Chapter Summaries

After subduing the Berserk Gang, Hu Haoran ordered the three allied factions to secretly attack the Zhao Family during the Soul Master Competition finals, intending to capture its fighters alive and bring the family under his control. He then learned from Wang Xiaobei that Wen Xiaoyao was stronger than him and looked forward to testing him after the competition.

• The Douluo System rewarded Hu Haoran for subduing the Berserk Gang and unlocked a mission to subdue the Zhao Family.
• Hu Haoran ordered Kong Xiangfeng, Huangfu Wang, and Zhu Tianliang to keep the alliance secret and have their factions attack the Zhao Family during the finals.
• Hu Haoran told the faction leaders to capture Zhao Family combatants at Soul King level and above alive, while Zeng Xiao and Mu Li were excused from the operation.
• Wang Xiaobei told Hu Haoran that Wen Xiaoyao was expected to win the competition and was a little stronger than Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran asked Wang Xiaobei to invite Wen Xiaoyao to the City Lord's Mansion after the competition so he could test him himself.

Haori City's tournament final began between Xiong Yingtian and Wen Xiaoyao, the unexpected finalist whom Hu Haoran believed was stronger. The two exchanged powerful blows for over ten minutes without either yielding, leaving the match undecided.

• The four round-robin group winners advanced, and Xiong Yingtian faced Wen Xiaoyao for the championship.
• Hu Haoran said he favored Wen Xiaoyao, while Xiong Yingtian told him he hoped to experience the strength of Shrek Academy.
• Xiong Yingtian and Wen Xiaoyao activated their Martial Souls, and the referee started the final.
• Xiong Yingtian boosted his strength with Dark Silver Giant Spirit Transformation and charged with Hegemon Fist.
• Wen Xiaoyao blocked Xiong Yingtian's opening attack with the Blazing Jade Cauldron and met him in a head-on exchange of punches.
• Xiong Yingtian and Wen Xiaoyao continued trading blows for more than ten minutes without either gaining a clear advantage.

Wen Xiaoyao defeated Xiong Yingtian in a brutal final clash, winning the championship after overcoming Xiong's powerful Soul Skills with his Blazing Jade Cauldron. Hu Haoran taunted Zhao Guangtian over the Zhao Family's poor showing and anticipated his reaction to the changes unfolding within the family.

• Xiong Yingtian used his fourth Soul Skill, Dark Silver Crush, strengthened by Hu Haoran's Hegemon Fist, but Wen Xiaoyao blocked his attack with six Blazing Jade Cauldrons.
• Wen Xiaoyao merged the cauldrons into one and unleashed extreme heat, forcing Xiong Yingtian to prepare his strongest Soul Skill.
• Xiong Yingtian activated his fifth Soul Skill, Crimson Crystal Violent Kill Claw, and clashed with Wen Xiaoyao's massive Blazing Jade Cauldron, wrecking the arena.
• The referee declared Wen Xiaoyao the winner after Xiong Yingtian fell, and the spectators cheered.
• Zhao Guangtian mocked Hu Haoran for missing the championship, but Hu Haoran countered that his people took second, third, and fourth place while the Zhao Family earned no placing.
• Hu Haoran exchanged glances with Kong Xiangfeng, Huangfu Wang, and Zhu Tianliang as he anticipated Zhao Guangtian's reaction to the changes within the Zhao Family.

Hu Haoran and his allies headed to the Zhao Family after hearing that their forces had nearly subdued it. Zhao Guangdi resisted Wu Zhuang and Yabo, but their combined attacks left him in mortal danger as he waited for Zhao Guangtian to return.

• Hu Haoran, Kong Xiangfeng, Huangfu Wang, and Zhu Tianliang set out for the Zhao Family after Huangfu Wang reported that most of its experts had been captured.
• Zhao Guangdi demanded to know why the Berserk Gang and Zhu Family had attacked, and Yabo said they had joined forces for the benefits.
• Zhao Guangdi refused to surrender and attacked Wu Zhuang and Yabo with his Fourth Soul Skill and Ice Dragon Divine Spear.
• Wu Zhuang and Yabo countered with their Fourth Soul Skills, forcing Zhao Guangdi back despite his mecha and Mental Barrier.
• Zhao Guangdi blamed Zhao Guangxin and Zhao Yuanyi for betraying the family, while Wu Zhuang and Yabo prepared to finish him with their Sixth Soul Skills.

