Chapter Summaries

Gu Yue Ling devised a way for Ning Rongrong to use a spiritual spirit bone and enter Chen Feng’s illusion to awaken him, while his friends prepared for the next match without him. The chapter left Tang San’s team facing Canghui Academy, whose missing leader Shi Nian confirmed their suspicions that Spirit Hall had manipulated the tournament draw and targeted Chen Feng.

• Gu Yue Ling explained that Ning Rongrong could absorb the gem-type spiritual spirit bone and use a Spiritual Connection technique to enter Chen Feng’s illusion, with Wuxiang guarding her from outside interference.
• Ning Rongrong began studying the technique, while Zhu Zhuqing watched over Chen Feng, but he remained unconscious after two days.
• Tang San chose Xiao Wu to fill Chen Feng’s place against Canghui Academy, and Grandmaster approved the lineup as insurance against the opponent’s hidden strength.
• Tang San noticed Canghui Academy’s team leader, Shi Nian, was absent, while Qian Renxue confirmed he had gone missing and concluded that Spirit Hall had rigged the draw.
• Qian Renxue resolved to confront Salas over the attack on Chen Feng, whom she had set her sights on.

Tang San used Canghui Academy’s hidden illusion fusion against them, leaving all seven members mentally shattered while making the match appear to have injured his own team. As Ning Rongrong prepared to awaken Chen Feng, Xiao Wu suspected Gu Yue Ling was a Soul Beast in human form, and Salas met Lord Porcupine at the Spirit Sacred Hall.

• Grandmaster explained that Canghui Academy’s seven-person attack was an illusion-based Spirit Skill Fusion, and recalled Tang San asking about tournament penalties for crippling opponents.
• Inside the concealed arena, Canghui’s captain revealed his plan to kill Nine-Headed Serpent Academy and steal Shi Nian’s spirit bone, while Tang San feigned cooperation.
• Tang San kicked his teammates out of the way and struck the Canghui members with a mental attack; the officials ruled that all seven had suffered Spirit Skill Backlash and lost their sanity.
• Tang San told his companions that the Canghui members could not be cured, while Ning Rongrong promised to awaken Chen Feng and Gu Yue Ling explained that his condition was different.
• Xiao Wu suspected Gu Yue Ling was a Soul Beast in human form but decided to wait until Chen Feng woke before discussing it with him and Tang San.
• Salas returned to the Spirit Sacred Hall and received Lord Porcupine, an Enshrined Elder from the main hall.

Ci Xie warned Salas to stop targeting Nine-Headed Serpent Academy, while Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi worked to contain the fallout from Chen Feng’s attack. At the academy, Flender prepared the students for an investigation, and Tang San revealed he had a Pope’s Token that could change their approach.

• Ci Xie warned Salas that his actions against Nine-Headed Serpent Academy exceeded his orders and told him not to act against the academy again, creating a silent rift between them.
• Ci Xie reported to Qian Renxue, who learned Ning Fengzhi was meeting with Xue Ye and went to express concern about Chen Feng.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi agreed that keeping Chen Feng’s survival and Shi Nian’s death quiet would prevent others from suspecting Chen Feng’s abilities.
• Flender told the students to go into secluded recovery ahead of the investigation, leaving Tang San behind to face the investigators.
• Ning Rongrong offered to ask her father and Chen Xin for help, and Flender explained that Chen Xin’s Pope’s Token would lend them Spirit Hall’s authority.
• Tang San revealed the Pope’s Token his father had given him, and Flender said he had a better idea.

Grandmaster accepted Tang San’s Pope’s Token after Flender argued it would be safer in his hands, while Tang Hao watched over Tang San from the academy. When Salas and Ning Fengzhi arrived to investigate the injured competitors, Flender and Ning Fengzhi challenged Salas’s accusations, and Grandmaster produced something as Salas pressed for the competitors to be handed over.

