Chapter Summaries

Zu Zong learned why Yu Xiaogang was unwell, then took Xiao Wu around Heaven Dou City after Shrek’s opponent forfeited. At the Great Soul Arena, Huo Wu confronted him over rumors about his relationships, and Huo Wushuang explained how the rumors began.

• Yu Xiaogang postponed giving Zu Zong guidance and left, while Zu Zong told Zhu Zhuqing what he thought was wrong with him.
• Zu Zong placated Xiao Wu, took her sightseeing, and later learned Shrek’s opponent had forfeited out of fear of Yu Xiaogang’s tactics.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Zu Zong met Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang in the VIP seats, where Huo Wu accused him of flirting with three girls.
• Xiao Wu argued with Huo Wu, while Huo Wushuang introduced himself and explained that people mistook Zu Zong’s closeness with Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Rong Rong for three relationships.

Huo Wu challenged Zu Zong to a duel over his place on the Imperial Fight Team, and he accepted after Xiao Wu agreed for him. Zu Zong easily defeated Huo Wu in hand-to-hand combat, and she asked how he used a skill like Zhu Zhuqing’s.

• Huo Wu challenged Zu Zong, demanding he give up his guaranteed Imperial Fight Team spot if he lost and promising him an irresistible gift if he won.
• Xiao Wu accepted the duel for Zu Zong, and the four of them went to a clearing in the little forest at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Wushuang warned Xiao Wu that Huo Wu’s Fire Shadow Martial Soul countered Zu Zong’s Mutated Blue Silver Grass, but Xiao Wu remained confident he would win.
• Huo Wu proposed they fight with fists and feet first, and Zu Zong agreed.
• Zu Zong dodged Huo Wu’s attack, caught her fist, and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to pin her down before releasing her.
• Huo Wu asked Zu Zong why his soul skill resembled Zhu Zhuqing’s.

Zu Zong revealed his Soul King strength and fought Huo Wu, who refused to surrender despite the overwhelming gap between them. After her Resisting Fire Ring repelled his vines, Zu Zong exploited its limited height and leaped out of sight, leaving Huo Wu searching for him.

• Huo Wu activated her Fire Shadow Martial Soul and challenged Zu Zong, who revealed his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and Rank 54 Soul King cultivation.
• Zu Zong offered to fight without Soul Rings or Soul Skills and said Huo Wu would win if she lasted one incense stick.
• Zu Zong attacked with Blue Silver Range Entanglement, but Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring to blast away the vines and escape their reach.
• Zu Zong sent the vines after Huo Wu again and charged toward her, prompting her to release Resisting Fire Ring a second time.
• Zu Zong leaped above the fire ring's limited height, and Huo Wu looked around, unable to find him.

Zu Zong defeated Huo Wu in a spar, but she used the wager to kiss him and declare she would pursue him, even as his fourth concubine. Zhu Zhuqing arrived and confronted Huo Wu, leaving the two women facing each other.

• Huo Wu unleashed her Fourth Soul Skill, but Zu Zong split her fireball with a Blue Silver Emperor greatsword and bound her vines after she exhausted her Soul Power.
• Huo Wu asked what Zu Zong had done, and he explained that he had simply split the fireball apart.
• Xiao Wu reminded Huo Wu to pay the wager, and Huo Wu kissed Zu Zong on the cheek, calling it a gift he could not refuse.
• Xiao Wu angrily pulled Huo Wu away, while Zu Zong protested that he already had Zhuqing and Xiao Wu.
• Huo Wu declared she planned to steal Zu Zong, even if she had to become his fourth concubine.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong arrived, and Zhu Zhuqing asked Huo Wu whose fourth concubine she intended to be.

Ning Rongrong learned about the rumors linking her to Zu Zong and heard that his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul could disguise his Soul Rings, though he withheld the domain’s other secrets until after the tournament finals. Shrek defeated Blazing Academy, and Huo Wu vowed to beat Zhu Zhuqing and Zu Zong in the finals.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Zu Zong about his Fourth Concubine remark, and he explained that spectators had mistaken Ning Rongrong for one of his girlfriends.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that Zu Zong’s Blue Silver Emperor had a domain and that its Camouflage skill changed his Soul Ring colors; Zu Zong promised to reveal more after the finals.
• Shrek defeated Blazing Academy as Zhu Zhuqing overcame Huo Wu and Tang San used Tang Sect techniques to turn Blazing Academy’s attacks against its own team.
• Huo Wu challenged Zhu Zhuqing to a rematch and declared that she would defeat Zu Zong in the finals.

