Chapter Summaries

The Kong brothers transformed into powerful Martial Soul Avatars and badly wounded Song Dashan’s group, but Zeng Xiao arrived and defeated them. With the Berserk Gang members unconscious and the attackers battered, Zeng Xiao warned the group to reflect on their mistakes before returning.

• Kong Kunshan and Kong Kunlei activated their Martial Soul Avatars, transforming into giant monsters with hammers.
• Song Dashan led the group in a combined assault, but the Kong brothers’ Sixth Soul Skills severely wounded all nine attackers.
• Kong Kunshan urged Kong Kunlei to finish off the group, rescue their captured companions, and take a survivor for questioning.
• Zeng Xiao descended with Ji Shen, revealed his strength as a Title Douluo, and knocked out both exhausted Kong brothers with his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Zeng Xiao checked that Song Dashan’s group could still move and told them to reflect on their mistakes before returning.

Hu Haoran reassured his hall masters after they captured the Berserk Gang members and accepted that the other powers would suspect him of moving against them. The injured Berserk Gang members returned to Haori City, where Kong Xiangfeng and Yabo identified Hu Haoran as their likely enemy and considered the gang’s uncertain future.

• Hu Haoran secretly subdued the captured Berserk Gang members and reassured Song Dashan and the other hall masters that their loss against battle-armored Soul Sages was no failure.
• Shen Mengyan worried that the Berserk Gang would connect the capture to Hu Haoran, but he said the other powers already suspected him and would not dare confront him readily.
• A day later, the Berserk Gang’s four Soul Sages and Ji Shen returned to Haori City seriously injured, and Kong Xiangfeng and Yabo pointed toward Hu Haoran as their shared suspect.
• Wu Zhuang demanded to confront the culprit, but Kong Xiangfeng warned him about the Title Douluo who had saved the Zhu Family.
• Kong Xiangfeng questioned whether the Berserk Gang should fight, surrender, or flee.

The Blood Sand Gang's leaders debated whether to resist or submit to Hu Haoran after suspecting the City Lord's Mansion had a Title Douluo. They postponed deciding until after the competition, where the Zhu Family's sudden strength posed an immediate threat.

• Huangfu Wang's leaders concluded that Hu Haoran was likely behind the attacks on the Zhu Family and the Berserk Gang and discussed the City Lord's Mansion's hidden strength.
• Dongfang Fu urged the Blood Sand Gang to submit rather than fight, while Huangfu Wang decided they would first defeat the Zhu Family and revisit the issue after the competition.
• Sikong Yu reported that every Zhu Family competitor had advanced to the second round and that one had beaten a Zhao Family disciple with ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Huangfu Wang ordered Sikong Yu to warn their competitors to be cautious against the Zhu Family before the second round began.

As the knockout stage began, Hu Haoran used Hong Zuifeng to keep Haori City's faction leaders occupied while he led Hualei Pavilion to attack the Blood Sand Gang. The operation began as the leaders watched the tournament, leaving Huangfu Wang at the arena.

• Hu Haoran and Hualei Pavilion's council planned to exploit the tournament to strike the Blood Sand Gang, with Hu Haoran joining the attack.
• Hu Haoran arranged for Hong Zuifeng to watch the matches with the Four Great Powers' leaders, keeping them away from the Blood Sand Gang.
• Shi Danda told Zhao Guangtian and the other leaders that Hong Zuifeng had come to watch the young competitors, leading them to hope he might choose a disciple.
• Hong Zuifeng joined the faction leaders at the arena, while Hu Haoran led Hualei Pavilion toward the Blood Sand Gang's territory to begin the operation.

Hu Haoran and his allies infiltrated the Blood Sand Gang, planning to take down its fighters while Hong Zuifeng kept the city’s leaders occupied at the tournament. Meanwhile, Feng Jianchen faced Wu Ting in the arena, and Wu Ting revealed that he was a level fifty-five Soul King.