• Flender tried to persuade Grandmaster to hold Tang San’s Pope’s Token, and Grandmaster accepted it after Flender warned that displaying it himself might expose Tang Hao’s whereabouts.
• Tang Hao explained that he had given Tang San the Pope’s Token so his son could act as he wished, and he came to the academy to guard him.
• Flender welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Salas, then sarcastically reminded Salas that he had drawn Nine-Headed Serpent Academy first at the tournament opening ceremony.
• Flender and Ning Fengzhi accused Canghui Academy of deliberately harming the competitors, while Salas countered that Nine-Headed Serpent Academy might share responsibility and demanded the participants be questioned.
• As Salas insisted that the academy hand over its competitors, Grandmaster took something out.

Grandmaster used the Pope’s Token to stop Salas’s investigation of Canghui Academy and protect the tournament’s fairness. With Chen Feng still unconscious, Ning Rongrong attempted to reach his mind through Spiritual Connection and found herself in an unfamiliar world.

• Grandmaster showed Salas the Pope’s Token, prompting Salas to abandon his investigation and leave the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin checked on Chen Feng, whose condition had stabilized, while Ning Rongrong said she was learning Spiritual Connection to wake him.
• Flender forfeited two matches, after which Tang San and the others won their remaining matches and noticed Spirit Hall had stopped targeting them.
• Ning Rongrong decided to try Spiritual Connection, and Gu Yue Ling confirmed she wanted Chen Feng to wake as much as the others did.
• Wuxiang prepared to keep Ning Rongrong conscious while she activated the Illusionary Wisdom Skull and pressed her forehead to Chen Feng’s.
• Ning Rongrong opened her eyes inside an unfamiliar world.

Ning Rongrong entered an unfamiliar modern world to find Chen Feng, but he did not recognize her or their past and thought she was filming a show. As she explained the Douluo Continent and his history, Chen Feng began to suspect her story might connect to his strange dreams, then asked a contact to investigate her.

• Ning Rongrong searched the unfamiliar city and found Chen Feng waiting at a bus stop, but he did not recognize her.
• Ning Rongrong recounted Chen Feng's life in Sacred Soul Village and Nuoding Academy, while Chen Feng assumed she was acting out a show.
• Ning Rongrong failed to summon her Spirit and discovered that Chen Feng did not know what Spirits or the Douluo Continent were.
• Ning Rongrong explained the Soul Master world, and Chen Feng recognized similarities between the Chen Feng in her story and himself.
• Chen Feng asked about his Tai Chi Bagua Sword and the Red Moon, then photographed Ning Rongrong and sent the picture to Stupid Son to investigate her.

After Ning Rongrong helped Chen Feng awaken from Shi Nian's illusion, Chen Feng confronted Shi Nian and explained how the Yin Sword drove his ancestors to devour souls. He chose not to follow their path and instead forced Shi Nian to help him cultivate safely by using his illusions to slow soul digestion and shield him from the sword's influence.

• Chen Feng searched for proof that Ning Rongrong existed, and when he found none, the illusion around them began to collapse.
• Ning Rongrong helped Chen Feng recover his memories, then left the illusion so he could say goodbye to the people and places from his childhood dreams.
• Chen Feng entered his family's ancestral hall, took out a sword resembling his martial soul, and explained that the Yin Sword had driven his ancestors to devour souls.
• Chen Feng revealed that Shi Nian's will had created the illusion to delay being digested, and Shi Nian appeared before him on a cliff.
• Chen Feng decided not to consume Shi Nian completely and instead demanded that he use his illusions to slow soul digestion and block the Yin Sword's influence.
• Shi Nian resisted helping Chen Feng, who warned that he would otherwise be forced down the path of killing and devouring souls.

Chen Feng survived Shi Nian’s illusion, learned that Salas had ordered the assassination, and secured Shi Nian’s submission by promising eventual revenge. After waking, Chen Feng reunited with his companions, discovered that his Purple Demon Eye had advanced, and insisted on fighting Skywater Academy in the next round.

