Chapter Summaries

Shui Ling'er was shocked to learn that Huo Yuhao had become a level 49 main team member of Royal Academy and regretted that he had not joined Elements Academy. Elements Academy then dominated its first Promotion Tournament match, while the Single-Attribute Family Team prepared to compete next.

• Shui Ling'er recognized Huo Yuhao from their meeting four years earlier and learned that he had reached level 49 and was a Royal Academy main team member.
• Shui Ling'er and her teacher returned to Elements Academy’s team, regretting that Huo Yuhao had not joined their academy.
• Elements Academy’s Bao Feng defeated six opponents in a row before losing to the opposing team’s level 46 Soul Master.
• Yang Chen entered after Bao Feng and defeated the opposing team’s final fighter, securing victory for Elements Academy.
• Huo Yuhao asked about Elements Academy’s strength, and Lin Tian warned that its two winning fighters might have been substitutes.
• The Single-Attribute Family Team took the stage with a main team of Soul Kings and three Soul Ancestor substitutes.

Lu Ling led the Royal Academy to a one-against-seven victory over Heaven Dou Academy, and the Royal Academy later met the Single-Attribute Family Team in the twentieth round. The chapter ended as Jiang Nannan and Yang Tian prepared to fight.

• The Single-Attribute Family Team won its match after a level 49 Soul Breaking Spear fighter defeated six opponents.
• Lin Tian sent Lu Ling to face Heaven Dou Academy, and Lu Ling defeated seven fighters while using only his first two Soul Skills.
• The Royal Academy, Elements Academy, and Single-Attribute Family Team each completed fifteen rounds with fifteen wins and no losses.
• Lin Tian arranged the Royal Academy's lineup for its twentieth-round clash with the Single-Attribute Family Team and told Huo Yuhao to compete if needed.
• Jiang Nannan and Yang Tian took the arena as the first fighters, while Lin Tian noted that agility and control fighters could counter Soul Breaking Spear users.

Jiang Nannan, Thunderbolt Bei Bei, and Huang Xu fought the Single-Attribute Family Team in the Promotion Tournament, while Bai Chenyan turned the match around by defeating Huang Xu. Huo Yuhao entered the stage as the Royal Academy's fourth contestant, concealing his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Spirit Soul as he prepared to face Bai Chenyan.

• Jiang Nannan defeated the Single-Attribute Family Team's first contestant, but lost to Niu Tian and his Plate Armor Rhinoceros defenses.
• Thunderbolt Bei Bei defeated a Soul Breaking Spear opponent, then fought another Soul Breaking Spear contestant to a draw.
• Huang Xu defeated the Single-Attribute Family Team's fourth contestant with a long-range Scorching Sun Arrow Rain, leaving three team members.
• Bai Chenyan countered Huang Xu's ranged attacks with his speed and offensive skills, defeating him despite nearly losing.
• Lin Tian sent Huo Yuhao onto the stage and told him to limit how much he revealed about the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Spirit Soul.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a level 49 Spirit Eyes Soul Master, surprising the Elements Academy, then faced Bai Chenyan as both began using their soul skills.

Huo Yuhao defeated three members of the Single-Attribute Family Team in a row before collapsing from exhaustion, and the Promotion Tournament later reached its twentieth round, where the Royal Academy faced the Elements Academy.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection, Group Weakness, and Soul Impact to defeat the already-weakened Bai Chenyan.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Spirit Empire and shattered Niu Ba's defense, defeating the level 55 Defense System Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao battled Yang Chengyun for over ten minutes, confused him with Mental Confusion, and won before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Huo Yuhao's teammates carried him off to rest as the arena celebrated his three consecutive victories.
• The Promotion Tournament reached its twentieth round, and the Royal Academy met the Elements Academy.

Elements Academy conceded its Promotion Tournament matches against Royal Academy and the Single-Attribute Family Team to hide its main lineup, while Royal Academy finished first and sixty-eight teams prepared for the Finals in Spirit City. Huo Yuhao arrived near Rank 50, but the chapter left him still short of a breakthrough.

• Elements Academy conceded its match against Royal Academy to preserve its strength and keep its trump cards hidden.
• Elements Academy also conceded its match against the Single-Attribute Family Team, prompting Lin Tian to suspect it was saving its main lineup for the Finals.
• The Promotion Tournament ended with Royal Academy first, the Single-Attribute Family Team second, and Elements Academy third, as sixty-seven teams advanced alongside Spirit Hall Academy.
• The qualified teams traveled to Spirit City a month later and stayed in hotels near Pope's Hall ahead of the Finals.
• Huo Yuhao opened his eyes after training and estimated that he needed at most ten more days to break through to Rank 50.

Huo Yuhao and his teammates gathered at Pope's Hall for the Soul Master Competition Finals, where they saw their rivals and learned about the Sea God Island Team and the newcomer Saint Spirit Academy. The chapter left Saint Spirit Academy established as the tournament's biggest dark horse after it dominated both earlier stages, even crushing Moon Night Academy.

• Huo Yuhao regretted that he had not reached the Soul King realm before the Finals and joined his teammates to head to Pope's Hall.
• Ai Xuan Yu and Huo Yuhao entered with Royal Academy and exchanged looks with Qian Jiaxue and Spirit Hall Academy.
• Lin Tian and Ai Xuan Yu explained that Sea God Island's strongest students from seven academies united to form the Sea God Island Team.
• The teams from Sun Moon Academy and other regions entered, followed by the previously unknown Saint Spirit Academy.
• Lin Tian said Saint Spirit Academy had taken first place in both its Preliminary and Promotion Tournaments, crushing its opponents, including Moon Night Academy.

