Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhen returned to Skywater Academy with Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Jiang Lingxi, introducing them to Lan Xi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as teammates and special instructors. He gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling powerful Spirit Bones to strengthen the team for the tournament, while Jiang Lingxi eagerly urged everyone to go eat.

• Jiang Zhen brought Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Jiang Lingxi to the courtyard and introduced them to Lan Xi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.
• Jiang Lingxi introduced herself as a level forty-two Assault System Battle Spirit Master with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and the other girls shared their own abilities.
• Jiang Zhen gave Ye Lingling a thirty-thousand-year Jade Swan External Spirit Bone and Dugu Yan a seventy-thousand-year Nether Dragon Right Arm Bone.
• Jiang Zhen said he planned to prepare suitable Spirit Bone sets for the team and reassured Ye Lingling that he had other arrangements for Lan Xi and Jiang Lingxi.
• Jiang Lingxi, hungry after the discussion, urged everyone to go eat.

Jiang Zhen’s intense training, soul bones, spirit rings, and Immortal Herbs greatly strengthened the four women. With the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament about to begin, Mizuki led Skywater Academy’s teams toward Heaven Dou City.

• Jiang Zhen trained the four women through high-pressure exercises and near-real battle illusions, sometimes subjecting Skywater Team’s seven main members to the same trials.
• Dugu Yan absorbed a Seventy-Thousand-Year Nether Dragon Right Arm Bone and Ye Lingling absorbed a Thirty-Thousand-Year Jade Swan, then Jiang Zhen helped them obtain fifth and fourth spirit rings.
• Jiang Zhen gave the women Immortal Herbs: Dugu Yan reached Level Fifty-Eight, Lan Xi reached Level Fifty-Four after gaining her fifth spirit ring, and Ye Lingling and Jiang Lingxi each reached Level Forty-Eight.
• More than half a year later, Mizuki assembled Skywater Academy’s main team and Jiang Zhen’s four-member special team for the tournament.
• Mizuki led both teams in decorated carriages toward Heaven Dou City as the tournament preparations began.

The Heaven Dou Empire division of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament began with the opening ceremony and the introduction of Skywater Academy’s unusual four-member Makeshift Team. After Blue Tyrant Academy drew the opening match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy B-Team, Jiang Zhen left the arena with Bi Ji and Zi Ji, uninterested in watching.

• The Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena hosted the tournament’s opening ceremony before a packed crowd.
• Skywater Academy entered with its main team and the four-member Makeshift Team, featuring Dugu Yan, Lan Xi, Ye Lingling, and Jiang Lingxi.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the other Blue Tyrant Academy members watched the Makeshift Team with darkened expressions when they saw Dugu Yan.
• Xue Ye declared the preliminaries open, Ning Fengzhi addressed the competitors, and Hamburg conducted the first-round draw.
• The opening match was set between Heaven Dou Royal Academy B-Team and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Jiang Zhen dismissed the matchup and left the arena with Bi Ji and Zi Ji.

Jiang Zhen took Bi Ji and Zi Ji shopping for human clothes and dining in Heaven Dou City. That night, he knocked on Zi Ji’s hotel room door and began asking to look at something of hers.

• Jiang Zhen suggested that Bi Ji and Zi Ji buy human clothes at Cloud Dress Pavilion, and both women agreed.
• Bi Ji chose two elegant dresses, while Zi Ji picked purple qipaos and a black outfit; Jiang Zhen paid for their purchases.
• Bi Ji and Zi Ji changed into their new clothes, and Jiang Zhen praised how well the outfits suited them.
• Jiang Zhen took Bi Ji and Zi Ji to Hundred Flavors Pavilion, where they sampled human cuisine.
• That night, Jiang Zhen knocked on Zi Ji’s hotel room door and asked if he could take a look at her...

Jiang Zhen asked Zi Ji to demonstrate her Yin Water so he could deepen his understanding of the Water Law, and she explained its power and nature. Her teachings gave him a new perspective on water’s yin aspect, bringing him closer to understanding the Water Law.

• Jiang Zhen abruptly asked Zi Ji to show him her Yin Water, and she mistook his request for something intimate before he clarified and apologized.
• Jiang Zhen explained that his pure Water Martial Soul let him pursue the Water Law and that Zi Ji’s Yin Water could help him understand its yin aspect.
• Zi Ji welcomed Jiang Zhen into her room and described Yin Water as a force shaped by death, resentment, darkness, and devouring.
• Zi Ji demonstrated how her Yin Water drained a plant of its vitality until it crumbled to ash, then explained its connection to her Deathly Decay Spirit Skill and Devouring Domain.
• Jiang Zhen studied Zi Ji’s explanation and saw how Yin and Yang, motion and stillness, together formed a fuller picture of the Water Law.

