Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask how she had overcome the difficulty of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, hoping to help his disciple Tang San. Bibi Dong shared the key principle, then watched Yu Xiaogang leave while reflecting on Su Cheng.

• Yu Xiaogang waited in the Council Hall, worrying about meeting Bibi Dong and whether Tang San's identity would put him at risk.
• Bibi Dong entered, and Yu Xiaogang asked her for help; she insisted he address her as Pope or Your Majesty.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, with the Clear Sky Hammer as his second Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yu Xiaogang about Su Cheng's achievements, and Yu Xiaogang praised Su Cheng while claiming Tang San had greater potential.
• Bibi Dong explained that cultivating Twin Martial Souls simultaneously required a sufficiently strong body and non-rejecting Martial Souls, and Yu Xiaogang thanked her before leaving.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue discussed a wager tied to Su Cheng and Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, while Su Cheng met Feng Qingyu and learned why she chose to become an auxiliary Spirit Master. Feng Qingyu decided to follow Su Cheng through the competition and help him win, and he remained uncertain whether he could take her with him afterward.

• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over revealing the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method and proposed a bet involving Su Cheng, Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and the Elder Hall’s authority.
• Bibi Dong agreed to bet but rejected waiting for the finals, saying Yu Xiaogang’s disciple would need more time to show results.
• Su Cheng asked Feng Qingyu about her age and unusual perception, and she explained that she had joined the competition hoping to witness his sword technique.
• Feng Qingyu told Su Cheng that she had chosen the auxiliary path because it let her avoid danger and effort, though she planned to change paths as she grew stronger.
• Feng Qingyu asked to follow Su Cheng after the competition, and he hesitated because he planned to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and doubted Godwind Academy would let her go.
• Feng Qingyu insisted she would help Su Cheng win the championship, while he said the Spirit Hall Team was strong enough that he might struggle against all seven at once.

Su Cheng faced Skywater Academy and became transfixed by the Ice Phoenix created by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He let the attack engulf him without defending, leaving the spectators alarmed and Zhu Zhuqing rushing toward him.

• Su Cheng's team faced Skywater Academy, and he used his sword phantoms to hold off most of their fighters while Shui Bing'er tried and failed to freeze him.
• Xue Wu summoned a dark cloud and rain, then joined Shui Bing'er in using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to create the Snow Dance Tornado.
• The tornado formed a powerful Ice Phoenix, and Su Cheng sensed an unusually faint, immortal-seeming life force within its core.
• Su Cheng stared at the Ice Phoenix and let its Soul Emperor-level attack engulf him without moving, alarming Shui Bing'er, Ning Fengzhi, and the spectators.
• Zhu Zhuqing hurried toward Su Cheng as Feng Qingyu suspected he had deliberately taken the attack because the Ice Phoenix held something special.

Su Cheng survived Shui Bing'er’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and gained a breakthrough in his cultivation, then invited Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu to join his team. That night, Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about Qian Renxue and accused him of deceiving her, demanding to know what she meant to him.

• Zhu Zhuqing tried to reach Su Cheng during the match, but Chen Xin stopped her and assured everyone that Su Cheng was alive inside the iceberg.
• Su Cheng realized that the phoenix’s nirvana could overcome decay, transformed the Nirvana Sutra, and emerged unharmed as the iceberg shattered.
• Shui Bing'er conceded the match, and Su Cheng invited her and Xue Wu to join his team for the finals.
• Su Cheng apologized to Chen Xin and spoke with Zhu Zhuqing, who asked to meet him that night; he later accepted Feng Qingyu as his disciple and examined her Shadow Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy and concealed her concern for Su Cheng, while Yu Xiaogang’s report about Qian Renxue stirred her buried memories.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Su Cheng outside Heaven Dou City and confronted him about joining Spirit Hall to find Qian Renxue, then grabbed his collar and accused him of deceiving her.

