed what reward Spirit Hall might offer for their work before meeting Pope Bibi Dong in Papal Hall. Bibi Dong spoke of her lost hopes and asked whether they would seek revenge, and Neuvillette told her that destroying Spirit Hall amounted to betrayal.

• Focalors dismissed ordinary soul bones as insignificant, while Neuvillette said a thousand-year soul bone would be reasonable payment for their work.
• Neuvillette and Focalors agreed to accept any reward from Spirit Hall that was worth at least as much as their appearance fee.
• Yue Guan escorted Neuvillette and Focalors into Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong welcomed them with tea and sent Yue Guan away.
• Bibi Dong said she envied Neuvillette and Focalors for being together and described how someone had destroyed her simple wish for happiness.
• Bibi Dong asked whether they would seek revenge, and Neuvillette replied that her actions against Spirit Hall amounted to betrayal.

Neuvillette explained to Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had used their relationship to access Spirit Hall’s research, and that her attempt to elope with him had betrayed Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong began to accept that she had misunderstood their past, then accused Neuvillette of lying before he reminded her that he could kill her outright.

• Neuvillette recounted Yu Xiaogang’s limited talent as a Soul Master and his ambition to research Martial Souls.
• Focalors asked Bibi Dong whether she or Yu Xiaogang had spent more time with books, prompting Bibi Dong to realize he had often asked her to borrow research materials.
• Neuvillette explained that Bibi Dong had shared Spirit Hall’s research with Yu Xiaogang and planned to elope with someone from a hostile force.
• Bibi Dong rejected the idea that Yu Xiaogang had valued books more than her, then realized she might have misread their past.
• Bibi Dong accused Neuvillette of lying, and he replied that killing her would be easier if he wanted something from her.

Neuvillette challenged Bibi Dong’s beliefs about Yu Xiaogang and suggested that the Rakshasa God might have manipulated events in her life. Bibi Dong left questioning her past and gave Neuvillette and Focalors an ancient Head Soul Bone as a private reward.

• Neuvillette argued that Yu Xiaogang must have known Liu Erlong might be related to his clan and had chosen not to acknowledge it, leaving Bibi Dong shaken.
• Neuvillette suggested the Rakshasa God might have caused Bibi Dong to fall for Yu Xiaogang and influenced Qian Xunji’s actions.
• Bibi Dong considered whether the Rakshasa God had arranged her hardships and whether Qian Xunji had been wronged.
• Bibi Dong thanked Neuvillette and Focalors and gave them a ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone as a private reward.

Bibi Dong confronted the Rakshasa God and learned that the goddess had manipulated her life, including her parents’ deaths and her love for Yu Xiaogang. Rakshasa also revealed that Neuvillette was not human and that neither he nor Focalors could be understood or challenged easily.

• Bibi Dong summoned the Rakshasa God in the Papal Hall’s secret chamber and accused her of arranging her fate.
• Rakshasa admitted influencing Bibi Dong since her Spirit Awakening and causing her parents’ deaths to awaken her desire for slaughter.
• Rakshasa confirmed that Bibi Dong’s love for Yu Xiaogang had also been arranged as part of a plan to destroy the Angel God’s influence on Douluo Continent.
• Bibi Dong realized that pursuing revenge left her dependent on inheriting Rakshasa’s divine power.
• Rakshasa told Bibi Dong that Neuvillette was not human, carried the legacies of two terrifying beings, and might be stronger than her.
• Rakshasa admitted she could not see through Focalors and suspected that Focalors was even stronger than Neuvillette.

After leaving Papal Hall, Neuvillette and Focalors discussed the painful lives of soul masters before the tournament’s third round began. Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy faced each other as Yu Tianheng and Dai Weisi traded taunts, while the first match was announced.

• Rakshasa decided to pass on his divine position after realizing Asura had deliberately let Bibi Dong’s inheritance trial be sabotaged.
• Focalors asked Neuvillette about Bibi Dong, and he pointed out how many soul masters they had met had suffered losses or broken families.
• Two days later, the third round began at the Great Soul Arena in Spirit City, with eight teams drawing for four matches and the second-place teams advancing byes.
• Yu Tianheng and Dai Weisi provoked each other ahead of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Star Luo Royal Academy match.
• Neuvillette announced that Canghui Academy and Skywater Academy should take the stage.

Skywater Academy faced Canghui Academy in the third round as Tang San defied his teammates’ plans to use the Seven Shura Illusion Realm and insisted on competing. The match was about to begin after Shui Yue’er rejected his suggestion that Skywater surrender.

