Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao suspected Xiao Wu was part of a million-year soul beast plan to infiltrate the divine realm, so he offered her Lovesick Heartbreak Red in exchange for a wager about her future sacrifice. After leaving her, he resolved to focus on growing stronger and protecting himself, then encountered a worried Shui Bing'er looking for him.

• Dai Yao reasoned that Di Tian had sent transformed soul beasts like Xiao Wu and Ah Yin to partner with human geniuses and weaken the divine realm from within.
• Dai Yao hid his suspicions from Xiao Wu, offered her Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal her identity, and bet that she would one day sacrifice herself to him.
• Xiao Wu accepted the bet and successfully made Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge her, while privately vowing she would not betray Tang San and would never sacrifice herself to Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao left Xiao Wu and decided to prioritize his strength and safety rather than expose the soul beasts’ plan.
• Shui Bing'er found Dai Yao and told him that her father and the others were waiting for him.

Dai Yao explained to Ning Rongrong why he intended to join Spirit Hall, and rejected her feelings because their future affiliations would put them on opposing sides. Ning Rongrong turned away heartbroken, while Oscar confessed his feelings and learned she could not return them; Ning Fengzhi watched the events unfold and wondered whether Dai Yao might improve Rongrong’s martial soul.

• Dai Yao told Ning Rongrong that Spirit Hall had saved him and that he needed its strength to seek revenge on the Star Luo Empire’s Empress.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Dai Yao, pinky-swore to fight him in the Soul Master Grand Competition, and cried after he kept his distance from her.
• Ning Rongrong found Oscar crying, and he asked whether they had a chance; she rejected him and explained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rule about spouses for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters.
• Oscar decided to give up on love, then went with Ma Hongjun to visit a brothel in the Heavenly Capital Imperial City.
• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that Dai Yao had acted maturely by rejecting Ning Rongrong, and privately considered whether he could improve her martial soul.

Dai Yao searched Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo and Zhu Zhuqing for a Fourth Spirit Ring, where Zhu Zhuqing encountered a rare Netherworld Woman that willingly offered itself as her Spirit Ring. After Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the eight-thousand-year ring, Dugu Bo summoned Dai Yao to speak with him.

• Dai Yao and his companions explored Sunset Forest while Dugu Bo privately worried about Dai Yao's relationships with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Feng Wutong.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated a Feng Baboon but spared it at Dai Yao's request, and the creature later led an eight-thousand-year Netherworld Woman to their camp.
• The Netherworld Woman approached Zhu Zhuqing, who sensed it meant no harm and learned it wanted to become her Spirit Ring because of her Netherworld Overlord Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Netherworld Woman's offer, and its purple Spirit Ring merged with her as she began absorbing it.
• Dugu Bo saw Zhu Zhuqing's absorption stabilize, then called Dai Yao aside.

Dugu Bo confronted Dai Yao about Dugu Yan and set three conditions for their relationship, leaving Dai Yao confident he could meet them. Dugu Bo warned him not to disappoint either him or Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Bo took Dai Yao into the forest alone while Dugu Yan stayed behind with Zhu Qing.
• Dugu Bo questioned Dai Yao about how he would treat Dugu Yan and challenged his promise because he already had several women.
• Dugu Bo reminded Dai Yao that their exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had helped the Azure Scale Lineage.
• Dugu Bo required Dai Yao to never fail Dugu Yan, reach Soul Power level eighty before forty, and obtain a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his ninth ring.
• Dai Yao accepted all three conditions with confidence, and Dugu Bo warned him not to disappoint him or Dugu Yan.

Dai Yao told Dugu Yan that he accepted Dugu Bo’s conditions, and Dugu Yan confessed her feelings and kissed him. After Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing her Spirit Ring, she awakened her innate Netherworld Domain.

• Dugu Yan took Dai Yao aside and asked what Dugu Bo had said to him.
• Dai Yao explained Dugu Bo’s three conditions and said he had agreed to them for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan confessed that she had never listened to Dugu Bo’s rules and kissed Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao and Dugu Yan returned from the forest, and Dugu Bo left while keeping watch nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing released an icy aura that Dugu Bo recognized as a Domain, then revealed that she had awakened her innate Netherworld Domain.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Netherworld Domain and powerful Fourth Spirit Skill as Dai Yao's group searched Sunset Forest for a suitable tiger-type spirit beast. Dugu Bo agreed to help him hunt a ten-thousand-to-twenty-thousand-year beast, and the chapter ended with the group taking shelter from a torrential downpour.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Yao and Dugu Bo that her Netherworld Domain weakened enemies and strengthened her, and she described how her Fourth Spirit Skill worked with it.
• Dai Yao's group continued searching Sunset Forest, but he rejected the spirit beasts they encountered as unsuitable.
• Dugu Bo asked Dai Yao what spirit beast he wanted, and Dai Yao requested a tiger-type beast with ten thousand to twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Dai Yao explained that his six-thousand-year Third Spirit Ring made him capable of absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed to help him find one.
• After two more days of searching, a torrential rain forced Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan to set up a tent while Dugu Bo sheltered himself with Soul Power.

