Chapter Summaries

Oscar wondered how a food-type Soul Master could gain combat power, and Kong explained two possible paths. Oscar left with new ideas for developing his abilities.

• Oscar admitted he had no plans to join the military and wanted to find a way to gain combat power after the tournament.
• Kong told Oscar that food-type and support-type Soul Masters could develop combat power through different methods.
• Kong explained that Oscar could seek a soul ring from a Mirror Beast in the Icebound Forest to gain a skill that replicated another person’s Martial Soul.
• Kong also suggested that Oscar might acquire an External Soul Bone while absorbing a soul ring, though the chance depended on luck.
• Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun listened as Kong described the possibilities.

Kong explained ways Oscar could gain combat ability, including the rare possibility of obtaining an External Soul Bone, then returned to his dormitory. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling questioned his frequent meetings with Xue Qinghe, unaware that the Crown Prince was Qian Renxue in disguise, before Kong took them to Heaven Dou City.

• Kong explained that External Soul Bones could grow and described how Soul Beasts such as the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear might produce them.
• Kong advised Oscar to pursue the more reliable method of gaining combat ability and left Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to discuss his guidance.
• Ma Hongjun urged Oscar to thank Kong, while Oscar and Dai Mubai remained skeptical but agreed to wait and see.
• Dugu Yan complained that Xue Qinghe had sought Kong out repeatedly, and Kong said the Crown Prince was building a relationship and trying to win him over.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling suggested Kong meet the Crown Prince less often to avoid misunderstandings, and Kong changed the subject by inviting them to eat in Heaven Dou City.

Kong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling encountered two Blazing Academy students in Heaven Dou City, and Kong’s pressure left them shaken. Huo Wu heard their account and decided to see Kong’s abilities during the tournament.

• A Blazing Academy student nearly provoked Kong and his companions before noticing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan emblems and apologizing.
• Kong warned the two Blazing Academy students to prepare for the tournament and briefly released his pressure, frightening them.
• Huo He and Huo Lie wondered who Kong was and praised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s strength.
• Huo Wu questioned Huo He and Huo Lie about their encounter, then decided to watch Kong compete and judge his abilities for herself.

The Royal Fight Team prepared to attend the Heaven Dou Division tournament’s opening ceremony, though Kong had overslept despite being the captain. On the way to the arena, Oscar argued that his weaker healing skills could still be useful, but Dai Mubai asked what his third soul skill actually did.

• Tens of thousands of spectators gathered outside the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena ahead of the tournament opening ceremony.
• Dugu Yan woke Kong and reminded him that, as Royal Fight Team Captain, he had to lead the team’s entrance despite their finals seed.
• Kong hurried to the academy gates, where the team had waited nearly two hours for him.
• Ma Hongjun teased Oscar about being the weakest support member, and Oscar claimed that his lesser healing ability gave him an advantage because serious injuries were unlikely with Kong and Dugu Yan on the team.
• Oscar praised Ye Lingling’s healing and said his own third soul skill made him more balanced, prompting Dai Mubai to ask what the skill was.

Oscar revealed that his third soul skill granted one second of invincibility, but Kong pointed out its limits and explained that his own first soul skill ignored defense. The Royal Fight First Team arrived late to the tournament waiting area, where their reputation stirred arguments and a Skywater Academy student asked about Kong.

• Oscar told the team that his third soul skill granted one second of invincibility, usable six times per day.
• Kong explained that Invincible Golden Body could be overcome by sufficient power or damage that ignored defense, then revealed that his First Soul Skill ignored defense.
• The group entered Heaven Dou City and headed to the contestants' waiting area as the streets emptied for the tournament.
• The Royal Fight Second Team defended the absent Royal Fight First Team, while Tang San resented their lateness and the praise they received.
• A Skywater Academy student asked whether Kong had joined the Royal Fight First Team, and the Royal Fight Second Team captain confirmed that Yu Tiankong was its captain.

Kong and his teammates arrived late at the Soul Arena, drawing attention from the other teams and spectators. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Kong and explained that they were not competing in the tournament because their Soul Power Levels were too low.

