Chapter Summaries

At the Mount Longhu arena, Wu Tong faced the Little Peach Garden Trio, who mocked him before charging together. He used the Herrscher of Reason Authority to construct an M500 Revolver, stopping the three in their tracks as they saw its muzzle pointed at them.

• Xu San stopped Feng Baobao from rushing into the ongoing match and reminded her to follow the rules.
• Zhang Cai, Liu Fang, and Guan Linger taunted Wu Tong and joked about their reputation as the Little Peach Garden Trio.
• Wu Tong sarcastically answered the trio, who decided to start the fight.
• The three circulated their qi and charged at Wu Tong together.
• Wu Tong constructed an M500 Revolver with his Herrscher of Reason Authority, and the trio halted in fear when he aimed it at them.

Wu Tong drew a gun during his match against the Little Peach Garden Trio, prompting spectators and the referee to debate whether firearms were allowed. The referee ruled that Wu Tong could use his ability, and Wu Tong prepared to attack with his American Iaijutsu.

• Wu Tong manifested a revolver, and the Little Peach Garden Trio protested that using a gun was unfair.
• Spectators debated whether Wu Tong’s firearm counted as an ability, while Xu Si reacted in shock, Xu San put away his notebook, and Feng Baobao longed to have a gun.
• The referee asked Wu Tong whether using a gun was appropriate, and Wu Tong argued that it was his ability and that his opponents should be able to withstand it.
• The referee ruled that Wu Tong had not broken the rules and ordered the match to continue.
• Wu Tong announced his American Iaijutsu, and the Little Peach Garden Trio tried to stop him.

Wu Tong won his match after three opponents forfeited, while Feng Baobao slipped away unnoticed and Xu Si and Xu San went after her. Other arenas saw Zhang Chulan win through his old deception and Aha claim victory by manipulating his opponents; Arena D began a match between Hu Tao, Star, March 7th, and Kiana.

• The three opponents forfeited to Wu Tong, who won his match and was immediately praised by them.
• Xu Si noticed Feng Baobao had vanished from the stands, learned she had headed outside, and followed Xu San to look for her.
• Zhang Chulan won Arena B by staging the famous “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river” scene with Xiao Yan’s Black Robe and earned the nickname “Bu Yao Bi Lian.”
• Aha provoked the three fighters in Arena C into fighting one another, then helped the weaker side and won, earning the nickname “Lucky One.”
• Hu Tao, Star, March 7th, and Kiana recognized one another as outsiders when they met in Arena D and began introducing themselves.
• Hu Tao promoted her funeral parlor’s services, and March 7th hurriedly said they did not need a funeral.

Hu Tao introduced herself and promoted funeral services before the contestants began their match. Stelle attacked March 7th with her lightning-wrapped bat, leaving a deep pit in the platform after March dodged.

• March 7th introduced herself to Hu Tao and promised to hold back during their fight.
• Kiana introduced herself as a Kaslana warrior and Herrscher of Flamescion, while Stelle called herself the Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero.
• Kiana secretly stared at Stelle's baseball bat, wanting to take it for herself.
• The spectators and guardians reacted to the introductions, and Zhongli felt embarrassed by Hu Tao's funeral-service promotion.
• Stelle suddenly attacked March 7th from behind, but March dodged the blow, which smashed a deep pit into the platform.

Stelle ambushed March 7th in the Grand Rite of Luo Tian, but March countered with a barrage of ice arrows. Stelle then recruited Hu Tao and Kiana to combine their fire attacks against March, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Stelle tried to knock March 7th out with a surprise baseball-bat attack, but March dodged and confronted her.
• March 7th summoned an ice bow and fired a canopy of arrows at Stelle, who blocked them with her baseball bat.
• Stelle called on Hu Tao and Kiana to attack March 7th together.
• Hu Tao, Kiana, and Stelle launched attacks that fused into a huge sea of fire rushing toward March 7th.

March 7th emerged from the mist after defending against Stelle, Hu Tao, and Kiana’s combined attack, revealing a Star Rail Train and six Spirit Rings that stunned the audience. As Dan Heng and Fuhua discussed how March 7th had changed, he wondered whether exposing Martial Souls was safe.

