Chapter Summaries

Chi Xiu faced teasing from Shui Binger’s teammates, learned that Tang Chen was watching the tournament for Holy Spirit Academy, and reunited with Snow Empress and their daughter. After rushing through Purple Star’s battle planning to spend time with them, he left Shui Binger and Shui He at the start of a serious conversation.

• Shui Binger returned Chi Xiu’s scorched four-leaf clover bracelet, and a Skywater Academy girl recognized it from 0000’s visit two years earlier.
• Poseidon told Chi Xiu that Tang Chen was watching the tournament for Holy Spirit Academy, confirming Chi Xiu’s suspicion about the powerful figure who had tracked him before.
• Snow Empress arrived with Xue Wu Yang, who called Chi Xiu “Papa” for the first time, and Chi Xiu reunited with his family.
• Chi Xiu quickly ended Purple Star’s strategy meeting and went to spend the night with Snow Empress while Poseidon listened from the roof.
• Dean Mom reminded Skywater Academy that Chi Xiu might be a Titled Douluo, and Shui He followed Shui Binger outside to tell her something important.

Shui Binger and Shui He suspected that Chi Xiu was 0000 after recognizing his four-leaf clover bracelet, while Hu Liena brought her teammates to Heaven Dou to investigate Chi Xiu and Holy Spirit Academy. At Purple Star Academy, Xue Wuyang’s first morning outing with Chi Xiu drew a crowd, and her repeated calls of “Papa” convinced the students that she was his daughter.

• Shui He told Shui Binger that she had seen 0000 wearing the same scorched four-leaf clover bracelet as Chi Xiu, and Shui Binger asked her to keep the discovery secret.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she was already a Soul King, then left with Xie Yue, Yan, and their teammates for Heaven Dou to investigate Chi Xiu and Holy Spirit Academy.
• Hu Liena warned her teammates that Chi Xiu was a ruthless, powerful fighter and that Holy Spirit Academy’s seven members included Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo experts.
• Chi Xiu took the newly awakened Xue Wuyang from the dormitory to get food while the Snow Empress slept, and students followed them, captivated by the little girl.
• At the cafeteria, Xue Wuyang called Chi Xiu “Papa,” causing the crowd to shout that she was his child while Chi Xiu asked Auntie Wang for goat’s milk.

Chi Xiu brought Xue Wuyang to the cafeteria, then returned her to Snow Empress before preparing Purple Star Academy for its match against Skywater Academy. He overwhelmed Skywater’s team and defeated Shui Binger, who admitted she wanted to prove herself to him.

• Xue Wuyang called Chi Xiu “Papa” in the cafeteria, and he told the gathered students she was a child from the sect before taking her to sit with Poseidon.
• Chi Xiu returned Xue Wuyang to Snow Empress, then left to compete with Purple Star Academy.
• Chi Xiu encountered Hu Liena’s Spirit Hall carriage on the way to the arena and later saw Spirit Hall’s team watching from the stands.
• Shui Binger froze most of Purple Star Academy’s team at the start of the match, while Chi Xiu told Bi Ji to heal them and advanced alone.
• Chi Xiu quickly knocked Skywater Academy’s members from the arena, shattered Shui Binger’s Ice Phoenix attack, and ended the match.
• Shui Binger said she wanted to prove herself in front of Chi Xiu, who joked that he wanted pretty opponents to stay longer.

Chi Xiu watched Purple Star Academy win again, then dealt with Spirit Hall’s failed attempt to provoke Holy Spirit Academy. After Gu Yuena led him to a blood pool connected to Slaughter City, Chi Xiu gathered the trapped souls into the Asura Sword and Gu Yuena destroyed the pool.

