Chapter Summaries

Su Ningxia revealed the Demon Slayer Mark and raised her Soul Power to Level 51 while fighting Yang Yanyu. As the battle continued, Chang'an Academy's fighters trapped Du Gu Fu and Gao Cuilan in an Ice Bell Law Domain, while a gold-and-silver dragon-and-phoenix barrier blocked its sound waves.

• Su Ningxia fought Yang Yanyu with her Mist Style blade techniques, but his stronger Soul Power and spear skills shattered her defense and drove her back.
• Su Ningxia awakened the Demon Slayer Mark, causing her Soul Power to surge from Level 46 to Level 51 as Chen Xiaojun watched from the edge of the field.
• Su Ningxia and Yang Yanyu continued their fierce duel, and she narrowly avoided his spear while her Stratified Flow Slash nearly struck his neck.
• Sheng Yingying advanced to use her healing skill, prompting Du Gu Fu to break away from surrounding Bai Ye and charge at her.
• Du Qingling trapped Du Gu Fu and Gao Cuilan with Ice Prison Corridor, and Zhong Weifeng combined his Golden-Maned Mastiff technique with Golden Bell Oscillation to create the Ice Bell Law Domain.
• A gold-and-silver dragon-and-phoenix barrier circled the ring and blocked the sound waves surging through the ice corridor.

Zhong Weifeng and Du Qingling battered Gao Cuilan with bell and ice attacks while Chen Mu and Du Gu Fu counterattacked. Du Gu Fu and Ma Wencai injured Du Qingling, but she and Gao Cuilan were both eliminated after trading one for one.

• Zhong Weifeng and Du Qingling combined their attacks, gravely injuring Gao Cuilan as she protected Du Gu Fu.
• Chen Mu used Sword Sound Great Sound is Silent to weaken Zhong Weifeng's bell attack, then fought him with Solitary Peak Fifteen Swords: Sunless and Dark.
• Du Gu Fu unleashed Lesser Five Elements Overlord Poison Palm against the Ice Prison Corridor, injuring and poisoning Du Qingling as Gao Cuilan collapsed and was eliminated.
• Sheng Yingying healed Du Qingling and suppressed the poison while Du Gu Fu intercepted Bai Ye.
• Ma Wencai combined his arm-bone skills with Du Gu Fu's poison energy and struck Du Qingling, who was badly injured and eliminated after her defenses failed.

Bai Ye killed Ma Wencai while the Chen brothers and the Yue brothers escalated their duel with opposing fusion techniques. The Mystic Water Armor-Corroding Turtle overwhelmed the Chen brothers’ attack, and Wang Wei accused Yue Qiansong and Yue Lexing of concealing the fusion skill as other academy leaders worried about Yue Si Academy’s strength.

• Bai Ye ambushed Ma Wencai with his Shadow Blade and killed him after Ma Wencai exhausted most of his Soul Power.
• Du Gu Fu trapped Bai Ye and his clones in the Ice Jade Cold Ice Array, while Chen Bin and Chen Shurui pressed their attacks against Yue Pan and Yue Que.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui fused their powers into a massive light-and-dark Sword Shadow and attacked Yue Que.
• Yue Pan and Yue Que used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to become a Mystic Water Armor-Corroding Turtle and activated the Mystic Water Devouring Realm.
• The Chen brothers detonated their Sword Shadow, blasting open part of the turtle’s barrier and dimming its shell markings.
• Wang Wei recognized the fusion beast and accused Yue Qiansong and Yue Lexing of hiding their connection, while Lian Changzhi feared Yue Si Academy threatened Canghui Academy’s championship chances.

Yue Qiansong defended Yue Si Academy’s ties to other forces and denied any relationship with the Mystic Darkness Sect, while the gathering discussed Yue Si’s national tournament ambitions. The chapter ended with Wang Wei warning that Imperial Capital spies were watching the competition and hinting that Yue Si’s second team might still be aiming for the national championship.

