Chapter Summaries

Luo Ling gained greater control over his believers’ sacrifices and ordered Yu Xiaogang to expand the Primordial God’s faith. Yu Xiaogang planned to build a sect around the Blood Devil Ritual, then turned to team training for the upcoming competition, where the girls’ Soul Power levels surprised him.

• Luo Ling gained the ability to sense sacrifices, issue Divine Decrees, and shape the powers his believers received, then ordered Yu Xiaogang to recruit more followers.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others discussed spreading the Blood Devil Ritual, and Yu Xiaogang proposed recruiting low-talent soul masters and forming a sect that would grow through new members.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Flender and Zhao Wuji to gather followers while he trained Tang San and the others for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Luo Ling watched his believers’ plans and noted that his strength had reached level 58, nearing level 59.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to team training, then widened his eyes when they reported their Soul Power levels.

Luo Ling confronted the Shrek group about their suspicions, mocked their strength, and left them to train while the Primal God Sect spread among ordinary Soul Masters. Qian Renxue learned that the sect’s sacrifices could increase Soul Power and ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate cautiously.

• Ning Rongrong and the other girls surprised Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group with their rapid Soul Power growth, while Luo Ling said they would see his strength at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Luo Ling revealed that he had joined the Royal Fighting Team and rebuked Yu Tianheng for suspecting him of spying, then called the Shrek group too weak and left the Training Ground.
• Yu Xiaogang consoled the Shrek group and began their team training as Flender and Zhao Wuji spread the Primal God Sect to nearby cities.
• Porcupinefish Douluo told Qian Renxue that the Primal God Sect’s ritual could increase a Soul Master’s strength by sacrificing a recently dead corpse.
• Qian Renxue ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate the force behind the sect without alerting it, warning that a god might be involved.

Luo Ling and the Royal Fighting Team arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, where he agreed to lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Shrek. Shrek's team learned Luo Ling would compete, and Yu Xiaogang tried to reassure Tang San that they could still win.

• Luo Ling and the Royal Fighting Team saw Shrek arrive in embarrassing uniforms, and Ning Rongrong glared at Luo Ling after spotting him.
• Sun Buyu gave Luo Ling Shrek's team information and said Emperor Xue Ye wanted him to fight in Heaven Dou Royal Academy's opening match.
• Luo Ling agreed to take the field against Shrek.
• Tang San and the Shrek team learned Heaven Dou Royal Academy was their first opponent and discussed Luo Ling's presence.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Shrek could field three main members and argued that Luo Ling was unlikely to have reached Soul King rank.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek faced off in a staged opening soul battle, with Tang San and Yu Tianheng eager to defeat Luo Ling. As the teams prepared to fight, Luo Ling noticed Qian Renxue watching from the VIP seats.

• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye discussed Heaven Dou Royal Academy merging its teams and Luo Ling joining, while Ning Fengzhi privately recognized that Luo Ling and Dugu Yan served Spirit Hall.
• Shrek grew tense upon learning Luo Ling would compete, but Tai Long and Ma Hongjun encouraged the team, and Yu Xiaogang left the lineup decisions to Tang San.
• Tang San selected Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, Tai Long, and himself to fight, while Ning Rongrong remained confident Luo Ling would win.
• The teams took the arena, where Dugu Yan challenged Yu Tianheng over leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Tianheng vowed to prove himself against Luo Ling.
• Tang San also declared that he would defeat Luo Ling, who noticed Qian Renxue, Xue Ye, and Bishop Salas watching from the VIP seats.

Luo Ling revealed himself as a fifteen-year-old Soul King and used his abilities to empower Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s fighters against Shrek. After Tang San’s team struggled against their flight and enhanced strength, they aimed to take Luo Ling down directly, and he watched them charge with a smile.

• Luo Ling showed his five Soul Rings, including a black ring, shocking the arena and unnerving Tang San and the Shrek team.
• Luo Ling enhanced five Heaven Dou Royal Academy soul masters, granting them greater strength, sharper perception, and the ability to fly.
• The empowered fighters rose into the air, evading Shrek’s opening attacks and pressing Tang San’s team with aerial assaults.
• Tang San sent Ma Hongjun aloft to hold off the flying fighters while he, Yu Tianheng, and Tai Long went after Luo Ling.
• Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Howl Sky Strike blasted the five airborne fighters from the sky as Tang San and the others charged toward Luo Ling.

