Chapter Summaries

Nan Qiuqiu asked Huo Yuhao about obtaining an annihilation-attributed Soul Spirit, and he revealed that the Spirit Pagoda had a suitable sixty-thousand-year-old Rouge Dragon. The Spirit Pagoda then faced the Proud Sword Sect, with Tang Ya and Wu Yifan taking the arena as Ji Juechen recognized the opponent’s swordsmanship.

• Nan Qiuqiu told Huo Yuhao she wanted a dragon-related Soul Spirit with the annihilation attribute, and he said the Spirit Pagoda had a sixty-thousand-year-old Rouge Dragon suitable for her once she grew strong enough.
• Huo Yuhao also considered finding a Thunderclap Hellvine for Nan Qiuqiu or for his own Second Martial Soul.
• Zheng Zhan oversaw the match between the Spirit Pagoda and the Proud Sword Sect.
• Tang Ya entered as the Spirit Pagoda’s first contestant, while the Proud Sword Sect sent its captain, Wu Yifan.
• Ji Juechen sensed Wu Yifan’s sword intent and became eager to fight as Tang Ya and Wu Yifan introduced themselves.

Tang Ya defeated Wu Yifan and the rest of the Proud Sword Sect team, demonstrating how her Dark Ink Jade Bamboo Soul Spirit strengthened her Blue Silver Grass and could help it evolve toward Blue Silver Emperor. As the tournament narrowed its contenders, Tang Yin resolved to exploit the Holy Spirit Cult and its Evil Soul Masters to grow stronger, while Xu Tianran planned to use the cult to clear the Spirit Pagoda from the Sun Moon Team’s path.

• Wu Yifan attacked Tang Ya with his Azure Steel Sword, but her Blue Silver Grass and Spider Web Bind trapped him and her Blue Silver Ink Jade Spear overcame his ultimate strike.
• Tang Ya defeated two more Proud Sword Sect members, and Jiang Nannan defeated the remaining opponents, eliminating the sect with four wins and two losses.
• Tang Yin concluded that the Dark Ink Jade Bamboo Soul Spirit had enabled Tang Ya’s Martial Soul to advance, and he considered pursuing immortal herbs to strengthen himself.
• Tang Yin decided to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult, use the Eight Spider Lances against Evil Soul Masters to raise his Soul Power, and eventually seek the Sea God’s legacy.
• Xu Tianran decided that the Holy Spirit Cult should not win the tournament and planned to send it against the Spirit Pagoda while the Sun Moon Team faced Shrek Academy.

The Spirit Net spread across Douluo Continent as its points became exchangeable for real money, while Niu Tian and Titan followed its popular novel and worried over their loyalty to Huo Yuhao. Tang San contacted the brothers, ordered them to leave Tang Yin with the Holy Spirit Cult for now, and planned to test Huo Yuhao’s sincerity later; Niu Tian and Titan returned to the Spirit Net to watch Wang Dong’er compete.

• The Spirit Pagoda and the Star Luo Empire announced that Spirit Net points could be exchanged for Gold Soul Coins, making the Spirit Net popular with ordinary people and powerful Soul Masters alike.
• Niu Tian and Titan discussed the novel’s account of Tang San, Tang Yin’s capture by the Holy Spirit Cult, and whether they should continue supporting Huo Yuhao while concealing the truth from Xiao Wu.
• Tang San contacted Da Ming and Er Ming and ordered them to leave Tang Yin with the Holy Spirit Cult until he was ready to retrieve him.
• Tang San asked about Huo Yuhao and Xiao Qi’s relationship and instructed the brothers to bring them to the Valley of Asking Love so he could test Huo Yuhao’s sincerity.
• After Tang San left, Niu Tian and Titan returned to the Spirit Net to watch the Soul Master Tournament, where Wang Dong’er was due to compete.

Tang San considered his plans for Huo Yuhao and his growing concern about a future disaster in the Divine Realm, while Xiao Wu urged him to spend time with her. At the Soul Master Tournament, the Spirit Pagoda faced the Star Luo Imperial Academy with Qiu'er alone, and Xu Jiujiu suspected the choice reflected jealousy over her visits to Huo Yuhao.

