Chapter Summaries

As the second stage of the Pontiff Succession Ceremony tournament began in torrential rain, Spirit Hall Team drew Tianshui Academy Team, whose water-element fighters gained a major advantage. With the arena shrouded in rain and visibility poor, the match’s outcome was left uncertain as the teams prepared to fight.

• Factions across Spirit City made research on Su Chen a top priority after Old Ma profited from his information.
• Yin Luo complained about the lack of rain shelters over the arena, and Su Chen explained that several factions had opposed installing them.
• Spirit Hall Team drew Tianshui Academy Team, prompting Su Chen to tell his teammates to protect themselves during the match.
• The teams entered the rain-soaked arena as spectators and hosts discussed Tianshui Academy’s weather advantage and doubted Spirit Hall’s chances.
• The Star Luo Prince and Yu Yuanzhen welcomed the uncertainty, while Xue Qinghe worried about Su Chen’s team.

Su Chen faced Skywater Academy in the rain as Qiu Ruolian demanded that he defeat them rather than leave them as powerless vassals. He unleashed a massive Water Release technique that flooded the arena, leaving the Skywater girls alive but overwhelmed.

• Qiu Ruolian told Su Chen that she and her teammates refused to become vassals and challenged him to defeat them.
• Qiu Ruolian and the Skywater Academy girls activated their martial souls and attacked the Spirit Hall Team, whose members struggled against the arena's powerful water enhancement.
• Su Chen's two purple soul rings drew everyone's attention as he activated his first soul ring and formed a hand seal.
• Su Chen used Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, flooding the arena and forcing Shui Liuyun to protect the Skywater girls inside ice spheres with her fourth soul skill.
• Shui Liuyun surfaced, stunned by the flooded arena, as Su Chen re-formed himself from the waves and apologized, saying he was skilled with water too.

Su Chen flooded the arena with a powerful water-element soul skill, but Qiu Ruolian used the water to begin a mysterious transformation. The Star Luo Prince recognized her ability as the long-lost Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate and grew hopeful as Su Chen let her continue.

• Su Chen unleashed a massive water-element attack that terrified the spectators and made Yu Yuanzhen realize how dangerous he could become.
• Qiu Ruolian drew the arena’s water into the sky and swam within a blue-gold carp silhouette as her aura strengthened.
• Yin Luo prepared to interrupt Qiu Ruolian, but Su Chen stopped him and allowed her to finish gathering power.
• The Star Luo Prince recognized Qiu Ruolian’s ability as the lost Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate, while Yu Yuanzhen and Xue Qinghe questioned whether the legend could be real.

Qiu Ruolian sacrificed her remaining lifespan to transform into a True Dragon in Water and face Su Chen in a decisive one-on-one battle. She unleashed a devastating opening attack, but Su Chen appeared unharmed behind her and began his counterattack.

• Prince of Star Luo explained that Qiu Ruolian's True Dragon in Water form required her to spend every year of her life after age twenty-five, and Xue Qinghe chose not to intervene.
• Qiu Ruolian entered a golden gate and emerged as a water-blue True Dragon in Water, astonishing the crowd.
• Su Chen and Qiu Ruolian sent their teammates off the arena, leaving the two captains to fight alone.
• Qiu Ruolian summoned waterspouts, an ice pillar, and a crushing dragon-tail strike against Su Chen.
• Su Chen appeared barefoot on the water behind Qiu Ruolian and declared it was his turn, then used Water Release: Thousand Feeding Sharks.

Su Chen survived Qiu Ruolian’s all-encompassing ice attack by transforming into water, then overwhelmed her with thousands of water sharks. Qiu Ruolian was defeated, leaving the spectators stunned by the six-year-old Holy Son’s abilities.

• Qiu Ruolian unleashed a blizzard of icy blades across the arena, while Yu Tianlong and the spectators watched in alarm.
• After the attack subsided, Qiu Ruolian could not find Su Chen and feared she had killed him.
• Su Chen rose from the Suspended Sea in water form and explained that he had infused much of its water with his Chakra.
• Su Chen used Water Release—Thousand Devouring Sharks, and the sharks tore apart Qiu Ruolian’s True Dragon in Water.
• The audience and contestants stared in silence before erupting into shocked discussion of Su Chen’s and Qiu Ruolian’s abilities.