Hu Haoran’s forces defeated the Zhao Family and brought Haori City’s major factions under the City Lord’s Mansion. He ordered the city’s forces integrated and tasked Zhao Guangtian’s family with studying advanced Soul Tool defenses and weapons.

• Zhao Guangtian returned in time to save Zhao Guangdi from Wu Zhuang and Yabo’s attacks.
• Hu Haoran revealed that the Berserk Gang, Blood Sand Gang, and Zhu Family had submitted to him and that he had ordered the Zhao Family’s defeat.
• Zhao Guangtian accepted that the Zhao Family was finished, and Kong Xiangfeng knocked him and Zhao Guangdi unconscious.
• Hu Haoran brought Zhao Guangtian under his command and ordered the four major factions to integrate their lower-ranking personnel into the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Hu Haoran asked the Zhao Family to install and study a Rank 10 Soul Tool Defense System, and promised to provide Rank 11 Fixed Soul Tools and Rank 8 Soul Tools for research.

Hu Haoran announced that the Four Great Powers would serve Haori City and presented awards to the tournament winners, then offered Wen Xiaoyao a fire-element soul bone in exchange for his Earth Armored Dragon Torso Bone. The chapter ended with Hu Haoran offering another soul bone if Wen Xiaoyao agreed to spar with him.

• Hu Haoran told the Four Great Powers he planned to build an auction house and a public Soul Spirit shop to make Haori City more prosperous.
• At the awards ceremony, Hu Haoran announced that the Four Great Powers would obey the City Lord's Mansion, and Zhao Guangtian pledged their support.
• Hu Haoran presented awards to Wen Xiaoyao, Xiong Yingtian, and Qiu Tieshan.
• Hu Haoran offered to exchange Wen Xiaoyao's ten-thousand-year Earth Armored Dragon Torso Bone for a fire-element soul bone better suited to his martial soul.
• Hu Haoran offered Wen Xiaoyao another soul bone if he would spar with him, leaving Wen Xiaoyao stunned.

Hu Haoran and Wen Xiaoyao began their spar at the City Lord's Mansion, each testing the other's skills without gaining an advantage. When they realized neither had shown his full strength, both entered a more serious battle state, leaving the match poised to escalate.

• Hu Haoran offered Wen Xiaoyao a soul bone in exchange for a spar, and Wen Xiaoyao accepted while warning that he would not hold back.
• Hu Haoran and Wen Xiaoyao hurried to the City Lord's Mansion, where Zhao Guangtian, Kong Xiangfeng, Huangfu Wang, and Zhu Tianliang came to watch them fight.
• Hu Haoran opened with his Star Scar Sword, and Wen Xiaoyao defended himself with the Blazing Jade Bodyguard Aura before counterattacking with Meteor Fire Rain.
• Hu Haoran's sword skills and Wen Xiaoyao's soul skills countered each other, leaving neither fighter with the advantage.
• Hu Haoran and Wen Xiaoyao acknowledged that neither had fought at full strength, then Hu Haoran activated the Ice Fire Immunity Body and opened his Eye of Thunder as Wen Xiaoyao released his concealed power.

Wen Xiaoyao and Hu Haoran fought an intense sparring match, each revealing powerful soul skills and countering the other's attacks. They ended the bout in a draw, recognized each other's strength, and became friends before Hu Haoran invited Wen Xiaoyao to eat.

• Wen Xiaoyao's Blazing Jade Soul Suppression crushed Hu Haoran's Sword Dragon Assault, forcing Hu Haoran to retreat.
• Hu Haoran blocked Wen Xiaoyao's attack with the Sword Flood Dragon Stab Array, but Wen Xiaoyao's Fire Cauldron Impact overwhelmed the defense.
• Hu Haoran struck Wen Xiaoyao's Spiritual Sea with the Eye of Thunder, dispelling his soul skill, then attacked with Zigzag Thunder Kill.
• Wen Xiaoyao countered Hu Haoran with Ray of the Blazing Sun, and the two continued exchanging attacks as their companions watched in astonishment.
• After a hundred moves, Wen Xiaoyao and Hu Haoran stopped, agreed neither could defeat the other, and called the spar a draw.
• Hu Haoran and Wen Xiaoyao became friends, and Hu Haoran took him to eat.

