Chapter Summaries

Yun Qi and the others attended an auction in Heaven Dou City, where Ning Fengzhi explained how the auction house sold its trained female servants and why simply buying them would not give them safer lives. Ning Rongrong reunited with her father, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, and the group watched the auction as a mysterious covered item was brought onto the stage.

• Yun Qi and the girls entered the Heaven Dou Auction House, chose masks, and took seats in the purple VIP section.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong arrived, and Ning Rongrong happily greeted her father and grandfathers.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the auction house bought and trained the Waiters, and warned that purchasing them to free them could leave them vulnerable and destitute.
• Ning Rongrong and the others accepted that they could not rescue the girls with their current resources, while Yun Qi comforted Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two grandfathers offered to pay for anything Ning Rongrong wanted, and she said she would ask them if she needed help.
• The auctioneer sold a Soul Tool belt for forty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins and introduced a rare item hidden beneath a red cloth.

At an auction, Yun Qi saw a Cat Girl being sold and resolved to help change the unjust world once he had enough power. He and his companions bid for her, and Yun Qi’s 200,000-Gold-Soul-Coin bid openly challenged Prince Xue Xing.

• The auction host revealed a Cat Girl with feline traits, and bidders competed to buy her as a collectible.
• Yun Qi told Ning Fengzhi that the world needed reform, while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan promised to stand by him.
• Yun Qi decided to align himself with Spirit Hall and asked Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to fund a bid for the Cat Girl.
• Prince Xue Xing outbid the crowd at 190,000 Gold Soul Coins, intimidating other bidders into silence.
• Yun Qi bid 200,000 Gold Soul Coins, drawing the room’s attention as people recognized him as the Soul King who had defeated a Spirit Douluo.

Yun Qi won the Cat Girl at auction after Prince Xue Xing backed down when he recognized Ning Fengzhi, then set his sights on a rare ten-thousand-year whale jelly. Ning Fengzhi bought it for Yun Qi after Ning Rongrong urged him to, leaving him furious and miserable as Yun Qi promised to cherish Rongrong.

• Xue Xing confronted Yun Qi over the Cat Girl, but backed off after Ning Fengzhi revealed himself, and Yun Qi won the girl for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The auction host revealed a ten-thousand-year whale jelly, which Yun Qi recognized as a rare treasure that could help Spirit Masters absorb a spirit ring beyond their usual limit.
• Ning Rongrong urged Ning Fengzhi to buy the whale jelly for Yun Qi, and Yun Qi pressured his father-in-law by suggesting Rongrong's married life depended on it.
• Ning Fengzhi bid two hundred thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins and won the whale jelly, visibly furious despite the crowd's envy.
• Yun Qi thanked Ning Fengzhi and promised to cherish Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi remained miserable about what the whale jelly would be used for.

Yun Qi and Ning Fengzhi left the auction, where Ning Fengzhi accepted Yun Qi’s place in Ning Rongrong’s future and paid for his purchases. Yun Qi freed a cat-eared girl and learned from her memories that her parents had sold her into slavery, leaving him troubled on the Auction House rooftop.

• Ning Fengzhi ended the auction early and led Yun Qi and the others to collect their items.
• Ning Fengzhi paid for the auction items and told Yun Qi he would support him because Ning Rongrong had chosen him, while warning him not to betray the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yun Qi freed the cat-eared girl from her cage, gave her clothes, and used his Soul Control Technique to examine her memories.
• Yun Qi learned that the girl’s family had rejected her after her martial soul mutated, then sold her to a slave trader to pay for her brother’s tuition.
• Yun Qi went alone to the Auction House rooftop, where he reflected on the girl’s suffering and the hardship of commoners.

Yun Qi confided in Bi Ji that he wanted to change the world, and she advised him to join Spirit Hall before seeking an empire. After Yun Qi named the rescued cat-eared girl Meow Meow and welcomed her into their household, he discovered how desperately she needed to feel useful.

• Bi Ji comforted Yun Qi on the rooftop, listened to his plans, and encouraged him to join Spirit Hall before trying to take an empire.
• Yun Qi named the rescued cat-eared girl Meow Meow, and the women agreed she could stay with them.
• Yun Qi and the others returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and gave Meow Meow a private room.
• Meow Meow began cleaning the courtyard, then tried to offer herself to Yun Qi when he told her he had not brought her there to do chores.
• Yun Qi reassured Meow Meow by asking her to clean the courtyard, and she cheerfully returned to sweeping.