• Shui Yue'er met Kong, praised his recent guidance, and returned to Skywater Academy to prepare for the tournament.
• Tang San envied the attention Kong received and vowed to surpass him by cultivating his second martial soul.
• Kong and Dugu Yan's group arrived at the competitors' resting area, where Qin Ming was relieved they had finally shown up.
• Kong explained their delay by blaming the enthusiastic audience, and Qin Ming told the team to prepare for their first entrance into the arena.
• Shui Yue'er hurried back to see Kong, while Shui Bing'er watched her sister with envy and hesitation.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Kong and said they were not participating in the tournament because their Soul Power Levels were too low.

At the opening ceremony, Kong reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Shui Yue'er, who invited him to a group meal with their friends. Dai Mubai accepted that Zhu Zhuqing had moved on, while Yu Feng reluctantly agreed to pay for the gathering.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she and Ning Rongrong had joined Blue Tyrant Academy as substitutes only to watch Kong, and Ning Rongrong joked that Tai Long and the others might not reach the Promotion Tournament.
• Shui Yue'er greeted Kong, asked him to call her Yue'er, and invited him to dinner after the opening ceremony to thank him for his guidance.
• Kong agreed to a group meal, and Ning Rongrong insisted that she and Zhu Zhuqing would join; Dai Mubai reflected on losing Zhu Zhuqing and accepted that she was free to like someone else.
• Shui Yue'er asked to bring Shui Bing'er and Ruo Shui, and Kong agreed; Yu Feng and the other young men pleaded to join the meal.
• Yu Feng offered to pay, so Kong told him to buy ingredients from a list, leaving Yu Feng worried that his wallet would suffer.

Kong appeared as captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Royal Fight First Team during the tournament’s opening ceremony, drawing cheers and doubts about his age and strength. Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen left after watching him and Dugu Yan, while the procession continued and Huo Lie recognized Kong.

• The host introduced the Royal Fight First Team as Heaven Dou’s seeded team but kept its members’ information secret, frustrating the audience.
• Kong led the team into the arena, prompting cheers, admiration from female spectators, and resentment and suspicion from rival contestants.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin watched silently as Emperor Xue Ye praised the team, knowing Kong intended to overthrow the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen watched Kong and Dugu Yan, discussed the possibility of a match between Kong and Dugu Yan, then left the arena.
• The host continued introducing the teams, and Huo Lie recognized Kong as the person he had encountered earlier.

Huo Wu resolved to test Kong's strength, while Yu Tianxin and the Thunder Team accepted Kong's move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and credited him for Yu Tianxin's Left Arm Soul Bone. At the opening ceremony, Salas drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Academy, and the Royal Fight Second Team captain let Tang San lead the team in the match.

• Huo Wu vowed that Blazing Team would reach the Grand Finals and that she would see how strong Kong was.
• Yu Tianxin stopped the Thunder Team from speculating about Kong's reasons for joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and felt grateful to him for the Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Yu Feng left to buy ingredients for the gathering, while Kong regretted staying to listen to the opening ceremony speeches.
• Tang San asked the Royal Fight Second Team captain to let him lead the opening match, but the captain had not yet answered when the draw began.
• Salas drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Academy, and the captain agreed to let Tang San lead the team.

Tang San joined the Royal Fight Second Team for its opening match against Blazing Academy, while the second team captain gave him the chance to lead and take responsibility for the outcome. The chapter left Tang San confident and the first team expecting the second team to rank among the Preliminary Tournament’s strongest, despite its difficult draw.

• Salas swore that the draw pairing the Royal Fight Second Team with Blazing Academy had been fair, easing the audience’s suspicions.
• Blazing Academy’s members dismissed the second team but agreed to prolong the fight for the opening ceremony’s spectators.
• The second team captain replaced his girlfriend with a substitute and offered Tang San command if he could win the match.
• Tang San accepted the challenge, while the captain privately planned to blame him for the team’s likely loss.
• Kong predicted that only the Five Element teams could defeat the second team, though he allowed that the match’s outcome could depend on luck.

Tang San’s teammates and the Blazing Academy team prepared for their first match, while the Royal Fight Second Team’s internal rivalry became public. After the second team took the stage without Tang San, a teammate claimed he had yielded his place to avoid a contest with the vice captain, angering the academy’s officials and leaving Tang San furious.