After spending the night discussing Yin Water with Zi Ji, Jiang Zhen saw signs that his Rank 98 bottleneck was loosening and decided to enter seclusion. He arranged for Dugu Bo, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji to protect his companions, then flew to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye to attempt his breakthrough.

• Jiang Zhen thanked Zi Ji for teaching him about Yin Water, and she was pleased when he called her Big Sister.
• Bi Ji saw Jiang Zhen leave Zi Ji's room at dawn and suspected they had spent the night together, but Jiang Zhen explained that they had discussed cultivation before telling her he would enter seclusion.
• Jiang Zhen asked Dugu Bo to protect Dugu Yan and her companions and to deal firmly with anyone who troubled them; Dugu Bo promised to guard them.
• Jiang Zhen encouraged Dugu Yan, Lan Xi, Ye Lingling, and Jiang Lingxi before flying to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye in Sunset Forest to break through his Rank 98 bottleneck.

Jiang Zhen returned to the secluded valley, reunited with Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and received kisses from both before preparing to break through to rank 98. He entered seclusion to study the Yin Water mysteries Zi Ji had taught him, while the others remained in the valley.

• Jiang Zhen arrived at the valley and reunited with Ice Empress, who enthusiastically embraced and kissed him.
• Snow Empress asked about the competition, then kissed Jiang Zhen after he teased her; Ice Empress saw them and chased after Snow Empress, excited by the possibility of sharing them both.
• Lan Fozi, Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Demon Empress, and Sea Princess met Jiang Zhen and confirmed that the valley was safe and beneficial for their souls.
• Jiang Zhen told them he planned to enter seclusion and break through to rank 98, then went to the wooden cabin to prepare.
• Jiang Zhen began studying Zi Ji's teachings on Yin Water and combining them with his Yang Water attribute.

The Makeshift Team defeated Blazing Academy in its first qualifier match, stunning the arena with its four-member lineup and powerful Spirit Rings. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhen entered a mysterious state of cultivation at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, where two opposing streams of water formed a Taiji Diagram.

• Huo Wu challenged the four-person Makeshift Team before the match, and Dugu Yan and Jiang Lingxi answered her taunts.
• The Makeshift Team revealed two Spirit Kings and two Soul Ancestors, shocking the spectators and VIP guests.
• Dugu Yan and Jiang Lingxi attacked Blazing Academy’s front line while Lan Xi’s Blue Silver Emperor vines resisted Huo Wu’s flames and controlled the field.
• Dugu Yan, Jiang Lingxi, and Lan Xi incapacitated Blazing Academy’s fighters, forcing Huo Wu and the remaining members to surrender.
• The referee declared the Makeshift Team victorious, and the crowd began treating it as a formidable opponent.
• At the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, Jiang Zhen meditated as two opposing streams of water coiled around him and a Taiji Diagram appeared beneath him.

Jiang Zhen merged the Yin Water and Yang Water, breaking through to Level 98 Peak and glimpsing a path toward the Level 99 barrier and possibly level 100. He left the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye with the Sea Princess Phantom to watch Lan Xi and the others compete in Heaven Dou City, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress stayed behind.

• Jiang Zhen united the Yin Water and Yang Water through his understanding of the Water Law, clarifying the Taiji Diagram and breaking through to Level 98 Peak.
• Jiang Zhen left seclusion and reunited with Ice Empress and Snow Empress at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Jiang Zhen invited Ice Empress and Snow Empress to watch Lan Xi and the others compete, but Snow Empress chose to cultivate and Ice Empress stayed to accompany her.
• Jiang Zhen invited the Sea Princess Phantom to join him, and she transformed into a tiny mermaid on his shoulder.
• Jiang Zhen set off with the Sea Princess Phantom, flying toward Heaven Dou City.

Jiang Zhen reunited with Lan Xi and the Makeshift Team during the Promotion Tournament, then joined the Heaven Dou delegation as it set out for the Grand Finals in Spirit City. The team finished first undefeated, and the chapter ended with the delegation traveling toward Spirit Hall’s headquarters.

• Jiang Zhen found Jiang Lingxi’s aura at the Royal Hunting Park and secretly appeared beside the Makeshift Team during its bye.
• Lan Xi told Jiang Zhen that the team had thirteen wins, no losses, and no draws, while Dugu Yan, Jiang Lingxi, and Ye Lingling celebrated their record.
• Zi Ji questioned Jiang Zhen about his rapid breakthrough, and he thanked her for her earlier guidance.
• The Promotion Tournament ended with the Makeshift Team in first place, followed by Godwind Academy, Skywater Academy, and Blazing Academy; Blue Tyrant Academy placed fifth.
• After three days of rest, Xue Qinghe led the fifteen qualifying teams and five hundred Royal Knights toward Spirit City, with Jiang Zhen traveling alongside Bi Ji and Zi Ji.

