Chapter Summaries

Baili and Li Yao helped bring Ying Wei down, but the Hell White Tiger’s bombardment forced them from the arena. As the attack threatened Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran, Qingzhu Zhu unleashed her Netherworld Shadow Domain and raced through the falling golden rays.

• Arthur argued that Baili could remain outside the arena by leaning against its edge, while Zhou Qing considered how tournament rules and loopholes served the interests of those in power.
• Baili struck Ying Wei between the brows with a Soul Power Marble, and Li Yao followed with a saber strike that knocked Ying Wei down.
• The Hell White Tiger unleashed a barrage of golden light, blasting Li Yao unconscious and prompting Baili to jump out of the arena.
• Ning Rongrong shielded herself and Meng Yiran with her Profound Yellow Indestructible Exquisite Pagoda as Ouyang Sun intercepted attacks and urged Qingzhu Zhu to act.
• Qingzhu Zhu combined her four acceleration skills into her self-created soul skill, Netherworld Shadow Domain, and raced through the bombardment at extreme speed.

Qingzhu Zhu used her Netherworld Shadow Domain and her understanding of soul-power vibrations to find the Hell White Tiger’s weakness and defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s fusion. Though the final strike left her badly injured and unable to continue fighting, she proved she had the strength to change her fate.

• Qingzhu Zhu formed the Netherworld Shadow Domain, using four fast-moving figures to disrupt the Hell White Tiger and withstand its attacks.
• Qingzhu Zhu studied the Hell White Tiger’s soul-power fluctuations and discovered a weak point near its throat.
• Qingzhu Zhu concentrated the domain’s power into a three-second burst and slashed the Hell White Tiger’s throat, disrupting its soul-power flow.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s martial soul fusion collapsed, and the resulting shockwave blasted all three fighters backward.
• Qingzhu Zhu declared victory despite suffering severe injuries that prevented her from fighting further.

Nuoding Academy defeated the Star Luo Empire Academy, securing a place in the top three alongside Clear Sky Academy and Spirit Hall Academy. Tang Xiao sought an alliance with Tang San, but Tang San rejected it and called the Clear Sky Sect an enemy of the Red Assembly; the chapter ended with the teams preparing for the individual competition.

• Romantina caught Qingzhu Zhu and brought Li Yao to safety, and Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu restored the injured fighters to full strength.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo announced Nuoding Academy's victory, completing the fourth round and naming the top three teams.
• The Clear Sky Team captain insulted the Imperial Fighting Team, and Tang Xiao led his team to greet Zhou Qing and Tang San.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang San about Tang Hao and proposed cooperating against Spirit Hall, but Tang San rejected the alliance and identified the Clear Sky Sect as an enemy of the Red Assembly.
• Baili and Li Yao learned that Tang Hao was Tang San's father, while Flender warned the team about the Clear Sky descendants' killing intent before the next day's individual competition.

Zhou Qing warned that the Clear Sky Team’s seven disciples were Soul Kings with Divine Slaughter’s Domains, prompting the other teachers and students to consider the nature of domains and cultivation. In the fifth round, Spirit Hall Academy and Clear Sky Academy both forfeited, handing first place to Nuoding Academy and setting up a contest for the remaining title.

• Zhou Qing explained that domains could arise from understanding a martial soul’s innate gifts and vibrations, and he advised the students to prioritize that understanding over simply increasing combat power.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether the Clear Sky disciples had the Vibration Domain, and Zhou Qing suggested they might instead possess Divine Slaughter’s Domains granted by Tang Chen.
• Zhou Qing suspected that Tang Long and the other Clear Sky disciples had undergone extensive slaughter to earn their domains, and that Tang Yuehua’s martial soul could have calmed their killing intent.
• Spirit Hall Academy forfeited because Bibi Dong would not risk Xie Yue and Yan against the Clear Sky disciples, whom she believed possessed Divine Slaughter’s Domains.
• Clear Sky Academy also forfeited when Dai Mubai stepped onto the stage, while Nuoding Academy continued and took first place.