• Chi Xiu’s Purple Star Academy defeated Skywater Academy without revealing much of its strength, and Canghui Academy forfeited against Holy Spirit Academy.
• Yan tried to challenge Holy Spirit Academy, but Poseidon frightened him and Tang San’s team endured Yan throwing a watermelon at Tang San without retaliating.
• Chi Xiu invited Poseidon to ride back with the team by offering her food, and Gu Yuena later took him to a valley where a blood pool had swallowed damaged souls.
• Chi Xiu recognized the pool as Yellow Spring Dew and used the Asura Sword to draw the trapped souls out of it.
• Gu Yuena evaporated the blood pool, leaving a deep pit, and took Chi Xiu’s hand.

Purple Star Academy defeated Shrek Academy and drew Blazing Academy as its next opponent, while Xue Qinghe replaced the ailing Xue Ye to draw the lots. Poseidon followed Chi Xiu home and overheard Gu Yuena eagerly clinging to him, leaving her shocked on the roof.

• Liu Dezhi's illusion exposed Ma Hongjun's fear of Tang San, while Purple Star Academy's fighters defeated Shrek Academy and Chi Xiu knocked Ma Hongjun out of the arena.
• The host announced that Purple Star Academy and Holy Spirit Academy remained tied for first place, and Xue Qinghe drew the lots in Xue Ye's absence.
• The next draw paired Purple Star Academy with Blazing Academy, prompting Huo Wu and her teammates to prepare for the match.
• Poseidon rode back with Purple Star Academy, collected the snacks Chi Xiu had prepared, and quietly followed him after the council meeting.
• Poseidon returned to Chi Xiu's roof and overheard Gu Yuena clinging to him, then bit her tanghulu into powder in shock.

Poseidon spent the night listening to Chi Xiu and Gu Yuena, then failed to appear at the arena the next day. During Purple Star Academy’s match against Blazing Academy, Huo Wu collapsed in terror under Liu Dezhi’s illusion, but Chi Xiu whispered to her and stopped her crying.

• Poseidon listened to Chi Xiu and Gu Yuena through the night and questioned the life she had lived before vanishing from the arena the next day.
• Huo Wushuang warned Blazing Academy to resist Liu Dezhi’s illusion as the team faced Purple Star Academy.
• Liu Dezhi’s illusion showed Huo Wu a fire dragon and the Golden Mask, causing her to kneel and cry after the five-second illusion ended.
• Huo Wushuang conceded the match, and Feng Xiaotian and the others failed to comfort Huo Wu.
• Chi Xiu whispered a single sentence in Huo Wu’s ear, and she stopped crying as he left the arena.

After Huo Wu questioned why Chi Xiu had gone unnoticed at the Masked Union, Shui Binger visited Purple Star Academy at night and recognized him as 0000 from his eyes and bracelet. Chi Xiu carried her deeper into the academy after warning that he might kill her to protect the secret.

• Huo Wu asked whether Chi Xiu had attended the Masked Union, then left the arena still focused on him.
• Feng Xiaotian confronted Chi Xiu and promised to defeat him, but Chi Xiu brushed him off.
• Chi Xiu found Poseidon sitting on her dormitory windowsill, mistakenly thought she might jump, and later arranged more food for her.
• Huo Wu encountered Shui Binger outside Purple Star Academy, where both girls denied they were looking for Chi Xiu.
• Old Li tricked Shui Binger into revealing her interest in Chi Xiu and brought him to the gate.
• Shui Binger recognized Chi Xiu as 0000 by his eyes and the four-leaf clover bracelet, and Chi Xiu carried her inside.

Chi Xiu took Shui Binger to his dormitory after she identified him as 0000, frightening her with threats before she realized he was teasing her. After Shui Binger removed his mask and their encounter turned intimate, Chi Xiu tried to send her away, but she stopped him from announcing what had happened.