• March 7th used a thick Six-Phased Ice barrier to withstand the trio’s combined flames, filling the arena with steam and mist.
• The audience worried about March 7th, while Stelle, Hu Tao, and Kiana stayed alert because they knew the attack would not defeat her.
• A Star Rail Train appeared on silver tracks through the mist, leaving the audience shocked by its familiar appearance.
• March 7th emerged with six black Spirit Rings floating behind her and teased Stelle as a child who needed discipline.
• Dan Heng and Fuhua discussed March 7th’s anger and growth, and Dan Heng questioned whether revealing Martial Souls was safe.

Zhongli explained that Zhang Zhiwei intended to reveal Martial Souls to prepare the world for Spirit Qi Revival and future dangers. In the arena, Star, Hu Tao, and Kiana revealed their Martial Souls, and Kiana attacked March 7th with a powerful guaranteed-hit shot after spotting her distraction.

• Zhongli told Mei that exposing Martial Souls would help prepare people for Spirit Qi Revival and the threat of Mutant Beasts.
• Star, Hu Tao, and Kiana revealed their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings as they faced March 7th in the arena.
• The spectators reacted to the trio's unusual Martial Souls, including Star's Curio Trash Can and Hu Tao's Staff of Soul Transference.
• March 7th studied the unfamiliar abilities of Hu Tao and Kiana and briefly lost focus.
• Kiana seized the opening, activated her fourth Soul Skill, Charged Strike, and prepared a powerful bullet guided by her Fated Cause, Predestined Result Martial Soul.

Kiana charged a powerful fourth Soul Skill while March 7th prepared to stop her, but Xing blocked March with five Curio Trash Cans. March sent a train crashing toward Xing during her gacha, leaving Xing to use the Flash skill she had just drawn to escape.

• Kiana gathered Honkai energy into a guaranteed-hit, armor-piercing bullet with her fourth Soul Skill.
• Xing summoned five Curio Trash Cans to prevent March 7th from interrupting Kiana.
• March 7th recalled the trash cans’ random draws and daily limit, then sent a train charging at Xing.
• Xing drew a banana peel, fruit knife, vase, dirt block, and Flash skill from the trash cans.
• Xing used Flash as the train approached, trying to evade its charge.

Star and March 7th were eliminated in quick succession, leaving Hu Tao and Kiana as the final two contestants. Zhongli was surprised to discover that Hu Tao had already beaten Kiana, and the chapter ended as Kiana urged Hu Tao to surrender.

• Star's short-range teleport placed her in front of the train, and her Boundary Mark saved her from the impact but eliminated her from the match.
• March 7th turned the train toward Kiana, but Kiana finished charging her shot and hit March 7th, consuming her Boundary Mark and eliminating her.
• March 7th and Star sat together in a dejected corner while Himeko, Dan Heng, Mei, and Old Yang reacted to their loss.
• Zhongli turned his attention to the arena and discovered that Hu Tao had beaten Kiana in a dramatic fashion.
• Kiana faced Hu Tao and urged her to admit defeat, saying she did not want to hurt her.

Hu Tao tried to turn the match around by using Chituan to scare Kiana, who stayed focused on Hu Tao and failed to notice the ghost behind her. In the audience, Angel Yan reassured Bronya that the visitors’ origins being exposed would not matter.

• After March 7th was eliminated, Kiana acted confident while remaining wary of Hu Tao, whose melee weapons left her at a disadvantage against Kiana’s ranged handgun.
• Hu Tao spotted Chituan and decided to use the little Ghost to exploit the possibility that Kiana feared ghosts.
• Chituan understood Hu Tao’s plan and sneaked toward Kiana’s back while Kiana watched Hu Tao for a secret attack.
• Spectators recognized Chituan and debated whether Hu Tao had crossed into their world, while Bronya worried that the visitors had revealed too much.
• Angel Yan appeared beside Bronya and said that Zhang Chulan and the others had prepared for the possibility of exposure.
• Chituan reached Kiana from behind without being noticed because it held no malice toward her.

Hu Tao used Chituan to exploit Kiana’s fear of ghosts, then struck her with a soul attack and won the match. The spectators questioned whether the fighters and figures in the stands were real, leaving the identities of Zhongli and the others uncertain.

