Chapter Summaries

After the fourth round, the Haotian Team, Star Luo Empire Team, and Martial Soul Hall Team advanced to the top three, where they began a king-of-the-hill individual battle. Gu Ziyi entered the arena against the exhausted Tang Luo and launched a Golden Light Talisman, while Tang Hao warned Tang Luo to watch his back.

• Li Chanfei confronted Gu Ziyi over his behavior toward girls, while Bibi Dong refused to speak to him until the next round.
• The Haotian Team, Star Luo Empire Team, and Martial Soul Hall Team advanced to the top three and began the individual king-of-the-hill battle.
• The Haotian Team gained an advantage as its members remained in reserve, while Tang Hao had yet to enter the arena.
• Gu Ziyi stopped Bibi Dong from taking her turn and volunteered to face the exhausted Tang Luo.
• Gu Ziyi summoned and hurled his Golden Light Talisman at Tang Luo, who dodged it before Tang Hao warned him to watch his back.

Gu Ziyi defeated Tang Luo with agile Golden Light Talismans, and the Star Luo Empire Team forfeited the rest of the Individual Battle. Gu Ziyi then refused to surrender when Tang Hao challenged him, setting up their one-on-one fight.

• Tang Luo broke one of Gu Ziyi’s Golden Light Talismans with his hammer, but Gu Ziyi created two more and used them to wear Tang Luo down until he conceded.
• Dai Nisa forfeited the Star Luo Empire Team’s remaining Individual Battle matches to conserve strength for the team battle.
• Tang Hao entered the arena and challenged Gu Ziyi, hoping he would not surrender.
• Gu Ziyi refused to surrender and said he wanted to test the Clear Sky Sect’s future hope for himself.

Gu Ziyi faced Tang Hao alone and revealed that he possessed an Innate Domain, shocking the spectators. He used the domain to catch Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer attack with one hand, leaving Tang Hao stunned as the fight continued.

• The spectators and Yu Xiaogang doubted Gu Ziyi’s chances against Tang Hao, while Tang Yuehua worried and Bai Lu reassured her.
• Tang Hao charged at Gu Ziyi with his Clear Sky Hammer, expecting to defeat him without using a Soul Skill.
• Gu Ziyi unveiled his Taiji Domain, slowing Tang Hao and shocking the spectators, including Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao resumed his attack, but Gu Ziyi covered himself with the Golden Light Spell and used his domain skill to catch the hammer’s blow with one hand.
• Gu Ziyi mocked Tang Hao after stopping the attack, while Tang Hao stared at him in disbelief.

Gu Ziyi defended against Tang Hao’s increasingly powerful attacks and broke through to the second level of his Taiji Domain. He redirected Tang Hao’s final hammer strike, shattered the Clear Sky Hammer, and sent Tang Hao flying off the arena.

• Gu Ziyi used his Taiji Domain and Golden Light Shield to block Tang Hao’s attacks while spectators and Martial Soul Hall Team members watched in astonishment.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, forcing Gu Ziyi to focus on defense as he studied his Taiji Domain.
• Gu Ziyi withstood Tang Hao’s eightieth hammer strike and broke through to the second level of the Taiji Domain, which let him borrow force to strike back.
• Tang Hao launched the eighty-first hammer strike, and Gu Ziyi absorbed and redirected much of its force while stopping the Clear Sky Hammer with one hand.
• Gu Ziyi struck Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer until it shattered, and the released force sent Tang Hao flying off the arena as he spat blood.

Gu Ziyi defeated Tang Hao in the Individual Battle using only his Third Soul Skill, securing the Martial Soul Hall Team’s place in the Finals. Tang Hao struggled to accept the loss, and Yu Xiaogang abandoned his admiration for him.