• A second team member challenged Tang San’s assumptions about the participating teams, while the others recognized Kong’s praise of their strength.
• Huo Wu argued that Blazing Academy should show its strength, and the teacher chose her and Wu Shuang to lead the team into the match.
• The teams took the stage, and the audience was surprised that Tang San, the second team’s captain, was absent.
• A second team member claimed Tang San had stayed out because he and the vice captain had competed for the chance to play.
• Huo Wu and the audience were stunned, while Xue Ye and the education committee members grew angry at Tang San.

Tang San faced Blazing Academy in the tournament, and the audience questioned his decision to fight a team of fire-attribute Soul Masters with his Plant-Based Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Kong left to bring Ei or the Raiden Shogun to the event, and his teammates wondered why Tang San had advanced so far beyond them.

• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and Blazing Academy and the audience were stunned that Tang San had entered the match with a Plant-Based Martial Soul.
• The crowd speculated that Tang San might be a spy after seeing him challenge Blazing Academy, whose members all wielded fire-attribute Martial Souls.
• Tang San froze when he realized his opponents were all fire-attribute Soul Masters, while the narration explained that he lacked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s benefits and an awakened Blue Silver Grass bloodline.
• Kong left the stands to pick someone up, prompting Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong to discuss whether Ei or the Raiden Shogun would attend.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing wondered how Tang San had reached Soul Ancestor level while they remained below level thirty-five, and Oscar and Dai Mubai were surprised by his progress.

Oscar and the others speculated about Tang San’s rapid cultivation before Kong returned with Raiden Shogun, his wife. When the soul battle began, Tang San caught Blazing Academy’s front line with Blue Silver Entanglement, but his teammates misunderstood his order to attack.

• Oscar and Dai Mubai discussed Tang San’s cultivation speed and suspected that soul bones and his family background explained his progress.
• Ning Rongrong worried about falling behind Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing reminded her that Soul Saint might be her limit.
• Kong returned to the resting area holding Raiden Shogun’s hand and introduced her as his wife.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to bind Blazing Academy’s front line, but Huo Wu Shuang and the others broke free.
• Tang San ordered the Royal Fight Second Team to attack, but one teammate misunderstood his command before charging at the Blazing Academy members.

Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to set up an attack, but Huo Wu caught the Royal Fight Second Team in a trap and knocked six members out with her Repelling Fire Ring. With only Tang San left against the Blazing Team, he launched another attack using Blue Silver Entanglement and his movement techniques.

• Tang San used Parasitism to restrain Huo Wu Shuang and the others again, then urged the Royal Fight Second Team to attack Huo Wu Shuang.
• Huo Wu Shuang stopped trying to break free as Huo Wu prepared her trap, and Tang San sensed something was wrong and shouted for his teammates to retreat.
• Huo Wu used her third soul skill, Repelling Fire Ring, to send all six charging Royal Fight Second Team members out of the arena.
• Huo Wu Shuang urged Tang San to surrender, while Kong explained that Repelling Fire Ring forcibly knocked back targets it hit.
• Tang San denied that his command had failed, then used Blue Silver Entanglement and charged at the Blazing Team with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eyes.

Tang San lost the match against Blazing Academy after being overwhelmed by their fire-based attacks, while Kong and Raiden Shogun left the arena with the Skywater Team. Yu Tianxin then revealed that Yu Tiankong was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Young Sect Master, leaving the other teams to wonder about his talent and strength.

• Tang San used Tang Sect techniques to hold off Blazing Academy and defeat one opponent, but Huo Wu Shuang’s team eventually struck him down.
• Huo Wu Shuang acknowledged Tang San’s skill and urged him to concede; Tang San accepted defeat and resolved to find a way to counter fire.
• The referee declared Blazing Academy the winner, and Kong and Raiden Shogun dismissed the match before leaving with the Skywater Team for a picnic.
• Feng Xiaotian praised Huo Wu while a Kamikaze Team member questioned why the Royal Fight First Team had taken the Skywater girls with them.
• Yu Tianxin told Feng Xiaotian that Yu Tiankong was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Young Sect Master, prompting others to wonder at Yu Tiankong’s strength and talent.

