Chapter Summaries

Blue Tyrant Academy won its match, and Xu Hanfeng and his companions told Ning Fengzhi that they had joined Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi accepted their decision and offered his support, while Xue Ke affirmed she would stand with Xu Hanfeng even if Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire clashed.

• Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and the exhausted fighters collapsed after the match.
• Jiang Zhu returned to the lounge, where Ning Rongrong praised how easily she had controlled the battle from the back.
• Ning Fengzhi warned the group that Spirit Hall might cause trouble on their way to Spirit City, and Ning Rongrong asked how he would feel if Xu Hanfeng joined Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi said he would accept Xu Hanfeng’s choice, believing their prospects were secure as long as they followed him.
• Xu Hanfeng revealed that he and the others had already joined Spirit Hall, explaining that he could not yet disclose his reasons.
• Xue Ke said she would stand with Xu Hanfeng despite a possible conflict between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ning Fengzhi offered to help them if needed.

Huo Wu faced Elephant Armor Academy alone in the Preliminary Round and defeated all seven opponents with overwhelming strength. Blazing Academy won after she bound the team and forced Hu Yanli to surrender.

• Ning Rongrong said her father would support Xu Hanfeng because he saw the benefits of following him.
• The opponents of Skywater Academy and Plant Academy surrendered at the start of their matches.
• Huo Wu challenged Elephant Armor Academy alone, promising that a victory over her would win them the match.
• Huo Wu's Fourth Soul Skill shattered Elephant Armor Academy's linked defense and sent all seven members flying.
• Huo Wu restrained the seven with her fire rings, and Hu Yanli surrendered, giving Blazing Academy the win.

Feng Biyao and Huo Wu fought to a draw during Godwind Academy’s match against Blazing Academy, showing off their close-combat skill before escalating to their soul abilities. Feng Biyao took to the sky, leaving Huo Wu struggling to keep up as their battle continued.

• Huo Wu defeated Elephant Armor Academy and bickered with Shui Yue'er before Ye Liuli stopped their argument.
• Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy won their matches by overwhelming margins, with Shui Yue'er and Feng Xiaotian leading their teams to victory.
• In the seventh round, Godwind Academy faced Blazing Academy, and Feng Biyao and Huo Wu agreed to fight without using their full strength at first.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang battled fiercely while Feng Biyao and Huo Wu traded close-range attacks, neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Feng Biyao unleashed a rain of Wind Feathers, which Huo Wu burned away, then flew a hundred meters into the sky.

Huo Wu and Feng Biyao traded powerful attacks in an even battle, revealing Huo Wu’s Soul Bone and Feng Biyao’s ability to deflect ranged attacks. Their clash nearly shattered the arena barrier, and the two remained poised to continue fighting at its center.

• Feng Biyao’s rapid assault forced Huo Wu to use her Blazing Flame Spirit Fox Left Arm Bone Skill, whose nine tracking foxfires exploded and blasted Feng Biyao away.
• Feng Biyao stunned Huo Wu with her Sky-Rending Roar, but Huo Wu recovered and unleashed her Domain of Blazing Souls across the arena.
• Huo Wu’s flaming meteors were deflected by Feng Biyao’s Hurricane Barrier, which Huo Wu recognized as a powerful counter to ranged attacks.
• Feng Biyao’s wind blades collided with Huo Wu’s white flame, sending nearby students flying and cracking the arena’s protective barrier.
• Ning Fengzhi called on Uncle Jian, who stabilized the barrier, while the other competitors feared the two fighters’ power.
• Huo Wu and Feng Biyao met at the center of the arena, still evenly matched.

Huo Wu lost a rock-paper-scissors decision to Feng Biyao and then suffered dozens more losses against the girls, leaving her completely despondent. Several days later, Plant Academy faced Blue Tyrant Academy, whose members struggled to overcome Yao Zi’s fire-resistant Crimson Flame Thorns.