Clear Sky Academy used a seven-person Slaughter Formation against Spirit Hall Academy, whose team answered with Yan and Xie Yue’s combined Martial Soul techniques. The Clear Sky disciples broke through Yan’s Molten Fire Domain with coordinated hammer strikes, but Xie Yue’s Moon Blades blocked their attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Tang Xiao chose four substitutes to remain behind and sent Tang Jia, Tang Yi, Tang Bin, and Tang Yu into the match with Tang Long, Tang Hu, and Tang Tian.
• The seven Clear Sky disciples collided their hammers to combine Divine Slaughter's Domain into a Slaughter Formation that weakened Spirit Hall’s team and strengthened their own.
• Yan ordered five teammates off the field, then summoned his Flame Lord with Molten Fire Domain while Xie Yue joined him using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Clear Sky disciples used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to build power as they crossed Yan’s magma field and smashed through his molten pillars.
• Tang Long and the others brought their charged hammers down on the Flame Lord, but Xie Yue’s wave-patterned Moon Blades blocked all seven strikes.

Hu Liena explained how Xie Yue and Yan’s Dimensional Moon Blade combined offense and defense, while the Clear Sky Team struggled against it and the Flame Lord. As both teams neared exhaustion, Xie Yue and Yan unleashed Three Thousand Moon Flame, and Tang Long’s team responded by activating God of Slaughter Thrust.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Xie Yue’s Dimensional Moon Blade used rapidly rotating moon blades to defend, attack, and redirect force.
• The Flame Lord and the Dimensional Moon Blades battered the Clear Sky disciples, while Hu Liena explained that domains chiefly improve combat endurance and can assist cultivation.
• Xie Yue’s Soul Power nearly ran out, and he asked Yan to add his fire-attribute Soul Power to the moon blades.
• Xie Yue and Yan used Dimensional Moon Blade—Three Thousand Moon Flame, filling the Slaughter Formation with scorching flames that injured the Clear Sky disciples.
• Tang Long and his companions activated God of Slaughter Thrust, raising their Soul Power fluctuations to the level of Soul Emperors.

Tang Long and the Clear Sky Team defeated Xie Yue and Yan, but both teams suffered severe injuries. Zhou Qing and Tang San treated the fighters and charged Spirit Hall two million Gold Soul Coins and the Clear Sky Sect seventy million, leaving the Clear Sky disciples furious.

• Tang Long, Tang Hu, and the other Clear Sky disciples used the God of Slaughter Thrust to defeat the Flame Lord, earning Clear Sky Academy second place while the blast severely injured both teams.
• Healing Soul Masters and Breaking Clan medicines stabilized the Clear Sky Team, but their injuries and depleted Soul Power would take days to recover.
• Hu Liena asked Zhou Qing and Tang San to treat Xie Yue and Yan, who healed quickly after Zhou Qing treated their injuries and Tang San guided Life Energy through their meridians.
• Zhou Qing charged Hu Liena two million Gold Soul Coins for treating Xie Yue and Yan, and she reluctantly went to raise the money.
• Tang Xiao asked Zhou Qing and Tang San to treat Tang Long and the others, and Tang San charged them seventy million Gold Soul Coins, prompting their anger.

Zhou Qing explained that the tournament was an assessment rather than a reason to risk everything, though he admitted that money was a key motive for treating the Clear Sky Team. In the championship match, Qingzhu Zhu led Nuoding Academy’s Deputy Team against the Clear Sky Team, whose Slaughter Formation failed to frighten the Nuoding fighters for long.

• Zhou Qing told Ning Rongrong that students should focus on preparing for reality, then celebrated Tang San’s expected seventy million Gold Soul Coins from treating the Clear Sky Team.
• Ouyang Sun suggested defeating the Clear Sky Team more severely for another payout, while Dai Mubai’s request to fight was rejected by Qingzhu Zhu.
• A day later, Qingzhu Zhu led Nuoding Academy’s Deputy Team into the sixth round against the same seven Clear Sky Team fighters.
• Tang Long activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and the seven Clear Sky fighters joined their domains to create the Slaughter Formation.
• Qingzhu Zhu and her teammates recovered quickly from the formation’s killing intent, drawing strength from their past missions and experiences.

