Chapter Summaries

Zhao Zilong quickly advanced in Heart Separation Control while training with Ning Rongrong, and his growing closeness with her made Meng Yiran fear losing him. Sword Douluo Chen Xin challenged Zhao Zilong to prove he was strong enough to protect Rongrong, and Zhao Zilong pointed to the ongoing Spirit Master Competition as his test.

• Zhao Zilong learned multitasking in Heart Separation Control within a day, and Ning Rongrong told him she had taught Tang San the sect technique with her father's permission.
• Ning Rongrong explained that her Four-Aperture Constant Heart let her precisely support four people at once, and Zhao Zilong agreed to continue practicing with her.
• Meng Yiran asked to accompany Zhao Zilong, but he refused because he was going to practice the sect's secret technique and visit the Seven Treasure Pavilion with Ning Rongrong.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin questioned Zhao Zilong about pursuing both Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran, and Zhao Zilong admitted that he wanted them both.
• Zhao Zilong said the Spirit Master Competition would prove he could protect Rongrong, and Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword to take them to Seven Treasure City.

Zhao Zilong visited the Seven Treasure Pavilion with Ning Rongrong and chose three items in exchange for providing the Godly Zhuge Crossbow blueprint and giving her a spirit bone. He left with Dragon Scale Soft Armor and two low-year spirit bones, while the sect’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and most valuable treasures remained off limits.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin brought Zhao Zilong and Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed them and confirmed that the Godly Zhuge Crossbow was being forged.
• Ning Fengzhi let Zhao Zilong choose three treasures from the Seven Treasure Pavilion, and Bone Douluo criticized him for remaining involved with Meng Yiran while claiming to like Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong guided Zhao Zilong through the Pavilion and took him to the fourth floor, where he rejected the thousand-year spirit bones as unsuitable for himself.
• Zhao Zilong chose Dragon Scale Soft Armor, a 3,300-year Leopard Cat Right Leg Spirit Bone, and a 2,700-year Black Turtle torso spirit bone, but passed over the Dragon Gallant Silver Bright Spear because he could not use it.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that they should return because a match was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo to escort them.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to make contact with Zhao Zilong and try to recruit him, while the Heaven Dou Royal Team prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy. Zhao Zilong traded taunts with Huo Wu before their match began.

• Bibi Dong learned Zhao Zilong was from Sea God Island and suspected the other Asura God inheritor might appear at the Spirit Master Competition.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to approach Zhao Zilong with Yan and Xie Yue, warning her not to show hostility and to try recruiting him.
• Qin Ming told the Heaven Dou Royal Team they would face Blazing Fire Academy, and Zhao Zilong insisted on competing despite Yu Tianheng's concern about fire countering his Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Tianheng chose Zhao Zilong, Meng Yiran, Yanzi, Shi Mo, Fan Mo, and He Miao to fight, while Master Yu Xiaogang brought the Shrek Battle Team to study their opponents.
• At the arena, Zhao Zilong admired Huo Wu and teased her, prompting Meng Yiran to pinch him before Huo Wu challenged him to prove himself.

The Heaven Dou Royal Team defeated the Blazing Fire Team after Zhao Zilong revealed that his Blue Silver Grass was immune to fire and poisoned Huo Wushuang. The Blazing Fire Team conceded, and Zhao Zilong left Huo Wu furious as he suggested they might meet again in the advancement round.

• Yu Tianheng told the Heaven Dou Royal Team to follow their previous strategy, while Huo Wu complained that their opponents had fielded fewer Soul Ancestors.
• Yu Tianheng and Huo Wushuang clashed, and Huo Wu used her Resisting Fire Ring to knock Shi Mo away as Huo Wushuang attacked Zhao Zilong and He Miao.
• Zhao Zilong shielded himself and He Miao with fire-immune Blue Silver Grass, then struck Huo Wushuang with poisoned leaves and bound him.
• Huo Wu conceded for the Blazing Fire Team, and Zhao Zilong treated Huo Wushuang's wounds before tossing him back to his teammates.
• Zhao Zilong teased Huo Wu and suggested they would meet again in the advancement round, making her angrily vow not to let the matter go.

After Blazing Fire Academy’s match, the Spirit Hall Golden Generation visited the Heaven Dou Royal Team and questioned Zhao Zilong about his fourth soul skill. The visitors left without a fight, while the team wondered why Spirit Hall had taken an interest in them.

