Chapter Summaries

Li Chang'an countered Feng Xiaotian's aerial assault with a thrown lightning-charged Tai Bai Sword and a three-strike sword technique. Feng Xiaotian surrendered after Li Chang'an's sword auras left him unable to evade.

• Li Chang'an used Tai Chi to deflect Feng Xiaotian's close-range attack and send him flying.
• Feng Xiaotian activated his second and third soul skills, took to the air, and announced his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Li Chang'an charged the Tai Bai Sword with lightning and threw it at Feng Xiaotian, interrupting his attack.
• Li Chang'an followed with three consecutive sword auras using his Critical Hit Three-Sword Combo.
• Feng Xiaotian tried to dodge the strikes, then surrendered.

Rouge Academy finished the Heaven Dou Empire promotion matches undefeated, and the teams set out for Spirit City for the finals. As Li Chang'an traveled with the delegation, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe summoned him.

• Li Chang'an's Three Axe Strikes overwhelmed Feng Xiaotian, and Feng Xiaotian called a stop to their match.
• Shrek Academy forfeited its match against Rouge Academy, ending the promotion matches a day early.
• Rouge Academy completed fourteen consecutive victories and ranked first among the fifteen teams in the Heaven Dou Empire division.
• Xue Ye announced that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would accompany the teams as the empire's envoy and help judge the tournament.
• The Heaven Dou delegation set out for Spirit City, where Spirit Hall would host the single-elimination finals and open the matches to commoners and nobles.
• A soldier summoned Rouge Academy captain Li Changsheng to meet Xue Qinghe, and Li Chang'an left the carriage.

On the journey back to Spirit City, Qian Renxue discussed Xue Ye’s intelligence-gathering orders with Li Chang'an before seeking his company. Meanwhile, Huo Wu proposed that Blazing Fire Academy and Divine Wind Academy unite for the finals, leaving Feng Xiaotian to win over his academy.

• Qian Renxue asked Li Chang'an to accompany her when she visited Bibidon in Spirit City and told him about Xue Ye’s orders to buy Soul Guidance Devices, recruit researchers, and gather intelligence.
• Li Chang'an agreed that Qian Renxue should carry out Xue Ye’s mission, and the two spent private time together in her carriage.
• Feng Xiaotian visited Blazing Fire Academy’s carriage to apologize to Huo Wu for losing to Li Chang'an, but Huo Wu told him she did not blame him.
• Huo Wu argued that Blazing Fire Academy and Divine Wind Academy could not compete with the strongest teams separately and proposed merging their teams for the finals.
• Feng Xiaotian agreed to the alliance, and Huo Wu asked him to persuade his teammates and teachers while she arranged for Blazing Fire Academy to compete under Divine Wind Academy’s name.

During the journey to Spirit City, Shui Binger asked Li Chang'an for help after Prince Zhenbei threatened Heaven Water Academy and demanded that she and Xue Wu serve at his residence. Li Chang'an agreed to intervene after the tournament, leaving Shui Binger grateful and stunned by how easily he accepted.

• Divine Wind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy secretly agreed to cooperate, while Rouge Academy continued its peaceful journey toward Spirit City.
• Li Chang'an cooked scallion noodles at the wilderness camp, and Shui Binger joined the meal by providing water.
• After the meal, Shui Binger explained that Prince Zhenbei had demanded she and Xue Wu serve at his residence and threatened to reclaim Heaven Water Academy's land if they refused.
• Shui Binger offered to join Rouge Academy in exchange for help, but Hu Liena said Li Chang'an was teasing her and would help regardless.
• Li Chang'an promised to deal with Prince Zhenbei after the tournament, and Shui Binger thanked him.

Li Chang'an and the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Master academies were ambushed in a gorge by thousands of coordinated black-clad fighters, whom Li Chang'an suspected were controlled by the Abyss. The attackers framed the Star Luo Empire, while powerful reinforcements joined the battle and three more Titled Douluo appeared, leaving the group facing a grave threat.

