Chapter Summaries

Blazing Fire Academy left Spirit City after winning the Spirit Bone, while Quan Yi remained wary of Bibi Dong’s intentions. During a forest rest, Tang Hao confronted the group and revealed his anger toward the Clear Sky Clan’s defeat.

• Quan Yi led Blazing Fire Academy out of Spirit City, and Bibi Dong’s reasoning for refusing to attack them was revealed.
• Quan Yi’s group fled across rough terrain and stopped to rest after traveling several hundred li.
• Quan Li noticed someone following them and called the figure out of hiding.
• The cloaked stranger approached the group and identified himself as a defender of the Clear Sky Clan.
• Quan Li recognized Tang Hao and taunted him over Tang San’s loss to Quan Yi.

Tang Hao thanked Quan Yi and Huo Wu for saving Tang San, then challenged Quan Li over Quan Yi's insult to the Clear Sky Clan. Quan Li accepted, and their opening clash left Tang Hao shocked by the strength of Quan Li, who had only recently broken through.

• Tang Hao thanked Quan Yi and Huo Wu for rescuing Tang San and promised to assist them once in the future.
• Tang Hao confronted Quan Yi over his remark about the Clear Sky Hammer and challenged Quan Li instead of the young man who had saved his son.
• Quan Li accepted Tang Hao's challenge after Quan Yi gave his approval, and the spectators cleared space for their duel.
• Quan Li and Tang Hao exchanged a powerful opening blow that shattered trees and widened the clearing.
• Tang Hao barely parried Quan Li's punch and exclaimed in surprise that Quan Li had only just broken through.

Quan Li revealed his overwhelming strength by matching Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with his iron fists. Their clash escalated into an even duel that sent the onlookers fleeing into the sky, while a faint golden glow appeared inside Quan Li’s gauntlets.

• Quan Li bent Tang Hao’s hammer haft with a punch and forced Tang Hao to retreat to the arena’s edge.
• Tang Hao asked Quan Li’s title, learned that he was called “Whale Fist,” and prepared to fight at full strength.
• Tang Hao charged with the Clear Sky Hammer as Quan Li met him with a refined straight punch, and their collision blasted the ground apart.
• The Soul Douluo shielded the students while Quan Yi lifted everyone away inside a transparent Scarlet Dragon.
• Quan Li and Tang Hao exchanged further blows, with Quan Li’s faster fists matching Tang Hao’s hammer and preventing him from completing a second swing.
• Quan Yi observed a faint golden glow emerging from Quan Li’s Black Iron Gauntlets during the clash.

Quan Yi had evolved Quan Li’s Black Iron Gauntlets into Ultimate Gold Black Gold Gauntlets, helping Quan Li overwhelm Tang Hao in close combat. Tang Hao escaped the relentless barrage with a self-created soul skill, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Quan Yi used Divine Power to evolve Quan Li’s Black Iron Gauntlets into Ultimate Gold Black Gold Gauntlets during the journey to Spirit City.
• Quan Li’s evolved gauntlets resisted the Clear Sky Hammer’s force and suppression as he closed in on Tang Hao.
• Quan Li pressed Tang Hao with a rapid barrage of punches, using his superior footwork and decades of combat experience to keep Tang Hao on the defensive.
• Tang Hao altered the force of a hammer collision, creating a narrow opening in Quan Li’s barrage.
• Tang Hao used the self-created Halt Word Technique to fuse with his rebounding Clear Sky Hammer and escape backward at great speed.

Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Nine Perfections to overcome Quan Li’s close-range pressure, but Quan Li countered with his black-gold Gang and seized control of the Clear Sky Hammer. The chapter left Tang Hao airborne and trapped in Quan Li’s rapidly spinning attack.

• Quan Li recognized Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Nine Perfections, and Tang Hao admitted he had been forced to reveal the technique.
• Tang Hao combined the Halt Word Technique and Break Word Technique to strike Quan Li with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Quan Li evaded the hammer face and trapped its body with his arms, using his black-gold Gang to withstand its destructive power.
• Quan Li used Borrowing Strength to redirect the hammer’s momentum and fling Tang Hao off the ground.
• Quan Li spun faster with Tang Hao caught in the attack, raising a pitch-black wheel that whipped up a massive sandstorm.