After the tournament, Kong and the group gathered outside Heaven Dou City, where the girls compared themselves to Raiden Shogun and Zhu Zhuqing. As Kong organized a barbecue, Ma Hongjun revealed his powerful Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and level forty-five cultivation, leaving the others astonished.

• Shui Yue'er met Kong and the others after the tournament, and her friends were overwhelmed by Raiden Shogun's appearance.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed cheering for Kong at the finals, while the Tianshui girls questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her figure.
• Kong led the group to an open area and had them prepare skewered meat, while he stopped Raiden Shogun from helping.
• Kong told Ma Hongjun to light the charcoal, and Ma Hongjun revealed his mutated Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul to the Tianshui girls.
• Ma Hongjun explained that his Evil Fire Phoenix's unusual powers made it formidable, then disclosed that he had reached level forty-five.
• Kong encouraged Ma Hongjun to keep cultivating and perhaps change his fate.

Kong agreed to let Skywater Academy sell milk tea and fruit tea for thirty percent of the profits, then made a second barbecue business deal with Ning Rongrong. After escorting the girls safely back to Heaven Dou City, Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang how to address Blue Silver Grass’s weakness to fire, but remained dissatisfied with his teacher’s advice.

• Shui Bing'er proposed a partnership to sell Kong’s milk tea, and Kong accepted thirty percent of the profits for himself.
• Ning Rongrong proposed a separate deal for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to sell Kong’s barbecue seasonings, and Kong agreed to discuss it after the meal.
• Kong and the Royal Fight First Team escorted Shui Bing'er’s group, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing safely back to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang how he could overcome Blue Silver Grass’s weakness to fire, and Yu Xiaogang advised him to focus on his second Martial Soul instead.
• Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s perspective and struggled to accept that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had such an obvious flaw.

Tang San brooded over his defeat and his vulnerability to fire, while Kong returned to the Plane of Euthymia and tried to keep Ei and Raiden Shogun from arguing. After dinner, he began teaching them to cook, leaving the trio facing a long and disastrous lesson.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang how he could overcome his weakness to fire, and Yu Xiaogang said he would need to wait until level fifty to gain fire resistance.
• Tang San returned to the dormitory, cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and regretted not focusing on the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.
• Kong brought food to Ei in the Plane of Euthymia, where Raiden Shogun revealed she had told Ei about the bonfire party and its food.
• Ei suggested repairing Raiden Shogun, but Kong changed the subject by offering to teach both women how to cook.
• Kong taught Ei and Raiden Shogun to prepare scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and both women asked whether eggshells and tomatoes needed to be removed or cut.

Kong accepted Dugu Yan’s confession, and Ye Lingling congratulated them. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong moved the tournament finals there so she could meet Kong, while Qian Daoliu warned her not to harm him and Bibi Dong worried that Qian Renxue might repeat her mistakes.

• Kong predicted that Tang San’s Royal Fight Second Team would reach the Ranking Tournament, then refused Dugu Yan’s proposed bet.
• Dugu Yan confessed her feelings to Kong, and he admitted that he liked her and agreed that they were together.
• Ye Lingling congratulated Kong and Dugu Yan, while Kong checked the sky to make sure his wives were not angry.
• Bibi Dong ordered the tournament finals moved to Spirit City, and Qian Daoliu’s support secured the elders’ approval.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong not to harm Kong, and she said she did not want Qian Renxue to suffer the same fate she had.

After losing to Godwind Academy, Tang San took leave and secretly headed to Sunset Forest, while Yu Xiaogang worried he might recklessly add Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Blue Sunshine Academy stunned the tournament with a rare seven-person Soul Skill Fusion Technique, leaving the Royal Fight First Team wondering whether Kong could withstand it.

• Dugu Yan decided she needed Ye Lingling’s healing to help her defeat Kong, while Kong told her to rest after their duel.
• After Tang San lost to Feng Xiaotian, he questioned the limits of his Blue Silver Grass and resolved to prove himself in the tournament.
• Tang San asked the Second Team Leader Teacher for leave and secretly ran toward Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Tang San had left without telling him and feared he might add Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul.
• Blue Sunshine Academy used a seven-person Soul Skill Fusion Technique against Elephant Armor Academy, alarming the Royal Fight First Team and prompting doubts about whether Kong could stop it.