Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun overwhelmed Dong Zaitian until Dong burned the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast’s essence blood and unleashed a forbidden art that seemed to drown Xu Kun. Dong believed he had won, but Xu Kun survived by using the Wind God’s Cloak, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Xu Kun pinned Dong Zaitian with Mirage Dragon’s Breath and shattered his defenses until Dong used the Dragon Scale Heart Mirror to block the attack.
• Dong burned the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast’s essence blood, declaring that he would defeat Xu Kun and make him apologize to Weiwei.
• Dong unleashed Forbidden Art: Dragon Arises, Clouds Gather, trapping Xu Kun in a deep pool and sending a Flowing Water Dragon to attack him.
• Dong collapsed beside the weakened Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast and believed they had won, but Xu Kun emerged unharmed after the Wind God’s Cloak made Dong’s attack miss.

Xu Kun was ordered by Lord Dong to play the villain and punish Dong Zaitian for sacrificing his battle beast out of one-sided love for Chu Weiwei. Just as the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast prepared to burn its essence blood again, the Azure Dragon Saint appeared and seized it, leaving Xu Kun and Dong Zaitian behind.

• The Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast shielded Dong Zaitian from Xu Kun, who bound Dong Zaitian and brutally beat the exhausted beast at Lord Dong’s request.
• Xu Kun told Dong Zaitian that Chu Weiwei had offered herself to him and warned that Dong Zaitian’s devotion could endanger the Dong family.
• Dong Zaitian admitted nothing, while Xu Kun urged him to care for the battle beast that had repeatedly sacrificed itself for him.
• The Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast rose and began burning its essence blood again despite Dong Zaitian’s pleas.
• The Azure Dragon Saint emerged from Cloudy Marsh, swept past Xu Kun, seized the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast, and vanished back into the marsh.

After Xu Kun’s battle with Dong Zaitian, a peak Saint-level dragon intervened, and Lord Dong punished his grandson while arranging treatment for his injured battle beast. Xu Kun then turned to continue climbing the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, but someone stopped him.

• Thor explained that a peak Saint-level Dragon Race creature had intervened to protect its descendant, the beast controlled by Dong Zaitian.
• Lord Dong rebuked Dong Zaitian for burning his battle beast’s essence blood over a personal dispute and revealed he had told Xu Kun to strike him hard to teach him a lesson.
• Lord Dong sent the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast to the Azure Dragon Saint for treatment and ordered Dong Zaitian to clean the Dragon Blood Beast Pen until he reached War King level.
• The Beast Academy dean took Dong Zaitian away, while Xu Kun’s victory and ruthless reputation silenced most of the students’ complaints.
• Xu Kun prepared to challenge for the ninth Dragon-Tiger Rankings seat after learning Shangguan Yuanwei was absent, but an untimely voice called for him to wait.

Li Gengshuo interrupted Xu Kun’s Dragon-Tiger Rankings challenge and provoked him into a fight, hoping to exploit his exhaustion. Xu Kun accepted, mocked Li Gengshuo’s forbidden spell, and prepared to face him on Hundred Battles Mountain.

• Li Gengshuo arrived from Torch Mountain to cheers from his fans and criticized Xu Kun for defeating the Dragon-Tiger Rankings prodigies.
• Li Gengshuo challenged Xu Kun despite Xu Shao’s warning, and Xu Kun taunted him by calling him Senior Sister.
• Xu Kun agreed to fight Li Gengshuo and accused him of relying on the absence of Shangguan Yuanwei to show off.
• Li Gengshuo transformed into a flame wolf and prepared to use Flame Wolf Heart-Shattering Fury against the battle-worn Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun revealed that he knew Li Gengshuo’s trump card, called him a clown on a stage, and summoned the Judge’s Soul-Reaping Brush.

Xu Kun withstood Li Gengshuo’s Flame Wolf Heart-Shattering Fury, then used Soul Fixation and Netherworld Ghost Fire to subdue him. After Xu Kun did something to the helpless Li Gengshuo, he let him return to Torch Mountain, where Li Gengshuo realized what had happened and screamed.