Quan Li trapped Tang Hao, severed his connection to the Clear Sky Hammer, and took the weapon for himself. Tang Hao charged back to reclaim it, but Quan Li used the hammer to strike him into the forest.

• Quan Li used his Black Gold Gauntlets to cover the Clear Sky Hammer in golden energy, preventing Tang Hao from withdrawing it.
• Quan Li's golden spikes pierced Tang Hao's hands, and he seized the Clear Sky Hammer, sending Tang Hao flying out of the storm.
• Tang Hao stopped himself in midair, realized Quan Li had stolen his Martial Soul, and charged back to reclaim it.
• Quan Li emerged from the storm wielding the Clear Sky Hammer and launched the Clear Sky Nine Perfections at Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao's Soul Bone Skills failed to stop the blow, and Quan Li smashed him into the forest.

Quan Li defeated Tang Hao by controlling and striking him with the Clear Sky Hammer, then Quan Yi took hold of the berserk weapon and examined the domain imprint on it. The chapter left Quan Yi wondering why Tang Hao and Bibi Dong possessed similar domain auras and whether they were connected.

• Quan Li struck Tang Hao with the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving him unconscious and badly injured.
• Quan Yi healed Quan Li, who explained that controlling and swinging the Clear Sky Hammer had nearly exhausted his Soul Power.
• The Clear Sky Hammer broke free of Quan Li’s control, revealing its violent aura and a domain imprint similar to Bibi Dong’s.
• Quan Yi seized the Clear Sky Hammer, easily subdued it, and carried it toward Tang Hao after Huo Wushuang called for help.
• Quan Yi examined the hammer’s domain imprint and wondered why it resembled Bibi Dong’s and what connection it suggested.

Quan Yi examined the Domain Imprint on the Clear Sky Hammer and discovered that it devoured Murderous Aura to grow stronger. His enhanced vision exposed a crack into another realm and a pair of Blood-Red Eyes, which vanished after Huo Wu helped shield them.

• Quan Yi used his enhanced eyes to inspect the Domain Imprint, accidentally releasing Murderous Aura that frightened those around him.
• Quan Yi discovered that the domain weakened opponents, strengthened its user, and grew by devouring Murderous Aura, then cut off his connection to the imprint when his instincts warned him.
• The imprint activated on its own, and Quan Yi saw a Void Crack leading to a vast world through his enhanced vision.
• Huo Wu noticed Quan Yi losing himself in the vision, called him back, and joined her Divine Power with his to hide them.
• A pair of Blood-Red Eyes appeared through the widening crack, surveyed everything, and disappeared as the crack closed.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu endured a god’s Divine Sense while hiding their fused power, then Quan Yi’s attempt to recall the Divine Realm exhausted his Mental Power. After the group returned to camp, Huo Wuxie announced that he would lead Blazing Fire Academy to join the Quan Family.

• A god’s Divine Sense swept over Quan Yi and Huo Wu, who barely maintained their disguise and feared they might have been discovered.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu tried to examine the image of the Divine Realm, but their mental connection broke when Quan Yi’s Mental Power ran out.
• Huo Wu restored Quan Yi’s Mental Power, and Quan Yi released his hold on the Clear Sky Hammer, which fled back into Tang Hao.
• Quan Yi healed Tang Hao’s injuries but left him unconscious, and Huo Wushuang carried him back to camp with the others.
• Huo Wuxie announced that he had decided to lead Blazing Fire Academy in joining the Quan Family.

Huo Wuxie proposed that Blazing Fire Academy ally with the Quan Family, explaining that he wanted to protect the academy and keep Huo Wu safe from Spirit Hall. The Quan Family welcomed the academy as an ally, and everyone celebrated with a banquet prepared by Quan Yi.

• Huo Wuxie asked Quan Li and Yun Qiong to accept Blazing Fire Academy, surprising Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wuxie explained that Spirit Hall’s attack on Huo Wu had convinced him that he needed the Quan Family’s support.
• Quan Li rejected the idea of protection but welcomed Blazing Fire Academy into an alliance with the Quan Family.
• Huo Wuxie agreed to the alliance on behalf of Blazing Fire Academy and the Huo Family.
• Quan Li called for a banquet, and Quan Yi prepared a feast while Huo Wu scolded Huo Wuxie for keeping the plan from her.

