Chapter Summaries

At Glazed Tile Academy, Shui Bing'er and the others debated the incoming captain and vice-captain, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan. Ning Rongrong arrived and offered to prove herself in a fight, while Dugu Yan declined to participate, leaving the challenge unresolved.

• Shui Bing'er denied being Glazed Tile Academy's captain as Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu praised her strength and questioned the incoming transfers' appointment.
• Ning Tian suggested that Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan fight anyone who doubted their right to lead the team.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan arrived, and Ning Rongrong confronted Ning Tian about encouraging the others to challenge her.
• Ning Tian backed down and urged the team to accept Ning Rongrong as captain, while Yu Hairou said a fight against a Support Spirit Master might feel unfair.
• Ning Rongrong said she would fight to earn the team's respect, but Dugu Yan refused to participate.

Ning Rongrong tested Glazed Tile Academy’s contestants in a five-on-one fight and defeated them with ease. She healed Ning Tian afterward, revealing her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and its extraordinary Soul Rings to the stunned students.

• Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling declined to fight, while Ning Rongrong asked Ning Tian to join Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui.
• Ning Tian and Dugu Yan warned the four girls that Ning Rongrong was far stronger than they were, with Dugu Yan revealing her own Level 67 Soul Emperor status.
• Ning Tian enhanced the contestants as the three Soul Elders attacked Ning Rongrong, who dodged their strikes and sent them flying with a tornado of frost.
• Yu Hairou launched her Fourth Soul Skill, but Ning Rongrong melted the icy attack, seized her wrist, and declared checkmate; Yu Hairou conceded.
• Ning Rongrong swiftly left Ning Tian with a bruised, swollen face, then summoned her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to heal him.
• The students stared in shock at the pagoda’s six black Soul Rings and golden seventh Soul Ring.

Ning Rongrong revealed her extraordinary Soul Rings to the Glazed Tile Academy team, then concealed their colors and how many she displayed while taking command of the team. Across the continent, Spirit Hall’s unprecedented Soul Bone prizes for the upcoming competition stirred the major powers.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Tian and the former Skywater Academy members her six black Soul Rings and brilliant gold seventh Soul Ring, then explained that powerful Titled Douluo could have unusual Soul Ring colors.
• Ning Rongrong named herself captain and Dugu Yan vice-captain, and told the team to keep their strengths and Soul Ring details secret.
• Ning Rongrong changed her Soul Rings’ colors to resemble those of an ordinary Soul Saint, then concealed all but four while insisting she could still use her full strength.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan began coordinating with the Glazed Tile Academy students as academies and sects across the continent prepared for the competition.
• Spirit Hall announced that the champion would receive a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and multiple Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, with additional Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for the runner-up and third-place teams.

Gu Yuena left the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate the human world and the God Realm, while Ning Rongrong prepared the Glazed Tile Team for the All Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition. The chapter ended with the team learning that its opening match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team would begin in an hour.

• Di Tian reported that Qian Renxue had offered a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and other Soul Bones as tournament prizes, and the Silver Dragon King decided to investigate the human world in a body made with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• The Silver Dragon King chose the name Gu Yuena and flew away from the Star Dou Great Forest after telling Di Tian to guard the forest and keep an eye on Bi Ji.
• Ning Rongrong reviewed the contestants' intelligence with the Glazed Tile Team and warned them to be cautious of Blazing Wind Academy and Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong said the team should conserve its strength and qualify, and that she and Dugu Yan would take the field if they faced Shrek Academy.
• A messenger told the Glazed Tile Team that its opening match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team would begin in one hour.

Ning Rongrong chose Glazed Tile Academy’s lineup for its opening match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed the teams and the powerful Ten Thousand Demons. In the Shrek lounge, Tang Xiao reflected on the sect’s preparations and asked Tang San and Tang Long what they thought of the match.

• Ning Rongrong told the team to gain experience, keep their Martial Soul Fusion Skill secret, and field Ye Lingling, Ning Tian, Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed which team they supported, and Xue Qinghe introduced Ten Thousand Demons as a guard brought in by one of his confidantes.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered whether Ten Thousand Demons was the Demon Eye Magic Tree and considered what that might mean for cooperation between Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Xiao recalled how he had paid for Shrek’s Exclusive Lounge and clothes after rejecting Flender’s advertising scheme for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang San and Tang Long what they thought of the opening match.

Tang San and Tang Long discussed their chances in the Soul Master Competition as footage showed Glazed Tile Academy crushing Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the combined support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Nine Heart Begonia. At Blazing Wind Academy, Bi Ji advised her students while privately worrying about Xue Ke’s resentment toward Qian Renxue and wondering where the Lord had gone.

