Chapter Summaries

Li Xun and the Heaven Dou Royal Team arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground under an unusually large Royal Knights escort, drawing the attention of the other teams. As the tournament camp prepared for the matches, Tang San promised Tai Long they would rescue Senior Titan afterward, while Li Xun and Ning Rongrong quarreled in their room.

• The Heaven Dou Empire moved the Advancement Tournament to the Royal Hunting Ground, where Roxon and two hundred Royal Knights escorted Li Xun's team to their camp.
• The other teams, including Shrek's group, noticed Li Xun's special escort, and Tang San promised Tai Long he would help rescue Senior Titan after the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong sprawled on Li Xun's bed and teased him about sharing it, but Li Xun tossed her from the blanket and spanked her.
• Li Xun left the barracks in high spirits, while Ning Rongrong clutched her backside and nearly cried.

Li Xun resisted Dugu Yan’s teasing after Zhu Zhuqing kicked him out, then joined the tournament as the Heaven Dou Empire’s competition began. Shrek drew the opening match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San insisted they fight despite Yu Xiaogang’s advice to concede.

• Li Xun visited Zhu Zhuqing’s barracks, but she eventually shoved him out and shut the door.
• Dugu Yan invited Li Xun inside, but he refused before pulling her close and fleeing when she reacted.
• The next morning, fifteen teams entered the drill grounds under the watch of nearly twenty thousand Royal Knights, and Bibi Dong opened the tournament.
• Xue Qinghe announced rewards for strong performances, and Chrysanthemum Douluo called Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the first match.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Shrek to concede and save their strength, but Tang San insisted that they fight.

Tang San entered the tournament match against Li Xun confident that his Clear Sky Hammer and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings would let him win. The fight began with Tang San revealing the hammer, while Li Xun remained unfazed and privately thought of Xiao Wu.

• Tang San insisted that Dai Mubai surrender if he faced Li Xun, then explained that his four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings had greatly increased his strength.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San’s decision to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer and resolved to explain himself to his disciple later.
• Li Xun noticed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s confidence as Roxon called the teams to send out their first fighters.
• Dai Mubai stood to face Li Xun, but Tang San took his place, leaving Dai Mubai resentful.
• Tang San and Li Xun met at the center of the field, and Tang San revealed his black hammer and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings when Roxon started the match.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and four black soul rings, but Li Xun answered by summoning a massive Wood Dragon. As Tang San began using Chaotic Cloak, Li Xun made the dragon coil around him.

• Tang San displayed his Clear Sky Hammer and four black soul rings, astonishing the spectators and drawing reactions from Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Li Xun summoned a hundred-meter-long Wood Dragon and stood atop its head, stunning the assembled teams and Royal Knights.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong to support Li Xun, and she agreed while Qian Renxue listened.
• Tang San attacked the Wood Dragon with his Clear Sky Hammer, breaking part of its body but realizing the damage was not decisive.
• Tang San began spinning to use Chaotic Cloak, and Li Xun made the Wood Dragon coil and contract around him.

Li Xun defeated Tang San by trapping him in the Wooden Dragon, prompting Bibi Dong to suspend the Advancement Tournament and reveal Spirit Hall’s suspicion that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son. Tang Hao appeared to protect his son, and Bibi Dong confronted him with fierce hatred.

• Li Xun tightened the Wooden Dragon around Tang San, defeated him, and released him after Yu Xiaogang conceded and Bibi Dong ordered him to stop.
• Qian Renxue challenged Bibi Dong over her intervention and demanded to know whether she intended to let Tang San go or keep him there.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring Tang San over and announced that Spirit Hall suspected he was Tang Hao’s son, a matter separate from the tournament.
• Tang Hao appeared above the arena, sent Chrysanthemum Douluo flying, and reunited with the wounded Tang San.
• Bibi Dong sprang to her feet and shouted Tang Hao’s name with open hatred.

Tang Hao fought Bibi Dong and four other Titled Douluo, then clashed with Sword Douluo after Ning Fengzhi empowered Spirit Hall’s side. Tang Hao escaped after sacrificing his left leg, while Li Xun and the others suspected that someone in Bibi Dong’s group had betrayed them.