Tang San learned that his children with a Human Ape soul beast had become a new kind of soul beast, then reunited with Tang Hao and discovered his father was the Clear Sky Douluo. Tang Hao began explaining his past and revealed that Tang San's mother died on the day he was born.

• Tang San searched for Yu Xiaogang and Flender, then returned to cultivating while missing Yun Qi.
• A soul-hunting team encountered Human Apes raising hybrid children, and news of the new breed spread through the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tang San learned about the children and accepted that they were his, while Yun Qi and his companions laughed at the news.
• Bibi Dong stopped the search for Yu Xiaogang as a voice within her urged her to accept it.
• Tang Hao reunited with Tang San, who revealed that his reproductive organ was gone after the Titan Giant Ape attacked him.
• Tang Hao revealed that he was the Clear Sky Douluo and told Tang San that his mother died on the day he was born.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall had killed his mother, leaving Tang San with a new target but no strength to act. As the Soul Master Competition neared, Yun Qi joined Blue Tyrant Team’s preparations while Liu Erlong explained its rules and format.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall had killed his mother after she gave birth to him, then left Tang San alone with his anger and unanswered questions about his origins.
• Liu Erlong told Yun Qi and the others that the All Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition preliminaries would begin in five days, and Yun Qi agreed to participate.
• Liu Erlong recruited Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and An Xin as Blue Tyrant Team members and reserves, and Yun Qi’s group accepted them after a brief spar.
• Liu Erlong explained the competition’s age, roster, conduct, and equipment rules, including the ban on killing opponents and using weapons beyond one’s Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong outlined the tournament slots and regional preliminaries, noting that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main team no longer had a full roster.

Liu Erlong explained the tournament format, and Yun Qi prepared the Blue Tyrant Academy team for the preliminaries. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, Yun Qi reunited with Flender, Tang San, and the others.

• Liu Erlong explained the tournament’s qualifying divisions, promotion tournament, finals, and Spirit Hall’s seeded team to Yun Qi and the others.
• Yun Qi chose An Xin, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu to compete in the preliminaries, then led the team through tactical training.
• Flender returned to Heaven Dou City and avoided Liu Erlong while arranging the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s participants with Tang San.
• Liu Erlong woke Yun Qi and the others early to attend the opening ceremony at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Yun Qi spotted Flender and Tang San at the venue, but Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai greeted him before he could speak to Flender.

Yun Qi reunited with Tang San and joined Blue Tyrant Academy at the Soul Master Competition, where Canghui Academy insulted him and Tang San struck one of its students. The teams assembled for the opening ceremony, and the Heaven Dou Emperor rose to declare the tournament open.

• Yun Qi dodged Tang San's tearful tackle and greeted him as the Soul Master Competition began.
• Liu Erlong registered Blue Tyrant Academy, and Canghui Academy called Yun Qi a playboy, prompting Tang San to slap the speaker.
• Liu Erlong warned Xiao Wu and the others that Canghui Academy's Shi Nian used dangerous illusions through his Remnant Dream Martial Soul.
• Blue Tyrant Academy entered the arena amid jeers, while Ning Rongrong spotted her father, Ning Fengzhi, on the VIP platform.
• A Platinum Bishop checked the participants' names, confirmed Yun Qi was only a substitute, and the Heaven Dou Emperor stood to open the tournament.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened, and the draw matched Yun Qi’s Blue Tyrant Academy against Tang San’s Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the first preliminary match. As both teams prepared to enter the arena, Blue Tyrant Academy’s members suspected Prince Xue Xing had used his influence against them.

• Emperor Xue Ye opened the competition, and Ning Fengzhi praised an unnamed team as a possible champion while refusing to identify it.
• Platinum Bishop Salas drew Blue Tyrant Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, alarming Tang San, Flender, and the other competitors because Yun Qi’s team was far stronger.
• Salas offered finalists the chance to enter the Spirit Hall Palace, prompting Xue Ye to react darkly as Yun Qi sensed the growing conflict between Spirit Hall and the Empire.
• Flender obtained Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s roster, and Ye Lingling discovered that Dugu Yan had joined their opponents; Tang San told his allies not to hurt Yun Qi’s women.
• The teams entered the arena amid a grand introduction for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing’s look toward Prince Xue Xing made him fear that his interference had been suspected.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the tournament’s opening qualifier, revealing that Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong were all four-ring Soul Sect Masters and that Ning Rongrong possessed a Nine-Layered Glazed Tile Pagoda. Zhu Zhuqing quickly eliminated Oscar, and the battle continued as Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates and Xiao Wu attacked Dai Mubai.

