Chapter Summaries

Zhu Rong gave Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s strength while discussing how to destroy the Sea God’s Heart. A mysterious gray bead then struck the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, cracked it, and brought Poseidon’s Divine Soul into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Zhu Rong gave Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to refine the fire attribute of her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue brought Zhu Rong the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Zhu Rong said they could take it to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to destroy it.
• Zhu Rong explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had roughly 950,000 years of cultivation and surpassed the Ultimate Douluo in strength.
• A gray bead escaped Zhu Rong’s Storage Soul Tool and collided with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, cracking the Sea God’s Heart.
• Poseidon’s Divine Soul emerged from the cracked Sea God’s Heart, terrifying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members as the gray bead began to buzz.

Zhu Rong’s gray bead swallowed Poseidon’s divine soul and the Sea God’s Heart, leaving Poseidon and Asura God puzzled about who was responsible. As the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed Poseidon’s presence and suspected a successor had appeared, it prepared to act if that successor entered the ocean.

• The gray bead swallowed Poseidon’s divine soul and the cracked Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before returning to Zhu Rong’s Storage Soul Tool.
• Zhu Rong told Ning Fengzhi and the others that Poseidon’s appearance was tied to a god trial, while Qian Renxue continued posing as Xue Qinghe.
• Poseidon discovered his split soul had been destroyed, accused Asura God, and then followed him toward the God Realm Council after Asura denied responsibility.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed a god’s appearance and ordered Di Tian to keep their whereabouts hidden for the next thousand years.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Poseidon’s aura, suspected his inheritor had appeared, and vowed to act if the inheritor entered the ocean.

Six months after Zhu Rong’s return to Holy Soul Village, Bibi Dong persuaded Spirit Hall’s elders to make two valuable Soul Bones the prize for the next Continental Youth Spirit Master Tournament. Meanwhile, Tang San, Ru Meng, and Dai Mubai joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Second Team, where they helped Xue Beng maintain his cover when Xue Qinghe visited.

• Zhu Rong returned to Holy Soul Village and gave Old Jack an immortal herb, but Old Jack could not refine it.
• Bibi Dong proposed rewarding Hu Liena and Xie Yue with two Soul Bones, then convinced the elders to make them the tournament champion’s prize instead.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue, now Rank 51 Soul Kings, remained determined to avenge Yan after the elders rejected the proposed personal reward.
• Tang San, Ru Meng, and Dai Mubai accepted Prince Xue Xing’s offer and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Second Team.
• Tang San and the others helped Xue Beng fool Xue Qinghe by acting as though Xue Beng was pursuing Ru Meng.
• Xue Beng thanked Tang San, Ru Meng, and Dai Mubai, while Dai Mubai envied Xue Beng’s chance to contend for the throne.

Xue Beng’s hidden ambitions and Xue Qinghe’s plan to kill him came to light as the tournament approached. Meanwhile, Zhu Rong helped Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing gain their fourth Spirit Rings, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect struggled to develop his Soul Tool Hand Cannon.

• Xue Beng turned Tang San and Dai Mubai against Xue Qinghe by claiming he had blocked them from Imperial Dou Team One, while Ru Meng kept her doubts to herself.
• Qian Renxue learned that Xue Beng had been pretending to be a wastrel and told She Long to wait until the tournament finals to arrange his death.
• Zhu Rong helped Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing obtain fourth Spirit Rings, then used a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to gain his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not pursue the tournament’s Soul Bone prizes, while reflecting on Zhu Rong’s power and Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that the sect’s craftsmen had forged alloy for the Soul Tool Hand Cannon but were still struggling to carve its formation inscriptions.

Ning Fengzhi and Qian Jun arranged additional members so Zhu Rong could form a team for the All-Continent Young Soul Master Elite Tournament. The eleven-person Judgment Team chose its name and prepared to train at Sunset Forest.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing wanted to enter the tournament, and Qian Jun and Jiang Mo asked to add their grandsons Qian Gu Shan and Qian Gu Feng to Zhu Rong's team.
• Jiang Mo brought the two juniors to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi added five more talented youths and completed the eleven-person roster.
• The team members discussed names, and they chose Judgment Team after Xiao Wu proposed Rong-Wu Team and Ning Rongrong suggested Zhu-Rong Team or Rong-Rong Team.
• Zhu Rong told the team to prepare for practical training at Sunset Forest in a few days.

