Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao returned to Oakland Academy’s carriage, where Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted him about secretly saving Ning Rongrong and warned that he would report it to the Pope. Dai Yao then asked him to arrange a match against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team so he could avenge the humiliation he had suffered six years earlier.

• Dugu Yan angrily confronted Dai Yao, while Feng Wutong helped clean the dust from his hair and told him Zhu Zhuqing was still tolerant of him.
• Dai Yao found Chrysanthemum Douluo sitting with Dugu Bo and learned that his actions to save Ning Rongrong had been noticed and would be reported to the Pope.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo encouraged Dai Yao to prepare for the Finals and reminded him that the Golden Generation was waiting in Spirit City.
• Dai Yao asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to arrange a match between Oakland Academy and the Star Luo Royal Academy Team so he could settle his old grievance.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo welcomed the idea, seeing the matchup between Dai Yao and the team led by Dai Weisi as an entertaining blow to the Star Luo Empire’s reputation.

Dai Yao’s group entered Spirit City and encountered the Star Luo Empire delegation, where Crown Prince Dai Weisi publicly confronted his estranged younger brother. Dai Yao rejected Dai Weisi’s offer to return, and the chapter ended with Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing facing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun as the gathered soul masters reacted to Dai Yao’s age and strength.

• Oakland’s group entered Spirit City and learned that the Pope’s Palace and Douluo Hall stood on the mountain above them.
• Xue Qinghe identified himself as Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince when Dai Weisi’s Star Luo delegation confronted the Heaven Dou group.
• Dai Weisi called out Dai Yao, prompting the gathered soul masters to realize that the celebrated Heaven Dou competitor was a Star Luo prince who had defected.
• Dai Yao accused Dai Weisi of wanting him dead and rejected the claim that the Star Luo clan elders would forgive him, warning Dai Weisi to prepare for their reckoning.
• Zhu Zhuyun challenged Dai Yao and asked after her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing, who joined Dai Yao and answered that she was doing well.
• The soul masters reacted with shock when Zhu Zhuyun revealed that Dai Yao was only fifteen and had already reached the tournament finals.

Xue Qinghe warned Dai Yao about Star Luo Royal Academy and promised to support him, while Dai Yao's Oakland teammates rallied behind him after learning about the Star Luo imperial succession struggle. The Finals began, and the draw matched Oakland Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy, setting Dai Yao against Dai Weisi.

• Xue Qinghe apologized to Dai Yao, shared intelligence about Star Luo Royal Academy, and heard Dai Yao insist that he would face them.
• Dai Yao's teammates learned about the Star Luo Imperial Family's brutal succession rules and joined hands with him and Zhu Zhuqing to vow victory.
• The Finals began before Bibi Dong, and Dai Yao noticed that Godwind Academy and Chihuo Academy had not merged.
• Bibi Dong declared the tournament open, and the first-round matches were drawn.
• The draw matched Heaven Dou Empire's Oakland Academy against Star Luo Empire's Star Luo Royal Academy, silencing the arena.

Dai Yao and Oakland faced Dai Weisi’s Star Luo Royal Academy Team in a tournament match shaped by their family feuds and the rivalry between the two empires. Dai Yao’s team revealed its spirit rings, ending the chapter with the shocking appearance of his black spirit ring.

• Dai Weisi threatened Dai Yao, while Dai Yao reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would stand by her as they faced their past.
• The tournament’s final match brought Oakland and Star Luo Royal Academy together, and Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue watched Dai Yao and the team with interest.
• Dai Yao led Oakland onto the arena as Star Luo spectators taunted him, and Dai Weisi offered to spare his life if he surrendered.
• Dai Yao rejected the idea of reconciliation, and Zhu Zhuqing rebuffed Zhu Zhuyun’s attempt to persuade her to return.
• Star Luo Royal Academy released its Martial Souls, showing six Soul Ancestors, before Dai Yao called on Oakland to surprise them.
• Oakland released its Martial Souls, and Dai Yao revealed a black spirit ring, silencing the Star Luo supporters.

Dai Yao revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring before the Star Luo Royal Academy team and launched Oakland’s all-out attack. He defeated Dai Weisi in their first clash, leaving the battle underway as the arena fell silent.

• Dai Yao revealed his ten-thousand-year spirit ring, shocking Dai Weisi and the spectators.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun steadied their team, while Dai Mubai renewed his resolve after Tang San promised Shrek would win.
• Dai Yao charged as all seven members of Oakland attacked, and Dugu Yan spread her purple mist across the arena.
• Dai Weisi ordered his team to intercept Oakland and used White Tiger Vajra Transformation against Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao unleashed White Tiger—Thunder God Strike, broke through Dai Weisi’s attack, and sent him crashing into the arena floor.