Dai Yao struggled to find a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring until a thunderstorm led him and his companions to a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine. He recognized the nearly twenty-thousand-year-old vine as an ideal match, and the chapter ended with it poised near destruction.

• After three days of searching, Dai Yao rejected a Ten Thousand Year Ghost Tiger and other spirit beasts because they did not suit his needs.
• Dugu Yan comforted Dai Yao and promised that she and Zhu Zhuqing would protect him during the competition if he could not find a suitable spirit beast.
• Dugu Bo sensed a spirit beast's aura in a lightning strike, and Dai Yao persuaded him to lead the group toward it.
• The group found a vast Thunder Pool surrounding a green vine cracked from a powerful lightning strike.
• Dai Yao identified the plant as a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine and recognized that its age and attributes suited his Fourth Spirit Ring.

Dai Yao risked his life to absorb the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s ten-thousand-year spirit ring as his fourth ring. With the help of his soul bones, the Chaos Cyan Lotus, and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he overcame the beast’s resistance and succeeded, gaining the power to manipulate thunder and celestial phenomena.

• Dai Yao chose the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine as his fourth spirit ring despite Dugu Bo’s warning, then provoked it until it exploded and left behind a black spirit ring.
• Dai Yao began absorbing the ring and suffered severe damage as its lightning ravaged his meridians, alarming Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Yao used his White Tiger Eight Wings and Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear palm bone, then relied on the Chaos Cyan Lotus and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to suppress the Thunder Power.
• The Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s spiritual remnant attacked Dai Yao in his spiritual world but stopped resisting after seeing the Cyan Lotus, allowing the ring to attach to it.
• Dai Yao completed the absorption and demonstrated his new ability to open the clouds and summon or drive away thunder.

After absorbing the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, Dai Yao tested his fourth spirit skill, White Tiger Thunder God Strike, and learned it could reach Soul Douluo-level power under favorable conditions. He and the others prepared to return to the academy, while Dai Yao anticipated the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s next evolution and a future clash with Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

• Dai Yao reflected on his rank forty-five Soul Power, new lightning resistance, and his suspicions about the Purple Droplet and Chaos Cyan Lotus.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried with relief after Dai Yao survived, and Dugu Yan teased him about hiding his External Soul Bone before leaning against him.
• Dugu Bo asked Dai Yao to demonstrate his fourth spirit skill, and Dai Yao summoned a vast storm of lightning with White Tiger Thunder God Strike.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor and used Medusa’s Gaze to petrify Dai Yao’s lightning attack, then praised its power as Dai Yao collapsed from exhaustion.
• Dai Yao explained that his strike could draw on environmental energy and vary in strength, then suspected the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s next evolution would transform Dugu Yan’s Jade Scale Serpent Spirit.
• Dai Yao and his companions set out for the academy, and Dugu Bo acknowledged him as his grandson-in-law and urged him to face the Golden Generation at the All-Continent Soul Master Competition.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, Oakland Academy entered with Dai Yao and its strengthened battle team drawing attention. Dai Yao emerged before the crowd determined to make his name known across the continent.

• Dai Yao showed Principal Jackson his black Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring, prompting Jackson to decide he would personally lead Oakland Academy at the tournament.
• Oakland’s seven official members and two substitutes were introduced, highlighting the team’s four Soul Ancestors and Luo Ling’s limited support ability.
• At the opening ceremony, Dai Yao noticed Meng Yiran on the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, provoked Yu Tianheng by embracing Dugu Yan, and caught Huo Wu’s eager gaze.
• The Oakland Battle Team and Shrek Academy were the last teams awaiting entrance, and Dai Yao and Dai Mubai exchanged a quiet promise to face each other again.
• Oakland entered the packed arena to modest applause and mockery, and Dai Yao vowed to make his name spread across the continent.

Dai Yao learned that Spirit Hall had arranged Xiangjia Academy as a test of his strength, and Oakland drew Xiangjia Academy in the qualifiers. Salas publicly declared Oakland the team he favored, leaving the academy under the crowd’s scrutiny.