• Yue Qiansong argued that Yue Si Academy’s links to other academies were no different from the ties maintained by the other powers present.
• Zhong Feng pressed Yue Qiansong about his families’ relationship with the Mystic Darkness Sect, and Yue Qiansong denied any connection but admitted the relationship was not friendly.
• Yue Qiansong explained that Yue Si hoped to qualify for the expanded national finals and bring glory to the Northern Four Counties.
• Lian Changzhi considered using separate Gem-type and Power Attack lineups for Canghui Academy in a future tournament.
• Wang Wei warned that spies from more than a dozen out-of-province factions were observing the competition, including Imperial Capital agents using Royal Heaven Dou Academy’s intelligence network.
• When Yue Qiansong said Yue Si had no plans to fight for the national championship, Wang Wei reminded him that the academy still had a second team.

Chen Bin and Chen Shurui fought Yue Pan and Yue Que’s Mystic Water Armor-Corroding Turtle with combined light-and-dark techniques. Their final attack broke the turtle’s defenses, but its counterattack left all four combatants unconscious and the battle without a winner.

• Yue Pan and Yue Que trapped the Chen brothers in a poisonous rock prison and attacked them with Soul-Corroding Mist Rain.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui formed a Light and Dark Shield Wall that withstood the Mystic Turtle’s poison and tail strikes.
• The brothers unleashed a Light and Darkness Sword Vortex, but the turtle’s blood-shell phantom blocked most of its force and its water patterns healed the damage.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui fused their Left Arm Bone Soul Skills into a black-and-white greatsword that shattered the turtle’s shell and tore through its Profound Water Barrier.
• The turtle’s rebound force sent fragments through the brothers’ shield, and the resulting clash left Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, Yue Pan, and Yue Que grievously wounded and unconscious.

Chen Mu and Su Ningxia wounded Yang Yanyu, while Zhong Weifeng struck Du Gu Fu down with his golden bell. With both teams’ fighters falling and the strongest remaining opponents facing off, the match entered its most dangerous stage.

• Su Ningxia and Yang Yanyu wounded each other in a clash, leaving Su Ningxia’s right arm pierced and Yang Yanyu cut in the ribs.
• Chen Mu surprised Yang Yanyu with a lightning-fast sword strike and kicked him down, causing him to faint.
• Zhong Weifeng used his Golden Bell technique to smash Du Gu Fu’s defense and knock him unconscious.
• Chen Mu pressed Zhong Weifeng, but Zhong Weifeng blocked his sword with his scale shield and countered with a claw strike.
• Chen Mu recognized Zhong Weifeng’s three secret arts as Zhong Weifeng prepared to continue their battle.

Chen Mu and Zhong Weifeng traded fierce close-range attacks while their clans’ techniques tested offense against defense. Elsewhere, Su Ningxia struggled to break Bai Ye and Sheng Yingying’s coordinated stall, leaving the match’s outcome dependent on the duel between Chen Mu and Zhong Weifeng.

• Zhong Weifeng put away the Mystic Yellow Bell and unleashed a torrent of scales at Chen Mu, who countered with Sword Qi Eternal Radiance.
• Zhong Weifeng merged his scales into qi shields and charged Chen Mu, and the two fought at close quarters without either gaining an advantage.
• Yan Nanfei told Chen Xiaojun that Cuilan, Wencai, Xiao Fu, Xiao Bin, and Shu Rui were critically injured and needed urgent treatment.
• Sheng Yingying healed Bai Ye as he evaded Su Ningxia, and the two worked together to keep her attacks at bay.
• Su Ningxia attacked Bai Ye at close range despite her wounded arm, while the battlefield’s attention shifted to Chen Mu and Zhong Weifeng’s decisive clash.

Chen Mu and Zhong Weifeng fought an exhausting arena battle, each revealing powerful techniques as they struggled to gain the advantage. Chen Mu finally defeated Zhong Weifeng with a wind-and-thunder sword attack, but collapsed immediately afterward.

• Chen Mu recognized that Zhong Weifeng had been using Shrimp Eye and had mastered seven of the Mystic Yellow Nine Secrets.
• Zhong Weifeng revealed that he had comprehended eight secrets, including Ox Nose, and began drawing in Spirit Qi as Chen Mu's strength waned.
• Chen Mu launched a sudden series of lightning sword strikes, forcing Zhong Weifeng to defend himself with Golden Bell Protects the Body and snake body.
• Chen Mu and Zhong Weifeng clashed with their strongest techniques, and Zhong Weifeng's bell cracked under Chen Mu's Wind Thunder Instant Dragon Kill.
• Zhong Weifeng fell, and Chen Mu declared victory before collapsing onto his back.