• Tang San reflected that Huo Yuhao’s bloodline tied him to Tang San’s faction, then worried that a disaster might strike the Divine Realm within thirty or forty years.
• Xiao Wu woke and encouraged Tang San to speak with the God of Destruction, and Tang San promised the Divine Realm would unite if a crisis came.
• The Soul Master Tournament neared the end of its round robin, with the Spirit Pagoda and Star Luo Imperial Academy set to compete for first place in their group.
• The Spirit Pagoda sent Qiu'er alone to face the Star Luo team, despite Zheng Zhan reminding her that the other members had to wait nearby.
• Xu Jiujiu silenced her teammates’ complaints about the Spirit Pagoda and wondered whether Qiu'er’s decision stemmed from jealousy over her nighttime visits to Huo Yuhao.

The Spirit Pagoda chose Di Qiuer to face the Star Luo Team alone, while Xu Jiujiu and her teammates prepared to prove themselves despite their resentment and doubts about Huo Yuhao. Di Qiuer swept through six opponents without using a Soul Skill, leaving Xu Jiujiu as the last challenger.

• Xu Jiujiu scolded the Star Luo Team for their arrogance, and the team resolved to fight the Spirit Pagoda with everything they had.
• Xu Jiujiu reflected on her alliance with Huo Yuhao and prepared to challenge Di Qiuer with her complete Star Crown Martial Soul and Star Silver Beast Soul Spirit.
• The Spirit Pagoda selected Di Qiuer to counter Xu Jiujiu's control and demonstrate the team's strength while keeping its trump cards hidden.
• Di Qiuer let Xu Xiaobai prepare his strongest attack, then tore through his Ice Fury and knocked him unconscious with a single strike.
• Di Qiuer defeated five more Star Luo Imperial Academy members with single blows, earning the title Golden Flash, before Xu Jiujiu stepped onto the stage as the final challenger.

Di Qiuer defeated Xu Jiujiu to secure the Spirit Pagoda's first place in the group, while Star Luo Academy finished second. After discussing plans to assassinate Xu Tianran, Xu Jiujiu took the initiative with Huo Yuhao, leaving him startled.

• Xu Jiujiu used her Star Silver Beast and Star Chains to catch Qiuer, but conceded when the chains began to fail against Qiuer's strength.
• The Spirit Pagoda won the match, and the standings placed it first and Star Luo Academy second in the group.
• The chapter set up the upcoming Body Sect versus Sun Moon Advanced Soul Engineer Academy match and revealed Xu Tianran's and Zhong Liwu's plans concerning Mingyu Sect's promising fighters.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu discussed a plan to have Mu En, Du Busi, and Yan Shaozhe handle the Limit Douluo while the Spirit Pagoda targeted Xu Tianran.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Huo Yuhao to stay and offered to help him, taking the initiative as he wondered why the situation felt familiar.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu spent the night together, though they stopped short of the final step, and Gu Yue Na later joined Huo Yuhao. The next morning, Xu Jiujiu went to watch the tournament, where Long Aotian made his first appearance as the Body Sect’s Soul Saint.

• Xu Jiujiu persuaded Huo Yuhao to spend their free evening together, and they experimented with a more cautious approach.
• After Xu Jiujiu fell asleep, Huo Yuhao encountered Gu Yue Na outside and went with her to continue their intimacy elsewhere.
• Xu Jiujiu woke the next morning, blushed at her memories, and slipped away before returning to watch the matches.
• Xu Tianzhen sent Lu Jun to probe the Body Sect in the final round-robin match against Sun Moon Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Long Aotian appeared as the Body Sect’s first fighter and revealed seven Soul Rings, including four black rings, astonishing the audience.

Long Aotian overwhelmed Ming Capital Advanced Soul Master Academy with his strength and Unity of Heaven and Man, while Beibei and Shrek’s team discussed the threat he posed. Xu Tianran concluded that the tournament’s geniuses would either submit to him or die.

• Lu Jun tried to escape Long Aotian by flying upward, but Long Aotian caught him and shattered his Invincible Barrier with a devastating strike, knocking him unconscious.
• Beibei explained that Long Aotian combined Spiritual Power and Soul Power through Unity of Heaven and Man, and admitted he might be outmatched by him.
• Long Aotian won four consecutive matches, then defeated Xu Tianzhen’s solar explosion; Ming Capital Advanced Soul Master Academy conceded.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi praised Huo Yuhao’s exceptional talent and recalled how he had reached the threshold of Unity of Heaven and Man as a Four-Ring Soul Master.
• Xu Tianran dismissed Ming Capital Advanced Soul Master Academy’s prospects, called on Jing Hongchen to support the empire, and resolved that the tournament’s geniuses must submit or die.