Arthur, Li Yao, and the others fought Tang Long and the Clear Sky Team inside the Slaughter Formation, which suppressed their strength while boosting the Clear Sky disciples. As Tang Long and Tang Hu confronted Ouyang Sun, he combined his Heart Ape and Star Toad Martial Souls and prepared to fight them.

• Ning Rongrong enhanced her teammates as Ouyang Sun's Star Toad unleashed a gale that hindered the Clear Sky Team's advance.
• Arthur charged Tang Bin with Li Yao following behind him, while Baili fired a pellet that disrupted Tang Bin's hammer strike.
• Li Yao blocked Tang Bin's Clear Sky Hammer, then retreated and taunted him while dodging his pursuit.
• Meng Yiran sought out Tang Yi as Qingzhu Zhu scratched at Tang Tian, Tang Yu, and Tang Jia to test their defenses.
• Tang Long and Tang Hu activated their strongest states and faced Ouyang Sun, who possessed himself with the Heart Ape and merged the Star Toad into his internal organs.

Ouyang Sun fused his Heart Ape and Star Toad Martial Souls, overwhelming the Clear Sky Team as the Nuoding Team defeated them. After the match, his precise control over his power astonished the spectators, who suspected Zhou Qing was treating him as a disciple.

• Ouyang Sun fused the Heart Ape and Star Toad Martial Souls and sent Tang Long and Tang Hu staggering back with a single exchange.
• Ouyang Sun shattered the Slaughter Formation, knocked Tang Long and Tang Hu unconscious, and threw them out of the arena.
• Ouyang Sun struck the arena floor, raising stone pillars that disrupted the remaining Clear Sky Team members.
• Baili, Arthur, Li Yao, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Qingzhu Zhu worked together to defeat the remaining five Clear Sky disciples.
• Zhou Qing asked Ouyang Sun to destroy the falling rubble safely, and Ouyang Sun pulverized it with controlled punches.
• The spectators marveled at Ouyang Sun's power and noticed that Zhou Qing seemed to regard him as a disciple.

After the tournament, the champions considered joining Red Assembly and debated whether to exchange their three Soul Bone prizes for cultivation methods. Zhou Qing asked the team to decide on the distribution, but Yu Xiaogang urged them to give the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull to Dai Mubai, leaving the choice unresolved.

• Bibi Dong offered the champions a chance to join Spirit Hall, but none accepted.
• Qingzhu Zhu and the others returned to the academy with the prizes, and Zhou Qing invited them to join Red Assembly; most agreed, while Dai Mubai refused and Oscar hesitated.
• Flender encouraged Oscar to stay with Nuoding Academy, and Yu Xiaogang approved, while Dai Mubai invited Oscar to join him in the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed giving the Swift Forwarding Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone to Qingzhu Zhu, the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone to Ma Hongjun, and the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull to Dai Mubai.
• Qingzhu Zhu and Ma Hongjun offered to exchange their Soul Bones for Red Assembly cultivation methods, and Zhou Qing asked the group whether they agreed to the distribution.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Dai Mubai to take the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull to strengthen his Spiritual Power and connection with the Evil Eye Holy King.

After Zhou Qing taught thirteen people Stacked Wave Force and how to construct Martial Cauldron Soul Furnaces, Nuoding Academy went with him to Douluo Hall for Xiao Wu’s challenge to Bibi Dong. The Worship Elders confronted the group, and Zhou Qing’s effortless defeat of the Seventh Enshrined Elder provoked the Sixth Enshrined Elder to attack.

