Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran met the sword cultivator Dugu Hen, who praised his skill and advised him how to improve his sword technique, while Sai Fenglei began his five-person free-for-all. The arena fight was underway when Hu Haoran watched Sai Fenglei battle Zhong Luohai and the three female contestants.

• Dugu Hen tested Hu Haoran with his Sword Intent, then offered advice on controlling the trajectories of his lightning-charged swords and left after learning Hu Haoran's false name.
• Sai Fenglei assured Hu Haoran that he valued their friendship despite Hu Haoran keeping his real name secret, then told him Dugu Hen was a powerful favorite backed by the Myriad Sword Sect.
• Sai Fenglei, Zhong Luohai, Zhang Yifei, Liu Qingqing, and Mao Xiaorou entered the Silver Group C Division's five-person free-for-all.
• Sai Fenglei opened the fight with Wind Thunder Nine Heavens, and Zhong Luohai countered with Endless Tide Thrust as the five contestants fought in a melee.
• Hu Haoran watched Sai Fenglei and Zhong Luohai clash evenly while remarking on Sai Fenglei's luck in facing three Great Soul Masters.

Liu Qingqing and Zhang Yifei fought with their Soul Skills until Zhang Yifei defeated Liu Qingqing, then conceded to Yu Xiaorou because she was injured. Sai Fenglei defeated Zhong Luohai, leaving only Yu Xiaorou and Sai Fenglei on the arena.

• Liu Qingqing used Pink Flower Sea and Pink Bomb to attack, but Yu Xiaorou escaped the blast while Zhang Yifei remained concealed.
• Zhang Yifei appeared beside Liu Qingqing and struck her with Phantom Stab, knocking her out of the match.
• Zhang Yifei admitted she was injured and conceded to Yu Xiaorou, leaving three contestants in the match.
• Sai Fenglei challenged Zhong Luohai to use his full strength, and Zhong Luohai attacked with Third Soul Skill, Tsunami Line of Heaven.
• Sai Fenglei countered with Second Soul Skill, Wind Rolls Thunder, and sent Zhong Luohai out of the arena.
• Sai Fenglei turned toward Yu Xiaorou and taunted her as the final two contestants remaining.

Sai Fenglei defeated Mao Xiaorou in the Silver Group C Division melee, then went with Hu Haoran to collect their winnings. Meanwhile, Ling Gaofeng and Mu Changkong advanced a plot to assassinate Shen Yefeng, though Ling secretly intended to eliminate the Mu Family afterward.

• Sai Fenglei evaded Mao Xiaorou's attacks while taunting her, then blocked her strongest kicks with his Wind Thunder Sky Wings.
• Mao Xiaorou realized she could not defeat Sai Fenglei and conceded, making him the final winner of the Silver Group C Division melee.
• Sai Fenglei and Hu Haoran celebrated their win and headed to the betting counter to collect their money.
• Ling Gaofeng asked Mu Changkong whether he had brought enough Death's Embrace, and Mu Changkong explained that his enhanced drug raised Soul Power while draining users' lives faster.
• Ling Gaofeng told Mu Changkong that the Second Prince's plan was proceeding smoothly and that the dosage would control when Shen Yefeng died.
• After Mu Changkong left, Ling Gaofeng revealed that he intended for the Second Prince to destroy the Mu Family and erase all evidence of their conspiracy.

Hu Haoran learned about the powerful sword fighters he might face as he pursued the preliminary championship, while Liu Daoran told Hu Xi about Haoran’s extraordinary abilities and plans to establish a force. Hu Xi agreed to prepare the way for Haoran to take Haori City, and the chapter ended with Haoran back in his hotel room, deep in thought.

• Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei discussed the upcoming matches, the Myriad Sword Sect’s Lu Han and Dugu Hen, and the prizes at stake.
• Liu Daoran told Hu Xi that Hu Haoran had awakened the Soaring Sword martial soul and was already a level twenty-eight Great Soul Master with extraordinary soul rings and strength.
• Liu Daoran explained that he had urged Hu Haoran to enter the National Youth Soul Master Competition to win a city and establish a force.
• Hu Xi agreed to position their people around Haori City to prepare for Haoran to take it.
• Liu Daoran told Hu Xi that Leng Xuewu had become a Level 90 Titled Douluo, and Hu Xi and Liu Daoran shared a laugh.
• Hu Haoran returned to his hotel room and frowned in thought.

Hu Haoran continued training the Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall before facing Zheng Tao in the fourth-round match. He defeated Zheng Tao with his sword techniques and earned 50,000 Douluo Crystal Points.

