Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen accompanied Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Mimetic Cultivation Ground, where the Shi Brothers greeted him as their young master and Qin Ming began to suspect he had the backing of a powerful faction. There, Zhou Chen met Yu Tianmeng, a girl from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family who identified Yu Tianheng as her older brother.

• Zhou Chen and Dugu Yan descended into the academy’s Mimetic Cultivation Ground and walked to the Royal Fight Team’s training area.
• Yu Feng told Dugu Yan that Qin Ming was training the Shi Brothers with a newcomer, then flew away before explaining further.
• Qin Ming reprimanded Dugu Yan for skipping class, while the Shi Brothers knelt and respectfully greeted Zhou Chen as their young master.
• Qin Ming recalled Zhou Chen’s earlier interest in the Black Tortoise Clan and suspected that the clan had pledged itself to him.
• Yu Tianmeng introduced herself to Zhou Chen as a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and said Yu Tianheng was her older brother.

Yu Tianmeng arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to replace Yu Tianheng on the Royal Fight Team and challenged Zhou Chen after accusing him of humiliating her family. She sealed the training room with a strange Soul Tool, and Zhou Chen sensed that something about her felt unnervingly familiar.

• Yu Tianmeng told Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng had returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and announced she would take his place on the Royal Fight Team.
• Yu Tianmeng accused Dugu Yan of betraying Yu Tianheng, but Zhou Chen corrected her and said Yu Tianheng had only pursued Dugu Yan unilaterally.
• Yu Tianmeng admitted she had remembered the timing incorrectly, then challenged Zhou Chen over his public defeat of Yu Tianheng.
• Qin Ming tried to stop Yu Tianmeng from fighting inside the Mimetic Cultivation Ground, but backed down after she threatened him.
• Yu Tianmeng used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shroud to conceal the training room, while Zhou Chen wondered about the unusual Soul Tool and sensed a strange familiarity with her.

Yu Tianmeng revealed her Silver Dragon Spear and five black soul rings, then challenged Zhou Chen to a duel. She struggled to overpower his Xuanyuan Sword and activated her third spirit ability, the Silver Dragon King's Blessing, as the fight continued.

• Zhou Chen summoned the Xuanyuan Sword, stunning Yu Tianmeng, Qin Ming, and the Shi Brothers.
• Yu Tianmeng revealed the Silver Dragon Spear and five black soul rings, identifying herself as a level 56 battle Soul King.
• Yu Tianmeng challenged Zhou Chen, but their first clash showed that he could match and overpower her strength.
• Yu Tianmeng used her first two spirit abilities, but Zhou Chen's flying Xuanyuan Sword blocked both attacks.
• Yu Tianmeng activated her third spirit ability, Silver Dragon King's Blessing, boosting her attack, defense, spiritual power, and Soul Power by three hundred percent.

Yu Tianmeng unleashed the Silver Dragon King's Blessing and challenged Zhou Chen, but he revealed his Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor martial soul and defeated her. After she begged for mercy and offered to serve him, Zhou Chen spared her, and she declared herself his maid.

• Yu Tianmeng activated the Silver Dragon King's Blessing, boosting her strength and filling the training ground with silver light.
• Yu Tianmeng attacked Zhou Chen with her fourth and fifth spirit abilities, but he dodged with Ground Shrinking Golden Light and trapped her with Plucking Stars and Seizing the Moon.
• Zhou Chen revealed his Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor martial soul and four golden soul rings, shocking Yu Tianmeng and the others.
• Yu Tianmeng begged Zhou Chen not to kill her and offered to work for him and warm his bed.
• Zhou Chen released Yu Tianmeng after making her admit defeat, and she declared that she would become his maid.

Ye Lingling returned to the academy after reaching rank fifty-six and found Zhou Chen sparring with Yu Tianmeng. Qin Ming persuaded Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to keep training at the academy and proposed taking the Royal Fight Team back to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena for combat experience.