• Dai Mubai chose the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, while the other two Soul Bones went to Tang San for research.
• Zhou Qing and Romantina used Virtual Illusion and Spiritual Sharing to teach thirteen people Stacked Wave Force and the theory behind Martial Cauldron Soul Furnaces; Zhou Qing also offered free Secondary Soul Ring Refinement for their first two Soul Rings.
• After the Finals, Nuoding Academy remained in Spirit City and accompanied Zhou Qing to Douluo Hall, where Bibi Dong was waiting for Xiao Wu’s challenge.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Bibi Dong and asked Zhou Qing to join Spirit Hall, but Zhou Qing refused and warned the elders against releasing Soul Pressure.
• The Seventh Enshrined Elder attacked Zhou Qing with his Coiled Dragon Staff, but Zhou Qing caught it and repeatedly smashed him into the ground; the Sixth Enshrined Elder then hurled his own staff at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing defeated the Spirit Hall elders who challenged him, while Bibi Dong asserted her power over Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall. Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu then began their fight atop Spirit Mountain as Yu Xiaogang wondered at Xiao Wu’s strength.

• Zhou Qing caught the Sixth Enshrined Elder’s Coiled Dragon Staff, shattered it, and tossed the injured Seventh Enshrined Elder aside.
• Bibi Dong ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Jiang Mo Douluo, and the other Worship Douluo to retreat, then told Zhou Qing that she had arranged Xiao Wu’s challenge with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong, but she overwhelmed his pressure and warned that he could not risk injuries that might prevent Xue'er from inheriting the Angel’s glory.
• Qian Daoliu led Golden Crocodile and the other elders into Douluo Hall to treat the injured, leaving Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu to begin their fight.
• Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu clashed in the sky above Spirit Mountain while Yu Xiaogang wondered how Xiao Wu could contend with a Titled Douluo as a Soul Emperor.

Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong fought fiercely in the skies, revealing their enhanced forms and abilities. Xiao Wu gained the upper hand with her Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, while Zhou Qing and Tang San observed that she was still holding back.

• Bibi Dong recognized that Xiao Wu had strengthened her body beyond ordinary limits and considered the Red Assembly’s formidable fighters.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe and transformed into her six-zhang Rakshasa Avatar of Three Heads Six Arms.
• Xiao Wu transformed into a six-zhang golden giant using Golden Body and made Bibi Dong’s scythe pass through her unharmed.
• Xiao Wu combined Void and Teleportation to strike Bibi Dong from unexpected directions with a barrage of golden fists.
• The spectators watched in shock as Xiao Wu overwhelmed Bibi Dong, and Tang San said Xiao Wu was prolonging the fight because Bibi Dong had killed her mother.

Bibi Dong drew on Spirit City's negative emotions to unleash a devastating attack, but Xiao Wu shattered it and struck her with Soft Bone Force. Bibi Dong exploded, though Xiao Wu saw her use her mother's Ninth Soul Ring at the last moment, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Bibi Dong gathered Spirit City's fear and other negative emotions through the Rakshasa Domain to strengthen herself.
• Bibi Dong combined her Soul Cores and Soul Bone Armorization to fire a beam that shattered space.
• Xiao Wu met the beam with her Armament Qi Field and dispersed it with one punch.
• Xiao Wu struck Bibi Dong with Soft Bone Force, making her body vibrate until she exploded.
• Yu Xiaogang cried out as Bibi Dong's remains began turning into ethereal airflow, while Xiao Wu recalled seeing Bibi Dong use her mother's Ninth Soul Ring.

Xiao Wu defeated Bibi Dong long enough for Romantina to record the abilities needed to help restore Xiao Wu’s mother, then ended the fight without killing Bibi Dong. Two months later, during Holy Soul Village’s autumn harvest, Li Ai arrived to see Romanyac, bringing an uninvited guest into the story.

• Xiao Wu shattered Bibi Dong’s body, forcing her to use her revival ability while Romantina recorded the soul-skill fluctuations.
• Xiao Wu spared Bibi Dong, who offered to cooperate with the Red Assembly, and the Nuoding Academy group left Spirit City.
• After learning about Xiao Wu’s strength, Tang Chen urged Dai Tianran to start a war quickly, while Dai Tianran planned a contest to settle the crown prince’s position.
• Two months passed, and Li Ai visited Holy Soul Village during the autumn harvest to find Romanyac.

