Chapter Summaries

Ning Yueming defeated Meng Hongchen in the first round after countering her poison-based attacks with his lightning Soul Skills. He remained on the stage with forty percent of his Soul Power left, expecting to last until Xiao Hongchen fought.

• Ning Yueming used his Fourth Soul Skill to destroy Meng Hongchen's mirror images and forced her to defend against his charge.
• Meng Hongchen used her equipment and rapier skills to stop Ning Yueming from reaching her, while he avoided her poisonous attacks.
• Meng Hongchen prepared a poison-enhanced counterattack, but Ning Yueming used his Sixth Soul Skill to shatter her escape disks and strike around her shield.
• Ning Yueming stopped his Great Saber just short of Meng Hongchen's neck, and the referee declared victory for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
• Meng Hongchen praised Ning Yueming, who returned to his position and noted that he had forty percent of his Soul Power remaining.

Meng Hongchen accepted Xiao Hongchen’s advice after losing to Ning Yueming, who then fought two more Soul Kings before facing Xiao. Xiao began their match by using metal to counter Ning Yueming’s lightning-fast attack.

• Meng Hongchen returned to her team in defeat, and Xiao Hongchen comforted her by pointing out what she could learn from the match.
• Ning Yueming defeated two consecutive Soul Kings but was left badly exhausted and low on Soul Power.
• Xiao Hongchen took the stage and urged Ning Yueming to rest, but Ning refused so he could drain Xiao’s strength for his team.
• Xiao Hongchen began the match with his Metal Control, Metal Boiling, and Golden Shaping skills, forming a massive steel palm.
• Ning Yueming used Lightning Flash Thunder Roar to charge Xiao, but his Dragon Claws struck a hollow metal plate instead.

Xiao Hongchen overwhelmed Ning Yueming and the other Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan fighters in the individual elimination match, prompting Wu Feng to forfeit and move to the team battle. The team battle began with the outnumbered Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan facing Xiao Hongchen’s Ascension, while Wu Feng powered up to confront the Sun Moon team.

• Xiao Hongchen defeated Ning Yueming, then overpowered Ling Feihuang, Tian Xi, and Gu Xiaoxiao with his control over metal.
• Wu Feng forfeited the individual elimination match, ending it with a score of three to four and setting up the team battle.
• Wu Feng reminded Ning Buchu and Teng Jiao to retreat after buffing her, as she planned to fight Xiao Hongchen herself.
• The Sun Moon team entered the team battle with five members, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan fielded only Wu Feng, Ning Buchu, and Teng Jiao.
• When the battle began, the Sun Moon fighters deployed emplacement Soul Tools while Xiao Hongchen started his metal Ascension and Meng Hongchen guarded him.
• Wu Feng ate five kinds of chili peppers, activated her enhancement Soul Skills and Dragon King Claw: Lava Bodyguard, and transformed into an armored flame valkyrie.

Wu Feng overwhelmed the arena with her enhanced Dragon Might and attacked Xiao Hongchen, but he used custom metal coatings to counter her heat and completed his giant form. Wu Feng then used her Soul Bone Skill to lift and throw him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ning Buchu boosted Wu Feng with five Seven Treasure Glazed Tile soul skills, causing her heat and Dragon Might to surge across the arena.
• Wu Feng charged Xiao Hongchen with her Sixth Soul Skill, while Xiao warned Meng Hongchen and activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Meng Hongchen blocked Wu Feng with an Invincible Shield long enough for Xiao Hongchen to complete his Ascension, and the referee rescued her from his descending fist.
• Xiao Hongchen's anti-lava coating resisted Wu Feng's heat as he fought her with his Metal Giant.
• Wu Feng activated Flame Fang, lifted the Metal Giant, and threw Xiao Hongchen to the floor.

Wu Feng fought Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Giant with her flames and strength, but she could not overcome its repairs or break through its armor before exhausting herself. Ning Wuque caught her as she fell, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy won the match, three to seven.

• Wu Feng used Crimson Flame Propulsion to knock down Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Giant and damage its left arm despite the other Soul Engineers’ fire.
• Xiao Hongchen analyzed Wu Feng’s attacks and calculated that her heat and stamina would not be enough to penetrate the Metal Giant’s core.
• Wu Feng burned away her reason and repeatedly attacked the Metal Giant, but Xiao Hongchen repaired each damaged section and kept his balance.
• Wu Feng exhausted herself and fell after her final attack, and Ning Wuque caught her after breaking through the Soul Tool Protective Shield.
• The referee declared the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy the winner, with an individual score of three to seven.
• Xiao Hongchen released his Martial Soul Avatar and told Ning Wuque he would not be able to fight him at full strength during the seven-day cooldown.

