Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena explained the strength of Luo Chuan’s allies to Xie Yue and Leng Yan before meeting Xiao Wu, who agreed to join her in hunting for points. As they headed toward a gathering of Soul Sages, Xu Lei and Xu Ben spotted Tang Long but abandoned their ambush when they recognized him.

• Hu Liena told Xie Yue that Luo Chuan, Gu Yuena, Qian Renxue, the teacher, and Zhu Zhuqing had formidable strength beyond ordinary Soul Power rankings.
• Xiao Wu confronted Hu Liena, then agreed to go with her to a place where many Soul Sages had gathered and split the points.
• Xiao Wu hurried Hu Liena toward the gathering despite Hu Liena advising that the contenders were unlikely to fight yet.
• Xu Lei and Xu Ben hid in a tree hollow and considered ambushing a man standing above them.
• Tang Long sensed the hidden brothers, blasted open their hiding place, and recognized Xu Lei and Xu Ben when they emerged.

Tang Long encountered Xu Lei and Xu Ben after the Spirit Hall Saintess defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, while Luo Chuan discussed rules for the remaining tournament matches. Luo Chuan considered using soul beasts and the Extreme North as future challenges, but the competition’s later format remained undecided.

• Tang Long learned from Xu Lei that the Spirit Hall Saintess had defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and left the Profound Nether Sect pair untouched.
• Tang Long, Xu Lei, and Xu Ben chose to avoid fighting and hide as other teams entered the area.
• Luo Chuan and Bibi Dong discussed a self-elimination format for reducing the thirty-two teams to sixteen, with one reward point for each team that advanced.
• Qian Renxue suggested an array to restore competitors between battles, while Luo Chuan explained that he wanted more varied challenges for later rounds.
• Gu Yuena suggested using dangerous soul beasts, and Yun Yun proposed holding later matches in the Extreme North and ranking teams by military merit.
• Luo Chuan and Gu Yuena approved Yun Yun’s proposal to project the top eight teams’ finals and award additional rewards based on military merit.

Luo Chuan agreed to send the top eight teams into the Northern Icefield Battlefield after screening the abyssal creatures, while Gu Yuena warned him against provoking a God King battle. During the tournament, Xiao Wu and Hu Liena planned to ambush several nearby teams, but Tang San exposed himself and alerted their targets.

• Luo Chuan agreed to provide the teams with limited means of self-preservation and said he would screen the abyssal creatures before sending anyone to the Northern Icefield Battlefield.
• Gu Yuena warned Luo Chuan that a God King battle could destroy a plane and threatened to follow him if he secretly went to the Abyss Plane.
• Luo Chuan and the others watched as Tang Long, Feng Xiaotian, the Profound Nether Team, the Heavenly Soldier Team, and the Barbarian Team gathered near the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's elimination site.
• Xiao Wu and Hu Liena divided their targets, with Xiao Wu planning to attack Tang Long and the other teams while Hu Liena targeted Feng Xiaotian and the Profound Nether Team.
• Tang San discovered the hidden Xu Lei and Xu Ben and shouted, alerting nearby competitors; Xiao Wu and Hu Liena decided to let the teams wear one another down before attacking.

Oscar arrived at the crowded competition gathering and challenged the Barbarian brothers, while numerous powerful teams converged and considered targeting Tang San. The chapter ended with Oscar demanding that Man Ji and Man Mang fight him as the others watched for an opening.

• Oscar arrived by walking through the air, and Bibi Dong and Luo Chuan discussed Shrek's standing and the strengths of the rival teams.
• The Gold Armor Team captain, Tang Yu, Tang Long, Ghost Shadow, Ying'er, and members of several other teams emerged and gathered.
• Oscar exposed Blood Drink and Wu Nian, and the assembled competitors introduced themselves before Tang San revealed his identity as a member of Häagen-Dazs.
• Feng Xiaotian proposed that the group unite to eliminate Tang San, but Man Ji rejected the idea and said he wanted to eliminate Oscar instead.
• Oscar slashed at Man Ji and Man Mang, cutting their knuckles, then taunted Tang San and claimed the Barbarian brothers as his opponents.
• The crowd stayed silent, hoping Oscar and the brothers would weaken each other, while Oscar invited everyone else to choose their opponents.

Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun gathered allies against Tang San and the other teams, while Ning Rongrong and Huo Wu planned to divide the points. The confrontation remained unresolved as Tang San urged the remaining opponents to unite before they were eliminated.

• Oscar found that Tang San and several others would not join the fight, leaving only the Barbarian Team as his opponents.
• Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang arrived to support Oscar, and Ning Rongrong negotiated with Hu Liena over how to divide the points.
• Ma Hongjun arrived and threatened the gathered teams, while Oscar prepared to attack Man Ji and Man Mang.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu joined the gathering, and Ning Rongrong suggested waiting for more allies before dividing the points.
• Tang San mocked the crowd for gathering instead of fighting and warned that the teams needed to join forces to escape.

Oscar fought Man Ji and Man Mang, eliminating Man Mang before Tang Long and Tang Yu moved to attack the Heavenly Soldier Team. Wu Nian used his flute to disrupt the brothers’ Soul Power and slow their charge, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Oscar engaged Man Ji with his saber, while Man Ji’s Great Bone Club blocked his blade and Man Mang joined the fight with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Oscar redirected his attack and pierced Man Mang, revealing that he had struck an afterimage and eliminated him.
• Tang San prepared to act, but an aura pinned him in place, and Tang Long and Tang Yu instead launched a surprise attack on the Heavenly Soldier Team.
• Wu Nian played a flute melody that interrupted Tang Long and Tang Yu’s Soul Power and slowed their advance.
• Blood Drink drew the Blood Drinking Mad Saber as Wu Nian’s mournful music affected the brothers’ state of mind.

Oscar stopped Blood Drink from striking Tang Yu, leaving the Heavenly Soldier Team and Haotian Team in a standoff. The gathered competitors then arranged who would be claimed by each team, while Xiao Wu and Hu Liena appeared and challenged the others to resist.

• Oscar knocked aside Blood Drink's attack, and his intervention freed Tang Long and Tang Yu from Wu Nian's melody.
• Xiao Wu secretly kept Tang San pinned in place, while Bibi Dong and Luo Chuan discussed Wu Nian's inherited divine position.
• Ning Rongrong and the others negotiated how to divide the remaining competitors among Luo Shen Hall, Spirit Hall, Blazing Academy, and Shrek.
• Huo Wushuang chose the two members of the Heavenly Soldier Team, and Xie Yue warned Xu Lei and Xu Ben to stay put.
• Xiao Wu and Hu Liena revealed themselves, and Hu Liena said they would need to resist to give her a sense of accomplishment.

Tang San and several other competitors tried to flee the Soul Battle Space, but Ning Rongrong and the other teams blocked their escapes. As the battle began in earnest, Huo Wushuang challenged Blood Drink while both prepared to fight at full strength.

• Tang San covered the field with Blue Silver Emperor vines and fled, but Xiao Wu pursued him.
• Feng Xiaotian abandoned Huo Wushuang and tried to escape, while Ning Rongrong stopped him and used her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to suppress Tang Long and Tang Yu.
• Ning Rongrong controlled her Nine-Colored Glazed Sword against Man Ji as Feng Xiaotian pointed out more fleeing opponents.
• Ghost Shadow, Ying'er, and the Blazing Academy members tried to escape, but the other teams moved to block them.
• Huo Wushuang challenged Blood Drink, and both fighters activated their Martial Soul Avatars for a full-strength battle.

Huo Wu fought Ghost Shadow and Ying'er’s fused form inside their Darkness Domain while Hu Liena tried to recruit Wu Nian to Luo Shen Hall. Ning Rongrong cornered Feng Xiaotian and the Tang brothers, threatening to eliminate them after they earned points.