• Dongfang Fu reported that most of the Blood Sand Gang’s powerful fighters were still at headquarters, then gave Hu Haoran a map and offered to activate the gang’s defense system.
• Hu Haoran brought two Title Douluo into the Blood Sand Gang and ordered his group to split up, attack key members, and have the Duanmu brothers ambush Soul Saints.
• Zeng Xiao and Mu Li went after Duanmu City and Ximen Jin as Hu Haoran waited in Dongfang Fu’s room.
• Hong Zuifeng praised Haori City’s young talents to keep Zhao Guangtian, Kong Xiangfeng, and Huangfu Wang watching the tournament.
• Feng Jianchen traded sword and spear blows with Wu Ting, impressing him with his refined technique and combat experience.
• Wu Ting revealed his five soul rings and level fifty-five Soul King strength, recognizing that Feng Jianchen had not yet shown his full abilities.

Feng Jianchen defeated the Soul King Wu Ting in the semifinal, earning the admiration of his opponent and the tournament observers. As the matches continued, Hu Haoran’s forces began attacking the Blood Sand Gang, with Zeng Xiao and Mu Li moving against Duanmu City and Ximen Jin.

• Feng Jianchen revealed four purple soul rings and used his sword skills to battle Wu Ting, whose spear and experience kept him in the fight.
• Feng Jianchen combined his First Soul Skill, Jade Falling Slash, with Hegemon Fist intent and overwhelmed Wu Ting, who was seriously injured and forced to surrender.
• Wu Ting congratulated Feng Jianchen, learned he served in the City Guard at the City Lord's Residence, and vowed to challenge him again.
• Hong Zuifeng told Kong Xiangfeng that Feng Jianchen had received little training from him and suggested City Lord Hu had guided his swordsmanship.
• Hu Haoran’s subordinates began targeting the Blood Sand Gang’s leaders, as Zeng Xiao and Mu Li went after Duanmu City and Ximen Jin.

Mu Li defeated and captured Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu at the Blood Sand Gang headquarters, while Zeng Xiao continued wearing down Duanmu City with poison. The fight between Zeng Xiao and Duanmu City remained unresolved.

• Mu Li confronted Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu and demanded that they submit to him.
• Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu attacked Mu Li with soul skills, but his blood-and-vitality power weakened them and sent them flying.
• Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu activated their Martial Soul Avatars and Eighth Soul Skills, but Mu Li used his Three-word Battle Armor and Blood Severing Strangler to knock them unconscious.
• Mu Li carried Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu toward Dongfang Fu's room to hand them over to Hu Haoran.
• Zeng Xiao dodged Duanmu City's Dark Evil Impact Wave and continued using poison to weaken him.

Zeng Xiao defeated Duanmu City and joined Hu Haoran’s effort to subdue the remaining Blood Sand Gang fighters. He confronted the Qi Family Four Brothers, who prepared to fight him.

• Zeng Xiao froze Duanmu City unconscious with his sixth soul skill, Frozen Light.
• Zeng Xiao learned that Blood Hand had already defeated Ximen Jin and Sikong Yu, leaving Huangfu Wang and several other strong fighters among the gang’s remaining opponents.
• Hu Haoran assigned Zeng Xiao to face the Qi Family Four Brothers, while Mu Li went after another target.
• Zeng Xiao found the four brothers drinking in their courtyard and announced that he had come to subdue them.
• Qi Shang attacked Zeng Xiao with his fourth soul skill, Bloodthirsty Poison.

Zeng Xiao fought the Qi Family Four Brothers after they transformed into the Silver Horn Golden Toad, and defeated them with his battle armor and soul skills. He brought the weakened brothers back to Hu Haoran, where Mu Li was waiting, and warned that the intelligence about their strength had been wrong.