• Feng Qianli asked Dai Yao to lead Oakland forward in the Soul Master Grand Competition, and Dai Yao promised to do his best.
• Dai Yao recalled Salas warning that Spirit Hall factions would take him by force if he failed to prove his potential in the competition.
• Salas drew the qualifiers, pairing Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shrek Academy and Xiangjia Academy with Oakland Academy.
• Dai Yao suspected Spirit Hall had arranged Oakland’s match against Xiangjia Academy to test him.
• Salas declared Oakland the team he favored, stunning the spectators and leaving Oakland’s members unsure how to respond.

Salas arranged for Oakland Academy to face Xiangjia Academy in the tournament’s opening match, and Dai Yao confronted Xiangjia captain Hu Yanli. The match began with Hu Yanli attacking Dai Yao, who stopped his Spirit Skill barehanded without releasing his Martial Soul.

• Salas persuaded Xue Ye to make Oakland Academy versus Xiangjia Academy the opening battle, and Jackson replaced Dugu Yan with Luo Feng in Oakland’s lineup.
• Hu Yanli challenged Dai Yao and threatened to break his arm or leg, while Dai Yao said they would settle it in the match.
• Tang San and the Shrek Academy team watched from their rest area, and Dai Mubai wondered how much Dai Yao had improved since their last encounter.
• When the match began, Hu Yanli released his Diamond Mammoth Spirit and attacked Dai Yao with his Second Spirit Skill, Mammoth Strength.
• Dai Yao caught Hu Yanli’s punch with one hand without releasing his Martial Soul or moving, then told him he had decent strength.

Dai Yao effortlessly blocked Hu Yanli’s attack, then revealed a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring, shocking the tournament spectators and officials. As Xiangjia Academy charged Oakland, Dai Yao activated his Third Spirit Skill, leaving the match poised for a fierce clash.

• Dai Yao caught Hu Yanli’s Spirit Skill barehanded, and Hu Yanli realized he was outmatched but ordered Xiangjia Academy to release their martial souls and attack Oakland.
• Feng Qianli and the Oakland Battle Team released their martial souls, and Dai Yao revealed his Black Fourth Spirit Ring, which spectators recognized as a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Salas confirmed to Xue Ye that Dai Yao was the reason he favored Oakland, and Ning Fengzhi revealed that Dai Yao was the Fourth Prince of the Star Luo Empire who had fled its succession struggle.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils watched Dai Yao’s display, and Dai Mubai said that he and Dai Yao were enemies despite being brothers.
• Hu Yanli led Xiangjia Academy’s seven members in a charge toward Oakland, and Dai Yao activated his Third Spirit Skill, White Tiger Dark Gold Transformation.

Luo Feng ordered Oakland to use Spearhead Tactics against Xiangjia Academy, sending Dai Yao, Feng Qianli, and Dai Yuan Yi straight into the opposing formation. Dai Yao broke Hu Yanli’s encirclement and brought him down with Eight Extremes Collapse and Hidden Strength, but Hu Yanli vowed that Xiangjia Academy would not be beaten easily.

• Luo Feng steadied himself and called for Spearhead Tactics, prompting Dai Yao, Feng Qianli, and Dai Yuan Yi to charge Xiangjia Academy head-on.
• Hu Yanli used Copper Wall and Iron Barrier to block Dai Yao’s punch, then ordered his team to surround him as Xiangjia fighters also engaged Feng Qianli and Dai Yuan Yi.
• Hu Yanli and two teammates unleashed Crushing Kill on Dai Yao, who countered Hu Yanli with Eight Extremes Collapse and blasted a Soul Ancestor away with White Tiger Light Wave.
• A Soul Elder struck Dai Yao through his White Tiger Body Barrier, but Dai Yao activated Hidden Strength and made Hu Yanli collapse in agony.
• Dai Yao intimidated the remaining Soul Elder into backing down, while Hu Yanli recovered enough to insist that defeating Xiangjia Academy would not be easy.

Oakland Battle Team defeated Xiangjia Academy after Dai Yao overwhelmed its fighters, even when Hu Yanli revealed a head Spirit Bone. The match ended with the audience recognizing Oakland as a formidable dark horse, while Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong had kept their strength hidden.

• Dai Yao quickly defeated three Xiangjia Academy fighters, allowing Feng Qianli and Dai Yuan Yi to turn their battles around while Luo Feng told Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong to hold back.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Dai Yao's powerful punch was a Self-Created Soul Skill, while Hu Yan Zhen realized Xiangjia Academy was about to lose.
• Hu Yanli revealed his head Spirit Bone despite Hu Yan Zhen's warning and challenged Dai Yao to a decisive duel.
• Dai Yao struck Hu Yanli with Eight Extremes Collapse and sent him crashing through a wall, defeating him despite the Spirit Bone's protection.
• Hu Yanli conceded, the referee declared Oakland Academy the winner, and spectators recognized the team as a dark horse in the tournament.

