Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong revealed that she had sent assassins after Tang San, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave her and declare their affection over. Meanwhile, Su Xing and Qin Ming reached Tang San’s group during the attack and found Zhao Wuji and Flender gravely wounded.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that she knew Tang San’s identity and had arranged an ambush to kill him, refusing to reveal the solution to Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San died, then left Bibi Dong and said no affection remained between them.
• After Yu Xiaogang left, Bibi Dong smashed objects in the hall and vowed to destroy everything he cared about.
• Qin Ming led Su Xing and others to help Tang San’s group, where they found Zhao Wuji and Flender unconscious and badly injured while Tang San fought a wounded Soul Douluo.
• Qin Ming asked Ye Lingling to heal Zhao Wuji and Flender, then joined Tang San against the attacker; Su Xing realized Liu Erlong’s absence had changed the battle’s outcome.

Tang San stalled a poisoned Soul Douluo who had attacked the group, but Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan arrived and revealed Spirit Hall’s effort to kill Tang San. Yue Guan then became fascinated by Ye Lingling’s Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and the aura of the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma she had eaten, while Su Xing protected her.

• Tang San warned the black-clad Soul Douluo that his poison could kill him, using the threat to keep him from attacking.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared, and Qin Ming, Tang San, and the others realized they faced a Title Douluo.
• Flender recognized Yue Guan and guessed that Spirit Hall had come to kill Tang San.
• Yue Guan noticed Ye Lingling’s Ten-Thousand-Year fourth Spirit Ring and moved toward her, so Su Xing stepped in front of her.
• Yue Guan identified the aura of a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma in Ye Lingling, and Su Xing confirmed that he had given it to her.

Su Xing persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo to spare Tang San and withdraw by appealing to their past connection and warning him that Tang Hao was secretly protecting Tang San. Sword Douluo arrived after the retreat, and Ning Rongrong and the others learned that Su Xing had helped secure their safety.

• Su Xing stepped between Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ye Lingling, then asked why Chrysanthemum Douluo wanted to kill Tang San.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Su Xing not to interfere and privately invited him to join Spirit Hall after graduation with Ye Lingling.
• Su Xing warned Chrysanthemum Douluo that someone had been secretly protecting Tang San and asked him to spare Tang San as a favor.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo feared Tang Hao, accepted Su Xing's appeal as an excuse to retreat, and ordered his forces to withdraw.
• Sword Douluo arrived, and Ning Rongrong told him that Su Xing had helped persuade Chrysanthemum Douluo to leave.

After the attack on the group, Su Xing considered bringing Ye Lingling into Spirit Hall and possibly arranging for Chrysanthemum Douluo to take her as a disciple. Back at Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong heard Chrysanthemum Douluo’s report and concluded that Su Xing genuinely intended to join them.

• Tang San thanked Su Xing for helping him, and the group continued their journey without further attacks.
• Su Xing decided that Ye Lingling could join Spirit Hall and considered offering Chrysanthemum Douluo a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to persuade him to take her as a disciple.
• Su Xing resolved to bring Ye Lingling into Spirit Hall with him if Chrysanthemum Douluo could not be won over.
• Su Xing continued refining his Soul Power Body Tempering technique during the journey.
• Bibi Dong questioned Chrysanthemum Douluo about his failed mission, and he recounted Tang San’s strength, Su Xing’s warning, and Sword Douluo’s arrival.
• Bibi Dong said Su Xing seemed intent on joining Spirit Hall and that his warning had helped Chrysanthemum Douluo escape safely.

In the Star Dou Forest, Su Xiaotu pulled up the Immortal-grade Silk-Fragrant Luo Su Xing had planted and treated it as a toy. Da Ming explained its powers to Xiao Wu, who learned that Su Xing had left the precious herb for them.

• Su Xiaotu ran outside with the Immortal-grade Silk-Fragrant Luo she had pulled up, and Xiao Wu recognized it as the plant Su Xing had left indoors.
• Xiao Wu called Da Ming to watch Su Xiaotu, and Da Ming noticed the herb’s Immortal Herb aura.
• Xiao Wu tried to take the herb, but Da Ming reassured her that it would not be damaged unless Su Xiaotu ate it.
• Xiao Wu warned Su Xiaotu not to eat the herb, and Su Xiaotu gave it to her while telling her it would make her tummy hurt.
• Da Ming identified the herb as the Immortal-grade Silk-Fragrant Luo and described its protection against poison and its cultivation and Martial Soul benefits.
• Xiao Wu confirmed Su Xing had planted the herb inside without telling her what it was.