After defeating Qiu Ruolian’s True Dragon in Water form, Su Chen healed her and reaffirmed that his alliance with Tianshui Academy was cooperative rather than servile. Tianshui Academy’s reputation soared, while Yu Tianlong’s resentment toward Su Chen intensified.

• Yu Tianlong rejected Yu Lingsheng’s reassurance, then attacked a student with lightning for challenging him and shouted Su Chen’s name in anger.
• Su Chen caught the unconscious Qiu Ruolian and revived her with Kato's Hand of Healing.
• Qiu Ruolian admitted defeat, joked with Su Chen about the academy becoming his property, and asked him to beat Yu Tianlong in their next encounter.
• Teacher Lin dragged Qiu Ruolian away after she joked about adult services, while Su Chen wondered about the severe depletion he had sensed in her.
• Tianshui Academy’s performance raised its reputation and made True Dragon in Water a top-three threat, but the academy’s residence remained tense.

Qiu Ruolian revealed that using her powerful move had shortened her life, while her friends searched for a way to save her. Su Chen returned to Bibi Dong, who reported that his new method of cultivating her soul-devouring and death attributes was already improving her strength and condition.

• Shui Liuyun confronted Qiu Ruolian for hiding that her move had cost her years of life, and Qiu Ruolian explained that her martial soul's curse meant she would not live past thirty regardless.
• Lin Ya'er suggested asking Spirit Hall for help, and Teacher Lin hinted that the girls might have to give themselves up to save Qiu Ruolian.
• After the match, Su Chen left his teammates and returned to the garden, where Bibi Dong asked how her adjustment was going.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen that his method of concentrating toxins in her spirit bones and developing her martial souls' soul-devouring and death attributes had made her feel better and stronger.
• Su Chen explained that Bibi Dong's Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and Death Spider Emperor should be cultivated for their true attributes rather than for poison.

Su Chen explained his plan to turn the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans against the Clear Sky Sect after it betrayed them, while leaving the Strength Clan untouched. He returned to his underground base to refine Bibi Dong's plan and prepare for his Soul Power breakthrough and trip to the Star Dou Forest.

• Bibi Dong reported that the Speed Clan was active near Spirit City and that their agents had failed to persuade the Defense and Breaking Clans to abandon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Su Chen revealed that he wanted the clans to reject his agents now so they would welcome them back after the Clear Sky Sect betrayed them.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Chen's strategy, and he declined her suggestion that he become Pope.
• Su Chen explained that the Strength Clan was more useful as a separate group and lacked the special abilities of the other clans.
• Su Chen went to the underground base to continue his research, while Bibi Dong agreed to hear about the day's events from his Shadow Clone.

Su Chen learned that the semifinals would pit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against the Star Luo Empire and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon against Spirit Hall. As the teams gathered, the draw set the matches, leaving Su Chen poised to face Yu Tianlong.

• Yin Luo told Su Chen that Heaven Dou, the Elephant Armored Sect, and the other elemental academies had been eliminated, and described Yu Tianlong's overwhelming victory over Huo Lingyun.
• Yin Luo said Yu Tianlong regarded Su Chen as his greatest opponent, while Huo Lingyun had publicly mocked Su Chen; Su Chen decided he wanted to meet Yu Tianlong.
• Su Chen told Yin Luo to take the others to the arena first, then headed there after breakfast.
• In the stands, Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Yu Tianxin argued playfully while cheering for their teams.
• The arena draw matched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Team against the Star Luo Empire Team and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Team against the Spirit Hall Team.

Yu Tianlong appeared at the arena after brutally attacking his own teammates, transforming the anticipated Spirit Hall Team versus Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Team match into a scene of horror. Su Chen recognized Yu Tianlong as a dangerous threat as the security team discovered the injured competitors in the passageway.

• Sisi announced the first match between the Spirit Hall Team and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Team, and Su Chen entered the arena with his teammates.
• A bloodied Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Team student fled from the dark passageway and called for Yu Tianlong to help him.
• Yu Tianlong seized the student by the neck and only released him after the security team warned that he would be disqualified for murder.
• Su Chen activated the Byakugan and saw Yu Tianlong covered in blood, with lightning crackling around him.
• A security team member found Yu Tianlong's teammates badly mutilated in the passageway, while Yu Tianlong claimed they could be saved and asked whether one person could compete alone.