Wu Feng lost to Xiao Hongchen after pushing herself to the limit, and Ning Wuque carried her from the arena to recover. After she woke, Ning Wuque and Ning Tian comforted her and promised he would hit Xiao Hongchen twice when they faced Sun Moon Royal Academy.

• Spectators cheered over Wu Feng’s dramatic battle with Xiao Hongchen, while Ning Buchu accepted that their team had been eliminated from the tournament.
• Ning Wuque carried the exhausted Wu Feng out of the venue and told Ning Yueming she was not seriously injured.
• Ning Tian joined Ning Wuque and Wu Feng at the entrance, then helped care for Wu Feng at the hotel.
• Wu Feng woke later that night and asked Ning Wuque whether she had won; he told her she had lost.
• Ning Tian suggested Ning Wuque avenge Wu Feng against Xiao Hongchen, and Ning Wuque promised to give him two punches.

Ning Wuque cared for Wu Feng as she recovered, then headed to the tournament as the Body Clan prepared to face the Holy Spirit Sect. When he realized Tang Dai was in danger, he rushed to warn Long Aotian to spare him.

• Ning Wuque promised Wu Feng he would avenge her against Xiao Hongchen, then left to bring food while Wu Feng and Ning Tian dressed and rested.
• The next morning, Ning Wuque and Ning Tian took Wu Feng for a medical examination, which found only exhaustion and excessive Soul Power loss.
• Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng spent a relaxed day together before returning to cultivation.
• At the fifth-round draw, Ning Wuque learned the Body Clan would face the Holy Spirit Sect and judged Long Aotian much stronger than Tang Ya and Yan Feng.
• Bei Bei left Shrek Academy's lounge to ask Long Aotian to spare Tang Ya, while Ning Wuque rushed to the Body Clan's lounge to warn them to spare Tang Dai.

Ning Wuque and Bei Bei visited Huo Yuhao’s group before their match to ask them to spare certain Evil Soul Masters. Huo Yuhao agreed to protect his own safety as he prepared to face the Holy Spirit Sect, leaving Bei Bei resolved to bring Tang Ya back to Shrek Academy or personally stop her if she could not be saved.

• Huo Yuhao welcomed Ning Wuque and Bei Bei, then assured Bei Bei that the team would try to spare Tang Ya’s life and leave her fate to Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei thanked Long Aotian and the others, explaining that he planned to capture Tang Ya after the tournament and would kill her himself if she escaped, as Mu En had instructed.
• Ning Wuque asked the group to spare Tang Dai, whose martial soul was the Skeleton King, and one or two other Evil Soul Masters; Long Aotian and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Long Aotian decided that he and Huo Yuhao would face the Holy Spirit Sect while the rest of the Body Clan avoided the dangerous opponents.
• Huo Yuhao said he could defeat the five opponents if no Soul Saints entered, but promised to surrender if necessary to protect himself and marry Weina.

Huo Yuhao faced the Holy Spirit Sect alone in the opening Individual Elimination Match and killed Jili with a combination of Spirit Detection, a scorpion-claw strike, and a devastating mental attack. Tang Dai then entered the arena, crushed Jili’s head, and prepared to fight Huo Yuhao next.

• Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian appeared as Heaven Soul Royal Academy’s representatives against the seven Holy Spirit Sect competitors.
• Tang Ya ordered Jili to fight first and instructed the others to kill their opponents.
• Huo Yuhao dodged Jili’s tongue attack, severed his tongue, and shattered his consciousness with a mental strike, killing him.
• Tang Dai stepped onto the arena, crushed Jili’s head, and stored his corpse in a Storage Soul Tool.
• The referee announced the start of the second individual match between Huo Yuhao and Tang Dai.

Huo Yuhao fought Tang Dai in close combat, adapting when Tang Dai’s undead vision countered his illusions. He weakened Tang Dai and shattered his limbs, leaving him unable to move on the arena.