• Meng Yiran scolded Zhao Zilong for staring at Huo Wu, and he chased after her when she left the arena.
• Tang San puzzled over Zhao Zilong’s fire-resistant Blue Silver Grass, while Yu Xiaogang noted that Blazing Fire Academy had not forced Zhao Zilong to reveal his fourth soul skill.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena confronted the Heaven Dou Royal Team in the corridor and introduced themselves as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Hu Liena asked Zhao Zilong to show her his fourth soul skill, and he called her slutty, angering her and Yan.
• Hu Liena left with Xie Yue and Yan after challenging the team to prove its strength in the remaining preliminary matches.
• Yu Tianheng wondered why the three Soul Kings were scouting the preliminaries, and Zhao Zilong teased him about his dramatic speeches.

Feng Xiaotian challenged Zhao Zilong over Huo Wu, while Shrek Academy debated facing Blazing Fire Academy and Tang San insisted on competing without revealing the Clear Sky Hammer. Heaven Dou Royal Academy learned that their next opponent was the undefeated Skywater Academy, led by Shui Bing'er.

• Feng Xiaotian told Zhao Zilong not to lose before they could meet in the arena, explaining that Huo Wu had promised to consider dating him if he won.
• Zhao Zilong mocked Feng Xiaotian's devotion to Huo Wu and said Feng had almost no chance of defeating him.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended that Shrek forfeit against Blazing Fire Academy because its fire abilities countered Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San insisted they fight without exposing his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qin Yin told Heaven Dou Royal Academy that they would face Skywater Academy, an undefeated team whose captain, Shui Bing'er, was a level-43 Soul Ancestor with an Ice Phoenix martial spirit.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy learned about Skywater Academy’s strength and Martial Soul Fusion Skill before watching Shrek Battle Team face Blazing Fire Team. The match began with Tang San avoiding the flames without revealing whether his Blue Silver Grass was fire-resistant, and he fought Blazing Fire’s attackers at close range.

• Qin Yin warned Yu Tianheng and the others that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Yu Tianheng decided his team would go all out against Skywater Academy.
• Yu Tianheng and the others went to watch Shrek Battle Team take on Blazing Fire Team, which fielded Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Tailong, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Huang Yuan.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu recognized Tang San as a threat, while Huo Wushuang and Dai Mubai exchanged taunts before the match began.
• Blazing Fire’s members bypassed the front line to target Tang San, Tailong, and Oscar, hoping to test whether Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass resisted fire.
• Tang San avoided Blazing Fire’s flames with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and engaged the attackers at close range using the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.

Shrek defeated Blazing Fire Academy after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed the Hell White Tiger, while Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass had no fire immunity and had used Huo Wu’s assumptions against her. After the match, Zhao Zilong and the Heaven Dou Royal Team prepared for their next bout.

• Huo Wu ordered her team to target Tang San, and Tailong stepped in to block Huo Yan from reaching him.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger, and sent Blazing Fire Academy members flying off the stage.
• Oscar supplied recovery sausages as Shrek’s team launched a counterattack, and Tang San revealed he had never claimed his Blue Silver Grass was fireproof.
• Huo Wushuang surrendered after the Hell White Tiger overwhelmed his team, and Host Doudou announced Shrek as the winner.
• Yu Tianheng and Shi Mo recognized the Hell White Tiger as a major threat, while Zhao Zilong remarked on Tang San’s tactics.
• Yu Tianheng told the Heaven Dou Royal Team that their next match was beginning.

Skywater Academy faced the Heaven Dou Royal Team, whose seven Soul Ancestors gave them a clear advantage in strength. The match began with Shui Bing'er trapping most of her opponents in ice, but Zhao Zilong repeatedly evaded her locking skill with Lingbo Weibu.

• Skywater Academy opened with a dance that captivated the spectators and drew jealous glares from Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran as Yu Tianheng and Zhao Zilong watched.
• Host Doudou announced both teams' lineups and Soul Power levels, revealing that Heaven Dou had fielded seven Soul Ancestors while Skywater had three.
• Shui Bing'er told her teammates that she and Xue Wu could use another form of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they would fight rather than surrender.
• After the match began, Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal to freeze the Heaven Dou team, but Zhao Zilong escaped by leaving an afterimage.
• Yu Tianheng broke free with Wrath of Thunder, and the Heaven Dou team resumed its attack while Shui Bing'er tried Ice Seal again.
• Shui Bing'er saw that Zhao Zilong evaded the repeated attack with Lingbo Weibu, which left afterimages and countered her locking skill.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to overwhelm the Heaven Dou Royal Team with freezing weather and a storm of ice. When those attacks failed to break the team’s defenses, they summoned a massive Ice Phoenix, leaving Yu Tianheng determined to fight it.