Chen Mu, Su Ningxia, and their teammates fought Zhong Weifeng’s team in a brutal match that ended with Zhong Weifeng as the last victor after Sheng Yingying used her life force to restore him. All fourteen competitors were gravely wounded, and the battle was remembered as the Battle of Bloody Fasinuo.

• Chen Mu pushed his body beyond its limits with Wind Thunder Instant Dragon Kill as the spectators watched him fight Zhong Weifeng.
• Su Ningxia defeated Sheng Yingying, but Sheng Yingying completed the Azure Gourd Nirvana Secret Art and spent half her Life Force restoring Zhong Weifeng.
• Su Ningxia fought Zhong Weifeng despite her injuries and exhaustion, leaving three deep wounds before collapsing.
• Zhong Weifeng remained standing long enough for the referee to announce the result, then fell into the bloodstained arena.
• Chen Xiaojun’s jade pendant cracked as he recalled Chen Mu’s words about burying his sword in the wind.
• Officials and spectators surveyed the injuries of all fourteen competitors, and the battle was recorded as the Battle of Bloody Fasinuo.

After the brutal match against Yue Si Academy, Chen Xiaojun waited anxiously as Xiao Yi joined the rescue effort for the injured team members. He and Wang Wei discussed the team’s defeat and the choices that had led to so many injuries, leaving Chen Xiaojun shaken but convinced that his strategy had been sound.

• The crowd applauded both teams after the wounded youths’ fierce battle, while angry gamblers blamed Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun tried to stop the injured Xiao Yi from entering the infirmary, but she insisted on helping rescue the others.
• After the infirmary doors closed, Chen Xiaojun collapsed against the corridor wall, and Wang Wei comforted him.
• Wang Wei said the team’s younger ages and the opponents’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill had contributed to their defeat and injuries.
• Chen Xiaojun acknowledged that he had expected only two or three teammates to be taken out, while Wang Wei defended his deployment and criticized Chen Mu for challenging Zhong Weifeng instead of targeting the Support Soul Master.

Chen Xiaojun and Wang Wei discussed the tournament’s shifting prospects and hinted at a plan to exploit the growing conflict among academies. Later, Chen Xiaojun confided in Xiao Yi that Qing Lin Academy’s tactics depended too heavily on her and identified weaknesses the team needed to address.

• Chen Xiaojun told Wang Wei about the Mystic Water Armor-Corroding Turtle and agreed to continue their plan with adjustments.
• Neil Severn reported that Qing Lin Academy had defeated Canghui Academy, and Chen Xiaojun admitted he had sent the Yang Family spiritual medicines to help its team recover.
• Chen Xiaojun and Wang Wei speculated that Yue Si Academy would struggle with an incomplete lineup and discussed the increasingly turbulent tournament.
• Xiao Yi joined Chen Xiaojun in the pavilion, and he questioned whether his harsh training had been right after the team suffered injuries.
• Chen Xiaojun identified low average Soul Power, unclear tactics against strong teams, and Xiao Yi’s central role as the team’s main weaknesses, noting that Ningxia could not replace her.

Wang Wei revealed Chang'an Academy’s sweeping recruitment drive, which included lowering admissions standards, offering extensive benefits, and recruiting students across every prefecture. After Yue Qiansong learned Chang'an had already poached several Yue Si prospects, Wang Wei said the academy intended to represent Fasinuo Province against the continent’s top academies and might even become the Continent’s Number One Academy.

• Yue Qiansong angrily confronted Wang Wei over Chang'an Academy’s boastful admissions flyer, while Wang defended its claims about the Yue Si team’s defeat.
• Wang Wei explained that Chang'an was accepting more types of students and promising dormitories, transport, loans, scholarships, internships, and employment support across all Prefecture Cities.
• Zhong Feng suggested the Chen Clan would fund the expansion, and Wang Wei confirmed that Chang'an had the money to carry out its plans.
• A Yue Si teacher told Yue Qiansong that Chang'an teachers had personally recruited seven or eight promising students and issued them admission notices and provisional student cards.
• Wang Wei declared that Chang'an would recruit the finest talents and represent Fasinuo Province against the continent’s great academies, then joked that it might become the Continent’s Number One Academy.