• After Shui Binger left, Li Chang'an sensed a sinister aura near the gorge, and the Royal Knights prepared for an attack.
• Rocks cascaded down both hills, forcing the Royal Knights to shield the retreating academies as they hurried out of the dangerous terrain.
• Thousands of black-clad attackers charged down the hills, and Li Chang'an sensed that something inside them was controlling them.
• The academy Soul Masters clashed with the attackers, whose numbers, coordination, and powerful fighters pushed the battle into a stalemate.
• A soldier claimed the attackers bore the Star Luo Empire’s mark and intended to kill the young Soul Masters and Crown Prince.
• Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi entered the battle, but three more Titled Douluo appeared and threatened to leave no one alive.

Li Chang'an killed the Abyss mastermind attacking the escort party and learned that an outside force was targeting Soul Land. The teams reached Spirit City, where the visitors saw its unusual defenses and newly developed Soul Guidance Cannons.

• Li Chang'an left Xiao Wu and the others, then confronted a level ninety-seven black-robed Abyss lord who had divided the space around the battlefield.
• Li Chang'an froze the Abyss lord and struck him with powerful soul skills, then used Lawful Utterance to turn him and the other black-clad attackers to dust.
• Li Chang'an endured the backlash from Lawful Utterance, while Ning Fengzhi and the others learned that the Abyss was an outside threat to Soul Land.
• Qian Renxue arranged extra troops and investigations into Abyss entrances as the Heaven Dou Empire's soul master teams continued their journey.
• Xue Qinghe led the fifteen teams into Spirit City after leaving the Ironclad Army and Royal Knights outside, and Ning Rongrong and the others saw the city's six walls and Level 4 Soul Guidance Cannons.

Divine Wind Academy used a roster loophole to add Blazing Fire Academy members, and Rouge Academy prepared to face the powerful Star Luo Royal Academy in the third round. The chapter ended with the teams revealing their strength as Bibi Dong watched Li Chang’an from Papal Hall and vowed to punish him.

• Divine Wind Academy fielded Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and other Blazing Fire Academy members, then crushed their opponents without Huo Wu using Repelling Fire Ring.
• Li Chang’an explained that Spirit Hall had approved the roster change because the tournament rules did not forbid registered students from switching academies, and Spirit Hall rejected the other academies’ protests.
• The third-round draw matched Rouge Academy against Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy and Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Li Chang’an that her sister Zhu Zhuyun and Davis were powerful Soul Ancestors with a formidable Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Li Chang’an reassured her that they could counter with their own fusion skill.
• Rouge Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy took the stage, where Davis and Zhu Zhuyun revealed their strength alongside four other Soul Ancestors.
• Bibi Dong watched Li Chang’an from Papal Hall and silently vowed to keep him from getting out of bed for three days when he returned.

Rouge Academy arrived in Spirit City and prepared for the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. After Blazing Fire Academy withdrew, Rouge Academy advanced through the first two rounds without fighting.

• Li Chang'an and the other teams traveled to Spirit City by railway and rested before the finals began.
• Liu Erlong explained the finals format, including the rounds, byes, and final matches between the last three teams.
• Liu Erlong drew Blazing Fire Academy as Rouge Academy’s first opponent, then announced that the academy had withdrawn and forfeited.
• Rouge Academy learned that it had received byes in both the first and second rounds and entered the top ten without a match.
• A red-clad Spirit Hall bishop announced the start of the finals, and the first match began.

Li Chang'an’s team overwhelmed Star Luo Imperial Academy through Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks, Meng Yiran’s poison, and Hu Liena’s powerful illusion. The match ended with Rouge Academy victorious, while Li Chang'an barely had to fight.

• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun attacked, but Zhu Zhuqing intercepted Zhu Zhuyun while Xiao Wu confronted Davis.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body and Waist Bow to hurl Davis into his teammates, and Muxi restored her Soul Power as Meng Yiran’s poison paralyzed the opposing team.
• Hu Liena kissed Li Chang'an, revealed her Soul Emperor cultivation, and bewildered Star Luo Imperial Academy with her Sky Fox ability.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing knocked the helpless opponents off the arena, securing Rouge Academy’s victory.

The four semifinalists gathered before Papal Hall for the final stage of the tournament, with Rouge Academy favored and Spirit Hall Academy’s strength feared. Li Chang'an told Xiao Wu he had found a way to revive her mother, and the chapter ended as the Pope arrived to begin the semifinals.

• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, joining Shrek Academy, Divine Wind Academy, and Rouge Academy in the semifinals.
• Pope Bibidon ordered the four teams to hold their semifinals before Papal Hall, with the two winners advancing to the final.
• Li Chang'an warned Xiao Wu to stay calm when they met the Pope and showed her his Soul Ring Return to Spirit skill as evidence that he could revive her mother.
• The four teams assembled on the plaza before Papal Hall, where Xie Yue led Spirit Hall Academy and the Shrek and Rouge Academy teams awaited the matches.
• Red-robed bishops announced the Pope’s arrival, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

At the semifinal ceremony, Bibidon appeared before the competitors, praised Li Chang'an, and announced three soul bones as Spirit Hall’s reward for the final victor. The valuable prize stirred the crowd’s greed, while Li Chang'an remained unconcerned because he already possessed powerful soul bones.

• Bibidon emerged from Papal Hall with four Titled Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, and the assembled soul masters knelt to greet her.
• Bibidon congratulated Li Chang'an on advancing with two soul rings and warned him not to let girls distract him from cultivation; he promised to study hard.
• Bibidon addressed the twenty-eight semifinalists and urged them to show their talent and strength for Spirit Hall’s greatest reward.
• Bibidon displayed a Right Arm Bone, a skull bone, and a Left Leg Bone, astonishing the crowd and drawing greedy attention from the competitors.
• Li Chang'an showed little interest in the prize because he already had a skull bone and an exceptionally powerful Torso Soul Bone.

Bibidon awarded three Soul Bones to the tournament champion and announced the semifinals, but both morning matches ended in forfeits. Shrek Academy and Rouge Academy began their afternoon match, where Shrek used a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

• Bibidon announced that the champion would receive three Soul Bones, including a supreme-grade Wisdom Skull, and explained the semifinal format.
• Flander forfeited Shrek Academy’s morning individual match against Rouge Academy, and both teams agreed to face each other in the afternoon.
• Divine Wind Academy forfeited its matches against Spirit Hall Academy, sending Spirit Hall directly to the grand finals.
• Before the afternoon match, Xiao Wu noticed Yu Xiaogang watching her with an unsettling expression, but she told Li Chang’an nothing was wrong.
• Shrek Academy formed a seven-person formation and began channeling their Soul Power into Tang San through Jiangzhu and Oscar’s support.

Shrek's seven combined their strength to launch a Seven-in-One attack, and Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer against Li Chang'an. Li Chang'an answered with the Pangu Axe and unleashed his own formidable avatar, leaving their massive weapons about to collide.

• Shrek's seven completed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique, while Li Chang'an calmly waited with the women at the arena's edge.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck at Li Chang'an, who revealed the Pangu Axe and knocked the hammer away with a single swing.
• Tang San activated Weapon Soul Avatar, transforming the Clear Sky Hammer and himself into a unified dark-gold force.
• Li Chang'an used Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens, enlarging the Pangu Axe without releasing any soul rings.
• Li Chang'an's enormous axe blade met Tang San's enormous hammer with a thunderous clang.

Li Chang'an defeated Tang San and Shrek, then led Rouge Academy to the tournament championship and distributed the soul-bone rewards. As Bibidon prepared to close the ceremony, Yu Xiaogang exposed Xiao Wu as a 100,000-Year Soul Beast and challenged the Titled Douluo to act on the revelation.

• Li Chang'an defeated Tang San and Shrek with the Pangu Axe, and Ning Fengzhi intervened to protect both sides after the match.
• The referee declared Rouge Academy the champion, and Bibidon presented the rewards to Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an gave soul bones to Zhuqing, Yiran, and Ning Rongrong, while promising to make things up to the others later.
• Bibidon announced the end of the tournament, but Yu Xiaogang interrupted and used a technique that revealed Xiao Wu's identity as a 100,000-Year Soul Beast.

