Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao and Hu Yan Kai discussed the Elephant Armor Sect’s tournament tactics and the strongest threats among their rivals. Hu Yan Kai warned them about the Phantom Sound Team and Black Tortoise Turtle soul masters, while Tian Hao hinted that he had gained a new sword dao power.

• Hu Yan Kai praised Gai Zongheng so passionately that Tian Hao cut him off to discuss the tournament lineup and tactics.
• Hu Yan Kai described the Phantom Sound Team’s strength, including the Wind Sword Sect disciples who could join its ranks.
• Hu Yan Kai warned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy might field Black Tortoise Turtle soul masters, whose defense surpassed the Elephant Armor Sect’s.
• Tian Hao explained that only two Black Tortoise Turtle Martial Souls could exist at once and that the previous tournament’s soul master had been killed.
• Hu Yan Kai asked whether Tian Hao had comprehended Sword Intent at Phantom Sound Academy, and Tian Hao pointed to the Diamond Shield on his back.

Tian Hao and the sect leaders discussed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s strength and the danger of a future clash after the Soul Master Competition. They resolved to prepare for battle, while uncertainty remained over the clan’s newly advanced Titled Douluos and Yu Zhenlong’s breakthrough.

• Hu Yan Meng asked about Tian Hao’s shield-like weapon, and Tian Hao angrily insisted that his Earth Diamond Sword was a sword.
• Tuoba Si Nan reported that spies were watching the group, and Hu Yan Yue warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might attack after the competition.
• Tuo Ba Xi asked why the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s previous assassination attempt had been so forceful, and Tuoba Si Nan realized the leaked Adamantine Sect secret had likely provoked it.
• Tian Hao asked about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s forces, and Tuoba Si Nan estimated their Soul Saints, Soul Douluos, and Titled Douluos had all grown stronger since the World Mutation.
• Hu Yan Zhen declared that the Elephant Armor Sect would survive the crisis, while Tuoba Si Nan and Hu Yan Yue worried about the clan’s newly advanced Titled Douluos and Yu Zhenlong’s closed-door breakthrough.

Tian Hao kept the Dragon Elephant Academy team together as they traveled to Snow Peak City for the Soul Master Competition, where their alliance drew concern from rival academies. Blazing Academy discussed the threat of trouble involving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and resolved to stay clear of it.

• Tian Hao focused the group on winning the competition and ordered everyone to rest together while taking turns keeping watch.
• Hu Yan Yue led the team into Snow Peak City and to the Elephant Armor Sect's residence, where they planned to inspect the building before moving in.
• Dragon Elephant Academy's combined backing from the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect alarmed rival academies, which began gathering intelligence on the team.
• Ying Mei angrily complained about Dragon Elephant Academy's strength, while Feng Aotian proposed that their families merge and was rebuffed.
• Feng Xiaotian warned Ying Mei about possible trouble involving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Feng Aotian cautioned them not to get caught up in its plans.

After learning that the Adamantine Sect had resurfaced and joined the Dragon Elephant Team, Yu Zhenlong left to hunt Soul Rings in the Far North Lands while Yu Yuanzhen prepared for the threat to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to seek an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, fearing the Adamantine Sect could have a Peak Douluo.

• Yu Zhenlong studied the portrait of the Adamantine Sect successor and agreed with Yu Yuanzhen that the sect had to be eliminated.
• Yu Zhenlong ordered Yu Yuanzhen to watch the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect and search for the Adamantine Sect expert.
• Yu Zhenlong secretly led nineteen Level 90 Titled Douluo toward the Far North Lands to hunt Soul Rings and accelerate his breakthrough.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered how the Adamantine Sect's return threatened the clan's plans to gather strength and defeat the merged sects.
• Yu Luomian warned Yu Yuanzhen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might not be enough and proposed contacting the Clear Sky Sect.

Yu Yuanzhen rejected Yu Luomian’s proposal to enlist Clear Sky Sect and sent Liu Erlong to hunt her Seventh Soul Ring. Spirit Hall learned of their journey to Sunset Forest and sent Falling Devil Douluo to retrieve a God Core, while its agents kept father and daughter under surveillance.