Shrek Academy faced Skywater Academy in the final round of the Preliminary Tournament, where Tang San revealed that he had a second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. The match remained unresolved as Tang San prepared to face Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix.

• Zu Zong watched the match from the VIP seats with Xiao Wu and wore sunglasses to conceal his Sharingan.
• Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy fought a closely matched battle until Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai and the other Shrek team members left the stage, while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing remained to face the Ice Phoenix.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Tang San to leave the stage, but he insisted on staying and told her to jump down.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, revealing his second Martial Soul and drawing stunned reactions from the VIP seats.

Tang San defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice Phoenix fusion skill with the Clear Sky Hammer, revealing his Twin Martial Souls and winning Shrek Academy the final preliminary match. As Tang San recovered, the assembled leaders judged Zu Zong stronger, while Tang San worried that Ning Rongrong might reveal Zu Zong also had Twin Martial Souls.

• Tang San countered the Ice Phoenix with eighteen Clear Sky Hammer blows, defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and Shrek Academy won the final preliminary match.
• Zu Zong suspected Tang San had used the Luan Pifeng hammer technique, while Meng Yiran embraced Tang San and rival teams grew wary of him.
• Emperor Xue Ye blamed Prince Xue Xing for losing the chance to recruit Tang San, and Ning Fengzhi and Salas said Zu Zong was stronger than Tang San.
• At Shrek's rest area, Ning Rongrong nearly revealed that Zu Zong had Twin Martial Souls, but Zhu Zhuqing redirected the conversation to the Spirit Hall Pope.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang's forgiveness for hiding his Second Spirit and secretly cultivating it.

Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San against adding Soul Rings to both spirits, then decided to seek help to keep Tang San from ruining his potential in his rivalry with Zu Zong. After Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian, Yu Xiaogang reached Spirit City and met the Pope, who asked why he had come.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that cultivating both spirits at once could make his body explode, while Tang San grew angry at Zu Zong for ignoring him and flirting with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to seek help because he feared Tang San’s resentment of Zu Zong would make him waste the advantage of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Zu Zong checked that Zhu Zhuqing was unharmed and taunted Tang San by revealing embarrassing details about Tang Hao, prompting Tang San to vow to settle their grudges in the finals.
• Tang San used Luan Pifeng’s thirty-six hammer strikes to defeat Feng Xiaotian’s Thirty-Six Slashes of the Gale, while Zu Zong resolved to take Luan Pifeng for himself.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Pope Hall with Tang Hao’s Pope Token and met the Pope, who asked him why he had come.

Yu Xiaogang visited Pope Bibi Dong to ask how she had resolved the backlash from cultivating Twin Martial Souls, hoping to help Tang San. Bibi Dong revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s own mistake had already made Tang San unable to cultivate both martial souls, then attacked him after he insulted the man she had waited for.

• Yu Xiaogang greeted Bibi Dong, who demanded that he address her as Pope or Your Excellency and forced him to his knees with her aura.
• Bibi Dong sensed that Yu Xiaogang was pregnant again and let him leave, but he stayed to ask for help with Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted to make amends for Tang San, and Bibi Dong accused him of seeking revenge for her past rejection and trying to raise someone against her.
• Bibi Dong said Tang San could never cultivate Twin Martial Souls because Yu Xiaogang had ruined the first Soul Ring of his Blue Silver Grass; Yu Xiaogang angrily accused her of sending people to kill him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked who Bibi Dong had waited nearly thirty years for, then called that man a coward, and Bibi Dong struck him again and threatened to kill him.

Yu Xiaogang left Pope Hall after Bibi Dong reclaimed the Pope Token and ordered Hu Liena to arrange a cruel punishment for him. Meanwhile, Zu Zong and the Heaven Dou team reached Spirit City, where he began preparing tactics for the finals.

• Bibi Dong took the Pope Token from Yu Xiaogang and ordered him out of Pope Hall.
• Hu Liena questioned why Bibi Dong spared Yu Xiaogang, then agreed to carry out her teacher's plan to torment him.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed to train Tang San and destroy Spirit Hall, unaware that a muscular man was watching him from the shadows.
• Zu Zong rested on Qian Renxue's lap in her carriage disguise and discussed Tang San, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.
• The Heaven Dou team arrived in Spirit City, and Zu Zong parted from Qian Renxue before the team settled into an inn.
• Zu Zong gathered Royal Fight and others to plan tactics during the three days before the finals.