Su Cheng stopped Zhu Zhuqing from leaving by kissing her, and the Heaven Dou preliminaries concluded with his team in first place. At Shrek Academy, Tang Hao revealed that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was the Blue Silver Emperor, prompting Yu Xiaogang to reconsider when Tang San should cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Su Cheng kissed Zhu Zhuqing after she said she would help Xiao Wu reach the finals and then leave the academy, and Zhu Zhuqing fled without repeating her threat to withdraw.
• Su Cheng recruited Hu Yanli after defeating Elephant Armor Academy, while Yu Tianxin rejected his offer to join the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team.
• The Heaven Dou preliminaries ended with Heaven Dou Royal Academy first, Shrek Academy fourth, and Skywater Academy fifth, and Huo Wu asked Su Cheng whether she and Huo Wushuang could join as main roster members.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was the Blue Silver Emperor, which could awaken around rank sixty and rival the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer first and awaken the Blue Silver Emperor later, then asked Tang Hao whether they could try awakening Tang San's primary Martial Soul first.

Tang Hao took Tang San to the Blue Silver Grass Forest, where the Blue Silver King refused to awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, then revealed Xiao Wu’s and Tang San’s mother’s true origins. At the waterfall cave, they discovered that Tang Hao’s home had been robbed and the Blue Silver Emperor Sapling and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone were gone; Tang Hao then began preparing Tang San to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver King, who confirmed Tang San carried the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline but said he could not awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
• After leaving the forest, Tang Hao told Tang San that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and that Tang San’s mother had been a Blue Silver Emperor; Tang San vowed to avenge her against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San gained a fourth, more-than-seven-thousand-year soul ring for his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul while traveling with Tang Hao.
• At the waterfall cave, Tang San endured Tang Hao’s overwhelming Killing Intent as Tang Hao grieved beside the mound where he had planted Ah Yin’s seed.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that both the Blue Silver Emperor Sapling and Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had disappeared, then said he would investigate and take Tang San to add soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao explained how killing intent strengthened its wielder, but refused to teach Tang San yet and told him to focus on the Clear Sky Hammer before the Spirit Master Competition ended.

Su Cheng arrived at the Promotion Tournament, where Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Shrek Academy in the opening round. After Wang Yu defeated Xiao Wu, Tang San entered the match and crushed him with the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Feng Xiaotian told Su Cheng that Godwind Academy would join forces with Blazing Fire Academy for the finals, partly because of Huo Wu.
• The Promotion Tournament began, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy drew Shrek Academy as its first opponent.
• Xiao Wu defeated two opponents before Wang Yu trapped and injured her with his octopus Martial Soul, forcing Yu Xiaogang to concede.
• Tang San carried Xiao Wu to Jiang Zhu, then entered the field to fight Wang Yu.
• Tang San struck Wang Yu with the Clear Sky Hammer, shattered his defenses, and sent him flying from the arena.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, but Su Cheng defeated him with one sword strike and confronted Liu Erlong when she intervened. After the Promotion Tournament ended, the teams set out for Spirit City, where several Skywater Academy members approached Su Cheng’s carriage.

• Tang San severely injured Wang Yu, and the tournament officials ruled that his attack had not broken the rules.
• Su Cheng defeated Tang San with a single sword strike, then stood his ground when Liu Erlong entered the arena to challenge him.
• Ah Yin asked Su Cheng to spare Xiao Wu, and he agreed not to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Shrek Academy to first place in the Promotion Tournament while Su Cheng sat out the remaining matches.
• The teams departed for Spirit City, and Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai left Shrek Academy before the journey began.
• Several Skywater Academy members appeared at Su Cheng’s carriage and greeted him.

Su Cheng persuaded Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy girls to temporarily join his team, explaining that he would face Spirit Hall's powerful captain while they handled the Golden Generation. After the teams reached Spirit City, Su Cheng explored the city with Dugu Bo and Feng Qingyu, then reunited with Qian Renxue.