After arriving in Spirit City, Su Xing met Hu Liena again while she was treating a group of children to snacks. Hu Liena initially ignored him over his past escape, but they began to reconcile as Su Xing offered to pay for the children’s treats.

• Xiao Wu complained that Su Xing had hidden the Immortal Herbs, while Da Ming tried to reassure her that he cared more about her and Su Xiaotu.
• Su Xiaotu remembered her father and called for Su Xing, and Da Ming noticed Xiao Wu spoke about Su Xing more often than Tang San.
• Two days after the attack, the Heaven Dou Empire’s team arrived in Spirit City, and Su Xing explored the city alone.
• Su Xing spotted Hu Liena buying snacks for children and greeted her, but she ignored him because he had abandoned her before.
• Su Xing apologized by calling Hu Liena “Sister Hu Liena,” and she laughed as the children teased her about being happy to see him.
• After Hu Liena canceled the children’s extra snacks for their teasing, Su Xing paid the shopkeeper so they could choose whatever they wanted.

Su Xing asked Hu Liena to arrange a meeting with Chrysanthemum Douluo, offering to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in return. After learning Su Xing had a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum Douluo met him and promised to grant whatever he asked.

• Su Xing won the orphanage children over with his generosity, and Hu Liena took him away from the orphanage.
• Su Xing asked Hu Liena to help him meet Chrysanthemum Douluo, agreeing to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as her condition.
• Su Xing told Hu Liena to mention his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to Chrysanthemum Douluo, and he confirmed he would join Spirit Hall after the competition.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo quickly summoned Su Xing, took him to a rooftop in Spirit Hall, and eagerly accepted the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo promised Su Xing that he would agree to whatever he asked for.

Su Xing asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to take Ye Lingling, the last surviving member of the Undying Sect and bearer of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, as his disciple so Spirit Hall would train her. Meanwhile, Tang San and the First Team explored Spirit City before Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing spotted the Star Luo Empire's main team, bringing Dai Mubai's looming confrontation with Dai Weisi into focus.

• Su Xing revealed Ye Lingling's identity and asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to accept her as a disciple and help secure her place in Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed, and Su Xing confirmed that Ye Lingling would formally become his disciple after the tournament; Chrysanthemum Douluo then warned Su Xing not to pursue Hu Liena.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo left to study the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, while Su Xing walked back alone.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the First Team discussed Spirit City's strict laws and looked forward to finally competing in the Finals Round.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing spotted the Star Luo Empire's main team, including Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, and Dai Mubai feared their match could decide his and Zhu Zhuqing's lives.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing faced the Star Luo Empire's main team, led by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, and asked their teammates to save their trump card for the match. After overhearing them, Su Xing planned to sabotage their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and considered taking in Zhu Zhuqing if she lost.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun warmly greeted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, but the two rejected their apparent kindness as hypocrisy.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing told their teammates that their elder siblings wanted them dead, and Zhu Zhuqing said Zhu Zhuyun had once tried to assassinate her.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San and the others to save their trump card, the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, for their match against the Star Luo Empire's main team, and they agreed.
• Su Xing overheard the plan and decided to prevent Tang San's group from using the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Su Xing considered approaching Zhu Zhuqing if she lost to Zhu Zhuyun and having her cultivate his system through Ring Detonation.

Su Xing secretly warned Dai Weisi about Tang San’s team’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, then watched the finalists gather at Spirit Hall and anticipated Bibi Dong’s reaction to Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong appearing together. The chapter left Bibi Dong making a striking entrance before the gathered teams.

• Su Xing anonymously warned Dai Weisi that Dai Mubai’s team could use the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun decided to treat the warning as true.
• Tang San missed Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, while Su Xing planned to visit Xiao Wu and Su Xiaotu after the tournament and tell Xiao Wu he intended to join Spirit Hall.
• Two days later, the finalists gathered at Spirit Hall, where Su Xing was surprised to see Liu Erlong alongside Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Xing reasoned that Bibi Dong’s feelings for Yu Xiaogang would turn into hatred when she saw him with Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong appeared above the gathered teams, and Su Xing was captivated by her beauty and imposing presence.