• Xue Ye and Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about which team he favored, while Ning Fengzhi kept Blue Tyrant Academy’s identity secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Blue Tyrant Academy onto the field, and its four-ring fighters stunned Tang San’s three-ring Heaven Dou Royal team.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that his daughter Ning Rongrong was competing for Blue Tyrant Academy, and the audience discovered her Nine-Layered Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed to strike Oscar and leave him badly wounded, forcing him out of the fight.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Blue Tyrant Academy’s members, Dugu Yan’s poison withered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu used Charm on Dai Mubai as she attacked him.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and their teammates overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a brutal team battle, leaving Dai Mubai and Tang San badly injured before Flender called a surrender. Emperor Xue Ye declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, while the defeated team was carried from the arena.

• Xiao Wu launched Dai Mubai into the air, and Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly struck him with her spirit skills before Xiao Wu slammed him headfirst onto the arena.
• Dugu Yan spread her poison mist to isolate Tang San, who charged through it with Ma Hongjun's help and was then surrounded by Xiao Wu's group.
• Xiao Wu and the others juggled Tang San with attacks until Flender announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy's surrender.
• The spectators protested the violence, but Ning Rongrong argued that nobody had died, and Emperor Xue Ye declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the preliminaries, and Yun Qi visited the injured Shrek team before returning to the academy. There, he met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and recognized that he was actually Qian Renxue, though he kept his discovery to himself.

• Blue Tyrant Academy won its match, and Liu Erlong accepted sponsorship offers from several merchants.
• Yun Qi praised Xiao Wu and the others, then went to the hotel to visit the injured Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Shrek team members.
• Yun Qi reassured Flender that he had not revealed their secret, visited the other injured students, and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong introduced Yun Qi to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whom Yun Qi recognized as Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe served Yun Qi tea and suggested they could get acquainted without any particular business, while Yun Qi remained cautious.

Yun Qi met Xue Qinghe, received a gold token, and learned Ning Fengzhi wanted him treated as a true friend rather than recruited. Back at the academy, Ning Rongrong guided Yun Qi in Heart Separation Control, and he began to sense his surroundings as he cultivated.

• Ning Fengzhi visited Yun Qi and Xue Qinghe, while Xue Qinghe concealed her identity and praised Yun Qi's abilities.
• Yun Qi left with a gold token, and Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Qinghe to build a genuine friendship with him instead of trying to recruit him.
• Liu Erlong warned Xiao Wu and the others not to strike their opponents so heavily that they risked disqualification.
• Yun Qi asked Ning Rongrong about Heart Separation Control and learned she had advanced further than he had.
• Ning Rongrong explained how to cultivate the technique by sensing one's surroundings, and Yun Qi entered a quiet state of concentration.

Yun Qi turned his sword control into a self-created skill that let him command tens of thousands of swords and sense through them, then taught the method to the women around him. After two days of cultivation, he and his companions arrived for the second round of preliminaries and found the spectators treating them with awe rather than hostility.

• Yun Qi used his Spiritual Power and Sword Armor Possession to control countless swords independently, expanding his perception and striking the sky with a storm of swords.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yun Qi's technique as a self-created soul skill, and Yun Qi explained how he had combined Spiritual Power with his martial soul to control objects.
• Yun Qi demonstrated that his Spiritual Power had become more condensed, and Liu Erlong explained that his sword formation resembled top-tier Mimic Environment cultivation.
• Yun Qi taught the new control method to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Bi Ji, and the others, while Liu Erlong declined to learn it for now.
• After two days of cultivation, Yun Qi and his companions arrived at the second round of preliminaries and found the crowd making way for them with newfound awe.

Blue Tyrant Academy prepared to face Armor Academy, whose seven competitors were direct descendants of the Elephant Armored Sect, while officials suspected Spirit Hall had arranged the matchup to hinder Yun Qi’s team. The teams began their second-round preliminary match, leaving its outcome undecided.

• Liu Erlong told Blue Tyrant Academy that Armor Academy’s seven Elephant Armored Sect heirs included three Rank 40 Spirit Masters, and Yun Qi advised the team to exploit their lack of speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the others insisted on fighting without Yun Qi, while Tang San’s injured team argued with Flender over whether to concede their own match.
• Platinum Bishop Salas brought Heavenly Elephant Hu Yan Zhen to watch Armor Academy face Blue Tyrant Academy, and Ning Fengzhi suspected the matchup had been arranged to suppress Yun Qi’s team.
• Armor Academy’s enormous captain, Hu Yan Li, introduced himself as a Rank 43 Defense Type Battle Soul Sect, and Zhu Zhuqing answered with her Rank 44 cultivation.
• The referee started the match, and the competitors on all five platforms activated their spirit rings.

