Chapter Summaries

The Asura God discovered that his inheritance and its guardian had vanished, while Yu Xiaogang waited for Bibi Dong to reincarnate and neglected his academy duties. After enduring several days in the wilderness, Luo Hao remembered his Time Tower and entered it.

• The Asura God realized that his inheritance and the blade-practicing guardian's aura had disappeared, and the Sea God discussed his own struggling inheritor.
• Yu Xiaogang studied the Reincarnation Disk at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, waiting for Bibi Dong to reincarnate instead of training the students.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang over neglecting the academy and giving up on Liu Erlong, then left in anger.
• Luo Hao noticed that the faint malice tormenting him had diminished after several days in the wilderness.
• Luo Hao examined the Time Tower, learned how to control it, and entered its miniature world.

Luo Hao discovered that his Time Tower was a vast world suited to nurturing powerful Soul Beasts, then returned to Spirit City and learned that his Spirit Reset Instrument had drawn crowds from across the continent. He left Spirit Hall preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament preliminaries.

• Luo Hao explored the Time Tower and realized it could absorb energy from the outside world and nurture powerful Soul Beasts.
• After the world's hostility toward him faded, Luo Hao flew back to Spirit City and found a huge crowd waiting to enter.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Spirit Hall's other leaders greeted Luo Hao at the main hall.
• The old steward told Luo Hao that more than a thousand children had been tested, producing thirteen Soul Masters with Innate Full Soul Power, including four with Twin Martial Souls.
• Luo Hao asked about preparations for the tournament preliminaries, and a Spirit Hall official reported that district bishops had been instructed to make arrangements.

Luo Hao assigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei to expand Spirit Hall’s influence, then visited the Star Dou Great Forest to ask Ice Empress to manage Soul Beasts inside the Time Tower. Ice Empress refused because she feared being trapped alone for hundreds of thousands of years.

• Luo Hao ordered Yue Guan to recruit Soul Masters and expand Spirit Hall’s academies, while Gui Mei was sent to negotiate with neighboring duchies and expand Spirit City’s territory.
• Luo Hao considered the tournament’s Soul Bone rewards and worried about what he would do if Xiao Wu’s team faced Hu Liena’s team.
• Luo Hao went to the Star Dou Great Forest and woke Ice Empress from the Ruyi Bag of a Hundred Treasures.
• Ice Empress thought Luo Hao planned to make her his fourth Soul Ring, and she tried to escape before he caught her.
• Luo Hao explained that the Time Tower could house Soul Beasts and protect them from lifespan limits, then asked Ice Empress to keep them in line.
• Ice Empress refused to enter the Time Tower, saying she had finally left the Extreme North and did not want to be trapped alone.

Luo Hao tested the Time Tower’s accelerated time, discovered that raising Soul Beasts consumed enormous amounts of energy, and decided not to trap the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python inside. Meanwhile, Prince Xue Xing brought Dugu Bo to Blue Tyrant Academy to confront the people connected to Luo Hao, where someone called out to Dugu Bo.

• Luo Hao apologized to Ice Empress for failing to consider how isolating her in the Time Tower for centuries would affect her.
• Luo Hao put more than a dozen ten-year Soul Beasts into the Time Tower and activated maximum time acceleration, draining the surrounding energy of heaven and earth.
• Luo Hao killed most of the captured Soul Beasts, kept a tiger, a leopard, and a bear, and decided not to bring the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python into the tower.
• Prince Xue Xing led Dugu Bo and a force of men to Blue Tyrant Academy, believing it was connected to Luo Hao after locating Xiao Wu and the others there.
• As Dugu Bo prepared to enter Blue Tyrant Academy, a surprised voice from above called him Old Poison.

Luo Hao returned to the academy after warning Dugu Bo and Prince Xue Xing to stop causing trouble. He reunited with Liu Erlong, who sent him to see Xiao Wu and the others, and presented her with five soul bones to choose from.

