Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu faced a coordinated assault from the Thunderclap Academy Team as Yu Tianxin's Blue Electric Dragon Charge finally scorched his clothes and appeared to expose his vulnerability. His companions worried and argued at ringside while the team unleashed another wave of attacks.

• Huo Wu worried about Ye Qiu during the match, then dismissed her concern, while Huo Wushuang wondered if she had fallen for him.
• Yu Tianxin sent his Blue Electric Dragon Charge through Ye Qiu, and the Thunderclap Academy Team prepared to attack together once he seemed unable to Phase.
• Dugu Yan teased Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling while showing affection to Xiao Lan, and Bai Chenxiang considered using Xiao Lan to get closer to Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu's Phase faltered as the electric dragon's tail struck his arm and scorched his collar, prompting Yu Tianxin to call out an opportunity.
• Lei Tian, Lei Bao, and the other Thunderclap Academy fighters unleashed their strongest Soul Skills against Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu survived the Thunderclap Academy Team’s combined lightning assault and captured Lei Tian, revealing that he had barely been harmed. He left the match poised to bring it to an end, while the spectators celebrated his continued undefeated streak.

• The spectators and VIP platform watched anxiously as the Thunderclap Academy Team’s lightning attacks swallowed Ye Qiu, while Huo Wu insisted she was not worried.
• Yu Tianxin and Lei Bao wondered what had happened to Ye Qiu and Lei Tian inside the Thunder Pool.
• Ye Qiu called out that he had already dealt with Lei Tian, shocking the crowd and reassuring Huo Wu.
• Ye Qiu absorbed the Thunder Pool with Kamui and appeared holding the unconscious Lei Tian, whom he had captured after snapping his wings.
• Ye Qiu assured Yu Tianxin that Lei Tian was fine and announced that the match was about to end.

Ye Qiu defeated Lei Tian, Lei Bao, Lei Dong, and Yu Tianxin’s remaining teammates, leaving Yu Tianxin as the last fighter standing. Yu Tianxin fought on with unwavering resolve, but Ye Qiu cut apart his final attack and brought the battle to an end.

• Ye Qiu threw Lei Tian toward Lei Bao, then used the lightning around Lei Tian to paralyze Lei Bao and knock him unconscious.
• Ye Qiu defeated Lei Dong and let Yu Tianxin finish off the remaining Thunder Hammer Soul Elder, leaving all six of Yu Tianxin’s teammates unconscious.
• Yu Tianxin refused to surrender, and he and Ye Qiu fought hand-to-hand until Ye Qiu’s strikes sent him crashing into the arena floor.
• Yu Tianxin gathered his remaining Soul Power and launched his Fourth Spirit Ability, Blue Electric Dragon Charge, as the audience cheered him on.
• Ye Qiu formed Chidori into a blade and cut apart Yu Tianxin’s small blue dragon, ending the fight with both of them facing each other in silence.

Ye Qiu defeated Yu Tianxin and left the stage with his companions, while Huo Wu grew frustrated that he had not noticed her. Liu Erlong then took Ye Qiu to visit the injured Thunderclap Academy Team, leaving Xiao Lan eyeing Bai Chenxiang’s twin ponytails.

• Yu Tianxin praised Ye Qiu after losing, then collapsed from his injuries as Ye Qiu urged him to get treated.
• Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and the others fussed over Ye Qiu and left the stage with him, while Huo Wu complained that he had not looked at her.
• Xiao Lan and Bai Chenxiang teased each other, and Xiao Lan decided Bai Chenxiang’s twin ponytails looked more tempting to pull than Xiao Wu’s hair.
• Zhu Zhuqing checked on Ye Qiu, and Liu Erlong asked him to accompany her to the Thunderclap Academy Team’s resting area.
• Ye Qiu left with Liu Erlong while Xiao Lan watched Bai Chenxiang’s ponytails and considered trying to pull them.

Liu Erlong brought Ye Qiu to visit her injured nephew Yu Tianxin and introduced Ye Qiu as his uncle-in-law. She asked Yu Tianxin not to resent Ye Qiu for beating him or cause trouble with his father and grandfather, hoping they would accept her husband.