• Shui Bing'er asked whether Su Cheng could defeat Spirit Hall's three Soul Kings, and he said he would need her team to hold them back while he faced their Soul Emperor captain.
• Su Cheng told Shui Bing'er that her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul had untapped potential and offered to guide her cultivation; encouraged by Feng Qingyu, she agreed to join his team temporarily.
• After traveling for more than half a month, the Soul Master teams arrived in Spirit City, where Dugu Bo came to meet Su Cheng.
• Su Cheng walked through Spirit City with Dugu Bo and Feng Qingyu, discussed Spirit Hall's ambitions, and said he could split the competition arena with one sword strike.
• Qian Renxue appeared at the far end of the street and exchanged a nod with Su Cheng before leaving, prompting Feng Qingyu to accuse him of making eyes at someone from Spirit Hall.

As Shrek Academy advanced through the elimination rounds, Zhu Zhuqing stayed away until the team’s next match against Star Luo Royal Academy. At the fourth-round match between Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, Zhu Zhuqing recognized the seemingly detached leader as Qian Renxue.

• Shrek Academy received a bye in the second round and advanced through the first and third rounds, reaching the final six teams.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Shrek Academy would face Star Luo Royal Academy and worried that Zhu Zhuqing’s absence would make victory difficult.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Spirit City and decided to face Star Luo Royal Academy, telling herself she would save Dai Mubai’s life and then consider them even.
• Spirit Hall Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, and Yu Xiaogang identified Qian Renxue as a peak Soul Emperor leading the Spirit Hall team.
• Qian Renxue sent Hu Liena and Xie Yue to fight, and they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Allure, to begin overwhelming their opponents.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Qian Renxue and realized that the woman she had been searching for was Qian Renxue all along.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the finals as a Level 57 Soul King and led Shrek Academy to a swift victory over Star Luo Academy with her transformed Netherworld White Tiger. Her power exposed her to the Star Luo royal family's suspicion and drew Qian Renxue's killing intent, leaving Zhu Zhuqing safe for now in Spirit City but marked as a threat.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy main team with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then Su Cheng led his team to defeat Godwind Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejoined Shrek Academy as a Soul King and claimed that her Martial Soul had awakened and evolved; she also said Dai Mubai had left to train alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun of Star Luo Academy and revealed a Level 57 Netherworld White Tiger with Wind God Wings.
• Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Star Luo Academy, prompting its royal representatives to demand an explanation for her Martial Soul and strength.
• Qian Renxue recognized Su Cheng's influence in Zhu Zhuqing's transformation and decided that Zhu Zhuqing could not be allowed to remain.

At the Top Three Finals before Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a spirit beast who had taken human form and ordered her seized. Tang San stood by Xiao Wu and resisted the order, but the confrontation escalated when his father Tang Hao arrived and confronted Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong opened the finals by displaying three valuable spirit bones as the prize for the champion team.
• Xiao Wu's Aura Concealing Potion failed, allowing Bibi Dong and four Titled Douluo to sense that she was a spirit beast in human form.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to seize Xiao Wu, but Yu Xiaogang invoked his Elder Token and demanded her grounds for arrest.
• Xiao Wu admitted what she was, and Tang San revealed that he had known for a long time and loved her, then vowed that anyone seeking her must step over his corpse.
• Tai Long joined Tang San, and Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang formed the Golden Iron Triangle to defend Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao appeared, blasted Yue Guan and Gui Mei away, and faced Bibi Dong as she revealed a 100,000 Year Spirit Ring.

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall’s Pope’s Palace, and Su Cheng used the Longevity Sword Array to threaten Tang San and Xiao Wu while drawing Tang Hao’s attention. Ah Yin broke free of Su Cheng’s control and stopped his sword, confronting him as Tang Hao froze at her appearance.