• Huo Wu and Feng Biyao ended their match with rock-paper-scissors, and Feng Biyao’s win gave Godwind Academy the victory.
• Huo Wu challenged the girls to repeated rock-paper-scissors games and lost every round, eventually slumping in despair.
• Several days later, Jiang Zhu’s Plant Academy faced Blue Tyrant Academy, and Jiang Zhu acknowledged the wide gap between their teams’ strength.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Plant Academy with Phoenix flames, but Yao Zi blocked the fire with her Thorn City and explained that her Crimson Flame Thorns had become heat-resistant.
• Tang San recognized that Yao Zi’s defenses posed a serious problem and told his teammates to fight while he healed from the back.

Plant Academy overwhelmed Blue Tyrant Academy in the match, with Cheng Xiaolin's domain pinning down the opponents while Yao Wanling captured Jiang Zhu. After Jiang Zhu surrendered, she led Xu Hanfeng to a secluded corridor and asked him to massage the spot Yao Wanling had hit.

• Tang San and his teammates charged Plant Academy's formation, but Mu Yunteng's vines restrained Dai Mubai and Huang Yuan and destroyed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Cheng Xiaolin unleashed Heavy Metal Domain, crushing Blue Tyrant Academy's fighters to the arena floor.
• Yao Wanling trapped Jiang Zhu in a vine cage, teased her, and struck her before releasing her.
• Jiang Zhu surrendered for Blue Tyrant Academy, and Plant Academy was declared the winner.
• Jiang Zhu found Xu Hanfeng and took him to a secluded corridor, where she asked him to massage the place Yao Wanling had hit.

After the competition, Xu Hanfeng and Jiang Zhu shared a private, intimate moment. On the final day of the Preliminary Round, Skywater Academy and Plant Academy unleashed their seven-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skills, transforming into towering entities as the crowd watched.

• Xu Hanfeng returned to the lounge with Jiang Zhu, and the others teased her about her flushed appearance before Ye Liuli led everyone home.
• Jiang Zhu secretly visited Xu Hanfeng in the bamboo grove two days later, and the two shared an intimate moment in the pavilion.
• Skywater Academy and Plant Academy faced off in the Preliminary Round, with all fourteen students revealed to be Spirit Douluo.
• Shui Bing'er asked Ning Fengzhi to have Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo reinforce the arena barrier before the teams used their fusion skills.
• Skywater Academy formed the Ice Snow Empress with Extreme Ice Descent, while Plant Academy created the Senluo Divine Statue with Myriad Manifestations of Creation, stunning the spectators.

Skywater Academy and Plant Academy unleashed their Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skills in a devastating arena battle. The Ice Snow Empress defeated the Senluo Divine Statue, and Skywater Academy won as both teams collapsed from exhaustion.

• The Ice Snow Empress and the Senluo Divine Statue exchanged powerful attacks, cracking the protective barrier and forcing Sword Bone Douluo, Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas to reinforce it.
• The Ice Snow Empress summoned seven Ice God's Spears and pierced through layers of the Senluo Divine Statue's vine defenses, though the statue caught the final two spears.
• The Ice Snow Empress formed an ice hammer and shattered the Senluo Divine Statue's arms, forcing it to one knee and overwhelming its domain.
• The Senluo Divine Statue disintegrated, and the exhausted members of Plant Academy and Skywater Academy fell in the ruins.
• Yao Zi admitted defeat, and the referee declared Skywater Academy the winner as the crowd erupted in cheers.

After Skywater Academy won the Preliminary Round, Shui Liuyun considered becoming Xu Hanfeng's card and struggled with her feelings for him. The five advancing teams received imperial titles, and at the Promotion Tournament, Xu Hanfeng moved closer to Shui Liuyun after calling her “Auntie.”

• Shui Yue'er celebrated Skywater Academy's victory with Shui Liuyun, who reflected on how powerful becoming Xu Hanfeng's card could make her.
• Xue Ye awarded the five advancing teams titles and promised the empire's support, while Salas did not object.
• Ye Liuli encouraged Shui Liuyun to stop holding back and think about herself and Xu Hanfeng.
• Xu Hanfeng and the other teams arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Tournament, where fifteen teams would compete in a round-robin.
• Xu Hanfeng called Shui Liuyun “Auntie,” then moved his chair close to her, making her nervous.