• Zeng Xiao swallowed Qi Shang's poison arrows and revealed that he was a Title Douluo, prompting the Qi Family Four Brothers to join forces.
• The four brothers fused their Martial Soul Avatars into a Silver Horn Golden Toad and attacked Zeng Xiao with four tongues and poisonous mist.
• Zeng Xiao equipped his Three-word Battle Armor, countered their attacks, and used his Netherworld Poison Domain and Aging Curse to defeat them.
• Zeng Xiao led the brothers back to Hu Haoran and told Mu Li that their intelligence had underestimated the four men's combined strength.

Hu Haoran’s forces took over the Blood Sand Gang and lured Huangfu Wang back to its headquarters. Huangfu Wang discovered Hu Haoran’s plan, but Mu Li emerged to confront him.

• Hu Haoran celebrated the Blood Sand Gang’s takeover and asked Mu Li to capture Huangfu Wang.
• Dongfang Fu sent Huangfu Wang a false warning that the gang had been attacked, prompting him to leave the match.
• Zhao Guangtian tried to delay Huangfu Wang, but Hong Zuifeng told him to stop interfering.
• Huangfu Wang returned to the gang and found no signs of an attack, then went to Dongfang Fu’s courtyard to demand an explanation.
• Hu Haoran revealed that he intended to take over the Blood Sand Gang, and Mu Li appeared and attacked Huangfu Wang.

Hu Haoran subdued the Blood Sand Gang and planned to use it and the Zhu Family to defeat the Berserk Gang before turning against the Zhao Family. As the knockout rounds continued, Hong Zuifeng watched Wen Xiaoyao face a Berserk Gang contestant, while Kong Xiangfeng insisted his daughter Kong Siyu would win.

• Mu Li defeated Huangfu Wang with help from Zeng Xiao, and Hu Haoran subdued the Blood Sand Gang.
• The Douluo System rewarded Hu Haoran for taking the gang and unlocked a mission to conquer the Berserk Gang.
• Hu Haoran ordered Huangfu Wang to conceal his submission and laid out plans to attack the Berserk Gang before the finals, then target the Zhao Family.
• Hu Haoran left after giving instructions, while Hong Zuifeng watched the ongoing knockout rounds and praised Wen Xiaoyao's strength.
• Zhu Tianliang wondered whether Wen Xiaoyao could defeat the Berserk Gang contestant, and Kong Xiangfeng claimed his daughter Kong Siyu would beat him.

Wen Xiaoyao fought Kong Siyu, using taunts and feigned weakness to make her waste her Soul Power before overwhelming her with the Blazing Jade Cauldron. Kong Siyu surrendered, and Wen Xiaoyao was declared the winner.

• Before the match, Kong Siyu dismissed Wen Xiaoyao and he taunted her in return.
• Kong Siyu attacked with her Purple Jade Scorpion while Wen Xiaoyao appeared to struggle and lured her into spending Soul Power.
• Kong Siyu unleashed her Purple Mist Poison Fog, but Wen Xiaoyao burned it away with golden flames from his Blazing Jade Cauldron.
• Wen Xiaoyao revealed his strength and pressed Kong Siyu back with intense heat, while Hong Zuifeng sensed his flames might develop into Extreme Fire.
• Kong Siyu fired her Purple Condensing Poison Light, but Wen Xiaoyao's golden beam shattered it, prompting her to surrender.
• The referee declared Wen Xiaoyao the winner.

The Bright Sun Competition continued as the Zhu Family’s Zhu Chen faced Ji Mohong of the Berserk Gang, while the leaders wagered on their juniors and argued over the Zhu Family’s alliance with the City Lord’s Mansion. Zhu Chen evaded Ji Mohong’s blazing attacks but had not yet countered with his soul skills.