Li Ai revealed that he had falsified tax records to give Heaven Dou a pretext to attack the Red Assembly, then urged Romanyac to convince the Assembly to submit. After Romanyac captured him, Zhou Qing and the others concluded that Xue Ye’s troop deployment was aimed at them.

• Li Ai told Romanyac that Heaven Dou troops were headed toward Fasinuo Province and admitted he had deliberately reported lower tax payments to provoke an attack.
• Li Ai urged Romanyac to persuade the Red Assembly to submit, but Romanyac refused and struck him, broke his spine, and bound him.
• Zhou Qing reasoned that Heaven Dou was reinforcing the western border to deter threats and stabilize its territory, not simply retaliating over Nuoding Academy’s failure to pay respects.
• Romanyac brought the injured Li Ai to a meeting with Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, Wang Sheng, Xiaolan, and Xiao Wu.
• Zhou Qing realized Xue Ye’s troops were targeting the Red Assembly, and Wang Sheng said Xue Ye wanted to kill the chicken to get the eggs.

Zhou Qing learned that Xue Ye had sent an army against the Red Assembly using Li Ai’s concealment of a tax increase as justification. He organized preparations for war while insisting the people should know the truth and choose whether to support the resistance, leaving the Red Assembly ready to face Ge Long’s forces and possible intervention by neighboring kingdoms.

• Romanyac explained that Li Ai had hidden Xue Ye’s tax increase, giving the emperor grounds to send troops against the region.
• Zhou Qing rejected Li Ai’s demand for surrender and reframed the coming conflict as a struggle to free common people from noble oppression.
• Li Ai identified Ge Long as the commander of Heaven Dou’s army, and Zhou Qing considered the gap between Ge Long’s military reputation and his lack of real war experience.
• Zhou Qing ordered Wang Sheng to tell the Worker-Peasant Council and the people the truth, stressing that their support must be freely given rather than coerced.
• Zhou Qing warned that the Balak Kingdom and Hagen Das Kingdom might join the conflict and asked Xiao Wu to have Di Tian and the Myriad Beast Alliance intimidate their kings if necessary.
• Zhou Qing told Xiao Wu that their strength was only a last resort and that the people needed the chance to grow and stand beside them.

Zhou Qing planned how the Red Assembly could defend Fasinuo Province against Ge Long’s army and expand its foothold. After the Red Assembly took control of the province, its disciplined militia won the people’s support.

• Zhou Qing explained Ge Long’s possible routes to Fasinuo Province and argued that the Red Assembly needed to prepare for both.
• Zhou Qing proposed bringing Fasinuo Province under Red Assembly control, then taking Northern Province and using its natural barriers to block Ge Long; he said Idefu Province would later join on its own.
• Zhou Qing distributed Mental Child Spheres, and Romantina used her Spiritual Power to contact Red Assembly and Worker-Peasant Council branches, explain Xue Ye’s attack, and declare resistance.
• Within half a month, Fasinuo Province submitted to the Red Assembly, while residents rejected rumors against it and condemned Xue Ye and Li Ai.
• The Red Assembly militia enforced strict discipline during the takeover, and Romanyac personally executed Li Ai.

Ge Long reached Northern City expecting to suppress a small rebellion, but learned that the Red Assembly had taken Fasinuo Province and a third of Northern Province. With supply routes cut off and reinforcements too distant, he faced an urgent campaign against a mobile force armed with powerful crossbows.

• After half a month of marching, Ge Long arrived in Northern City by way of the Tiandou Plains.
• The Northern City Lord reported that the Red Assembly controlled Fasinuo Province and had occupied a third of Northern Province.
• The Northern City Lord described the Red Assembly’s Godly Zhuge Crossbows, mobile tactics, and deep local support.
• Ge Long learned that Fasinuo Province’s fall had cut off grain supplies, while the routes through the Silves Kingdom and Idefu Province were blocked or too distant to provide timely aid.
• Ge Long realized that his 60,000 troops could not rely on reinforcements and that Northern Province could fall before Idefu Province was ready to help.