• Liu Erlong and Ye Qiu went to Thunderclap Academy’s rest area to visit Yu Tianxin.
• Liu Erlong announced that she was Yu Tianxin’s aunt and insisted that the guards let her see him.
• Liu Erlong introduced Ye Qiu as her husband and Yu Tianxin’s uncle-in-law, leaving Yu Tianxin shocked.
• Yu Tianxin reluctantly greeted Ye Qiu as his uncle-in-law and admitted he was impressed by Ye Qiu’s strength and influence over Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Tianxin not to take Ye Qiu’s beating personally or stir up trouble with his father and grandfather.

Ye Qiu and Liu Erlong agreed to keep their relationship from her family for now after Yu Tianxin accepted Ye Qiu as his uncle-in-law. Ye Qiu left the arena with the women, then announced that he would not visit any of their rooms that night because he had something to take care of.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Tianxin not to mention Ye Qiu to her family yet, and he agreed.
• Ye Qiu and Liu Erlong returned to the Blue Tyrant Academy rest area, where the women teased him about making Yu Tianxin call him uncle-in-law.
• Ye Qiu and the women noticed Huo Wu facing an Ice Phoenix in the central arena, where ice had overtaken the arena.
• Ye Qiu declined to stay and watch the match and said he would not go to any of the women's rooms that night.

Ye Qiu skipped watching Huo Wu's match to spend time with the women at Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving Huo Wu furious after Blazing Fire Academy lost to Skywater Academy. Later, Ye Qiu visited Ye Lingling in her room, where she recalled her mother's embarrassing attempt to inspect her body and encourage her relationship with him.

• Ye Qiu left the Great Soul Arena with Xiao Wu and the others before Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er finished their match.
• Shui Bing'er defeated Huo Wu's attack, securing Skywater Academy's victory, and Huo Wu left angrily after seeing Ye Qiu depart.
• Shui Yue'er asked why Skywater Academy had not faced the Blue Tyrant Academy Team, while Shui Bing'er said she wanted to learn more about Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu and the women returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and spent their time cultivating before preparing food together.
• Ye Lingling told Ye Qiu that her mother wanted them to visit again, then recalled how her mother had climbed into her bed to inspect her body.

Ye Qiu visited Ye Lingling and her mother, Ye Qinshui, whose teasing and advice embarrassed them both. That night, he met Qian Renxue in the secret chamber of her mansion, where she questioned why he had come to her instead of spending time with his new woman.

• Ye Qiu brought Ye Lingling to the Ye Residence and greeted Ye Qinshui, who focused her attention on him and told Lingling to pour his tea.
• Ye Qinshui urged Ye Qiu to be patient with Lingling and teach her how to serve a man, leaving Lingling embarrassed.
• After Ye Qiu left, Ye Qinshui offered Lingling advice, and Lingling countered by sharing what Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan had taught her.
• Ye Qinshui was shocked to learn that Erlong was also one of Ye Qiu's women.
• Ye Qiu went to the secret chamber in Qian Renxue's Crown Prince's Mansion, where Qian Renxue embraced him and asked why he had come to see her.

Ye Qiu reassured Qian Renxue that rumors about him and Huo Wu were false, then teased and kissed her before inviting her out to eat and shop. He carried her to a country road near Suotuo City, where she asked him to keep calling her Xue'er.

• Qian Renxue confronted Ye Qiu about rumors that he had become involved with Huo Wu, and he denied them.
• Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue kissed and traded playful teasing until his stomach growled.
• Ye Qiu carried Qian Renxue away from the secret chamber and suggested they eat out and take a walk.
• Ye Qiu brought Qian Renxue to a country road near Suotuo City and offered to carry her on his back.
• Qian Renxue climbed onto Ye Qiu's back, kissed his cheek, and told him she preferred when he called her Xue'er.

Ye Qiu carried Qian Renxue toward Suotuo City and asked about Bibi Dong after hearing a warning that the Pope might target him. Qian Renxue revealed that she had known Bibi Dong as a woman who claimed her twin sister stole her Martial Soul, leaving Ye Qiu stunned by the sisters’ identities and powers.

• Ye Qiu carried Qian Renxue toward Suotuo City, and she agreed to stay despite wondering why he had brought her there.
• Ye Qiu asked Qian Renxue about Bibi Dong because someone had warned him to be careful of the Pope.
• Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong was powerful and resentful, and that she accused her twin sister, whom Qian Renxue called Sister Dong'er, of stealing her man and Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue explained that the two women looked exactly alike and both insisted they were the older sister, while Sister Dong'er had treated her kindly.
• Ye Qiu asked about their Martial Souls, and Qian Renxue identified Bibi Dong's as the Death Spider Emperor and Sister Dong'er's as the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.