• Ghost Shadow and Ying'er fused and cast a Darkness Domain, and Huo Wu entered it to fight their fused form, Shadow.
• Shadow questioned Huo Wu about Tang San’s strength, and Huo Wu said Tang San was at most level ninety-five and would not be able to escape her.
• Huo Wu used flames to counter Shadow’s advantage in the darkness while Huo Wushuang and Blood Drink’s battle moved away.
• Hu Liena offered Wu Nian a place in Luo Shen Hall, and Wu Nian nodded without looking up.
• Ning Rongrong ordered Feng Xiaotian to join Luo Shen Hall and said she would eliminate him after Xiao Wu defeated Tang San.
• Feng Xiaotian teamed up with Man Ji and used Dragon’s Roar against the Nine-Colored Glazed Tile Pagoda, freeing Tang Long and Tang Yu; Ning Rongrong told the Tang brothers to eliminate Feng Xiaotian and Man Ji before she eliminated them.

Tang Long and Man Ji fought while Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang Yu with his self-created Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes. Elsewhere, Zhu Zhuqing hunted two Star Crown Sect Soul Sages, while Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin encountered an alliance of three opponents.

• Feng Xiaotian fought Tang Yu as Tang Long intercepted Man Ji, who used a Healing Pill to restore his Soul Power.
• Feng Xiaotian launched his self-created Gale Wind, Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes against Tang Yu.
• Zhu Zhuqing tracked two Soul Sages from the Star Crown Sect through a swamp.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin decided not to join the distant battle and left the Stone Forest together.
• Hu Yanli, Nangong Shenglong, and Gold Armor emerged and confronted Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin as an apparent alliance.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin fought Gold Armor, Hu Yanli, and Nangong Shenglong while Zhu Zhuqing pursued and eliminated two teams of Soul Saints. Xiao Wu defeated and eliminated Tang San, pushing Luo Shen Hall farther ahead of Spirit Hall.

• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and turned the battlefield into a sea of lightning as they fought Gold Armor, Hu Yanli, and Nangong Shenglong.
• Qin Tian and Qin Miaoyin met Xu Xinghai and Xu Xinghe, who had led Zhu Zhuqing to them while seeking allies.
• Zhu Zhuqing teleported Qin Tian, Qin Miaoyin, Xu Xinghai, and Xu Xinghe out of the Soul Battle Space, earning Luo Shen Hall more points.
• Xiao Wu overwhelmed Tang San, sealed his meridians, and eliminated him with a palm strike.
• Luo Shen Hall's score rose by ten points and extended its lead over Spirit Hall.

The elimination battles narrowed as Feng Xiaotian defeated Tang Yu before Xiao Wu knocked Feng Xiaotian out, while Huo Wu eliminated Shadow and his teammate. Ning Rongrong eliminated Tang Long and Oscar, leaving Luo Shen Hall far ahead in points as Zhu Zhuqing appeared and said she had encountered Bing Er and Yue Er.

• Feng Xiaotian used his Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes to defeat Tang Yu, but Xiao Wu immediately kicked him out of the battlefield.
• Huo Wu overwhelmed Shadow and his teammate with fire and eliminated them, then gave her remaining slots to Spirit Hall.
• Man Ji lost to Tang Long, and Ning Rongrong eliminated Tang Long with a single sword strike.
• Ning Rongrong eliminated Oscar, helping Luo Shen Hall extend its lead while Shrek Academy secured third place under Bai Chenxiang's leadership.
• Hu Liena asked whether anyone had encountered Bing Er and Yue Er, and Zhu Zhuqing appeared behind her and said she had.

Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and the others finished the seven-day elimination round, and the remaining teams gathered at Soul Battle Palace. Luo Chuan distributed the rewards and announced that the top sixteen teams in the next round would each receive Spirit Ascension Cards worth three hundred thousand years.

