Chapter Summaries

Han Yu’s team advanced to the Top Four after Xu San Shi surrendered, and Han Yu met Chen An to arrange a rare-metals deal. Han Yu secretly tracked Chen An and discovered he was conspiring with a warehouse deputy at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to sell a large haul of materials.

• Xu San Shi surrendered, giving Snow Demon Sect the victory and a place in the Top Four.
• Han Yu met Chen An, accepted his rare-metals list, and gave him five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as a deposit.
• Chen An proposed exchanging the goods while the Three Underground Forces’ leaders attended the final match, and Han Yu agreed while suspecting Chen An was lying about some details.
• Han Yu sent a concealed Spiritual Power clone after Chen An and followed him to a guarded compound behind Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Chen An met the Surname Li Middle-Aged Man, who revealed he was a deputy supervisor responsible for the warehouse and had been preparing the scheme for years.

Han Yu’s Spiritual Clone uncovered Chen An’s plan to embezzle from a metals deal while the tournament reached its semifinals. As Snow Demon Sect prepared to face Holy Spirit Sect, Han Yu warned his teammates to prioritize their safety, and Xu Tianran watched from the imperial rostrum.

• Chen An paid the Li middle-aged supplier only two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins after receiving a five-hundred-thousand-coin deposit, and Han Yu’s Spiritual Clone followed the supplier to investigate.
• The tournament’s final four teams were announced, with Snow Demon Sect scheduled to face Holy Spirit Sect in the afternoon semifinal.
• Xu Tianran suppressed opposition to Holy Spirit Sect’s participation, backed by the Holy Spirit Cult, and the crowd hoped Snow Demon Sect would stop the Evil Soul Masters.
• The four teams arrived at the packed venue, where Meng Hongchen spotted Han Yu and Xiao Hongchen stopped her from approaching him.
• Tang Ya led Holy Spirit Sect into the venue, and Han Yu warned Snow Demon Sect to remain cautious and protect one another.
• Xu Tianran, the mysterious National Teacher, and Ju Zi took their places on the rostrum as the semifinal prepared to begin.

Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the semifinal and Ju Zi’s hopes of helping him control the army. After Heaven Dragon Gate won the opening bout, Xiao Hongchen challenged captain Yu Tianlong to decide the match in a single duel, and the crowd erupted as the two prepared to fight.

• Xu Tianran praised Ju Zi’s judgment that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would win and promised she could become a Vice General if she earned enough military merit.
• A Heaven Dragon Gate disciple defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s first contestant after enduring his ranged Soul Tool attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Yu Tianlong to a one-on-one match, proposing that the winner’s team advance and the loser’s team concede.
• Yu Tianlong accepted, and both teams agreed to let their captains decide the semifinal in one battle.
• Zheng Zhan announced the unusual match to the spectators, who loudly cheered for Xiao Hongchen as Yu Tianlong’s fighting spirit flared.

Xiao Hongchen faced Yu Tianlong in a duel for a place in the finals, revealing overwhelming battle intent and close-combat strength. After breaking Yu Tianlong’s lightning attacks and gaining the advantage, Xiao Hongchen stunned him and fired a huge Soul Guidance Cannon, while Yu Tianlong’s side conceded.

• Yu Tianlong prepared to defeat Xiao Hongchen, but Xiao Hongchen’s battle intent and aura caused Yu Tianlong’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul to tremble.
• Xiao Hongchen and Yu Tianlong released their martial souls and soul rings, and Yu Tianlong attacked first with a compressed black lightning ball.
• Xiao Hongchen punched through Yu Tianlong’s Thunder Hell, then used a golden spear and a powerful shoulder collision to send Yu Tianlong crashing into the Soul Tool Shield.
• Yu Tianlong unleashed Thunder Dragon Head, but Xiao Hongchen countered with cannon fire and activated his Three-legged Golden Toad Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xiao Hongchen struck Yu Tianlong with a red beam that paralyzed him, then fired a massive Soul Guidance Cannon as Yu Tianlong’s side conceded.

Xiao Hongchen defeated Yu Tianlong and led the Sun Moon Battle Team into the finals, though the clash left his hand badly injured. Han Yu prepared Snow Demon Sect for its afternoon semifinal against Holy Spirit Sect, promising to protect his teammates as both teams arrived for the match.

• Zheng Zhan stopped Xiao Hongchen's cannon shot and declared Heaven Dragon Gate's defeat, sending Xiao Hongchen and his teammates into celebration.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted to Meng Hongchen that his right hand had been badly injured in his clash with Yu Tianlong, but vowed to improve his close-combat Soul Tool.
• Han Yu warned Snow Demon Sect that Holy Spirit Sect's Evil Soul Masters were dangerous and told his teammates to prioritize their safety, promising he had their backs.
• Han Yu led Snow Demon Sect into the venue as the audience gathered for the second semifinal.
• Zhang Peng arrived with Holy Spirit Sect, including Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao, as anticipation for the match between the two teams grew.