Luo Ling overwhelmed Shrek’s attackers in the Soul Master Competition, defeating Yu Tianheng and Tai Long before turning Tang San’s own Blue Silver Flying Blades against him. Yu Xiaogang called for surrender as Tang San was pinned to the spectator-stand wall and three Shrek members lay severely injured.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Flying Blade and Batwing Reincarnation to launch eight blades at Luo Ling.
• Luo Ling clashed with Yu Tianheng and Tai Long, broke through Yu Tianheng’s lightning dragon, and slashed both men, sending them flying with severe wounds.
• Luo Ling intercepted Tang San’s eight blades, destroyed seven, and redirected the last one toward Tang San using Batwing Reincarnation.
• Tang San lost focus as the returning blade approached, and it pierced his shoulder before pinning him to the spectator-stand wall.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the fight stop and announced surrender as Ma Hongjun and the remaining Heaven Dou Royal Academy members joined Luo Ling.

Luo Ling defeated Tang San and two other Shrek fighters in the opening match, leaving Tang San devastated and prompting the Shrek team to concede. Heaven Dou Royal Academy celebrated Luo Ling’s victory as he revealed that his Second Soul Skill could let up to five people fly.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the referee expel Luo Ling, but Luo Ling argued that he had acted in self-defense and that Tang San had been injured by his own dagger.
• The referee ruled that Luo Ling had not broken the rules and declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner after the Blue Tyrant Academy–Shrek Team conceded.
• Ma Hongjun told Jiang Zhu and the other Shrek members that Luo Ling was Rong Rong’s cousin and guardian, and that he had once killed a Soul King as a Soul Ancestor.
• Jiang Zhu treated Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and Tai Long; Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s confidence had been shattered and had Zhao Wuji and Flender carry the injured fighters away.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students cheered Luo Ling, and he told Dugu Yan that his Second Soul Skill could grant flight to as many as five targets.

After losing to Luo Ling, Tang San became obsessed with defeating him and persuaded Yu Xiaogang to let him cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer early. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang planned to raid Heaven Dou’s prisons for sacrificial victims, while Luo Ling learned of the plan and decided to let it proceed so he could expose them as Evil Soul Masters during the finals.

• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San after his defeat, but Tang San said Luo Ling had become his Inner Demon and asked to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed that Tang San could attach the Clear Sky Hammer’s first five Soul Rings, though he warned that reaching Soul King before the finals would be difficult.
• Tang San proposed sacrificing prisoners from the Heaven Dou Imperial City and Spirit Hall Branch prisons to gain strength, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to investigate with Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Luo Ling learned of their plan through his changed Martial Soul and chose to help it succeed so he could confirm their identities as Evil Soul Masters during the finals.

Luo Ling met Qian Renxue in the Crown Prince Residence and explained that he had come to Heaven Dou Imperial City to avenge Bibi Dong by targeting Yu Xiaogang. He offered to help Qian Renxue claim the throne, then asked her to facilitate a prison break by Yu Xiaogang’s followers.

• Luo Ling considered using Tang San’s rapid rise in strength and the planned prison break to expose Yu Xiaogang and his allies as Evil Soul Masters.
• Porcupinefish Douluo, also known as Thorn Blood, brought Luo Ling to meet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue removed her Xue Qinghe disguise, and she and Luo Ling felt the same stirring between their Martial Souls that they had felt years earlier.
• Qian Renxue asked why Luo Ling had come to Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Luo Ling said he had taken over Bibi Dong’s revenge against Yu Xiaogang.
• Luo Ling offered to help Qian Renxue obtain the throne, then asked her to withdraw guards and alert Salas so Yu Xiaogang could rescue prisoners.
• Qian Renxue reacted with surprise at the request, and Luo Ling asked whether she knew why Yu Xiaogang wanted to free the prisoners.

Luo Ling asked Qian Renxue to let Yu Xiaogang proceed with a prison break so she could expose his Evil Skill and help ruin his reputation. As Yu Xiaogang prepared to raid the Heaven Dou Royal Family’s underground prison, Luo Ling left the Soul Master Competition to watch, leaving Dugu Yan to lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Academy.

• Luo Ling told Qian Renxue to witness Yu Xiaogang’s jailbreak and testify that he cultivated an Evil Skill, revealing that he wanted revenge by exposing him publicly.
• Three days later, the second round of the Preliminary Competition began, and Luo Ling received cheers while Shrek faced jeers.
• Luo Ling learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would face Blazing Academy and told Dugu Yan to lead the team in his place.
• Luo Ling warned Dugu Yan about Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion technique and urged her to eliminate Huo Wu quickly.
• Luo Ling saw through Crow’s vision that Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang were preparing to act, then left the arena to follow their jailbreak.

