Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong tormented Yu Xiaogang in a dream, while he woke convinced they still desired him and resumed planning Tang San’s training. Half a month later, Tang Hao arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Family, where Dai Yutian recognized him as the Clear Sky Douluo.

• Liu Erlong burned Yu Xiaogang in the dream after realizing his intentions toward her were not sincere, and Bibi Dong joined in tormenting him.
• Yu Xiaogang woke from the dream, remained narcissistic about Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, and considered Tang San’s Soul Rings and the Whale Rubber he needed.
• Tang Hao went to Star Luo City to obtain high-year Whale Rubber, believing the Star Luo Empire would be reluctant to refuse a Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo.
• Dai Yichen’s plans for the Star Luo Empire’s academies, Soul Tools, and military campaign against Spirit Hall faced resistance from a few nobles, whom Dai Yutian threatened with execution and confiscation.
• Tang Hao appeared before Dai Yutian, Dugu Bo, and Dai Yichen after morning court and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings.
• Dai Yutian recognized Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo and asked why he had come.

Tang Hao demanded Whale Rubber from the Star Luo Imperial Family and attacked when Dai Yutian refused. Dugu Bo blocked him and threatened to destroy the Clear Sky Sect if Tang Hao continued targeting the Empire, leaving Tang Hao facing a dangerous stalemate.

• Tang Hao demanded thirty percent of the Star Luo Imperial Family’s high-grade Whale Rubber, then raised his demand to forty percent and threatened Dai Yutian.
• Dugu Bo stepped between Tang Hao and Dai Yichen and Dai Yutian, challenging Tang Hao to fight.
• Tang Hao used Clear Sky True Body and Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Dugu Bo and Dai Yichen’s layered defenses stopped his attack.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had reached level ninety-four and warned Tang Hao that his injuries and Dugu Bo’s poison could turn the fight against him.
• Dugu Bo threatened to use a Poison Array against the Clear Sky Sect and mentioned Tang Hao’s younger sister at Moonlight Pavilion.

Dai Yichen and Dugu Bo forced Tang Hao to retreat by threatening the Clear Sky Sect, then discussed Mystic Water Pills that could improve cultivation and innate talent. Dai Yichen gave the pills to Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Ye Lingling, while Dugu Yan blushed at his newly intimate way of addressing her.

• Tang Hao threatened to slaughter the imperial family, then left the great hall after Dugu Bo and Dai Yichen refused to back down.
• Dai Yichen told Dai Yutian that Tang Hao would be deterred by threats against the Clear Sky Sect and suggested Dugu Bo intimidate the sect if necessary.
• Dugu Bo gave Dai Yichen the Mystic Water Pills he had refined, and Dai Yichen explained their potential to raise Innate Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo insisted that Dai Yichen call Dugu Yan Yan Yan and brought him to where she and Zhu Zhuyun were cultivating.
• Dai Yichen gave Mystic Water Pills to Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuyun, and Dugu Yan blushed at being called Yan Yan.
• Dai Yichen gave Ye Lingling another Mystic Water Pill and advised the recipients to take them in the bathhouse because of their Marrow Cleansing effect.

Dai Yichen gave Dugu Yan an immortal herb for Ye Lingling, breaking the Nine Heart Begonia’s bloodline curse and transforming her martial soul. The chapter ended with Tang Hao coughing up green blood after leaving Star Luo City, shocked by Dugu Bo’s strength.

• Dugu Yan asked Dai Yichen for an immortal herb that could help Ye Lingling, and he bought the Nine Underworlds Soul Passage Other Shore Flower from the System Store.
• Dai Yichen gave the flower to Dugu Yan, who kissed his cheek before bringing it to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the flower, gained five Soul Power levels, broke her bloodline shackles, and awakened the Netherworld Revival ability.
• Dugu Yan celebrated Ye Lingling’s transformation and said they should thank Dai Yichen.
• Tang Hao spat out green blood after leaving Star Luo City and wondered how Dugu Bo had become so powerful.

Five years later, Dai Yichen had become a level fifty-five Soul King, while his companions and rival academies had grown stronger. As Star Luo Royal Academy prepared to spar with Heaven Dou Royal Team, Dai Yichen suspected that Qian Renxue had faked her death to escape imperial duties.

• Tang Hao failed to break through Dugu Bo's defensive soul skill and decided to seek ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber from smaller sects and families instead of the major powers.
• Dai Yichen reached level fifty-five and became strong enough to defeat Dai Yutian in a spar without Ultimate Attribute suppression or Dai Yutian's Martial Soul Avatar.
• Dugu Yan advanced to level sixty-three using the Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring Heaven Art, while Zhu Zhuqing reached level fifty-eight and Ning Rongrong reached level thirty-six.
• Dai Yichen told Dugu Bo that Ning Fengzhi would bring Heaven Dou Royal Team to Star Luo Royal Academy for a spar, and urged Dugu Bo to condense his Soul Core after reaching level ninety-five.
• Dai Yichen recalled that Qian Renxue had supposedly been killed by a Beast Tide four years earlier and suspected she had staged her death to leave her role as Crown Prince.