Tang San and his companions continued to nurse their hatred of Zhu Rong while Zhu Rong trained his team in Sunset Forest. There, they encountered Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ru Meng fighting a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Zhu Rong realized Tang San had added spirit rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San vowed to take revenge on Zhu Rong, while Xue Beng asked him, Dai Mubai, and Ru Meng about their shared grudge.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Zhu Rong sparred with Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived and was drawn into the encounter.
• Zhu Rong led his team to Sunset Forest for combat training and followed the sounds of a battle deeper into the forest.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San struggled against a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear whose strength and Heaven-Splitting Claw far exceeded their expectations.
• Zhu Rong arrived with his group, recognized the bear, and realized Tang San had raised his Soul Power to level forty-eight by adding spirit rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San and his companions fought a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, which quickly broke through Tang San’s restraints and badly injured Dai Mubai. Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to confront the beast, while Zhu Zhuqing called for Tang San to be eliminated as a future threat, leaving Zhu Rong to decide his fate.

• Dai Mubai attacked the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, but Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Entanglement soon snapped and the bear broke Dai Mubai’s arm with a single blow.
• Xiao Wu explained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s immense strength, and Zhu Rong gave an account of Xiao Wu’s knowledge to deflect questions about her background.
• The injured Dai Mubai lost the ability to fight, and the bear charged at Tang San while Ru Meng and Tang San remained combat-ready.
• Tang San abandoned his Dark Blue Silver King and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, shocking Ning Que and the Qian Gu Two Brothers with his Twin Martial Souls.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged them to eliminate Tang San as a future enemy, and Zhu Rong comforted her without deciding whether Tang San would be killed.

Tang San fought a century-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with his Clear Sky Hammer and hidden weapons, but the bear’s strength and cunning put him in danger. When Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles vanished before reaching it, he realized someone unseen was interfering and demanded that they reveal themselves.

• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and exchanged powerful blows with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu recognized his hammer technique.
• The bear nearly killed Tang San by trading its own injury for a direct claw strike, forcing him to retreat with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow repeatedly, but its bolts could not pierce the bear’s hide; Ning Que recognized the weapon’s value, while Ru Meng spotted Zhu Rong and considered waiting for Tang San to be injured.
• Tang San wore down the bear and launched Dragon Whisker Needles, but each needle disappeared before striking, so he shouted for the hidden interferer to come out.

Zhu Rong revealed that he had reached Soul Emperor with two Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings, beat Tang San, and purified him when he fell into darkness. The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear escaped, leaving Tang San with a strange sense of loss over the Soul Bones he would have obtained from it.

• Zhu Rong interrupted Tang San's attack and dismissed Tang San's demand for a reason, then struck him down.
• Zhu Rong's blows drove Tang San into corruption, and the onlookers identified him as a fallen one.
• Zhu Rong used golden flames to purify Tang San, then attacked Ru Meng and burned away the darkness emerging from her.
• Zhu Rong drove Tang San back with a series of slaps and released the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear instead of letting Tang San kill it.
• Tang San sensed that something had left him, while Zhu Rong noted that Tang San's Origin Power had dropped again.

Zhu Rong defeated Tang San and left him, Dai Mubai, and Ru Meng behind, while Ma Hongjun arrived in Sunset Forest seeking a fourth spirit ring after his Soul Power surged when he removed his troubles. Zhu Rong's team then encountered a four-thousand-year Earth Exploding Bear and assigned the younger members to fight it for practice.

• Tang San brooded over his loss to Zhu Rong and eyed Old Jack, while Zhu Rong warned that Tang San's Dark Attribute would never let him surpass Zhu Rong before departing with the Judgment Team.
• Ma Hongjun mocked Tang San, Ru Meng, and Dai Mubai, then rejoined Flender and the others, who had come to help him hunt his fourth spirit ring after his cultivation accelerated when he removed his troubles.
• Dugu Yan's evolved Martial Soul and level 48 Soul Power had changed her relationship with Yu Tianheng, and she privately wished she could join Zhu Rong's Judgment Team.
• Zhu Rong's group encountered a four-thousand-year Earth Exploding Bear and told Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Que, and the others to defeat it without help from Qian Gu Shan or Qian Gu Feng.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Que activated their Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Souls and began enhancing the team as the Earth Exploding Bear charged.