• Tang Hao revealed his 100,000 Year Spirit Ring and struck at the Pope’s Palace, forcing Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo to intercept his attack.
• Su Cheng unleashed the Longevity Sword Array toward Tang San and Xiao Wu, forcing Tang Hao to choose between rescuing them and continuing his attack.
• As Tang Hao prepared to use Ring Detonation, Ah Yin appeared before Su Cheng’s sword and stopped its advance with blue-gold light.
• Ah Yin confronted Su Cheng, asking why he had deceived her and why he still wanted to kill Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao froze when he saw Ah Yin, who ignored him and kept her attention on Su Cheng.

Su Cheng’s attempt to seize Xiao Wu’s Spirit Ring became a coordinated ambush: Qian Renxue killed Xiao Wu, while Su Cheng took Tang Hao’s hammer blow and used his injuries to awaken his life seed. Tang Hao fled with Tang San, Ah Yin chose to stay, and Su Cheng’s cultivation surged as he began recovering.

• Su Cheng withdrew from Ah Yin and resisted Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain, but Tang Hao detonated two Spirit Rings and struck at him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed to protect Su Cheng, and Dugu Bo and Chen Xin joined her to block Tang Hao’s attack; Su Cheng was badly injured and sensed his life seed responding.
• Jiang Zhu revealed her strength and helped Qian Renxue, disguised among the Shrek students, kill Xiao Wu and seize her body.
• Tang Hao and Tang San retreated after Tang Hao was wounded by Bibi Dong, while Ah Yin rejected Tang Hao and declared that Tang San was not her son.
• Ah Yin tried to reconnect with Su Cheng’s Five Elements Domain, but he had severed their link; nearby Titled Douluo then sensed Su Cheng’s life force and cultivation rapidly rising to rank fifty-eight.

After Spirit Hall postponed the tournament finals, Su Cheng told Chen Xin he intended to join Spirit Hall to investigate its godhood inheritance and protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He parted ways with Ah Yin, while Qian Renxue admitted to Bibi Dong that she trusted Su Cheng enough to die for him.

• Bibi Dong postponed the Top Three Finals until the next day, and Qian Renxue confronted Yu Xiaogang about Shrek Academy's connection to Xiao Wu.
• Su Cheng thanked Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, then told Chen Xin he planned to join Spirit Hall and suspected its godhood inheritance had been tampered with.
• Chen Xin accepted Su Cheng's decision and assured him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would always be his home.
• Su Cheng rejected Ah Yin's offer to stay with him, told her they no longer owed each other, and asked her to keep his secrets.
• Bibi Dong questioned Qian Renxue about her and Su Cheng's plan, and Qian Renxue said she could die for him.

After confirming that Qian Renxue had absorbed Xiao Wu’s 100,000 Year Spirit Ring, Su Cheng learned that Ah Yin was still nearby and discussed her with Qian Renxue. At the finals, Shrek Academy conceded the first match, then Qian Renxue conceded too, sending Su Cheng’s team straight to the final.

• Qian Renxue told Su Cheng that the 100,000 Year Spirit Ring had resolved her soul crisis for now and gave him Xiao Wu’s Left Arm Bone, which he refused to absorb.
• Qian Renxue questioned Su Cheng about Ah Yin, and he explained her connection to Tang San and why she remained nearby.
• Shrek Academy’s members discussed Tang San’s departure, Xiao Wu’s death, and their shortage of fighters before Zhu Zhuqing said she had an idea.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek Academy would concede the morning match and enter the afternoon losers’ bracket final.
• Qian Renxue announced that Spirit Hall’s team would concede as well, advancing Su Cheng’s team directly to the final.

Qian Renxue explained her concession to Su Cheng and then faced Shrek Academy alone in the competition, overwhelming the team with her 100,000 Year Spirit Ring. When Zhu Zhuqing was left as the last opponent, Qian Renxue unleashed an evolved domain that halted her rescuers and brought down a lethal sword strike.

