Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun reunited with Shui Ruoyan at Skywater Academy, where they shared news of their lives and her new soul skill. She told him Spirit Hall had blockaded the Four Great Academies and began explaining the situation.

• Xiao Yun and Shui Ruoyan reunited at night, and she asked why he had not visited when he came to Snow Spirit Province before.
• Xiao Yun told Shui Ruoyan that Dragon Ascending Town was his fief and that he had come to see her.
• Shui Ruoyan recounted how Yuerou gained a water shield soul skill and Bing'er gained Ice Wind Sword Rain after obtaining new soul rings.
• Shui Ruoyan showed Xiao Yun her sixth soul skill, Water Dragon Overturning the Heavens, after reaching level sixty.
• Shui Ruoyan told Xiao Yun that Spirit Hall had blockaded the Four Great Academies, and he asked her to explain the details.

Shui Ruoyan explained that Spirit Hall was forcing the Four Great Academies out of Snow Spirit City, and Xiao Yun considered how to help her and impress her mother, Shui Yuntian. After spending the night together, Xiao Yun brought Shui Ruoyan breakfast, reassuring her that he had not disappeared.

• Shui Ruoyan told Xiao Yun that Spirit Hall had weakened the Four Great Academies and that Salatos and allied academies had challenged them to leave Snow Spirit City.
• Shui Ruoyan explained that her mother, Shui Yuntian, wanted to meet Xiao Yun before deciding whether to accept his support.
• Xiao Yun learned that Shui Yuntian was a Rank 79 Soul Saint who could temporarily appear to reach Soul Douluo level, and he considered a gift for her.
• Xiao Yun carried Shui Ruoyan to the bedroom, and they spent the night together.
• Shui Ruoyan woke to find Xiao Yun's side of the bed empty and feared the night had been a dream, but Xiao Yun returned with a bowl of noodles.

Shui Ruoyan brought Xiao Yun to meet her mother, Shui Yuntian, the headmaster of Skywater Academy. Shui Yuntian recognized him as the Xiao Yun her daughter had mentioned, as the academy’s looming crisis remained unresolved.

• Shui Ruoyan blushed when she realized her state, while Xiao Yun left her breakfast and invited her to eat.
• Shui Ruoyan enjoyed Xiao Yun’s yangchun noodles and asked how they got their name.
• Shui Ruoyan took Xiao Yun through Skywater Academy to visit her mother, warning him not to bother the students and instructors.
• Shui Yuntian examined Xiao Yun in her office and guessed that he was the Lord Xiao her daughter had mentioned.
• Xiao Yun greeted Headmaster Shui with a cupped-hands salute.

Xiao Yun visited Shui Yuntian at Skywater Academy and gave her a Foundation and Longevity Pill, earning her cautious gratitude. Shui Yuntian kept the pill to test its effects as Xiao Yun and Shui Ruoyan left to tour the academy.

• Shui Yuntian tested Xiao Yun with her Soul Saint pressure, then invited him to sit and asked why he had come.
• Xiao Yun offered to help the Four Great Academies against Spirit Hall, but Shui Yuntian declined because she did not yet trust him as an outsider.
• Xiao Yun gave Shui Yuntian a Foundation and Longevity Pill and explained that it could stabilize a Martial Soul Origin, extend lifespan, and aid breakthroughs.
• Shui Yuntian asked to buy more pills for the academy's elders, but Xiao Yun said he could only make more in exchange for immortal herbs.
• Shui Yuntian asked Shui Ruoyan to show Xiao Yun around the academy, then examined the pill alone after they left.

Shui Yuntian took the Foundation and Longevity Pill and entered seclusion to break through her cultivation bottleneck, leaving Shui Ruoyan responsible for the upcoming competition. Xiao Yun went with Shui Ruoyan to visit Yao Yuerou, who reunited with him and learned that his fief was in Dragon Ascending Town.

• Shui Yuntian told her assistant to announce her immediate seclusion and assign competition matters to Shui Ruoyan if she did not return in time.
• After taking the Foundation and Longevity Pill, Shui Yuntian entered a cultivation chamber beneath Phoenix Nest Lake and began attacking the barrier between levels seventy-nine and eighty.
• Shui Ruoyan learned that her mother had entered seclusion and agreed to handle the competition, then took Xiao Yun to Yao Yuerou's apartment.
• Yao Yuerou eagerly welcomed Xiao Yun and stayed with him after Shui Ruoyan left for a meeting.
• Yao Yuerou learned that Xiao Yun was traveling to his fief in Dragon Ascending Town and said they would be closer to each other.