Huo Wuxie agreed to move Blazing Fire Academy to Vast Sea City, while Quan Yi kept watch on Spirit Hall and waited for it to make a move. After Spirit Hall finally stirred, Quan Yi woke Tang Hao, who accepted his defeat and asked Quan Li how he knew the Clear Sky Sect’s Clear Sky Nine Perfections.

• Huo Wuxie decided to relocate Blazing Fire Academy to Vast Sea City, and Quan Yi assured him that the island had suitable Fire-attribute cultivation environments and students.
• Huo Wu promised that she could move the academy without attracting attention, while Quan Yi said Spirit Hall might soon be too busy to interfere.
• Quan Yi monitored Spirit City throughout the afternoon and restored his divine power through Dual Cultivation with Huo Wu.
• As dusk approached, Quan Yi detected movement in Spirit Hall, stopped cultivating, and went with Quan Li to wake Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao remembered his defeat, declined dinner, and asked Quan Li whether he had encountered other Clear Sky Sect successors and learned the Clear Sky Nine Perfections from them.

Tang Hao questioned Quan Li about his apparent use of the Clear Sky Nine Perfections, and Quan Li demonstrated that he had imitated the techniques rather than learned the clan secret. After Tang Hao admitted defeat and tried to limit what it meant, Quan Li dismissed him, leaving Tang Hao to flee the forest with two figures following him.

• Tang Hao questioned Quan Li about how he had learned the Clear Sky Nine Perfections, and Quan Li explained that he had created an imitation using Soul Power.
• Quan Li demonstrated his imitation of the Halt Word Technique and Break Word Technique, convincing Tang Hao that he had not used the true Clear Sky Nine Perfections.
• Quan Li pressed Tang Hao to formally accept defeat, and Tang Hao admitted he had lost but said he could not represent the Clear Sky Sect or its Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao offered to serve the Quan Family again as an apology, but Quan Li dismissed him and told him to leave.
• Tang Hao hurried out of the forest, while two figures quietly followed him.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu secretly simulated Tang Hao’s behavior by isolating his Domain Imprint, then returned to camp exhausted. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to Heaven Dou City to assassinate Tang San.

• Quan Yi and Huo Wu followed Tang Hao and used their fused Divine Power to isolate his Clear Sky Hammer and Domain Imprint.
• Huo Wu ran repeated simulations of Tang Hao’s reactions and their possible future actions until they had gathered the information they needed.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu ended the simulation, and Quan Yi carried the exhausted Huo Wu back to camp.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei secretly left Spirit City under Bibi Dong’s orders, heading for Heaven Dou City to target Tang San.

Bibi Dong planned to assassinate Tang San after the Tournament, but Quan Yi and Huo Wu decided to exploit her scheme with a grand show. As Shrek Academy hurried back to Heaven Dou City through a storm, two masked figures appeared in the rain to confront them.

• Bibi Dong targeted Tang San because his twin martial souls made him a potential threat to Spirit Hall.
• Quan Yi told Huo Wu and the others about Bibi Dong's plan, then proposed putting on a grand show to distract Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo brought Xue Ye to the top of the Imperial Palace to watch the Martial Soul Holy Hall during a torrential downpour.
• Shrek Academy traveled back to Heaven Dou City by carriage as the rain grew heavier.
• The horses stopped in fear, and Flender and Liu Erlong spotted two masked figures in white and black standing inside transparent cylinders in the rain.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei attacked Shrek Academy to kill Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed their Golden Triangle and summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon to stop them. As Yue Guan pinned down the dragon, Gui Mei reached Tang San, who saw a familiar figure appear before him.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Triangle and used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to transform Luo Sanpao into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei released their Martial Soul Avatars and agreed that Gui Mei would pursue the target while Yue Guan restrained the dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San was the target and ordered the Golden Sacred Dragon to attack Gui Mei, but Yue Guan blocked the strike with his chrysanthemum petals.
• Yue Guan trapped the Golden Sacred Dragon in a storm of golden blades, allowing Gui Mei to vanish into the rain toward Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted for Tang San to run, but Tang San could not locate Gui Mei before a familiar figure appeared in front of him, prompting him to cry, “Dad!”

Tang Hao arrived to protect Tang San and fought Ghost and Yue Guan, ending their assassination attempt in a stalemate. Meanwhile, Quan Yi and Huo Wu appeared before Salas in the Martial Soul Holy Hall, where Salas’s attempt to attack them failed.