Yu Tianlong brutally injured his own teammates before challenging Su Chen, claiming he wanted to prove he alone could become the Golden Saint Dragon. After Yin Luo and the others withdrew, Yu Tianlong transformed into a towering half-dragon and declared Su Chen the first sacrifice of his new form.

• Yu Tianlong injured his teammates before the match, shocking the spectators and prompting Xue Qinghe to question whether he should be disqualified.
• The Star Luo Prince argued that Yu Tianlong had not broken the competition rules, and the Enforcement Team had his injured teammates carried away.
• Yu Tianlong entered the arena and threatened to kill Su Chen's teammates unless Su Chen fought him one-on-one.
• Yin Luo withdrew with the others and urged Su Chen to defeat Yu Tianlong.
• Yu Tianlong unleashed his lightning and transformed into a half-human, half-dragon monster, naming Su Chen the first sacrifice of his form.

Su Chen faced Yu Tianlong’s overwhelming dragonification and answered by activating his own power for a direct clash. The two met as Yu Tianlong launched the first attack.

• Yu Tianlong transformed into a towering, heavily scaled half-dragon, alarming the spectators and academy representatives.
• Teacher Lin explained that Yu Tianlong’s dragonification far exceeded what his level should allow, while Shui Liuyun worried about Su Chen’s safety.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Tianlong was the result of experiments concentrating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan’s bloodlines.
• Su Chen activated Lin Dragon’s Armor and opened the Eight Inner Gates’ Third Gate, matching Yu Tianlong’s aura.
• Yu Tianlong charged through the arena and swung his lightning-covered dragon claw at Su Chen.

Su Chen battled Yu Tianlong in the arena, countering his lightning-fast attacks with taijutsu and Flying Thunder God. After Su Chen knocked Yu Tianlong down, the arena filled with surging lightning as Yu Tianlong’s terrifying aura began to rise.

• Yu Tianlong attacked with his dragon claw, but Su Chen met him head-on with Reverse Lotus: Inch Annihilation and injured him.
• Yu Tianlong dismissed Su Chen’s attack and launched another rapid assault, which Su Chen countered with Reverse Lotus: Cloud Piercer.
• Su Chen used a Kunai feint and Flying Thunder God: Inch Annihilation to strike Yu Tianlong and send him crashing into the arena.
• Dai Weisi taunted Yu Tianxin about Yu Tianlong going down, but Yu Tianlong roared as lightning engulfed the arena and a terrifying aura spread.

Su Chen faced Yu Tianlong after Yu Tianlong’s mutation pushed his strength to the Soul King level. When Yu Tianlong’s lightning overwhelmed Su Chen’s defenses, Su Chen entered Sage Mode and prepared to continue the fight.

• Yu Tianlong transformed into a grotesque monster and reached the strength of a level fifty-three Soul King, alarming the spectators.
• Xue Qinghe asked Bibi Dong to stop the match, but she refused, and Ning Fengzhi silently signaled Xue Qinghe to stand down.
• Yu Tianlong unleashed a storm of lightning while Su Chen dodged and counterattacked without managing to hurt him significantly.
• Yu Tianlong’s elongated dragon claw cracked the arena’s Soul Power barrier, forcing the Spirit Hall Soul Masters maintaining it to reinforce it.
• Su Chen activated Sage Mode, crushed Yu Tianlong’s lightning plasma with one hand, and challenged him to fight normally.

Su Chen defeated Yu Tianlong with a single punch, then used his influence in Spirit Hall to offer Yu Tianlong a chance to take revenge on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Yu Tianlong accepted Su Chen’s hand as Su Chen welcomed him to Spirit Hall.

• Yu Tianlong unleashed a vast lightning prison, but Su Chen calmly waited for him to attack.
• Su Chen struck Yu Tianlong with one punch, devastating the arena and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Yu Tianlong asked why Su Chen had spared and helped him, and Su Chen replied that Yu Tianlong had not killed him.
• Su Chen offered Yu Tianlong compensation and a chance to take revenge on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Su Chen welcomed Yu Tianlong to Spirit Hall and left him shaken by the prospect that his clan might surrender him and his parents.