• Tang Long expressed confidence in himself and the Clear Sky Hammer, while Tang San said he would defeat Dugu Yan even if she had become a Soul Emperor.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang watched Glazed Tile Academy overwhelm Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to target its two Support Spirit Masters first.
• Xue Ke watched Heaven Dou Royal Academy lose, and Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian asked Bi Ji how Blazing Wind Academy could handle Glazed Tile Academy.
• Bi Ji urged her students to focus on improving themselves, while Feng Xiaotian interpreted her advice as a call to hold steady and surpass stronger-looking opponents.
• Bi Ji privately reflected on Xue Ke’s hatred of Qian Renxue, considered asking the Lord to erase Xue Ke’s memories of Xue Ye, and wondered where the Lord was.

Glazed Tile Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, whose members had provoked Ye Lingling before the match. As the teams began fighting, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan watched from the resting area while Shui Bing’er focused on her sister Shui Yue’er.

• A Heaven Dou Royal Academy girl taunted Ye Lingling for supposedly being expelled, and Ning Tian defended her and revealed her connection to Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The referee stopped the argument, and the two teams saluted before taking their positions for the match.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team released their Martial Souls, displaying the standard two yellow and one purple Spirit Ring configuration.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan joked about the spectators calling the opposing captain terrifying, while Shui Bing’er listened and watched the arena.
• Shui Bing’er wondered why Shui Yue’er had not chosen an offensive Soul Skill for her Fourth Soul Skill as the battle began.

Glazed Tile Academy overwhelmed Tian Dou Second Team in seconds, angering spectators who demanded refunds. Xue Qinghe moved Shrek Academy’s match against Elephant Armor Academy to the same day, and both teams entered the arena.

• Glazed Tile Academy’s four Spirit Ancestors defeated Tian Dou Second Team in less than half a minute, and Ye Lingling healed the fallen opponents.
• Spectators who could not see the brief match demanded refunds, while Xue Qinghe discussed calming their anger with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Qinghe moved Shrek Academy’s match against Elephant Armor Academy to that day and offered both teams free use of the Exclusive Lounge.
• Flender accepted the change, while Hu Yanzhen agreed to follow the Emperor’s instruction and said Elephant Armor Academy’s Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls could rival the Clear Sky Hammer among their peers.
• Shrek Academy and Elephant Armor Academy arrived at the arena, and Ning Rongrong remarked that one team seemed meant to set off the other.

Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Tang Long revealed his team’s strength, but Hu Yanzhen interrupted the match and confronted them. Xue Qinghe’s Level 99 guard appeared to halt the dispute, and Ning Rongrong suspected Qian Renxue had deployed him in response to the Clear Sky Sect’s taunt about hitting angels.

• Tang Long and two Clear Sky Sect members revealed their powerful Clear Sky Hammers, including Tang Long’s Soul King strength, and faced Hu Yanli’s Elephant Armor Academy team.
• Shrek Academy repeatedly kited Elephant Armor Academy until Hu Yanzhen flew into the arena and conceded the match on his team’s behalf.
• Hu Yanzhen rebuked Hu Yanli, then confronted Tang Long over Shrek’s treatment of his team.
• Tang Xiao arrived to defend Tang Long, and Hu Yanzhen mocked the Clear Sky Sect’s saying about hitting angels.
• A pale Level 99 Limit Douluo appeared beside Xue Qinghe and ordered Tang Xiao and Hu Yanzhen to return to their places.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Yan that Qian Renxue had likely brought out her guards because the Clear Sky Sect’s taunt had angered her.

Ning Rongrong and the other spectators reacted to the revelation that Xue Qinghe’s guard was a Level 99 Limit Douluo, while Bi Ji revealed that she was also Level 99. Tang Xiao questioned Yu Xiaogang about solving Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls problem, and Yu Xiaogang said he would retrieve his manuals from Spirit City after the preliminaries.

• Ning Rongrong suspected that the Demon Eye Magic Tree’s human-like Soul Power meant the Silver Dragon King had intervened, and decided she needed to restore Kurumi’s power.
• Spectators and Feng Xiaotian reacted to the news that the Heaven Dou Empire had a Limit Douluo, while Xue Ke questioned Bi Ji about Xue Qinghe’s guard.
• Bi Ji said the guard’s strength was about the same as hers, then revealed that she was a Level 99 Titled Douluo who was not skilled in battle.
• Tang Xiao worried over the powerful figures surrounding Xue Qinghe and recalled that he had also encountered Shizaki Kuang San, the Snow Empress, Di Tian, and Bi Ji.
• Tang Xiao asked Yu Xiaogang how he planned to solve Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls problem, and Yu Xiaogang said he would go to Spirit City for the manuals he had left there.