After three months of brutal training in Sunset Forest, Zhu Rong judged the Judgment Team strong enough to leave and take a brief rest in Heaven Dou City. There, he discovered the system could let him gift accumulated rewards to bonded companions, while Gu De continued cultivating under pressure to catch up with his teammates.

• The Judgment Team defeated the Earth Savage Bull again, and Zhu Rong praised their improved teamwork and strength after Qian Gu Shan and Qian Gu Feng reached Soul King and Gu Cheng reached Soul Ancestor.
• Zhu Rong announced that training in Sunset Forest was over, and the relieved team traveled to Heaven Dou City instead of returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After a soul duel with Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Rong received a Hero Replicator and learned that, once he became a god, he could gift rewards to people who shared bonds with him.
• Zhu Rong questioned why Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had no recorded bond with him, but declined the system's offer to bind a lover bond.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong awkwardly deflected Xiao Wu's questions, while Dong Mei and Xia Qiu teased her; Gu De returned to cultivating because he felt behind his teammates.

Zhu Rong and Ning Rongrong visited the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Zhu Rong spotted Tang San trying to sell a concealed weapon. The auction continued as Ning Rongrong quietly reacted to Zhu Rong’s remarks about an attractive auctioneer.

• Zhu Rong carried Ning Rongrong through Heaven Dou City, and they decided to visit its largest auction house.
• Zhu Rong showed a black card containing five million Gold Soul Coins, gaining access to a private room in the auction house’s black area.
• The auction began, and Zhu Rong recognized Tang San in the white area as Tang San offered his Hidden Arrow for sale.
• After the bids stalled, a noble bought Tang San’s Hidden Arrow for five thousand five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhu Rong remarked that an attractive auctioneer could raise the auction prices, and Ning Rongrong fell silent with a knowing smile.

After the auction, Zhu Rong forced Tang San to surrender his Gold Soul Coins, deepening Tang San’s hatred and prompting him to help Dai Mubai pursue the Star Luo Crown Prince position. Several days later, Zhu Rong began a new round of training by planning to challenge nearby academies.

• Zhu Rong waited outside the Heaven Dou Auction House and demanded that Tang San hand over the Gold Soul Coins he had just earned.
• Tang San surrendered the coins, and Zhu Rong left them as a reward for bystanders, who scrambled to collect them.
• Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San vowed revenge, and Dai Mubai proposed that an army could defeat Zhu Rong.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San and Ru Meng that he could become crown prince by defeating Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, who could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• After several days of rest, Zhu Rong announced that the group would challenge nearby academies as part of their special training.

Zhu Rong led the Judgment Team to Blue Tyrant Academy and provoked Liu Erlong into accepting a seven-versus-seven challenge. The match began with the Judgment Team revealing several high-level Soul Ancestors, leaving Blue Tyrant Academy stunned.

• Zhu Rong admitted he did not know the way to Blue Tyrant Academy, so Ning Que guided the Judgment Team there.
• Zhu Rong bluntly announced the challenge, and Liu Erlong accepted after smashing her desk in anger.
• Tailong provoked Zhu Rong, who told his teammates to focus on Tailong and then chose a direct team battle.
• Zhu Rong kept Qian Gu Shan, Qian Gu Feng, and Ning Rongrong off the field while Tailong selected Blue Tyrant Academy's main lineup.
• The teams introduced themselves and released their martial souls, and Blue Tyrant Academy learned that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were high-level Soul Ancestors while Gu Cheng and Gu De also had powerful Bone Dragon martial souls.

The Judgment Team crushed Blue Tyrant Academy’s team in an exhibition match, leaving Liu Erlong wondering about the strength of its absent main force. Zhu Rong then explained that strength and tactics had to work together, and the team chose Heaven Dou Royal Academy as its next target.

• Ning Que introduced himself as a level thirty-six substitute from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, shocking Blue Tyrant Academy’s audience.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing beat Tailong while Gu Cheng and Gu De drove Huang Yuan and the other Blue Tyrant Team members out of the fight.
• Liu Erlong admitted defeat and realized that two Soul Kings had protected Zhu Rong, suggesting the Judgment Team’s main force was even stronger.
• Zhu Rong told the team that tactics needed personal strength to be effective, prompting the members to reflect on the match.
• Zhu Rong set Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the Judgment Team’s next target.

Zhu Rong led the Judgment Team to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and openly announced that they had come to smash up the place, provoking its instructors and students. The academy's teams gathered to face them, but several members who knew Zhu Rong's strength lost their anger and looked for ways to avoid fighting as the instructors recognized former students Ning Que and Xia Qiu.