• Luo Hao used Thirtyfold Supergravity to subdue Prince Xue Xing’s soldiers and force Dugu Bo to end the confrontation.
• Luo Hao warned Dugu Bo to retire and spend time with his granddaughter, then left for the academy.
• Luo Hao visited Liu Erlong, who teased him about his absence and told him Xiao Wu and the others were at the training grounds.
• Luo Hao showed Liu Erlong five soul bones and offered to let her choose first.

Luo Hao returned to the academy and gave Liu Erlong a torso spirit bone after she tried to choose a less valuable one. He left her office, dealt with troublemaking newcomers through Tailong, and reunited with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, showing them four remaining spirit bones.

• Liu Erlong chose a left leg bone, but Luo Hao insisted she take the torso bone instead.
• Luo Hao teased Liu Erlong about his long absence, then hurried out of her office when the moment grew awkward.
• Several new students confronted Luo Hao, and he told Tailong to handle them after Tailong recognized him.
• Luo Hao found Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing at the training grounds and reunited with them.
• Luo Hao led the three aside and revealed the four spirit bones he had kept.

Luo Hao distributed soul bones to Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, but Ning Rongrong ran off upset that he had favored the others. After reconciling by the river, she detected another woman's scent on Luo Hao and confronted him, leaving him to answer her questions about the woman.

• Luo Hao gave Zhu Zhuqing a mental-resistance skull bone and gave Xiao Wu two leg soul bones.
• Luo Hao offered Ning Rongrong the remaining arm bone, but she accused him of playing favorites and ran away crying.
• Luo Hao found Ning Rongrong by the academy river, apologized, and let her lean against him as she cried.
• Ning Rongrong recognized unfamiliar scents on Luo Hao and accused him of secretly seducing another woman.
• Luo Hao admitted there was another woman and promised to agree to any condition; Ning Rongrong asked who she was and whether she was older than her.

Luo Hao teased Ning Rongrong about his Spirit Hall girlfriend, promised her a powerful head soul bone, and brought her back to her dormitory, where she had made the cat girl into a maid. Before the tournament began, Luo Hao trained Ning Rongrong and her teammates in the Time Tower, and their preparations left the team much stronger.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Luo Hao about his Spirit Hall girlfriend and suggested they assassinate Spirit Hall's new Pope, but Luo Hao refused and promised her a powerful head soul bone after the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong asked Luo Hao to take her everywhere, but he refused because his Spirit Hall duties and travels were dangerous.
• Luo Hao carried Ning Rongrong back to her dormitory, where he found the cat girl serving as her maid and ordered her to guard the door.
• The preliminaries of the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began a few days later.
• Luo Hao revealed that he had sent Ning Rongrong and the others into the Time Tower to train against three Soul Beasts, bringing the team's coordination to its peak.
• Ning Rongrong reached rank 43, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reached rank 49, and Tailong and the others reached rank 38.

Luo Hao attended the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony with Blue Tyrant Academy, which drew Canghui Academy for its first preliminary match. Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop Salas then offered finalists admission to a Spirit Hall Holy Temple and three Martial Soul reset slots, stirring the crowd.

• Luo Hao joined Blue Tyrant Academy’s team as a substitute and entered the tournament venue with them.
• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi delivered remarks to the gathered teams and spectators.
• Salas drew the preliminary matches, pairing Blue Tyrant Academy with Canghui Academy and Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Luo Hao accepted that Blue Tyrant Academy would face Canghui Academy and called them the team’s first sacrifice.
• Salas denied that the draw had been rigged and offered finalists a place in a Spirit Hall Holy Temple along with three Martial Soul reset slots.

Luo Hao’s team faced Canghui Academy, drawing a huge crowd and revealing their formidable Soul Rings. As Canghui Academy formed a strange defensive formation, the match was poised to begin in earnest.

• Salas promised students access to Spirit Reset Instrument slots, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall’s influence would drain the Heaven Dou Empire’s population and power.
• Luo Hao joined Ning Rongrong and the others for Blue Tyrant Academy’s match against Canghui Academy, while Tailong agreed to compete in a later match.
• Blue Tyrant Academy’s hired supporters cheered loudly, provoking Canghui Academy’s students before the host started the match.
• Ning Rongrong and her teammates revealed their Soul Rings, stunning the crowd with their strength as Luo Hao stayed behind them without releasing his own.
• Canghui Academy’s captain ordered his team into a formation, and Xiao Wu accused them of preparing a charged soul skill.