• Li Gengshuo attacked Xu Kun with Flame Wolf Heart-Shattering Fury, confident its execution effect would kill him.
• Xu Kun took the attack without dodging and emerged unharmed, leaving Li Gengshuo stunned.
• When Li Gengshuo tried to flee, Xu Kun used Soul Fixation to freeze him in midair and pull him down.
• Xu Kun used Netherworld Ghost Fire to break Li Gengshuo’s Flame Wolf form, then approached him while Yang Yao covered her eyes.
• Xu Kun let Li Gengshuo stagger back toward Torch Mountain, where Li Gengshuo realized what Xu Kun had done and screamed.

Xu Kun humiliated Li Gengshuo before Shangguan Yuanwei arrived and ordered the Fire Institute to take him away. Shangguan challenged Xu Kun, offering him a top-ten Dragon-Tiger Rankings seat if he would leave Yang Yao; Xu Kun refused and prepared to fight her.

• Xu Kun exposed Li Gengshuo's pink thong, prompting the spectators to mock him and many of his fans to abandon him.
• Li Gengshuo charged at Xu Kun, but Shangguan Yuanwei arrived in Crimson Battle Armor and ordered the Fire Institute's dean to take him away.
• Shangguan Yuanwei met Xu Kun and agreed to fight him after Lord Dong explained that Xu Kun had already fought eight battles.
• Shangguan offered to yield her Dragon-Tiger Rankings seat if Xu Kun promised never to meet Yao Yao again, but Xu Kun refused and declared that he would defend his relationship with her.
• Shangguan Yuanwei raised her blazing Fire-Sweeping Spear and prepared to fight Xu Kun.

Xu Kun faced Shangguan Yuanwei, a powerful fire-spearman, in the battle and relied on his counters to withstand her relentless attacks. Shangguan Yuanwei eventually caught him with a fiery spear technique and stabbed his shoulder, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yang Yao explained Shangguan Yuanwei's strengths and weaknesses to Xu Kun, noting that she had few openings and excelled in combat.
• Shangguan Yuanwei demanded that Xu Kun not use Moonlight Laurels, but he teased her until she charged at him in anger.
• Xu Kun blocked Shangguan Yuanwei's opening spear attacks and used Deflect Star Shift to send her strikes and flame dragons back at her.
• Shangguan Yuanwei cracked the battlefield with Hellfire and used magma and repeated spear throws to pressure Xu Kun, who countered her attacks.
• Shangguan Yuanwei baited Xu Kun into a clash, sent a fire serpent along his sword, and stabbed him in the shoulder with her spear.

Xu Kun turned Shangguan Yuanwei’s attempt to retrieve her spear against her, then fought her at full strength after she recovered her composure. He healed himself moments before crashing into the ground, but Shangguan Yuanwei found him missing when she rushed to finish him off.

• Xu Kun trapped Shangguan Yuanwei’s spear in his shoulder, struck her with a combo, and then ripped the weapon free and returned it to her.
• Shangguan Yuanwei briefly became dazed by Xu Kun’s blood, apologized after he scolded her, and announced she would fight seriously.
• Shangguan Yuanwei empowered herself with flames and buffs, then battered Xu Kun with a spear combo.
• Xu Kun countered her final thrust with Divine Wind Howl, mangling his leg and sending her flying before he fell toward the ground.
• Xu Kun cast Wind’s Elegy to heal himself just before impact, but Shangguan Yuanwei found him gone from the crater when she arrived.

Xu Kun turned Shangguan Yuanwei’s attacks against her after she unleashed Great Wilderness Starfall, using a hundredfold-amplified Deflect Star Shift and the power of Xuanyuan Sword Qi. Shangguan Yuanwei was hurled into the barrier, while Xu Kun witnessed the Xuanyuan Lord and received the sword qi into his brow.