Xiao Yun reunited with Yao Yuerou at Skywater Academy and discussed her efforts to build support at Plant Academy and his plans for a new academy. Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Yao Zi then spent the afternoon showing him around, before Shui Ruoyan invited them to dinner.

• Yao Yuerou told Xiao Yun that several female instructors and students at Plant Academy were willing to follow her, while male instructors remained resentful about her competition team choices.
• Xiao Yun promised to build a new academy once his fief was stable and explained that he wanted sincere followers rather than people forced into submission.
• Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Yao Zi met Xiao Yun outside the teachers’ cafeteria and eagerly invited him to tour Skywater Academy with them.
• The three girls showed Xiao Yun around the academy throughout the afternoon while Yao Yuerou returned to her apartment.
• Shui Ruoyan found Xiao Yun and the girls at dusk and invited them to a dinner she had arranged to welcome him.

Xiao Yun trained Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Yao Zi while staying with Shui Ruoyan and Yao Yuerou, and learned that Sheng Minglan had been called back to her family amid suspected Spirit Hall interference. On the morning of the challenge, the factions gathered at Skywater Academy, where Xiao Yun spotted Sheng Minglan beside her Soul Douluo grandmother.

• After dinner, Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, and Xiao Yun went to Shui Ruoyan's apartment, and Yao Yuerou stayed the night.
• Over the next two days, Xiao Yun improved Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix technique, taught Shui Yue'er agility footwork, and guided Yao Zi's cultivation.
• Shui Ruoyan told Xiao Yun that Sheng Minglan had returned to the Sheng Family after the Old Madam summoned her to handle problems involving the family business.
• Xiao Yun and Shui Ruoyan suspected Spirit Hall had helped create trouble to keep the Sheng Family from interfering in the Four Great Academies' challenge.
• On the morning of the challenge, Salatos, the lord of Snow Spirit City, and representatives of various factions gathered at Skywater Academy alongside the competing academies.
• Xiao Yun recognized Sheng Minglan standing behind an elderly Soul Douluo at the arena.

The Four Great Academies faced the Challengers in a winner-stays-on contest, suffering a string of defeats before Huo Wushuang knocked out a Soul King at the cost of his own ability to continue. With only three fighters left against eight, Feng Xiaotian entered the next match as the chapter ended.

• A referee announced that the losing side would have to leave Snow Spirit Province, and Shui Ruoyan accepted the terms for the Four Great Academies.
• Qing Teng defeated Huo Yun, then fighters from the Four Great Academies suffered six straight losses as Huo Wu, Yu Hairou, Mu Yun Teng, Feng Liuyue, and another Plant Academy student fell.
• Huo Wushuang defeated the Ironback Lizard Soul King with his life-risking Fire Dragon Burns Heaven, but both fighters were eliminated when Huo Wushuang collapsed.
• The Four Great Academies were left with Feng Xiaotian, Yao Zi, and Shui Bing'er against eight Challengers.
• Feng Xiaotian entered the eighth match against a Sea Urchin Soul King whose defensive technique reflected damage, and the fight began.

Feng Xiaotian defeated the eighth opponent but was too injured and exhausted to continue, leaving the Four Great Academies under pressure. Shui Bing'er then easily defeated an Earth Berserk Bear Soul King and yielded the Arena to Yao Zi, who faced the next Soul King.

• Feng Xiaotian used Gale Thirty-Six Forms and Gale Break to defeat the eighth opponent, but the referee ruled the match a draw because Feng Xiaotian could no longer fight.
• A burly Earth Berserk Bear Soul King taunted Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi, and Shui Bing'er stepped forward to fight him.
• Shui Bing'er shattered the Soul King's Bear Paws with one punch, then struck him with an uppercut and a spinning kick.
• Shui Bing'er covered the Arena with ice, evaded the Soul King's charge, and pushed him out of bounds to win the ninth match.
• Shui Bing'er declined to continue and told Yao Zi it was her turn; Yao Zi entered the Arena as another Soul King stepped forward.

Yao Zi defeated a Fire Demon Wolf Soul King with her Dragon Mark Thorn, boosting the Four Great Academies’ morale. A greatsword Soul King then challenged her, and their fight continued evenly as the chapter ended.

• Yao Zi trapped the Fire Demon Wolf Soul King in fire-resistant thorns and forced him to surrender.
• The referee declared Yao Zi the winner, and the Four Great Academies celebrated her victory.
• Shui Ruoyan and Xiao Yun watched proudly as Salatos and the opposing Soul Kings reacted to Yao Zi’s win.
• A greatsword Soul King entered match eleven and attacked Yao Zi with amplified strength, speed, and Sword Qi.
• Yao Zi formed thorny whips from her Dragon Mark Thorns and clashed evenly with the greatsword Soul King.

