Chapter Summaries

The Continental Advanced Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament began as Xu Tianran arrived under heavy guard and Long Xiaoyao silenced the crowd. Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu plotted against the former Douluo Three Kingdoms, while the first match was set between Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Dragon Slaying Sect.

• Yan Feng felt that Gu Tianchen's aura was familiar, while Chen Junting and Ning Tian watched Xu Tianran arrive with the Imperial Soul Engineer Legion.
• Xu Tianran appeared before the gathered officials and civilians, and Jing Hongchen announced the tournament's opening after Long Xiaoyao imposed silence on the venue.
• The Snow Empress sensed that Long Xiaoyao remained severely injured from Di Tian's Dragon God Claw, leaving Chen Junting to consider the plan's chances.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu discussed targeting Diao Academy and cutting off soul master geniuses from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• Zheng Zhan announced the first elimination-round match between Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Dragon Slaying Sect.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Dragon Slaying Sect, while the Holy Spirit Cult later massacred Diao Academy despite its captain’s surrender. The crowd condemned the Holy Spirit Cult, and Chen Junting suspected Xu Tianran had ordered the killing as the hunt against the original Douluo Three Kingdoms began.

• Meng Hongchen swept through most of Dragon Slaying Sect’s lineup before a Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy teammate secured the final victory and advanced the team.
• Wu Feng teased Huo Yuhao about Meng Hongchen’s threatening look, and Ning Tian punished Wu Feng for her explanation.
• Across the day’s matches, Shrek Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, Snow Demon Sect, Heavenly Dragon Sect, and other teams displayed their strength.
• Yan Feng led the Holy Spirit Cult into its match against Diao Academy and killed its last surviving student after the team leader conceded.
• Zheng Zhan announced the Holy Spirit Cult’s advancement, prompting public outrage as Chen Junting suspected Xu Tianran had ordered the massacre.
• Vina mourned her former Diao Academy companions while Long Aotian glared at the Holy Spirit Cult, whose members answered the crowd with provocative, bloodthirsty looks.

Xu Jiujiu sought the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s support for a boycott and public campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult, while Chen Junting predicted Xu Tianran would overcome the pressure. Xu Tianran responded to the brewing scandal by ordering Wang Hou’s execution, calling it a way to steady the army’s morale.

• Xu Jiujiu visited Chen Junting and Ning Tian and proposed a collective boycott to pressure Xu Tianran over the Holy Spirit Cult’s slaughter of Diao Academy.
• Ning Tian agreed to help Xu Jiujiu and sent Gu Tianchen to inform the Nine Treasures Pavilion, while Chen Junting said Xu Jiujiu could not succeed.
• An official warned Xu Tianran that outrage over the Holy Spirit Cult was building into a public-opinion crisis.
• Wang Hou arrived and begged Xu Tianran to spare him, but Xu Tianran said he would borrow Wang Hou’s head to steady the army’s morale.

Xu Tianran had Wang Hou executed to contain the scandal over the Holy Spirit Cult and secured Zhongli Wu’s cooperation. As the tournament continued, Huo Yuhao decided to enter an underground tournament for its rare-metal prizes and information, but Chen Junting grew worried when Gu Tianchen failed to appear.

• Xu Tianran had Xue Chen behead Wang Hou and ordered an official to present the corpse as a warning.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu agreed to work together, and the Sun Moon Empire publicly blamed Wang Hou while keeping the Holy Spirit Cult in the tournament.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s announcement turned public opinion in its favor, while protests from the rival empires’ teams failed to change the rules.
• Huo Yuhao told Chen Junting about an underground tournament offering rare metals and a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device, and Chen Junting agreed that he should enter.
• Chen Junting noticed Gu Tianchen had missed their meeting, and a Void Gate opened beside him and Huo Yuhao as someone announced that something big had happened.

Chen Junting learned that the Sun Moon Empire had surrounded Ming Capital and was attacking departing sects, while the Earth Dragon Sect was overwhelmed by an ambush east of the city. After Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu were left as the sect’s sole survivors, someone intervened just as the vice commander prepared to kill them.

• Gu Tianchen reported that Sun Moon Empire troops had ambushed a departing sect east of Ming Capital, and Chen Junting concluded that the empire was trapping the competing teams.
• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen identified the attacked sect as the Earth Dragon Sect but decided not to interfere, believing the Titan Griffon could help them escape later.
• Nan Shuishui led the Earth Dragon Sect in resisting the ambush and rallied its disciples to fight rather than surrender.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s legion fired a barrage of Soul Guiding Beams, and Nan Shuishui used her Annihilation Storm to destroy the beams and sweep away members of the attacking squad.
• More Sun Moon Empire forces arrived, and their assault killed the Earth Dragon Sect disciples until only Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu remained.
• The vice commander prepared to deliver the killing blow, but an unidentified person shouted, “Stay your hand!”

A Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo known as Nether Thunder Douluo confronted Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu after the Sun Moon Empire’s forces withdrew. Nan Shuishui fought him to protect her daughter, but he blocked their escape with a powerful lightning attack.

• The deputy commander ordered his squads to withdraw after Commander Li told him to leave the two Earth Dragon Sect survivors to the black-robed Titled Douluo.
• Nan Qiuqiu urged Nan Shuishui to retreat toward Ming Capital, and Nan Shuishui recognized the newcomer as he approached.
• The man identified himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Third Elder, threatened Commander Li over the communication device, and demanded that the legion stop surveillance of the area.
• Commander Li ordered the legion’s detection devices to avoid the area, while the deputy commander realized the empire had granted the Holy Spirit Cult special privileges.
• Nan Shuishui angrily attacked Nether Thunder Douluo with her Annihilation Storm, but he countered with his ninth soul skill and trapped her and Nan Qiuqiu beneath a vast lightning net.

Nan Shuishui sacrificed herself to help Nan Qiuqiu escape, but Nether Thunder Douluo survived and turned on her daughter. As Nan Qiuqiu fought back, an unknown person appeared through a Void Gate and blocked Nether Thunder Douluo's attack.

• Nether Thunder Douluo demanded that Nan Shuishui stay with him, threatening Nan Qiuqiu if she refused.
• Nan Shuishui rejected him, hurled Nan Qiuqiu away, and named her the next sect master before self-destructing against Nether Thunder Douluo.
• Nether Thunder Douluo survived behind an Invincible Barrier and prepared to kill Nan Qiuqiu.
• Nan Qiuqiu released her Martial Soul and attacked Nether Thunder Douluo, determined to avenge her mother.
• An unknown figure opened a Void Gate and blocked Nether Thunder Douluo's lightning whip with a Bone Shield.

Chen Junting and his companions rescued Nan Qiuqiu after Nether Thunder Douluo attacked her and her mother, but arrived too late to save Nan Shuishui. Nan Qiuqiu mourned her mother at the Mingyue Hotel while Ning Tian asked Chen Junting who Nether Lightning was.

• The Tyrannical Bone Dragon emerged through the Void Gate and subdued Nether Thunder Douluo as Nan Qiuqiu fled toward Ming Capital.
• Nether Thunder Douluo told Commander Li that Nan Qiuqiu and her mother had self-destructed, and the investigation led Commander Li to mark the Earth Dragon Sect as having no survivors.
• Ning Tian took Nan Qiuqiu to the Mingyue Hotel and gave her space to grieve for her mother and sect.
• Ning Tian joined Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen, who explained that they had saved Nan Qiuqiu but arrived after Nan Shuishui had self-destructed.
• Ning Tian asked Chen Junting what had happened and who Nether Lightning was.

Chen Junting explained why he had rescued the Earth Dragon Sect: he wanted access to its hidden treasure and had hoped to save the sect without taking it by force. Nan Qiuqiu joined the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for help taking revenge, then offered the sect a mysterious, extremely cold mineral vein.

• Chen Junting told Ning Tian and Gu Tianchen that he had turned Nether Thunder Douluo into a Lich and explained his interest in the Earth Dragon Sect's hidden treasure.
• Ning Tian considered how to recruit Nan Qiuqiu and bring the Earth Dragon Sect under the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's influence.
• Nan Qiuqiu offered to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and bring the Earth Dragon Sect's survivors with her if they helped her take revenge.
• Ning Tian and Chen Junting accepted Nan Qiuqiu's offer, and Ning Tian promised to welcome any Earth Dragon Sect disciples willing to join.
• Nan Qiuqiu revealed a mysterious, exceptionally cold mineral vein near the Earth Dragon Sect's territory and offered it to the sect.

Chen Junting watched the Holy Spirit Cult crush the Proud Sword Sect while Shrek Academy and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect advanced in the tournament. After Huo Yuhao uncovered the Cult’s underground Xishui Alliance, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect learned that its next opponent was Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Nan Qiuqiu settled in Ming Capital in disguise, while eliminated teams were secretly captured by Sun Moon Empire legions.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect, then Chen Junting watched the Holy Spirit Cult kill four Proud Sword Sect members.
• Chen Junting left the matches with Old Gu and Huo Yuhao, while Ning Tian stayed to analyze the battles.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect advanced through the second elimination round, and Huo Yuhao told Chen Junting he had found the Holy Spirit Cult’s Xishui Alliance in the underground competition.
• Ning Tian announced that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s next opponent was Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect prepared to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, confident they could win the individual elimination match. Xiao Hongchen arrived determined to challenge Chen Junting, but Chen Junting told him he would not compete and had chosen another opponent for him.