Dai Yao defeated Dai Weisi in one move, while Zhu Zhuqing unleashed her Netherworld Domain and defeated Zhu Zhuyun. Zhu Zhuqing left the duel free of her old hatred and said she would return to the Star Luo Empire with Dai Yao to settle matters there.

• Dai Yao's one-move victory over Dai Weisi shocked the arena, and Hu Liena warned the Spirit Hall Battle Team against coveting his External Soul Bone.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue recognized Dai Yao as a serious opponent, while Bibi Dong approved of him as a whetstone for the Golden Generation.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Zhuyun, revealed her Netherworld Domain, and overcame Zhu Zhuyun's resistance with her speed and strength.
• Ghost Douluo explained the significance of Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Overlord Spirit and asked Bibi Dong to let him take her as his disciple; Bibi Dong granted his request.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun with her Fourth Spirit Skill, Netherworld Realm, leaving her badly injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she no longer wished to dwell on their past and planned to return to the Star Luo Empire with Yao Ge to settle matters.

Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing’s team gained the upper hand in the tournament, while Feng Wutong revealed her Vermilion Bird Domain. Cyan Luan Douluo interrupted the match and challenged Kite Douluo over who would take Wutong as a disciple, leaving Bibi Dong to suggest they wait until Wutong joined Spirit Hall and chose for herself.

• Zhu Zhuyun reaffirmed her belief in the clan’s ruthless rules and rushed, despite her injuries, to help Dai Weisi.
• Feng Qianli and Dai Yuan Yi worked together to suppress Star Luo Royal Academy’s two soul ancestors, while Feng Wutong used her Vermilion Bird Domain to burn her own opponents.
• Bibi Dong considered the changes in Dai Yao’s companions, and Kite Douluo declared that Feng Wutong should become her disciple.
• Cyan Luan Douluo arrived at the Pope’s Palace, stopped the match, and asked Feng Wutong her name before the contest resumed.
• Kite Douluo confronted Cyan Luan Douluo over his plan to take Wutong as his disciple, and Bibi Dong proposed waiting until Wutong joined Spirit Hall and could choose for herself.

At the tournament, Dai Yao and Dai Weisi fought using their Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Dai Yao’s Sacred Giant Tiger overwhelmed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Dai Yao was about to kill Dai Weisi, but Zhu Zhuqing reminded him that doing so would remove him from the competition and leave Tang San free to win; Dai Yao instead forced Dai Weisi to choose which of himself or Zhu Zhuyun would live.

• Bibi Dong stopped Cyan Luan Douluo from taking Feng Wutong as his disciple until after the competition, sharpening her hostility toward the Elder Hall.
• Dai Weisi challenged Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing to a four-person fight, and Dai Yao accepted despite Oakland’s advantage.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing transformed into a winged Sacred Giant Tiger and quickly defeated them.
• Dai Yao prepared to kill the injured Dai Weisi, but Chrysanthemum Douluo warned that doing so would end the team’s tournament run, while Dai Yao’s teammates supported his decision.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped Dai Yao and reminded him that killing Dai Weisi would leave Tang San free to win the tournament, so Dai Yao demanded that Dai Weisi choose whether he or Zhu Zhuyun would live.

Dai Yao forced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun into a staged prisoner's dilemma to expose Dai Weisi’s character. After Dai Weisi chose himself, Dai Yao revealed he had never intended to kill either of them and condemned Dai Weisi as an unworthy Crown Prince.

• Dai Yao presented Dai Weisi with a choice between his own life and Zhu Zhuyun’s, explaining that matching choices would doom them both.
• Dai Yao secretly asked Zhu Zhuyun for her choice, and she chose to let Dai Weisi live.
• Dai Weisi chose himself, and the spectators mocked him when Zhu Zhuyun’s heartbreak revealed her loyalty.
• Dai Yao admitted he had only wanted to see whether Dai Weisi would abandon Zhu Zhuyun and said he had already decided not to kill Dai Weisi.
• Dai Yao berated Dai Weisi as an undeserving Crown Prince who owed his position to his birth and his mother.

Dai Yao’s Oakland Battle Team defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, damaging Dai Weisi’s standing and drawing the attention of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. After the match, Bibi Dong ordered Dai Yao and Feng Wutong to be brought before her so Feng Wutong could choose her master.

• Dai Yao taunted Dai Weisi after defeating him, while the cardinal declared Oakland the winner and the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Masters left in disgrace.
• Tang San regretted that Dai Yao had survived, while Dai Mubai realized Dai Weisi’s loss could open a path for him to inherit the Crown Prince’s position.
• Dai Yuan Yi and Feng Qianli congratulated Dai Yao, and Feng Wutong quietly celebrated Oakland’s victory over the academy that had once tormented her.
• Xue Qinghe rewarded the Oakland Battle Team with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each and promised further rewards from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan recognized Oakland as a serious threat, but Hu Liena restored the Spirit Hall Battle Team’s confidence and Dai Yao dismissed their challenge.
• Cyan Luan Douluo asked Bibi Dong to let Feng Wutong choose her master, and Bibi Dong instructed Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring Dai Yao and Feng Wutong to her.