Jiang Zhen arrived in Spirit City with Bi Ji and Zi Ji and used his Worshipper status to enter the Worship Hall’s secluded quarters. At the Grand Finals opening ceremony, he watched from the VIP seats as the tournament began, while Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong considered his unusual companions and influence.

• Jiang Zhen presented Qian Daoliu’s Honorary Worshipper Token and had a guard escort him, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji to guest rooms near the Worship Hall.
• After three days of rest, the participating academies gathered at the Finals Venue for the tournament’s drawing ceremony.
• Jiang Zhen ignored the draw and watched from a VIP seat beside Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, with Bi Ji and Zi Ji accompanying him.
• Chen Xin warned Ning Fengzhi that Bi Ji and Zi Ji concealed powerful auras, and Ning Fengzhi wondered how deep Jiang Zhen’s strength and influence ran.
• Bibi Dong watched Jiang Zhen from the Papal Palace viewing platform and reflected on her complicated feelings toward him.
• A red-robed bishop announced the Grand Finals’ opening and prepared to announce the first-round matchups and byes.

Shrek faced the Star Luo Team in a Grand Finals match that carried life-or-death stakes for Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. After Shrek’s attempted Hell White Tiger fusion failed, Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and Eight Spider Lances and launched a desperate counterattack, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before the match began.
• The Star Luo Team’s six Soul Ancestors overwhelmed Shrek, injuring Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and stopping the others’ attacks.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s attempted fusion failed and injured them.
• As the Hell White Tiger prepared to strike, Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San charged the Hell White Tiger and brought the Clear Sky Hammer down toward its head, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun dodged Tang San’s full-powered hammer strike and defeated him, while Yu Xiaogang tried to use his Spirit Hall Elder Token to demand the Star Luo Team’s disqualification. Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to reclaim the token, and a cold voice told Yu Xiaogang that he was no longer an elder.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun evaded Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, then struck him unconscious with the Hell White Tiger.
• Liu Erlong carried the injured Tang San away for treatment and declared that Blue Tyrant Academy forfeited.
• Yu Xiaogang raised his Spirit Hall Elder Token and accused the Star Luo Team of attempted murder, but the referee ruled that their attack followed the competition rules.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to take Yu Xiaogang’s Elder Token back after he finished making a scene.
• Yu Xiaogang stood humiliated as a cold voice told him, “Now... you're not.”

Jiang Zhen became intrigued by the hidden aura of Xiao Wu and ordered Zi Ji to capture her. Zi Ji brought the terrified Xiao Wu to the courtyard, where Jiang Zhen and Bi Ji examined her.

• Yue Guan reclaimed Yu Xiaogang’s Elder Token by order of the Pope, leaving Yu Xiaogang shocked.
• Jiang Zhen noticed Xiao Wu’s hidden rabbit form, while Bi Ji sensed unusual auras in Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Jiang Zhen ordered Zi Ji to capture Xiao Wu, and Zi Ji reluctantly obeyed after he slapped her backside.
• Zi Ji returned to the courtyard carrying Xiao Wu, who trembled as Jiang Zhen and Bi Ji approached to inspect her.

Jiang Zhen captured Xiao Wu and planned to keep her until Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling could absorb her Spirit Ring, then encouraged his team before taking them to the Seven Treasures Grand Hotel. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi learning that Jiang Zhen was dining there and reacting with a knowing smile.

• Jiang Zhen asked Bi Ji whether he should keep Xiao Wu for Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling to kill and absorb her Spirit Ring, and Bi Ji agreed despite her pity for Xiao Wu.
• Zi Ji knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, bound her, and reinforced the seal on her Soul Power before staying behind to guard her.
• Jiang Zhen and Bi Ji visited Dugu Yan, Jiang Lingxi, Lan Xi, and Ye Lingling, praised their progress, and promised each a grand prize if they won the championship.
• Jiang Zhen took the girls and Bi Ji to the Seven Treasures Grand Hotel, where an attendant recognized him as Taiyi Douluo and sent word to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi, who had withdrawn Ning Rongrong from Blue Tyrant Academy after the first-round matches, heard that Jiang Zhen was at the hotel and smiled meaningfully.