Xu Hanfeng grew closer to Shui Liuyun while Skywater Academy won the Promotion Tournament and prepared to travel to Spirit City for the Grand Finals. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned Tang Xiao had arrived alone, and she and Hu Liena discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s internal conflict.

• Xu Hanfeng teased Shui Liuyun, then carefully fixed her fallen Ice Crystal Hairpin while the girls watched and whispered about his growing confidence.
• Over the next ten days, Xu Hanfeng and Shui Liuyun spent time together daily, and he held and kissed her hand as she blushed and asked him to let go.
• Skywater Academy won every match and took first place in the Promotion Tournament, while Plant Academy took second; fifteen teams and their escorts set out for Spirit City.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Xu Hanfeng and the others had departed, and Jin Yu'er said she would not attend the Grand Finals because she had promised Brother Feng.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Tang Xiao had arrived, and Hu Liena confirmed he was in Spirit City as the Clear Sky Sect's sole representative.
• Bibi Dong suspected the Clear Sky Sect was divided over Tang Hao and said Tang Xiao was their opponent, while Tang San would not grow strong enough.

Xu Hanfeng met Bibi Dong in Spirit City, where they discussed Spirit Hall’s plans against the Clear Sky Sect and Xiao Wu. Bibi Dong then took him to a hidden chamber beneath her bedchamber and pushed him onto its bed, leaving her intentions unclear.

• Xu Hanfeng arrived at Spirit Hall, reunited with Hu Liena, and met Bibi Dong in the Papal Palace.
• Bibi Dong told Xu Hanfeng that Tang Xiao had arrived in Spirit City, and Xu Hanfeng proposed exposing Xiao Wu as a shapeshifting Soul Beast to turn public opinion against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena away and playfully teased Xu Hanfeng before taking him to her bedchamber.
• Bibi Dong revealed a hidden tunnel beneath her bedchamber and led Xu Hanfeng down to a plain room with a bed.
• Bibi Dong shoved Xu Hanfeng onto the bed and leaned down toward him.

During the Grand Finals, Xu Hanfeng reunited with his companions after spending three days with Bibi Dong, while Huo Wu withdrew from her academy’s match. Tang Xiao revealed Tang San’s family history and warned him about Xu Hanfeng, then disclosed that Xu Hanfeng had taken Tang San’s aunt, Tang Yuehua.

• Xu Hanfeng arrived at the competition grounds with marks from Bibi Dong, and Ye Liuli removed them while the women teased him.
• Huo Wu told Xu Hanfeng that she and her brother would join Godwind Academy to improve their chances of placing fifth.
• After the first day’s one-sided matches, Tang Xiao approached Tang San, revealed that he was Tang San’s uncle and the Clear Sky Sect’s sect master, and took him to a hotel.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that his mother, Ah Yin, had been the Blue Silver Emperor and that Spirit Hall was responsible for her death, prompting Tang San to swear revenge.
• Tang San described Xu Hanfeng’s formidable strength and his powerful companions, causing Tang Xiao to abandon plans to attack him.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Xu Hanfeng had taken his aunt, Tang Yuehua, and defended her youthful appearance when Tang San questioned the relationship.

Tang San learned that he could not return to the Clear Sky Sect because of his father’s past, but Tang Xiao agreed to teach him and revealed that his Blue Silver Grass carried his mother’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. At the Soul Master Competition, Xu Hanfeng faced Star Luo Royal Academy alone and revealed overwhelming soul rings before announcing the match was beginning.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect was too dangerous for him to return to, then offered to guide his cultivation and explained his Blue Silver Grass’s inherited potential.
• Tang San accepted Tang Xiao’s guidance and wondered what had happened to his father, whom he had not seen in years.
• Xu Hanfeng taunted Dai Lin about the White Tiger Sect’s decline before agreeing to face Star Luo Royal Academy alone.
• Xu Hanfeng displayed six ordinary-looking soul rings, then transformed the first four into Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and revealed two extraordinary crimson and icy-blue rings.
• The pressure from Xu Hanfeng’s soul rings made Star Luo Royal Academy’s Soul Elders faint and their martial souls collapse.
• Xu Hanfeng stood amid the Ice Fire Dragon King’s phantom images and declared that the match would begin.