• Chi Xiu carried Shui Binger to his dormitory, sealed her with ice, and threatened to kill her and Shui He to protect his identity.
• Shui Binger begged Chi Xiu to spare Shui He and tried attacking him, but he easily stopped her and asked why she had exposed him.
• Shui Binger removed Chi Xiu's mask and realized he had been teasing her rather than intending to kill her.
• Chi Xiu and Shui Binger became intimate, after which she accused him of taking her chastity and refused to leave.
• Chi Xiu put on his mask and threatened to tell everyone he had slept with Shui Binger, but she grabbed his arm to stop him.

Chi Xiu took Shui Binger back to Skywater Academy and declared that she was his woman after she cried to stop him from leaving. He later appeased an angry Poseidon with snacks, then led Purple Star Academy to an immediate victory over Light Academy.

• Chi Xiu gave Shui Binger a dress, took her to Skywater Academy, and declared he would take responsibility for her after she cried when he tried to leave.
• Shui Binger's classmates gathered at the academy entrance, and Shui He smiled at her as Chi Xiu walked away.
• Poseidon confronted Chi Xiu about missing their food arrangement, then accepted the snacks he brought and demanded that he keep bringing her food.
• Chi Xiu led Purple Star Academy into its match against Light Academy and defeated all seven opponents almost instantly.

Chi Xiu prepared Purple Star Academy for its match against Thunder Academy by deciding to sit out and appointing Wang Erdan as a substitute. After Gu Yuena questioned a bloodstain on Chi Xiu’s bedsheet, he distracted her with a kiss; the next morning, Poseidon confronted him in the dining hall while he tried to appease her with food.

• The host announced that Purple Star Academy would face Thunder Academy and that Holy Spirit Academy would face Blazing Academy in the next round.
• Chi Xiu told his teammates they would handle the Thunder Academy match without him and selected Wang Erdan as their substitute.
• Chi Xiu noticed Gu Yuena examining a bloodstain on his bedsheet, claimed it came from a match, and kissed her before she could question him further.
• Chi Xiu brought a large meal for Poseidon to the dining hall, where she arrived furious and began to swing at him.
• Chi Xiu stopped Poseidon’s punch by pointing out that her attack could send the food crashing to the floor.

Chi Xiu infiltrated Holy Spirit Academy, learned more about Tang Chen and Pride, and secretly interfered in Thunder Academy’s match against Purple Star Academy. After warning his teammates to win the next match without his help, he found Gu Yuena absent and looked toward Skywater Academy.

• Chi Xiu appeased Poseidon with food, then checked on the recovering Er Ming and promised to avenge Da Ming and care for Xiao Wu.
• Chi Xiu infiltrated Holy Spirit Academy, examined Tang Chen’s office, took Poseidon’s portrait, and read Pride’s diary before leaving a strip of Tang San’s clothing in Pride’s wardrobe and burning her intimate clothes.
• Chi Xiu watched Thunder Academy overwhelm Purple Star Academy, then secretly used his power to make Yu Tianxin collapse so Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others could win.
• Chi Xiu told his teammates he would not compete in the next match or rescue them again, leaving them to develop their own battle strategies.
• Chi Xiu returned to his dormitory, found Gu Yuena gone, and turned his attention toward Skywater Academy.

Skywater Academy reversed its decision to forfeit against Holy Spirit Academy after Chi Xiu promised Shui Binger he would help her win. As the match began, Shui Binger used her Ice Seal soul skill, while Tang Chen sensed a powerful surge of water elements.

• Skywater Academy’s team voted unanimously to forfeit, but Shui Binger privately worried about Chi Xiu and avoided telling her mother why she was troubled.
• Chi Xiu appeared in Shui Binger’s room, teased her, and promised to help her defeat Holy Spirit Academy; by morning, Shui Binger realized he had spent the night with her.
• Shui Binger changed her mind about forfeiting and persuaded her mother and Shui Yue’er to let the team compete.
• Skywater Academy arrived at the arena, where Chi Xiu noticed Pride sitting out and Tang San looking injured and dejected.
• Shui Binger began the match by using her First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, and Tang Chen sensed an unusually powerful fluctuation of water elements.