Yu Xiaogang revealed Xiao Wu’s identity and brought powerful reclusive experts to force Spirit Hall to choose between surrendering her and protecting her. Li Chang'an left Spirit Hall to defend Xiao Wu, then killed Yu Xiaogang after an Abyssal Monarch possessed him, leaving the Abyssal Gate’s opening as a looming threat.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned five Soul Douluo and five Titled Douluo, including a rank ninety-eight expert, and demanded that Spirit Hall hand over Xiao Wu or execute her.
• Li Chang'an declared that he was leaving Spirit Hall, while Bibidon and his companions stood with him and Xiao Wu; Golden Alligator Douluo confronted the reclusive experts’ leader.
• Li Chang'an revealed seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and threatened Yu Xiaogang, who summoned the Abyssal Monarch to possess him.
• The Monarch overwhelmed Ghost Douluo, but Li Chang'an’s Pangu Axe shattered its presence in Yu Xiaogang’s body; the Monarch warned that the Abyssal Gate was about to open.
• Li Chang'an killed Yu Xiaogang, burned his body to ashes, and used Lawful Utterance to shatter his soul.

Shrek’s seven-person fusion let Tang San wield the Clear Sky Hammer at extraordinary strength, but Li Chang’an answered with his Pangu Axe and revealed his own Martial Soul Avatar. The two giant weapons collided, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Bibidon recognized Shrek’s seven-in-one fusion technique as the seven members combined their strength despite having different Martial Souls.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and launched it at Li Chang’an, who blocked the attack with his Pangu Axe without releasing a soul ring.
• Tang San used the amplified Soul Power to awaken the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul Avatar.
• Li Chang’an enlarged the Pangu Axe and revealed his Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens.
• Li Chang’an’s axe blade collided with Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.

Shrek’s seven-person fusion technique empowered Tang San to attack Li Chang'an, who revealed the Pangu Axe and countered with his Martial Soul Avatar. The chapter ended as their enormous weapons collided in the arena.

• Shrek’s seven members completed a fusion technique despite their different Martial Souls, and Tang San gathered power for an attack.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and struck at Li Chang'an, who summoned the Pangu Axe and casually sent the hammer flying.
• Tang San caught the hammer and used Tool Soul Avatar, transforming it into a dark-gold weapon as his aura merged with it.
• Li Chang'an enlarged the Pangu Axe and entered his Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens, revealing power on the level of a Soul Sage.
• Li Chang'an swung the Pangu Axe at Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and the two weapons collided.

Tang San used Shrek’s seven-person fusion technique to attack Li Chang’an with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Li Chang’an answered with the Pangu Axe. Both fighters revealed their Martial Soul Avatars, and their enormous weapons met in a clash that left the battle unresolved.

• Bibidon recognized that Shrek’s seven had formed a seven-person fusion technique despite their different Martial Souls.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and launched it at Li Chang’an, who revealed the Pangu Axe and knocked the hammer away.
• Tang San activated the Clear Sky Hammer’s Weapon Soul Avatar and prepared a second attack.
• Li Chang’an revealed his own Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens, without releasing his soul rings.
• Li Chang’an’s Pangu Axe met Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer in a thunderous clash.

Shrek’s seven performed a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, and Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to attack Li Chang’an. Li Chang’an revealed the Pangu Axe and entered its Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the two enormous weapons poised in a clash.

• Bibidon recognized Shrek’s Seven-in-One Fusion Technique as the seven linked together despite their different Martial Souls.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and launched it at Li Chang’an, who revealed the Pangu Axe and knocked the hammer away with a single swing.
• Tang San activated the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul Avatar, and the fused power of the seven magnified his attack.
• Li Chang’an transformed the Pangu Axe with his Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens, while keeping his soul rings unreleased.
• Li Chang’an’s massive axe blade met Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer with a clash.

Shrek’s seven completed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique, and Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer’s Weapon Soul Avatar against Li Chang'an. Li Chang'an revealed the Pangu Axe and his own Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the two enormous weapons about to collide.

• Pope Bibidon and the other spectators recognized Shrek’s seven-person fusion technique, while Li Chang'an waited without releasing his soul rings.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and sent it flying at Li Chang'an, who deflected it with a swing of the Pangu Axe.
• Tang San activated Weapon Soul Avatar and gathered the amplified power of the Clear Sky Hammer for another attack.
• Li Chang'an enlarged the Pangu Axe and revealed his Martial Soul Avatar, Pangu Creates the Heavens, exposing that he was a seven-ring Soul Sage.
• Li Chang'an and Tang San brought the giant axe and hammer together in a clash.