Shrek defeated Elephant Armor Academy, with Tang San revealing his External Soul Bone and Yu Tianheng helping secure the victory. Meanwhile, Luo Ling followed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji into the Heaven Dou Imperial City prison to frame Yu Xiaogang for a jailbreak, while Flender and Zhao Wuji killed prisoners deeper inside.

• Yu Tianheng and Tang San led Shrek to victory over Elephant Armor Academy, and Tang San's Eight Spider Lances were exposed as an External Soul Bone.
• Hu YanZhen left the VIP stands in anger after Xue Ye remarked that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's students were stronger than Shrek's.
• Luo Ling waited near the prison and spotted Porcupinefish Douluo watching from the shadows on Qian Renxue's orders.
• Luo Ling entered the prison in Phantom Stealth, killed a prisoner, and stored the body in a low-grade Soul Tool to plant on Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji killed prisoners in the deeper levels while Yu Xiaogang kept watch upstairs, and Zhao Wuji began imagining killing prisoners for his own purposes.

Luo Ling took control of Yu Xiaogang, hid evidence linking Tang San’s abilities to Yu Xiaogang, and prepared the escape from the Prison. At the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Dugu Yan faced Huo Wu after Luo Ling was left out of the match.

• Luo Ling watched Flender and Zhao Wuji kill prisoners, then corrupted Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Body Thread and took control of his body.
• Luo Ling hid the brooch containing the prisoners’ corpses inside Yu Xiaogang’s coat and concealed Yu Xiaogang’s notebook in an abandoned water vat in the Prison.
• As Flender and Zhao Wuji returned, Luo Ling put on a Protective Mask and threw the noise-making smoke ball.
• At the arena, Xue Ye told Ning Fengzhi that Dugu Yan and Shi Mo would compete instead of Luo Ling, whom the academy had allowed to sit out.
• Huo Wu challenged Dugu Yan over Luo Ling’s absence, and Dugu Yan answered that Xiao Ling did not need to fight Blazing Academy before activating her Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan and Huo Wu fought to decide the academy match, while Luo Ling used an explosion to help Yu Xiaogang escape from the Prison. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang convulsing and screaming about a ghost after Flender carried him to safety.

• Huo Wushuang and the Blazing Academy team attacked Dugu Yan, while she used her poison to strengthen Heaven Dou Royal Academy and then disable her opponents.
• Huo Wu fused her four Soul Rings to unleash Huo Wu Shining Sun, but a nearby explosion disrupted her attack and let Dugu Yan avoid its full power.
• Luo Ling detonated an Iron Ball outside the Prison and, controlling Yu Xiaogang's body, warned Flender and Zhao Wuji to flee as guards approached.
• Luo Ling told Porcupinefish Douluo that Yu Xiaogang had taken the prisoners away, and Porcupinefish Douluo agreed to report to Qian Renxue.
• Flender carried Yu Xiaogang away from the Prison, but Yu Xiaogang suddenly convulsed, screamed about a ghost, and terrified Flender.

Yu Xiaogang woke with no memory of escaping the royal Prison and feared that something had taken control of him, while Luo Ling explained the explosion to Dugu Yan. At the ruined Prison, Xue Ye learned that the prisoners and their corpses were gone, then entrusted the investigation to Xue Qinghe.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Flender about their escape and hid his fear after realizing he could not remember detonating the Poison Gas Iron Ball.
• Luo Ling returned to the Great Soul Arena and told Dugu Yan that the explosion came from a jailbreak at the royal Prison.
• A Royal Guard informed Xue Ye that the Prison had been attacked and its prisoners were missing, along with their corpses.
• Xue Ye considered the danger the suspected Evil Soul Masters posed to the Soul Master Competition and the royal family's authority.
• Xue Qinghe offered to investigate the crime, and Xue Ye assigned him to find the perpetrators.

Luo Ling visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince Residence and offered to help her deal with Xue Beng without killing him. He explained that her seemingly flawless disguise as Xue Qinghe had made Xue Ye wary, so the emperor had allowed Xue Beng to compete with her for the throne.

• Xue Qinghe suppressed news of the Imperial Prison jailbreak, while Yu Xiaogang's notebook was left behind as evidence of Luo Ling's handiwork.
• Luo Ling surprised Xue Qinghe at the Crown Prince Residence and teased her until she revealed her true identity as Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue attacked Luo Ling with her Sacred Sword, but he stopped it, and Porcupinefish Douluo briefly entered before she sent him away.
• Luo Ling offered to help Qian Renxue get rid of Xue Beng in exchange for a promise, then clarified that he did not intend to kill him.
• Luo Ling told Qian Renxue that Xue Ye feared her perfect performance as Xue Qinghe and had tacitly allowed Xue Beng to compete for the throne.

