Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao trapped Number Ninety-Eight inside the God Conferring Ball, where Zhao Yang and Huo Yuhao’s undead magic overwhelmed him. Nether Lightning Douluo intervened and declared that Number Ninety-Six conceded, but Huo Yuhao challenged his right to decide the match.

• Huo Yuhao’s Rapid Summoning Array trapped Number Ninety-Eight inside the God Conferring Ball, where his spatially compressed attacks wounded him.
• Zhao Yang appeared inside the ball, endured Number Ninety-Eight’s ray attack, and struck him with Death Whiplash.
• Huo Yuhao cast Blood Curse, slowing Number Ninety-Eight and worsening the injuries he suffered.
• The God Conferring Ball opened to reveal Number Ninety-Eight unconscious and covered in wounds.
• Nether Lightning Douluo appeared and declared that Number Ninety-Six conceded, but Huo Yuhao asked what right he had to decide for Number Ninety-Eight.

Huo Yuhao won the Xi Shui Alliance division of the tournament and collected his rewards, drawing the attention of Alliance Leader Nangong Wan and Vice Sect Leader Feng Ling. The Holy Sect suspected Huo Yuhao might be the Holy Son and planned to bring him under its control, while Huo Yuhao confronted a shadow following him.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Huang Zheng, collected the tournament rewards, and refused to speak with Nangong Wan until after the final championship.
• Nangong Wan announced that the division's top three would compete in the final tournament, and Huo Yuhao left the Green Hotel with Na Na and Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a shadow following them, overwhelmed it with Mental Power, and approached the fallen figure with a Soul Hall token and a box of ink paste.
• Number Ninety-Eight admitted to the Third Elder that a strange Zombie had knocked him unconscious, while Number Ninety-Six knelt beside him.
• Feng Ling told Nangong Wan that Huo Yuhao's unusual abilities made him a possible Holy Son, and Nangong Wan revealed he had sent people to follow him.

Nangong Wan learned that Soul Heavenly Cripple was interested in rare metals and planned to recruit him and his junior sister for the Holy Sect. As the quarterfinal teams were set, Long Aotian and Vina worried about Heaven Dragon Sect’s chances against the remaining opponents.

• A black-clad man returned to Nangong Wan after losing his target to a mental attack, and Nangong Wan noticed that someone had stamped the words “Soul Hall” on his face.
• Chen An told Nangong Wan what he knew about Soul Heavenly Cripple while concealing his deeper connection to Huo Yuhao and the rare metals Huo Yuhao had asked him to buy.
• Nangong Wan decided to approach Soul Heavenly Cripple and Soul Earthly Deficiency with rare metals, hoping to recruit them and learn Soul Hall’s Soul Manipulation Method.
• The quarterfinal lineup was set, with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy Team taking the last spot and eliminating Proud Sword Sect.
• Long Aotian and Vina discussed Heaven Dragon Sect’s slim chances against the quarterfinalists and considered the Sun Moon Team’s possible hidden trump cards.

The Top Eight teams drew their brackets and matchups at the Mingyue Hotel, while Huo Yuhao suspected the ceremony had been rigged. Afterward, he warned Mu Xue and Vina about Soul Heavenly Cripple, disguising his own knowledge with a fabricated story.

• An official's long-winded speech was interrupted when Wang Qiu'er and Long Aotian accidentally smashed through the hotel floor, and he quickly shortened his explanation of the draw.
• Wang Qiu'er drew Shrek Academy into the upper bracket, while the Saint Spirit Sect and Soul Hall landed in the lower bracket alongside the Snow Demon Sect.
• Tang Ya drew Star Luo National Academy for the Tang Sect, the Heaven Dragon Sect drew the Saint Spirit Sect, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy drew Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao suspected the matchups had been rigged to pit Shrek against the Sun Moon team and Soul Hall against the Snow Demon Sect, which he identified as the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao warned Mu Xue and Vina about Soul Heavenly Cripple's Soul Tools and handed them a recording pearl, while falsely claiming Soul Hall had contacted Shrek about building a Spirit Pagoda.

As the quarterfinals began in Mingdu, the spectators and teams gathered to watch the high-stakes matches, while the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders discussed their opponents and the weakened Dragon God Douluo. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran pleased that Shrek’s greatest protector was confined to the Golden Ancient Tree and that the empire might soon strike a decisive blow.