Yao Zi defeated the Greatsword Soul King with her Dragon Mark Thorn whips and chose to continue fighting. Against a Fire Flying Eagle Soul King attacking from the air with a bow, she defended with City of Thorns and began preparing a counterattack with Rain of Thorns.

• Yao Zi adapted her whip techniques, exhausted the Greatsword Soul King, and bound him until he conceded.
• The referee declared Yao Zi the winner and asked whether she would continue, and Yao Zi accepted another match.
• A Fire Flying Eagle Soul King took flight and fired volleys of arrows at Yao Zi with a crimson bow.
• Yao Tongtian objected to the weapon, but Salatos insisted that Soul Master equipment was permitted, while Shui Ruoyan urged him to focus on Yao Zi.
• Yao Zi sheltered beneath City of Thorns as the arrows set the vines ablaze, then used her Spiritual Power to activate Rain of Thorns and lift the spikes into the air.

Yao Zi defeated the Fire Flying Eagle Soul King by trapping him in a thorn cage, then left the Arena to recover while Shui Bing'er took her place. Shui Bing'er faced Jin Lie, whose Golden Pangolin defenses and rolling attack challenged her as their match began.

• Yao Zi overwhelmed the Fire Flying Eagle Soul King's defenses with spikes and trapped him in a shrinking thorn cage.
• Yao Zi forced the Soul King to concede, then went to recover her Soul Power after Shui Bing'er warned her not to reveal her Wood Spirit Body.
• Shui Bing'er challenged the remaining opponents, while Salatos chose Jin Lie to exploit his Golden Pangolin's defense against her.
• Jin Lie used Martial Soul Possession and rolled toward Shui Bing'er with his First Spirit Skill, Wind Fire Wheel.

Shui Bing'er defeated Jin Lie by using an ice bridge to send him out of the Arena, then began a fierce battle against Yan Lie, the Undying Firebird Soul King. Their evenly matched fight continued with neither gaining the upper hand.

• Shui Bing'er used her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul to freeze the Arena, but Jin Lie’s scales let him roll across the ice without losing control.
• Shui Bing'er formed an ice bridge beneath Jin Lie, sending him rolling out of the Arena and securing her victory.
• Salatos reprimanded Jin Lie and sent Yan Lie to fight Shui Bing'er.
• Yan Lie introduced his Undying Firebird Martial Soul and made an unwelcome proposal that he and Shui Bing'er unite, but she answered by attacking with Ice Seal.
• Shui Bing'er and Yan Lie traded ice and fire attacks across the Arena, fighting to a standstill while Yan Lie continued pressing his proposal.

Shui Bing'er defeated Yan Lie after Chi Xiao Fire Dragon helped her disrupt his flames and land a decisive ice-sword attack. With Yan Lie unconscious, Salatos sent his last Soul King to face her or Yao Zi, but the fighter admitted he could beat neither.

• Yan Lie tried to wear Shui Bing'er down with repeated attacks and retreats, and she realized he was stalling to drain her Soul Power.
• Shui Bing'er silently asked Xiao Yun for permission to use Chi Xiao Fire Dragon's help, and Xiao Yun nodded.
• Chi Xiao Fire Dragon offered to control Yan Lie's flames, so Shui Bing'er gathered her power into a giant ice sword.
• As Shui Bing'er attacked, Chi Xiao Fire Dragon scattered Yan Lie's Flame Hand Seal, allowing the ice sword to strike him and knock him unconscious.
• The referee declared Shui Bing'er the winner, and Salatos ordered his last Soul King to fight, but the man said he could not beat Shui Bing'er or Yao Zi.

After Spirit Hall sent a Soul Emperor into the arena, Shui Yuntian broke through to Soul Douluo and helped the Four Great Academies resist Salatos’s allies. She negotiated for Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi to face Ying Shisan together, and the match began with Ying Shisan attacking.

• Salatos sent Ying Shisan, a Soul Emperor, to face the exhausted Shui Bing'er, prompting Yao Zi to join her on the arena.
• Salatos’s Soul Saints and two Soul Douluos with Angel Spirits pressured the Four Great Academies and Xu Huiyin, forcing Xu Huiyin to intervene.
• Shui Yuntian broke through to Soul Douluo and arrived, restoring the Four Great Academies’ ability to hold their ground.
• Shui Yuntian agreed to continue the match after negotiating for Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi to fight Ying Shisan together.
• The referee began the fourteenth match, and Ying Shisan used his Shadow Cat Martial Soul to rush at Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi.

Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi defeated Ying Shisan with their paired ice and fire dragons, forcing Salatos and the visiting academies to withdraw. After the victory, Shui Yuntian told the other headmasters that a Foundation and Longevity Pill had helped her break through to Soul Douluo, while keeping its giver's identity secret.

• Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi joined hands and summoned the Chi Xiao Fire Dragon and Xuanming Ice Dragon.
• The dragons destroyed Ying Shisan's attacks and killed him with their combined fire and Cold Qi.
• Salatos led his people and the visiting academy representatives away, and the crowd celebrated Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi's victory.
• Shui Yuntian exchanged a nod with Xiao Yun, who then disappeared into the crowd.
• The four headmasters met, and Shui Yuntian said a Foundation and Longevity Pill had helped her become a Soul Douluo.
• Shui Yuntian refused to reveal the expert who had given her the pill, leaving Yao Shan thoughtful.

Yao Shan, Huo Lie, and Feng Wuhen learned that Spirit Hall had ambushed their academies while Salatos kept them occupied. They left to find survivors as Shui Yuntian prepared Skywater Academy for possible attacks.

• Yao Shan connected the Foundation and Longevity Pill to Xu Huiyin's breakthrough and resolved to ask Yao Yuerou about Xiao Yun.
• Shui Ruoyan and Yao Yuerou reported that Spirit Hall had sent three Soul Douluos to attack Blazing Fire Academy, Godwind Academy, and Plant Academy, causing heavy casualties.
• Yao Shan, Huo Lie, and Feng Wuhen prepared to return, but Shui Yuntian urged them to find and shelter survivors rather than rush into danger.
• The three headmasters left Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Yao Yuerou, and the other injured students at Skywater Academy.
• Shui Yuntian ordered the academy to shelter the students, recall its people, raise its combat readiness, and prepare for enemy attacks while she sought her Eighth Soul Ring.

Xiao Yun considered four possible paths for transforming Douluo Continent and decided the Vast Wilderness cultivation system offered the greatest potential to strengthen the world. He chose to first settle his fief and build a foundation, then sensed something happening at Skywater Academy and hurried there.

• Xiao Yun reflected on the Technological, Soul Tool, Martial Artist, and Vast Wilderness cultivation routes and weighed their benefits and limitations.
• Xiao Yun concluded that introducing the Vast Wilderness system could deepen the world's foundation and raise the continent's limits beyond level 100.
• Xiao Yun decided to settle his fief and establish a foundation before pursuing broader changes.
• Xiao Yun sensed that something had happened at Skywater Academy and vanished into the night to investigate.

Xiao Yun found Shui Yuntian alone at Skywater Academy and learned that Spirit Hall's attacks had left students and instructors missing, while Shui Ruoyan and the others had gone to aid other academies. He offered to shelter Skywater Academy, and Shui Yuntian asked to see his own strength; Xiao Yun summoned an emerald sword over Phoenix Nest Lake.

• Xiao Yun searched the deserted Skywater Academy and found Shui Yuntian working over a marked map in the headmaster's office.
• Shui Yuntian recounted Spirit Hall's diversion, its ambushes by three Soul Douluo, and the missing students and instructors.
• Shui Yuntian explained that Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, and Yao Zi had gone to support other academies, relying on the Titled Douluo-level methods Xiao Yun had given them.
• Xiao Yun laid out several possible futures for Skywater Academy and offered to let it seek refuge with him.
• Shui Yuntian asked Xiao Yun to demonstrate his own strength, and he agreed before leaping onto Phoenix Nest Lake and forming an emerald-green sword.

Xiao Yun demonstrated his overwhelming power with a single sword strike that split Phoenix Nest Lake, a hill, and the clouds above it. Stunned by the display, Shui Yuntian pledged Skywater Academy’s devotion to him.

• Xiao Yun swung his emerald-green sword, cutting through Phoenix Nest Lake, the earth beneath it, a bamboo forest, a hill, and the clouds.
• Shui Yuntian watched in shock as Xiao Yun returned to the window and dismissed the damage as a failure to control his strength.
• Skywater Academy’s students and Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu reacted to the sword strike with astonishment.
• Spies watching the academy fled and resolved to warn their allies that Skywater Academy could not be attacked directly.
• Shui Yuntian knelt and pledged her own and the academy’s devotion to Xiao Yun, who asked her to rise.