• Shangguan Yuanwei forced Xu Kun out of the ground with Fist of Fury: Submergence, then attacked him with Nine Palaces and Nine Jiao.
• Xu Kun teleported behind Shangguan Yuanwei, bound her with Dragon Binding Cord, and stunned and rooted her with Earth Shattering Slash and Trampling Strike.
• Shangguan Yuanwei activated Blazing Charmer and trapped Xu Kun inside a ring of fire before launching Great Wilderness Starfall.
• Xu Kun used Something from Nothing and Fate Judgment to amplify Deflect Star Shift, awakening a vision of the Xuanyuan Lord demonstrating the counter style of the Three Styles of Xuanyuan.
• Xu Kun’s golden sword radiance rebounded Great Wilderness Starfall, shattered its firestar, and threw Shangguan Yuanwei into the Hundred Battles Mountain barrier.
• The Xuanyuan Lord explained the origin of Deflect Star Shift, then faded as Xuanyuan Sword Qi entered the center of Xu Kun’s brow.

Xu Kun survived Shangguan Yuanwei’s devastating attack by reflecting its damage with Deflect Star Shift, then learned the counterattack skill’s limits as they both reached the brink of exhaustion. Shangguan Yuanwei launched her ultimate assault, and the chapter ended with her spear piercing Xu Kun’s heart.

• Xu Kun discovered that the Xuanyuan Sword Qi had advanced Deflect Star Shift to an incomplete SS-tier skill, while Li Yian woke frightened by the sword qi in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Kun read Deflect Star Shift’s new abilities and realized its reflection of Shangguan Yuanwei’s Great Wilderness Starfall had left him with no stamina.
• Shangguan Yuanwei survived the reflected attack with the Savior Spirit Shield, and she challenged Xu Kun to defeat her and make her submit.
• Shangguan Yuanwei activated Bloodfiend Assault and unleashed Prairie Fire Hundred Slashes, while Xu Kun lowered Chengying and did not try to dodge.
• Shangguan Yuanwei’s final thrust pierced Xu Kun’s heart, and he fell as his life force faded.

Xu Kun revived from Shangguan Yuanwei’s Prairie Fire Hundred Slashes and defeated her with Soul-Devouring Moon after she trapped them both in the Xuanlu Fire Cage. As Xu Kun collapsed from exhaustion, Zhai Xingzi entered the arena and attacked him with poison.

• Shangguan Yuanwei recovered while Xu Kun lay motionless, but Lord Dong stopped Xu Shao from declaring the match over when Xu Kun twitched and revived through the Vermilion Bird Feather.
• Xu Kun used the Kongtong Seal to restore a little health, then faced Shangguan Yuanwei as she activated Xuanlu Fire Cage to halt his recovery and prepare to kill him again.
• Xu Kun revealed Soul-Devouring Moon, trapping Shangguan Yuanwei inside the fire cage and striking her down with Chengying as the moon prison ended.
• Xu Kun collapsed after winning, but Zhai Xingzi entered the arena and sent poison toward him while students from the Poison Academy cheered.

Xu Kun faced Zhai Xingzi while exhausted from his previous fight, and Zhai Xingzi tried to poison him and trap him with centipedes. Xu Kun secretly recovered inside the poison cloud, and the chapter left Zhai Xingzi convinced he had won while Xu Kun prepared to turn the fight around.

• Lord Dong ruled that no one could interfere until Xu Kun surrendered or was defeated, despite the spectators' anger at Zhai Xingzi's dishonorable challenge.
• Zhai Xingzi hesitated when Xu Kun smiled, then attacked from a distance with One-Day Mortality Powder and surrounded him with poisonous centipedes.
• Zhai Xingzi asked Xu Shao to declare the outcome, but Xu Shao said the battle would continue because Xu Kun had not fallen.
• Xu Kun recovered with the Kongtong Seal and Zhang Guanqi's pill while his aura froze the centipedes in place.
• Xu Kun revealed that his feigned confidence had frightened Zhai Xingzi away from attacking when Xu Kun was vulnerable, and he checked Zhai Xingzi's information.

Xu Kun endured Zhai Xingzi’s poison attacks because the Mang Gu Toad made him immune to poison, while the poison cloud gave him time to recover. As Zhai Xingzi unleashed a swarm of venomous creatures, Ouyang Feng recognized that Xu Kun possessed the Mang Gu Toad, the nemesis of all poisons.