• The remaining teams arrived at the quarterfinals, where Huo Yuhao planned to reveal something at the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament finals.
• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen about Xiao Hongchen, who had returned to the competition despite severe injuries, earning the respect of the opposing teams and strengthening the Sun Moon Team’s resolve.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianran that Shrek would be difficult to defeat, while the State Preceptor observed that Shrek and the Tang Sect had gathered many of the younger generation’s best talents.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that the Dragon God’s life force was failing and that it could no longer leave the protection of Shrek’s Golden Ancient Tree.
• Xu Tianran welcomed the news and considered how defeating the quarterfinalist teams could cripple the original Douluo Three Kingdoms for years.

Shrek Academy’s quarterfinal against Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy became a brutal battle, and Wang Qiu’er struggled to manage the team as captain. Huo Yuhao halted the Sun Moon Team’s momentum with back-to-back timeouts, then began instructing Shrek’s contestants on their tactical failures.

• The Sun Moon Team fought desperately, leaving contestants from both teams badly injured as the score reached three to two.
• Wang Qiu’er hesitated over how to respond, so Huo Yuhao called for a short timeout and sent Xie Huanyue next.
• Huo Yuhao arranged for Shrek to call a long timeout after the short one, using the tournament rules to interrupt the Sun Moon Team’s momentum.
• Huo Yuhao gathered Shrek’s contestants and criticized Wang Qiu’er’s performance as captain, then blamed Xuan Zi’s flawed captain-selection method.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Qiu’er to identify the Sun Moon Team’s tactical intention, and she could only answer that they wanted to win.

Huo Yuhao exposed the Sun Moon Team’s plan to sacrifice its reserves to force Shrek into a team battle and ordered Shrek to slow the matches while preserving its advantage. He prepared Xie Huanyue to face the next opponent and resolved to deny the Hongchen Siblings any chance to unleash their trump card.

• Huo Yuhao explained that the Sun Moon Team was using its Reserve Team members to eliminate five Shrek Main Team Members and force a team battle, a scheme devised by Ju Zi.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the Sun Moon Team likely had a trump card, possibly a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and rejected the suggestion to send out Shrek’s reserves.
• Huo Yuhao criticized Wu Feng for wasting energy against an opponent’s defensive Soul Tools and instructed Shrek to keep sending Main Team Members while slowing the pace of the matches.
• After Shrek called another long timeout, Huo Yuhao told Xie Huanyue to use his Invincible Shield and defensive tactics against the Sun Moon Team’s attacks.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to prevent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen from using their trump card and told Wang Qiu’er that victory mattered more than taking unnecessary risks.

Shrek changed tactics to outlast the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, while the Tang Sect won its match and the Saint Spirit Sect advanced after the Heaven Dragon Sect withdrew. The Round of Eight ended with the Snow Demon Sect facing the Soul Hall, where the mysterious Soul Heavenly Cripple stepped out as the Soul Hall’s first contestant.

• Shrek’s fighters adopted evasive tactics, and Xie Huanyue used defensive soul tools, his Pipi Elephant Martial Soul, and stretchy attacks to defeat Ye Nongfeng.
• Wang Qiu’er stopped the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy from forcing a team battle, and Huo Yuhao envied her Golden Dragon Lance.
• He Caitou’s cannon blast secured the Tang Sect’s victory over Star Luo National Academy after Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan fought their opponents.
• The Heaven Dragon Sect withdrew from its match against the Saint Spirit Sect, then fled after becoming the only team to emerge from facing them unscathed.
• The Body Sect prepared to fight for the Snow Demon Sect, and Princess Vina stood with its lineup as the Round of Eight match against the Soul Hall began.
• A Snow Demon Sect contestant took the stage, and Soul Heavenly Cripple rose to face him as the Soul Hall’s first contestant.

Soul Heavenly Cripple, Huo Yuhao’s disguised half-strength persona, faced Snow Demon Sect’s Wang Yanfeng in the tournament and revealed the Snow Woman. The match remained underway as the Snow Woman froze Wang Yanfeng’s shockwave.

• Long Aotian and Vina worried about facing even half of Huo Yuhao’s strength and recognized him as the greatest threat on the Soul Hall Team.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Yanfeng introduced themselves to Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan, who warned them to avoid excessive brutality.
• Zhongli Wu watched with interest and considered recruiting Soul Heavenly Cripple into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After Zheng Zhan started the match, Wang Yanfeng charged while Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Woman.
• Wang Yanfeng struck the ground and sent a cyan shockwave toward Huo Yuhao, but the Snow Woman froze it in place.