• Chen Feng revealed his identity as the author of the Foundation Building Method, convinced Shi Nian that Spirit Hall had used him as a disposable pawn, and agreed to kill Salas for him someday.
• Chen Feng recreated his fall from the cliff inside Shi Nian’s illusion and woke from it after recalling that his sword had become a ball of light around him.
• Chen Feng thanked Gu Yue Ling and Ning Rongrong for helping him awaken, then told his companions that Shi Nian had attacked him and was likely acting for Spirit Hall.
• Chen Feng found that absorbing some of Shi Nian’s spiritual power had advanced his Purple Demon Eye and strengthened his spiritual power.
• Grandmaster told Chen Feng that Skywater Academy was their next opponent and suggested Xiao Wu replace him, but Chen Feng insisted on competing himself.

Chen Feng and the Nine-Headed Serpent team prepared to face Skywater Academy, suspecting that Shui Bing'er was hiding Spirit King cultivation and that she and Shui Yue'er might possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The match began with Shui Bing'er revealing five Spirit Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year ring, and the arena froze as she unleashed her Ice Phoenix.

• Chen Feng told his teammates that Skywater Academy was their final opponent, and they discussed the possibility that Shui Bing'er had surpassed Rank 50.
• Chen Feng and Tang San considered changing their lineup and prepared for the possibility that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• At the arena, Huo Wu recognized Chen Feng, while Shui Yue'er admitted she found Dai Mubai handsome and Shui Bing'er warned her to focus.
• Dai Mubai and Shui Yue'er announced their ranks as captains, and Shui Bing'er revealed five Spirit Rings, including a black Ten Thousand Year ring.
• Shui Yue'er became distracted by Dai Mubai until Shui Bing'er struck her and urged her to concentrate.
• Shui Bing'er spread her icy wings, plunging the arena's temperature and covering Chen Feng's team in frost.

Chen Feng used the Yang Sword to seal Shui Bing’er’s second, third, and fourth spirit rings, then launched a coordinated attack against Skywater Academy. The frenzy effect disrupted both teams, Shui Yue’er was knocked out, and the fight continued with Shui Bing’er’s Ten Thousand Year Spirit Skill still unrevealed.

• Bai He watched Bai Chenxiang compete and discussed the Speed Clan’s prospects with Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi.
• Chen Feng lent spirit rings to his teammates and used the Yang Sword’s new ability to seal three of Shui Bing’er’s spirit rings.
• When Shui Bing’er continued attacking without using her Ten Thousand Year Spirit Skill, Chen Feng ordered his team to begin their next move.
• Meng Yiran rushed behind Skywater Academy and unleashed Mass Frenzy, while Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang attacked from the air.
• Frenzied Zhu Zhuqing injured Shui Yue’er, and Dai Mubai knocked Shui Yue’er off the stage before Tang San trapped Zhu Zhuqing in Blue Silver Grass.
• Bai Chenxiang cried, “Feathers Filling the Sky!” as the battle continued against Shui Bing’er and the remaining Skywater Academy contestants.

Bai Chenxiang’s hidden-weapon barrage helped the Nine-Headed Serpent Team overwhelm Skywater Academy, but Shui Bing’er’s Ice Explosion Technique nearly reversed the match before Chen Feng survived it and secured victory. After the teams advanced to the ranking matches, the other academies underestimated the Nine-Headed Serpent Team’s remaining trump cards.

• Bai Chenxiang unleashed a barrage of wind-wrapped feathers, then recalled them to strike the Skywater Academy girls from behind, leaving Shui Bing’er as the only opponent still standing.
• Shui Bing’er used her Ten Thousand Year Spirit Skill, Ice Explosion Technique, blasting Ma Hongjun, Bai Chenxiang, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Dai Mubai out of the fight while Chen Feng endured the explosion with Dustless Land.
• Shui Bing’er admitted defeat after Chen Feng survived her attack, then confirmed that she had obtained the Spirit Skill in the Extreme North but refused to explain how.
• Chen Feng and Ma Hongjun lamented the match in front of rival academies, causing other teams to believe that the Nine-Headed Serpent Team had few powerful trump cards left.
• The Heaven Dou City preliminary rounds concluded, with Godwind Academy first, Nine-Headed Serpent Academy second, Skywater Academy third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Thunder School fifth.