Ye Qiu learned that two people named Bibi Dong each possessed one of the Martial Souls that had once belonged to a single Bibi Dong, and he suspected a connection to the Asura God. Meanwhile, Blue Tyrant Academy reached the final round of the preliminaries undefeated, where it was set to face Skywater Academy.

• Ye Qiu asked Qian Renxue about Bibi Dong's Blood-colored Longsword and learned that Sister Dong'er carried it and had used it against the other Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue promised to protect Ye Qiu, teased him about Xue Ke, and asked him to take her to meet his two wild brothers-in-law.
• Ye Qiu found no answers about the two Bibi Dongs from Liu Erlong or Tang Yuehua.
• Blue Tyrant Academy won all twenty-six of its preliminary matches as the final round approached, while the five qualifying teams were already decided.
• The organizing committee scheduled Blue Tyrant Academy versus Skywater Academy as the final round's main event, and the teams waited to enter the arena.

As Blue Tyrant Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er warned her team to take Ye Qiu seriously. Huo Wu, worried Skywater Academy would defeat her old rivals, went to Blue Tyrant Academy to ask Ye Qiu to compete.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong joked with Ye Qiu and the others in the rest area while they waited for the next match.
• Shui Yue'er admired Ye Qiu, and Shui Bing'er instructed Skywater Academy to give Blue Tyrant Academy their full effort.
• Shui Bing'er considered Ye Qiu's Phasing and the mysterious Soul Skill that had made Huo Wu's Blazing Sun disappear.
• Huo Wu, fearing Skywater Academy would beat her team, went to Blue Tyrant Academy to approach Ye Qiu and seek his help.

Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu to fight Skywater Academy himself because she did not want them to defeat her by a wider margin, and Ye Qiu agreed to take the field. The final preliminary match began with Blue Tyrant Academy facing Skywater Academy, and the two captains introduced themselves.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu interrupted Huo Wu as she approached Ye Qiu, and Ye Qiu asked what she wanted.
• Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu to personally fight Skywater Academy, admitting she did not want them to beat her by too much; Ye Qiu agreed to play.
• Huo Wu left after Ning Rongrong told her not to worry, and Ye Qiu explained that Skywater Academy's Martial Soul Fusion Skill made him consider fighting personally.
• The final preliminary round began before a packed Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, with Blue Tyrant Academy and Skywater Academy entering the central arena.
• Ye Qiu and Shui Bing'er introduced themselves as their teams' captains, while Shui Yue'er watched Ye Qiu with interest.

Shui Yue'er boldly confessed her feelings to Ye Qiu before the match, but he politely declined and Shui Bing'er stopped her sister. The Blue Tyrant Academy and Heavenly Water Academy then released their Martial Souls, leaving the match about to begin.

• Shui Yue'er introduced herself to Ye Qiu and confessed that she liked him, asking him to consider dating her.
• Ning Rongrong and the other girls objected, but Ye Qiu slipped free of Shui Yue'er's grasp and politely declined her confession.
• Shui Bing'er interrupted Shui Yue'er and asked Ye Qiu not to go easy on her team in the match.
• The referee started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Ye Qiu observed Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and the aqua-blue Martial Souls of the Heavenly Water Academy team.

Ye Qiu fought Shui Bing'er and the Heavenly Water Academy Team as Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze him and Xue Wu began a dance that summoned rain over the arena. The rain drenched Ye Qiu and the Blue Tyrant Academy fighters while sparing the Heavenly Water girls, leaving the battle ongoing beneath the dark clouds.

• Shui Bing'er froze Ye Qiu and shielded five teammates with ice armor as Ye Qiu attacked them with lightning senbon and fire techniques.
• Ye Qiu broke free, but Shui Bing'er froze him again while a tall Heavenly Water fighter met his attack and struck him with a blast of blue light.
• Xue Wu danced at Shui Bing'er's command, spreading dark clouds over the arena and bringing down heavy rain.
• A blue-haired girl spread her wings to shelter five teammates, leaving herself exposed to the rain while asking the Heavenly Water girls to soak Ye Qiu instead.