The Soul Master Competition Finals began, and the Royal Academy and other strong teams advanced through the first two rounds. After spending a friendly evening with the young descendants of the five great families, Ai Xuan Yu and his friends returned to the tournament, where mysterious Saint Spirit Academy prepared to face Heaven Dou Academy.

• The current Pope opened the Finals, announced the bye rules, and had team representatives draw their first-round opponents.
• Elements Academy, the Single-Attribute Family Team, the Wind Sword Sect Team, and numerous other teams won their first-round matches, while the Sparrow Bee Sect Team was eliminated by Moon Night Academy.
• Lin Tian warned his team that the second round could bring stronger opponents, and ten teams each remained from the Emperor and Spirit Soul Competition Zones.
• Ai Xuan Yu, Qian Jiaxue, Zhu Qingxuan, Ye Zhenzhen, and Shui Ling'er chatted and shared snacks at Pope's Hall.
• Spirit Hall Academy's first team received a second bye, while the Royal Academy's substitutes defeated their Sun Competition Zone opponent and advanced.
• Saint Spirit Academy was set to face Heaven Dou Academy in the next match.

Saint Spirit Academy advanced with its hidden strength, and the tournament’s third round began with several powerful teams winning their matches. Imperial Royal Academy then faced Wind Sword Sect, whose captain ordered the team to activate its three great formations as the match began.

• Saint Spirit Academy defeated Heaven Dou Academy, and the second round left twenty teams advancing to the next stage.
• Two days later, Lin Tian told Imperial Royal Academy that its opponent in the twenty-to-ten round was Wind Sword Sect.
• Qian Jiaxue led Spirit Hall Academy to a decisive victory over Thunder Academy, while Saint Spirit Academy again won with five substitutes.
• Sea God Island Team defeated Beast Soul Academy, the Single-Attribute Family Team defeated Weapon Soul Academy, Moon Night Academy defeated Star Luo Academy, and Sun Yang Academy defeated Black Tiger Sect Team.
• Ai Xuan Yu led Imperial Royal Academy onto the stage against Wind Sword Sect, and Lin Tian warned them about the sect’s group formations.
• The Wind Sword Sect captain ordered his team to activate its three great formations and fight with everything they had.

The Wind Sword Sect team unleashed its coordinated attacks and two of its Three Great Formations against the Royal Academy team. The Royal Academy withstood the Wind Pressure Sword Array, but the Wind Sword Sect’s final Wind Lightning Sword Array formed overhead, leaving the match’s outcome undecided.

• Feng Baixi led the Wind Sword Sect team in combining their fourth soul skills into a powerful Wind Sword Array, which Xu Sanshi and Xiao Xiao helped the Royal Academy team withstand.
• The Wind Sword Sect gathered its strength around Feng Baixi and launched the Wind Pressure Sword Array, one of its Three Great Formations.
• Huo Yuhao amplified the front line with his Spirit Eye Spirit Soul as Ai Xuan Yu, Lu Ling, Xu Sanshi, and Zhu Qingxuan joined forces to block the formation.
• The Wind Sword Sect formed its most powerful Wind Lightning Sword Array, condensing wind and lightning into a gigantic sword capable of threatening Soul Saint-level experts.
• Ai Xuan Yu called for a final exchange, and the Wind Lightning Sword hung over the field as both teams prepared to decide the match.

Lu Ling, Huo Yuhao, and Ai Xuan Yu defeated the Wind Sword Sect Team, and Huo Yuhao broke through to rank 50 before leaving for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his fifth spirit ring. The fourth round concluded with Aiven Empire Royal Academy, Spirit Hall Team, Elements Academy, Sea God Island Team, and Saint Spirit Academy advancing to the top five, while Saint Spirit Academy's mysterious background remained unexplained.

• Lu Ling held off the Wind Sword Sect Team's Wind Lightning Sword Array, then Huo Yuhao and Ai Xuan Yu joined him to shatter it and secure the Royal Academy's victory.
• That night, Huo Yuhao broke through from rank 49 to rank 50, and Lin Tian sent him with a titled teacher to the Star Dou Great Forest for his fifth spirit ring.
• Elements Academy defeated Spirit Hall Team Two, Sea God Island Team defeated Moon Night Academy, and Saint Spirit Academy advanced after beating the Single-Attribute Family Team with five substitutes.
• Lin Tian and a Spirit Hall elder discussed their failed investigation into Saint Spirit Academy, and Lin Tian asked the Pope to keep watching the academy.
• Spirit Hall Team One defeated Sun Yang Academy, and the Royal Academy defeated Sun Moon Academy to complete the top-five lineup.

The Royal Academy prepared for its match against the Elements Academy while Huo Yuhao remained absent. The Spirit Hall Team revealed its powerful lineup against the Sea God Island Team, whose opening move transformed the arena into an ocean.

• The remaining teams were drawn, with Saint Spirit Academy receiving a bye, Spirit Hall facing Sea God Island, and the Royal Academy facing the Elements Academy.
• Lin Tian warned the Royal Academy that the Elements Academy would be a difficult opponent if Huo Yuhao did not return.
• Qian Jiaxue led the Spirit Hall Team onto the arena, where its lineup revealed two Soul Emperors and powerful twin martial souls belonging to Long Yang and Long Yin.
• The Sea God Island Team fielded seven strong sea-aligned Soul Masters, including a mental illusion controller and a support fighter who could read minds.
• The Sea God Island Team activated Seven Seas Power and flooded the arena, gaining an advantage over the Spirit Hall Team in the underwater battlefield.