• Ning Tian and Chen Junting decided to send Dugu Xin first so he could counter Meng Hongchen's poison with Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison.
• Meng Hongchen urged Xiao Hongchen to consider surrendering, but he insisted they had to fight to avoid the public backlash of conceding on their home ground.
• Xiao Hongchen planned to send Meng Hongchen out first and follow her in an effort to win the individual elimination match.
• The Sun Moon Team arrived at the arena and Xiao Hongchen confronted Chen Junting, declaring that he would erase his past humiliation.
• Chen Junting said he would not compete in the elimination match and had found Xiao Hongchen a suitable opponent, leaving Xiao Hongchen silent before he led his team away.

Chen Junting deduced that Di Yao planned to condense a Self-Condensed Soul Ring and asked to observe, while Sun Moon leaders discussed eliminating him and the Nine Treasures Team’s other prodigies. The first match began with Dugu Xin facing Meng Hongchen, and Dugu Xin blinded her with a flash as he launched a spear thrust.

• Chen Junting asked Di Yao how she planned to obtain her seventh soul ring, and she admitted she would use the third method; he then asked to observe.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Tianran that the Nine Treasures Team had three exceptionally powerful young fighters and urged him to eliminate Chen Junting, prompting Xu Tianran to enlist Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The referee announced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy versus Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect match, and Meng Hongchen and Dugu Xin entered the arena for the individual bout.
• Dugu Xin formed armor and summoned a spear, then thrust at Meng Hongchen while releasing a blinding flash that drew angry protests from the Sun Moon side.

Dugu Xin defeated Meng Hongchen by turning her poison-based strategy against her, leaving her near death from a mixed toxin. Jing Hongchen secretly negotiated with Ning Tian for an antidote, and the match continued with Meng unable to fight again.

• Meng Hongchen tried to poison Dugu Xin while retreating, but her Vermilion Ice Toad toxin had no effect on him.
• Meng Hongchen suspected Dugu Xin’s Soul Guidance Armor protected him and attacked his back, but Dugu Xin cut her hand with his spear.
• Meng Hongchen collapsed as the mixed poison inside her body rapidly damaged her organs and weakened her life force.
• Jing Hongchen gave Meng a detoxification medicine, discovered it could only suppress the mixed poison, and secretly negotiated with Ning Tian for an antidote.
• Chen Junting and the others gave Meng the antidote, and Jing Hongchen announced she would not fight again in the match.

Dugu Xin defeated Xiao Hongchen and Shi Xing with his poison, forcing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to concede the match. Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu connected Dugu Xin to the legendary Dugu Bo and began to consider the danger he might pose.

• Xiao Hongchen unleashed a barrage of Soul Tool fire, but Dugu Xin survived behind his Invincible Barrier and Xiao collapsed from poison.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that Dugu Xin might be descended from Dugu Bo, whose poison had helped turn the battle of Jialing Pass ten thousand years earlier.
• Shi Xing entered the match and discovered that Dugu Xin’s poison filled the entire competition stage, where colored poisonous fog blinded him.
• Xiao Hongchen woke, realized Shi Xing was in danger, and called for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to concede, but Dugu Xin had already poisoned Shi Xing to death.
• Xiao Hongchen conceded the match, while Xu Tianran accepted the loss and Zhongli Wu warned that Dugu Xin might fulfill a dangerous possibility if he continued to grow.

After the Sun Moon Team’s surrender and a bloody elimination round, Chen Junting accompanied Huo Yuhao to meet Ordinary Alliance leader Shangguan Weier. Chen Junting proposed using the alliance’s entertainment network to gather intelligence, and Shangguan Weier accepted his offer.

• Sun Moon Team left the venue under jeers, while the third elimination round ended with six deaths and more than twenty serious injuries.
• Huo Yuhao took Chen Junting to Qili Garden in Crimson Lane to seek cooperation with the Ordinary Alliance.
• Shangguan Weier questioned Huo Yuhao about his companion, and Chen Junting revealed his overwhelming aura and proposed cooperation.
• Chen Junting asked the Ordinary Alliance to gather intelligence and offered Shangguan Weier a Storage Soul Tool filled with benefits.
• Shangguan Weier agreed to the cooperation despite recognizing that Chen Junting had ulterior motives.