The top eight teams emerged from the round robin, and the draw ceremony set the tournament brackets. Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Pagoda drew Sacred Spirit Sect, while Tang Yin and Dai Huabin turned their attention toward their coming matches and Wang Dong’er.

• The eight advancing teams gathered at Bright Joy Hotel for the draw, while Meng Hongchen arrived late after spending the night with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen assumed she had gone to see him for romance.
• Huo Yuhao told Spirit Pagoda’s members he had been busy with faction cooperation as Nan Qiuqiu drew their bracket slip.
• The draw placed Shrek against Tianlong Gate, Sun Moon Royal Academy against Ming Capital Soul Engineer Academy, Snow Demon Sect against Star Luo Imperial Academy, and Spirit Pagoda against Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Huo Yuhao judged the draw favorable because Spirit Pagoda could handle Sacred Spirit Sect, while Shrek avoided meeting Spirit Pagoda before the final.
• Dai Huabin watched Zhu Lu and Dai Luoli with a venomous expression, while Tang Yin watched Wang Dong’er and considered the main body’s plan for her.

Tang Yin weighed ways to gain enough strength to break free of Tang San’s control, concluding that he needed a powerful divine inheritance. He recalled the Asura God as a possible path forward.

• Tang San regretted losing his Divine Consciousness seal in Xiao Qi and trusted Da Ming and Er Ming to watch over her and Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Yin recognized that Wang Dong'er had not yet undergone her transformation and condemned Tang San’s plan to use her memories and soul.
• Tang Yin compared Huo Yuhao’s strength and soul beasts with his own, then considered Da Ming and Er Ming as possible sources of powerful soul rings.
• Tang Yin decided that becoming a god was necessary to gain independence and focused on obtaining a First-Rank divine inheritance, especially the Sea God’s.
• Tang Yin suddenly remembered the Asura God as another possible divine inheritance.

Tang Yin plotted to use Xiao Wu and Wang Dong'er to gain power in the God Realm, while Huo Yuhao considered a more aggressive campaign against the Clear Sky Sect. During the tournament’s rest period, Vina backed closer cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda, and Xuan Zi returned to Shrek only to argue over the draw and grieve for Tang Yin.

• Tang Yin resolved to cultivate and eventually take Xiao Wu for himself, while Huo Yuhao weighed attacking the Clear Sky Sect and focused on raising his Soul Power Level.
• The Body Sect regretted not drawing the Holy Spirit Cult, and Long Aotian remained eager to fight Huo Yuhao before the team members’ interest shifted to Soul Spirits.
• Vina concluded that the Spirit Pagoda’s rise was unstoppable and sent her imperial brother her views and information about the Decapitation Plan.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek, denounced the tournament draw as rigged, and drank despite Yan Shaozhe’s warning that his injuries had not healed.
• Yan Shaozhe rejected Xuan Zi’s wish to rescue Tang Yin, argued that the Clear Sky Sect should handle him, and Xuan Zi continued drinking over the lost chance to take Tang Yin as his disciple.

Xu Tianran’s plan to capture tournament teams leaving Ming Capital faltered after the Spirit Net spread news of his ambushes, while he continued to wait for the tournament to end. At the quarterfinals, Yu Tianlong tried to recruit Di Qiuer and was driven off by Huo Yuhao; Shrek and Tianlong Gate then agreed to decide their match in one duel between Beibei and Yu Tianlong.

• Xu Tianran realized the Spirit Net had likely exposed his ambushes, keeping the remaining teams in Ming Capital until the tournament ended.
• Yu Tianlong visited the Spirit Pagoda’s waiting area and tried to recruit Di Qiuer to Tianlong Gate, but Nan Qiuqiu, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er mocked him, and Huo Yuhao ordered him to leave.
• Yu Tianlong left determined to defeat Shrek, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi prepared to face Tianlong Gate in the quarterfinals.
• Shrek and Tianlong Gate agreed to decide their quarterfinal match in a single one-on-one battle between captains Beibei and Yu Tianlong.
• Yu Tianlong declared that the pure-blooded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was strongest, and Beibei answered that Yu Tianlong was the challenger.

Beibei defeated Yu Tianlong in the quarterfinals without using his Martial Soul Avatar, while the Sun Moon Royal Academy advanced after Meng Hongchen poisoned Xu Tianzhen and Ming Capital Soul Engineer Academy conceded. The morning matches ended, leaving the remaining quarterfinals—including Spirit Pagoda versus Sacred Spirit Sect—for the afternoon.