• Chituan startled Kiana by poking her, and Kiana panicked when she saw it.
• Hu Tao rushed behind Kiana and struck her with the Staff of Soul Transference, activating her first and second soul skills.
• Kiana fell unconscious, and the referee announced Hu Tao as the winner of the elimination-round match.
• Spectators discussed Hu Tao’s victory and whether Chituan was a real ghost.
• The crowd looked toward Zhongli, Fuhua, Himeko, Dan Heng, Angel Yan, Raiden Mei, and Bronya Zaychik as they reconsidered whether the group were cosplayers.

Feng Baobao found Wu Tong and searched him for the gun he had used, only to learn that it had vanished because he had temporarily constructed it. A Quanxing scout overheard their conversation, drew false conclusions about Wu Tong’s abilities, and left to report them, while Wu Tong realized the misinformation could lure Quanxing into confronting him.

• Feng Baobao appeared before Wu Tong and searched him, hoping to borrow his gun to play with it.
• Wu Tong explained that the gun had been temporarily constructed with his ability and had dispersed after the match.
• A middle-aged Quanxing scout eavesdropped and recorded what Wu Tong and Feng Baobao said.
• The scout wrongly concluded that Wu Tong’s firearms depended on limited Qi and planned to let others fight him first.
• The scout left to report the information, and Wu Tong secretly welcomed the false intel as a way to draw in Quanxing.

After his match, Wu Tong gave Feng Baobao a temporary pistol to play with, then told Xu San and Xu Si where she had gone when they came looking for her. He returned to the arenas to choose a match to watch after sensing the contestants.

• Feng Baobao pleaded with Wu Tong to let her play with a gun, and he made her a low-powered pistol that would last ten minutes, warning her not to hurt anyone.
• Feng Baobao took the pistol and headed for an empty area while Wu Tong started back toward the Arena.
• Xu San and Xu Si hurried over to ask Wu Tong where Feng Baobao was, and he pointed them in the direction she had gone.
• Xu Si thanked Wu Tong and rushed off with Xu San to catch up with Feng Baobao.
• Wu Tong reached the Arena entrance, sensed the contestants in the second round of matches, and began considering which arena to visit.

Wu Tong chose to watch the match between Gu Ruoli, the White-Clad Minister, and two Passerby As, then joined Zhang Chulan and the Feng family in the audience. Feng Zhenghao grew interested in Wu Tong and the organization he and Zhang Chulan mentioned.

• Wu Tong studied the four arenas and decided to watch the Group Leader's match in Arena B first.
• Wu Tong arrived at Arena B and spotted Feng Xingtong, Feng Shayan, and Feng Zhenghao with Zhang Chulan.
• Zhang Chulan called Wu Tong over to rescue him from Feng Zhenghao's persistent conversation.
• Feng Zhenghao overheard Zhang Chulan and Wu Tong mention their group and suspected it could offer the Feng Family a major opportunity.
• Feng Xingtong introduced Wu Tong to Feng Zhenghao and Feng Shayan as the Wuchang who had defeated more than thirty waves of Quanxing attackers.

Wu Tong rejected Feng Zhenghao’s offer to join All Heavens Group, while Zhang Chulan cheered for Gu Ruoli as her match began. Gu Ruoli faced Bai Shuran, a renowned powerhouse whose extraordinary history and abilities were revealed.

• Feng Zhenghao offered Wu Tong a logistics minister position with a five-million annual salary, but Wu Tong declined because he disliked being constrained.
• Feng Shayan pointed out that the match was starting, and the group turned their attention to the arena.
• Zhang Chulan raised a banner and loudly cheered for Gu Ruoli, drawing amused laughter from Feng Zhenghao.
• Gu Ruoli faced the White-Clad Minister, Bai Shuran, and recognized him as an opponent as powerful as she was.
• Bai Shuran’s achievements and background were recounted, including his creation of a supernatural cultivation system and his rise to national prominence.