• Yu Yuanzhen refused to involve Clear Sky Sect in the clan’s plans and ordered Yu Luomian to take Liu Erlong to Sunset Forest, avoiding its Inner Regions.
• Yu Luomian entered the Forbidden Ground and told Liu Erlong he was taking her to hunt her Seventh Soul Ring; she left with him, still resolved to become strong enough to be with Xiaogang.
• Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong traveled toward Heaven Dou City to rest, gather intelligence, and obtain the latest Soul Beast distribution map for Sunset Forest.
• Spirit Hall operatives reported their departure, and Falling Devil Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo discussed how Liu Erlong’s Fire Dragon Martial Soul could help complete the God Core system.
• Falling Devil Douluo retrieved the God Core from a Storage Soul Tool hidden beneath a restaurant washstand and headed for Sunset Forest as Spirit Hall agents watched Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong.

Tian Hao arranged for Falling Devil Douluo to use Liu Erlong’s Fire Dragon Martial Soul to restore the damaged Fire Dragon King god core. In Sunset Forest, Falling Devil Douluo secretly fused the core into Liu Erlong’s Seventh Soul Ring as she refined it.

• Tian Hao reflected that Liu Erlong had reached Soul Saint by cultivating inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and hoped her Fire Dragon Martial Soul could restore the damaged god core.
• Falling Devil Douluo learned that Liu Erlong was seeking her Seventh Soul Ring and decided to wait until she hunted a soul beast before acting.
• Yu Luomian crippled a 50,000-year Crimson flame Scale Serpent King and guarded Liu Erlong as she killed it and began refining its soul ring.
• A Thunder Eagle Soul Douluo attacked, and Yu Luomian flew up to fight him while Liu Erlong continued refining her soul ring.
• Falling Devil Douluo concealed himself behind Liu Erlong and fused the damaged Fire Dragon King god core into the soul ring.

Liu Erlong fused the Fire Dragon King's shattered God Core into her Soul Ring, creating a golden-red God-level Soul Ring and gaining an External Soul Bone. After refining it, she rejected Yu Luomian and left, while Falling Devil Douluo ordered his people back to Spirit City under strict secrecy.

• Falling Devil Douluo guided the Fire Dragon King's Soul Core into Liu Erlong's Soul Ring, transforming it into a golden-red God-level Soul Ring.
• Falling Devil Douluo considered recruiting Liu Erlong rather than killing her, while Yu Luomian concealed the pain caused by his lightning-tainted Soul Power.
• Yu Luomian discovered the golden-red Soul Ring and watched it burn the Crimson Flame Scale Serpent King until its spine became Liu Erlong's External Soul Bone.
• Liu Erlong spent three days and four nights refining the Fire Dragon King Soul Ring, gained her Martial Soul Avatar, and refused Yu Luomian's invitation to test it.
• Falling Devil Douluo identified the lightning in Yu Luomian's Soul Power as Lightning Tribulation Power and ordered his people to return to Spirit City without communicating with outsiders.

Yu Luomian brought Liu Erlong to Snow Peak City for the Soul Master Competition, where several powerful figures noticed her unusual strength. Meanwhile, Tian Hao learned of a God-level Soul Ring and the Dragon Elephant Sect resolved to use the competition to provoke the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into an early battle.

• Yu Luomian greeted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin at the competition opening, and Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Leng Qing'er sensed something unusual about Liu Erlong.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team narrowly defeated Godwind Academy after a grueling match, and Feng Aotian promised his exhausted teammates a feast.
• Tian Hao deciphered an insect's message about a golden-red God-level Soul Ring and considered persuading a future target before resorting to killing him.
• Tuoba Si Nan and Hu Yan Yue reported that Liu Erlong seemed powerful and had been identified as a member of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Hu Yan Yue urged Tian Hao's team to display the Adamantine Dragon Elephant Martial Soul's strength during the competition and provoke the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into attacking soon.