• Li Xun told Sword Douluo to join the fight as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s token of allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong and four Titled Douluo attacked Tang Hao, who summoned his Clear Sky True Body and struck back with a giant hammer.
• Ning Fengzhi empowered Bibi Dong’s group, and Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer to nearly force them to the ground.
• Sword Douluo attacked Tang Hao, who detonated his remaining Soul Rings and hurled his hammer toward Li Xun, Ning Fengzhi, and Qian Renxue.
• Sword Douluo knocked the hammer away, but Tang Hao escaped after losing his left leg, and the others suspected a traitor among Bibi Dong’s allies.

Li Xun took Tang Hao’s Spirit Bone and watched Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue clash over Yu Xiaogang’s fate. The story then returned to events half a day earlier, when Dugu Bo brought the captured Xiao Wu to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Li Xun recovered Tang Hao’s Dark Cyan Spirit Bone and judged that Tang Hao was no longer a threat.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Royal Knights to seize Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong claimed him as a Spirit Hall elder and had Chrysanthemum Douluo take him away.
• Qian Renxue presented Bibi Dong with documents about Yu Xiaogang, then ordered the competition to continue.
• Dai Mubai withdrew Shrek Academy from the competition after Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were taken away.
• Dugu Bo flew Xiao Wu to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he drugged her after she woke and struggled.

Li Xun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Dugu Bo had captured Xiao Wu. He woke her and prepared to use an Illusion Technique to make her sacrifice herself, while Xiao Wu threatened that Tang San would avenge her.

• Li Xun cultivated with five Wood Clones while the Advancement Tournament ended with Heaven Dou Royal Team in first place, Blazing Fire Team in second, and Thunder Academy in third.
• Ning Fengzhi led Li Xun and the others back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Dugu Bo revealed he had captured a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Li Xun decided to use his Illusion Technique to make Xiao Wu sacrifice herself, though Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo warned him about the risks to his body.
• Dugu Bo gave Xiao Wu an antidote, and she woke up weak and backed away from Li Xun and the others.
• Xiao Wu threatened that her Third Brother would not let Li Xun off, and Li Xun replied that Tang San could barely protect himself.

Li Xun and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect captured Xiao Wu and tried to turn her against Tang San, but Tang Hao rescued her and Tang San. After Li Xun caught the family in hiding and appeared to kill Tang San, Xiao Wu began sacrificing herself.

• Li Xun told Xiao Wu that Tang San had fled the tournament and suggested Tang Hao had kept her near his son so she would sacrifice herself, but Xiao Wu rejected his claims.
• Tang Hao broke into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, rescued Xiao Wu and Tang San, and escaped after using Ring Burst to evade Sword Douluo.
• Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu hid in a forest while Tang Hao recovered from Ring Burst’s effects.
• On the third morning, Li Xun found them, and Tang Hao stayed behind to let Tang San and Xiao Wu escape.
• Li Xun blocked their path, defeated Tang San, and appeared to spear him through the chest, prompting Xiao Wu to begin her sacrifice as red light filled the forest and time seemed to freeze.

Li Xun used an illusion to let Xiao Wu complete her sacrifice, gaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone as his Soul Power rose to level sixty-five. Afterward, he kept Xiao Wu in rabbit form and offered Tang Hao’s left-leg Soul Bone to the sect, where Sword Douluo proposed giving it to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, or Yan Yan.

• Li Xun watched Xiao Wu sacrifice herself, choosing not to dispel the illusion he had cast.
• Xiao Wu vanished into a rabbit form, and her red light entered Li Xun, raising his level from fifty-six to sixty-five and forming a blood-red sixth Spirit Ring.
• Ning Rongrong and the others examined Li Xun’s new Spirit Ring while Zhu Zhuqing held the transformed Xiao Wu; Li Xun said the rabbit still had some use.
• Li Xun brought Tang Hao’s dark-blue left-leg Soul Bone to the meeting hall and offered it to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo declined the Soul Bone for himself and proposed letting Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yan Yan compete for it.