• Gu Ziyi blocked Tang Hao’s final attack with ten Golden Light Talismans, then shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with a punch and won the match.
• Exhausted from using the Taiji Domain and his Soul Skills, Gu Ziyi sat down and asked Bibi Dong to help him off the arena.
• Tang Yuehua, Bai Lu, and Ning Shuangjiang watched in shock, while Ning Shuangjiang decided Gu Ziyi should take responsibility for having kissed her.
• Tang Hao rose after the fall but broke down over losing to a level-40 Soul Ancestor, until Tang Xiao rebuked and steadied him.
• The Haotian Team conceded, sending the Martial Soul Hall Team to the Finals; the Haotian Team and Star Luo Empire Team were left to fight for the other spot.
• Yu Xiaogang could not accept Tang Hao’s defeat and decided his former idol was a piece of trash.

After Gu Ziyi’s Innate Domain helped him defeat Tang Hao, Sword Douluo explained how it worked, and the Star Luo Empire Team used Tang Hao’s injuries to beat the Haotian Team and reach the Finals. Tang Hao collapsed after learning his team had finished third, and Tang Xiao led the team away with Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu, unaware that further trouble awaited them.

• Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang Hao for failing to understand Gu Ziyi’s Innate Domain and losing through poor judgment.
• Sword Douluo explained to Ning Shuangjiang that Gu Ziyi’s Innate Domain dispersed and redirected Tang Hao’s attacks, while Bone Douluo praised Gu Ziyi’s talent.
• Dai Nisa and another Zhu Family member used the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the injured Tang Hao and the Haotian Team, sending the Star Luo Empire Team to the Finals.
• Tang Hao woke to hear that the Haotian Team had placed third, vomited blood in anger, and passed out again.
• Tang Xiao carried the unconscious Tang Hao away with Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu, while they glanced back toward Gu Ziyi.

Gu Ziyi trained his Taiji Domain against Bibi Dong, while Qian Xunji revealed that he planned to marry Xing Dailu, a genius whose cultivation problem Gu Ziyi had helped solve. Gu Ziyi realized Qian Xunji was no longer fixated on Bibi Dong and secretly rejoiced that he might be free to pursue her.

• People discussed Haotian Team's departure and Tang Hao's defeat, though they still regarded Clear Sky Sect as a major power because of Tang Yuehua.
• Gu Ziyi used his Taiji Domain to deflect Bibi Dong's attacks and practiced redirecting absorbed force into his Golden Light Talismans.
• Bibi Dong gave up attacking after she found she could not quickly defeat Gu Ziyi, and Qian Xunji praised his disciple's strength.
• Qian Xunji invited Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong to dinner and introduced them to Xing Dailu, whom he planned to marry after the competition.
• Gu Ziyi learned that Xing Dailu had come to Spirit Hall because of him and concluded that Qian Xunji might not oppose his feelings for Bibi Dong.

Ning Shuangjiang confronted Gu Ziyi and demanded that he take responsibility for stealing her first kiss, but Bibi Dong took him away. Back at the team quarters, Gu Ziyi embraced and kissed Bibi Dong, and they began a secret relationship.

• Ning Shuangjiang told Gu Ziyi he had to take responsibility for stealing her first kiss, explaining that she was not bound by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rules.
• Bibi Dong rejected Ning Shuangjiang on Gu Ziyi’s behalf, took his hand, and led him back to the team quarters.
• Bibi Dong accused Gu Ziyi of enjoying Ning Shuangjiang’s attention, and Gu Ziyi teased her for being jealous.
• Gu Ziyi embraced and kissed Bibi Dong, and she happily returned his affection.
• Gu Ziyi asked Bibi Dong to keep their relationship secret from their teacher and focus on cultivation.

Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong’s team faced the Star Luo Empire Team in the Soul Master Competition Finals, with two valuable soul bones offered as the prize. Gu Ziyi’s Taiji Domain helped his team defeat the Hell White Tiger and secure the championship.