• Shui Bing'er ordered Skywater Academy to buy time while she and Xue Wu prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xue Wu’s rain and snow Soul Skills combined with Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix to freeze the arena, forcing Host Doudou to raise the protective barrier.
• Dugu Yan used her poisons as the Heaven Dou Royal Team charged, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice Snow Falling.
• The Shi Mo brothers shielded their teammates while Zhao Zilong used his ice-immune Blue Silver Grass to reinforce their defense.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu transformed their attack into a massive Ice Phoenix and warned the Heaven Dou Royal Team to surrender.
• Yu Tianheng rejected Shui Bing’er’s warning and prepared to face the Ice Phoenix with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

Zhao Zilong used Absolute Defense to withstand Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix and secure the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s victory. After the match, he warned Shui Bing'er about Tang San, while Tang San and Hu Liena grew wary of Zhao Zilong’s strength.

• Zhao Zilong stopped Yu Tianheng and confronted Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice Phoenix with Eight Trigrams Palm: Heavenly Return.
• The Ice Phoenix shattered against Zhao Zilong, who emerged completely unharmed as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu exhausted their Soul Power.
• Shui Bing'er admitted defeat, and Host Doudou declared the Heaven Dou Royal Team the winner.
• Zhao Zilong told Shui Bing'er he was immune to ice and fire, then warned her that Tang San used tactics and had tricked Blazing Fire Academy.
• Tang San saw Zhao Zilong’s spinning defense with his Purple Demon Eye and suspected it was a formidable cultivation technique.
• Hu Liena became curious about Zhao Zilong, while Xue Ye praised the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s talented team.

Zhao Zilong defeated Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill unharmed, securing victory for the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Tang San recognized the power of Zhao Zilong’s technique, while Shui Bing’er and others became wary of him.

• Zhao Zilong stopped Yu Tianheng from confronting the Ice Phoenix and used Eight Trigrams Palm: Heavenly Return to shatter the attack without injury.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu exhausted their Soul Power and surrendered, giving the Heaven Dou Royal Team the victory.
• Zhao Zilong told Shui Bing’er that his Absolute Defense and immunity to ice had countered the Ice Phoenix, then warned her about Tang San.
• Tang San saw Zhao Zilong’s defense with his Purple Demon Eye and wondered how another transmigrator could be so powerful.
• Hu Liena grew curious about Zhao Zilong, while Xue Ye celebrated the strength of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

After Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, Yu Xiaogang warned him that Spirit Hall would take notice and urged Shrek to save its strength for the finals. Tang San agreed to forfeit against the Heaven Dou Royal Team but remained determined to defeat Skywater Academy, and Shrek prepared to face them with only two days left in the qualifiers.

• After Shrek's victory, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan realized Tang San had a second Martial Soul and identified his connection to the Clear Sky Sect, while Zhao Zilong denied having Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Tang San for revealing the Clear Sky Hammer and warned that Spirit Hall would watch him, especially during the finals in Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Shrek to hide its remaining strength and forfeit against both Skywater Academy and the Heaven Dou Royal Team, but Tang San insisted on defeating Skywater and proving himself against Zhao Zilong.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested Tang San could face Zhao Zilong in the one-on-one advancement rounds; Tang San agreed to forfeit against the Heaven Dou Royal Team but not Skywater Academy.
• Two days before the qualifiers ended, Yu Xiaogang warned Shrek that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu had stronger Soul Power than Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San accepted responsibility for planning against Skywater.

Heaven Dou Royal Team discussed the odds for Shrek’s match against Tianshui Academy before watching the two undefeated teams face off. Tianshui’s Ice Snow Falling restricted Shrek, but Ma Hongjun’s Fire Phoenix began melting the ice as Shui Bing’er prepared to summon her Ice Phoenix.

• Dugu Yan said the organizers had deliberately scheduled Shrek’s match against Tianshui Academy as the final match, and Zhao Zilong judged the contest a fifty-fifty chance.
• Shrek fielded Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tailong, keeping Ning Rongrong hidden.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu opened with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling, which chilled the arena and strengthened Tianshui’s water-attributed Martial Souls.
• Tang San ordered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to use Hell White Tiger, but the ice domain severely restricted them and Shui Bing’er demanded Shrek surrender.
• Ma Hongjun revealed his Fire Phoenix and used Phoenix Fire Line to melt the ice, prompting Shui Bing’er to combine her Soul Power with Xue Wu and condense Ice Snow Falling into an Ice Phoenix.

