Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling opened the final tournament battle with an aggressive assault, using paralysis and his True Dragon Aura to break through the opposing team's coordinated defense. The opponents healed and rallied their formation as the fight continued.

• Xia Tianling charged the Shi Brothers, whose turtle shells used a soul bone skill to disperse the force of his Storm Axe strike.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng attacked Xia Tianling from both sides while Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor entangled him.
• Xia Tianling paralyzed Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng with a weakened lightning technique, then used True Dragon Shocks the Heavens to blast Yu Tianheng away and suppress his dragon martial soul.
• Tang San shielded Yu Tianheng and pulled him back with Blue Silver Emperor, while Ye Lingling healed his broken bones and Dugu Yan boosted the team's attributes.
• Dai Mubai returned to the battle under Dugu Yan's support, but remained at a disadvantage and held back from using the Evil Ape King Transformation.

Xia Tianling attacked Tang San to disrupt the Imperial Dou Team’s formation, then outmaneuvered the team and broke through toward its backline. Tang San raised a Blue Silver Emperor barrier to stop him as Xia Tianling charged at Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.

• Xia Tianling charged Tang San, who revealed his Eight Spider Lances and Clear Sky Hammer but was overwhelmed by Xia Tianling’s strength.
• Tang San unleashed several Blue Silver Emperor skills alongside Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and the Shi Brothers, but Xia Tianling escaped their combined attack with True Dragon Hegemony Body.
• Xia Tianling used the Dawnbreaker Hammer and his lightning blade to strike Dai Mubai and the Shi Brothers, while Yu Tianheng’s lightning attack failed to harm him.
• Xia Tianling revealed that his real target was the backline and transformed the Dawnbreaker Hammer into the Storm Axe as he charged Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Tang San raised seven Blue Silver Cages around Xia Tianling to block his assault.

The Imperial Dou Team used a Pseudo Seven-in-One Spirit Soul Fusion Skill against Xia Tianling, but Dai Mubai seized the combined power and unleashed a dangerous transformation fueled by Rakshasa Divine Power. As Dai Mubai prepared to fight at the cost of his own body, Xia Tianling watched him from the air.

• Xia Tianling broke free of the Blue Silver Cage, but the Imperial Dou Team regrouped and began its Pseudo Seven-in-One Spirit Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai as the vanguard.
• Tang San withdrew his Martial Souls and drove Soul Power into Dai Mubai, while Pope Bibi Dong recognized Yu Xiaogang's copied technique.
• Xia Tianling weakened the seven fighters with his Third Spirit Eye, but Dai Mubai forcibly kept the power his teammates had supplied and broke the fusion's control.
• Tang San pulled the other six teammates from the arena as Dai Mubai's body expanded and his power rose close to a Spirit Douluo's.
• Dai Mubai activated Double Evil Ape King Transformation, while Zhu Zhuqing and Old Jack worried and Yu Xiaogang celebrated his creation.

Xia Tianling battled the demonized Dai Mubai, who used forced transformations and Rakshasa power to fight beyond his limits. Xia revealed his Twin Martial Souls and four golden spirit rings, then struck the Rakshasa Mark on Dai Mubai’s forehead with his Dragon Fist.

• Dai Mubai manifested a phantom Rakshasa Demon Scythe while Xia Tianling restored his Soul Power through the All Things Revival Domain, and Ju Gui Duo contained the clash’s aftershocks.
• Xia Tianling and Dai Mubai exchanged powerful attacks as Dai’s body began to break down under his forced enhancements.
• Xia set aside the Storm Axe and revealed his True Dragon Martial Soul, Twin Martial Souls, and four golden spirit rings, stunning the spectators and Yu Xiaogang.
• Dai Mubai merged the Rakshasa Demon Scythe phantom with his body and charged at Xia Tianling in a final attack.
• Xia Tianling struck Dai Mubai’s Rakshasa Mark with a Dragon Fist that tore through the air.

Xia Tianling defeated Dai Mubai in the tournament final and saved him from dying with his Jade Swan healing ability. After being named champion, Xia Tianling was publicly declared Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and Bibi Dong’s successor, while Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed following him.

• Xia Tianling shattered Dai Mubai’s Rakshasa Mark and tiger head with a powerful punch, knocking him out of his Martial Soul Possession and defeating him.
• Xia Tianling urged the referee to announce the result, then healed Dai Mubai and warned that he needed six months of rest and careful treatment.
• The referee declared Xia Tianling the tournament champion, and Yu Xiaogang and the Imperial Dou Team carried Dai Mubai away.
• Bibi Dong announced that Xia Tianling was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, her disciple and successor, and the heir to the next Pope’s position.
• Xiao Wu celebrated Xia Tianling’s appointment and suggested that she and Tang San follow him, while Tang San reminded her that he had lost his match.