As the tournament reached the top-six round, Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi before Heaven Dou faced Star Luo. Zu Zong promised to defeat Dai Weisi, and the chapter ended as both teams took the stage.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zu Zong she intended to stay with him after the tournament, and he vowed to protect her from the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi arrived, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected her sister’s offer to return home, reaffirming her relationship with Zu Zong.
• Zu Zong reminded Zhu Zhuyun that he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing from her more than four years earlier; Dai Weisi then insulted him, prompting Zu Zong to ask Zhu Zhuqing if he could beat Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun left after Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing said they would face them in the match.
• Heaven Dou and Star Luo lined up for their match, with Zu Zong fielding seven players while keeping Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling in reserve.

Zu Zong faced Dai Weisi in the tournament’s elimination match and revealed that he was a Soul King with an extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. His display stunned the spectators and left the match poised to begin, while Dugu Bo privately explained that Zu Zong had used a Domain to disguise his rings before.

• Dai Weisi accused Zu Zong of stealing Dai Mubai’s fiancée, and Zu Zong taunted him and Zhu Zhuyun in reply.
• Huo Wu realized Zu Zong was a Soul King far younger than her, while Dai Mubai feared Dai Weisi and hoped Zu Zong would win.
• Dai Weisi led Star Luo Academy in releasing their Martial Souls, revealing six Soul Ancestors among the seven competitors.
• Zu Zong and Heaven Dou Academy revealed their strength: Zu Zong had five Soul Rings, including a thousand-year second ring and a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, while his six teammates were Soul Ancestors.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo learned from Dugu Bo that Zu Zong had used a Domain to camouflage his Soul Rings, while Shrek Academy and Tang San reacted with shock.

Zu Zong led Heaven Dou Academy in a fast opening assault against Star Luo Academy, trapping and poisoning most of their opponents. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun summoned the Hell White Tiger, which charged at Zu Zong as he moved above its head.

• Tang San and the others discussed Zu Zong’s concealed Soul Ring colors and realized his second Soul Skill was much stronger than they had thought.
• At the start of the match, Dugu Yan boosted Heaven Dou Academy with her poisons while Star Luo Academy launched long-range attacks at Zu Zong and Dugu Yan.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo blocked the attacks, and Zu Zong trapped all seven Star Luo Academy members in Blue Silver Cage.
• Dugu Yan released the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s innate poison, knocking out five opponents, but Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger and dispersed the poison mist.
• Yu Tianheng’s attack only briefly checked the Hell White Tiger, so Zu Zong told his teammates to retreat and used Body Flicker Technique to appear above the beast.

Zu Zong brutally defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, securing Heaven Dou Academy’s victory over Star Luo Academy. The other teams reacted to the result, while Tang San was left confronting the enormous gap between himself and Zu Zong.

• Zu Zong battered the Hell White Tiger with an Armament Haki-enhanced punch and Blue Silver Blades until Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun collapsed, then stopped before killing them.
• After Zu Zong warned that the other five Star Luo Academy members were poisoned, the Star Luo team leader conceded, and Dugu Yan detoxified them.
• Heaven Dou Academy left the arena victorious and unharmed, while Yu Feng and Osler realized they had barely participated in the match.
• Dai Mubai was stunned by Dai Weisi’s defeat, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Liu Erlong celebrated Zu Zong’s win.
• Ma Hongjun asked Flender and Yu Xiaogang whether Shrek Academy could surrender if it faced Heaven Dou Academy, and Yu Xiaogang left the decision to Tang San.
• Tang San felt powerless as he considered how Zu Zong’s Second and Third Soul Skills had widened the gap between them.

Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to find a way to combine everyone's Soul Power, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo suspected Zu Zong had a second spirit. Zu Zong reunited with Xiao Wu and grew closer to Ye Lingling before the Golden Generation of Martial Soul Hall Academy began its match against Godwind Academy.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether he could gather everyone's Soul Power onto him, and Yu Xiaogang went to research the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Bo nearly revealed that Zu Zong had a second spirit, leading Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to suspect he possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Zu Zong returned to the Heaven Dou Academy rest area, where Xiao Wu embraced him and Ye Lingling welcomed his affectionate gesture.
• Zu Zong said Ye Lingling would be a trump card if Heaven Dou Academy faced Martial Soul Hall Academy, while Dugu Yan teased her about her feelings for him.
• Martial Soul Hall Academy sent Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and four teammates to face Godwind Academy, and their powerful Soul Rings left Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and the others despairing.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm, to overwhelm Godwind Academy and secure Spirit Hall Academy’s victory. The other academies recognized the danger of the skill and worried about facing Spirit Hall, especially Zu Zong and Shrek Academy.