Bibi Dong watched the tournament’s opening and became furious when she saw Yu Xiaogang with Liu Erlong, resolving to destroy everything he cared about. The Finals Round began with an elimination format, and Su Xing’s team learned they would receive a bye in the second round.

• Tang San refused to kneel before Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang stood beside him, but Bibi Dong let the matter pass and told everyone to rise.
• Bibi Dong noticed Liu Erlong with Yu Xiaogang and, after seeing them openly show their affection, decided to destroy everything Yu Xiaogang cared about.
• Su Xing judged that the scene had pushed Bibi Dong further into darkness, then set aside his thoughts about her and focused on the tournament.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Finals Round would use an elimination format, with seeded teams receiving byes in the early rounds.
• Yu Tianheng reminded his teammates that their first-place Promotion Tournament ranking earned them a second-round bye, and the matchups for the other teams were announced.

Su Xing’s team easily won its first match, while Bibi Dong watched Su Xing and Tang San with interest. At the Martial Soul Hall Team’s match against Godwind Academy, Hu Liena noticed Su Xing and called him an interesting little brother, and the teams began the battle.

• Su Xing’s team quickly defeated a weak opponent, startling the Star Luo Empire teams and disappointing Oscar and Ma Hongjun when they realized there were no spectators.
• The first elimination round ended with eighteen teams remaining, and Tang San’s team narrowly beat a strong opponent after he revealed his Eight Spider Lances.
• Hu Liena and the Martial Soul Hall Team took the field against Godwind Academy, and Hu Liena watched Su Xing while Shi Mo, Shimo, and Yu Feng admired her.
• Hu Liena told Yan and Xie Yue that she had met Su Xing in the Star Dou Forest and called him an interesting little brother, making Yan wary of him.
• Feng Xiaotian urged the referee to start the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.

The Martial Soul Hall Team revealed three Spirit Kings, terrifying their opponents before the tournament match began. Su Xing reassured his teammates by claiming he could handle all three Spirit Kings himself, setting up a chance to display more of his strength.

• Hu Liena and the other two Martial Soul Hall Team members released their Martial Souls and revealed that all three were Spirit Kings, while their remaining teammates were Soul Ancestors.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered his teammates to buff him, then attacked Xie Yue with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Xie Yue countered with Full Moon, but Feng Xiaotian’s boosted attack eventually forced him back and gained the upper hand.
• Huo Wushuang urged Huo Wu to consider Feng Xiaotian, but she insisted Su Xing was much stronger.
• Yu Tianheng and the others asked Su Xing whether their team could win, and Su Xing said he would take on all three Spirit Kings himself.

Feng Xiaotian forced Xie Yue back before surrendering to Yan, and the Martial Soul Hall Team won the second knockout round. Su Xing mastered a rudimentary Magnetic Levitation technique, then watched the third-round matchups bring his team closer to a showdown with Dai Weisi’s team.

• Feng Xiaotian knocked Xie Yue back with his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, then surrendered before Yan could attack.
• The Martial Soul Hall Team won the second knockout round, and Su Xing practiced Magnetic Levitation in his dormitory until he could float above the ground.
• Su Xing named his lightning-wreathed levitation technique Thunder God Possession and resolved to keep working on separating Magnetic Force from Lightning.
• The third-round matchups paired Spirit Hall Academy with Thunder Academy and Dai Mubai’s team with Dai Weisi’s team, while Zhu Zhuqing hoped Tang San and the others would help her win.
• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Thunder Team, and Su Xing wondered whether Hu Liena and Xie Yue were saving their Martial Soul Fusion Skill for him.

Su Xing showed off his self-created lightning skills as Dragonshade Academy faced his team, defeating its captain with a single strike. His speed stunned the Martial Soul Hall Team, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue considered using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against him.

• Bibi Dong watched Su Xing and Tang San compete and noticed Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong sitting together.
• Su Xing used Thunder God Possession to hover above the arena, drawing attention despite the skill's limited power.
• Su Xing and Yu Tianheng attacked Dragonshade Academy, but its captain blocked Su Xing's Multiple Earth Walk with Wild Sand.
• Su Xing used Thunder God Heaven Bright Flash to strike Dragonshade Academy's captain and knock him out in one blow.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were shocked that even they could not follow Su Xing's speed, and Hu Liena recalled meeting him alone in the depths of Star Dou Forest.
• Xie Yue suggested that he and Hu Liena use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill if they faced Su Xing.