Wen Xiaoyao explained that he had come to the Cangyun Empire to meet Hu Haoran, delivered letters from Hu Moxie and Jiang Jiayao, and then departed for the Kingdom Alliance. Hu Haoran returned to managing Haori City, hoping to put its affairs in order before eventually studying at Shrek Academy.

• Wen Xiaoyao told Hu Haoran that Taohua, Niu Dagui, and Jiang Jiayao had made him curious about Hu Haoran, and he had joined the tournament by chance.
• Wen Xiaoyao explained that Jiang Jiayao's spirit had evolved into an Ultimate Spirit after returning from the Cangyun Empire.
• Wen Xiaoyao gave Hu Haoran letters from Hu Moxie and Jiang Jiayao, who urged him to visit Shrek Academy and continue cultivating.
• Wen Xiaoyao declined Hu Haoran's offer to tour the Cangyun Empire and said he planned to travel to the Kingdom Alliance.
• After staying two days, Wen Xiaoyao left for the Kingdom Alliance, and Hu Haoran returned to integrating the Four Great Powers and developing Haori City.

Over two years, Hu Haoran developed Haori City into a powerful, prosperous stronghold while strengthening Hualei Pavilion and its allies. As he and Shen Mengyan discussed their cultivation and plans to attend Shrek Academy, Shi Danda arrived with news that Hu Haoran's father, General Hu, was in grave danger.

• Haori City expanded its Soul Tool technology, defenses, economy, and two-hundred-thousand-strong City Guard under Hu Haoran's leadership.
• Hu Haoran told Shen Mengyan that Hualei Pavilion's elders and members of the Four Great Powers had grown much stronger, with several reaching Title Douluo or advancing their cultivation.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan discussed their shared Level 59 Soul Power bottleneck and their plans to seek answers at Shrek Academy.
• Hu Haoran claimed he had become a Medicine Emperor and refined top-grade Saint Grade pills, then began to tell Shen Mengyan he was learning forging.
• Shi Danda rushed into the courtyard and warned Hu Haoran that General Hu was in grave danger, shocking him.

Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan learned that Hu Xi had been badly wounded after Wei Yifei betrayed him with false intelligence, leaving Hu Xi and his troops surrounded by the Tianlan Tribe. Shen Yefeng requested that Hu Haoran send troops to rescue them, and Hu Haoran recognized the request as a possible attempt to weaken Haori City’s forces but knew he could not refuse.

• Shi Danda reported that Wei Yifei had fed Hu Xi false intelligence to save his captured younger brother, leading Hu Xi into a Tianlan Tribe ambush and leaving him seriously wounded.
• Shi Danda said Hu Xi imprisoned Wei Yifei rather than executing him, while Shen Yefeng ordered Wei Yifei’s execution.
• Hu Haoran predicted that Hu Xi would spare Wei Yifei and might try to rescue his brother, explaining that Hu Xi valued the soldiers’ loyalty and morale.
• Shi Danda revealed that the Tianlan Tribe had surrounded Hu Xi and his troops and that Shen Yefeng had asked Hu Haoran to send a rescue force.
• Hu Haoran suspected Shen Yefeng wanted to weaken Haori City’s powerful army, but he accepted that he would have to rescue his father.

Hu Haoran prepared to lead a force from Haori City to rescue his father, Hu Xi, who was besieged by the Tianlan Tribe at Jinmai City. As Hu Haoran’s army traveled toward the border, Hu Xi learned his troops had only three days of food left, and the enemy began its assault.