The Shrek Battle Team arrived to watch as the Snow Demon Sect and Holy Spirit Sect prepared for the second semifinals match. Yuan Gun Gun opened the individual elimination round against Ji Li, and both transformed as they closed in for combat.

• The Shrek Battle Team arrived late, while Bei Bei continued trying to pull Tang Ya back.
• Xu Tianran asked the National Teacher about the match, and the National Teacher assessed the teams as evenly matched, citing Snow Demon Sect's unpredictable tactics.
• Zheng Zhan introduced both teams, and Yuan Gun Gun and Ji Li entered the stage as the first contestants.
• When Zheng Zhan started the match, Yuan Gun Gun activated his martial soul and charged at Ji Li.
• Ji Li activated two soul skills, transformed into a scaled beastlike form, and prepared to meet Yuan Gun Gun's attack.

Ji Li used his Brain-Eating Beast martial soul to attack Yuan Gun Gun with a poisonous tongue, while Yuan Gun Gun fought back with his Body Sect training and strength. The battle reached a critical moment when Ji Li’s tongue pierced Yuan Gun Gun’s swollen palms and headed toward his face.

• Ji Li stomped the stage and sent a monster-shaped blast at Yuan Gun Gun, then pierced his Level Six Soul Tool Shield with his poisonous tongue and injured his palm.
• Yuan Gun Gun cut away the corroded flesh, and Xiao Xiao identified Ji Li’s martial soul as a Brain-Eating Beast and explained its abilities and weakness to long-range attacks.
• Ji Li leapt at Yuan Gun Gun with his claws and tongue, but Yuan Gun Gun dodged with his Third Soul Ring and countered with powerful claw strikes that damaged Ji Li’s arm.
• Ji Li wounded Yuan Gun Gun’s left arm with his tongue, then feinted toward his ribs and redirected the tongue toward his back.
• Yuan Gun Gun enlarged and wriggled his palms to intercept Ji Li’s tongue, but it pierced through the fat and nearly reached his face as the spectators watched in suspense.

Yuan Gun Gun turned Ji Li’s tongue attack against him, using his golden transformation and soul skills to bind and strike the Evil Soul Master. After four palm strikes, Yuan Gun Gun withdrew his power and began recovering, leaving the match’s outcome to be confirmed.

• Yuan Gun Gun held still as Ji Li’s tongue crept toward his forehead, while Han Yu predicted that Ji Li’s attack would fail.
• Yuan Gun Gun’s body transformed into a golden, crystal-like form, slowing Ji Li’s tongue and trapping it in place.
• Ji Li tried to withdraw his tongue, but Yuan Gun Gun charged his Fifth Soul Ring and struck the bound tongue with his golden palm.
• Yuan Gun Gun pulled Ji Li off balance and landed four palm strikes, covering him in golden lightning.
• Yuan Gun Gun retreated, withdrew his martial soul, and recovered with a Milk Bottle as Unbreaking Douluo Zheng Zhan watched in surprise.
• A tall figure near the Competition Stage called Yuan Gun Gun’s performance “Perfect.”

Yuan Gun Gun killed Ji Li with a devastating Soul Skill, then began his Semi-Finals match against Wang Xiaolei of the Holy Spirit Sect. After Wang Xiaolei trapped him with bone claws, Yuan Gun Gun broke free, but Wang Xiaolei encased him in the chilling Evil Frost.

• Ji Li trembled, shed his scales, and exploded into fragments that dissolved in golden light after Yuan Gun Gun’s attack.
• Tang Ya signaled Wang Xiaolei to enter the arena, and Han Yu quietly warned Yuan Gun Gun before their match began.
• Yuan Gun Gun charged at Wang Xiaolei, who summoned bone claws that seized Yuan Gun Gun’s feet.
• Yuan Gun Gun blasted the bone claws apart with Thunderous Might, but Wang Xiaolei completed his Soul Skill.
• Wang Xiaolei used Evil Frost to surround Yuan Gun Gun with a freezing field infused with evil energy and resentful spirits.

Wang Xiaolei unleashed his evil soul skills against Yuan Gun Gun, whose Light Titan Possession let him seize and damage the Whip of Death. Wang Xiaolei revealed his skeletal body and intensified his assault, but Yuan Gun Gun overwhelmed his attacks, leaving Wang Xiaolei to activate defensive skills and the Sea of Undead to stall for time.