Chen Junting learned that Ye Guyi possessed a Sacred Angel Martial Soul and sought to recruit her, while Shangguan Weier offered him a Dragon Maiden to smooth over her suspicion. After Ye Guyi competed in the Underground Tournament, two powerful strangers confronted her in an alley.

• Ye Guyi summoned Shangguan Weier to the first match of the Underground Tournament, prompting Chen Junting to ask about her.
• Shangguan Weier hesitated to reveal Ye Guyi's identity, so Chen Junting demonstrated his power and she apologized by offering him a Dragon Maiden.
• Chen Junting accepted the offer, gave Shangguan Weier the location of a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect stronghold, and asked her to explain Ye Guyi's background.
• After the first match, Ye Guyi left the Qingse Hotel and parted from the Ordinary Alliance members.
• Two powerful men appeared in an alley and confronted Ye Guyi, who raised her sword and activated her Sacred Angel Martial Soul.

Chen Junting, Gu Tianchen, and Ning Tian approached Ye Guyi and urged her to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, warning her that the Evil Soul Masters and Sun Moon Empire made Ming Capital dangerous. Ye Guyi learned that her Angel Martial Soul lineage descended from the Qian Family, and she agreed to consider the invitation as the others left her with a token to contact them.

• Chen Junting gave Ye Guyi a rare metal as an apology for intercepting her, then introduced himself and Gu Tianchen as members of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Tianchen demonstrated his Void Gate, and Ning Tian emerged to invite Ye Guyi to join the sect.
• Chen Junting warned Ye Guyi that the Holy Spirit Cult had powerful Evil Soul Masters, worked with the Sun Moon Empire, and had been made its state religion.
• Ye Guyi revealed that Evil Soul Masters had killed her parents and that her ancestors belonged to the Qian Family, the Angel Martial Soul lineage of Spirit Hall.
• Chen Junting argued that the grudges of ten thousand years ago need not bind their descendants, and Ye Guyi said she would consider joining the sect.
• Ning Tian gave Ye Guyi a sect token and explained how she could contact them or ask Huo Yuhao for help before leaving with Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen.

The Round Robin began, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect faced the Snow Demon Sect in the opening match. Wu Feng met Wang Yanfeng in the first individual bout and unleashed her flames as he charged.

• The tournament organizers placed several top teams into a dangerous group, prompting Xu Jiujiu to seek an alliance with the Heavenly Dragon Sect against the Holy Spirit Cult, but they refused to concede.
• Xiao Hongchen complained that Chen Junting would fight personally, and Xu Sanshi and Di Yao sharply rebuked him.
• The referee announced the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect versus Snow Demon Sect match, and Wang Yanfeng took the stage for Snow Demon Sect.
• Chen Junting sent Wu Feng to face Wang Yanfeng in the first individual match.
• Wang Yanfeng charged at Wu Feng, who activated her soul skills and swept him with high-temperature flames.

Wu Feng battled Wang Yanfeng in the tournament, revealing her evolved Red Dragon martial soul and gaining the upper hand with her ferocious fighting style and a flaming greatsword. Wang Yanfeng then awakened his Body Martial Soul, and Wu Feng activated a Class 6 Invincible Barrier as his giant bronze palms crashed down.

• Wang Yanfeng charged through Wu Feng's flames and traded powerful attacks with her, while Wu Feng used Dragon Transformation and fought back with her claws, tail, and dragon horn.
• Wu Feng and Wang Yanfeng exchanged blows until he grabbed her tail, hurled her to the ground, and attacked her with enlarged fists.
• Wu Feng countered with her third soul skill's triple explosion, then drew a flaming greatsword and forced Wang Yanfeng onto the defensive.
• Wang Yanfeng revealed his Body Martial Soul's Second Awakening, summoning enormous bronze palms that pressed down toward Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng activated a Class 6 Invincible Barrier as Wang Yanfeng's giant palms descended.

Wu Feng defeated Wang Yanfeng in the opening match, then Huo Yuhao quickly defeated two Snow Demon Sect fighters with his illusions. With the Snow Demon Sect struggling to counter his spiritual attacks, Vina considered entering the next match.

• Wu Feng used her Scarlet Flame Mad Dragon to defeat Wang Yanfeng after surviving his powerful attack with her Invincible Barrier and recovering Soul Power through her bracer.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian sent Huo Yuhao into the second match, while Wu Feng told them she had noticed a mysterious spectator watching the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Chen Lü despite his repeated use of a Class 5 Invincible Barrier.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Gu Tong after using his Simple Illusion and Sixth Soul Skill, Misty Illusion, leaving Vina to consider whether she should fight next.