Chapter Summaries

Heaven Dou Team One faced Skywater Academy in the finals as Dugu Yan revealed her level-forty-nine Soul Power. After Heaven Dou Team One quickly eliminated three opponents, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the match in peril.

• Dugu Yan taunted Shui Bing'er and revealed that she had reached level forty-nine, while every member of Heaven Dou Team One had become a four-ringed Soul Ancestor.
• The Shrek group worried about Heaven Dou Team One's strength, but Tang San calmly dismissed the threat as Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang remained distant from him.
• Shui Bing'er disrupted Heaven Dou Team One's attack while Xue Wu summoned icy rain, and the pair began preparing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng attacked Skywater Academy's members and eliminated three of them as the Shi Mo brothers restrained the others.
• Dugu Yan ordered her teammates to stop Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, but the two transformed into a pillar of light and unleashed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Ice and Snow Dance.
• The ice-and-snow vortex swept across the arena and sent Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng flying as a voice declared Heaven Dou Team One defeated.

Dugu Yan used the Bi Lin Purple Poison and Ye Lingling’s healing to help Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team defeat Heavenly Water Academy and advance to the top six. As Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Li Yu wanted Zhu Zhuqing to face the reality of her situation; Qian Renxue pinched him for watching her struggle.

• Dugu Yan’s fourth soul skill poisoned Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu during their Ice and Snow Storm, while Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia kept the frozen Heaven Dou teammates alive.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu admitted defeat, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team advanced to the top six.
• The Spirit Hall Academy Team defeated its opponents and advanced to the fourth round, entering the top six.
• Before Shrek Academy’s match against Star Luo Royal Academy, the crowd learned that Dai Mubai was Dai Weisi’s brother and Zhu Zhuqing’s former fiancée, and that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had once shared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun mocked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Li Yu hoped Zhu Zhuqing would recognize the need to break free from the Zhu and Dai families’ arrangement.
• Qian Renxue pinched Li Yu’s waist as he watched Zhu Zhuqing endure the taunts.

Li Yu confronted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun for humiliating Zhu Zhuqing, then asked to settle the dispute during the tournament. Dugu Bo intervened, revealed that he had reached level 96, and pressed the gathered factions to allow Li Yu time to handle the private matter.

• Qian Renxue urged Li Yu to defend Zhu Zhuqing, and Li Yu challenged Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun for insulting her team member.
• Dai Weisi mocked Xue Qinghe, and Li Yu asked the tournament's senior figures for time to settle a private matter.
• A Platinum Bishop tried to stop Li Yu, but Dugu Bo appeared and broke the bishop's pressure with a glance.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghost Douluo confronted Dugu Bo, who revealed his level 96 cultivation and warned that their grudge would be settled someday.
• Dugu Bo asked the assembled figures to spare time for Li Yu's dispute, leaving Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghost Douluo troubled over Spirit Hall's authority.

Dugu Bo intervened to protect Li Yu and her team from Star Luo and Spirit Hall, and the powerful factions accepted a temporary chance for the juniors to settle their grievances. Li Yu confronted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the arena, where they chose defiance and prepared to fight.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo challenged Dugu Bo, but he stood firm and forced the Star Luo Royal Academy Team Leader to kneel with his aura.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi supported giving the juniors time, and Pope Bibi Dong accepted the proposal while offering Dugu Bo Spirit Hall's welcome and a gift.
• Ning Fengzhi and other faction leaders congratulated Dugu Bo and offered to welcome him, recognizing the threat posed by his level 96 cultivation and poison.
• Dugu Bo swept Shrek and several Star Luo Royal Academy members off the stage, leaving Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun behind.
• Li Yu asked Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun how they would apologize, but they refused and argued that Zhu Zhuqing's family ties made her vulnerable.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun decided they could fight Li Yu with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Li Yu asked whether their answer was final.