• Xiaotao scolded Gu Ziyi for pursuing Li Chanfei and Bibi Dong, and he teased her by saying he had once considered taking her in as well.
• After three days of rest, the Finals began before Pope's Hall, where Qian Xunji presented a fifty-thousand-year Mental Immunity Skull and a twenty-thousand-year Flight Left Leg Bone as prizes.
• Gu Ziyi recognized that Qian Xunji had selected the flight soul bone for him and resolved to win it rather than let it go to someone else.
• Dai Nisa and the Zhu Family man formed the Hell White Tiger and sent it after Bibi Dong, who fought it while Gu Ziyi supported his teammates with talismans.
• When Bibi Dong called for help, Gu Ziyi activated his Taiji Domain, weakening the Hell White Tiger’s attack and the Star Luo Empire Team.
• Bibi Dong and her teammates defeated the Star Luo Empire Team, and the host declared the Martial Soul Hall Team the winner.

After the Martial Soul Hall Team won the competition, Qian Xunji named Gu Ziyi Saint Child, while Dugu Bo sought help from Chrysanthemum Douluo for the poison afflicting him and Dugu Xin. Chrysanthemum Douluo brought them to meet Gu Ziyi, who had been testing a Soul Bone’s flight skill on a talisman when the elder arrived.

• Qian Xunji named Gu Ziyi Martial Soul Hall Saint Child and awarded two Spirit Bones to the team, which gave them to Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong.
• Ning Shuangjiang graduated and left with Ning Fengzhi, while Yu Xiaogang departed with the Thunder Team, both reflecting on Gu Ziyi’s abilities.
• Dugu Bo stayed in Spirit City with Dugu Xin and swallowed his pride to ask Chrysanthemum Douluo to introduce him to the person who had noticed their poisoning.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Gu Ziyi’s warning about uncontrolled poison had made him suspect Dugu Bo, then agreed to take father and son to Gu Ziyi.
• Gu Ziyi’s attempt to inscribe a flight skill from a Soul Bone onto a talisman failed, and Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived to ask whether he would meet Dugu Bo.

Gu Ziyi explained ways to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin’s self-poisoning and won their agreement to join Spirit Hall. The chapter left them awaiting treatment, with Qian Xunji promising a Spirit Bone if Gu Ziyi’s proposed method failed.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin to meet Gu Ziyi, and Dugu Bo explained their poisoning.
• Gu Ziyi proposed crippling their cultivation or transferring their poison arts into Spirit Bones, then offered a further method for Dugu Xin by guiding his martial soul’s evolution through future soul rings.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin agreed to join Spirit Hall after Gu Ziyi promised to help them and find Dugu Xin a suitable Spirit Bone if needed.
• Qian Xunji praised Gu Ziyi and promised to provide a Spirit Bone if Dugu Xin’s condition could not otherwise be resolved.
• News of Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin joining Spirit Hall spread across the continent.

After the Soul Master Competition, Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect defeated but received comfort from Tang Wei, who then arranged for Tang Xiao to marry Bai Lu. Bai Lu rejected the match, realized she loved Gu Ziyi, and decided to secretly leave the sect after overhearing Clear Sky disciples dismiss the Speed Clan’s ambitions.

• The Soul Master World praised Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi after they outshone Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua in the competition.
• Tang Wei comforted Tang Hao over his loss to Gu Ziyi and urged both Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua to rest and cultivate.
• Tang Wei told Tang Xiao to marry Bai Lu, and Tang Xiao agreed as long as Bai Lu was willing.
• Bai He proposed the marriage to Bai Lu, but she refused because she did not love Tang Xiao and remembered her feelings for Gu Ziyi.
• Bai Lu overheard Clear Sky Sect disciples saying the Speed Clan should serve the main sect, then resolved to reject the marriage and secretly leave the sect.

After Bai Lu fled to avoid marrying Tang Xiao, Bai He canceled the alliance with Tang Wei, while Tang Chen took Tang Hao to Slaughter City to begin his trial. Over the next two years, Gu Ziyi reached level 53 and Bibi Dong reached level 59, and the chapter ended with the two continuing their intimate relationship.