Xiao Wu and her teammates defeated Canghui Academy in the first preliminary match after Zhu Zhuqing broke their defensive barrier and Xiao Wu resisted their illusion with a head soul bone. Blue Tyrant Academy won, and the crowd cheered for Luo Hao's team.

• Xiao Wu battered Canghui Academy's spherical barrier, but it withstood her attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing shattered the barrier, allowing Xiao Wu to charge into Canghui Academy's formation.
• Canghui Academy's captain unleashed Seven Asura Illusions, but Xiao Wu's head soul bone automatically blocked the illusion attack.
• Xiao Wu knocked down Canghui Academy's students until their captain surrendered.
• The host declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, and the spectators cheered for Luo Hao's team.

After Blue Tyrant Academy won its first match, Luo Hao taunted their future opponents, then led Xiao Wu into the wilderness to confront Shi Nian. Luo Hao killed Shi Nian with supergravity, leaving Xiao Wu horrified by the corpse.

• Xiao Wu returned to the team after the victory and accidentally crashed into Zhu Zhuqing when Luo Hao stepped aside.
• Luo Hao told the host he hoped their next opponents would surrender so his team would not hurt them too badly.
• Ning Rongrong went to find Ning Fengzhi while Liu Erlong took Zhu Zhuqing and the others back to Blue Tyrant Academy; Luo Hao led Xiao Wu away.
• Luo Hao recognized Shi Nian hiding in an illusion and challenged him to face them in reality.
• Shi Nian appeared and revealed they were in the wilderness, but Luo Hao used Ten Thousand Times Gravity and Supergravity to crush his true body.
• Xiao Wu saw Shi Nian's mangled corpse and nearly vomited.

Luo Hao killed Shi Nian, took the illusion-type head soul bone from his remains, and agreed to meet Ye Lingling’s grandmother. Ye Lingling led him and Xiao Wu to her family’s enormous residence, where Luo Hao noticed how few people lived there.

• Luo Hao froze and shattered Shi Nian’s corpse, then told Xiao Wu that Shi Nian had ambushed them for her soul bone.
• Luo Hao found an illusion-type head soul bone among Shi Nian’s remains and decided to give it to Ning Rongrong.
• Luo Hao and Xiao Wu ran into Ye Lingling, who said her grandmother wanted to see him.
• Luo Hao agreed to go with Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu insisted on coming too.
• Ye Lingling led them to her family’s huge residence, where Luo Hao sensed that very few people were present.

Luo Hao visited Ye Lingling’s grandmother, who reacted with hostility when she learned he had a girlfriend but soon softened. When Luo Hao revealed his golden Nine Heart Begonia and four Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year third ring, she stared at him as though he were a treasure.

• Ye Lingling brought Luo Hao and Xiao Wu to meet her grandmother, who was startled by Luo Hao’s youth and erupted with Soul Power when he introduced Xiao Wu as his girlfriend.
• Luo Hao challenged the grandmother’s behavior, but she apologized and invited him into a reception room while Ye Lingling kept Xiao Wu outside.
• The grandmother asked to inspect Luo Hao’s mutated Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and he agreed while warning her not to be frightened.
• Luo Hao revealed a golden flower and four Soul Rings—black, black, red, and black—leaving the grandmother stunned by his hundred-thousand-year third ring.
• The grandmother fixed her gaze on Luo Hao like a priceless treasure, and he nervously told her he only liked young people.

Luo Hao learned that a prophecy tied his golden Nine Heart Begonia to the Ye clan’s future and a chance to lift its curse and inherit a godhood, but he remained unconvinced about the marriage proposal. As he left the room, Ye Lingling and the old woman’s husband stumbled into his embrace, and Lingling denied eavesdropping.