After Oakland defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, Dai Yao celebrated with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, who revealed she had poisoned Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan then summoned Dai Yao and Feng Wutong to Bibi Dong, where two Titled Douluo offered to take Feng Wutong as their disciple and awaited her answer.

• Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing celebrated their freedom and affectionately watched Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun leave in despair.
• Dugu Yan joined Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Yao promised he would never abandon either woman.
• Dugu Yan told Dai Yao she had poisoned Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun with a slow-acting toxin, while Dai Yao admitted he had considered poisoning Dai Weisi too.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan summoned Dai Yao and Feng Wutong to meet Pope Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong introduced Cyan Luan Douluo and Kite Douluo, who wanted to take Feng Wutong as their disciple and asked for her decision.

Cyan Luan Douluo and Kite Douluo competed to take Feng Wutong as a disciple after learning the power of her Vermilion Bird Spirit. Dai Yao negotiated a trial arrangement that would let Feng Wutong learn from both of them before choosing a master.

• Cyan Luan Douluo praised the Vermilion Bird Spirit and asked Feng Wutong to become his disciple, while Kite Douluo also sought to teach her.
• Bibi Dong intervened and asked Feng Wutong to hear Kite Douluo's offer before deciding.
• Feng Wutong said Dai Yao had to choose because she was his maid, and refused to give up that status for Cyan Luan Douluo.
• Dai Yao asked both Titled Douluo to offer benefits; Kite Douluo promised to secure Feng Wutong's Spirit Rings and possible command of her forces, while Cyan Luan Douluo offered three suitable Spirit Bones.
• Dai Yao proposed that Feng Wutong train with each Titled Douluo for several days before choosing after joining Spirit Hall, and both reluctantly accepted.

Oakland defeated Skywater Academy, Shrek defeated Godwind Academy, and Spirit Hall crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy to secure places in the final three. As Oakland prepared to face Spirit Hall, Dai Yao rallied his teammates while Shui Bing'er thanked him for saving her; Tang San resolved that Shrek would spring a surprise.

• Dai Yao led Oakland to defeat Skywater Academy, and Shui Bing'er conceded after their spirit fusion skill was shattered.
• Shrek used Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage and Tang San's tactics to defeat Godwind Academy, with Feng Xiaotian conceding after Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dai Yao noticed that Ning Rongrong was coughing and Oscar looked pale, then watched Spirit Hall defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a spirit fusion skill in only a few breaths.
• Xie Yue challenged Dai Yao, and Dai Yao promised Oakland would win before his teammates and the other Heaven Dou academies rallied behind them.
• Shui Bing'er hugged Dai Yao and quietly thanked him for saving her, while Tang San and Dai Mubai resolved that Shrek would surprise Oakland and Spirit Hall.

Dai Yao led Oakland to Pope's Palace for the top-three individual competition, where Bibi Dong displayed three coveted Spirit Bones and announced the rules. After Oakland drew the first match against Shrek, Dai Yao rejected cooperation with them and prepared to carry out a secret plan to eliminate Shrek before facing Spirit Hall.

• Dai Yao led Oakland through Spirit City to Pope's Palace, where they met the Shrek and Spirit Hall teams.
• Bibi Dong arrived with several Titled Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, then announced three Spirit Bones as the reward for the tournament champion.
• Bibi Dong explained that the individual competition would determine the match order, with first place advancing directly to the final and second and third competing for the other spot.
• Oakland and Shrek drew the first match, leaving the Spirit Hall team free to wait while the other teams fought.
• Feng Qianli proposed that Oakland cooperate with Shrek against Spirit Hall, but Dai Yao refused and said he would compete first.
• Dai Yao asked his teammates to follow his instructions, and Feng Qianli agreed on their behalf.

Yu Xiaogang laid out Shrek’s plan to exploit a contest between Oakland and Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong warned that he was underestimating Dai Yao. Dai Yao entered the individual matches first, defeated Jing Ling without using his Martial Soul, and faced Spirit Hall’s Sun Chuantao as he began his one-against-fourteen challenge.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek Seven Devils that their Seven-in-One Spirit Fusion Skill could secure one victory, then devised a strategy to weaken both rival teams and leave Tang San to finish the individual match.
• Ning Rongrong cautioned Yu Xiaogang not to underestimate Dai Yao, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed her concern and told her to rest before the team match.
• Hu Liena ordered Spirit Hall’s four Soul Ancestors to severely injure or kill Tang San, while Xie Yue planned to save the Golden Generation for later in the match.
• Dai Yao unexpectedly took the arena first and defeated Jing Ling with a rapid charge and slam, without activating his Martial Soul.
• Jing Ling admitted that Dai Yao had overwhelmed him despite his attempt to follow Yu Xiaogang’s strategy, and Spirit Hall sent Sun Chuantao to face Dai Yao.