• Ye Lingling entered the sealed training room with Shi Feng, who had used an Earth Escape soul skill to bypass Yu Tianmeng's barrier.
• Ye Lingling joined Zhou Chen and questioned Yu Tianmeng, while Qin Ming explained that they had only been sparring.
• Ye Lingling revealed five soul rings, and Dugu Yan showed that she had five as well, shocking Qin Ming, Shi Feng, and the Shi Brothers.
• Qin Ming warned Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan that their rapid breakthroughs had left them unfamiliar with their soul power and soul skills.
• Qin Ming proposed taking the Royal Fight Team, now including Yu Tianmeng, to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to gain combat experience.

The Royal Fight Team arrived at Heaven Dou City's Great Spirit Arena so Yu Tianmeng could register for her first match, while Zhou Chen planned to profit by betting on the team. After the team’s members were assigned a Soul King-level opponent, Yu Tianmeng confidently offered to take on four of them herself.

• Qin Ming led the Royal Fight Team to the Great Spirit Arena, where Yu Tianmeng registered for a Spirit Arena Badge.
• Zhou Chen declined to compete and planned to wager thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Royal Fight Team.
• The staff tested the team’s Soul Power and warned Qin Ming that the rules required them to face a Soul King-level team.
• Yu Tianmeng assured the team she could take on four Soul Kings while the others fought the remaining three.
• A staff member arranged a Soul King team as their opponent and left to promote the match.

The Royal Fight Team learned that their next opponents, the Blood Soul Team, had killed seven fighters in twelve matches. Though Zhou Chen worried about the danger, the team chose to compete, and Yu Tianmeng promised to protect Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan as the match approached.

• Yu Tianmeng bragged that she could defeat all seven opponents while Zhou Chen urged her to rest and offered pastries to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming returned with information that the Blood Soul Team consisted of seven Soul Kings above level fifty who fought brutally.
• Dugu Yan read that the Blood Soul Team had won eleven of twelve matches and accidentally killed seven opponents.
• Zhou Chen suggested conceding, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling insisted on competing to gain experience and honor their bet.
• Zhou Chen told the team to show no mercy and ordered Yu Tianmeng to protect Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• The arena announced the Royal Fight Team versus Blood Soul Team match and called both sides to prepare for the battle in fifteen minutes.

Zhou Chen watched the Royal Fight Team face the Blood Soul Team at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and recognized the latter as Evil Soul Masters from the Holy Spirit Church. The Royal Fight Team had already inhaled a dangerous blood mist when Zhou Chen realized the threat and called for action.

• Kou Kou introduced the Royal Fight Team and the Blood Soul Team before both sides entered the central spirit stage.
• Zhou Chen found the Blood Soul Team’s aura familiar, monitored them with his second soul skill, and grew uneasy about their resemblance to Xiao Chenyu.
• The teams released their martial souls and soul rings as the spectators cheered for Yu Tianmeng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan.
• The Blood Soul Team secretly spread nearly invisible blood mist toward the Royal Fight Team, and the seven members inhaled it without noticing.
• Zhou Chen recognized the mist from Blood Infant Douluo’s attack in Silves City and realized the Blood Soul Team were Holy Spirit Church Evil Soul Masters.

Zhou Chen used Spirit Hall's Pope Token to order Qin Ming to stop the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena match and prepare to capture the Blood Soul Team, whose members planned to secretly control their opponents' blood. The arena's manager recognized the token and agreed to act, while the Royal Fight Team and Blood Soul Team continued their tense standoff.

• Zhou Chen ordered Qin Ming to stop the match, mobilize the arena guards, and capture the Blood Soul Team, then revealed Spirit Hall's Pope Token when Qin Ming hesitated.
• Qin Ming recognized the Six Imperial Symbols on the token and hurried to carry out Zhou Chen's orders.
• Zhou Chen asked Shi Feng to use his eight soul rings to intimidate the Great Spirit Arena if needed, and Shi Feng pledged his support.
• The Blood Soul Team waited for a chance to trigger its secret technique, which could reverse its opponents' blood flow and cause their hearts to stop.
• Qin Ming confronted the arena's manager, who initially refused to stop the match but recognized the Pope Token and agreed to act immediately.