Dai Yichen learned that Xue Beng had died, likely killed by Qian Renxue before she faked her death, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire in crisis. Dugu Bo formed a Heavenly Poison Soul Core and gained the Nine Nether Poison Domain, while Dai Yichen looked ahead to the Heaven Dou Team's visit and Tang San's possible hidden weapons and soul bones.

• News reached Dai Yichen that Xue Beng had died on top of a woman, leading him to suspect Qian Renxue had faked her death and killed Xue Beng before escaping.
• The deaths of all four Heaven Dou princes left Xue Ye comatose and the empire without a suitable heir.
• Dugu Bo thanked Dai Yichen for his cultivation method and, under Dai Yichen's protection, condensed a Heavenly Poison Soul Core without advancing beyond Rank 95.
• Dugu Bo gained the Nine Nether Poison Domain, which spread poisonous mist and strengthened his attributes based on the Soul Power opponents lost within it.
• Dai Yichen wondered whether Tang San still possessed the Eight Spider Lances and planned to find out when Ning Fengzhi brought the Heaven Dou Team for a friendly match.
• Dugu Bo noted that Dai Mubai was also on the Heaven Dou Team and wondered why he dared to return.

Dai Yichen received intelligence on the rival academies while the chapter recounted how he brought the Breaking, Speed, and Defense Clans under the Star Luo Imperial Family. Appointed Crown Prince, he became their direct superior, while Dai Yutian looked forward to retiring after the Soul Master Competition and meeting his grandson.

• Bai He reported that Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian had reached Soul King, while several other academy captains might soon do the same.
• Dai Yichen had recruited Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Yang Wudi promised to deal personally with the Strength Clan if it sided with Tang Hao.
• The Speed Clan and then the Defense Clan joined the Star Luo Imperial Family, completing Dai Yichen's subjugation of the Three Great Single Attribute Sects.
• The Breaking Clan took charge of medicine refining and the Destruction Legion, the Speed Clan formed a reconnaissance corps, and the Defense Clan organized its legion and infrastructure work.
• Dai Yutian appointed Dai Yichen Crown Prince and accepted that the three clans would answer directly to him.
• Dai Yutian planned to retire after the Soul Master Competition and hoped to meet his grandson.

Bai He reported that Spirit Hall’s team had been training under Bibi Dong, while Dai Yichen considered how rumors about academy training had spread. The Heaven Dou Team arrived for the sparring match, and Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to hide his Eight Spider Lances from Poison Douluo.

• Dai Yichen questioned how Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu had both reached Soul King, then asked Bai He about Spirit Hall’s team.
• Bai He said Bibi Dong had personally guided Spirit Hall’s team in closed-door cultivation and mentioned seeing a blonde woman resembling Qian Xunji.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with the Heaven Dou Team, led by Qin Ming and accompanied by Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to reveal his poison-attributed External Soul Bone in case Poison Douluo tried to take it.
• Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances had come from a nearly four-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, which he had been able to absorb after consuming Whale Rubber.

Dai Yichen’s strength and the Star Luo Team’s lineup set the stage for a high-profile friendly match against the Heaven Dou Team. As the individual matches were about to begin, Yu Xiaogang spotted Bibi Dong among the guests.

• Tang San considered Dai Yichen a powerful rival but believed his Twin Martial Souls and Tang Sect skills would eventually let him surpass him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender arranged the practice match to test the Heaven Dou Team and push its members to work harder.
• Bibi Dong kept the three soul bone prizes for the Soul Master Competition after Qian Renxue agreed to compete for Spirit Hall and gave her mother another chance.
• At Dai Yichen’s request, Dai Yutian opened the Star Luo–Heaven Dou Exchange Tournament to invited academies and fielded a strong Star Luo Team led by Dai Yichen and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Kong Qingfeng began the individual matches, and Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong among the guests.

Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong at the friendly match and was reminded of a dream, while the teams chose their first fighters. Xiao Wu swiftly defeated Shi Mo, leaving Heaven Dou Team to send out its next opponent.

• Yu Xiaogang saw Bibi Dong among the honored guests and brushed off Tang San's concern by calling her an old acquaintance.
• Shi Mo volunteered to fight first for Heaven Dou Team, while Dai Yichen chose Xiao Wu to represent Star Luo Team.
• Kong Qingfeng announced that twelve-year-old Xiao Wu had level 47 Soul Power, stunning the spectators and Shi Mo.
• Xiao Wu used Charm, Lingbo Micro Step, and Waist Bow to knock Shi Mo out of the arena and win the match.
• Kong Qingfeng declared Xiao Wu the winner and asked Heaven Dou Team to send out its next opponent.

