Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo told Zhou Qing and the others that his soul power had reached level 98 while he worked to merge his inner scenery with the world. He warned that the Star Luo Empire might attack Heaven Dou after the tournament, and the chapter ended with the group considering how its leaders would react to Dai Mubai awakening the Evil Eye Holy King.

• Dugu Bo explained that he had failed more than fifty times while trying to merge his inner scenery with heaven and earth, but the process had raised his soul power to level 98.
• Dugu Bo warned that the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Chen were supporting the Star Luo Empire, with Tang Chen seeking faith through war to recreate the Asura God Core.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo discussed how faith-based godhood conflicted with the Red Assembly's belief that people should rely on conviction rather than worship powerful figures.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Dai Mubai had awakened the Evil Eye Holy King, which was said to be the origin of the Star Luo Empire's Evil Eye White Tiger lineage.
• Zhou Qing told Dugu Bo that the Evil Eye Holy King could count as a human deity, then asked what attitude the Star Luo Empire's leaders would take toward Dai Mubai's awakening.

Zhou Qing rejected Dugu Bo’s suggestion to eliminate Dai Mubai and planned for the Red Assembly to stay out of the coming war while preparing to absorb refugees. As the Continental Elite Tournament began, Xue Ye grew more determined to move against the Red Assembly and believed he had a justified cause.

• Dugu Bo warned that Dai Mubai’s awakening of the Evil Eye Holy King could strengthen Star Luo’s ambitions and suggested killing him to delay a war.
• Zhou Qing argued that the Red Assembly should not provoke war, but should develop its western territories and take in refugees if the empires fought.
• Zhou Qing described the Red Assembly’s strong economy, militia, and education system, while Dugu Bo declined to take on a leadership role.
• At the tournament, Xue Ye questioned Huyan Zhen about Huyan Li joining Nuoding Academy, and Huyan Zhen claimed his grandson had run away against his wishes.
• Xue Ye viewed Nuoding Academy and the Red Assembly as threats, then resolved to act against them after the tournament if the team refused his honors.

Blazing Fire Academy struggled against Elephant Armored Academy until Huo Wu used Ring Fusion to unleash a massive fireball. The blast shattered nearly half the arena, leaving the match’s outcome unclear.

• Elephant Armored Academy drove Blazing Fire Academy to the edge of the arena with its coordinated formation and powerful defenses.
• Huo Wu ordered Huo Wu Shuang and the others to hold off their opponents while she prepared Ring Fusion.
• Zhou Qing explained to Tang San that Ring Fusion required precise Spiritual Power control and risked deadly backlash.
• Huo Wu Shuang and the other Blazing Fire Academy members retreated from the arena as Huo Wu’s fireball grew enormous.
• Elephant Armored Academy formed a Soul Power wall and met Huo Wu’s attack head-on, but the blast left a crater almost fifty meters wide.

Huo Wu’s reckless Ring Fusion defeated Elephant Armored Academy but left her injured, and her father warned her to keep her distance from Zhou Qing and the Red Assembly because of the political risks. The Preliminary Competition ended with Nuoding Team undefeated, while Dai Mubai’s Evil Eye Holy King power defeated Sky Water Academy and heightened Heaven Dou’s fears of Xingluo.

• Huo Wu and Elephant Armored Academy’s seven members collapsed from their injuries after her Ring Fusion, and Teacher Yang said Huo Wu would need at least half a month to recover.
• The Blazing Fire Academy Dean scolded Huo Wu for her reckless opening match and warned her not to get too close to Zhou Qing and the Red Assembly because Xue Ye and the nobles opposed them.
• The Preliminary Competition concluded, with Nuoding Team winning every match through tactics and teamwork against its rivals, including Blazing Fire, Thunder, and Godwind Academies.
• Sky Water Academy’s Ice Snow Falling Martial Soul Fusion Skill suppressed Nuoding Team until Dai Mubai awakened the Evil Eye Holy King and shattered its Ice Phoenix with the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave.
• Heaven Dou’s royals saw Dai Mubai’s power as a warning of Xingluo’s threat, while Xue Ye regretted that his own sons had not become accomplished Soul Masters.

Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Nuoding Academy to enter the Promotion Competition so Dai Mubai could improve his reputation, but Zhou Qing and the academy dean refused after the team’s vote fell short. Yu Xiaogang then worried that the Evil Eye Holy King would attract the Heaven Dou Empire’s attention and went with Flender toward Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhou Qing to support entering the Promotion Competition, but Zhou Qing let the Nuoding Team members decide by show of hands.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ouyang Sun voted to participate, leaving the team short of the seven votes required.
• The Nuoding Academy dean rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request, saying the competition was unnecessary and would reveal the team’s strength to rivals.
• Yu Xiaogang feared the Heaven Dou Empire might target Dai Mubai because of the Evil Eye Holy King, but Flender reassured him and led him toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun overheard Yu Xiaogang and Flender, argued about Oscar’s Sausage Martial Soul, and began fighting.

Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and urged him to stay with her at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Flender declined her offer to move there. Yu Xiaogang considered leaving Nuoding Academy, but Zhou Qing directed him to follow the academy’s proper resignation procedures.

• Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from fleeing as Liu Erlong rushed out of Blue Tyrant Academy and embraced him.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that he and Liu Erlong could never be together, but Liu Erlong said she still wanted to stay by his side.
• Liu Erlong invited Flender and his students to Blue Tyrant Academy and offered him the dean position, but Flender refused and chose to remain at Nuoding Academy.
• Liu Erlong came to Nuoding Academy with Yu Xiaogang, and Flender explained their separation to Zhou Qing without revealing their family connection.
• Zhou Qing told Yu Xiaogang that any resignation had to be handled through Nuoding Academy's dean.

Liu Erlong sought out Zhou Qing, while he and his companions realized that she and Yu Xiaogang were cousins. They speculated about Yu Xiaogang’s ambitions and left the chapter confident that the Red Assembly’s plans were far greater.

• Liu Erlong asked Zhou Qing whether he truly possessed combat strength at the Peerless Douluo level, and he denied the rumor.
• After Flender took Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang to meet the Nuoding Academy Dean, Romantina questioned Liu Erlong’s attraction to Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu sensed that Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were closely related, and Zhou Qing correctly guessed that they were cousins.
• Romantina proposed warning the pair about the dangers of close-relative marriage, but Zhou Qing explained that Liu Erlong was the Killing Horn of the former Golden Iron Triangle.
• Tang San assessed Yu Xiaogang’s resilience and flaws, while Zhou Qing and Romantina speculated that Yu Xiaogang sought fame and might be preparing to join the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Xiao Wu laughed about the Red Assembly’s ambition to spread across the continent and into the God Realm.

Yu Xiaogang signed his resignation from Nuoding Academy and left with Liu Erlong, while Wei Sa and Mu Bing visited Zhou Qing to negotiate grain prices and discuss the coming war. Zhou Qing refused to involve the Red Assembly in the conflict, but demonstrated its powerful Zhuge Crossbow and his ability to stop its arrows, leaving Mu Bing astonished.

• Yu Xiaogang signed the paperwork to resign from Nuoding Academy in two months, and Liu Erlong took him away to prepare for the Promotion Competition.
• Wei Sa asked Zhou Qing for cheaper grain and better cold-resistant seeds, and Tang San agreed to reduce the seed price by at most ten percent.
• Wei Sa warned Zhou Qing that the Star Luo Empire might attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and Zhou Qing explained that the war could draw in many competing factions.
• Mu Bing sought the Red Assembly's cooperation, but Zhou Qing said it would stay out of the war unless Xue Ye attacked Fasinuo Province, while allowing that it might sell weapons to other forces.
• Tang San demonstrated the Zhuge Crossbow by piercing a thick steel plate, and Zhou Qing stopped its arrows in midair, shocking Mu Bing.