• Hu Haoran spent two days training the Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall but still struggled to control every sword.
• Sai Fenglei woke Hu Haoran and hurried him to the arena for the next match.
• Hu Haoran faced Zheng Tao, a Level 32 Soul Elder, and stunned him with Thunder Roar Piercing Ears before launching a swift sword assault.
• Hu Haoran countered Zheng Tao’s strongest soul skill with the Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall and pinned Zheng Tao in place with purple-gold swords.
• The referee declared Niu Dafu the winner, and Hu Haoran received 50,000 Douluo Crystal Points.

Bai Jiali defeated a black-armored opponent in the Silver Group A competition after enduring more than a hundred attacks without summoning his Martial Soul. Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei recognized him as a formidable rival, before Sai Fenglei was called to his next match against Lin San.

• Hu Haoran told Sai Fenglei that he had beaten Zheng Tao while holding back enough to avoid crippling him permanently.
• Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei went to watch a fierce match in the Silver Group A arena.
• Bai Jiali revealed his Titan Green Ape Martial Soul and used his second Soul Skill to knock back the black-armored youth’s attack.
• Bai Jiali sent the black-armored youth flying out of the arena and won the match.
• Sai Fenglei was called to fight Lin San in the Silver Group C Division and headed to the arena.

Sai Fenglei defeated Lin San in the Silver Group C Division match without summoning his Martial Soul. After the referee declared him the winner, Sai Fenglei returned to his usual demeanor and hurried toward Hu Haoran.

• Lin San introduced himself as a Level 35 Soul Elder with a Black Jade Blood Tiger Martial Soul, while Sai Fenglei announced his Level 33 Wind Thunder Heavenly Wings Martial Soul.
• Lin San attacked with Blood Tiger Heart Pluck, but Sai Fenglei met him with wind- and thunder-powered palms without summoning his Martial Soul.
• Lin San increased his strength with Blood Tiger Fierce Qi Transformation and pressed his assault, drawing blood from Sai Fenglei during their exchanges.
• Lin San unleashed Blood Tiger Sky Breaking Fury, and Sai Fenglei used his speed and strength to break Lin San's hands and knock him unconscious.
• The referee declared Sai Fenglei the winner, and Sai Fenglei hurried off the arena toward Hu Haoran.

Sai Fenglei brought Hu Haoran to the Golden Light Auction House, where they entered a VIP room to attend an auction. Hu Haoran hoped to win a seventy-thousand-year spirit bone for Taohua as the auction prepared to begin.

• Sai Fenglei took Hu Haoran to the Golden Light Auction House and explained that the auction featured two Level Seven Soul Tools and a seventy-thousand-year spirit bone.
• Hu Haoran worried they lacked the invitation needed to enter, but Sai Fenglei presented a purplish-gold VIP card and secured them a high-class VIP room.
• Hu Haoran decided he wanted to bid on the Heavenly Heart Grass spirit bone as a gift for Taohua.
• Auctioneer Xiaoya stirred the audience with a flirtatious joke, drawing bids of more than eight million Gold Soul Coins for herself before revealing she was only the host.
• Hu Haoran recognized Xiaoya's Charm Technique, while Sai Fenglei became infatuated with her; the first auction item was about to be presented.

The Golden Light Auction House auctioned a Blazing Red Heart Chrysanthemum before introducing a Level Seven Soul Power Storage Device that sparked fierce bidding. Hu Haoran revealed he planned to buy a soul bone for Taohua, while the auction for the Soul Tool continued among VIP rooms.

• Xiaoya introduced the thirty-thousand-year Blazing Red Heart Chrysanthemum, and bidders drove its price to one million eight hundred and seventy thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Haoran told Sai Fenglei he planned to bid on the seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Heart Grass left arm bone for Taohua and said he had more than eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Sai Fenglei teased Hu Haoran about his feelings for Taohua, and Hu Haoran blushed and denied him.
• Xiaoya presented a Level Seven Soul Power Storage Device and explained that it could store and replenish Soul Power.
• Bidders in the VIP rooms competed fiercely for the Soul Power Storage Device, pushing its price beyond ten million Gold Soul Coins.

Hu Haoran watched a Level Seven Soul Power Storage Device sell for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins before bidding against the Hundred Grass Sect for a 70,000-Year Heavenly Heart Grass Left Arm Bone. He won the spirit bone for seven million and left the auction house with Sai Fenglei, expecting the Hundred Grass Sect to ambush them.

• The occupant of VIP Room Six bought the Level Seven Soul Power Storage Device for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins after the other bidders withdrew.
• Xiaoya introduced a 70,000-Year Heavenly Heart Grass Left Arm Bone, and Hu Haoran waited as two bidders raised its price to one million one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The Hundred Grass Sect asked the room to let Mr. Yue have the spirit bone, then bid two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Haoran dismissed the sect's appeal and raised the bid to four million, then seven million Gold Soul Coins despite threats from VIP Room Two.
• Xiaoya sold the spirit bone to Hu Haoran for seven million Gold Soul Coins, and he and Sai Fenglei completed the handover and left, expecting an ambush.

Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei lured two Hundred Herbs Sect pursuers outside Biyun City, where they prepared to fight over the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and soul bone. After revealing his powerful soul rings and summoning the Soaring Sword, Hu Haoran faced Qiu Yunfeng as Sai Fenglei took on Cai Tianming.

• Hu Haoran apologized to Sai Fenglei for drawing him into the conflict, but Sai Fenglei insisted on backing him up.
• Hu Haoran planned to draw the Hundred Herbs Sect pursuers outside the city, while the sect elder ordered Qiu Yunfeng and Cai Tianming to track the pair and report back without acting.
• Qiu Yunfeng hesitated to attack without permission, but Cai Tianming overruled him and confronted Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei.
• Hu Haoran revealed that he had sensed Qiu Yunfeng in hiding, and Sai Fenglei claimed Cai Tianming as his opponent.
• Hu Haoran summoned the Soaring Sword and displayed his two unusual soul rings, prompting Qiu Yunfeng to summon the Jade Bamboo Sword and prepare to fight.

Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei fought Qiu Yunfeng and Cai Tianming, revealing their strength in a battle between Soul Ancestors. Sai Fenglei badly injured Cai Tianming, while Hu Haoran fell into a bitter struggle against Qiu Yunfeng.

• Hu Haoran and Qiu Yunfeng clashed with their swords, and Qiu Yunfeng’s greater Soul Power sent Hu Haoran flying without seriously injuring him.
• Sai Fenglei summoned his Wind Thunder Sky Wings and attacked Cai Tianming, whose Ghost Vines initially obstructed his advance.
• Sai Fenglei swept aside the vines with Wind Thunder Nine Heavens, then struck Cai Tianming five times and sent him crashing into the ground with severe injuries.
• Sai Fenglei mocked Cai Tianming to keep him from underestimating him, while Hu Haoran and Qiu Yunfeng continued fighting.
• Hu Haoran used Thunder Roar Piercing Ears to disorient Qiu Yunfeng, but Qiu Yunfeng activated Breaking Bamboo Momentum and forced Hu Haoran into a bitter struggle.
• Hu Haoran defended against Qiu Yunfeng’s empowered sword attacks with his Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall.

Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei fought the Hundred Herbs Sect Soul Ancestors, Qiu Yunfeng and Cai Tianming. Hu Haoran killed Qiu Yunfeng but collapsed from exhaustion, while Sai Fenglei continued dodging Cai Tianming’s attacks and provoking him.

• Bai Erli watched Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei battle and wondered who the winged fighter was.
• Cai Tianming unleashed his Ghost Vine Spear, but Sai Fenglei evaded the spears while waiting for Cai Tianming to exhaust himself.
• Hu Haoran detonated his Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall and wounded Qiu Yunfeng, but Qiu Yunfeng struck Hu Haoran with Raging Bamboo Slash.
• Hu Haoran countered with Zigzag Thunder Kill and then killed Qiu Yunfeng with Divine Sound Soul Chasing before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Sai Fenglei taunted Cai Tianming over Qiu Yunfeng’s death and continued dodging his attacks.

Bai Erli saved Hu Haoran from Cai Tianming’s attack, allowing Sai Fenglei to kill Cai Tianming and avenge their earlier conflict. The three escaped to an inn, where Hu Haoran introduced himself under his real name and Bai Erli offered to treat his wounds.

• Cai Tianming attacked the exhausted Hu Haoran with Ghost Vine Spears, but Bai Erli appeared and protected him.
• Sai Fenglei overwhelmed Cai Tianming’s Ghost Vine Wall with Wind Rolls Thunder and killed him with a strike from his wings.
• Hu Haoran urged Sai Fenglei and Bai Erli to leave before the Hundred Herbs Sect sent reinforcements, and the three returned to the inn.
• A Hundred Herbs Sect elder arrived, found Qiu Yunfeng and Cai Tianming dead, and ordered his attendants to report to the sect master.
• At the inn, Hu Haoran revealed his real name to Bai Erli, and Bai Erli began stitching his chest wound.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei became sworn brothers after Hu Haoran revealed his identity and they shared their family backgrounds. After drinking Blue Flower Wine, they woke to find that it had increased Bai Erli’s and Sai Fenglei’s Soul Power, while Hu Haoran recovered enough to prepare for his match.

• Bai Erli treated Hu Haoran’s sword wound, and Hu Haoran proposed that the three men become sworn brothers.
• Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Erli swore their brotherhood over Blue Flower Wine and agreed that Hu Haoran was their Third Brother.
• Hu Haoran revealed that he came from the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan and was the son of Hu Xi, while Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei disclosed their own powerful family ties.
• The three brothers drank the Blue Flower Wine and fell into a drunken sleep.
• Hu Haoran woke Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei for their matches, and Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei discovered the wine had raised each of their Soul Power by a level.
• Hu Haoran found that his Soul Power and sword wound had recovered enough for him to compete.