Dai Yao fought Sun Chuantao without releasing his martial soul, conserving Soul Power until he defeated him with Eight Extremes Collapse. He then swept through opponents from the Spirit Hall and Shrek teams, eliminating eight people in total, and left Yan to face him next.

• Dai Yao caught Sun Chuantao’s Moon Blades barehanded with Cloud Pattern Hand, then used footwork to make Sun Chuantao exhaust much of his Soul Power.
• Dai Yao deflected Sun Chuantao’s Round Blade Meteor Shower and knocked him out of the arena with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Dai Yao continued defeating opponents from both teams, using direct strikes against weaker foes and his External Soul Bone against flying Soul Masters.
• Dai Yao eliminated Tai Long, Zhu Lu, Xiao Wu, and six members of the Spirit Hall Battle Team, bringing his total to eight opponents.
• Xie Yue ordered Yan to face Dai Yao and defeat him.

Dai Yao defeated Yan after surviving the Golden Generation member’s fifth spirit skill and repeatedly unleashing his own powerful fourth spirit skill. He remained on the Duel Arena after his tenth consecutive victory, declaring that the Golden Generation was nothing special.

• Dai Yao defeated Ma Hongjun, bringing his consecutive victories to nine, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang turned their attention to conserving strength for the team battle.
• Yan challenged Dai Yao, and both fighters revealed their martial souls and spirit rings before the match began.
• Yan attacked with his fifth spirit skill, Flying Sand Raging Flames, but Dai Yao countered with White Tiger Dark Gold Transformation, White Tiger Eight Wings, and White Tiger Thunder God Strike.
• Yan questioned how much Soul Power Dai Yao had left, but Dai Yao summoned lightning again and charged through Yan’s rock-wall defenses.
• Dai Yao cast his fourth spirit skill for a third time and struck Yan off the Duel Arena, then declared that the Golden Generation was nothing more than this.

Dai Yao defeated Yan and continued his one-man challenge, defeating Dai Mubai, Xie Yue, and Tang San despite his dwindling Soul Power. With only five percent Soul Power remaining, he faced Hu Liena as the last opponent standing between him and an unprecedented fourteen consecutive victories.

• After Dai Yao overwhelmed Yan, Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo realized he might be aiming to defeat fourteen opponents in a row.
• Dai Yao defeated Dai Mubai, then poisoned Xie Yue with his Eight Spider Lances and forced him to concede before removing the toxin.
• Dai Yao fought Tang San, who conceded after their clash, leaving Dai Yao with only five percent of his Soul Power.
• Hu Liena stepped onto the Duel Arena as Dai Yao's final opponent.

Dai Yao faced Hu Liena in the final match, with Spirit Hall’s honor and his streak of victories at stake. Though Hu Liena overwhelmed him with her spiritual attack, the mysterious Purple Droplet countered it and left her badly injured, bringing the match to a shocking turn.

• Hu Liena entered the arena determined to defend Spirit Hall’s honor, while Bibi Dong refused to order Dai Yao to concede.
• Hu Liena unleashed her Charm and acknowledged Dai Yao’s strength before the match began.
• Hu Liena pressed her spiritual power against the exhausted Dai Yao and used her Second Spirit Skill, Fox Bewitchment.
• The Sacred White Tiger collapsed under Hu Liena’s attack, but the Purple Droplet released Thunder Domain and destroyed the spiritual impact.
• The Thunder Domain struck back through Dai Yao’s eyes, collapsing Hu Liena’s spiritual world and leaving her bleeding and unable to rise.

After stunning Hu Liena with a mental attack, Dai Yao refused to exploit her vulnerable state and announced that Oakland Battle Team would forfeit the individual matches, preserving its strength for the afternoon team match against Shrek. Bibi Dong approved the decision, while Hu Liena took it as an insult and Bibi Dong reflected on Dai Yao’s remarkable talent.

• Bibi Dong determined that Hu Liena had suffered only a slight mental shock and allowed the match to continue.
• Dai Yao let Hu Liena recover instead of attacking, then declared that he was conceding.
• Dai Yao clarified that Oakland Battle Team was forfeiting the individual matches to save its strength for the afternoon team match against Shrek.
• Feng Qianli confirmed that Oakland supported Dai Yao’s decision, and Bibi Dong approved the team’s forfeit.
• Hu Liena angrily rejected the victory as humiliating, while Xie Yue urged her to prepare for the next match.
• Bibi Dong praised Dai Yao’s achievements and called him the most talented person in the history of the continent.