Su Chen defeated Yu Tianlong in a devastating arena battle, then instructed him to collect blood and tissue samples for Spirit Hall. The victory left powerful onlookers alarmed by Su Chen’s abilities, while Su Chen returned to Pontiff Palace lamenting the Sage Art Energy he had spent.

• Su Chen told Yu Tianlong to send blood, battlefield tissue, and a piece of his own flesh to Spirit Hall, and Yu Tianlong agreed to let him exploit him.
• Yu Tianlong returned to the arena to gather his severed limbs as spectators and powerful observers struggled to understand his defeat.
• The Star Luo Prince feared Su Chen had reached a level beyond ordinary soul masters, while Yu Yuanzhen suspected he had obtained something from Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Yuanzhen and the Star Luo Prince to stay in their quarters, and Xue Qinghe invited Ning Fengzhi to talk.
• Su Chen returned to Spirit Hall, calculated that his Sage Art Energy losses would take at least two Thousand-Year Soul Bones to replace, and entered Pontiff Palace to meet Bibi Dong.

Spirit Hall considered how to pressure the Clear Sky Sect, while Su Chen warned against attacking too soon. At the mountain entrance, Yu Tianlong arrived to plead guilty with his parents in chains, and Liu Erlong rushed in after discovering Yu Xiaogang was her cousin.

• Elder Yin reported that Spirit Hall had surrounded the Clear Sky Sect and spread news of the tournament among the four clans.
• Su Chen urged the elders to avoid an immediate attack and let the Clear Sky Sect weaken from within before striking.
• Teacher Lin and the Tianshui Academy girls encountered Yu Tianlong, who had brought his chained parents to plead guilty.
• Liu Erlong arrived seeking Su Chen, having learned that Yu Xiaogang was her cousin.
• Liu Erlong cursed Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, drawing the attention of Yu Tianlong and the Tianshui Academy girls.

Liu Erlong accidentally claimed Su Chen was her father while trying to explain why she had come to Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Su Chen entered the dangerous Star Dou Forest at night, leaving Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo outside as terrifying auras summoned him onward.

• The White-robed Attendant told Skywater Academy and Yu Tianlong that Su Chen was away but had arranged for them to stay in Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong demanded to see Bibi Dong and, when pressed to explain her connection to Su Chen, blurted out that he was her father.
• Liu Erlong insisted her claim was true, leaving Yu Tianlong and the others stunned before the White-robed Attendant escorted them inside.
• At the edge of Star Dou Forest, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Su Chen not to enter alone at night.
• Su Chen gave the two Douluo silver dragon patterns and told them not to enter without his summons, then walked into the forest toward the terrifying auras calling him.

Su Chen entered the core of Star Dou Forest and reached Star Lake, where he sensed Natural Energy and encountered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Python-Bull. The Python-Bull approached him and asked whether he had really dared to come.

• Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan reflected on Su Chen’s rapid growth and his potential to make history.
• Su Chen entered the forest, where the surrounding life fell silent and a passage opened before him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pleaded with Su Chen to turn back, but Su Chen continued toward Star Lake.
• Su Chen reached Star Lake at dawn and sensed Natural Energy in the tranquil lakeside setting.
• The Python-Bull emerged from the lake, approached Su Chen, and asked if he had dared to come.

Su Chen entered the depths of the Star Dou Forest and absorbed Natural Energy, while Xiao Wu decided she wanted him to take her to the human world. He awoke to find Bi Ji and a Three-Eyed Golden Lion beside him.

• Su Chen confidently passed the Sky Azure Bull Python and continued into the darkness after exchanging hopes for its tribulation.
• After Su Chen disappeared, Xiao Wu and Er Ming emerged from Star Lake, and the Sky Azure Bull Python warned Xiao Wu to hide her identity from the human soul master.
• Xiao Wu said she trusted Su Chen and decided to ask him to take her to the human world if he survived.
• Su Chen absorbed Natural Energy deep in the forest until a small golden beast licking his face woke him.
• Bi Ji confronted Su Chen, and he recognized her and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hiding beneath her wings.