At the awards ceremony, Xue Ye offered land and noble titles to recruit talented Soul Masters, while Chen Feng accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to dine. Chen Feng hinted that he knew something was unusual about Qian Renxue and pledged his loyalty without demanding her secret, leaving her to decide whether to confide in him and recruit him.

• Xue Ye awarded the advancing teams prize money and promised land and titles to teams that advanced further, then offered hereditary Count titles to the tournament champions.
• Chen Feng noticed Qian Renxue watching him, accepted her invitation to meet, and left with her after speaking with his companions and the Four Clans’ leaders.
• Over dinner, Chen Feng told Qian Renxue that her blood had supplied energy his Martial Soul lacked, helping him survive Shi Nian’s attack, and asked why she possessed that energy.
• Qian Renxue declined to explain her secret but warned Chen Feng not to underestimate Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation; the two continued their friendly conversation.
• Qian Renxue escorted Chen Feng back to the academy, and Chen Feng concluded that she likely recognized his identity and might eventually reveal her secret and try to recruit him.

Qian Renxue worried that Chen Feng had detected her disguise, while Chen Feng used the month-long break to uncover the Yin Sword’s advanced ability and name its new techniques. After establishing that he could pull allies into the Cycle of Rebirth and send them back out, he turned his attention to the Yin Sword’s basic ability.

• Qian Renxue told Ci Xie that Chen Feng might have recognized her true identity and decided to sound him out rather than harm him.
• Chen Feng discovered that he could use a spiritual connection to pull Ning Rongrong into the Cycle of Rebirth, creating a two-on-one fight.
• Chen Feng sent Ning Rongrong back outside and learned that she could help him see the world beyond the Cycle of Rebirth and adjust where she reappeared.
• Chen Feng named the connection Darkness Vow and the ability to pull someone in and send them out Summon of Fate, while Xiao Wu apologized for teasing him about Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chen Feng began investigating the Yin Sword’s basic ability as a possible way to combine Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts.

Chen Feng stalled his Cycle of Rebirth research for lack of spiritual power and focused on the ranking tournament, where Tang San dominated with repeated one-against-seven sweeps. After learning more about Shui Bing’er’s Ice Explosion Technique, Chen Feng’s team prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy, whose Huo Wu believed she had found a way to overcome him.

• Chen Feng used the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Condensing Jade to study the Cycle of Rebirth, but his research stalled because he needed stronger spiritual power.
• Tang San swept through the ranking tournament’s opening matches, relying on his exceptional strength and recovery to defeat opponents one after another.
• Shui Yue’er invited Dai Mubai shopping, while Chen Feng tried to ask Shui Bing’er about Ice Attribute Soul Beasts and later explained the Ice Explosion Technique to his companions.
• Chen Feng suspected the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had influenced Shui Bing’er’s Ice Explosion Technique, but he decided to leave the question for another time.
• The next opponent was Blazing Fire Academy, and Huo Wu told Huo Wushuang that she had found a way to deal with Chen Feng.

Tang San wore down Blazing Fire Academy before Chen Feng used Huo Wu’s pride and a series of counters to take control of their duel. The chapter ended with Chen Feng sealing Huo Wu’s spirit rings and driving her to the brink of a meltdown.

• Tang San defeated Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu, then stepped down after Huo Chexiang broke through his Blue Silver Grass.
• Chen Feng provoked Huo Wu into taking the field early, and Blazing Fire Academy forfeited the contestants ahead of her.
• Huo Wu attacked Chen Feng with Poison Flame and her Flame Explosion Technique, but Chen Feng evaded the blasts and defended with his sword dance.
• Chen Feng waited for Huo Wu to exhaust herself as she kept up her Poison Flame, then disrupted her attempt to merge her spirit rings by lending her his rings and sealing her own.

After defeating Huo Wu, Chen Feng learned that her Purple Tongue Toad Poison was damaging her hands and arranged for Tang San to treat her with Ghost Cut Grass. Huo Wu exchanged her notes on ring merging for the herb, and Chen Feng invited her to discuss teaching at his academy after the tournament.