• Skywater Academy drew Canghui Academy for the third round, and the Canghui captain blamed Tang San for any possible loss.
• Tang San accepted responsibility but ordered the Canghui Battle Team to follow his lead, angering its captain.
• Tang San and six members of the Canghui Seven took the stage against Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, Xue Wu, and Skywater Academy’s other contestants.
• Tang San claimed Skywater could not complete its Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Mind Soul Masters, but Shui Yue’er refused to surrender.
• Shui Yue’er urged Referee Neuvillette to start the match, and Neuvillette asked whether the teams wanted introductions.

Tang San led Canghui Academy in a surprise attack against Tianshui Academy, initially appearing to target Shui Bing'er before redirecting his Blue Silver Overlord Spear at Xue Wu. The spear struck, but Xue Wu emerged unharmed, leaving the outcome of the attack unexplained.

• Neuvillette began the match after both teams retreated to a safe distance, and Tang San chose not to use his usual Flying Fixed-Point Strike tactic.
• Tang San coordinated with the Canghui Seven to target Shui Bing'er, while Shui Bing'er warned her team and planned a counterattack against Tang San.
• Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal, but Canghui Academy's six members struck her with Mental Interference as Tang San launched his Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tang San revealed that Xue Wu, not Shui Bing'er, had been his target, and Xue Wu realized she could not dodge the spear.
• The spear exploded near Xue Wu, who was stunned to find herself unharmed and noticed someone from the corner of her eye.

Neuvillette rescued Xue Wu from Tang San’s attack and eliminated her, a ruling she accepted. With the Skywater Team weakened, Tang San activated his Blue Silver Domain, suppressing Shui Bing’er and her teammates as the match continued.

• Neuvillette intervened to save Xue Wu from Tang San’s ten-thousand-year attack and declared her eliminated.
• Focalors interviewed Xue Wu, who agreed with Neuvillette’s ruling and thanked him for saving her.
• Shui Bing’er realized Xue Wu’s elimination had crippled the Skywater Team, while Tang San boasted that he could defeat the remaining members.
• Tang San unleashed his Blue Silver Domain, empowering Canghui Academy and suppressing Shui Bing’er and the other Skywater contestants.
• The audience recognized Tang San’s domain as an Innate Domain and marveled that a Soul Ancestor possessed it.

Canghui Academy used its mental attacks and Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor skills to eliminate Shui Bing’er and defeat Skywater Academy. The next match began between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy, as Royal Fight Team One prepared to face Dai Weisi.

• Tang San and the Canghui Battle Team captain targeted Shui Bing’er with Mental Interference while the rest of Canghui’s team restrained anyone trying to help her.
• In the contestants’ rest area, Hu Liena considered Canghui’s Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique and planned to conceal her own mental attacks before facing them.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to bind Shui Yue’er, Qiu Ruoshui, and the other Skywater contestants, then launched Blue Silver Overlord Spear at Shui Bing’er.
• Neuvillette blocked the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, but Shui Bing’er surrendered after realizing her team could not recover, giving Canghui Academy the match.
• The tournament announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Star Luo Royal Academy, and the narration turned to Royal Fight Team One preparing to face Dai Weisi.

The Royal Fight Team faced the Star Luo Royal Team, and Dugu Yan revealed that she had reached rank fifty-eight as a Soul King with a Water Dragon Martial Soul. Her changed Martial Soul and extraordinary strength stunned the tournament audience, who wondered how Dugu Bo’s granddaughter could possess a Water Dragon.

• Focalors explained that Dugu Yan was Neuvillette’s follower, confusing the spectators and contestants.
• Yu Tianheng and Dai Weisi introduced themselves and released their Martial Souls as the teams prepared to fight.
• The Royal Fight Team recognized the resemblance between Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing and connected their identities to the Star Luo royal family.
• Dugu Yan announced that her Martial Soul was a Water Dragon and her Soul Power was rank fifty-eight, shocking the venue.
• The onlookers questioned how Dugu Yan, whose Martial Soul should have been the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, had a Water Dragon Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan revealed that Neuvillette had transformed her Martial Soul into a powerful water dragon, overwhelming the arena with her Dragon Might. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to gamble on their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as the match began.