• Zhu Zhuqing chose not to attack Ma Hongjun, Bai Chenxiang, Xie Yue, and Leng Yan after Hu Liena reminded her that Luo Shen Hall already had enough points.
• Shui Binger and Shui Yue'er returned to find Xue Wu still in the competition, then helped her eliminate the Beast Team and raise Skywater Team's ranking to fifth place.
• Hu Liena told Shui Binger that only the remaining contestants from their own side were left, and Zhu Qing had already contacted them to end the elimination round.
• Luo Chuan distributed rewards after the thirty-two teams completed the seven-day elimination round.
• Luo Chuan announced that the top sixteen teams would each choose rewards worth three hundred thousand years in Spirit Ascension Cards, which could also be used to raise the age of their soul rings.

Tang Qiye took Shui Binger to the Extreme Ice Sea, where she absorbed a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and later received the Snow Empress’s sacrifice. After meeting Beast God Di Tian, Tang Qiye agreed to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest once Shui Binger received her pending Ice God trial reward.

• Tang Qiye left for the Extreme North with Shui Binger and Ning Rongrong so Shui Binger could obtain her eighth Soul Ring and Ning Rongrong could obtain her ninth.
• The Snow Empress directed Tang Qiye to hunt a two-hundred-thousand-year Devil Fish in the Extreme Ice Sea, and Tang Qiye killed it.
• Shui Binger absorbed the Devil Fish’s Soul Ring and right leg bone, raising her Soul Power to Rank 90.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress sacrificed their power to Shui Binger, whose aura rose to Rank 93 as the Snow Empress’s energy was exhausted.
• Tang Qiye met Beast God Di Tian, recognized him, and agreed to visit the Star Dou Great Forest after Shui Binger received her pending Ice God trial reward.

As the Elite Competition’s third elimination round was announced, Luo Chuan visited the Far North with Shui Binger and faced an offer from the Abyssal Sage King. He rejected cooperation and left their conflict over the Plane Origins unresolved, with the Abyssal Sage King troubled by the loss of Black Empress.

• Luo Chuan announced that the third elimination round would use a free-challenge system at the Soul Battle Palace, with the venue map kept secret.
• Qian Renxue pressed Luo Chuan to reveal what he had said to Bibi Dong, and he whispered a secret that left Qian Renxue blushing and agreeing to something.
• On the fifth day after the second round, Luo Chuan and Shui Binger arrived at Ice Valley in the Far North after his formation was triggered again.
• The Abyssal Sage King offered Luo Chuan half of the Abyss in exchange for cooperation and proposed keeping Shui Binger as leverage.
• Luo Chuan refused the offer, declared that he intended to claim the Abyss Plane’s Plane Origin, and taunted the Abyssal Sage King about Black Empress’s death.

Luo Chuan prepared Douluo Continent’s forces for the Abyss invasion, organizing soul masters, Soul Engineers, and the Star Dou Great Forest soul beasts. The chapter ended with Scarlet King proposing that ocean soul beasts join the war, though Ten Thousand Demons King questioned how they could be gathered without endangering weaker sea creatures.

• The Abyssal Sage King rejected Luo Chuan’s invitation to fight in the Abyss and ordered small units to invade Douluo Continent.
• Luo Chuan told Shui Binger to organize the soul masters and bring Soul Engineers and Soul Tools to Extreme Ice Fortress.
• Jing Hongchen reported that Level 9 Soul Guidance Devices were in production but metal ores were scarce, and Luo Chuan directed him to develop battle armor and battlefield weapons.
• Ten Thousand Demons King reported that Gu Yuena was sending the Star Dou Great Forest soul beasts to join the war, and Luo Chuan put him in charge and assigned Bi Ji to manage healers and purifiers.
• Scarlet King suggested bringing ocean soul beasts into the battle, but Ten Thousand Demons King questioned how to gather them without exposing weaker sea creatures to the Abyss.