Su Xing led Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team to an easy victory, then watched Skywater Academy defeat Plant Academy. As Tang San's team prepared Yu Xiaogang's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against the Star Luo Empire's main team, their opponents made an unexpected move.

• Su Xing unleashed his speed and self-created soul skills to help Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team defeat Dragonshade Academy, impressing the spectators and Bibi Dong.
• Su Xing anticipated that Hu Liena and Xie Yue would use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against him, unaware that he already knew its characteristics.
• Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal to overwhelm Plant Academy, and Skywater Academy won the match.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San to lead their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against the stronger Star Luo Empire team, and Tang San agreed to do his best to win.
• Yu Xiaogang confidently expected the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to decide the match, but the Star Luo Empire team made an unexpected move before Tang San's team could use it.

Su Xing realized Yu Xiaogang’s Seven-in-One technique merged Soul Power rather than spirit skills, and considered adapting it for his own team. In the arena, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun stopped Tang San’s team from forming the technique and unleashed the Hell White Tiger, but Tang San rallied his teammates and attacked the rest of the opposing team.

• Su Xing reasoned that Yu Xiaogang’s Seven-in-One technique was a Soul Power Fusion Skill and considered using the idea with Hu Liena’s team.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Tang San’s formation, and she and Dai Weisi rushed to stop the Seven-in-One technique.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed the Hell White Tiger before Tang San’s team could complete its fusion, and Tang San’s restraints broke apart.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing tried to face the Hell White Tiger but were sent flying, while Zhu Zhuyun mocked Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San encouraged Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others to hold off the Hell White Tiger while he defeated the opposing team’s remaining members.
• Tang San evaded the Hell White Tiger and charged at the other Star Luo Empire team members with his Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San overwhelmed the Star Luo Empire Main Team's remaining five members with his Hidden Weapon techniques and Blue Silver Grass control, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Hell White Tiger defeated Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged their crushing defeat as she lay unable to fight.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San's quick response after the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill was interrupted and said he could defeat the remaining opponents.
• Tang San dodged the Star Luo Empire Main Team's attacks, injured four members with Hidden Weapons, then bound them with his Blue Silver Grass Spirit Skills.
• Su Xing turned his attention to Zhu Zhuqing's side as the Hell White Tiger drove back Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Osler.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and offered them a chance to surrender, but both refused.
• The Hell White Tiger struck Zhu Zhuqing down and then knocked Dai Mubai beneath its paw.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that she and Dai Mubai had lost, regardless of what Tang San might do afterward.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, but the Star Luo Empire main team won the match. Zhu Zhuqing left in despair, while Bibi Dong decided to kill Tang San and Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang worried about Tang San’s safety.

• Zhu Zhuqing regretted refusing Su Xing and wondered whether she could have escaped her fate by leaving with him.
• Tang San poisoned the remaining defensive opponent, then found his Blue Silver Grass attacks could not penetrate the Hell White Tiger’s defenses.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, revealing that he possessed Twin Martial Souls and alarming Bibi Dong.
• Tang San briefly contended with the Hell White Tiger using the hammer and his Eight Spider Lances, but its heavy Soul Power cost left him defeated and pinned to the ground.
• The referee declared Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s team the winner, and Bibi Dong resolved to eliminate Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Zhu Zhuqing left alone in despair as Su Xing watched her depart.

After losing the competition that decided her fate, Zhu Zhuqing broke down in tears, and Su Xing offered her a way to escape her family’s punishment. He insisted that she stay with him as a test subject for his cultivation system, leaving Zhu Zhuqing unsure whether he could withstand the Star Luo Empire and her family.

• Zhu Zhuqing wandered into a secluded part of Spirit City and sobbed over her defeat.
• Su Xing followed her, offered his shoulder, and held her as she cried.
• Su Xing asked Zhu Zhuqing to follow him and promised to take on the Star Luo Empire and her family’s affairs, but she said she still had to return and face their judgment.
• Su Xing challenged Zhu Zhuqing for accepting the fate arranged for her, then demanded that she stay with him as a test subject.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that staying with Su Xing would bring trouble upon him and asked whether he was truly unafraid of the Star Luo Empire and her family.