After winning the championship, Xia Tianling used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to expose Yu Xiaogang’s divided affections before the gathered soul masters. Yu Xiaogang suffered the flower’s backlash, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong reacted coldly.

• Bibi Dong presented Xia Tianling with seven soul bones as the championship reward, and he stored them away.
• Xia Tianling displayed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and asked Tang San to explain its legend to the audience.
• Xia Tianling asked Yu Xiaogang to test whether the flower would recognize him, offering him the flower and a chance to reach Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to pluck the flower, but it rejected him and caused him to spit blood and lose strength.
• Tang San explained that the backlash came from the flower rejecting Yu Xiaogang’s impure or divided affections, prompting gossip among the audience as Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong smiled coldly.

At the tournament finals, Xia Tianling confessed to Zhu Zhuqing, and she accepted his proposal. After he transferred ownership of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to her, she consumed it and began absorbing its power under guard; Xia Tianling then prepared to fulfill his deal with Liu Erlong.

• Xia Tianling publicly proposed to Zhu Zhuqing using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and she agreed to become his wife.
• Ning Rongrong and Hu Liena watched happily for Zhu Zhuqing, while Oscar promised Ning Rongrong a grand romantic spectacle of his own.
• Xia Tianling used a system card to transfer the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's ownership to Zhu Zhuqing, who consumed it and began absorbing its medicinal power.
• Xia Tianling carried Zhu Zhuqing to the VIP seats, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo guarded her as she absorbed the herb.
• Xia Tianling told Old Jack he would bring Zhu Zhuqing back to stay the night, then turned his attention to the deal he had made with Liu Erlong.

At the competition, Xia Tianling challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Martial Soul theory and presented Spirit Hall’s research on Blue Silver Emperor and Twin Martial Souls. Yu Xiaogang was left unable to answer, while Tang Hao confirmed he had asked Spirit Hall for a Twin Martial Soul cultivation method.

• Xia Tianling invited Yu Xiaogang to explain his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul before the assembled audience.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his claim that Innate Soul Power corresponded to Martial Soul quality and cited Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls as proof.
• Xia Tianling revealed that Tang San’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor and explained Spirit Hall’s research on its development.
• Xia Tianling challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Twin Martial Souls and described Spirit Hall’s explanation of how they arose and why their owners could not attach soul rings early.
• Xia Tianling asked whether Tang Hao had demanded Spirit Hall’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, and Tang Hao confirmed that he had.

At the public confrontation, Xia Tianling accused Yu Xiaogang of presenting Spirit Hall research and established Spirit Master knowledge as his own theories. He dismantled several of Yu Xiaogang’s claims, and his challenge about Martial Soul Fusion Skills drew murderous stares from powerful representatives.

• Tang Hao’s unexpected arrival to testify for Spirit Hall caused a stir among the gathered forces.
• Xia Tianling pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had been expelled from Spirit Hall before its library made the cited research public, prompting the crowd to suspect plagiarism.
• Xia Tianling dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s claim about Plant and Beast Spirit rings as common knowledge and explained that unsuitable skills made cross-type rings impractical.
• Xia Tianling called Yu Xiaogang’s claim about spirit power progressing past bottlenecks without spirit rings basic cultivation knowledge.
• Xia Tianling questioned Yu Xiaogang’s research into fusion skills, and Yu Xiaogang cited the Imperial Dou Team’s Seven-in-One Combined Soul Skill as proof.
• Xia Tianling challenged Yu Xiaogang’s assertion that identical martial souls could perform Martial Soul Fusion Skills, provoking hostile looks from Tang Hao, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan representative.

Xia Tianling publicly dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Martial Soul Fusion Skills and Spirit Ring limits, leaving Yu Xiaogang humiliated and unable to defend his theories. The crowd saw his supposed rules disproved by other soul masters’ abilities and Spirit Rings.

• Xia Tianling challenged Yu Xiaogang to name a Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed by identical martial souls, and the audience answered that none existed.
• Yu Xiaogang stood alone as Liu Erlong and Flender cheered the crowd’s rebuke and each advanced one Soul Power Level.
• Xia Tianling mocked Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Martial Soul Avatar amplification depended on martial soul quality and questioned his exact Spirit Ring lifespan limits.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the First Soul Ring limit was 423 years and the Second was 764 years, but Xia Tianling argued that absorption limits varied by a soul master’s constitution.
• Xia Tianling had Oscar and Ma Hongjun display their Spirit Rings, including Ma Hongjun’s First Soul Ring of over 500 years and Oscar’s Second Soul Ring of nearly 1,000 years, silencing Yu Xiaogang.