• Shrek students and spectators cheered as Beibei faced Yu Tianlong, who launched a compressed lightning attack first.
• Beibei crushed Yu Tianlong’s Thunder Prison with his golden lightning, and Yu Tianlong demanded that Beibei fight at full strength.
• Yu Tianlong combined his fifth and sixth soul skills into Thunder Prison Dragon Breath, but Beibei’s Dragon Emperor’s Domain Shock and Radiant Holy Dragon attack overwhelmed him.
• Zheng Zhan declared Beibei the winner after Yu Tianlong collapsed, and the crowd celebrated Shrek’s victory.
• Meng Hongchen poisoned Xu Tianzhen, prompting Ming Capital Soul Engineer Academy to concede without fighting the team match.
• Nan Qiuqiu criticized Tianlong Gate to others as the crowd dispersed and warned against its attempt to recruit Qiu'er.

The Spirit Pagoda prepared to face the Sacred Spirit Sect in a top-eight Team Battle, with Huo Yuhao leading an unexpected three-person lineup. As the audience rallied behind the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao took the stage intending to defeat the Evil Soul Masters and increase the Spirit Net’s Power of Faith; the match was about to begin.

• Qiu'er rejected Yu Tianlong’s invitation to join Tianlong Gate, while Nan Qiuqiu warned that he had ulterior motives and the Spirit Pagoda members reaffirmed their loyalty to Huo Yuhao.
• The Snow Demon Sect defeated the Star Luo Royal Team in a spirited Team Battle, and Xu Jiujiu wished the Spirit Pagoda success against the Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Xu Tianran and Zhong Liwu discussed the Sacred Spirit Sect’s chances, and Zhong Liwu said the Spirit Pagoda had the advantage unless it agreed to a Team Battle.
• Zheng Zhan announced that the Sacred Spirit Sect and Spirit Pagoda would settle the top-eight match in a single Team Battle, and the Sacred Spirit Sect sent all seven members.
• Huo Yuhao entered the stage with reserve members Dai Luoli and Zhu Lu, surprising the audience; he told them to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and leave the rest to him.

Huo Yuhao led the Spirit Pagoda into its quarterfinal match against the Sacred Spirit Sect with only two teammates, and Tang Yin recognized the danger his team faced. Huo Yuhao revealed an overwhelming display of seven red soul rings, leaving the Sacred Spirit Sect shaken as the battle began.

• Xu Sanshi and Beibei discussed the Sacred Spirit Sect's strength and Dai Huabin's history, while Beibei arranged for Xu Sanshi to lead Shrek's next match against Sun Moon Academy.
• Tang Yin recognized Huo Yuhao and feared the Spirit Pagoda's strength, but resolved to fight rather than retreat.
• Dai Luoli and Zhu Lu combined their powers into the Hell Blood Tiger as the Sacred Spirit Sect prepared to attack.
• Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to seize the Sacred Spirit Sect members' senses, making them perceive his seven red soul rings and terrifying aura.
• Dai Huabin charged Huo Yuhao, and Tang Yin followed by using Blue Silver Grass Entanglement against the Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Huabin attacked the Hell White Tiger with his strongest soul skill while Yan Feng and the other Sacred Spirit Sect members tried to overcome their fear and fight.

Huo Yuhao turned Sacred Spirit Sect’s battle against Spirit Pagoda into chaos, causing Yan Feng to attack his own teammates while Tang Yin stood aside. After Yan Feng killed four Evil Soul Masters and Dai Huabin was defeated and rescued, the Bone Dragon charged at Huo Yuhao.

• Yan Feng used his Burial Ground and Bone Claw Prison skills, then transformed into a Bone Dragon and attacked Wang Xiaolei, Lu Genggeng, Tang Dai, and Gu Yu as Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power disrupted the battle.
• The spectators and leaders were stunned by Huo Yuhao’s apparent seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, while Tang Yin barely fought and Dai Huabin battled the Hell White Tiger.
• Yan Feng slaughtered the four Evil Soul Masters and devoured them, while Dai Huabin was defeated, struck by Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Shock, and rescued by Zhang Peng.
• Dai Luoli and Zhu Lu left the stage after exhausting their soul power, and Yan Feng realized he had killed his former teammates.
• Furious, Yan Feng charged at Huo Yuhao in his Bone Dragon form.