Huo Yuhao struck Wang Yanfeng with Great Cold, No Snow, nearly freezing the Body Sect Soul Emperor to death before pulling the chill from his body and restoring him with Life Power. Wang Yanfeng recovered and asked Huo Yuhao what the move was called.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed Great Cold, No Snow at Wang Yanfeng, and the two fighters clashed without using Soul Skills.
• The attack froze Wang Yanfeng from within, nearly killing him as memories of training in the Frozen Forest surfaced.
• Huo Yuhao drew the chill away from Wang Yanfeng's heart meridian and used Life Power to revive him.
• Wang Yanfeng, shaken and drained, asked Soul Heavenly Cripple what the move was called.

Huo Yuhao defeated Wang Yanfeng with Empress Palm, Extreme Cold Eternal Solidification, then faced Chen Lü in the next match. Chen Lü revealed his Calf Martial Soul’s Bronze-level Second Awakening and launched a powerful counterattack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao froze Wang Yanfeng with Empress Palm, Extreme Cold Eternal Solidification, and Zheng Zhan declared Soul Hall the winner of the first match.
• Huo Yuhao used Milk Bottles to recover Soul Power as Chen Lü entered the arena for the next match.
• Chen Lü charged Huo Yuhao with a flurry of rapid kicks and cyan light blades, but Huo Yuhao dodged the hidden attack and struck toward his head.
• Chen Lü activated his Calf Martial Soul’s Bronze-level Second Awakening, and Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen recognized the Body Sect connection.
• Chen Lü grew enormous calves and attacked Huo Yuhao with twisting kicks that swept across the arena.

Huo Yuhao battled Chen Lü, using his strength and Soul Tools to overcome Chen Lü’s awakened legs and powerful defenses. After healing his injured leg, Huo Yuhao struck Chen Lü’s diaphragm, forcing him to surrender.

• Huo Yuhao and Chen Lü collided kicks, injuring both their legs and damaging the stage.
• Chen Lü drew a Heavy Soul Guidance Ray Gun as Huo Yuhao summoned two Level Six Energy Gathering Cannons and blasted him.
• Chen Lü activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Three-Legged Dragon Frog, to shield himself from the attack.
• Huo Yuhao healed his leg with the Gold of Life, then dodged Chen Lü’s defense and kicked him in the diaphragm.
• Chen Lü lost the ability to fight and raised his hand to surrender.

Huo Yuhao defeated Chen Lü with his enhanced physical strength, then faced his old friend Long Aotian in the next elimination match. As their auras clashed, both prepared for their first battle since Long Aotian had reached Soul Saint.

• Unbreakable Douluo stopped the match after Huo Yuhao injured Chen Lü, and Vina began treating Chen Lü with her Snow Lotus Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on how the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had strengthened his body enough to overpower Chen Lü’s Bronze Level Awakening.
• Long Aotian entered the arena, and Huo Yuhao recognized the Snow Demon Sect youth he had known since childhood.
• Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian taunted each other as Long Aotian approached, building pressure with his fused Soul Power and Mental Power.
• Huo Yuhao used Reign Over The World to push back Long Aotian’s aura and eagerly awaited the fight.

Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian began their tournament match, testing each other’s extraordinary abilities. After Long Aotian blocked Huo Yuhao’s freezing palm, he launched a powerful punch infused with the momentum of heaven and earth, forcing Huo Yuhao to find another way to respond.

• Zheng Zhan ordered Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian to prepare, and both withdrew their auras before taking their positions.
• Huo Yuhao charged at Long Aotian and struck him with Empress Palm: Great Cold, No Snow, but Long Aotian deflected the freezing energy with a defense that fused his body, Soul Power, and Mental Power.
• Long Aotian revealed seven soul rings, including four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, surprising the audience and the judges.
• Long Aotian stepped forward and threw a punch whose Fist Intent drew on the momentum of heaven and earth, unleashing a roaring blast toward Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao retreated and considered how to counter the attack while remaining in his Soul Heavenly Cripple guise.

Huo Yuhao countered Long Aotian’s devastating punch, then wounded him with the Emperor Sword as Long Aotian activated his Silver Grade Second Awakening. Huo Yuhao and Snow Woman launched matching Giant Ninja Thrusts together, prompting Zhongli Wu to realize that Snow Woman was a Soul Beast.