• Wang Xiaolei used Evil Frost to restrain Yuan Gun Gun and lashed him with the wraith-filled Whip of Death.
• Yuan Gun Gun activated Light Titan Possession, seized the Whip of Death, and began destroying it with Light Power.
• Wang Xiaolei revealed that he was a living skeleton and poured his power into the Whip of Death.
• Yuan Gun Gun broke through Wang Xiaolei's bone-claw attacks and forced him onto the defensive.
• Wang Xiaolei activated Death Guardian and Sea of Undead, hoping to endure until Yuan Gun Gun's empowered state faded.

Yuan Gun Gun overcame Wang Xiaolei’s Sea of Undead and Death Withering by unleashing a devastating Light Storm, killing him and winning his second match in a row. He pointedly challenged Tang Ya, then began recovering as Tang Ya and Zhang Peng prepared the Holy Spirit Sect’s next move.

• Wang Xiaolei trapped Yuan Gun Gun in the Sea of Undead and unleashed Death Withering, expecting to kill him and absorb his soul.
• Yuan Gun Gun rejected Wang Xiaolei’s attempt to make him fear and transformed into a golden, armored Light Titan.
• Yuan Gun Gun’s Light Storm overwhelmed the Sea of Undead, shattered Wang Xiaolei’s Death Guardian, and killed Wang Xiaolei despite Zheng Zhan’s attempt to intervene.
• Yuan Gun Gun won his second consecutive match, pointed at Tang Ya, and then used medicine to recover his Soul Power.
• Tang Ya exchanged looks with Zhang Peng, whose fear of Yuan Gun Gun gave way to resolve, and he signaled that she could begin.

Yuan Gun Gun faced Tang Ya in the third match, despite his exhaustion from two previous fights, and she revealed herself as a seven-ring Soul Sage. The battle left him critically wounded, and as he struck at her Blue Silver Grass defense, Han Yu understood that Yuan Gun Gun had made a decision.

• Tang Ya entered the stage, and Yuan Gun Gun identified himself as the Snow Demon Sect’s representative.
• Tang Ya revealed seven Soul Rings and attacked Yuan Gun Gun with Spiderweb Restraint, Blue Silver Cage, and Blue Silver Grass vines.
• Yuan Gun Gun countered Tang Ya’s attacks, but his Soul Power was too depleted to use his strongest abilities.
• Tang Ya formed a powerful blue spear with her Fifth Soul Skill, and Yuan Gun Gun charged into it rather than dodge, taking a wound through his right leg.
• Yuan Gun Gun exchanged a meaningful look with Han Yu, then struck Tang Ya, whose Blue Silver Grass formed a barrier around her.

Tang Ya fought Long Aotian, the Body Sect’s powerful Soul Sage, and discovered his mastery of Unity of Heaven and Man. Her attacks drew out his strength, but after their techniques collided, Long Aotian unleashed a twisting, swordlike strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tang Ya defeated Yuan Gun Gun, and the Holy Spirit Sect won the third match.
• Long Aotian volunteered to face Tang Ya, and Han Yu warned him not to lose.
• Long Aotian’s presence overwhelmed Tang Ya’s Spiritual Power, and she sensed that he had reached Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Tang Ya attacked with Blue Silver Grass, but Long Aotian’s jade-like defense absorbed the assault with little harm.
• Long Aotian revealed seven soul rings, including four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and pressured Tang Ya with a palm strike.
• Tang Ya summoned a golden figure to meet Long Aotian’s palm, and he responded by forming a huge twisted longsword of compressed air and swinging it down.

Tang Ya wounded Long Aotian with her forbidden technique but admitted defeat, and Huo Yuhao sent Lu Genggeng to face him next. The chapter ended as Lu Genggeng transformed into a gigantic, grotesque monster and began the third match.

• Tang Ya used a lethal golden technique that injured Long Aotian, then admitted defeat after exhausting herself.
• Huo Yuhao rushed to support Tang Ya, and Long Aotian praised her fighting skill and asked to battle her again someday.
• After the Snow Demon Sect won the second match, Huo Yuhao sent Lu Genggeng out to wear down Long Aotian.
• Lu Genggeng and Long Aotian stated their names, and Zheng Zhan began the next match.
• Lu Genggeng released his Martial Soul and grew into a huge, foul-smelling monster that shook the Competition Stage.

Long Aotian fought Lu Genggeng, whose Abomination martial soul gave him immense strength, rapid healing, and deadly soul skills. After dodging Long Aotian’s attacks, Lu Genggeng hooked and dragged him close, then activated his fifth soul ring.

• Han Yu recognized Lu Genggeng’s transformation as the legendary undead creature Abomination, while Xu Tianran decided the Holy Spirit Sect must not win the tournament championship.
• Long Aotian activated his Golden Armor skill and charged Lu Genggeng, then struck him with a golden axe that opened a wound before Lu Genggeng rapidly healed it.
• Lu Genggeng leaped toward Long Aotian and released poisonous mist, but Long Aotian attacked with a golden sword and axe, forcing Lu Genggeng to twist away and crash into the stage.
• Lu Genggeng used his fourth soul skill to hook Long Aotian with a bone chain, preventing him from escaping or teleporting, and dragged him close.
• Lu Genggeng activated his fifth soul ring as Long Aotian was pulled in front of him.