Li Xun and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect planned to strengthen Qian Renxue’s authority by stirring unrest within the empires, hoping to prevent Bibi Dong from controlling a unified continent. Meanwhile, Tang San and his severely injured father struggled out of Sunset Forest to seek medicine, while Tang San’s hatred deepened.

• The group gave Tang Hao’s Soul Bone to Zhu Zhuqing, whose compatibility meant she could absorb it and likely advance to level 50.
• Li Xun proposed expanding Qian Renxue’s authority and provoking conflict within the empires, including setting Xue Beng in motion and collecting evidence about Dai Mubai.
• Li Xun reassured Ning Fengzhi and the others that Qian Renxue was unlikely to yield control to Bibi Dong while their family conflict remained unresolved, and said he was investigating the Previous Pope’s death.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb a Spirit Beast’s life force while Tang Hao supplied him with prey during their time in hiding.
• Tang San urged Tang Hao to seek medicine in town for his worsening injuries, and the two left Sunset Forest as Tang San’s hatred for Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Li Xun grew.

Tang San discovered that the empire and its allies had blacklisted him from buying regulated herbs, while Tang Hao planned to take him somewhere to evolve his Blue Silver Grass before sending him to the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Li Xun and his companions neared Spirit City and discussed Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and the fallout from Shrek Academy's raid.

• Tang San and Tang Hao reached a town near Sunset Forest, where Tang San tried to buy herbs but learned that some were regulated and required registration.
• A pharmacy apprentice identified Tang San as blacklisted under rules issued by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Spirit Hall, and Heaven Dou's major powers, citing his sale of Spirit Beasts to the Black Market.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he would take him somewhere to evolve his Blue Silver Grass, then advised him to cultivate at the Clear Sky Sect; he admitted he could not face returning there himself.
• After the competition party's journey was delayed, Dugu Bo, Li Xun, and Ning Fengzhi discussed Bibi Dong's plans for Yu Xiaogang and the extra Royal Knights escorting them.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Li Xun what he would do about the Nine Star Begonia Family and Ye Lingling, and Li Xun postponed answering until they returned.

Li Xun reached Spirit City and used Xunyang Inn’s intelligence network to arrange surveillance on Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang met Bibi Dong in Pope Palace, where she reminded him of her power as Pope, leaving their reunion tense and unresolved.

• Li Xun arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou teams and watched Yu Xiaogang enter Pope Palace with Bibi Dong.
• Li Xun visited Xunyang Inn, promised Manager Wu a new assignment, and obtained Yu Xiaogang’s information.
• Li Xun ordered the inn to alert Roxon if Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall so the royal knights could capture him for Qian Renxue, but told them not to force matters.
• Yu Xiaogang waited in Pope Palace until Bibi Dong entered and dismissed the guards.
• Bibi Dong greeted Yu Xiaogang after many years, then said she was the Pope and had little reason to be unhappy.

Bibi Dong summoned Yu Xiaogang and rejected his pleas to protect Tang San, insisting Spirit Hall’s feud with the Clear Sky Sect could not be reconciled. After Yu Xiaogang blamed her for their past separation, Bibi Dong struck him and ordered him never to return, leaving their relationship shattered.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang to address her as Your Holiness and asked why he had come to Spirit City and what he knew about Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had sought a way to cultivate Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, then argued that Tang San should not be punished for the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s promise that Tang San would never become Spirit Hall’s enemy and ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San was harmed, and Bibi Dong mocked him about Liu Erlong and their past.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong for not abandoning Spirit Hall to find him, so Bibi Dong blasted him into the main doors and told him never to appear before her again.

Bibi Dong drove Yu Xiaogang from her hall and ordered the things he had touched destroyed. At the competition, Zhu Zhuqing faced her sister Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi as Heaven Dou Royal Academy met the Star Luo Royal Team, and Li Xun’s team revealed its Martial Souls to a stunned crowd.

• Bibi Dong let Yu Xiaogang escape, then ordered servants to dispose of the furniture, teacup, and bloodstained floor he had used.
• The Elite Soul Master Competition advanced to the fourth round, where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was matched against the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Zhu Zhuqing to return home and give up the match, while Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to visit home but would not stand in her sister’s way.
• Dai Weisi questioned Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai and warned his teammates to display their strength.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun led the Star Luo Royal Team in revealing their Soul Rings, then Li Xun’s team summoned their Martial Souls and shocked the audience.