Chen Xiaojun negotiated with Yin Duoruo to establish Warrior Academies across Heaven Spirit Commandery and proposed a supermarket chain to boost Heaven Spirit City’s prosperity. Yin Duoruo welcomed the proposal, and the chapter ended as Chen Xiaojun turned his attention to the ongoing academy contest.

• Yin Duoruo asked Chen Xiaojun to include Heaven Spirit Commandery in the first batch of Warrior Academy sites, citing the threat of soul beasts along the northern frontier.
• Yin Duoruo pledged land in Heaven Spirit City and seven other cities, along with the City Lord’s Mansion’s support for the academies.
• Chen Xiaojun assigned the follow-up work to his Fourth Uncle, Chen Wu, in coordination with Yin Duoruo.
• Yin Duoruo described the operation that destroyed the Black Jade Alliance and exposed its ties to the Scarlet Cultists, Evil Soul Masters, and bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed a Supermarket Chain Plan to help Heaven Spirit City increase its commercial prosperity, and Yin Duoruo reacted with enthusiasm.
• Chen Xiaojun looked toward the arena, where Five Mountains and Yue Si Academy were competing.

Chen Xiaojun persuaded Yin Duoruo to build Heaven Spirit City into a northern soul-dueling hub with tournaments in both halves of the year, while hinting that the Chen Clan’s Youth Elite Challenge might eventually move there. On the arena, Five Mountains Academy crushed Yue Si Academy’s substitute lineup, while Ping An Academy’s defeat left Canghui Academy’s Gem Matrix system badly damaged.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed an annual Fasinuo Advanced Soul Master Academy League hosted by Heaven Spirit City, with the Chen Clan providing sponsorship.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested a Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy Invitational for the second half of each year and offered Chen Clan support, prompting Yin Duoruo to commit to building Heaven Spirit City’s reputation.
• Chen Xiaojun hinted that the Chen Clan’s Youth Elite Challenge could move to Heaven Spirit City if its soul-dueling events first gained a firm foothold.
• Five Mountains Academy used healing and field-control tactics to dominate Yue Si Academy’s substitute team, with Qin Huabin and Zhu Conghan taking down Zhan Lie and the rest of Yue Si’s lineup collapsing.
• Five Mountains Academy rose into a tie at the top of the rankings with Chang'an, Canghui, and Yuesi, while Ping An Academy lost heavily to Canghui and helped leave Canghui’s Gem Matrix system near collapse.

Chen Xiaojun entered the tournament for the first time and faced Lyon Academy’s seven fighters alone after sending his teammates back. He overwhelmed Lyon’s water-based formation with his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and Xuantian Frost Realm, leaving most of the opposing team unconscious.

• Chen Xiaojun refused Xiao Yi’s request to fight and took the field as Chang’an Team’s captain.
• Chen Xiaojun ordered Neil Severn, Ji Bochang, and Meiji Bo to step back, choosing to face Lyon Academy’s seven fighters alone.
• Odysseus Farrell led Lyon Team in activating the Cang Liu Fu Shui Formation and launching a coordinated attack.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned an ice-blue lunar wheel and turned the formation’s water into ice, freezing Elian Harden and Tomon Villa.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected Lyon’s attacks back at Odysseus Farrell and Bai En Yinliu, then froze Jiang Xu’s and Ruyi Hanqiao’s attacks.
• Chen Xiaojun’s cold poison incapacitated most of Lyon’s fighters, and he revealed his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and Second Soul Skill, Xuantian Frost Realm.

Chen Xiaojun used Xuantian Frost Realm to freeze Lyon Academy’s seven-person water-element formation, making a devastating first appearance for Chang'an Team. After the victory, observers analyzed his skill as the chapter revealed its origins, while Chen Xiaojun’s broader plans for the Gao Ying Competition and his public image continued to unfold.

• Chen Xiaojun’s Xuantian Frost Realm froze Lyon Academy’s seven contestants, leaving them kneeling as ice sculptures and silencing the arena.
• Neil Severn asked whether the captain had fought seven opponents alone, and Ji Bochang praised it as a true Solo Array Slaughter.
• Si Baining identified the technique as something other than a Domain Skill, while Wei Xingzhi recognized it as a law-domain type soul skill.
• The VIP spectators discussed the skill’s range and Lyon Academy’s water-element formation, and Belon Parker said Chen Xiaojun was at Soul Saint Level.
• The narration explained that Xuantian Frost Realm developed from the Silver Wolf True King’s Moon Cold Ice Seal and had been fused with the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun’s planned comeback also served to reshape Chang'an Team’s image, and he began commercial operations for his personal merchandise.