• Huo Yuhao entered his Extreme Ice state and charged Tang Dai with Body Clan battle techniques as Tang Dai transformed into a skeleton and prepared his Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao’s illusions and close-range attacks initially fooled Tang Dai, but Tang Dai’s Fifth Soul Skill revealed Huo Yuhao’s presence and let him block the attacks.
• Tang Dai kicked at Huo Yuhao using his undead vision, and Huo Yuhao countered with Consciousness Supremacy, imitating the Ice Empress’s pressure to unsettle him.
• Tang Dai used his Sixth Soul Skill to reinforce his bones, but Huo Yuhao weakened him with his Spirit Eyes and struck with Ice Empress’s Claw.
• Huo Yuhao shattered the bones in Tang Dai’s limbs and kicked him across the arena, leaving him too weak to move.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tang Dai, then surrendered his next match and left the remaining fight to Long Aotian. Long Aotian won his individual match by forcing Gu Yu to concede, and the chapter ended as the team battle erupted between three Soul Saints.

• Huo Yuhao kicked Tang Dai out of the fight, then surrendered to the third Evil Soul Master because he lacked the strength to continue safely.
• Huo Yuhao asked Long Aotian to handle the remaining matches and left the arena to rest with Weina waiting for him.
• Long Aotian took the stage, and Gu Yu immediately conceded after sensing the threat he posed.
• Long Aotian requested that the contest proceed directly to the team battle, and the referee announced a score of three to four before a five-minute rest.
• Long Aotian faced Tang Ya and Yan Feng as both sides activated their Martial Soul Avatars and enhancement skills.
• Old Du and two Titled Douluo deployed Soul Tool protections and watched the three Soul Saints clash in the arena.

Long Aotian unleashed his enhanced Jade Silver Giant form and overwhelmed Tang Ya and Yan Feng with his immense power. Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass repeatedly restrained him while Yan Feng’s attacks broke through, but Long Aotian targeted Yan Feng with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone skill.

• Long Aotian revealed a red Seventh Soul Ring and combined his Body Spirit Second Awakening with Unity of Man and Nature, overwhelming the venue with his pressure.
• Tang Ya and Yan Feng attacked Long Aotian with Blue Silver Grass spears and Destruction Sigh, but his storm lance shattered Yan Feng’s blast and Tang Ya’s spears could not pierce his body.
• Yan Feng struck Long Aotian after Tang Ya’s grass bound his feet, while Long Aotian used Yan God Claw to cut through the restraint.
• Tang Ya urged Yan Feng to aim for Long Aotian’s head as she struggled to keep his legs bound.
• Long Aotian targeted Yan Feng and activated the Ice Breaking Horn soul skill from his Hundred-Thousand-Year Winter Ocean Drill Horn Whale left arm bone.

Long Aotian defeated Tang Ya and Yan Feng in the arena, forcing the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Academy to concede and win seven to four. After the match, Ning Wuque confidently claimed he had the advantage over Long Aotian, then went to check on an injured teammate.

• Long Aotian’s Unicorn Whale pursued Yan Feng while he tore through Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass, and Yan Feng’s Dragon’s Breath failed to stop the attack.
• Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng intervened to save Yan Feng but was injured in the hand by Long Aotian’s attack, so the Holy Spirit Sect conceded.
• The referee declared Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Academy the winner, and Long Aotian withdrew his enhancements and taunted Tang Ya and Yan Feng.
• Titled Douluos and the Emperor’s party discussed Long Aotian’s immense talent, and Ju Zi added him to the must-kill list.
• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he was confident he could defeat Long Aotian, then said he would check on an injured teammate and hoped he would recover by the finals.

Long Aotian discussed his incomplete recovery with Ning Wuque, who planned to face him at full strength later while warning him about the dangerous operation against Xu Tianran. Ning Wuque prepared to fight Xiao Hongchen in Shrek Academy’s next match, then spent the evening with Wu Feng and Ning Tian.

• Ning Wuque visited Long Aotian, learned he could recover only enough to activate his Martial Soul Avatar for the semifinals, and warned him about the operation in Mingdu.
• Long Aotian told Yuhao to prepare for the operation and avoid injuries in the upcoming matches.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan defeated Mingyu Sect, and Ning Wuque said he would face Xiao Hongchen while Shrek Academy handled the rest of Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Shrek Academy and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan advanced through their round-of-sixteen matches, and the day's matches ended early.
• After dinner, Ning Wuque returned from weighted training and carried Wu Feng away to wash up, while Ning Tian agreed to ask Bei Bei for leave for him the next morning.

The Auspicious Beast begged Di Tian and Bi Ji to let her eat Ning Wuque, claiming his scent promised enormous benefits. The Silver Dragon King intervened after sensing a god’s aura on him, and asked the Auspicious Beast to explain their encounter.