Tian Hao revealed that Yu Zhenlong and nineteen Titled Douluo had left for the Far North Lands, prompting the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect to plan a surprise attack on the weakened Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The allied forces reached Tyrant Mountain and prepared to strike Blue Lightning City after Tuoba Si Nan offered to drain the lightning from its Thunderclouds.

• Tian Hao told Hu Yan Yue and Tuoba Si Nan that Yu Zhenlong had taken nineteen Level 90 Titled Douluo toward the Far North Lands and urged them to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Hu Yan Yue and Tuoba Si Nan agreed, returned with Tian Hao to the Elephant Armor Sect, and gathered the elders and Titled Douluo to plan the assault.
• The allied forces secretly crossed Sunset Forest with Spirit Hall's help and halted ten li from Tyrant Mountain.
• Tuoba Si Nan said he could use his Lightning Domain to draw down the mountain's Thundercloud lightning, and the group agreed to trust him.
• The elders chose to attack Blue Lightning City first, then rested before beginning their approach to Tyrant Mountain in the latter half of the night.

Tuoba Si Nan and the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect launched a devastating surprise attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, forcing Yu Yuanzhen and the survivors to flee. The attackers looted the clan’s ruins, then found a massive Dragon Bone in the Forbidden Ground and began preparing to take it.

• Tuoba Si Nan unleashed a waterfall of lightning on Blue Lightning City while Hu Yan Ba and the others stormed Tyrant Mountain.
• Tuoba Si Nan, Hu Yan Yue, and Tian Hao used their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill to pin down Yu Yuanzhen as the two attacking sects overwhelmed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen escaped by turning his body into lightning and ordered his clansmen to retreat, leaving elders behind to be captured and crippled.
• The Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect destroyed the clan’s buildings and looted its valuables after the survivors fled.
• Hu Yan Ba, Tuoba Si Nan, and the others entered the Forbidden Ground, found a hidden passage, and discovered a massive Dragon Bone in an underground cavern.
• Tuoba Si Nan urged the group to separate and pack up the Dragon Bone quickly before the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan returned.

After the attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Tian Hao and the Saint Dragon Sect used the Sacrifice Method to strengthen their elders and divided the spoils. Tian Hao continued to the Soul Master Competition, while Hu Yan Ba and the remaining elders reckoned with the secret method’s serious side effects.

• Tian Hao used the Sacrifice Method to merge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon elders’ martial soul origins into the Saint Dragon Sect’s Five Great Elders, helping them reach level 96.
• Tian Hao coordinated further fusions for the Saint Dragon Sect’s Titled Douluos, and Tuoba Si Nan claimed the Ninety Thousand Year Head Soul Bone for his grandson.
• Saint Dragon First Elder negotiated the spoils with Hu Yan Ba, securing the Lightning Attribute soul bones and Dragon Bone for the Saint Dragon Sect in exchange for other concessions.
• Tian Hao chose to keep competing, and Hu Yan Yue and Tuoba Si Nan left with him for Snow Peak City to protect him.
• Hu Yan Ba and the elders realized the secret method had weakened their soul power, and Saint Dragon First Elder urged them to adapt to their enhanced flight ability before facing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan again.

After the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect devastated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen gathered the survivors and prepared to wait for his father’s return before seeking revenge. Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must continue cooperating with the weakened clan, while Liu Erlong struggled with a strange soul ring that drained her Soul Power.

• Ghost Douluo collected the dead’s souls, Martial Souls, and soul rings from Blue Lightning City before leaving for Spirit City.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived at the ruined city, swore revenge on the Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect, and ordered the surviving clansmen to hide and await his father’s return.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent word to Yu Luomian in Snow Peak City to stay on guard and preserve cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Luomian grieved over the clan’s losses, but Liu Erlong said she mourned only because the clan was Xiao Gang’s home and left to study her Soul-Draining soul ring.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Yu Zhenlong and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s main force had been absent during the attack, then chose to continue the alliance and urged Bone Douluo to return him to the sect.

Tian Hao’s Dragon Elephant Team faced the Blazing Fire Team, whose area attacks and powerful offense struggled against the team’s layered defenses. After Tian Hao effortlessly stopped the Blazing Fire youth’s attack, the Blazing Fire captain conceded, but the teams continued fighting for practice, leaving the youth still held by Tian Hao.