The Great Spirit Arena abruptly canceled the match between the Royal Fight Team and the Blood Soul Team, and Yu Tianmeng suspected Zhou Chen had intervened to protect the Royal Fight Team. Realizing their Blood Soul Master identities had been exposed and the arena had surrounded them, Soul Eater attacked Ye Lingling and the rest of the team as hostages.

• The Great Spirit Arena canceled the match and promised refunds and compensation to the angry spectators.
• Yu Tianmeng suspected Zhou Chen had forced the cancellation, and Ye Lingling led the Royal Fight Team off the platform.
• Soul Eater realized the Blood Soul Team had been exposed when he saw Soul Kings and Soul Emperors surrounding the arena.
• Soul Eater ordered his team to capture Ye Lingling, and the Blood Soul Team attacked the Royal Fight Team.

Zhou Chen and the Great Spirit Arena's guards defeated the Blood Soul Team after Soul Eater took Ye Lingling hostage with a blood-control secret art. After Ye Lingling was protected and the team was escorted away for treatment, Zhou Chen stayed behind to hunt down everyone connected to the attack.

• Lin Yang and the Great Spirit Arena's guards attacked the Blood Soul Team, but Soul Eater escaped Lin Yang's strike and seized Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming wounded Soul Eater, who revealed that his Nether River Blood Explosion secret art had endangered Ye Lingling and threatened to make her heart explode.
• Yu Tianmeng used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shroud to block Soul Eater's control, allowing Zhou Chen to kill him with a single strike from the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The Great Spirit Arena's Soul Masters killed the other six Blood Soul Team members, while three guards were seriously injured by the team's self-destructions.
• Zhou Chen ordered Qin Ming and Yu Tianmeng to escort Ye Lingling and the others to the Ye residence for treatment, then stayed behind to slaughter those hiding behind the Blood Soul Team.

After wiping out the Blood Soul Team, Zhou Chen vowed to kill everyone behind them and prepared to confront their powerful backers. As he was about to strike, dozens of soul masters—including three Soul Saints—appeared in the Great Spirit Arena, seemingly to challenge him.

• Zhou Chen ordered Dugu Yan, Yu Tianmeng, Qin Ming, and the others to leave while he dealt with the Blood Soul Team’s backers.
• Lin Yang offered to escort Ye Lingling and the others to the Crabapple Ye Residence, then received a Purple Micro Palace token from Zhou Chen and revealed the backers’ VIP room numbers.
• Zhou Chen prepared to hunt down the people in the VIP rooms after Lin Yang and the others departed.
• Dozens of soul masters burst from the VIP rooms and descended into the arena, including eight Soul Emperors and three Soul Saints.
• The spectators realized the newcomers appeared to be targeting Zhou Chen, setting the stage for another confrontation.

Zhou Chen confronted the powerful families backing the Blood Soul squad and revealed that they knew the squad were Blood Soul Masters. When they moved to kill him, Shi Feng appeared as a Soul Douluo subordinate and awaited Zhou Chen’s order to deal with them.

• A blue-robed Soul Sage and Liu Ming threatened Zhou Chen for killing the Blood Soul squad, and Zhou Chen asked whether they knew the squad were Blood Soul Masters.
• The two men realized Zhou Chen could expose their collusion with Blood Soul Masters, and they joined a white-robed Wind Sword Sect elder in ordering their fighters to attack him.
• An aged roar stopped the assault and overwhelmed many spectators and Spirit Masters in the arena.
• Shi Feng appeared in midair, revealed himself as a level 89 Soul Douluo, and bowed to Zhou Chen as Young Master.
• Liu Ming tried to apologize and make peace, but Zhou Chen refused and ordered Shi Feng to kill them all.