• Huo Wu charged Chen Feng and landed a punch, but he explained that her poison-damaged hands were at risk and offered help from his toxicology-specialist friend.
• Huo Wu conceded the match, and Tang San examined her hands and identified Purple Tongue Toad Poison, which could be treated with old Ghost Cut Grass.
• Tang San gave Huo Wu an eight-hundred-year Ghost Cut Grass, and she agreed to exchange her ring-merging notes for it.
• Chen Feng invited Huo Wu to consider teaching at his academy after the tournament, after he and Tang San found her insights on soul rings valuable.
• Chen Feng and Tang San explained to their teammates that Huo Wu could perceive shared traits in soul rings, and they discussed studying ring merging through experiments.

The Nine-Headed Serpent Team defeated Skywater and Thunder Academies before Chen Feng accepted Feng Xiaotian’s challenge to decide the final ranking match. Chen Feng disrupted Feng Xiaotian’s Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Slashes, and the chapter ended with the team discussing the coming finals against Spirit Hall.

• The Nine-Headed Serpent Team defeated Skywater Academy after Tang San and the remaining teammates wore down its lineup, losing four members in the process.
• Tang San fought first against Thunder Academy, then withdrew after exhausting several opponents, and the Nine-Headed Serpent Team won the match.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Chen Feng to a one-on-one duel, and Chen Feng accepted to keep Feng Xiaotian from facing Tang San.
• In the final ranking match, Feng Xiaotian attacked Chen Feng with Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Slashes, but Chen Feng redirected a strike and broke Feng Xiaotian’s accumulated momentum.
• The team discussed how Chen Feng’s Tai Chi Sword Dance countered chained attacks, and Flender expressed confidence about facing Spirit Hall in the finals.

Chen Feng defeated Feng Xiaotian, and Godwind Academy forfeited, sending Nine-Headed Serpent Academy into the tournament finals. After the teams arrived in Spirit City, the draw placed Chen Feng's team against Blazing Fire Academy and set up a difficult route toward the Spirit Hall Elite Team; late that night, a shadow slipped out of the inn as Chen Feng smiled.

• Chen Feng countered Feng Xiaotian's Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Slashes, split his Demon Wolf Storm with Dragon Ascending Sword, and forced him to concede.
• Godwind Academy forfeited after Feng Xiaotian's defeat, and Nine-Headed Serpent Academy advanced with twenty-nine consecutive victories; the qualifying teams received viscount titles and land.
• Chen Feng and his companions discussed their chances in the finals and traveled safely to Spirit City, where Flender drew their bracket.
• The draw paired Nine-Headed Serpent Academy with Blazing Fire Academy and placed Star Luo Royal Academy and Skywater Academy on the same side of the bracket, leaving a likely later clash with Spirit Hall's team.
• Chen Feng and Tang San explained how a worse draw could have forced the team to face two Martial Soul Fusion Skills in succession, but the group could devise no reliable countermeasure.
• Late at night, a shadow left the inn unnoticed, and Chen Feng smiled faintly in his room.

Chen Feng and Tang San discussed Ghost Douluo’s covert visit and the possibility that he had once tracked Tang Hao and Ah Yin. The tournament finals began, and Chen Feng’s team advanced after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, while Star Luo Royal Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Spirit Hall Elite Team also won their matches.

• Chen Feng sensed Ghost Douluo sneaking into the hotel, and he and Tang San concluded that Ghost Douluo probably had not been the one who exposed Ah Yin’s identity.
• Chen Feng, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing met Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, and Dai Weisi asked how confident Chen Feng’s team was against the Spirit Hall Elite Team.
• Blazing Fire Academy forfeited its quarterfinal against Nine-Headed Serpent Academy, and Huo Wu signaled Chen Feng that her team was yielding the match.
• Dai Weisi’s Hell White Tiger outlasted Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s Frost Phoenix, giving Star Luo Royal Academy victory over Skywater Academy.
• Tang Ying helped Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeat Thunder Academy by striking Lei Tian with an arrow and disrupting the opposing team with feints.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue defeated the Divine Wind Team with their Evil Blade Lord fusion skill, and Chen Feng suspected the Spirit Hall Elite Team’s trump card was still a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.