Huo Yuhao defeated Yan Feng with a single punch, but Tang Yin then broke free of the illusion and launched a powerful Clear Sky Hammer attack. The chapter ended as Tang Yin’s decisive strike descended on Huo Yuhao, who revealed that Mirror Flower, Water Moon might still be in effect.

• Yan Feng realized Huo Yuhao had used an illusion-type soul skill and charged him with his full-strength Evil Dragon Dive.
• Xuan Zi watched Tang Yin remain trapped in the illusion and imagined taking him as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao intercepted Yan Feng’s attack with Judgment and knocked him unconscious, securing the apparent victory.
• Tang Yin used his defensive Soul Tool and Purple Demon Eyes to resist the illusion, then waited for Huo Yuhao’s opening.
• Tang Yin detonated two ten-thousand-year Clear Sky Hammer soul rings and unleashed the Collapse Art at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao remained calm as Tang Yin attacked and wondered when Tang Yin had decided Mirror Flower, Water Moon was no longer active.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tang Yin after Tang Yin used Ring Detonation and unleashed the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer techniques in a desperate final attack. Xuan Zi carried the badly injured Tang Yin away, the Spirit Pagoda was declared the winner, and Wang Dong’er admitted she had never learned the Clear Sky Nine Arts.

• Tang Yin used Ring Detonation and attacked Huo Yuhao, while the audience recognized his Clear Sky Hammer and Great Sumeru Hammer techniques.
• Huo Yuhao’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon illusion made Tang Yin’s attacks miss, but Tang Yin continued fighting and built up power through Disorder Splitting Wind Dance.
• Tang Yin landed an eighty-first hammer strike, but Huo Yuhao caught it with an Ultimate Ice palm and froze Tang Yin.
• Xuan Zi arrived and carried Tang Yin away, while Huo Yuhao insisted that Xuan Zi address him by his title outside.
• Zheng Zhan declared the Spirit Pagoda the winner, and Wang Dong’er told her companions she had not learned the Clear Sky Nine Arts.

After the Spirit Pagoda won its quarterfinal, Huo Yuhao received the crowd’s acclaim and gathered more Power of Faith while the tournament’s final four prepared for the semifinals. As the teams faced mounting danger in locked-down Ming Capital, the chapter ended with the Body Sect and Spirit Pagoda about to clash, with Gu Yue Na preparing to fight Long Aotian.

• Wang Dong'er explained that Tang Yin had learned the Great Sumeru Hammer, and she revealed that Huo Yuhao had mastered the Clear Sky Sect’s secret techniques and improved Ring Detonation after only a few days there.
• The Spirit Pagoda’s victory concluded the top-eight matches, and Huo Yuhao was celebrated by the audience while the Spirit Net gathered Power of Faith from their cheers.
• The final four were set as Shrek Academy, the Sun Moon Royal Academy, the Body Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda, while eliminated teams hid throughout locked-down Ming Capital and waited for a chance to escape.
• During the rest days, Huo Yuhao stayed out of the tournament’s remaining preparations, while He Caitou advanced to the final four of the Ming Capital Soul Engineer Elite Tournament.
• On the semifinal day, Shrek Academy faced the Sun Moon Royal Academy, and the Body Sect was set to face the Spirit Pagoda that afternoon.
• Huo Yuhao wished Long Aotian good luck as Gu Yue Na warmed up to fight him.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen prepared to face Shrek, while Mingde Hall secretly withheld its support from Xu Tianran and aligned itself with the Spirit Pagoda over the promise of Sentient Forging. As the semifinal began, both teams aimed to avoid needless deaths, but Xiao Hongchen committed to fighting through the individual matches and saving the decisive effort for the team battle.

• Xiao Hongchen recognized that Shrek's Battle Armor technology and the Spirit Pagoda's Sentient Forging had surpassed Mingde Hall's Soul Tool research.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen turned Mingde Hall against Xu Tianran, refused to aid the imperial family, and shared Xu Tianran's plans with Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen worried that Shrek might use Battle Armor, while Meng Hongchen considered asking Shrek to settle the match in a team battle.
• Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe urged their teams to avoid killing, and Yan Shaozhe gave the Shrek members Invincible Barriers for protection.
• The semifinal began, and Xiao Hongchen refused to surrender or negotiate an early team battle, assigning Meng Hongchen to go last in the individual matches.