Li Yu fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after they challenged her, using her domain and Ying Fish to trap their Hell White Tiger in freezing water. She appeared close to exhausting her Soul Power, while Dugu Bo realized that Li Yu and 'Xue Qinghe' were pretending to be worried.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger and attacked Li Yu with Netherworld White Tiger Break.
• Li Yu activated Still Water No Waves Domain and sent Ying Fish to collide with the Hell White Tiger, but the fusion beast showed little damage.
• Li Yu had Ying Fish trap the Hell White Tiger inside a bubble filled with freezing water, leaving Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unable to escape.
• Chen Xin noticed that Li Yu's Soul Power was nearly depleted, and Dugu Bo saw 'Xue Qinghe' blink at him after feigning concern.

Li Yu defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, draining their Soul Power before binding and humiliating them in front of the arena. Dugu Bo covered the confrontation with false praise, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to grow stronger and escape the Zhu Family's control.

• Tang San judged that he could defeat Li Yu if she was only as strong as she appeared, while Flender stopped questioning him about his second martial soul.
• Li Yu's Soul Power ran low and her domain ended, dropping the Hell White Tiger and revealing the frost-covered Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Li Yu revealed that she had absorbed Soul Power from her opponents, then bound them with Willow Branches and burned and slapped them until they begged her to stop.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt grateful to Li Yu for standing up for her and resolved to become stronger so she could repay her and escape the Zhu Family.
• Dugu Bo sensed Li Yu's Space Power and, after hearing her speak to him, applauded and called the beating a back-and-forth exchange to defuse the tension.

Li Yu forced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to apologize to Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Bo restored them to full health with a treasure before demanding that the Star Luo Empire pay for it. Bibi Dong refused to postpone the tournament, and the competition resumed with the Star Luo Empire expected to repay Dugu Bo.

• Li Yu used willow branches to heal and bind Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, then made them apologize to Zhu Zhuqing and Thousand Feather Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the apology with a brief acknowledgment but did not forgive Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dugu Bo healed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun with emerald-green shoots, restoring them to peak condition.
• Dugu Bo demanded that the Star Luo Empire pay for the treasure and warned that it would owe him if the competition were delayed.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Dugu Bo's suggestion that Star Luo might submit to Spirit Hall, ruled out postponing the tournament, and ordered the competition to continue.

Tang San led Shrek Academy to defeat Star Luo Royal Academy, and the tournament’s remaining teams forfeited the fourth round, sending Shrek, Thousand Feather Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy into the finals. Li Yu suspected the draw had been manipulated and hinted that someone would soon reveal a concealed trump card.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain, Blue Silver Cage, and flight to help Shrek defeat Star Luo Royal Academy and advance to the fourth round.
• The third round ended with Thousand Feather Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy standing out among the top six teams.
• Thousand Feather Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team, while Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall Academy drew the other two teams in the fourth-round ceremony.
• Heaven Dou Team One and the other two teams forfeited, allowing Thousand Feather Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy to advance directly to the finals.
• Li Yu suspected that the teams had avoided one another through more than luck and said someone would soon show what true concealment meant.

After a five-day break, the three finalists gathered before Pope’s Hall for the final round, where Bibi Dong announced a round-robin elimination format and displayed three Soul Bones as the ultimate reward. The first competitors took the field, and Thousand Feather Academy surprised everyone by sending Li Yu out immediately while the other teams held back their strongest fighters.

• Three days after the canceled fourth round, the finalists returned to the plaza before Pope’s Hall, where only the competitors were allowed to stand.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi, while the representatives of Thousand Feather Academy and Shrek Academy refused to kneel.
• Bibi Dong stopped the red-robed bishop from punishing the fourteen standing representatives and delivered a speech before the referee explained the final round’s elimination rules.
• Bibi Dong revealed a Right Arm Bone, a skull bone, and a Left Leg Bone as the ultimate reward for the champion.
• The three teams sent out their first competitors, and while Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall Academy held back their strongest fighters, Thousand Feather Academy sent Li Yu onto the field.

Li Yu entered the individual matches for Thousand Feather Academy and defeated Spirit Hall Academy’s contestants with effortless control of wood and elemental power. After ten consecutive victories, she left the arena undefeated, with Yan’s defeat revealing the extent of her strength.