Tang San and the Works Department sold Mu Bing three thousand mechanical Zhuge Crossbows, after which she asked Zhou Qing to help prevent Wei Sa’s political marriage to Xue Qinghe. Zhou Qing refused to stage an abduction that could endanger the Red Assembly, but offered to propose another plan.

• Tang San and the Works Department produced mechanical Zhuge Crossbows, and Zhou Qing and Tang San demonstrated one to Mu Bing.
• Mu Bing bought three thousand Zhuge Crossbows for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, with collection set for one month later in Holy Soul Village.
• Mu Bing explained that Xue Ye planned to marry Wei Sa to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to keep the Heavenly Soul Kingdom in check, and asked the Red Assembly to abduct Wei Sa on the journey home.
• Wei Sa said she disliked Xue Qinghe and did not want to submit to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhou Qing refused to disguise the Red Assembly as bandits and abduct Wei Sa, explaining that the plan could give the Heaven Dou Empire grounds to attack them.
• Zhou Qing reassured Wei Sa that he was willing to help and asked her to hear his alternative plan.

Zhou Qing proposed replacing Wei Sa with a Mental Child Sphere clone so she could avoid marrying Xue Qinghe while the Red Assembly gathered information about Heaven Dou. Wei Sa agreed to stay with the Red Assembly, and the group began preparing the clone to imitate her independently.

• Zhou Qing created a living clone that looked and acted like Wei Sa, complete with her Snow Lotus Flower and Soul Skills.
• Zhou Qing revealed that Xue Qinghe was attracted to men and said Heaven Dou's deeper internal trouble lay with its heir.
• Zhou Qing explained that he would help Wei Sa personally, and Wei Sa agreed to stay behind while Fake Wei Sa returned with Mu Bing.
• Romantina used Spiritual Sharing to let Wei Sa control both bodies, and Wei Sa began practicing how to make Fake Wei Sa move independently.
• Romantina's eight Sub-consciousnesses recorded Wei Sa's behavior to build a framework that could let Fake Wei Sa act autonomously.

Wei Sa prepared to leave with Zhou Qing’s group and study medicine, while the Promotion Competition exposed Oscar’s uncertain future as a Food System Soul Master. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai inviting Oscar to join him in the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhou Qing taught Wei Sa to control two bodies more efficiently, and Romantina and the eight sub-consciousnesses implanted a behavioral pattern framework into Fake Wei Sa.
• Wei Sa disguised herself in plain clothes and cut hair, then agreed to study at the Red Assembly’s Medical Department after the Promotion Competition.
• Zhou Qing praised Wei Sa’s abilities as an all-round Soul Elder but cautioned her to begin medical studies with the basics after hearing she had dissected corpses.
• Nuoding Team Second Generation finished fifteenth in the Heaven Dou Division, while the new profession classifications highlighted the limits of Food System Soul Masters in Soul Fighting.
• Oscar worried about where to study after graduating from Nuoding Academy, and Dai Mubai invited him to the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Mubai tried to recruit Oscar and several other students to Heaven Dou, but they declined or postponed their decisions. The teams arrived in Spirit City, where Zhou Qing and Dugu Bo discussed its Soul Master population and dependence on the Two Great Empires.

• Dai Mubai tempted Oscar with wealth, resources, and noble status, but Oscar said he would consider the offer after the Continental Elite Tournament.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that Dai Mubai lacked control over the Star Luo Empire, prompting Oscar to reconsider and leaving Dai Mubai irritated.
• Dai Mubai invited Huyan Li, Tuoba Wang, Xiang Ba, and Feng Feng to join him, but they all refused.
• The Heaven Dou Division teams arrived at Spirit City, and Zhou Qing remarked on the extraordinary height and thickness of its walls.
• Dugu Bo explained that most residents of Spirit City were low-ranking Soul Masters rather than Spirit Hall members, and that the city relied on the Two Great Empires for its income and supplies.