Hu Haoran fought Xiao Miao in the fifth-round Gold Group B match despite his recent injuries and won after entering the Ethereal Realm. He left the arena with a new technique, Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed, and earned 70,000 Douluo Crystal Points.

• Bai Li and Sai Fenglei expressed concern about Hu Haoran's injuries, but he assured them he could fight and headed to the Gold Group B Division.
• Hu Haoran, competing as Niu Dafu, faced Xiao Miao, whose Purple Rain Hengshui martial soul produced a corrosive purple whip and poisonous rain.
• Hu Haoran defended against Xiao Miao's attacks with the Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall and used his Sword Intent to cut through her whip.
• Hu Haoran entered the Ethereal Realm during Xiao Miao's Purple Water Surging attack and comprehended Great Thunderous Sound Sword Wall: Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed.
• Hu Haoran's purplish-gold sword river overwhelmed Xiao Miao's purple river and knocked her off the arena, earning him the victory and 70,000 Douluo Crystal Points.

After winning his match, Hu Haoran returned to the inn to study the insights he gained in a state of clarity and discovered a way to fuse his spiritual power with Sword Intent. Having recovered and grown stronger, he set out with Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei to return to the Golden Jade Arena.

• Hu Haoran won his match, qualified for Biyun City's top five hundred, and told Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei that he had gained insights in a state of clarity.
• Hu Haoran returned to the inn and tried to condense his spiritual power into a Soul Pearl, but the Douluo System's method failed.
• Hu Haoran used the Soaring Sword as a medium to fuse Sword Intent with his spiritual power, enduring severe pain as a Soul Sword formed in his Spiritual Sea.
• Hu Haoran spent two more days refining the Soul Sword while cultivating his Soul Power, recovering from his wound and increasing his strength.
• Hu Haoran went to find Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei so they could accompany him to the Golden Jade Arena.

Hu Haoran returned to the Golden Jade Arena with Bai Li and Sai Fenglei, hoping to earn more Gold Soul Coins and build capital for their own force. He accepted the arena supervisor’s offer to fight seven Soul Elders in succession, while Bai Li and Sai Fenglei waited outside.

• Hu Haoran persuaded Bai Li and Sai Fenglei to accompany him to the Golden Jade Arena, where Bai Li eagerly agreed to fight and Sai Fenglei reluctantly came along to bet on them.
• Hu Haoran told Bai Li to wait before registering so the arena could not arrange for the brothers to fight each other.
• Hu Haoran threatened the arena staff member with Asura's Grin and identified himself as the Shura Swordsman.
• The supervisor offered Hu Haoran a challenge against seven Soul Elders, promising up to one million Gold Soul Coins if he won them all.
• Hu Haoran accepted the challenge as the supervisor left, pleased that his plan to eliminate him seemed likely to succeed.

Hu Haoran prepared for a one-against-seven challenge at the Golden Jade Arena, betting heavily on himself and learning about his powerful opponents. After meditating and entering the arena to cheers, he faced the first challenger, the Magic Hair Woman.

• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei questioned Hu Haoran's decision to take on seven opponents, but he remained confident and eager to test his techniques.
• Hu Haoran bet one million Gold Soul Coins on himself, Bai Erli wagered five hundred thousand, and Sai Fenglei staked all his money on Hu Haoran.
• Sai Fenglei revealed the seven challengers and their records, including Ice Guest and the undefeated-in-39-matches Ghost Spear, while Hu Haoran welcomed the challenge.
• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei went to watch as Hu Haoran meditated, then followed a Golden Jade Arena staff member to the arena.
• The crowd cheered for the Shura Swordsman, and the referee announced the one-against-seven challenge before introducing the first challenger, the Magic Hair Woman.

Hu Haoran defeated Magic Hair Woman in the first match of his seamless challenge, demonstrating the power of his soul sword and Sword Intent. The Lion King entered as his second opponent, and their match was about to begin.

• Magic Hair Woman attacked Hu Haoran with her Vast White Hair, then combined it with Hair Sword Thorns as they charged at each other.
• Hu Haoran unleashed the power of his soul sword and overwhelmed Magic Hair Woman's attacks with his Thunder Sound Swordplay.
• Hu Haoran beheaded Magic Hair Woman, winning his first match to loud cheers from the audience.
• The referee introduced the Lion King, who transformed with his Crimson Flame Fire Crystal Lion martial soul and fired a laser at Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran blocked the Lion King's attack with Swift Lightning Wind Thunder and taunted him as their second match began.