• Ning Que led the Judgment Team from Blue Tyrant Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Zhu Rong told a student they had come to smash up the academy and insulted its students.
• The student reported the challenge to the three instructors, who gathered Imperial Dou Team One and Team Two to confront the newcomers.
• Team One and Team Two recognized Zhu Rong and remembered how helpless they had been against him, while Dugu Yan tried to make Ma Hongjun take her place in a possible team battle.
• The three instructors brought both teams to meet Zhu Rong and the Judgment Team, and Qin Ming trembled when he saw Zhu Rong.
• Ning Que and Xia Qiu greeted the three instructors, who recognized them as former students and began questioning why Ning Que had returned with the group.

Zhu Rong brought the Judgment Team to challenge Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where three senior instructors failed to affect him with their Soul Power pressure. Imperial Fighting Second Team was chosen to face the Judgment Team, and the chapter ended as Tang San confronted two Soul Kings on the opposing side.

• Zhu Rong remained unaffected as Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin raised their combined Soul Power pressure to Level 65.
• After a Second Team member challenged the Judgment Team, the senior instructors arranged for Second Team to take the field instead of Team One.
• A Second Team member gave Tang San his official place, and Meng Shenji assigned Tang San to the exchange match.
• Zhu Rong stayed in the stands while Tang San joined Imperial Fighting Second Team on the arena platform.
• The Qian Gu Two Brothers revealed five Spirit Rings each, including two black rings, and Tang San recognized them as Soul Kings.

The Qian Gu Two Brothers overwhelmed Tang San with coordinated attacks, while the Imperial Fighting Second Team was eliminated by the Judgment Team. Left alone against seven opponents, Tang San revealed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and four purple soul rings, shocking the arena.

• Qian Gu Shan and Qian Gu Feng broke through Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement and used their Mind-Capturing Coiling Dragon Ring skills to control him, but he escaped both times by biting his tongue.
• The Imperial Fighting Second Team attacked the Judgment Team, but its captain and vice-captain were soon the only members still standing.
• The captain pleaded for his girlfriend to be spared, and Gu Cheng let the team leave after revealing that the fallen teammates had been pretending to be unconscious.
• Tang San realized he was alone against the Judgment Team's seven members and decided not to surrender.
• Tang San withdrew the Dark Blue Silver King and summoned his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, with four purple soul rings, astonishing the spectators.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San challenged the Judgment Team but Xiao Wu defeated him with her invincibility skill and throws, leaving him unconscious with several broken ribs. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng hoping the Imperial Fighting First Team could reach the tournament finals if they avoided the Judgment Team.

• Onlookers dismissed Tang San as no threat after learning his missing arm would prevent him from becoming a Title Douluo, while Tang San boasted that he could defeat the opposing team.
• Tang San charged the Judgment Team, and Ning Que boosted Xiao Wu's strength, speed, and Soul Power before retreating.
• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against Xiao Wu, but she dodged his first strike with Teleportation and blocked the next with Invincible Golden Body.
• Xiao Wu bound Tang San with her hair and repeatedly threw him to the ground, defeating him before Meng Shenji stopped her from continuing.
• Meng Shenji declared the Judgment Team the winner, and Zhu Rong left with the team while spectators discussed Tang San's defeat.
• Yu Tianheng told his teammates that they might become runners-up if they avoided the Judgment Team in the tournament's early matches.

Zhu Rong and the Judgment Team arrived in Heaven Dou City for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony after dominating nearby academies for six months. Salas drew the preliminary matchups, setting the Judgment Team against Elephant Armor Academy and leaving Blue Tyrant Academy with the first bye.

• Zhu Rong agreed to go into Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing joined them.
• The Judgment Team entered the packed Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where spectators recognized them as the undefeated team from Seven Treasures Academy.
• Huo Wu vowed to defeat the Judgment Team, while Huo Wushuang doubted their chances and Feng Xiaotian encouraged them to try.
• Salas, Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi attended the ceremony, and Salas carefully avoided offending Zhu Rong amid Spirit Hall’s recent purge.
• Salas drew the preliminary matchups, pairing Seven Treasures Academy with Elephant Armor Academy; Elephant Armor Academy decided to concede.
• Blue Tyrant Academy received the first bye and complained that the draw was targeting them.