Xia Tianling publicly exposed Yu Xiaogang’s theories as plagiarized and challenged his claim that there were no useless Martial Souls, leaving Yu Xiaogang disgraced and defeated. The spectators turned against Yu Xiaogang as he sat staring blankly at the ground.

• Xia Tianling unveiled papers documenting the sources of Yu Xiaogang’s theories and the corrections to his mistakes.
• Xia Tianling struck Yu Xiaogang with Spirit Shock and Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang vomited blood and fell to his knees.
• Xia Tianling argued that Yu Xiaogang’s famous claim about useless Martial Souls was false, citing the exceptional talents and bloodlines of the students he had trained.
• Xia Tianling accused Yu Xiaogang of choosing gifted students like Tang San to validate his theory instead of training an ordinary Blue Silver Grass Soul Master.
• The spectators grew furious and threw belongings and trash at Yu Xiaogang, who lost all spirit and stared blankly at the ground.

Xia Tianling exposed Yu Xiaogang as an ignorant plagiarist before the Soul Masters gathered in Spirit City, destroying his reputation and ordering his punishment. He invited Liu Erlong to carry it out, and she leaped into the arena with her Martial Soul released.

• Xia Tianling challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain how Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings differed from lower-year rings, and Yu Xiaogang wrongly claimed the main danger was the physical strain.
• Xia Tianling explained that the danger was Soul Shock and denounced Yu Xiaogang for relying on plagiarized or false theories.
• Tang Hao learned that Yu Xiaogang had used Tang San for experiments and attacked him, but Xia Tianling stopped his killing intent.
• The crowd recognized Yu Xiaogang as a fraud, and Yu Xiaogang fainted as his reputation and career collapsed.
• Xia Tianling ordered the Hall Guardian Knights to cut out Yu Xiaogang's tongue, sever his hands, and cast him out of Spirit City.
• Xia Tianling asked Liu Erlong to punish Yu Xiaogang, and she leaped from the stands with seven Spirit Rings shining beneath her.

Liu Erlong brutally punished Yu Xiaogang for his past betrayals, while Flender revealed that he had helped Xia Tianling plan the day’s events. After Liu Erlong dumped Yu Xiaogang outside Spirit City, Spirit Hall began sending the audience home and announced Qian Renxue’s appointment as Judgment Elder.

• Liu Erlong burned and crushed Yu Xiaogang’s hands, then rejected his pleas for help and reminded him of how he had betrayed her and Flender twenty years earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang sought help from Bibi Dong, Tang San, and Flender, but Bibi Dong showed contempt, Tang San remained indifferent, and Flender revealed that he had planned the spectacle with Xia Tianling.
• Xia Tianling ordered Liu Erlong to finish quickly and throw Yu Xiaogang out, and she tore out his tongue before dragging him through Spirit City.
• Liu Erlong dragged Yu Xiaogang beyond the city walls and crushed his groin before leaving him by the gate.
• Spirit Hall organized the audience’s departure, and Bibi Dong announced that Qian Renxue had officially become Spirit Hall’s Judgment Elder.

After the tournament, Xia Tianling gathered the people tied to his plans and arranged for Liu Erlong and Flender to reform Blue Tyrant Academy. Bibi Dong revealed that she recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Xia Tianling reassured Tang Hao and Tang San that no one intended to harm her.

• Xia Tianling asked Liu Erlong whether she was satisfied, and she and Flender thanked him before leaving to work on Blue Tyrant Academy's reform.
• Tang Hao arrived with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then was shocked to see Dugu Bo and the other Titled Douluo at Level 95 or higher.
• After the spectators departed, Bibi Dong raised a Soul Power barrier and greeted Xiao Wu as the Little Rabbit, revealing that she knew her true identity.
• Tang Hao prepared to defend Xiao Wu, but Xia Tianling and Tang San calmed him and explained that Tang San had known Xiao Wu was a soul beast for a long time.

Xiao Wu told Tang San about how she had saved Bibi Dong, allowing Xia Tianling to piece together the events that led to Qian Xunji’s death. The revelation left Tang San and Tang Hao stunned as Xiao Wu finished recounting her history with Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong thanked Xiao Wu for saving her life in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu began explaining their past to Tang San.
• As Xiao Wu recounted the story, Xia Tianling worked out that Bibi Dong had inherited the Rakshasa God’s power and later ambushed Qian Xunji after the Death Spider Queen weakened him.
• Xiao Wu’s mother helped Bibi Dong recover, and Bibi Dong left resources that helped Xiao Wu become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• After Xiao Wu’s mother went searching for Xiao Wu’s missing family and died, Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest for the human world.
• Xiao Wu finished her account, and Tang San and Tang Hao sat in a daze over the strange history between her and Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong protected Xiao Wu and warned Tang Hao to remain loyal to Spirit Hall, while Xia Tianling revealed that Bibi Dong had adopted him. Zhu Zhuqing awakened after absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, having gained a mysterious pink Spirit Ring and reached Rank Fifty-Five.