• Xu Kun watched the recording of Shangguan Yuanwei’s humiliating defeat by Zhai Xingzi’s aphrodisiac poison.
• Xu Kun remained unaffected by One-Day Mortality Powder, and the poison cloud helped him recover while Zhai Xingzi kept his distance.
• Zhai Xingzi released venomous snakes, poisonous rats, and other creatures from the Corpse Heart Pouch and sent them after Xu Kun.
• Kuai Tong tested Ouyang Feng with poisoned tea, but Ouyang Feng detected the Silver-Bellied King Snake’s venom.
• Ouyang Feng asked Kuai Tong about the divine object known as the nemesis of all poisons, and Kuai Tong identified the Mang Gu Toad.

Ouyang Feng challenged the arrogance of the poison school and its leaders, Sima Ziyuan and Ding Chunqiu, then humiliated Ding Chunqiu’s attempt to poison him. In the ongoing fight, Xu Kun emerged unaffected by Zhai Xingzi’s poison and wounded him, leaving Zhai Xingzi stunned and Xu Kun condemning the poison school’s teachings.

• Kuai Tong explained to Ouyang Feng how Sima Ziyuan’s reforms and the Star Constellation Sect’s influence had made the poison school powerful, while Ouyang Feng said his young master should broaden its narrow-minded students’ horizons.
• Sima Ziyuan and Ding Chunqiu arrived to watch Zhai Xingzi’s fight, and Ouyang Feng refused to give Sima Ziyuan his name or show him respect.
• Ding Chunqiu sent poisonous specks toward Ouyang Feng, who inhaled them and sneezed powder onto the poison school students, making them itch and throwing them into chaos.
• Ouyang Feng dismissed Ding Chunqiu’s attack as a petty trick, and Ding Chunqiu recognized that Ouyang Feng’s poison-path attainments rivaled his own.
• Xu Kun’s Judge’s Soul-Reaping Brush shattered Zhai Xingzi’s poison needle and cut his face, then Xu Kun emerged unharmed from the poisonous creatures and kicked them apart.
• Zhai Xingzi asked why Xu Kun was unaffected by his poison arts, and Xu Kun rebuked him and the poison school for their despicable conduct.

Xu Kun overwhelmed Zhai Xingzi’s poison attacks and summoned creatures, then survived Zhai Xingzi’s last-resort true-damage skill. He stopped his sword at Zhai Xingzi after the Poison Academy student threatened him and his friends, leaving Xu Kun’s response uncertain.

• Xu Kun absorbed Zhai Xingzi’s poison clouds and resisted his attacks while Kongtong Seal recovery kept him alive.
• Zhai Xingzi summoned his poisonous creatures and Heart-Crushing Doll, but Xu Kun killed them and healed through their attacks.
• Zhai Xingzi used Dissolving Skill Great Art to drain Xu Kun’s stamina, then struck with At Wit's End, but Xu Kun survived the blast.
• Zhai Xingzi threatened Xu Kun with retaliation from Ding Chunqiu and the Poison Academy, so Xu Kun stopped Chengying and asked whether Zhai Xingzi was threatening him.

Xu Kun tortured Zhai Xingzi with multiple Life-Death Talismans after Zhai Xingzi threatened his friends, prompting Ding Chunqiu to intervene and accuse Xu Kun of using a forbidden art. The confrontation escalated as Xu Kun defied Ding and threatened him, while Ouyang Feng offered to fight Ding in a Saint Battle.

• Xu Kun disabled Zhai Xingzi with the Judge's Soul-Reaping Brush and planted six Life-Death Talismans on him, leaving him in agony.
• Ding Chunqiu intervened from Thousand Spider Mountain and was checked by Lord Dong when he tried to overpower Xu Shao.
• Ding Chunqiu declared Xu Kun the winner but accused him of using Tianshan Child Granny's sinister Life-Death Talisman and threatened to expel him.
• Kong Shizhan and Gongsun Bogui defended Xu Kun, while Lord Dong demanded that Xu Kun explain himself.
• Xu Kun revealed that Zhai Xingzi had threatened his friends and openly challenged Ding Chunqiu and the Sima Family.
• Ouyang Feng backed Xu Kun and challenged Ding Chunqiu to a Saint Battle if Ding took another step forward.