After Oakland Academy defeated Xiangjia Academy, Dai Yao's astonishing Fourth Spirit Ring drew attention from across the tournament. Jackson revealed that Dai Yao had joined Oakland on his own and connected the academy to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, before Xiangjia Sect members surrounded the Oakland Battle Team.

• Dai Yuan Yi bragged about holding off two Soul Elders, but Luo Ling credited Dai Yao and her own support for Oakland Academy's victory.
• Feng Qianli thanked Dai Yao, who reassured him that he considered himself a member of the Oakland Battle Team.
• Old Egret and Old Pig confronted Jackson about hiding Dai Yao's talent and mocked Oakland Academy for being unworthy of him.
• Jackson admitted Dai Yao had joined Oakland on his own and revealed his connections to Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Old Egret and Old Pig beat Jackson out of jealousy, while Xiangjia Sect members surrounded the Oakland Battle Team.

After Hu Yanli apologized to Dai Yao by slapping himself, Salas explained that an Elder Hall elder had sent the Xiangjia Sect to trouble him and warned that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had marked him as a rival. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong revealed Dai Yao’s extraordinary talent and identity to the Golden Generation, challenging them to take him seriously.

• Hu Yan Zhen ordered Hu Yanli to apologize to Dai Yao, and Dai Yao demanded that Hu Yanli slap himself; Hu Yanli obeyed.
• Salas praised Dai Yao, sent the Oakland Battle Team away, and told Dai Yao that an Elder Hall elder had been displeased with his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Salas reassured Dai Yao that Spirit Hall would tolerate him, then warned that the Golden Generation had marked him as an opponent.
• Bibi Dong showed Hu Liena and the Golden Generation Salas’s report about Dai Yao, including his thirteen-year-old age, powerful spirit rings, and Star Luo Empire princely identity.
• Bibi Dong told the Golden Generation that Dai Yao intended to defeat them, and they took his challenge seriously after hearing that he had beaten several Xiangjia Academy Soul Ancestors.

Dai Yao and Dugu Yan watched the tournament’s second day, where Shrek Academy, Godwind Academy, and Leiting Academy demonstrated their strength. The day ended with Dai Yao and Yu Tianxin spotting one another across the arena, their rivalry reignited.

• Dai Yao and Dugu Yan attended the matches while Feng Wutong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yuan Yi, and Luo Ling stayed at the academy to cultivate.
• Shrek Academy swept the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in under five minutes, impressing Dugu Yan with Tang San’s control and command of the match.
• Dai Yao reflected on Shrek’s strange uniforms and questioned how Flender had recruited talented Soul Masters such as Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Godwind Academy’s seven flyers easily defeated their opponents, and Leiting Academy won with its lightning-attribute members and captain Yu Tianxin.
• Yu Tianxin spotted Dai Yao in Oakland’s rest area, and the two met each other’s gaze across the arena.

Oakland Academy prepared for a difficult match against Chihuo Academy, with Jackson choosing a lineup meant to counter their fire-based attacks. As the match began, Huo Wu took Oakland’s plant-type Control System Spirit Master and Dou Yu’s weak spirit rings as insults and vowed to teach them a lesson.

• Jackson explained that Zhu Zhuqing would play while Wutong sat out, since Zhu Zhuqing’s area attack could restrict fire-attribute Martial Souls and Wutong’s Vermilion Bird fire could undo that effect.
• Jackson warned Feng Qianli and the others to concede rather than risk serious injury, reminding Feng Qianli of his refusal to surrender in the previous tournament.
• Oakland Academy and Chihuo Academy entered the arena, where Dai Yao and Huo Wushuang exchanged confident claims that their team would win.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Huo Wu noticed Luo Feng’s plant-type Martial Soul and Dou Yu’s weak spirit-ring configuration.
• Angered by what she saw as Oakland’s contempt for Chihuo Academy, Huo Wu vowed to show them Chihuo’s strength.

Dai Yao faced Chihuo Academy after Huo Wu used a carefully planned tactic to isolate him from his teammates. Surrounded by their attacks, he revealed Cloud Pattern Hand, an improved First Spirit Skill, as the battle remained unresolved.

• Huo Wu and Chihuo Academy reacted with anger when Oakland sent Dou Yu, whose Spirit Ring configuration was one white and two yellow.
• Dai Yao led Oakland's spearhead charge, but Huo Wu's Repelling Fire Ring separated him from Feng Qianli and Dai Yuan Yi after Huo Wushuang blocked his attack.
• Huo Wu sprang her trap, launching Chihuo Academy's combined attacks at Dai Yao while keeping Oakland's other fighters from reaching him.
• Dai Yao concentrated his First Spirit Skill's defensive power in his hands and revealed his improved technique, Cloud Pattern Hand.