Shi Feng revealed his Black Tortoise Clan Martial Soul and fought the three Soul Sages while Zhou Chen killed the Soul Kings attacking him. After Zhou Chen was swallowed by the Thunder Eagle Soul Emperors’ lightning, Shi Feng unleashed his eighth soul skill against his attackers.

• Shi Feng revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and killed eleven Soul Kings with his first spirit ability, prompting the three Soul Sages to attack him.
• Zhou Chen used the Xuanyuan Sword and his fourth soul skill to kill the Soul Kings sent to capture him.
• Zhou Chen attacked the eight Soul Emperors, but they stalled the Xuanyuan Sword and two Thunder Eagle Soul Emperors struck him with a torrent of lightning.
• Shi Feng transformed into his Black Tortoise Avatar and withstood the three Soul Sages’ strongest attacks without serious harm.
• Shi Feng unleashed his eighth soul skill, Black Tortoise Suppressing Demons.

Zhou Chen and Shi Feng slaughtered the noble families’ Spirit Emperors and defeated the Spirit Sages until Blood Soul intervened to rescue Liu Ming. Blood Soul revealed himself as a level 95 Titled Douluo, healed by consuming Liu Ming’s remains, and prepared to face Zhou Chen.

• Shi Feng’s Black Tortoise Suppressing Demons blasted the three Spirit Sages away and killed the five airborne Spirit Emperors, while Zhou Chen emerged unharmed from the lightning attack.
• Zhou Chen freed the Xuanyuan Sword and killed the remaining three Spirit Emperors, then ordered Shi Feng to finish the wounded Spirit Sages.
• Shi Feng used his tortoise-shell shields to kill the white-robed Wind Sword Sect elder and the Thunder Eagle Sect Master, but Liu Ming called for a Titled Douluo to save him.
• A blood-red figure appeared, deflected Shi Feng’s shields and the Xuanyuan Sword, and tried to escape with Liu Ming; Zhou Chen stopped it with three Emperor Seal Technique attacks.
• The figure survived the attacks, consumed Liu Ming’s remains to heal, identified himself as Blood Soul, a level 95 Titled Douluo, and displayed nine spirit rings, including a hundred-thousand-year red ring.

Zhou Chen and Shi Feng confronted Blood Soul Douluo, a level 95 Holy Spirit Church elder whose secret methods gave him powerful soul rings and a vampiric form. As Shi Feng’s halos bought them time, Zhou Chen launched a signal over Heaven Dou City, calling the forces of Purple Micro Palace to meet the threat.

• Blood Soul Douluo revealed his nine soul rings and explained that the Holy Spirit Church’s master had ordered its members to avoid clashing with Zhou Chen unless they could guarantee his death.
• Blood Soul Douluo attacked Zhou Chen with his Blood Soul Sword, but Shi Feng blocked the strike with his Black Tortoise Turtle.
• Blood Soul Douluo revealed that his Blood Soul Secret Method could restore youth by absorbing the blood of one million people, then transformed and tried to attack Zhou Chen from behind.
• Shi Feng used two soul skills to repel Blood Soul Douluo and protect Zhou Chen, nearly exhausting his Soul Power in the process.
• Zhou Chen mocked Blood Soul Douluo and fired a signal that illuminated the sky above Heaven Dou City with the Big Dipper symbol.

The Big Dipper Token appeared over Heaven Dou City, signaling that Zhou Chen had fallen into grave danger. Purple Micro Palace and allied powerhouses mobilized to rescue him as Wang Sheng, Xiao Chenyu, and Marx rushed toward the city.