• Hu Haoran told his advisers that Shen Yefeng had ordered him to rescue Hu Xi and weaken his forces, then assigned troops and commanders for the expedition while leaving Mu Li, Zeng Xiao, Hong Zuifeng, and Meng Yan to protect Haori City and Hualei Pavilion.
• After a day and night of planning, Hu Haoran led fifty thousand City Guards and selected fighters toward the Tianlan Tribe, using Teleportation Soul Arrays to travel toward the border.
• At Jinmai City, Hu Xi learned from Xiao Lingzhan that a Tianlan sneak attack had burned provisions, leaving the defenders with only three days of food.
• Xiao Lingzhan told Hu Xi that Shen Yefeng had sent Hu Haoran’s regional army instead of the central army, prompting Hu Xi to angrily question the decision before resolving to defend Jinmai City.
• A soldier reported that the Tianlan army had begun attacking Jinmai City.

Hu Xi and Xiao Lingzhan prepared Jinmai City’s defenses as the Tianlan Tribe launched a siege led by Hartu and Yebao Duoyu. When five Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms cracked the City-Protecting Soul Array, Hu Xi ordered the city to use its strongest weapons, even if that meant violating the nations’ agreement.

• Hu Xi ordered the city gates sealed and the soul tool defense system activated, then warned Xiao Lingzhan that the army had to win despite its low morale and scarce provisions.
• Hu Xi and Xiao Lingzhan joined the command platform, where a deputy general reported that the Energy Gathering Soul Cannons had repelled a feint and could keep firing for one day.
• A soldier reported that the Tianlan Tribe had summoned five Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms, and Hu Xi learned that fifty Soul Saints had been sacrificed to create them.
• Hu Xi ordered the Energy Gathering Soul Cannons to attack the beasts at maximum power and directed the generals to install eighth-grade Fixed Soul Tools in the city walls.
• Hu Xi dismissed concerns about the agreement forbidding Fixed Soul Tools in large-scale wars, and the generals fell silent.

With Jinmai City’s defenses failing and its Energy Gathering Soul Cannons nearly spent, Hu Xi ordered Lian Wushuang to lead a surprise attack against the Tianlan Tribe’s rear camp. Hartu responded to his army’s hesitation by executing a general and ordering the siege to resume at full strength.

• The Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms damaged Jinmai City’s protective array, while the Energy Gathering Soul Cannons destroyed two phantoms but suffered heavy damage and lost most of their energy.
• Hu Xi agreed with Xiao Lingzhan that a surprise attack could disrupt the siege, then ordered Lian Wushuang to take three hundred men through a secret passage and strike the Tianlan Tribe’s main camp.
• Hartu berated his generals for slowing the assault because of the Fixed Soul Tools and ordered a fearful general executed.
• Yebao Duoyu questioned whether the execution would hurt morale, but Hartu ordered all troops to attack Jinmai City at full strength and capture it before day’s end.

Hu Xi and Jinmai City's defenders fought desperately against the Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms as the city's defenses neared collapse. Hartu held Yebao Duoyu back, waiting for the defenders to exhaust themselves, while Hu Xi destroyed one phantom and left two still attacking.

• A soldier reported that Jinmai City's protective array was failing and its cannons were overheating, and Hu Xi ordered the defenders to keep fighting while General Lian's death squad attacked behind enemy lines.
• Hu Xi charged into battle and wounded a Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantom, but judged that its strength was near level eighty-nine and that he could not kill it easily while injured.
• Yebao Duoyu urged Hartu to attack, but Hartu ordered him to wait until Hu Xi and the other defenders had spent their strength and armor.
• Hu Xi used his Fifth Soul Skill to break through a phantom's green-light attack and burst through its body, destroying it while two phantoms remained.

Hu Xi and Xiao Lingzhan fought off the Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms threatening Jinmai City, while Hartu planned to capture Hu Xi for leverage against the Cangyun Empire. As Hu Xi prepared to finish the last beast, Yebao Duoyu launched a surprise attack under Hartu’s direction.

• The two remaining Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantoms ignored the other generals’ attacks and charged Hu Xi, forcing him to retreat as they burned their life force.
• Hartu explained to Yebao Duoyu that the Tianlan Tribe wanted to capture Hu Xi and his generals to bargain for benefits from the Cangyun Empire.
• Xiao Lingzhan attacked the beasts with his Sixth Soul Skill, Blazing Sun Feather Thrust, destroying one and leaving the final phantom badly injured.
• Hu Xi and Xiao Lingzhan prepared to deal with the last phantom, but Yebao Duoyu surprised Hu Xi with a volley of black iron feathers.
• Hartu taunted Hu Xi, calling the battlefield no arena and claiming Hu Xi had already lost.