• Bai He learned that Bai Lu had run away, called off her proposed marriage to Tang Xiao, and set out to search for her.
• Tang Wei accepted the canceled alliance and reconsidered forcing Tang Yuehua into a match, then worried about his worsening illness and thought of Tang Hao.
• Tang Chen brought Tang Hao to a tavern near Slaughter City and ordered him to drink Yellow Springs Dew; after Tang Hao spat it out, Tang Chen told him to kill the tavern patrons.
• Tang Hao killed the patrons and entered Slaughter City, determined to earn an Innate Domain, while Tang Chen promised to teach him Ring Explosion if he returned.
• Over two years, Gu Ziyi cultivated to level 53, created a six-thousand-year fifth soul ring, and chose the Red Lotus Fire Talisman; Bibi Dong reached level 59 but still lost to him in sparring.
• Bibi Dong teased Gu Ziyi about surpassing her, then helped him relax despite his plans for the night.

Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation stalled at level 29 despite consuming vast amounts of clan resources, and Yu Yuanzhen expelled him from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Mocked by his former clan and the wider Soul Master World, Yu Xiaogang vowed to make his father regret it, while Gu Ziyi expected him to join Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang searched the clan library for a way past his talent limits but found nothing, and Yu Yuanzhen overheard him consider seeking knowledge from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned Yu Xiaogang before the clan and expelled him, claiming his stalled cultivation proved the resources spent on him had been wasted.
• Yu Dagang and Yu Luomian opposed the decision, but Yu Yuanzhen refused to reconsider, and Yu Xiaogang left after his father called him a good-for-nothing.
• Yu Xiaogang overheard clan members celebrating his expulsion, left the clan, and vowed to make Yu Yuanzhen regret his decision.
• News of Yu Xiaogang’s expulsion spread, and Gu Ziyi learned of it in Spirit Hall and expected Yu Xiaogang to join next.

Gu Ziyi discussed Spirit Hall’s ambitions with Qian Xunji and proposed winning over some sects instead of treating every faction as an enemy. Excited by Gu Ziyi’s support and strategy, Qian Xunji approved his choice to take a posting at the Heaven Dou Saint Hall.

• Gu Ziyi expected Yu Xiaogang to join Spirit Hall soon and doubted he could access its secrets without Bibi Dong’s help.
• Qian Xunji told Gu Ziyi to choose an external posting, and Gu Ziyi selected the Heaven Dou Saint Hall after spotting Spirit Hall’s plan to divide the two empires.
• Gu Ziyi explained that Spirit Hall wanted to overthrow the Two Great Empires, sect forces, and noble privileges, and he said he supported the plan.
• Qian Xunji asked whether Spirit Hall could succeed, and Gu Ziyi confidently offered advice on winning over some sects rather than opposing them all.
• Gu Ziyi proposed trying to secretly recruit one or two sect forces from his Heaven Dou posting, and Qian Xunji approved.

Gu Ziyi spent the night with Bibi Dong before leaving on his assignment, while Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City seeking to join Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji accepted him and granted him access to the Library Pavilion's first floor in exchange for future contributions.

• Bibi Dong begged Gu Ziyi not to leave, and he promised they would have time together before carrying her to his room for the night.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong slept while Gu Ziyi reflected on how completely she had become devoted to him.
• After being expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang went to Spirit Hall and asked to join.
• Qian Xunji questioned Yu Xiaogang about his motives, and Yu Xiaogang said he wanted revenge on the clan and hoped to find a way past his cultivation limit.
• Qian Xunji accepted Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall and allowed him to use the Library Pavilion's first floor, reserving higher floors for those who made contributions.

After Yu Xiaogang joined Spirit Hall, Gu Ziyi prepared to recruit the Elephant Armor Sect and avoided meeting Ning Shuangjiang when she came to see him. The chapter ended with Ning Shuangjiang leaving after being told Gu Ziyi was in seclusion, while Xiaotao privately wrestled with her feelings about him.