• Tian Hao led Ma Tao, Hu Yan Meng, Tuoba Jin, and the other reserve members into battle against the Blazing Fire Team’s strongest lineup.
• Ma Tao and the reserve members charged their opponents with their enhanced attacks and defenses, while Hu Yan Meng and Tuoba Jin engaged the Blazing Fire captain and vice-captain.
• The remaining Blazing Fire youth challenged Tian Hao, who caught him by the neck and blocked his close-range Exploding Fire Ring with his Soul Power.
• The Blazing Fire captain conceded after seeing Tian Hao’s strength, but Tuoba Jin urged both teams to keep fighting for experience, and the captain agreed.
• The referee let the match continue, while the Blazing Fire youth asked Tian Hao to put him down.

Tian Hao asked Prince Xue Zhou for a Sword Saint title, and Prince Xue Zhou promised to name him Sword Saint of the Nation if he won the Soul Master Competition for the Empire. The Dragon Elephant Team defeated the Blazing Fire Team, while their opponents reflected on the team’s strength and Dragon Elephant Academy’s ambitions.

• Tian Hao asked Prince Xue Zhou to grant him a Sword Saint title, and Chen Xin praised his Sword Intent and potential.
• Prince Xue Zhou promised to bestow the title Sword Saint of the Nation if Tian Hao won the competition for the Empire, and Tian Hao chose the name Dragon Elephant Sword Saint.
• Chen Xin told Bone Douluo that Tian Hao’s physique was formidable and his Martial Soul felt comparable to the Seven Kill Sword, leading Bone Douluo to suspect it was the Adamantine Dragon Elephant.
• The Dragon Elephant Team won after a ten-minute battle, and the Blazing Fire Team’s captain said he hoped to face them at full strength in the Finals.
• Ying Mei comforted the defeated Blazing Fire Team, while Feng Aotian lamented that their championship hopes were fading.
• Ying Mei recognized that Dragon Elephant Academy was showcasing Self-Created Soul Skills to support its bid for university status, and Feng Aotian admitted how difficult those skills were to develop.

The Dragon Elephant Team defeated the Godwind Team after Tian Hao shattered their aerial Combined Soul Skill with his roar. The remaining teams weighed their options for the Heaven Dou Division slots, and Feng Aotian accepted that Blazing Fire Academy would keep competing despite the intense field.

• The Godwind Team attacked from the air with a Combined Soul Skill, but Tian Hao used the Heaven-Shattering Soul-Crushing Dragon Roar Art to destroy it and leave the team too injured to continue.
• The Godwind Team captain surrendered, and Hu Yan Meng complained that the fight had ended too quickly.
• Feng Xiaotian comforted the defeated Godwind Team members while Ying Mei reviewed which teams were still competing for the Heaven Dou Division slots.
• Feng Aotian chose the Thunder Team as the team Blazing Fire Academy would seek to eliminate, while Ying Mei noted that its main fighters were likely Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan descendants and Soul Kings.
• Ying Mei defended staying in the fiercely competitive Heaven Dou Division, and Feng Aotian agreed that they would compete like their lives depended on it.

The Dragon Elephant Team defeated the Skywater Team after Tian Hao lifted and hurled the ice mountains created by their Fusion Ring Skill. The spectators debated the source of his strength, while Liu Erlong left to rest as her Spirit Ring continued draining her Soul Power.

• The Skywater Team used ice and coordinated control skills to stall Hu Yan Meng and the others while their vice-captain prepared a Fusion Ring Skill.
• The vice-captain trapped the Dragon Elephant Team in seven ice mountains with Absolute Freeze, but Tian Hao lifted one without Martial Soul Possession.
• Tian Hao hurled the ice mountains at the Skywater Team, and its captain conceded defeat as the team ran low on Soul Power.
• Hu Yan Meng and the others began breaking their way out of the ice, while Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Leng Qing'er discussed Tian Hao's strength and suspected Soul Bones.
• Yu Luomian watched the Dragon Elephant Team with hostility, and Liu Erlong left to rest as her Spirit Ring continued consuming Soul Power.