• The old woman proposed marrying Luo Hao to Ye Lingling and asked that their first son take the Ye surname, but Luo Hao refused and questioned her motives.
• The old woman explained that a seer had foretold the Nine Heart Begonia clan’s decline and the arrival of a Soul Master with a golden Nine Heart Begonia who could restore its glory.
• She revealed that the clan’s curse could be lifted through a union with Luo Hao and that its Martial Soul held an opportunity to inherit a godhood.
• Luo Hao said he would consider the proposal, then opened the door and caught Ye Lingling and the old woman’s husband as they fell into his arms.
• Ye Lingling blushed, broke away, and apologized while insisting that she had not been eavesdropping.

Luo Hao offered to help Ye Lingling break her curse and invited her to join Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving Xiao Wu jealous and upset. Back at the academy, Ning Rongrong confronted Luo Hao, then told him her father wanted him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and become a core disciple.

• Luo Hao told Ye Lingling to find him after the tournament if she wanted his help breaking her curse, then left with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked whether becoming a god mattered to Luo Hao and stormed off after his answer upset her.
• Ning Rongrong accused Luo Hao of flirting with Ye Lingling and beat him before listening to his explanation.
• Ning Rongrong told Luo Hao that her father wanted him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, become a core disciple, and attend a small ceremony.

Luo Hao returned to Seven Treasures City with Ning Rongrong and learned that the sect had built towers and weapons from his old blueprints. Ning Fengzhi welcomed him as family, while Sword Douluo began plotting to have him fight Bone Douluo.

• Ning Rongrong led Luo Hao through Seven Treasures City, reminiscing about its food shops before bringing him into the sect.
• Luo Hao noticed the sect's many towers and giant ballistas and learned they had been built from the blueprints he had given Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Rongrong brought Luo Hao into the main hall, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were waiting.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Luo Hao as family and offered him a seat beside Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo silently planned to arrange a fight between Luo Hao and Bone Douluo, while Bone Douluo sensed something was wrong.

Luo Hao accepted Ning Fengzhi’s proposal to settle his marriage to Ning Rongrong, and the two became engaged the next day. After sect disciples objected, Luo Hao defeated them in the training grounds and went to Ning Rongrong’s residence.

• Ning Fengzhi told Luo Hao that Ning Rongrong wanted to settle their marriage and insisted she receive the principal position among Luo Hao’s women.
• Luo Hao agreed, and Ning Rongrong thanked him and admitted she wanted to secure her place in his heart.
• Ning Fengzhi asked how Luo Hao had won over the Strength Clan, and Ning Rongrong explained that Luo Hao had beaten their clan leader.
• Ning Fengzhi announced Ning Rongrong as vice sect master and held an engagement ceremony for her and Luo Hao the next day.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples challenged Luo Hao after the ceremony, but he defeated them in the training grounds and headed to Ning Rongrong’s residence.

Luo Hao fought Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo after they challenged his strength, then returned to Ning Rongrong’s room and shared an intimate night with her. The next morning, Ning Rongrong was embarrassed as Luo Hao teased her about what had happened.

• Luo Hao denied boasting about his defense, but Sword Douluo attacked him and chased him out of Seven Treasures City with Bone Douluo.
• Luo Hao fought the two elders until he had drained their Soul Power and defeated them.
• Luo Hao returned late at night, found Ning Rongrong apparently asleep, and climbed into bed beside her.
• When Ning Rongrong pulled away the blanket in her sleep, Luo Hao moved closer and ended up holding her.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong hid beneath the blanket in embarrassment while Luo Hao teased her.

Luo Hao’s Reincarnation Disk pointed toward the newly born Bibi Dong, while Yu Xiaogang’s disk also revealed her reincarnation and sent him rushing to find her. Luo Hao stayed with Ning Rongrong to watch the tournament match instead of searching for Bibi Dong.

• Luo Hao noticed his Reincarnation Disk form an arrow pointing in one direction and realized Bibi Dong had been born.
• Yu Xiaogang saw his own disk point toward Bibi Dong and hurried to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find her.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang insisted Bibi Dong had reincarnated and left with his bundle.
• Flender decided to help Erlong recover after the tournament, despite his anger at Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Rongrong brought Luo Hao to watch the match, keeping him from going to find Bibi Dong.