Sima Ziyuan rallied academy officials to pressure Lord Dong into punishing Xu Kun after Ding Chunqiu intervened in Xu Kun and Zhai Xingzi’s tournament fight. Lord Dong ordered Xu Kun to remove the Life-Death Talisman and apologize, but Xu Kun instead planted his foot on Zhai Xingzi and challenged Ding Chunqiu and Sima Ziyuan.

• Ouyang Feng defended Xu Kun, while Sima Ziyuan insisted that Xu Kun had insulted a Saint and that Ding Chunqiu had acted to protect his disciple.
• Lord Dong weighed the academy’s political rivalries as Kong Shizhan urged him to uphold the tournament rules and investigate Ding Chunqiu’s interference.
• Sima Ziyuan accused Xu Kun of using the sinister Life-Death Talisman, demanded Xu Kun apologize and release Zhai Xingzi, and called for Ouyang Feng to be expelled.
• Lord Dong ordered Xu Kun to remove the Life-Death Talisman from Zhai Xingzi and apologize to Ding Chunqiu.
• Xu Kun stood on Zhai Xingzi’s head and shouted at Ding Chunqiu and Sima Ziyuan, calling them two old dogs and ordering them to come down.

Yang Yao revealed herself at the Imperial Capital Academy and used her status as the human race’s Little Princess to defend Xu Kun after Zhai Xingzi’s attack and threats. She publicly rebuked Zhai Xingzi and Ding Chunqiu, while an ally appeared behind her as the confrontation continued.

• Xu Kun summoned the Spirit Coffin Lamp, and Thor’s lightning aura suppressed the venue and frightened Sima Ziyuan and Ding Chunqiu.
• Yang Yao removed her cloak, revealed her identity, and warned Sima Ziyuan against using force against her.
• Sima Ziyuan apologized to Yang Yao, and Lord Dong welcomed her as the Little Princess.
• Yang Yao condemned Zhai Xingzi for attacking Xu Kun after his grueling matches and threatening his friends, then warned the Star Constellation Sect not to cause trouble.
• Yang Yao silenced Ding Chunqiu when he defended his sect, and a white-clad figure appeared behind her, offering to punish whoever had provoked her.

Chang Hao took Yang Yao home after warning the academy leaders against making her unhappy, and his words strengthened Lord Dong’s position. Xu Kun’s next Dragon-Tiger Rankings challenge began when Bao Xu offered to settle their match with a single move.

• Chang Hao arrived to take Yang Yao home and warned Sima Ziyuan that the Seven Sages of Meishan would oppose anyone who upset her.
• Lord Dong stripped Zhai Xingzi of his Dragon-Tiger Rankings prodigy status, while Kong Shizhan had Kong Changyao decline to reclaim his place.
• Sima Ziyuan returned to Thousand Spider Mountain, and Sima Dai resolved to defeat Xu Kun if he reached his level.
• The Dragon-Tiger Rankings contest resumed, and Bao Xu challenged Xu Kun to withstand one move or end his run.

Xu Kun prepared to face Bao Xu, a terrifying soul specialist and one of Liangshan’s 72 Earthly Fiends, despite Yang Yao warning that Bao Xu’s techniques could overwhelm him. After trading insults and reassurances, they began the match, with Bao Xu unleashing his ultimate move.

• Yang Yao explained Bao Xu’s inherited soul powers, lightning resistance, and danger to Xu Kun’s soul.
• Xu Kun showed no fear of Bao Xu’s frightening appearance and teased him until Bao Xu threatened the freshmen and then grinned at Xu Kun’s suggestion.
• Bao Xu summoned the Soul-Departure Sword and warned Xu Kun to surrender if the soul damage became unbearable.
• Xu Kun readied himself as Bao Xu activated “Night Parade of a Myriad Ghosts: Total Extermination.”