Jiang Zhen met Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi subtly tried to recruit him and gauge his position. Elsewhere, Blue Tyrant Academy searched for the missing Xiao Wu, and Tang San awoke to the news, overwhelmed by despair as black energy spread from his body.

• Jiang Zhen left his private room to meet Ning Fengzhi, who introduced Ning Rongrong and spoke with Jiang Zhen while probing his views and considering his strength.
• Liu Erlong ordered a search after the injured Blue Tyrant Academy team discovered Xiao Wu was missing, but Yu Xiaogang and the others found no clues.
• Tang San woke and asked about Xiao Wu, then spat blood when Yu Xiaogang told him she had disappeared.
• Tang San blamed the tournament for the tragedies that had befallen his companions and father, and faint black energy began spreading around him.

Ning Fengzhi failed to persuade Jiang Zhen to let Ning Rongrong join his team or serve him, but he secured a friendly connection with a VIP card. Later, Jiang Zhen returned to his courtyard and found Qian Daoliu waiting for him at night.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Ning Rongrong’s talent and asked Jiang Zhen to let her join his team, but Jiang Zhen politely refused.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to have Ning Rongrong serve Jiang Zhen as a maid, but Jiang Zhen refused again and accepted a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect VIP card instead.
• Jiang Zhen returned to the private room and joked with Jiang Lingxi about the card before Dugu Yan explained its thirty-percent discount.
• Jiang Zhen and Bi Ji escorted Dugu Yan and the others back to their hotel, then returned to their courtyard and found Qian Daoliu waiting there.
• Jiang Zhen sent Bi Ji to rest, poured himself tea, and asked Qian Daoliu why he had come at night.

Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue to ask Jiang Zhen for help improving her cultivation potential and offered her in marriage in exchange. Jiang Zhen rejected the proposal and criticized her years spent infiltrating the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving Qian Renxue shaken as she departed with her grandfather.

• Qian Daoliu summoned Qian Renxue into Jiang Zhen’s courtyard and asked Jiang Zhen to share whatever resources had helped his followers advance and evolve their Martial Souls.
• Jiang Zhen refused Qian Daoliu’s request, arguing that his honorary title did not obligate him to help the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu offered to betroth Qian Renxue to Jiang Zhen, embarrassing her and prompting her to protest.
• Jiang Zhen rejected the match and called Qian Renxue’s years of undercover work unwise, prompting her to defend her goal of taking the Heaven Dou Empire without bloodshed.
• Qian Renxue faltered under Jiang Zhen’s calm scrutiny, and Qian Daoliu left the courtyard with her after Jiang Zhen ended the conversation.

The Makeshift Team forfeited the individual matches, then defeated the Star Luo Team in the losers’ bracket team final to reach the Grand Finals against Spirit Hall. Though its members were badly exhausted and injured, Bi Ji restored most of their strength with Emerald Light, leaving Spirit Hall stunned ahead of the championship match.

• The Makeshift Team forfeited the individual elimination matches, while Spirit Hall defeated the Star Luo Team to claim the first Grand Finals slot.
• Dugu Yan, Jiang Lingxi, Lan Xi, and Ye Lingling fought the Star Luo Team, with Dugu Yan poisoning the Hell White Tiger and Jiang Lingxi piercing it with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Lan Xi bound the remaining Star Luo members with vines, forcing them to concede and sending the Makeshift Team into the Grand Finals.
• The four Makeshift Team members left the arena exhausted and injured, while Xie Yue and Yan expected Spirit Hall to win the next day.
• Bi Ji used Emerald Light to restore the four girls’ Soul Power and heal most of their injuries, stunning Spirit Hall and the nearby onlookers.

The Makeshift Team faced Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament championship match and overcame their numerical disadvantage to defeat the Golden Generation. The chapter ended with the referee declaring the four girls champions.

• Hu Liena ordered Spirit Hall Academy to split the battlefield and target Lan Xi and Ye Lingling while she, Xie Yue, and Yan attacked Dugu Yan and Jiang Lingxi.
• Lan Xi revealed her Blue Silver Overlord Spear, and Ye Lingling used her Jade Swan Wings to fly above the fight and heal her as Lan Xi held off four Soul Ancestors.
• Dugu Yan’s poison and Jiang Lingxi’s Golden Dragon Spear weakened Demonic Charm, and the two defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena after the fusion skill collapsed.
• Dugu Yan and Jiang Lingxi joined the fight against Yan while Lan Xi continued battling the four Soul Ancestors with Ye Lingling’s support.
• Dugu Yan and Jiang Lingxi forced Yan to concede, and Lan Xi defeated the remaining Spirit Hall fighters, securing the championship for the Makeshift Team.