Ma Liang and Chang'an Academy struggled to break Yueyang Academy’s Xuanji Water Curtain until Chen Xiaojun used Nine Yang Thunderbolt to shatter the defense. Chang'an’s team followed with a fierce assault, leaving Yueyang’s members defeated and injured.

• Yueyang Academy formed a compact defensive circle and raised its seven-layer Xuanji Water Curtain.
• Ma Liang and his teammates unleashed powerful attacks, but the water curtain absorbed and deflected them.
• Chen Xiaojun gathered Nine Yang True Qi and struck the barrier with Nine Yang Thunderbolt.
• The Scarlet Flame Thunderball broke through the water curtain and injured Yueyang’s front member.
• Ma Liang and the other Chang'an fighters pressed their attack, defeating Yueyang’s scattered team.

Chen Xiaojun and Chang'an Academy faced Tide Sound Academy, whose sound-based formation was overwhelmed by Chang'an's combined techniques and Chen Xiaojun's Black Sun Yin Wind Howl. The chapter ended with Tide Sound Academy's defenses shattered and its fighters defeated.

• Chen Xiaojun reflected on the Soul Power cost of using Nine Yang Thunderbolt after breaking the Xuanji Screen and turning the match's momentum in Chang'an's favor.
• Chang'an Academy faced Tide Sound Academy, whose seven members formed the Tide Sound Matrix with layered sound waves.
• Ji Bochang and Ma Liang combined Feather Character Art with Phoenix Fire Feather to create Phoenix Perching on Wutong and counter Tide Sound Academy's sonic attacks.
• Tide Sound Academy's members launched counterattacks, but Ji Bochang and Ma Liang's combination skill absorbed their sound waves and formed a flaming sonic wall.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Black Sun Yin Wind Howl, disrupting the Tide Sound Matrix and allowing the phoenix sound wall to overwhelm Tide Sound Academy's defenses.

Five Mountains Academy revealed two hidden Soul King Trump Cards against Canghui Academy, while adviser Xia Yun arrived to support the delegation. The match began with Canghui caught off guard by the strengthened lineup.

• Shi Feiyang vowed that Surging Waves would show Five Mountains Academy the might of the Shi Clan.
• Wang Wei introduced level 88 Soul Douluo Xia Yun as Five Mountains Academy's adviser to the Soul Douluos in VIP Room No. 88.
• Xia Yun explained that he had come to cheer on his granddaughter, prompting Lian Changzhi to realize his arrival targeted Canghui Academy.
• Five Mountains Academy revealed Zhu Xuanming, a level 51 Support Type Soul King, and Lin Chiluan, a level 53 Soul King, as the arena match began.
• Five Mountains Academy fielded Xia Shuyao, Mu Zizhu, Qin Huabin, Xing Xingye, Zhu Conghan, Zhu Xuanming, and Lin Chiluan, with Lin replacing Li Yinuo and Zhu Conghan taking the control position.

The Five Mountains Team and Canghui Academy clashed in the provincial tournament as both sides revealed powerful techniques and hidden strength. Xia Shuyao broke her Soul Power seal to reveal she was a Soul King, but Shi Feiyang trapped her in his Asura Field and confronted her with visions of her deepest fears.

• Ye Fei opened the battle with her Phantom Fragrance Flower, spreading mist and the Rosemary Array across the arena.
• Xia Shuyao deployed Thousand Layer Illusory Cherry while Zhu Xuan boosted his team, and Lin Chiluan’s fire-blade storm tore through Ye Fei’s array as Wu Xiao shielded his teammates.
• Qin Huabin and Lin Chiluan pressed forward while Shen Li attacked Xing Xingye with an energy blood spear, which struck his ironwood shield.
• Shi Feiyang used Dream Weaving Cocoon to counter the Five Mountains Team’s illusions, but Xia Shuyao broke his technique with Illusory Cherry Thousand Kill Array.
• Xia Shuyao released her seal and raised her Soul Power from level 49 to level 52, revealing she was a Soul King.
• Shi Feiyang answered with his Fifth Soul Skill, Thousand-faced Asura, and filled Xia Shuyao’s consciousness with visions of her fears and painful memories.