Ning Rongrong discovered that Blazing Wind Academy’s roster listed Xue Ke and Bi Ji, suggesting a dangerous alliance between Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest. She told Ning Fengzhi she planned to use time taken from death-row prisoners to restore Kurumi before the competition ended.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo Blazing Wind Academy’s roster, which listed Xue Ke and Bi Ji.
• Ning Rongrong said Glazed Tile Academy would face Blazing Wind Academy the next afternoon and proposed confirming Bi Ji’s identity at the match.
• Ning Rongrong warned that Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest might be preparing a major move and urged the sect to prepare.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Kurumi needed time replenished to recover and requested the locations of every death-row prisoner in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Rongrong planned to begin her plan after the next day’s match, hoping to restore Kurumi before the competition ended.

Ning Rongrong prepared to restore Shizaki Kuang San and warned that a conflict involving Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest might be coming, gaining her family’s support despite her doubts about using death row prisoners. The next day, she decided to compete against Blazing Wind Academy herself, planning to disguise her strength while empowering her teammates.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and the others that Bi Ji and Xue Ke might be serving the Silver Dragon King, which could lead to a major battle in Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong acknowledged her willingness to use extreme methods, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to provide information about Heaven Dou Empire prisons holding death row prisoners.
• Dugu Yan reassured Ning Rongrong and defended her plan, while Ning Rongrong admitted that killing prisoners still troubled her.
• The next day, Ning Rongrong announced that she would replace Ning Tian against Blazing Wind Academy, with Shui Bing'er taking Qiu Ruoshui's place.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she could appear to fight as a four-ring Soul Ancestor while secretly using seven-ring buffs to secure victory.

At Blazing Wind Academy, Bi Ji explained Ning Rongrong’s unusual Martial Soul and heard Huo Wu Shuang’s account of a girl like her killing a Titan Giant Ape. As the teams prepared to compete, Bi Ji recognized the Angel Holy Sword in Ning Rongrong’s hands and wondered about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s power and motives.

• Bi Ji told Huo Wu Shuang, Huo Wu, and Xue Ke that Ning Rongrong might possess a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which could allow her to become a Titled Douluo.
• Bi Ji explained that a Martial Soul’s second awakening could change a person’s appearance, and Xue Ke acknowledged that her own changed appearance left her unrecognizable to most people.
• Huo Wu Shuang recounted how a girl resembling Ning Rongrong killed a several-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape and mentioned Glazed Tile Academy’s trade for the Huo Family heirloom.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu Shuang questioned how Ning Rongrong could have defeated the beast, and Bi Ji dismissed the idea that she had Twin Martial Souls.
• Bi Ji permitted Xue Ke to use the powers she had received, and the team headed to the arena for its match.
• Bi Ji saw Ning Rongrong carrying the Angel Holy Sword and wondered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was connected to the God Realm or the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ning Rongrong introduced herself as the owner of a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, shocking the audience and revealing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s growing potential. As the match against Blazing Wind Academy began, Glazed Tile Academy further surprised the onlookers by fielding a Soul King.

• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Huo Wu Shuang as a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master, leaving him confused by her teasing response.
• The audience and powerful sects realized Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul could remove the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Douluo bottleneck and potentially make her a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda insignia and angrily accused Ning Fengzhi of concealing the sect’s strength.
• Grandmaster warned Tang San to study Glazed Tile Academy, while Tang Xiao cautioned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun against provoking Ning Rongrong.
• The match began, and Glazed Tile Academy stunned the onlookers by revealing that its lineup included a Soul King.

Shui Bing'er revealed that she had reached Soul King, but Blazing Wind Academy challenged Glazed Tile Academy to a team battle. The opening clash exposed the power of Ning Rongrong’s buffs and the Soul Bones possessed by Huo Wu Shuang and Xue Ke, leaving the match unresolved.

• Shui Bing'er’s Soul King rank shocked Huo Wu and the Blazing Wind Academy members, but Huo Wu insisted her team could still win the battle.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu Shuang attacked, while Shui Yue'er used her field skill to conceal Glazed Tile Academy in ice mist.
• Xue Ke guided Feng Xiaotian through the mist, and Huo Wu Shuang and Feng Xiaotian resisted Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s counterattack with shields.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er realized their opponents had used Soul Bones to break the mist and defend against their attacks.
• Ning Rongrong warned Shui Bing'er that Huo Wu Shuang and Xue Ke possessed powerful Soul Bones, and Bi Ji remained unconcerned as spectators reacted to the revelation.

Blazing Wind Academy attacked Glazed Tile Academy, but Shui Bing'er broke Huo Wu's Ring Fusion and left Blazing Wind with only four injured members against Glazed Tile's five. Shui Bing'er urged Huo Wu to admit defeat, leaving the match poised to end.

• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring to scatter Glazed Tile Academy's weaker fighters, and Feng Xiaotian threw several of them out of the arena.
• Ning Rongrong flew Ye Lingling and Yu Hairou out of Feng Xiaotian's reach, revealing her ability to fly with a Soul Bone.
• Huo Wu fused her first three Soul Rings into Huo Wu's Radiance and launched a massive fireball at Shui Bing'er, who stood in front of Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er pierced the fireball with her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Spear, and the resulting explosion eliminated most of Blazing Wind Academy's team.
• Shui Bing'er explained that she had broken Huo Wu's unstable Ring Fusion by striking one point, then told Huo Wu that her remaining four fighters could not win and urged her to surrender.

The Blazing Wind Team revealed Xue Ke’s Emerald Swan Soul Bone Set, which reflected Yu Hairou’s attack and restored the team. As Huo Wu Shuang was eliminated after holding off Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er, Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu began forming their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the match on the verge of its decisive clash.

• Ning Rongrong sent Yu Hairou toward Xue Ke, whose Emerald Swan Soul Bone Set reflected Yu Hairou’s attack and knocked her out of the arena.
• Tang Xiao recognized that Xue Ke possessed a complete Soul Bone Set made from the same kind of swan soul beast and explained its extraordinary abilities to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xue Ke’s Soul Bone Set restored Huo Wu and the other Blazing Wind Team members, while Huo Wu Shuang used his Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone to hold off Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er.
• Shui Bing’er froze Huo Wu Shuang’s feet and drove him out of the arena with a storm of hail, completing his task of buying time.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as heat spread across the arena, and Huo Wu Shuang declared that the Blazing Wind Academy would win.

Ning Rongrong revealed a domain that accelerated Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, allowing their Ice and Snow Dance to defeat Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian's Blazing Wind Sweep. Glazed Tile Academy won the match, and Bi Ji quietly approached Xue Ke.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed the competing teams and each chose Glazed Tile Academy to win.
• Ning Rongrong revealed a domain and declared that her side also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ning Rongrong's domain accelerated the fusion of Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er as Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian unleashed Blazing Wind Sweep.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er completed Ice and Snow Dance, and their Ice Crystal Phoenix broke through the two-headed fire wolf.
• The Ice Crystal Phoenix's storm shattered Xue Ke's shields and blew Xue Ke, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian out of the arena, leaving Glazed Tile Academy victorious.
• Bi Ji quietly approached Xue Ke.

After the Glazed Tile Team defeated Blazing Wind, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan discussed the possible return of Bi Ji and Kurumi while Bi Ji encouraged the defeated team. Xue Ke reconsidered her family’s past and Xue Qinghe’s role in it, then noticed Bi Ji heading toward the arena as Bi Ji remarked that someone had caught the princess’s attention.

• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan privately discussed whether Bi Ji and the person connected to her had appeared, and whether soul beasts might help restore Kurumi’s power.
• Dugu Yan offered to accompany Ning Rongrong, but Ning Rongrong said she could manage alone as the Glazed Tile Team discussed its victory over Blazing Wind.
• Bi Ji reassured Huo Wu, Huo Wu Shuang, Feng Xiaotian, and the others that their loss was not a failure and that reaching the top three would exceed her expectations.
• Bi Ji told Xue Ke that Xue Qinghe’s girlfriend, Qian Renxue, had reached Soul Saint several years earlier and that she did not know Qian Renxue’s current level.
• Xue Ke recalled visions suggesting Xue Qinghe had killed her father and brothers, and suspected Bi Ji was connected to him, but decided to wait and see.
• Bi Ji remarked that someone had caught Xue Ke’s attention and walked toward the arena.

Bi Ji revealed herself as a Level 99 Limit Douluo and claimed Xue Ke as her disciple, deterring anyone who might target her. That night, Ning Rongrong tested whether consuming soul beasts could restore Kurumi’s time, then entered a Heaven Dou death row prison after knocking out its guard.

• Bi Ji displayed her Soul Rings, announced that she was a Level 99 Limit Douluo and a teacher at Blazing Wind Academy, and named Xue Ke as her disciple.
• Yu Yuanzhen chose not to investigate Bi Ji, while Tang Xiao considered whether she was the Emerald Swan and decided to avoid provoking her.
• Ning Rongrong hypnotized a patrol guard and consumed a ten-year Green Bamboo and a three-hundred-year Soft Bone Rabbit, but neither restored time.
• Ning Rongrong used Ning Fengzhi’s map to locate a Heaven Dou death row prison, knocked out its Soul King guard with a baseball bat, and entered.