Zhou Qing and his companions examined Spirit City’s rushed commercial-tax reforms before Bibi Dong summoned them and proposed that Spirit Hall cooperate with the Red Assembly. Bibi Dong warned that the Star Luo Empire might move against Heaven Dou after the tournament.

• Tang San and Zhou Qing discussed how Spirit City’s new commercial taxes favored local merchants and risked unrest among outside merchants.
• Romantina criticized Hu Liena’s impatience, and Sister Xiao Wu urged the group to explore Spirit City before Yue Guan escorted them to Bibi Dong.
• Yue Guan explained the purposes of Douluo Hall and the Papal Palace as they approached Bibi Dong’s audience hall.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged the group’s cultivation and addressed Sister Xiao Wu’s anger over her mother’s death without provoking a fight.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhou Qing to have the Red Assembly cooperate with Spirit Hall and warned that Star Luo might attack Heaven Dou after the tournament.

Bibi Dong negotiated a trade deal with Zhou Qing and Tang San, seeking weapons to strengthen Spirit Hall’s army. She also learned that Dai Mubai had a chance to become Star Luo’s next emperor, while Yu Xiaogang planned to go with him to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Bibi Dong argued that Spirit Hall and the Red Assembly needed to cooperate against the Star Luo Empire, and Zhou Qing asked what the deal would involve.
• Bibi Dong sought the Red Assembly’s weapons, and Tang San demonstrated that a Zhuge Crossbow could pierce steel and threaten powerful Soul Masters.
• Zhou Qing agreed to sell Spirit Hall three thousand Zhuge Crossbows, with arrows priced separately, and Bibi Dong accepted the offer.
• Bibi Dong asked whether the Evil Eye Holy King or the Hell White Tiger had a better chance of becoming Star Luo’s next emperor, and Zhou Qing favored the Evil Eye Holy King.
• Zhou Qing said Dai Mubai would graduate and go with Yu Xiaogang to Blue Tyrant Academy, prompting Bibi Dong to reflect on Yu Xiaogang and let go of her lingering feelings.

Xiao Wu challenged Bibi Dong to a duel after the Finals so Zhou Qing and the others could study Bibi Dong’s aura and help Xiao Wu resurrect her mother. Three days later, the tournament began, and the teachers debated whether Nuoding Team should change its lineup as the competition advanced.

• Xiao Wu challenged Bibi Dong to fight atop Spirit Mountain after the tournament, and Bibi Dong accepted.
• Zhou Qing explained that the duel could let the group record Bibi Dong’s aura and use it to help Xiao Wu gather her mother’s soul fragments and resurrect her in her Inner Scenery.
• Xiao Wu asked Zhou Qing to send more people to Star Dou Town, while the group discussed the work and resources needed to support the Red Assembly.
• Three days later, the Finals began as a six-round knockout tournament, and Nuoding Team advanced through three rounds.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed replacing Feng Feng and Xiang Ba with Ouyang Sun and Qingzhu Zhu on the main team, but Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina argued that learning from competition mattered more than pursuing the championship.

Yu Xiaogang wanted the Nuoding students to win the tournament to establish his reputation, but Zhou Qing argued that preparing them for the coming turmoil mattered more. As the fourth-round teams gathered, Huo Wu joined Godwind Academy to challenge the Nuoding Team, while Zhou Qing and Tang San criticized the tournament’s unfair direct-admission rules.

• Liu Erlong comforted Yu Xiaogang, who admitted he feared the tournament might be the last before the continent descended into chaos.
• Zhou Qing told Yu Xiaogang that the students’ future safety mattered more than winning, and Flender reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s desire for fame.
• Clear Sky Academy, Godwind Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Nuoding Academy entered the fourth-round draw.
• Xiao Wu recognized Huo Wu on Godwind Academy’s team, and Romantina guessed that Huo Wu had used a loophole to join after Blazing Fire Academy’s elimination.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San condemned the tournament’s direct-admission teams as an unfair privilege, drawing unease from Spirit Hall Knights and the academy deans.