• Dugu Yan began her Martial Soul Possession, revealing hydro-blue dragon scales and claws that filled the arena with Dragon Might.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Dugu Yan’s transformed Martial Soul as god-given but wondered why it was not Neuvillette’s own Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan’s dragon instincts made her look down on Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, frightening her teammates.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun judged Dugu Yan too powerful to challenge directly and decided to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• After Neuvillette started the match, Zhu Zhuyun charged toward Dai Weisi to begin their fusion.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger, against Dugu Yan's team. Dugu Yan overwhelmed the fusion beast and demonstrated her Dragon Breath, leaving the spectators stunned as the battle continued.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger, raising their team's morale.
• Dugu Yan took on the Hell White Tiger while her teammates fought the remaining opponents.
• Dugu Yan sent the Hell White Tiger flying with a single physical strike, shocking both teams.
• Dugu Yan activated Dragon Breath and fired a spinning Water Stream at the charging Hell White Tiger.
• The spectators watched in amazement as a phantom Hydro Dragon Lizard moved in sync with Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger with a single Dragon Breath, stunning the audience and tournament teams with the power of her Water Dragon Martial Soul. As she approached her defeated opponents, the other competitors weighed their chances against her.

• Dugu Yan’s Dragon Breath blasted the Hell White Tiger apart, and Dai Weisi took the attack on his back to protect Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun recovered from the fusion, and Dai Weisi admitted that Dugu Yan’s first soul skill had overwhelmed them.
• An experienced Soul Douluo and Soul Sage praised Dugu Yan’s strength, while Yu Tianxin suspected that her Martial Soul surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue recognized Dugu Yan as a threat, and Yan promised to hold on against her for the Spirit Hall Team.
• Feng Xiaotian and Tang San reconsidered their teams’ chances, while Dugu Yan walked toward Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and told them to surrender.

Dugu Yan defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and revealed that Neuvillette and Focalors had replaced her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul with a Water Dragon. Yu Tianheng demonstrated a self-created lightning skill, and the Star Luo Royal Academy conceded.

• Dugu Yan overpowered Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, then explained that her Water Dragon Martial Soul had replaced her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul through Neuvillette and Focalors’s power.
• Dugu Yan praised the Hydro Dragon Clan and challenged anyone who doubted her claim that she could defeat a Soul Sage.
• Yu Tianheng controlled lightning without using Soul Skills and summoned a small storm over the arena.
• Yu Tianheng’s Falling Thunder struck a member of the Star Luo Royal Team, knocking him down but leaving him alive.
• Dai Weisi declared that the Star Luo Royal Academy conceded.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, and the next round’s draw left several teams dreading the prospect of facing Dugu Yan. Neuvillette and Focalors received Spirit Hall’s approval to advertise during the tournament, while Bibi Dong agreed to replace the promised top-grade soul bones with ordinary ones.

• Dai Weisi conceded to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy’s defeat was followed by applause and the other teams’ concern about Dugu Yan’s strength.
• The fourth-round draw paired Godwind Academy with Canghui Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Purple Star Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy with an unknown academy.
• Focalors suggested advertising during the tournament, and Neuvillette sought Spirit Hall’s consent before proceeding; Spirit Hall agreed.
• Spirit Hall elders urged Bibi Dong to change the championship prize because they feared losing three top-grade soul bones to Dugu Yan’s team.
• Bibi Dong replaced the three top-grade soul bones with three ordinary soul bones worth just over ten thousand years, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan accepted the decision with bitter smiles.

Bibi Dong comforted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan after their defeat, revealing that Neuvillette and Focalors were god-level powerhouses and giving them the soul bones meant for the tournament champion. Two days later, the semi-finals resumed with the arena packed and Godwind Academy preparing for its match.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that Neuvillette and Focalors had reached level one hundred and were god-level powerhouses.
• Bibi Dong gave the three soul bones reserved as the original champion's rewards and told them to absorb them while she stood guard.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan accepted the soul bones and vowed to fight Dugu Yan and support Bibi Dong.
• On the morning of the third day, spectators filled Spirit City's Great Soul Arena for the final semi-final matches.
• The contestants arrived early to prepare, and Godwind Academy's match stood out as the likely clash of titans.

Neuvillette and Focalors announced an unrestricted Soul Arena competition offering a soul bone to each rank’s winner. The announcement excited Soul Masters throughout the arena, and Tang San saw a chance to compete using hidden weapons.

• Tang San struggled to find a way to defeat Dugu Yan and considered relying on the Canghui Seven’s Soul Skill Fusion Technique.
• Neuvillette and Focalors appeared at the arena early and announced that Neuvillette had several soul bones he did not need.
• Neuvillette said the competition would be open to Soul Masters above level thirty, with a soul bone or an alternative reward for each rank’s winner.
• Neuvillette explained that the first competition would be individual matches and that future events might include team matches for Golden Soul Badge holders.
• Tang San grew excited about entering the competition, believing he could win his bracket if he was allowed to use hidden weapons.