• The Black Tortoise Clan’s elders recognized the Big Dipper Token, and the old man sent his son to wake the Grand Elders while he gathered the clan’s Soul Saints and stronger fighters.
• A Tian Shu Guard reported the emergency to Wang Sheng, who saw the purple stars and ordered the Tian Shu Guard to assemble and head south.
• Xiao Chenyu learned that Zhou Chen was in danger and asked Ye Yinzhu for the Ye Family’s support while Ye Lingling remained unconscious under her care.
• Ye Yinzhu gave Xiao Chenyu a token to mobilize the Ye Family’s Soul Master Legion and half its offering elders, and Xiao Chenyu departed for the Hall of Offerings.
• Marx spotted the purple stars while leading Soul Masters through Sunset Forest and flew toward Heaven Dou City.

Xue Ye the Great learned that a battle had destroyed the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and involved a Titled Douluo, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe decided to go there with two powerful guardians. Xue Qinghe and his guardians set out toward the battle, intending to confront the Blood Soul Master and meet the opposing force.

• Xue Ye the Great asked Ge Long to investigate the seven stars that appeared above Heaven Dou City.
• Ge Long received a report that two Soul Master forces had fought at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, destroying it, and that one side included a Titled Douluo.
• Xue Ye the Great abandoned the idea of sending troops after learning a Titled Douluo was involved.
• Xue Qinghe identified one combatant as a Blood Soul Master and said his Angel Clan duty required him to destroy the foe.
• Xue Qinghe insisted on visiting the battle, and Uncle She and Uncle Ci reluctantly agreed to accompany him.
• Xue Qinghe, Uncle She, and Uncle Ci transformed into streaks of light and left the East Palace.

Zhou Chen and Shi Feng fought Blood Soul Douluo at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena while awaiting reinforcements, and Shi Feng was gravely wounded protecting Zhou Chen. Just as Zhou Chen prepared to use the Heaven Annihilating Seal, Purple Micro Palace, the Ye Family, and the Black Tortoise Clan arrived to confront Blood Soul Douluo.

• Blood Soul Douluo overwhelmed Zhou Chen and Shi Feng as their Soul Power dwindled, then activated his Eighth Soul Skill, Blood God Possession, to attack Zhou Chen.
• Shi Feng intercepted Blood Soul Douluo, suffered a devastating wound, and made a final charge that knocked the enemy back before collapsing unconscious in Zhou Chen's arms.
• Zhou Chen shielded Shi Feng and clashed with Blood Soul Douluo, then prepared to unleash the Heaven Annihilating Seal despite its severe backlash.
• Wang Sheng, Xiao Chenyu, and Marx of Purple Micro Palace arrived and surrounded Blood Soul Douluo.
• Six members of the Ye Family's Elder Council arrived, followed by the Black Tortoise Clan's reinforcements of six Soul Douluos and eleven Soul Sages.

Zhou Chen’s forces surrounded Blood Soul Douluo, but the Titled Douluo used sound-based detection and powerful soul skills to turn the battle against them and create an escape route. As he fled, Lin Tian struck him, and Blood Soul Douluo split into nine bats, leaving Zhou Chen unsure which was the real body.

• The Black Tortoise Clan arrived, and its members charged Blood Soul Douluo after Zhou Chen reassured them that Shi Feng had only fainted from exhaustion.
• Blood Soul Douluo used ultrasonic detection to evade the Black Tortoise Clan’s attacks, then stunned them with Fearful Shriek and trapped them in Heavenly Net of Blood before striking with Blood God Severance.
• Wang Sheng, Xiao Chenyu, Marx, and the Ye Family’s enshrined elders attacked together and opened the net to rescue the Black Tortoise Clan, giving Blood Soul Douluo a gap through which to flee.
• Lin Tian launched Azure Steel Divine Sword at Blood Soul Douluo, who split into nine dark-golden bats with Blood Shadow Doppelganger.
• Zhou Chen ordered his allies to stop the clones and sent the Xuanyuan Sword at one bat, which withstood the blow and made him suspect it was Blood Soul Douluo’s true body.