• Tai Long conceded to Li Yu immediately, and a Spirit Hall four-ring Soul Ancestor attacked her but was bound by willow branches and thrown out of the arena.
• Jiang Zhu conceded, and Li Yu defeated another Spirit Hall attacker, bringing her winning streak to six.
• Oscar conceded, then Yan attacked Li Yu with lava, fire, and earth-based Soul Skills.
• Li Yu summoned a giant willow tree that stopped Yan’s earth and fire attacks, compressed his magma into a lava ball, and sent it back at him.
• A referee protected Yan from the explosion, and Li Yu was announced as having ten consecutive victories.

Li Yu continued his tournament streak, defeating Dai Mubai after preventing him from conceding and leaving him badly injured. When Bibi Dong crushed Ma Hongjun for insulting Li Yu, Yu Xiaogang appeared to rebuke her, and Li Yu ended the chapter by taunting him about becoming a eunuch.

• Li Yu prevented Dai Mubai from conceding and fought him with his Willow Branches as the sixth round began.
• Dai Mubai resisted Li Yu’s attacks until the branches bound him, broke his bones, and burned him; Li Yu then threw him off the arena for his eleventh consecutive victory.
• Ma Hongjun accused Li Yu of trying to kill Dai Mubai, and Bibi Dong crushed Ma Hongjun with her pressure when he spoke out.
• Yu Xiaogang appeared and rebuked Bibi Dong, prompting Li Yu to ask how he had become a eunuch after so many years.

Li Yu restrained Yu Xiaogang after Bibi Dong exposed his past, and a mysterious force crippled Yu Xiaogang while weakening Flender and Zhao Wuji. As the Shrek group’s secret attack was revealed, Bibi Dong let go of her attachment to Yu Xiaogang and broke through in front of the assembled leaders.

• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang, and Li Yu bound him with blazing chains after he called her a villain.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji’s Soul Rings exploded, their Soul Power Levels fell, and Yu Xiaogang lost his Soul Power as Luo Sanpao shattered.
• Dugu Bo pressured the Shrek group, and Flender revealed that an unknown attacker had crippled Yu Xiaogang and weakened him and Zhao Wuji.
• Bibi Dong learned Liu Erlong had left Yu Xiaogang, resolved to move on, and broke through to a new cultivation level.

Li Yu defeated Xie Yue after trapping him in the same bubble that had subdued the Hell White Tiger, earning her twelfth consecutive victory without moving from her spot. Sword Douluo Chen Xin questioned whether her displayed Soul Power was genuine, while Bibi Dong amused herself by looking at Qian Renxue.

• Xie Yue insisted on fighting Li Yu without waiting for her to recover, and she agreed to follow the rules.
• Xie Yue's Moon Blades cut through Li Yu's Willow Branches, and he used his Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, to attack her.
• Li Yu trapped Xie Yue inside a bubble, draining his Soul Power and stamina until he admitted defeat.
• The referee declared Li Yu the winner, giving her twelve straight wins, and Xie Yue vowed to defeat her someday.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin suspected Li Yu had concealed her true strength, and Bibi Dong glanced at Qian Renxue with an amused smile.

Li Yu defeated Hu Liena in the seventh match by shattering her spiritual illusion, leaving Tang San as the last opponent from Shrek Academy. As the next bout began, Li Yu faced Tang San with a smile.

• The referee announced that Spirit Hall Academy had the first move, and Hu Liena faced Li Yu.
• Hu Liena used her spiritual ability to draw Li Yu into an illusion, but Li Yu shattered it with his powerful Spiritual Power.
• Hu Liena lost consciousness and fell, giving Li Yu his thirteenth consecutive victory.
• Xie Yue carried Hu Liena off the stage, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin explained why her spiritual attack had failed.
• The referee called Tang San to prepare for the next bout, and Li Yu told him that it was finally his turn.

Li Yu and Tang San faced each other for a final battle as Bibi Dong and the other powerful figures allowed their deadly feud to be settled. Li Yu recognized that Tang San was secretly a level 63 Soul Emperor with Soul Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer, and the chapter ended with Tang San challenging her to accept a life-and-death fight.