• Huo Yuhao trapped Long Aotian inside a God Conferring Ball, and Long Aotian’s punch shattered it and tore cracks through space.
• Long Aotian attacked with a jade-colored blade, but Huo Yuhao parried with the Emperor Sword and cut his forearm, numbing his arm with frost power.
• Long Aotian retreated and activated his Silver Grade Second Awakening of Body Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao lunged at Long Aotian with the Giant Ninja Thrust as Snow Woman grew beside him and mirrored his attack.
• Zhongli Wu realized that Snow Woman was a Soul Beast rather than a human soul.

Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress pressured Long Aotian with coordinated attacks, but Long Aotian countered and unleashed his strongest combination of Body Martial Soul awakening, Unity of Heaven and Man, and Soul Skills. He launched a devastating aerial strike, and Huo Yuhao realized it was aimed at him rather than Snow Empress.

• Long Aotian used his First and Third Soul Skills to strengthen his body and block Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress's attacks with his Iron Fists.
• Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress launched a coordinated assault, forcing Long Aotian to use his Invincible Shield before he kicked Huo Yuhao away.
• Long Aotian reshaped his body into a giant axe and charged at Snow Empress with his Fourth Soul Skill, Mad God Slash.
• Long Aotian activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Transformation, and spun into the sky as a ball of light.
• Long Aotian plunged toward the arena with an unstoppable attack, and Huo Yuhao realized he was the target.

Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, unleashing an immense Ultimate Ice attack against Long Aotian’s axe strike. Their powers collided in a devastating explosion, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Long Aotian launched an axe strike powerful enough to threaten even a Level 5 Invincible Shield.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, shocking Du Busi and Xuan Zi with the presence of two powerful Ice Soul Spirits.
• The Ice Empress’s arrival intensified the freezing cold across the Soul Duel Stage, alarming referee Zheng Zhan and the barrier-maintenance Soul Masters.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined their powers, sending a massive Snow Tornado upward to meet Long Aotian’s attack.
• The two attacks collided in a tremendous explosion, and the protective barriers flared to contain the impact.

Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian unleashed attacks so powerful that they devastated the Competition Stage and overwhelmed the referee, then agreed to call their battle a draw. Huo Yuhao revealed his Soul Spirits to the audience, while Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu considered the technology and their plans for the contenders.

• Long Aotian cleaved through Huo Yuhao’s Snow Tornado, but the clash left both fighters exhausted and badly injured, while Zheng Zhan was also hurt trying to intervene.
• Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian each offered the other the victory, so Zheng Zhan asked them to settle for a draw, which they accepted.
• Huo Yuhao told Long Aotian and the spectators that his summoned companions were Soul Spirits and said Soul Hall would eventually make the method available to the public.
• Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu about Soul Spirits, and Zhongli Wu suspected Soul Beasts might not always agree to the ritual willingly.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu agreed that Huo Yuhao, Long Aotian, and the other Heavenly Prides would soon belong to them.

After Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian fought to a draw, Vina withdrew the Snow Demon Sect from the Tournament, leaving four semifinalists. Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian provoked the Holy Spirit Cult together, while Zhongli Wu welcomed the growing hostility as cover for his plans.

• Zheng Zhan declared the third individual match a draw and announced repairs to the Competition Stage.
• Vina chose to preserve Soul Hall's strength, and Long Aotian conceded the Snow Demon Sect's remaining matches.
• The semifinalists were confirmed as Shrek Academy, the Holy Spirit Cult, Soul Hall, and the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao shook Long Aotian's hand and insulted the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Yan Feng to challenge him.
• Long Aotian and Huo Yuhao pressured Yan Feng to keep from attacking first, then left the stage together.
• Xu Tianran seethed at the Snow Demon Sect's withdrawal, while Zhongli Wu saw the hostility as useful cover.

After the tournament match, Xu Tianran reflected on the Empire’s weaknesses and revealed his plan to force the remaining young competitors to submit or die. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er recovered together, while Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina decided to stay in Ming Capital until the Tournament ended.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that the Sun Moon Empire had fallen behind in nurturing young talent and that he still intended to conquer the Douluo Continent.
• Ju Zi wondered about a clash between Soul Heavenly Cripple and Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao secretly overheard her conversation with Xu Tianran.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er cultivated together, their Soul Power resonating and speeding up their recovery.
• Huo Yuhao met Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina after a meal, and both princesses said they would stay until the Tournament ended.
• Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina agreed to leave together after the Tournament.