• Feng Xiaotian warned Godwind Academy not to look into Hu Liena’s eyes, but her Demon Fox charm left the team unable to act.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into Bewitching Charm, spreading a red field across the arena while Spirit Hall’s other five members remained unaffected.
• Bewitching Charm and the Spirit Hall team quickly knocked all seven Godwind Academy members off the stage, winning the match.
• Sword Douluo explained that Bewitching Charm weakened opponents’ senses, Soul Power, and movement, while Hu Liena could exempt her teammates from its effects.
• Shrek Academy’s members feared Spirit Hall’s strength, and Tang San hoped Yu Xiaogang could help him find a way to counter the fusion skill.

Zu Zong discussed Spirit Hall Academy’s threat with Qian Renxue and learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s secret art could help him protect more teammates from Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He headed to Shrek Academy to seek the technique from Ning Rongrong, while Qian Renxue wondered whether he had overlooked something.

• After Spirit Hall Academy defeated Godwind Academy, Zu Zong realized Hu Liena had used the Body Flicker Technique during the match.
• Xue Qinghe visited Zu Zong, who revealed her disguise and kissed her; Qian Renxue teased him about his closeness with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu.
• Zu Zong reassured Qian Renxue and explained that his team’s weaker members would be vulnerable to Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Renxue suggested obtaining the Seven Apertures Heart Control Method from Ning Fengzhi to help Zu Zong split his focus more effectively.
• Zu Zong decided to trade Shi Nian’s head Soul Bone for the secret art and hurried to Shrek Academy to find Ning Rongrong.

Zu Zong visited Zhu Zhuqing’s room but came to see Ning Rongrong, giving her a Soul Bone and teaching her combat techniques. After Ning Rongrong tearfully confessed how long she had waited for him, Zu Zong asked her to teach him the Seven-Orifice Heart-Control Method, leaving her stunned.

• Zu Zong met Flender, who let him visit Zhu Zhuqing’s room and warned him not to stay overnight.
• Zu Zong found Ning Rongrong at Zhu Zhuqing’s room and told her he had come specifically to see her.
• Zu Zong gave Ning Rongrong the Wisdom Skull Soul Bone dropped by Shi Nian and explained its illusion-focused abilities.
• Zu Zong used his Sharingan to teach Ning Rongrong Soul Power control and martial arts techniques, prompting her to embrace him and cry about waiting for him.
• Zu Zong asked Ning Rongrong to teach him the Seven-Orifice Heart-Control Method, and she froze in shock.

Zu Zong studied the Seven Apertures Heart Control Method and prepared for the finals before meeting Pope Bibi Dong, whom he immediately fell in love with. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong recognizing Zu Zong and silently sharing a deep connection with him as Liu Erlong watched in anger.

• Zu Zong obtained the Seven Apertures Heart Control Method from Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then read Qian Renxue's note suggesting Ning Rongrong liked him.
• Zu Zong asked the system to analyze the method, and the system returned after a long absence before the fourth round of the finals began.
• The Spirit Hall Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Shrek Academy teams each defeated their opponents and advanced to the final round.
• Zu Zong arranged for Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy's final-round team, then waited with the finalists outside Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong emerged from Pope Hall, and Zu Zong gazed at her openly while the others lowered their eyes; Bibi Dong recognized him and returned his gaze.
• Liu Erlong watched Zu Zong looking at Bibi Dong and angrily wondered why Bibi Dong had not aged.

Zu Zong caught Bibi Dong’s attention at the finals, where she praised him and Xiao Wu before revealing the Soul Bone prizes. The individual elimination matches began, with all three finalist teams competing for the reward.

• Xiao Wu scolded Zu Zong for staring at Bibi Dong, then forgave him after he patted her head.
• Bibi Dong stopped before Zu Zong, praised him, and told Xiao Wu that she was also quite good.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo felt relieved that Zu Zong was already allied with their side.
• Bibi Dong announced three Soul Bones as the prize for the winning team, and Zu Zong hoped they could be saved for Kitten rather than Tang San.
• The individual elimination matches among the three finalist teams began.