Chi Xiu helped Skywater Academy defeat Holy Spirit Academy by guiding Shui Binger’s control of the battlefield, giving Holy Spirit Academy its first loss. Shui Binger and her teammates celebrated their unexpected victory while Chi Xiu pretended he had played no part.

• Wrath opened the match with a ground-shaking attack, but Shui Binger froze the spreading cracks and countered with waves of ice spikes.
• Sloth slipped through Wrath’s attack and nearly reached Shui Binger, but he was frozen just short of her neck.
• Shui Binger summoned an Ice Phoenix that struck Sloth and sent him off the arena, while a snowflake severed Tang San’s vine.
• A blizzard froze Holy Spirit Academy’s members, and Shui Binger’s Ice Phoenix knocked Wrath and the remaining team off the arena.
• The host announced Skywater Academy’s victory and Holy Spirit Academy’s first loss, leaving the girls celebrating around Shui Binger.
• Shui Binger smiled toward Chi Xiu, who pretended to be uninvolved.

Shui Binger used Chi Xiu’s help to defeat Holy Spirit Academy, while Tang San’s condition and standing worsened. After Purple Star Academy won its match and drew Kamikaze Academy for the next round, Xue Qinghe privately confessed to poisoning his father and asked Chi Xiu if he knew she was a woman.

• Shui Binger defeated Holy Spirit Academy with overwhelming ice powers, then privately admitted to her Dean that 0000 had helped her.
• Pride blamed Tang San for Holy Spirit Academy’s loss, kicked him down, and watched him collapse unconscious after he apologized.
• Chi Xiu encouraged Purple Star Academy, whose coordinated team won its match, and the draw paired them with Kamikaze Academy for the next round.
• Chi Xiu told Wang Erdan he would compete against Kamikaze Academy himself and asked him to prepare half a crate of cucumbers.
• Xue Qinghe invited Chi Xiu into her carriage, revealed that she had drugged her father’s food, and asked whether he knew she was a woman.

Xue Qinghe confronted Chi Xiu about whether 0000 had secretly helped Shui Binger, and Chi Xiu killed Xue Beng before returning to Purple Star Academy. As the tournament continued, Chi Xiu visited Poseidon and Shui Binger, then prepared to face Feng Xiaotian's team.

• Xue Qinghe pressed Chi Xiu to admit he knew she was a woman and questioned whether 0000 had helped Shui Binger, but Chi Xiu denied knowing anything about it.
• Xue Qinghe told Chi Xiu that Xue Beng was trying to recruit Holy Spirit Academy, and Chi Xiu agreed to eliminate him before using a black hole to kill him in his quarters.
• Xue Qinghe confirmed Xue Beng was dead, while Chi Xiu returned to Purple Star Academy and volunteered to handle the next day's match against Feng Xiaotian.
• Chi Xiu delivered food to Poseidon, who rejected his attempt to enter her room and threw back the sour apple he had left her.
• Chi Xiu visited Shui Binger through a black hole, and the next morning she walked unsteadily while Shui Yue'er described another dream of applause.
• At the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Tang San fought with unusual brutality, and Chi Xiu said he would kill him later; then Purple Star Academy's turn arrived and the audience cheered as Chi Xiu took the field.

Purple Star Academy defeated Kamikaze Academy after Chi Xiu eliminated Feng Xiaotian’s teammates and overpowered him. Later, Qian Renxue told Chi Xiu that Xue Ye had died and revealed her plans to become Empress and unify the continent without war, ending with a teasing threat about imprisoning Chi Xiu.