• Tang San proposed a deal to Li Yu, who pointed out that he wanted to kill her.
• Bibi Dong said she would not stop them from settling their conflict with a life-and-death battle, and the other Titled Douluo stayed silent.
• Li Yu saw that Tang San had reached level 63 and inferred that he had placed Soul Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Yu sensed powerful beings throughout Spirit City through Sprite Vision and understood that Tang San had been waiting for this opportunity.
• Tang San revealed his killing intent and challenged Li Yu to dare to fight him.

Tang San revealed that he was a six-ring Soul Emperor with Twin Martial Souls and challenged Li Yu to return the Eight Spider Lances and beg for mercy. Li Yu remained calm as Tang San prepared to fight him to the death.

• Li Yu accepted Tang San’s challenge, and the referee began their fight to the death.
• Oscar and the others panicked while Bibi Dong watched Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo remain unconcerned.
• Tang San revealed six Soul Rings and accused Li Yu of taking his External Soul Bone, while Li Yu said Tang San had lost it to him.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and displayed six black Soul Rings, stunning the spectators.
• Tang San demanded that Li Yu kneel, return the Eight Spider Lances, and beg for mercy.

Li Yu effortlessly withstood Tang San’s eighty-one-strike Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and bound him, then prepared to remove his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. Tang Hao arrived as she tightened the branch around Tang San’s leg, while Dugu Bo assured Qian Renxue that he could handle him.

• Tang San attacked Li Yu with the Clear Sky Hammer, completing all eighty-one strikes without making her move or breaking her willow branches.
• Li Yu pierced and suspended Tang San with four willow branches, then said she would not spare him even if he surrendered and offered his Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Li Yu tightened the branch around Tang San’s right leg as a blood-red glow and a powerful aura appeared above Pope’s Hall.
• Tang Hao arrived with his enormous hammer and nine Soul Rings, including a red one, while Dugu Bo told Qian Renxue that everything would be fine.

Tang Hao and four Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo confronted Dugu Bo and demanded that Li Yu release Tang San and surrender Xiao Wu. Li Yu refused to be intimidated and severed Tang San’s right leg, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Tang Hao arrived at Pope’s Hall, and Dugu Bo revealed his level 96 strength and challenged him over threatening Li Yu.
• Tang Xiao appeared with three other Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo and urged Ning Fengzhi to stay out of the conflict.
• Tang Hao demanded that Li Yu release Tang San and that he take Xiao Wu away.
• Li Yu rejected Tang Hao’s demands and severed Tang San’s right leg.

Li Yu revealed his overwhelming Soul Ring configuration and confronted Tang Hao after stripping Tang San of his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. He severely wounded Tang Hao with one finger, then struck Tang Xiao and three other Clear Sky Sect elders with Dark Demon Sprite Evil Thunder, shattering their Martial Soul Avatars.

• Li Yu tore away Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, causing Tang San's cultivation to plummet and leaving him unconscious.
• Tang Hao attacked Li Yu while Tang Xiao and the other Clear Sky Sect members released their Martial Souls.
• Li Yu revealed eight unusual Soul Rings and the aura of a Soul Douluo, leaving the assembled powers stunned.
• Tang Hao swung his Clear Sky Hammer at Li Yu, who blasted him away with Finger Devour and shattered his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Li Yu summoned Dark Demon Sprite and struck Tang Xiao and three other elders with Evil Thunder, breaking all four of their Martial Soul Avatars.

Li Yu defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders and killed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao after rejecting their offer to trade for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Discovering that three elders had been drained of their flesh, he connected the scene to the Holy Church and suspected Tang San was its prospective Holy Son.

• Li Yu overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect fighters, while Spirit Hall and the Worship Hall chose not to intervene.
• Tang Xiao offered to trade three Clear Sky Sect Inheritance Soul Bones for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and threatened the Heaven Dou Empire if Li Yu refused.
• Li Yu severed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao’s limbs, took three Inheritance Soul Bones, and rejected Tang Xiao’s bargain.
• Li Yu compressed space and killed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, then noticed the three elders had been reduced to skeletons.
• Li Yu recalled the Holy Church’s earlier victims and concluded that Tang San might be the prospective Holy Son it had mentioned.