Xiao Wu’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring astonished the spectators at the Star Luo versus Heaven Dou match and sparked speculation about Dai Yichen’s relationships. After Xiao Wu won the opening bout, the chapter shifted to her possible clash with Tang San and Spirit Hall’s Hu Liena.

• Xiao Wu’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring stunned the audience, and Ning Fengzhi and Dai Yutian wondered how she had obtained it and what it implied about Dai Yichen’s relationships.
• Dai Yichen observed the gathered teams and wrote in his diary while the Star Luo and Heaven Dou match began.
• Xiao Wu defeated the opposing defense-type Soul Ancestor in the opening individual match by breaking through his defenses.
• Dai Yichen noted that Tang San lacked the immortal-herb benefits he had in the original story and questioned whether Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes could resist Xiao Wu’s Charm.
• Xiao Wu assessed how her enhanced Mental Power could control opponents, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue discussed the threat she posed and Yan dismissed the concern.

Xiao Wu fought Tang San in the individual matches and used her Charm, Teleportation, and Exploding Kill Eight Stage Throw to overwhelm him. She left him high in the air after dodging his Spider Web Restraint, with Yu Xiaogang fearing the fall would injure him.

• Xiao Wu defeated four Heaven Dou Team contestants in succession before Tang San entered the arena as the fifth fighter.
• Dai Yichen urged Xiao Wu to use her full strength against Tang San, prompting Flender to protest and host Kong Qingfeng to defend the Star Luo Team.
• Tang San opened with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Xiao Wu used Charm and Teleportation to get behind him and begin her Exploding Kill Eight Stage Throw.
• Tang San tried to block Xiao Wu's kick with his Mysterious Jade Hand, but her Strength Mastery overwhelmed him and cracked his hand.
• Xiao Wu dodged Tang San's Spider Web Restraint with Teleportation and kicked him higher into the air, while Yu Xiaogang feared the consequences of his fall.

Xiao Wu defeated Tang San after he revealed his Eight Spider Lances, and Ye Lingling used her awakened healing ability to restore him. The chapter ended with Tang San fully healed, including his broken soul bone, and ready to compete in the afternoon team battle.

• Tang San unleashed his Eight Spider Lances, but Xiao Wu activated Invincible Golden Body and snapped one lance with her kick.
• Tang San crashed to the ground badly injured, prompting Flender to move to help him and Yu Xiaogang to protest to Kong Qingfeng.
• Dai Yichen asked Ye Lingling to heal Tang San so he could compete that afternoon, and Ye Lingling used Nine Heart Begonia, Netherworld Revival.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Ning Fengzhi was her father, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed the Nine Heart Begonia's healing power.
• After thirty seconds, Tang San's injuries had healed completely, and his broken Eight Spider Lances soul bone had regrown.

Ye Lingling’s extraordinary healing drew attention, while Zhu Zhuqing stunned Dai Mubai and the spectators by revealing that she was a level fifty-eight Soul King. The chapter ended with Spirit Hall’s Hu Liena and Qian Renxue assessing the Star Luo Team as a major threat.

• Ye Lingling healed a fighter in under a minute and restored his soul bone, while Dugu Bo warned Dai Yichen that Tang Hao might target her and Dai Yichen said he had already protected her.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Heaven Dou Royal Team hesitated over who would enter its next match, and Dai Mubai volunteered after seeing Zhu Zhuqing take the field.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself as a level forty-two Soul Ancestor, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed five soul rings and her level-fifty-eight Soul King rank.
• Xie Yue recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s strength as evidence that the Star Luo Team would be Spirit Hall’s greatest rival, while Hu Liena asked Qian Renxue whether she could face Dai Yichen.
• Qian Renxue admitted she was not confident against Dai Yichen, who remained a Soul King despite possessing only one soul ring on his second martial soul.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Zhu Zhuqing used her stealth and Netherworld Phantom Transformation to evade Dai Mubai’s attacks and ambush him with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. Dai Mubai was badly wounded, while Bibi Dong arranged for teams to challenge Star Luo members after the individual competition.