Long Aotian unleashed a powerful golden-and-silver attack that devastated Lu Genggeng and won the match for the Snow Demon Sect. With the sect leading three victories to the Holy Spirit Sect’s two, Huo Yuhao volunteered to fight next, with the finals on the line.

• Long Aotian pierced Lu Genggeng’s Soul Power maw with golden blade beams, then summoned a towering silver figure as his power surged.
• Long Aotian’s explosive white-light attack blew apart much of Lu Genggeng’s body, and his dark-gold blade beam split the injured opponent in two.
• Long Aotian crushed Lu Genggeng’s remains, and the referee declared him the winner for the Snow Demon Sect.
• The Snow Demon Sect reached three victories, leaving the Holy Spirit Sect needing to win its final match to stay in contention for the finals.
• Huo Yuhao stood up and volunteered to fight next, surprising his teammates.

Huo Yuhao entered the final match against Long Aotian and revealed that he was a Soul Douluo, while Long Aotian fought back with the Body Sect’s techniques. After Huo Yuhao overpowered Long Aotian in their opening exchanges, Long Aotian activated his Body Martial Soul Second Awakening.

• Huo Yuhao stepped forward to face Long Aotian, the Snow Demon Sect’s fighter, in the final match.
• Huo Yuhao released eight Soul Rings, shocking the audience and drawing wary attention from Xu Tianran and the National Teacher.
• Long Aotian released his seven Soul Rings and attacked with a pair of axe-like arms, but Huo Yuhao blocked the blow with his tiger claws.
• Huo Yuhao struck Long Aotian and sent him flying, then mocked his opponent’s strength.
• Long Aotian announced that he would use his true strength and activated Body Martial Soul Second Awakening.

Long Aotian revealed his Body Martial Soul’s second awakening and demonstrated his mastery of Unity of Heaven and Man against Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao countered with his Purple Giant Tiger martial soul and unleashed a deadly golden ray, leaving Long Aotian scrambling to defend.

• Long Aotian’s golden aura and Martial Soul Avatar raised his strength to the peak of Soul Sage, and he withstood Huo Yuhao’s Mental Impact with a technique that merged attack and defense.
• Long Aotian revealed seven soul rings, including four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, exposing the Body Sect’s presence within the Snow Demon Sect.
• Long Aotian pressed Huo Yuhao with a heaven-and-earth-shaking attack, but Huo Yuhao’s Purple Giant Tiger blocked it and countered with a golden vortex.
• Huo Yuhao’s Purple Giant Tiger launched a murderous attack that triggered Long Aotian’s danger sense, forcing him to retreat and awaken his Body Martial Soul a second time.
• Huo Yuhao’s Purple Giant Tiger released a hair-thin golden ray at Long Aotian, which passed too quickly and silently for the spectators to see.

Huo Yuhao’s golden strike badly wounded Long Aotian, but Long Aotian yielded the arena to Han Yu, who began their match by revealing three hundred-thousand-year soul rings. Han Yu unleashed his sixth soul skill, Arctic Blizzard, freezing the Competition Stage as Huo Yuhao struggled against the deadly cold.

• Huo Yuhao’s golden light pierced Long Aotian’s defenses and left him severely injured and nearly out of Soul Power.
• Yuan Gun Gun helped Long Aotian off the arena, and Han Yu took his place to face Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao and Han Yu began their match, and Han Yu revealed seven soul rings, including three hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Han Yu activated his sixth soul skill, Arctic Blizzard, and transformed the Competition Stage into a freezing storm of ice and snow.

Huo Yuhao fought Han Yu in a fierce arena battle, using his Soul Power and then burning Essence Blood to strengthen his Purple Giant Tiger against Han Yu’s Icy Dragon. After the tiger regained equal footing, it launched a spatially tearing attack at the dragon.

• Han Yu unleashed an Icy Dragon and taunted Huo Yuhao, who countered with a Purple Giant Tiger as a violent storm darkened the sky above the Competition Stage.
• Xu Tianran recognized Huo Yuhao as a powerful contender and considered eliminating or recruiting him if he could not control him.
• Han Yu infused the Icy Dragon with Soul Power, enlarging it and covering it in purple armor until it overwhelmed Huo Yuhao’s tiger.
• Huo Yuhao burned his Essence Blood and poured it into the Purple Giant Tiger, strengthening it until it matched the dragon.
• Huo Yuhao’s empowered tiger pounced and tore open spatial cracks with its claws as Han Yu’s Icy Dragon met its attack.