Hu Xi used a Blood-Burning Soul-Gathering Pill to destroy the Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantom and battle Hartu and Yebao Duoyu, but collapsed after their clash. As Hartu prepared to capture him, Hu Haoran’s reinforcements arrived with Zhao Guangtian, a Title Douluo.

• Hartu ordered Yebao Duoyu to attack the weakened Hu Xi while the Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantom kept the other generals occupied.
• Hu Xi took the Blood-Burning Soul-Gathering Pill, temporarily reached Title Douluo strength, and destroyed the Tianlan Sacred Beast Phantom along with more than a thousand Tianlan Tribe soldiers.
• Hartu and Yebao Duoyu unleashed their Eighth Soul Skills against Hu Xi, who countered with his Eighth Soul Skill before exhausting his power and falling unconscious into Xiao Lingzhan’s arms.
• A Tianlan Tribe general reported that Lian Wushuang had ambushed the rear forces, but Hartu chose to focus on capturing Hu Xi and used the Witch Soul Art to recover.
• As Yebao Duoyu charged at Hu Xi, Zhao Guangtian arrived with Hu Haoran’s group and stopped him with his Fourth Soul Skill, revealing nine black Soul Rings.

Zhao Guangtian confronted Yebao Duoyu and Hartu after Hu Haoran ordered him to capture them alive. He overwhelmed the two and froze them with the Zhao Family's Ice Ray Gun, then brought them to Hu Haoran.

• Hu Haoran ordered Zhao Guangtian to capture Yebao Duoyu and Hartu alive.
• Zhao Guangtian donned his Three-word Battle Armor and faced Yebao Duoyu's clones and Hartu's blood mist attack with his spiritual soul skill, Soul Chain.
• Zhao Guangtian's attacks drove Yebao Duoyu and Hartu back, revealing the gap between them and a Title Douluo.
• Hartu shouted for them to flee, but Zhao Guangtian fired his Rank 9 Zhao Family's Ice Ray Gun and froze both men.
• Zhao Guangtian caught the ice sculptures of Yebao Duoyu and Hartu and brought them before Hu Haoran.

Hu Haoran helped Jinmai City rout the Tianlan Tribe army and returned with the other generals to treat his wounded father, Hu Xi. The city’s defenses were assigned for repair while Hu Haoran prepared to wake him.

• Hu Haoran subdued the captured Tianlan Tribe generals Yebao Duoyu and Hartu, then agreed with Xiao Lingzhan to pursue the retreating army.
• Hu Haoran led his elite troops and Zhao Guangtian into battle, helping Jinmai City’s forces drive the Tianlan Tribe into a disorderly retreat.
• Xiao Lingzhan introduced Hu Haoran to Lian Wushuang, and Hu Haoran urged everyone to return to Jinmai City because he feared for Hu Xi’s condition.
• Hu Haoran ordered Zhao Guangtian to oversee repairs to Jinmai City’s protective array and defenses while he treated Hu Xi.
• Lian Wushuang took Zhao Guangtian to repair the soul array, and the others stayed to watch Hu Haoran try to awaken Hu Xi.

Hu Haoran treated his critically injured father, Hu Xi, using pills from the Douluo System. Hu Xi was wrapped in a healing cocoon, and Hu Haoran stayed beside him as the generals left to tend to their own injuries.

• Hu Haoran sent the generals away and examined Hu Xi, finding severe internal injuries and a grave loss of blood essence.
• Hu Haoran chose to heal Hu Xi gradually with pills rather than restore him instantly through the Prison God Hall Interface.
• Hu Haoran gave Hu Xi five Nine Revolutions Spring-Returning Pills, which released golden-green threads that wrapped him in a cocoon.
• Hu Haoran told the generals that Hu Xi’s condition had stabilized and asked them to return for treatment of their own wounds.
• Xiao Lingzhan led the generals away, and Hu Haoran returned to Hu Xi’s room to keep watch until he woke.