• Bibi Dong praised the Star Luo Team and proposed that teams could challenge its members after the individual competition; Dai Yutian agreed after Dai Yichen nodded, while reserving the members’ right to refuse.
• Dai Mubai opened the match with his White Tiger enhancement skills and attacked Zhu Zhuqing with White Tiger Splitting Light Wave.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Blink and Netherworld Stealth to dodge Dai Mubai, then activated Netherworld Phantom Transformation to escape his White Tiger Meteor Shower and move beneath him.
• Tang San watched from Shrek’s preparation area, unable to see through Zhu Zhuqing’s concealment even with his Purple Demon Eyes, and began questioning his confidence in the Tang Sect techniques.
• As Dai Mubai descended, Zhu Zhuqing struck his back with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, tearing through his defenses and inflicting severe wounds with its Netherworld Force.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, giving the Star Luo Team victory in the individual matches, while Dai Yichen considered Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and the danger of Tang Hao’s protection. The chapter also revealed how Dai Yichen’s policies had reshaped the Star Luo Empire’s academies and restricted Spirit Hall’s influence, leaving the Soul Bone theft uncertain.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, and Kong Qingfeng declared the Star Luo Team the winner of the individual matches.
• Dai Yichen wrote that Heaven Dou’s injured fighters would take a long time to recover and wondered whether Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances could be taken for Old Monster.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue considered how the Star Luo Empire had restricted Spirit Hall’s remaining sub-halls and charged them stationing fees.
• Dai Yutian had established free compulsory academies and better-funded private academies under Dai Yichen’s plans, financing the reforms partly by confiscating corrupt nobles’ property.
• Dai Yichen noticed a subtle ripple when Ye Lingling healed Tang San and suspected Tang Hao was nearby protecting him, making the Eight Spider Lances difficult to take.

Hu Liena read Dai Yichen’s revelations about her future connection to Tang San and panicked that she might fall for him and betray Spirit Hall. She was left visibly shaken as Yan and Xie Yue asked what was wrong and offered to approach the Star Luo Fourth Prince in her place.

• Dai Yichen considered ways to take Tang San’s fused Eight Spider Lances soul bone and noted that Tang Hao’s plans could give them a chance to remove it in the City of Slaughter.
• Hu Liena considered training in the City of Slaughter after the Soul Master Competition to obtain the Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Dai Yichen revealed that Hu Liena would meet Tang San in the City of Slaughter, become attracted to his changed appearance, and remain emotionally attached to him despite his rejection and deception.
• Hu Liena panicked at the prospect of loving Tang San while serving Spirit Hall and feared that she might betray her teacher.
• Yan noticed Hu Liena’s pale face, and Xie Yue offered to speak with the Star Luo Fourth Prince instead of her.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan challenged Dai Yichen after introducing their Soul Power Levels and martial souls. The Star Luo Team’s impressive strength shocked the watching academies, and the three individual matches were arranged for later that morning.

• Hu Liena approached Dai Yichen and invited him to fight after the break, while Xie Yue and Yan also asked to challenge him.
• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuyun questioned the Spirit Hall trio and asked them to introduce themselves before the challenge was considered.
• Xie Yue introduced himself, Hu Liena, and Yan, and the Star Luo Team members then revealed their own martial souls and Soul Power Levels.
• The watching Soul Masters were stunned by the Star Luo Team’s high average strength, while Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu realized they could not challenge its strongest members.
• Dai Yichen accepted the challenges, and the three individual matches were finalized after a half-hour break.

Dai Yichen defeated Yan with a single attack, using his Taiji Diagram to turn Yan’s lava strike back on him before finishing the match. Tang San recognized the technique and, after questioning Dai Mubai about Dai Yichen’s childhood and skills, became convinced that Dai Yichen had also been reborn.

• Kong Qingfeng announced Dai Yichen and Yan’s match, and Dai Yichen summoned his armor and revealed his Soul Rings.
• Yan attacked with Hell Lava Surge, but Dai Yichen used his Taiji Diagram to block and redirect the lava back at him.
• Dai Yichen struck Yan with Explosive Step and Iron Mountain Lean, knocking him unconscious in one blow.
• Tang San recognized Dai Yichen’s Taiji Diagram as a Daoist cultivation method and questioned Dai Mubai about his brother’s past.
• After hearing Dai Mubai’s answers, Tang San concluded that Dai Yichen had been reborn just like him.

Dai Yichen defeated Xie Yue in a direct clash after his White Tiger Vajra Transformation raised his aura to Soul Sage level. Hu Liena then challenged him, believing her charm might still work against his Spirit Eyes.

• Tang San suspected Xiao Wu’s footwork was the Carefree Sect’s Lingbo Micro Step but decided he needed more evidence before concluding Dai Yichen had crossed over from his world.
• Xie Yue activated his first four soul skills and prepared to fight Dai Yichen, who declined to rest and warned that his Martial Soul countered Xie Yue’s.
• Dai Yichen used White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and Bibi Dong and Dugu Bo recognized that his aura had reached Soul Sage level.
• Xie Yue used his fifth soul skill, Kill, but Dai Yichen struck his Moon Blade and sent him flying; Xie Yue conceded and warned Hu Liena to be careful.
• Hu Liena stepped onto the arena and tried to gauge Dai Yichen’s readiness, while she considered whether her charm could affect him despite his Mental Power and resistance.