Ye Qiu faced the Heavenly Water Academy Team as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Ye Qiu sent two Soul Elders off the arena, the fusion erupted and unleashed a storm of razor-sharp snow toward him.

• Shui Bing'er repeatedly Ice Sealed Ye Qiu while Xue Wu’s dance turned the rain colder and strengthened the team’s control over the arena.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Lei Dong, and Yu Tianxin watched from nearby arenas and discussed Ye Qiu’s restraint and abilities.
• Ye Qiu phased through Shui Bing'er’s ice, used an illusion to swing two Soul Elders off the arena, and told Shui Bing'er he wanted to see her Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing'er used her Third Spirit Ability to push Ye Qiu back, then retreated toward Xue Wu as the team gathered around them.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu fused into a blue-white pillar of light that entered the dark clouds, changing the icy rain into a vortex of blade-sharp snow that swept toward Ye Qiu.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their hidden Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling, against Ye Qiu, but his Phasing kept him untouched. As the blizzard broke apart around his fiery wings, Shui Bing'er summoned a giant Ice Phoenix and prepared to attack.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used Ice Snow Falling to engulf Ye Qiu in a cutting blizzard.
• Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianxin, and the audience recognized the attack as the Heavenly Water Academy Team's hidden trump card.
• Ye Qiu waited inside the storm, relying on Phasing while Shui Bing'er struggled to sense any damage reaching him.
• Near the one-minute mark, Ye Qiu spread his flame-covered Blue Silver Sacred Wings and shattered the ice-and-snow tornado.
• Shui Bing'er revealed her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and the snowflakes gathered into a giant blue phoenix.

Ye Qiu faced Shui Bing'er’s out-of-control Ice Phoenix instead of using Phasing, combining fire, lightning, and Amaterasu’s Black Flame into a powerful Rasengan. The collision destroyed the central arena, leaving Ye Qiu standing among controlled black flames while the surrounding venue was covered in frost.

• Shui Bing'er urged Ye Qiu to use Phasing as her Ice Phoenix descended beyond her control, but Ye Qiu chose to face it directly and sent the others off the arena.
• Ye Qiu formed four Rasengans with Heart Separation Control, infused them with Ultimate Fire, lightning, and Amaterasu’s Black Flame, and merged them into a black sphere wrapped in black-and-white lightning.
• Shui Yue'er led her sisters off the arena as the Ice Phoenix’s cold current locked onto Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu threw the Rasengan through the cold current and into the Ice Phoenix, melting the ice along its path before the two attacks collided.
• The blast shattered the Ice Phoenix and collapsed the central arena, while Ye Qiu used Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto to keep the black flames confined to the ruins.

Ye Qiu defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu after resisting their Ice Phoenix attack, and Blue Tyrant Academy won the final match of the Heaven Dou Division Preliminary Tournament. The exhausted teams left the arena as Ning Rongrong and the other girls questioned Ye Qiu about his attention to his opponents.

• Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix disintegrated against Ye Qiu's Black Flame and lightning, leaving her and Xue Wu unable to continue fighting.
• Ye Qiu extinguished the Black Flame on Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, then explained that his Ice Immunity protected him from the Ice Phoenix's cold but not from solid restraints.
• Shui Bing'er conceded defeat, and she and Ye Qiu confirmed to the referee that the match was over.
• The referee announced Blue Tyrant Academy as the winner, closing the Heaven Dou Division Preliminary Tournament as the audience cheered.
• Shui Yue'er thanked Ye Qiu for going easy on her team, while Ning Rongrong and the other girls later teased him about the Skywater Academy women.

At the award ceremony, Xue Ye granted the top five teams noble titles and promised further rewards, while Salas objected and exposed the tension between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall. The story left the teams preparing for the advancement tournament at the Royal Hunting Ground, with Blue Tyrant Academy unmoved by the Empire’s offers.

• Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan represented Blue Tyrant Academy as the top five teams received advancement certificates and prize money.
• Xue Ye announced viscount titles for the teams’ captains and vice-captains and baron titles for their teammates.
• Salas objected to Xue Ye granting noble titles, but Xue Ye said the Empire could reward its own people and promised to raise the winners’ ranks and support their academy.
• Xue Ye announced that the advancement tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Ground and promised soul beasts to its three most victorious students.
• The Blue Tyrant Academy girls were not tempted by the rewards because Ye Qiu could provide them with sacrifices from powerful soul beasts.