Tang San tried to break Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice Phoenix with Ma Hongjun's fire and his Clear Sky Hammer, but the attack overwhelmed the Shrek Battle Team. Dai Mubai surrendered to protect the frozen team, giving Skywater Academy the victory.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice Phoenix, and Tang San challenged it with Ma Hongjun's help, convinced his Clear Sky Hammer could destroy it.
• Ma Hongjun's flames barely affected the Ice Phoenix, and Tang San's hammer broke only its head before the Phoenix struck them both and sent them flying.
• Shui Bing'er dispersed the Ice Phoenix, but its freezing current engulfed the arena and froze the Shrek Battle Team; Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing escaped the ice inside the Hell White Tiger.
• Shui Bing'er warned that Tang San and Ma Hongjun risked losing their lives unless they received treatment quickly, so Dai Mubai surrendered and Host Doudou declared Skywater Academy the winner.
• Zhao Zilong watched the Shrek members being carried away and concluded that he had overestimated Tang San.

After Shrek lost to the Skywater Team, Tang San struggled with his defeat while the competition district’s top five teams were decided and rewarded by Xue Ye. Zhao Zilong rejected a noble title and promised to pursue the championship in exchange for a reward, but the chapter ended before he revealed what he wanted.

• Tang San dwelled on Shrek’s loss to the Skywater Team and wondered whether cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer could have changed the result.
• Flender and Ning Rongrong encouraged Shrek by promising that Ning Rongrong would support the team in the finals.
• Shrek forfeited its match against the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and the final standings placed Heaven Dou first, Skywater second, Shrek third, Blazing Fire fourth, and Elephant Armor fifth.
• Xue Ye announced a month of training before the advancement matches and awarded noble ranks and possible rewards to the five leading teams.
• Salas challenged Zhao Zilong’s confidence about defeating Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, but Zhao Zilong said he would still try to win the championship.
• Zhao Zilong refused a noble title and asked Xue Ye for a reward if the Heaven Dou Royal Team won, but the chapter ended with Xue Ye asking what he wanted.

Zhao Zilong asked Emperor Xue Ye for the Heaven Dou Empire’s national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and planned to use the month before the advancement matches to improve his Soul Power. After Huo Wu challenged him to a duel, Zhao Zilong proposed a wager, but Meng Yiran intervened to stop him from exploiting the contest to get close to another woman.

• Zhao Zilong requested the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xue Ye said he would consider giving him the imperial treasure and send someone to find him in a few days.
• After the qualifiers ended, Zhao Zilong planned to raise his Soul Power from level 45 to level 46 during the month before the advancement matches and reviewed his unfinished sign-in tasks.
• Huo Wu challenged Zhao Zilong to a one-on-one fight, insisting that he face her without using his Martial Soul.
• Zhao Zilong suggested adding a wager, but Meng Yiran recognized his scheme and told him not to bet with Huo Wu, offering to fight her herself.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, warning Tang San to protect her without revealing what he knew. He then reflected that concealing her aura might have saved Tang San’s mother from Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to meet Tang Hao, who had secretly protected him over the years.
• Tang Hao said he had come to teach Tang San Clear Sky Sect secret techniques and acknowledged his past fault toward the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Tang Hao confirmed that Spirit Hall had killed Tang San’s mother and asked how Tang San felt about Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who could create her own soul rings.
• Tang San vowed to protect Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao told him that she had concealed her aura and he must keep her identity secret.
• Tang Hao lamented that his wife might have survived if she had been able to conceal her soul beast aura.

Tang Hao revealed that Tang San’s mother was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself to save him, and began preparing Tang San to master the Clear Sky Hammer. Meanwhile, Xue Ye invited Zhao Zilong to the palace and promised him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a count’s title if the Heaven Dou Royal Team won the Spirit Master Competition, then asked about Sea God Island.

• Tang Hao told Tang San how Spirit Hall hunted his mother and how she sacrificed herself, and Tang San vowed to avenge her.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that Spirit Hall would target him and said he would train him in Clear Sky Hammer techniques for a month.
• Xue Qinghe brought Zhao Zilong to meet Xue Ye and the other powerful figures of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhao Zilong asked Xue Ye to grant him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if the Heaven Dou Royal Team won the competition, and Xue Ye promised it along with a count’s title.
• Xue Ye asked Zhao Zilong about Sea God Island, and Zhao Zilong described its isolation and hostility toward land-based spirit masters who did not worship the Sea God.

Zhao Zilong discussed Sea God Island and the City of Slaughter with Dugu Bo, while Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. A month later, the Promotion Tournament began, and Feng Xiaotian challenged Zhao Zilong to fight him first.

• Zhao Zilong warned Dugu Bo that Sea God Island's trials were especially difficult for land soul masters and said he would eventually visit the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to secretly retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, agreed to keep the two elders in the Crown Prince Palace while they planned how to retrieve the treasure from the treasury.
• A month later, the Promotion Tournament began, and Zhao Zilong had reached Soul Power rank forty-six.
• Feng Xiaotian approached the Heaven Dou Royal Team and challenged Zhao Zilong to take the field first so he could defeat him personally.