Li Xun used Wood Style to overwhelm the Star Luo Royal Team, forcing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to fuse into the Netherworld White Tiger. He then unleashed the All-Encompassing Cloth Sack Technique, pinning and battering the fusion beast as spectators watched in shock.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Team revealed its powerful spirit rings, shocking Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and the crowd, especially when they saw Zhu Zhuqing was a level-fifty Spirit King.
• After the match began, Li Xun used Wood Style, Descent of the Tree World, to fill the arena with massive Vines and quickly take three Star Luo Royal Team members out of the fight.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun performed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, becoming the Netherworld White Tiger, which tore through the Vines and flew toward Li Xun.
• Li Xun used Wood Style, All-Encompassing Cloth Sack Technique, to create enormous wooden hands that surrounded the arena and forced the Netherworld White Tiger to defend itself.
• Li Xun strengthened the wooden hands and had them seize the Netherworld White Tiger, pinning it down and pounding it with successive blows.

Li Xun overwhelmed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, then reassured Zhu Zhuqing that her elder sister was safe. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang fled Spirit City but was pursued by Heaven Dou Royal Knights and thrown from his horse.

• Li Xun struck the Hell White Tiger with converging giant wooden hands, knocking Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unconscious.
• Li Xun told Zhu Zhuqing that he had left space around Zhu Zhuyun, and they left the arena together.
• Yu Xiaogang disguised himself and tried to leave Spirit City after learning that Heaven Dou Royal Knights were searching for him.
• Roxon recognized Yu Xiaogang as suspicious and sent the adjutant and more than a dozen knights to pursue him.
• Yu Xiaogang galloped away, but his horse threw him and dragged him along before he released the reins.
• Yu Yuanzhen appeared near the injured Yu Xiaogang and called him useless.

Yu Yuanzhen rescued Yu Xiaogang from the Heaven Dou Royal Knight Order and took him back toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Li Xun learned who had intervened, he decided to eliminate the clan before it could become a threat, while Bibi Dong warned the Golden Generation to prepare seriously for their next match.

• Yu Yuanzhen rebuked Yu Xiaogang for provoking Tang San and carried him away after killing the pursuing knights.
• Roxon learned that his adjutant and knights had been killed, then brought Li Xun and the others to investigate.
• Sword Douluo identified Yu Yuanzhen as the attacker, and Li Xun ordered Roxon to return to Heaven Dou and inform the Crown Prince.
• Li Xun decided to eliminate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before it could ally with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan for dismissing Li Xun's strength and ordered them to plan their tactics.

Bibi Dong opened the Spirit Master Tournament’s final round before Pope Palace and revealed three valuable spirit bones as the championship reward. As the teams prepared to compete, she recognized Li Xun’s strength and realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gained an advantage.

• Salas announced Bibi Dong’s arrival, and she emerged from Pope Palace with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Poison Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo.
• The crowd knelt before Bibi Dong, but Li Xun and his companions offered a bow instead, which Salas accepted without objection.
• Bibi Dong welcomed the finalists and displayed three spirit bones as Martial Soul Hall’s ultimate reward.
• Bibi Dong reflected that Li Xun’s improved strength and Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring had left Hu Liena’s team with little hope of winning.
• Bibi Dong identified the rewards as three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones, including a fifty-thousand-year head spirit bone once obtained by the Previous Pope.

The Blazing Fire Team withdrew from the tournament, leaving the Spirit Hall Team and Heaven Dou Royal Team to compete for a place in the championship match. The battle began with Li Xun revealing his six spirit rings, including a red one, and Hu Liena launching her Charm at him.

• Shui Bing'er announced that the Blazing Fire Team was conceding and withdrawing from the competition.
• Bibi Dong changed the final round so the Spirit Hall Team would face the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Both teams took the stage, and Li Xun revealed a red sixth spirit ring, startling the competitors and spectators.
• The match began, and Hu Liena advanced to use her Charm on Li Xun.
• Li Xun remained still and said, "Release."