• Qian Renxue approached Su Cheng, thanked him for his role in the previous day's events, and invited him to talk while Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy members watched in surprise.
• Su Cheng asked Qian Renxue about Bibi Dong's mental state and the Rakshasa God's Will, and Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong seemed calmer before inviting him to lunch.
• Qian Renxue entered the match alone against Shrek Academy and revealed a crimson Seventh Soul Ring, shocking the teams with her status as a Soul Sage under twenty-five.
• Qian Renxue defeated Tai Long and eliminated Shrek Academy's other fighters until only Zhu Zhuqing remained, while Su Cheng asked Dugu Bo to stand by in case a rescue was needed.
• Qian Renxue's evolved dark domain slowed Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo, and she unleashed a full-strength sword strike at Zhu Zhuqing without holding back.

Qian Renxue’s attempt to kill Zhu Zhuqing failed when Zhu Zhuqing’s fifth soul skill saved her, and the tournament final began the next morning. Su Cheng revealed his Twin Martial Souls as he faced Qian Renxue, whose Angel Domain was joined by a second, dark form.

• Qian Renxue struck Zhu Zhuqing with a fatal sword attack, but Zhu Zhuqing survived through her fifth soul skill, Netherworld Substitute Death, and surrendered.
• Dugu Bo prevented further violence, while Yu Xiaogang accused Qian Renxue of breaking the rules and she returned to her team.
• Shrek Academy discussed the students’ future plans, and Zhu Zhuqing visited Su Cheng before deciding to stay in Spirit City briefly and await his news.
• Su Cheng led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team into the final against Spirit Hall Academy, where he revealed his Twin Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue activated her Martial Soul Avatar and Angel Domain, while Su Cheng countered with his Five Elements Domain and Sword Dao Domain.
• A second, dark Qian Renxue appeared beside Qian Renxue, spreading three pairs of black wings.

Su Cheng faced Qian Renxue in the Spirit Hall tournament and discovered that her twin souls could manifest as two fighters with complementary domains and soul skills. As the other teams fought around them, Su Cheng unleashed Sword Fifteen, Empty Mountain, leaving the arena stunned by the strike’s power and depth.

• Su Cheng revealed five black spirit rings and realized Qian Renxue’s unexpected gain allowed her twin souls to fight together, each with a powerful domain.
• Qian Renxue attacked Su Cheng with two Angel Holy Swords, and he defended while studying the pair’s coordination and conserving his strength.
• The remaining members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and Spirit Hall Academy Team began their six-on-six battle as Bibi Dong and the elders watched Qian Renxue’s condition with concern.
• Qian Renxue strengthened both fighters with Angel’s Protection and Angel Descent, while Su Cheng enhanced the Longevity Sword and prepared a stronger counterattack.
• Su Cheng used Sword Fifteen, Empty Mountain, and Chen Xin praised the sword technique’s power and hidden principle.

Su Cheng and Qian Renxue pushed their duel to a stalemate as both unleashed powerful sword skills, while their teams fought to decide the match. Su Cheng’s Bright Moon in the Sky left Qian Renxue unable to counter it, but his exhausted teammates could no longer hold off Spirit Hall Academy, leaving his side on the verge of defeat.

• Chen Xin gained a new insight after witnessing Su Cheng’s battle, while Qian Renxue and her counterpart launched Divine Judgement against Su Cheng.
• Su Cheng endured the clash and countered Qian Renxue’s relentless assault with Sword Fourteen, Embers, whose sword qi proved difficult for her to erase.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu began theirs, forcing Su Cheng to act quickly.
• Su Cheng gathered the sword qi into the Longevity Sword and unleashed Sword Sixteen, Bright Moon in the Sky, which Qian Renxue recognized she could not overcome with her remaining strength.
• While Qian Renxue kept Su Cheng from supporting his team, Spirit Hall Academy wore down Shui Bing’er and her teammates, leaving them unable to continue delaying the match.