• Zhao Guangtian and Zhu Tianliang mocked Kong Xiangfeng over his daughter’s loss, and the leaders placed a wager on their juniors’ matches.
• Zhu Chen and Ji Mohong began their match, and Ji Mohong used Phoenix Wing Transformation to attack with white flames.
• Zhu Tianliang explained that Zhu Chen learned the City Lord’s Mansion’s footwork through the alliance, and Hong Zuifeng warned Kong Xiangfeng against suggesting they had sent a spy.
• Zhu Chen used the City Lord’s Mansion’s Shadow Leg to evade Ji Mohong and counterattack, forcing Ji Mohong to spend his Soul Power.
• Ji Mohong unleashed White Phoenix Dances in Nine Heavens, while Zhu Chen endured the flames and searched for an opening; his fire resistance helped him withstand the attack, but his spider martial soul was countered by Ji Mohong’s phoenix.

Zhu Chen defeated Ji Mohong after Ji exhausted his Soul Power, giving the Zhu Family another victory over the Berserk Gang. After the second round produced Haori City's Top Sixteen, Hu Haoran encouraged the remaining contestants and guessed that Wen Xiaoyao came from Shrek Academy.

• Zhao Guangtian and Zhu Tianliang taunted Kong Xiangfeng as Ji Mohong struggled against Zhu Chen, while Kong insisted Ji could still win.
• Zhu Chen psychologically pressured Ji Mohong until Ji ran out of Soul Power and collapsed, and the referee declared Zhu Chen the winner.
• Zhu Tianliang mocked Kong Xiangfeng over the result, and Zhao Guangtian added that he had bet on Ji Mohong before the spectators left.
• After three days of second-round matches, the competition selected the Haori City Top Sixteen, including five City Lord's Mansion contestants and Feng Jianchen, while Zhao Kuang was eliminated by Wen Xiaoyao.
• Hu Haoran told the Top Sixteen to give their best against Wen Xiaoyao and guessed he was from Shrek Academy based on his skill and combat experience.
• Xiong Yingtian and the other contestants embraced the challenge, and Hu Haoran was satisfied that Wen Xiaoyao had stirred their fighting spirit.

Before the Bright Sun Youth Soul Master Tournament finals, Hu Haoran led the Zhu Family and Blood Sand Gang in a coordinated assault to seize control of the Berserk Gang. After infiltrating the gang, his forces split up, and Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City moved to attack Ulus.

• Hu Haoran told Huangfu Wang, Zhu Tianliang, and Duanmu City that he had secretly recruited many Berserk Gang fighters and ordered them to overwhelm the gang from within and without.
• Wu Chong arrived and arranged to lead Hu Haoran’s forces into the Berserk Gang in batches, while Ji Shen helped coordinate their entry.
• Hu Haoran entered the Berserk Gang and ordered his allies to attack their assigned targets in pairs, incapacitate their opponents, and bring them back.
• Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City discussed Ulus’s formidable Judge’s Brush and recalled how his battle armor and hellish drawings had once overwhelmed Duanmu City.
• Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City reached Ulus’s courtyard, saw him painting, and prepared to strike together.

Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City ambushed Ulus during the allied assault on the Berserk Gang and defeated him despite his powerful Martial Soul. They carried the unconscious Ulus to Hu Haoran, while fighting continued elsewhere inside the gang.

• Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City surprised Ulus, and Duanmu City's attack severely injured his right arm.
• Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City revealed that the Blood Sand Gang, Zhu Family, and City Lord's Mansion had joined forces against the Berserk Gang.
• Ulus fought back with his Judgment Soul Skills, but Huangfu Wang and Duanmu City overwhelmed him and knocked him unconscious.
• Huangfu Wang carried Ulus away to Hu Haoran, while Duanmu City wondered whether the Blood Sand Gang might obtain battle armor.
• Zhu Tianliang and Zhu Tianguang continued fighting Lan Daili inside the Berserk Gang.

Zhu Tianliang and Zhu Tianguang fought Lan Daili, the Berserk Gang’s Right Protector, while their allied forces attacked the gang. Though Lan Daili’s battle armor and Soul Skills made her a formidable opponent, the brothers’ combined assault shattered her armor and left her grievously wounded and unable to fight.