• Tang Hao revealed himself to Tang San, struck Ghost with his Clear Sky Hammer, and forced him out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Hao engaged Yue Guan while the Golden Sacred Dragon fought the wounded Ghost, halting the attack on Tang San.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu appeared in Salas’s office, and Quan Yi told him that no one outside could hear his orders.
• Salas threatened Quan Yi and Huo Wu, but they conjured chairs and watched him mockingly.
• Salas charged at them, then found himself back in his chair as the shattered table returned to normal.

Quan Yi confronted Salas in an illusion, showed him proof of his letter accusing Quan Yi and Huo Wu, and challenged Spirit Hall’s justification for targeting them. Salas defended Spirit Hall’s service to the people, and Quan Yi questioned why Martial Soul Holy Hall had no ordinary people.

• Salas repeatedly tried to rise and attack Quan Yi, but the illusion returned him to his chair and restored the desk.
• Quan Yi showed Salas the secret letter he had written to the Pope, and Salas realized Quan Yi had come specifically for him.
• Quan Yi asked why Salas had wanted to kill them, and Salas said he would eliminate anyone who threatened Spirit Hall.
• Quan Yi argued that his family were neither evil soul masters nor criminals, and accused Spirit Hall of using evil soul masters as an excuse to harm innocents.
• Salas defended Spirit Hall’s work awakening martial souls and helping commoner Soul Masters, calling Spirit Hall the continent’s savior.
• Quan Yi acknowledged Spirit Hall’s achievements but said it sought Soul Masters rather than commoners, asking why Martial Soul Holy Hall had no ordinary people.

Quan Li reflected on how Soul Masters, including those who rose from commoner backgrounds, became a privileged class funded by ordinary people's labor. He questioned Spirit Hall's fairness to commoners and ended by asking what work commoners did in Spirit City if low-level Soul Masters served as waiters.

• Quan Li explained that Soul Masters received state subsidies funded by taxes and harvests from ordinary people who could not cultivate.
• He argued that the vast difference in power between Soul Masters and mortals made commoners' resistance to oppression nearly impossible.
• Quan Li observed that Spirit Hall gave commoners a route into Soul Master society, then recruited talented Commoner Soul Masters with resources that separated them from their origins.
• He concluded that Spirit Hall depended on the hierarchy and exploitation of commoners to sustain its authority and the Soul Master class.
• Quan Li asked what work commoners did in Spirit City when low-level Soul Masters worked as waiters.

Quan Yi condemned Salas and Spirit Hall for treating their duties to commoners as blessings, then forced Salas to witness a vision of a pyramid built from people crushed beneath him. As Salas grew larger and the people below suffered, Huo Wu comforted Quan Yi, whose grief showed in a tear of blood.

• Salas claimed Spirit Hall had no obligation to admit or care for commoners, while Quan Yi argued that awakening their martial souls and protecting them were duties owed to the people.
• The scene changed to a cloudless sky, where Salas, Quan Yi, and Huo Wu found themselves hovering above a vast pyramid made of kneeling people.
• Salas saw the people beneath him crushed into twisted bodies, flesh, and bones, while those soaked in his vomit thanked him for the scraps as a blessing.
• Salas became pinned to his chair as he and the chair grew larger, crushing more people below while he begged for it to stop.
• Huo Wu comforted Quan Yi, who looked at her with bloodshot eyes as a blood-red tear ran down his cheek.

Quan Yi confronted Salas with his resolve to oppose a spirit master system that preyed on commoners, while Huo Wu stood firmly beside him. After Huo Wu subdued Salas and captured the Martial Soul Holy Hall’s members, the two vowed to change the world together.

• Quan Yi asked Salas to recognize the commoners as enemies of the spirit master order, but Salas condemned all spirit masters as bloodsuckers.
• Quan Yi declared that spirit masters could prey on one another instead of commoners, and Salas realized Quan Yi meant to challenge the entire spirit master class.
• Quan Yi thanked Salas for strengthening his resolve, then ended the Illusion Realm with Seven-Colored Golden Light.
• Huo Wu used her Tyrant Domain to subdue Salas and drew him and every member of the Martial Soul Holy Hall into her Fire Shadow Space.
• Quan Yi apologized for acting without consulting Huo Wu, and she affirmed her support before they vowed to change the man-eating world together.