• Feng Xiaotian planned to blow Chi Xiu’s teammates off the arena, but Chi Xiu absorbed Kamikaze Academy’s opening wind attack with his wings.
• Chi Xiu threw Kamikaze Academy’s members off the arena one by one, leaving Feng Xiaotian as the last opponent.
• Chi Xiu stopped Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Twin Wings Thirty-Six Slashes with his scales, shattered his wings, and secured Purple Star Academy’s twenty-first consecutive victory.
• Qian Renxue confessed to the dying Xue Ye that she had arranged Xue Beng’s death and was a Spirit Hall spy; she discovered Xue Ye had died after speaking with him.
• Qian Renxue told Chi Xiu she would become Empress after the tournament and seek to unify the continent without war, then threatened to have Lou Gao build a cage for him.

Chi Xiu accompanied Qian Renxue to the Star Luo Empire so she could seize power and make Dai Mubai submit. After confronting Dai Mubai about merging the empires, Chi Xiu forced him to his knees, but Dai Mubai still refused.

• Qian Renxue asked Chi Xiu to travel with her to the Star Luo Empire, and he agreed.
• Qian Renxue stayed overnight in Chi Xiu's room, then changed into her Xue Qinghe disguise the next morning.
• Chi Xiu used spatial teleportation to take Xue Qinghe to the Star Luo Empire, where they entered the imperial palace hand in hand.
• Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue found Dai Mubai with two palace maids and waited while he dressed.
• Qian Renxue proposed merging the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, but Dai Mubai refused even after Chi Xiu struck his knee with an air blast and demanded an answer.

Chi Xiu forced Dai Mubai to accept the merger of Star Luo into Xue Qinghe’s empire, then left with Xue Qinghe to find out whether Bibi Dong knew of their plans. They set off for Spirit Hall together.

• Chi Xiu threatened Dai Mubai until he agreed to arrange the merger, then gave him five days to settle its affairs under threat of a fabricated poison.
• Chi Xiu and Xue Qinghe walked hand in hand through Star Luo before Chi Xiu realized he was holding hands with someone he thought was a man and let go.
• Chi Xiu asked whether Bibi Dong knew about Xue Qinghe’s plan to become the emperor who unified the continent.
• Xue Qinghe said she had not contacted Bibi Dong recently, and Chi Xiu suggested they go to Spirit Hall with him.

Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue visited Bibi Dong, then oversaw the merger of Star Luo and Heaven Dou before Qian Renxue’s accession as Empress. The ceremony ended with Chi Xiu appointed Imperial Tutor and Qian Renxue serving him tea.

• Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue met Bibi Dong, who accepted their plans so long as Qian Renxue remained unharmed and admitted she was waiting for someone important to appear.
• Five days later, Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue tested Star Luo citizens’ reactions to the merger, then gave Dai Mubai a laxative while claiming it was an antidote.
• At the accession ceremony in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue revealed herself as a woman and took the throne as Empress, while Star Luo’s surrender and Dai Mubai’s demotion were announced.
• Chi Xiu refused to kneel before Qian Renxue until she appointed him Imperial Tutor and served him tea.

Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue completed the coronation ceremony, where the court learned Chi Xiu had planned Star Luo's submission and pressed Qian Renxue to kneel and serve him tea. After the ceremony, Qian Renxue confronted Chi Xiu in her bedchamber, but his kiss immediately disarmed her.

• Qian Renxue served Chi Xiu deliberately oversalted tea, but Chi Xiu froze it and turned their exchange into a spectacle before the court.
• When a noble questioned Chi Xiu's role as Imperial Tutor, Qian Renxue revealed that he had planned Star Luo's submission, prompting the noble to kneel in gratitude.
• The nobles called for Qian Renxue to kneel and serve Chi Xiu tea, and Chi Xiu froze the second teapot before she could do so; she eventually completed the ceremony with fresh jasmine tea.
• Qian Renxue announced that Holy Spirit Academy would face Purple Star Academy in the fourteenth match of the twenty-seventh preliminary round.
• Chi Xiu stayed at the palace to apologize, but when Qian Renxue confronted him in her bedchamber, he kissed her and made her lose her resolve.