• Lan Daili donned her battle armor and confronted Zhu Tianliang and Zhu Tianguang after Zhu Tianliang revealed that the Blood Sand Gang, the City Lord’s Mansion, and their faction had joined forces against the Berserk Gang.
• Zhu Tianguang revealed he had reached Level 89 and attacked Lan Daili with Ghost Spider Kill, while she countered with Shadow Needle Dance Array.
• Zhu Tianguang used Mars Needle Rain to block Lan Daili’s Shadow Needles, but she attacked his heart with Soul Piercing Needle Arrow as Zhu Tianliang joined the fight.
• Zhu Tianliang unleashed Corpse Poison Silk Ball Burst, forcing Lan Daili to use Ten Thousand Needles Unite against his poison balls.
• While Lan Daili and Zhu Tianliang were locked in their clash, Zhu Tianguang struck her with Azure Nether Poison Flame, shattering her battle armor and leaving her grievously wounded and unable to fight.

Hu Haoran’s forces nearly subdued the Berserk Gang, leaving its leader Kong Xiangfeng and deputy leaders Wu Zhuang and Yabo fighting for survival. Kong Xiangfeng’s resolve rallied his allies, but Wu Zhuang remained outnumbered as Ji Shen revealed the coalition behind the attack.

• Hu Haoran confirmed that only Kong Xiangfeng, Wu Zhuang, and Yabo remained unsubdued and discussed obtaining Battle Armor for himself and his allies.
• Kong Xiangfeng told Wu Zhuang and Yabo that dying alongside their brothers was an honor, renewing their resolve to fight.
• Wu Zhuang clashed head-on with Wu Chong while Ji Shen attacked him with earth-element impacts, leaving Wu Zhuang at a disadvantage.
• Wu Zhuang accused Ji Shen and Wu Chong of fighting unfairly, and Ji Shen admitted that he had sided with the City Lord’s Mansion to avoid opposing its powerful allies.
• Ji Shen revealed that the Zhu Family, Blood Sand Gang, and City Lord’s Mansion had joined forces to attack the Berserk Gang, shocking Wu Zhuang.

Wu Chong and Ji Shen helped Zeng Xiao and Mu Li capture Wu Zhuang during the assault on the Berserk Gang. After Wu Chong and Ji Shen withdrew with him, Kong Xiangfeng and Yabo chose to fight rather than surrender, and Yabo gained the upper hand against Mu Li.

• Wu Zhuang and Wu Chong used their Martial Soul Avatars and clashed with their eighth soul skills, both suffering injuries.
• Ji Shen stunned Wu Zhuang, and Wu Chong and Ji Shen carried him away on Zeng Xiao's orders.
• Kong Xiangfeng and Yabo refused to surrender, while Zeng Xiao and Mu Li insisted they wanted to subdue the Berserk Gang without killing anyone.
• Yabo used his Fifth Soul Skill to strengthen his Black Dragon Mad Saber and attacked Mu Li.
• Mu Li answered with Blood Severing Strangler, but Yabo's battle armor and amplified black dragon let him overpower Mu Li's red dragon.

Mu Li and Zeng Xiao defeated Yabo and Kong Xiangfeng, securing control of the Berserk Gang. They prepared to report to their master and target the Zhao Family next.

• Zeng Xiao mocked Mu Li while fighting Kong Xiangfeng, and Yabo tried to prevent Mu Li from equipping his Battle Armor.
• Mu Li donned his Three-word Battle Armor, broke Yabo’s Sixth Soul Skill, and unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill as Yabo countered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill.
• Mu Li used his Ninth soul skill, Blood Sea Domain, to weaken Yabo and Kong Xiangfeng, then defeated Yabo in their clash.
• Zeng Xiao urged Kong Xiangfeng to surrender, but Kong Xiangfeng fought back with his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill.
• Zeng Xiao used his Ninth soul skill, Aging Curse, to drain Kong Xiangfeng’s attack and subdue him.
• Mu Li and Zeng Xiao left to report to their master, with the Zhao Family as their next target.