• News that Yu Xiaogang had joined Spirit Hall spread across the continent, and people mocked both him and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen reacted bitterly to Yu Xiaogang's decision, while Gu Ziyi had Li Chanfei watch Bibi Dong in case Yu Xiaogang approached her.
• Gu Ziyi reviewed nearby sects, ruled out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for now, and chose the Elephant Armor Sect as his recruitment target.
• Salas told Gu Ziyi that Ning Shuangjiang had come to see him, and Gu Ziyi asked him to say he was in seclusion.
• Gu Ziyi teased Xiaotao about becoming a woman, leaving her flustered and secretly eager to extend her transformation time.
• Ning Shuangjiang left after hearing Gu Ziyi was in seclusion, despite having come to see him after more than two years apart.

Qian Xunji and Xing Dailu welcomed their daughter, Qian Renxue, while Gu Ziyi learned of her birth and traveled to the Elephant Armor Sect to seek cooperation on Qian Xunji’s behalf. Hu Yanbo refused at first, but challenged Gu Ziyi to defeat Hu Yanzhen in a soul duel before he would agree.

• Qian Xunji and Xing Dailu’s daughter was born safely, and Qian Daoliu named her Qian Renxue after sensing her Soul Power.
• Gu Ziyi heard that Qian Renxue had been born and reflected that her future would differ now that he had intercepted Bibi Dong.
• Gu Ziyi went with Salas and She Long to the Elephant Armor Sect and proposed that it regularly provide soul masters to Spirit Hall.
• Hu Yanbo and Hu Yanzhen rejected the proposal, but Gu Ziyi argued that Spirit Hall could help the Elephant Armor Sect surpass the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Hu Yanbo challenged Gu Ziyi to defeat Hu Yanzhen, a rank 65 Soul Emperor, in a soul duel as the condition for cooperation.

Gu Ziyi accepted Hu Yanbo’s proposal to settle the Elephant Armor Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall through a duel against Hu Yanzhen. He overcame Hu Yanzhen’s defense with his sword and Red Lotus Fire Talisman, then asked whether the Young Sect Master wished to continue.

• Hu Yanbo proposed that the Elephant Armor Sect would cooperate with Spirit Hall if Gu Ziyi defeated Hu Yanzhen, and Gu Ziyi accepted.
• Gu Ziyi and Hu Yanzhen faced off in the Sect Plaza, where Hu Yanzhen’s six spirit rings contrasted with Gu Ziyi’s three yellow and two purple rings.
• Hu Yanzhen’s Death Crush weighed down Gu Ziyi, but Gu Ziyi used his Taiji Domain to nullify most of the gravitational force.
• Hu Yanzhen withdrew from attacking and strengthened his defenses, but Gu Ziyi’s remotely controlled Soul Bone Peach Wood Sword cracked his Icy Elephant Armor.
• Hu Yanzhen renewed his armor, but Gu Ziyi attached a Red Lotus Fire Talisman to his sword and shattered the armor with a flame-enhanced attack.
• Gu Ziyi stopped his sword in front of Hu Yanzhen and asked whether he wanted to continue the duel.

After defeating Hu Yanzhen, Gu Ziyi secured the Elephant Armor Sect’s agreement to cooperate with Spirit Hall and returned to cultivation. He accepted Ning Shuangjiang as his girlfriend, and after they became lovers, she gained two Soul Power ranks and her ice-attribute martial soul grew stronger.

• Gu Ziyi defeated Hu Yanzhen, and Hu Yanbo agreed to cooperate with Spirit Hall on behalf of the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Gu Ziyi considered his prospects for god inheritance and resolved to cultivate while seeking the Sea God’s Heart.
• Ning Shuangjiang asked Gu Ziyi to accept her, and he agreed on the condition that she accept his other relationships.
• After several days together, Gu Ziyi became intimate with Ning Shuangjiang and concluded that she had sincerely fallen for him.
• Ning Shuangjiang woke to find her Soul Power Level had risen from rank 51 to rank 53 and her ice-attribute martial soul had grown stronger.