The Dragon Elephant Team faced the Thunder Team with its full main lineup, turning the match into a clash between their sects. Spectators expected the Thunder Team to fall quickly and watched to see how much strength Tian Hao would reveal.

• Hu Yan Meng said the match concerned the Dragon Elephant Team's grudges with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tian Hao led the team toward the arena.
• Feng Aotian, Lan Luan, and Ying Mei predicted the Thunder Team would lose within a minute, with Ying Mei betting on thirty seconds because she trusted Tian Hao's strength.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bone Douluo about the match, and Bone Douluo predicted the Dragon Elephant Team would win while revealing little about its methods.
• Yu Luomian warned Liu Erlong that Tian Hao could become her strongest enemy, but she dismissed the threat because he was only a Soul Ancestor.

The Dragon Elephant Team defeated the Thunder Team with a rehearsed strategy built around Tian Hao’s Adamantine Bell, Gravity Domain, and Dragon Might. The Thunder Team surrendered, and Tian Hao assured Yu Suisui that the injured members would recover without lasting effects.

• The Thunder Team took the field carrying hatred for Tian Hao’s group, but their captain urged them to keep calm.
• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and the Dragon Elephant Team formed an Adamantine Bell with Tian Hao’s soul power at its core.
• Tian Hao kicked the bell toward the Thunder Team, hurled Hu Yan Meng and two teammates after it, and charged through their lightning attacks.
• Tian Hao trapped the Thunder Team inside the bell and suppressed them with his Gravity Domain and Dragon Might.
• Tian Hao’s roars reverberated through the bell, then Hu Yan Meng and the other two entered and helped knock the Thunder Team down.
• Yu Suisui accepted the Thunder Team’s surrender, and Tian Hao reassured him before leading his teammates away.

After the Dragon Elephant Team crushed Thunder Academy, Tang Yuehua proposed an exchange student program and a secret alliance to protect independent academies. She left the decision to the academy leaders and welcomed Feng Xiaotian to Phantom Sound Academy, while Lan Luan asked whether Tang Yuehua had children with her husband.

• The Dragon Elephant Team defeated Thunder Academy in seven seconds, leaving Yu Suisui worried that his team could not continue the Preliminary Tournament.
• Feng Aotian and Lan Luan told Feng Xiaotian that the Dragon Elephant Team had not shown its full strength and that the competition would be even more intense this year.
• Tang Yuehua invited friendly academies to join Phantom Sound Academy's exchange student program, and Ying Mei agreed on behalf of her group.
• Tang Yuehua proposed a secret alliance of academies without ties to clans, sects, or powerful nobles, and Ying Mei promised to consult their deans.
• Feng Xiaotian asked to study at Phantom Sound Academy and to bring a red-haired girl, prompting Tang Yuehua to tease Feng Aotian and Ying Mei to pull her daughter away.
• Lan Luan asked Tang Yuehua whether she had children with her husband.

Tang Yuehua discussed delaying children until she reached godhood and admitted she had not mastered the time-based form of Sword Twenty-Three. Meanwhile, Yu Luomian faced the Thunder Team’s injuries and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s political isolation, before Ning Fengzhi arrived to assess whether their planned attack remained viable.

• Tang Yuehua told Lan Luan and Ying Mei that she did not plan to have children until she became a god, and said she had mastered Heaven-Destroying Earth-Shattering Sword Twenty-Three but could not grasp its time-based form.
• Healing Soul Masters told Yu Luomian that the Thunder Team’s meridian injuries would take up to half a month to heal and that fighting sooner risked death or permanent damage.
• Yu Luomian blamed the Dragon Elephant Team for eliminating the Thunder Team and urged his family to destroy the Adamantine Sect, Saint Dragon Sect, and Elephant Armor Sect.
• Yu Luomian concluded that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had chosen the Dragon Elephant factions over his clan and worried that this might undermine cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Bone Douluo and asked Yu Luomian about the clan’s losses and whether they could still carry out their agreed kill plan.