Luo Chuan planned to use the Sea Soul Beasts against the Abyss Creatures and went to Gu Yuena to revive the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. He left Yun Ming in charge of the Northern Icefield while urging Gu Yuena to strengthen her foundation by cultivating the Dao Scripture.

• Luo Chuan discussed gathering powerful Sea Soul Beasts with Ten Thousand Demons King, who explained the Ice Dragon King's influence over them.
• Luo Chuan ordered Ten Thousand Demons King to send ten-thousand-year soul beasts to the Northern Icefield Battlefield and drive troublesome Star Dou Great Forest soul beasts there.
• Luo Chuan left Yun Ming in command of the Northern Icefield and told Ning Fengzhi to return to Luo Shen Hall.
• Luo Chuan met Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Great Forest and agreed to revive both the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena asked about Luo Chuan's strength and worried that others were advancing faster; Luo Chuan advised her to focus on the Dao Scripture and build a stable foundation.

Luo Chuan explained the need for Gu Yuena to strengthen her foundation and revealed that his Dao Palace Avatar could fight the Abyssal Sage King, though he feared the Abyss Plane’s collapse would destroy Douluo Continent. As he worked to revive the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, the first Abyss Creatures entered the Extreme North and met Douluo Continent’s defenders.

• Luo Chuan advised Gu Yuena to focus on comprehending the Dao Scripture and warned her about the dangers of Heavenly Tribulation.
• Luo Chuan summoned a Dao Palace Avatar and said it could handle the Abyssal Sage King, but explained that he could not guarantee he could save Douluo Continent from the Abyss Plane’s collapse.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Luo Chuan used the Dragon Kings’ soul bones, remnant souls, and Source Power to rebuild their bodies.
• The first squad of Abyss Creatures entered Ice Valley, and Jing Hongchen identified them as enemy forces and ordered two Titled Douluo to be dispatched.
• Soul beasts and soul masters attacked the black-bee-like Abyss Creatures, while Douluo Continent’s Plane Spirit intercepted the energy of the dead invaders.

Douluo Continent fought off escalating Abyss Plane attacks in the Extreme North while Luo Chuan revived the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and directed them to reinforce the war. He then announced that the Elite Competition would shift toward the battlefield, leaving the assembled leaders facing a war Luo Chuan said they could not evade.

• Douluo Continent's forces wiped out the Abyss's thousand-creature vanguard, then fought growing attacks as Ten Thousand Demons King directed Bear King, Scarlet King, and Zi Ji against powerful enemies.
• Luo Chuan finished restoring the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, whose cultivation had reached the Half-step God King level.
• Luo Chuan ordered Ice Dragon King to organize the Sea Soul Beasts and Fire Dragon King to reinforce the Extreme North battlefield.
• Luo Chuan and Gu Yuena arrived at Soul Battle City and discussed moving the Elite Competition's later rounds to the Extreme North battlefield.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiao, Hu Yanzhuo, Dai Yuntian, and the Empress of Heaven Dou offered their forces, and Luo Chuan declared the war concerned all of Douluo Continent and would not permit anyone to evade it.

Luo Chuan revealed that an Abyss Plane invasion threatened Douluo Continent and recruited support for the Extreme North battlefield. The Elite Competition would continue there with doubled rewards as the empires prepared to mobilize their forces.

• Luo Chuan explained the invasion and showed spectators footage of Gale Wolves fighting Abyss Creatures, describing how victory granted spiritual energy and battle merits.
• Audience members volunteered to join Luo Shen Hall and accept organized command, while Luo Chuan said the Extreme North battle did not yet require mass deployment.
• Dai Yuntian pledged Star Luo’s forces and supplies, and Qian Renxue committed Heaven Dou to Luo Shen Hall’s command.
• Luo Chuan ordered the empires to prepare troops and supplies near teleportation arrays, then announced that the Elite Competition would move to the Extreme North with doubled rewards.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar offered to pass their team’s rewards down to other competitors, while Spirit Hall said it only wanted the ranking.