Blue Tyrant Academy used Dugu Yan’s poison and a coordinated trap to counter the Elephant Armored Sect, whose charge ended in a devastating attack near Ning Rongrong. In the VIP seats, Hu Yan Zhen realized his sect had endangered Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and faced the wrath of powerful allies.

• The Elephant Armored Sect revealed its strength, and Hu Yan Zhen told the VIP guests that his grandson Hu Yan Li would lead them to the finals’ top three.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Blue Tyrant Academy and Yun Qi while the preliminaries began.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered Blue Tyrant Academy to retreat as Dugu Yan secretly deployed her Stealth Assassination skill and spread poisonous mist around the Elephant Armored Sect team.
• Hu Yan Li ordered his team to charge through the poison, then used Crushing Kill to lock Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong in place and leap down on them.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong as the Elephant Armored Sect descended, shaking the arena; Hu Yan Zhen then realized Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and pleaded for help from Salas.

Blue Tyrant Academy battled the Elephant Armored Sect as Dugu Yan’s poison and Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks weakened Hu Yan Li’s team. The fight turned against them when Hu Yan Li revealed a skull spirit bone, and Xiao Wu realized their opponent had used forbidden equipment.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded Hu Yan Li with her Fourth Spirit Skill, but his powerful body let him keep fighting.
• Dugu Yan’s invisible Snake Queen seized Hu Yan Ba and spread Purple Mist, forcing the Elephant Armored Sect to abandon its defensive formation and charge.
• Dugu Yan released Hu Yan Ba, and Blue Tyrant Academy’s fighters attacked Hu Yan Li while their teammates engaged the other Elephant Armored Sect disciples.
• Xiao Wu kicked Hu Yan Li in the head, but a helmet appeared and blocked the blow as his strength surged.
• Xiao Wu recognized Hu Yan Li’s helmet as a skull spirit bone and realized he had used equipment forbidden by the tournament rules.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Elephant Armored Academy after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing overcame Hu Yan Li, whose spirit bone was exposed to the spectators. A week later, Blue Tyrant Academy remained undefeated, while Canghui Academy’s Shi Nian began plotting against their rivals and Flender briefed the Heaven Dou Royal Team on the tournament’s strongest teams.

• Hu Yan Li used a spirit bone to protect his head, and Ning Fengzhi warned Hu Yan Zhen that others might covet it.
• Xiao Wu used Hu Yan Li’s leap against him, then threw him into Zhu Zhuqing’s prepared Netherworld Slash; Hu Yan Zhen conceded the match.
• The crowd celebrated Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory, and Dugu Yan needed support after exhausting her Soul Power.
• Shi Nian told Canghui Academy’s students to focus on their next match while he handled their upcoming opponent.
• Blue Tyrant Academy won its first six matches, and Jiang Zhu briefly took the field before the team quickly defeated Aoseluo Academy.
• Flender told Tang San and the Heaven Dou Royal Team that several elemental academies could challenge them and that Yun Qi was his greatest concern.

Blue Tyrant Academy capitalized on its tournament success while Yun Qi and the girls studied their rivals, and Yun Qi later took Liu Erlong to find Yu Xiaogang. They discovered Yu Xiaogang had been sold in the Far North and was enduring abuse under Lord Dai, a relative of the Star Luo emperor.

• Flender encouraged Tang San and the others after their defeat while secretly hoping Yu Xiaogang would remain exiled in the Extreme North Land.
• Blue Tyrant Academy began selling team uniforms and mascot merchandise, and Liu Erlong took Xiao Wu and the others to watch the other academies compete.
• Yun Qi explained the extreme and balanced schools of spirit masters, and the girls returned to training after studying their rivals.
• Yun Qi persuaded Liu Erlong to accompany him to find Yu Xiaogang using his Fifth Spirit Ability, then teleported them away from Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang was sold by a slave trader to Lord Dai, a relative of the Star Luo emperor, and agreed to serve him after being tortured.
• Yun Qi and Liu Erlong appeared in the room and found Lord Dai torturing Yu Xiaogang, who did not notice their arrival.