• Bibi Dong invited Xiao Wu to stay in Spirit Hall with Tang San, promising protection and warning Tang Hao against opposing Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong accelerated Zhu Zhuqing's absorption of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and left Xia Tianling to arrange accommodations for Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San learned that Xia Tianling was Bibi Dong's adopted son, and Xiao Wu joked about enjoying the benefits of living in Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing's remaining medicinal power merged with the sealed strength in her Dark Sky-Rending Beast Spine Bone and began forming a Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing's cultivation rose to Rank Fifty-Five, and a pink Spirit Ring appeared in the fifth position as everyone wondered what it meant.

Xia Tianling brought Zhu Zhuqing home, where Old Jack warmly welcomed her, while the Star Luo Empire took in the grievously injured Yu Xiaogang. Dai Mubai swore revenge on Xia Tianling and Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang regained his will to live by believing he could help Dai Mubai rise to power.

• Xia Tianling asked Zhu Zhuqing about her new spirit ring as they headed home, and she nervously anticipated meeting his family.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Mubai agreed to work together against Dai Weisi and Spirit Hall after Dai Mubai blamed Xia Tianling for Yu Xiaogang’s suffering.
• The Star Luo Empire group brought back Yu Xiaogang, who had lost an arm, a hand, his tongue, most of his teeth, and parts of his body, and barely saved his life.
• Dai Mubai promised the speechless Yu Xiaogang that he would cure him, make him Imperial Tutor, kill Xia Tianling, and destroy Spirit Hall, restoring Yu Xiaogang’s resolve.
• Xia Tianling brought Zhu Zhuqing and the others to his home, where Old Jack welcomed her warmly and Tang San learned that Old Jack had gained cultivation after consuming Nine-grade Purple Ganoderma.

Old Jack confronted Tang Hao over his failures as Tang San’s father, reopening the rift between them before Xia Tianling helped restore peace. After Tang Hao left, Xia Tianling settled Tang San and Xiao Wu into their new home, then distributed six soul bones among his companions.

• Old Jack spotted Tang San and Xiao Wu, greeted them warmly, then angrily berated Tang Hao for neglecting Tang San and abandoning him.
• Tang Hao stayed silent under Old Jack’s rebuke, and Tang San’s painful memories resurfaced, widening the rift between father and son.
• Tang Hao claimed he had changed and promised to make amends, while Xia Tianling intervened to calm Old Jack and keep the meal going.
• After lunch, Tang Hao left, and Xia Tianling took Tang San and Xiao Wu to the house Spirit Hall had provided them.
• Xia Tianling teased Ma Hongjun and Oscar, then distributed six soul bones among his companions, giving Ning Rongrong a seventy-thousand-year Glazed Giant Clam skull bone.

After celebrating their graduation and tournament victory, Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing spent the night together and shared their first kiss. Xia Tianling’s plans for cultivation and developing Soul Tools remained ahead.

• Xia Tianling invited everyone to lunch at his home the next day to mark the end of their academy days.
• Xia Tianling cooked a celebratory meal and reflected on winning the tournament and his plans to reach Soul Saint and develop ventures, recruit talent, and research Soul Tools and forging.
• Old Jack sent Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing to share a room and a bed, leaving them alone together.
• Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing nervously lay beside each other, then admitted their affection through a kiss.
• Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing kissed passionately as Zhu Zhuqing reflected on the feeling of being in love.

Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer, and he outlined plans for their companions and their own travels, including ending Zhuqing’s engagement in the Star Luo Empire. As the chapter ended, Zhuqing reminded him of Tang San, prompting him to recall his plan to transplant Tang San’s mother and put Tang San and Tang Hao to work forging iron.

• Xia Tianling stopped himself from going further with Zhu Zhuqing, and they slept together; the next morning, he explained why he had told her to wait before absorbing her Head Spirit Bone.
• Old Jack directed his agriculture team’s work after Spirit Hall’s new wheat and rice seeds had increased ordinary farmers’ yields by one-fifth.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong, then Ma Hongjun and Hu Liena, announced plans to travel the continent together, while Xie Yue and Yan planned to train in the Spirit Judgment Hall.
• Xia Tianling said he and Zhu Zhuqing would go to the Star Luo Empire to end her engagement, then outlined plans to recruit Lou Gao and strengthen everyone before a future crisis.
• Xia Tianling warned his companions to cultivate and return in five years, then remembered his plan to transplant Tang San’s mother into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and make Tang San and Tang Hao forge iron with Lou Gao.