Gu Ruoli recalled Bai Shuran’s extraordinary abilities and his chuunibyou nature while facing him, unaware that he planned to use their standoff to get revenge for her earlier disrespect. Zhang Chulan’s heckling angered Gu Ruoli, and the impatient fighters urged everyone to begin the match.

• Gu Ruoli reflected on how Bai Shuran had mastered multiple cultivation systems and become a powerful Dao Creator, while recognizing his obsession with novels as a flaw.
• Bai Shuran remembered the grudge he had written down and decided to use the opportunity to teach Gu Ruoli a lesson.
• Zhang Chulan cheered Gu Ruoli from the audience in a mocking way, and she vowed to punish him after the match.
• A seemingly honest young man urged the group to start fighting, while a gloomy young man with two sabers waited impatiently.
• Bai Shuran's eyes lit up at the suggestion, and he hurried to respond.

Gu Ruoli easily defeated the gloomy young man in the arena with a single punch, shocking the spectators with her strength. The crowd’s chatter then turned into a comic scene when a man’s red-clad Outsider wife overheard his remarks and dragged him away by the ear.

• The gloomy young man attacked Gu Ruoli before she had finished speaking, swinging two blades at her neck.
• Gu Ruoli blocked his blades with her white longsword and punched him into a wall, leaving him embedded in a crater.
• The spectators reacted with shock and joked about Gu Ruoli’s overwhelming strength and Outsider women.
• A man’s red-clad wife overheard him comparing her strength to Gu Ruoli’s and dragged him away by the ear.
• Zhang Chulan laughed at the crowd’s discussion and called Gu Ruoli a female tyrannosaur.

Zhang Chulan decided to tell Feng Zhenghao about the Dimensional Chat Group and the other worlds. In the arena, Bai Shuran confronted Honest Youth and revealed his Martial Soul and six Spirit Rings, startling the spectators.

• Wu Tong saved a recording of Zhang Chulan laughing at the Group Leader so he could use it against him later.
• Feng Zhenghao asked Zhang Chulan whether he knew Gu Ruoli, and Zhang Chulan decided to explain the Dimensional Chat Group and the other worlds to him.
• After seeing Gu Ruoli defeat the gloomy young man, Honest Youth charged at Bai Shuran, hoping to eliminate him first.
• Bai Shuran activated Myriad Manifestations Eyes, and its imposing gaze halted Honest Youth.
• Bai Shuran summoned six Spirit Rings, prompting spectators to question whether Douluo World and other fictional worlds were real.

Bai Shuran used his first Soul Skill, Tyrant Song's Eye, on Honest Youth, causing his stomach to swell painfully as if he were undergoing an accelerated pregnancy. Wu Tong had the Brain of Wisdom copy Bai Shuran's Martial Soul, while Honest Youth recognized the skill as Tyrant Song's Pregnancy Gaze and questioned why a fictional novel technique was real.

• Bai Shuran activated Tyrant Song's Eye, and Gu Ruoli hurried out of his line of sight to avoid being hit.
• Honest Youth was caught in Bai Shuran's gaze, and his stomach rapidly swelled with intense pain.
• Spectators recognized the attack as Pregnancy Gaze, while Zhang Chulan laughed and Wu Tong decided to copy the Martial Soul.
• Wu Tong ordered the Brain of Wisdom to analyze Bai Shuran's Martial Soul, and it completed the copy and stored it in the database.
• Honest Youth recognized the move from "Cultivation Chat Group" and lamented that a supposedly fictional technique had become real.

Bai Shuran defeated the Honest Youth with Pregnancy Gaze, leaving him unconscious after the humiliating spell ended. Gu Ruoli then activated her Infinity Seal and prepared to use the power of one of its imprinted experts to take Bai Shuran down.

• Bai Shuran told the Honest Youth that Pregnancy Gaze could not be canceled and would end after the pregnancy process finished.
• The Honest Youth endured ten months of accelerated pregnancy, then farted loudly and fainted as the spell ended.
• The spectators, including disguised Quanxing members, marked Bai Shuran as someone they must not provoke.
• Gu Ruoli considered ways to fight Bai Shuran and decided to rely on her God Ring Master System instead.
• Gu Ruoli activated her Infinity Seal and considered whose imprinted power could defeat Bai Shuran fastest.