• The Auspicious Beast threw a tantrum and urged Di Tian to let her eat Ning Wuque, while he warned that going into the human world could provoke war.
• The Auspicious Beast claimed she had detected five beneficial scents on Ning Wuque, but Bi Ji caught her changing her story.
• The Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life and summoned the ferocious beasts after sensing a familiar divine aura connected to Ning Wuque.
• The Silver Dragon King calmed Di Tian’s hatred of gods and asked the Auspicious Beast to describe Ning Wuque and her feelings about him.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that some Primal Deities might be persuaded to side with Soul Beasts because the gods of the God Realm were not united.

The Silver Dragon King learned from the Auspicious Beast about Ning Wuque’s extraordinary bloodline and the benefits he could provide, including signs that he had consumed immortal herbs. She gave the Auspicious Beast a scale and ordered her to shapeshift, find Ning Wuque, and learn his views on Soul Beasts before acting.

• The Silver Dragon King explained the conflict between the Primal Deities and human deities, then asked the Auspicious Beast to recount what had happened before they met.
• The Auspicious Beast described sensing Ning Wuque’s powerful bloodline and complained that he had refused to let her catch him.
• The Auspicious Beast told the Silver Dragon King that Ning Wuque’s vitality, Spiritual Power, and other qualities could greatly strengthen her.
• Myriad Demon King suggested that Ning Wuque had consumed at least two types of immortal herbs, prompting the ferocious beasts to consider the benefits of finding him.
• The Silver Dragon King gave the Auspicious Beast a Dragon Scale and instructed her to shapeshift, approach Ning Wuque, and confirm his stance on Soul Beasts before taking action.

The Silver Dragon King sent the Auspicious Beast toward the Far North with Myriad Demon King as her escort, hoping she would make an ally of Ning Wuque. At the Sun Moon Empire quarterfinal venue, Ning Wuque and Long Aotian tested each other’s strength before the tournament matches began.

• The Silver Dragon King overruled Di Tian’s objections and decided that the Auspicious Beast would seek Ning Wuque, with Myriad Demon King protecting her and a Dragon Scale link allowing her to contact the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji gave the Auspicious Beast final instructions, and several days later she left the Star Dou Great Forest for the Far North with Myriad Demon King secretly escorting her.
• At the quarterfinal venue in Mingdu, Long Aotian noticed Ning Wuque seemed physically depleted and questioned him.
• Ning Wuque and Long Aotian traded jokes about his weakened condition, then tore off their clothes and wrestled to gauge each other’s strength.
• Long Aotian and Ning Wuque stopped without declaring a winner after confirming roughly how strong the other was.

Ning Wuque told Shrek’s team that he had reached level sixty and planned to leave after the next day’s matches, while Bei Bei agreed to negotiate a single-match semifinal against the Body Clan. The tournament matches began, and the chapter ended after Ning Yueming defeated Yu Tianlong and spoke of an old grievance with the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

• Ning Wuque explained that he and Wu Feng had tested each other’s recovery and strength, then predicted Shrek would face the Body Clan in the semifinals.
• Ning Wuque proposed that he fight Long Aotian in a single match and leave the Holy Spirit Sect to Bei Bei, and Bei Bei agreed to negotiate with the Body Clan.
• Ning Wuque revealed that he had reached level sixty and said he would prepare to leave after the following day’s matches, but kept the reason for his rapid cultivation secret.
• Ning Yueming defeated Yu Tianlong of the Heavenly Dragon Sect and told him that his mother would never forgive the old Heavenly Dragon.
• Ning Yueming sat out the remaining matches because the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan could no longer earn enough points to reach the final four.

Sui Jing, a Shattered Wing Ice Crystal Dragon from beyond the world, awoke in the Far North and met Gu Qiu'er, the Auspicious Beast. As the two talked about the Douluo Continent and the stars, they became absorbed in each other’s company.

• Sui Jing emerged from a snow mountain cave and found herself in an unfamiliar world with Soul Power in her body.
• Gu Qiu'er encountered Sui Jing and was astonished to find a female true dragon she believed Di Tian should have discovered.
• Sui Jing asked Gu Qiu'er about the place, and Gu Qiu'er explained that it was the Douluo Continent and that she had followed fate there.
• Sui Jing told Gu Qiu'er she came from beyond the world and described planets, stars, and the sun.
• Gu Qiu'er questioned Sui Jing about the sun’s heat, then stayed with her to chat as snow fell across the Far North.