Luo Ling proposed using the jailbreak investigation to portray Xue Beng as an Evil Soul Master and remove him as a candidate for the throne. Meanwhile, Tang San completed a mass sacrifice that raised him to level forty-seven and sent power to Luo Ling, whose Martial Soul began to awaken further.

• Luo Ling advised Qian Renxue that Xue Ye could be eliminated without relying on poison, then suggested linking Xue Beng to the Evil Soul Masters behind the jailbreak.
• Qian Renxue accepted Luo Ling’s plan and watched him leave for his match, trusting him to make Xue Beng appear to be an Evil Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San, Flender, and Zhao Wuji in a ritual that sacrificed over a hundred corpses to the Primordial God.
• Luo Ling felt the sacrifice’s power enter him, broke through to level sixty, and sensed his believers and Martial Soul more clearly.
• Tang San absorbed the sacrifice’s energy, reached level forty-seven, and displayed blood-red markings on his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang planned for Tang San to absorb the corpses in Spirit Hall’s Prison and reach level fifty before the finals.

Tang San waited to target Spirit Hall’s Prison while preparing to use his newly increased strength, and the tournament’s third round began. Luo Ling volunteered to face Canghui Academy, whose leader Shi Nian prepared to unveil the team’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to wait until near the end of the Promotion Tournament before acting and urged him to master his increased Soul Power.
• Tang San, now at level forty-seven, felt confident enough to challenge Luo Ling after receiving a great increase in strength.
• Luo Ling volunteered to fight Canghui Academy and told Osler he would support the team before making his own move.
• Shi Nian urged Canghui Academy’s seven Soul Masters to defeat Luo Ling and prepared their Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• When the match began, Luo Ling used Soul Liberation and Soul of Desire Garment on his teammates, while Canghui Academy formed up and summoned its seven Gem Martial Souls.

Canghui Academy trapped Luo Ling and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, the Seven Shura Illusion Realm. Luo Ling broke the illusion with overwhelming Spiritual Power, leaving Canghui Academy’s members in pain and Yu Xiaogang’s prediction of his defeat overturned.

• Ning Fengzhi identified Canghui Academy’s technique as a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill rather than a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang explained the distinction to Tang San.
• Canghui Academy’s Captain activated the Seven Shura Illusion Realm, immobilizing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, and Yu Xiaogang predicted that Luo Ling would lose.
• Luo Ling saw through the illusion’s flaws and mocked Canghui Academy’s Captain for expecting him to become immersed in it.
• Luo Ling released a powerful wave of Spiritual Power that dimmed the seven Gem Martial Souls and caused Canghui Academy’s members to clutch their heads in pain.
• Ning Fengzhi, Salas, Flender, and Zhao Wuji sensed Luo Ling’s near-Soul-Saint-level Spiritual Power, while Tang San realized Luo Ling had won.

After Luo Ling defeated Canghui Academy, Shi Nian became determined to kill him and later trapped him in a realistic Illusion Realm. Luo Ling recognized the assassination attempt and calmly confronted Shi Nian inside the illusion.

• Flender explained that Luo Ling had used Spiritual Power close to a Soul Saint's level to break Canghui Academy's Seven Shura Illusion Realm, unsettling Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, while Shi Nian regretted not assassinating Luo Ling before the match and let his killing intent grow.
• Luo Ling sensed Shi Nian's killing intent and became vigilant as the Preliminary Competition continued, with Shrek Academy securing advancement and Elephant Armor Academy falling out of contention.
• As Luo Ling traveled to the Great Soul Arena for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's final match against Skywater Academy, Shi Nian trapped him in an Illusion Realm.
• Luo Ling told Shi Nian that he had expected the assassination attempt, leaving Shi Nian stunned by his calmness.

Luo Ling broke through Shi Nian’s Lingering Dream Illusion and revealed his true power, leaving Shi Nian horrified to discover he was the Mystic Mage. Shi Nian recognized the soul threads attacking him, but the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Shi Nian used his Lingering Dream Illusion to trap Luo Ling in a memory of Zhang Lang attacking him at Notting Academy.
• Luo Ling calmly examined the illusion, and his scarecrow puppet appeared behind Zhang Lang and struck him down with a Devil Claw.
• Luo Ling revealed ten Soul Rings that merged into five, then used Soul Body Threads to shatter Shi Nian’s illusion.
• Shi Nian recognized Luo Ling as the Mystic Mage and considered retreating, but Luo Ling sent corrosive Soul Body Threads toward him.
• Shi Nian sensed the soul threads and saw them crisscrossing through a gray world.