Nuoding Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the fourth round of the Finals, with Qingzhu Zhu leading the Deputy Team instead of Dai Mubai. As the match began, Dai Weisi targeted Ouyang Sun, and the battle was left underway.

• Dai Mubai asked Qingzhu Zhu to let him compete against Star Luo Royal Academy, but she refused and declared her intention to join the Red Assembly and change Star Luo.
• Clear Sky Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy overwhelmed Godwind Academy.
• Qingzhu Zhu led Nuoding Academy's Deputy Team onto the field, where she told Zhu Zhuyun she intended to change their family's fate.
• Dai Weisi and both teams completed their Martial Soul Possessions after Chrysanthemum Douluo called the match to begin.
• Dai Weisi charged at Ouyang Sun, aiming to eliminate the Deputy Team's support before he could help his teammates.

Ouyang Sun used his evasive technique and twin Martial Souls to overwhelm Dai Weisi, shocking the tournament spectators. Meanwhile, Qingzhu Zhu's side showed strong teamwork, with Ning Rongrong fighting like an Assault System Soul Master.

• Dai Weisi unleashed his self-created White Tiger Soul Splitting Claw, but Ouyang Sun evaded it with an afterimage.
• Ouyang Sun used his Evasion technique, prompting Tang San and Zhou Qing to praise his exceptional combat talent.
• Ouyang Sun boosted himself with Devour Qi, struck Dai Weisi twice, and revealed his second Martial Soul, Heart Ape.
• Star Toad spoke aloud to praise Ouyang Sun, astonishing the spectators and drawing Bibi Dong's attention.
• Qingzhu Zhu, Meng Yiran, Ning Rongrong, Arthur, Baili, and Li Yao demonstrated strong teamwork, with Ning Rongrong displaying Assault System abilities.

Ning Rongrong used her new Profound Yellow Indestructible Exquisite Pagoda to defeat Tang Hongning during the fourth round, though the technique consumed much of her Soul Power and strained her meridians. The display convinced the watching powers that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was poised to rise.

• Ning Rongrong used her enhancements and Arthur's protection to approach Dong Hui, while Baili deflected Li Yang's redirected attack into Dong Hui and knocked her out of the arena.
• Arthur joined Li Yao against Ying Wei as Tang Hongning broke away from Meng Yiran and charged Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong activated her Profound Yellow Indestructible Exquisite Pagoda, which reflected Tang Hongning's lightning attack and left him unable to fight.
• Ning Rongrong withdrew the pagoda and stopped enhancing her teammates after the move consumed nearly one-third of her Soul Power and strained her meridians.
• The watching powers recognized Ning Rongrong's new ability and expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to become a major force.

As the Star Luo Royal Academy Team fell behind, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their powerful Hell White Tiger fusion while Zhou Qing explained the levels of martial soul fusion. The battle remained unsettled as the gale from the fused tiger sent Baili toward the edge and Arthur knocked Yang Mingxin out of the field before jumping out to catch Baili.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo praised Ning Rongrong's combat ability and Zhou Qing's martial soul research.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Ouyang Sun, while Qingzhu Zhu insisted on facing their fusion skill herself to test whether she could change her fate.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun joined their martial souls and created the enormous Hell White Tiger, whose power approached the level of a Soul Douluo.
• Zhou Qing described beginner, intermediate, and advanced martial soul fusion, and Romantina joked about deepening her understanding of him and Xiao Wu.
• The Hell White Tiger's gale sent Baili rolling toward the edge, and Arthur used the wind to charge into Yang Mingxin and knock him out of the field.
• Arthur jumped out after Baili and braced his shield against Baili's back to keep him from falling.