Xu Hanfeng used a summoned aerial fortress to overwhelm Star Luo Royal Academy with a barrage of Soul Tool firepower, leaving the crowd and other teams terrified of facing him. After Heaven Dou Royal Academy was declared the winner, the remaining teams began giving up rather than challenge Xu Hanfeng.

• Xu Hanfeng summoned an aerial fortress and unleashed hundreds of cannons on Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi and the Daughter of the Zhu Family used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to escape the barrage, while Dai Lin and the rest of the team suffered devastating injuries.
• The crowd, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bibi Dong reacted to the fortress’s power and discussed the threat and potential of its Soul Tools.
• Xu Hanfeng ended the attack, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Xu Hanfeng’s companions praised the fortress’s firepower, while later teams became harmonious and began giving up rather than face him.

The top six teams narrowed to three, and Bibi Dong opened the Grand Finals by revealing three valuable Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and announcing the elimination match format. As Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Skywater Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy began the first match, Xu Hanfeng let his teammates choose their competitors casually.

• The final six teams were Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, Skywater Academy, Plant Academy, Godwind Academy, and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Feng Biyao surrendered Godwind Academy's match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy and kissed Xu Hanfeng; Spirit Hall Academy then defeated Blue Tyrant Academy, while Plant Academy surrendered to Skywater Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dugu Yan, Feng Biyao, and Jiang Zhu discussed attending the Grand Finals, with Jiang Zhu agreeing to bring Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Bibi Dong welcomed the top six teams at the Papal Palace and displayed three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as prizes.
• Bibi Dong announced a seven-person individual elimination match among the three remaining teams, with the winner advancing directly to the championship match.
• Xu Hanfeng let his teammates choose seven competitors, and the elimination match began as a fierce contest between Skywater Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Spirit Hall Academy largely on the sidelines.

Ma Xiaotao and Shui Bing'er fought recklessly in the arena, then faced Xu Hanfeng’s reprimand before spending the night with him. The next day, the tournament’s final match was about to begin, with Heaven Dou Royal Academy favored to win.

• Ma Xiaotao and Shui Bing'er fought until Ma Xiaotao killed Shui Bing'er, then killed herself; Xu Hanfeng summoned both women again as cards.
• Spirit Hall Academy surrendered its match against Skywater Academy, and Bibi Dong looked ahead to the coming confrontation with Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Hanfeng scolded Ma Xiaotao and Shui Bing'er for ignoring the Family Rules, then let them sleep beside him.
• The next morning, the teams gathered before the Papal Palace, where spectators discussed the likely winner and the final match was announced to begin in fifteen minutes.

Xu Hanfeng faced Skywater Academy’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill by summoning a giant Soul Tool Robot and countering its attacks. The Ice Snow Empress began gathering power for Skywater Academy’s final move as Bibi Dong ordered the arena barrier reinforced.

• Shui Bing'er and the other members of Skywater Academy joined together and unleashed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, creating an Ice Snow Empress and freezing the arena.
• Xu Hanfeng summoned a hundred-meter-tall Soul Tool Robot and entered its control crystal.
• The Ice Snow Empress froze the robot’s feet, but Xu Hanfeng activated Furnace Overload and used missiles and shields to defend against her ice spears.
• The robot transformed its legs into drills and smashed apart the Ice Seal bone spikes raised by the Ice Snow Empress.
• The Ice Snow Empress gathered ice into a massive vortex for Skywater Academy’s final attack, and Bibi Dong ordered Elder Ju and Elder Gui to reinforce the protective barrier.

Ma Xiaotao reinforced the arena’s defenses while Xu Hanfeng’s robot withstood the Ice Snow Empress’s final attack, securing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory. Xu Hanfeng turned down the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones from Bibi Dong, who kept them for Hu Liena.

• Ma Xiaotao layered powerful barrier cards over the arena’s protective shield, and Ghost Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo praised its strength.
• The Ice Snow Empress unleashed the Ice Explosion Technique against Xu Hanfeng’s robot, but its shield blocked the attack and she crumbled into ice fragments.
• The seven Skywater Academy members collapsed from exhaustion, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Xu Hanfeng fed the Skywater girls Restorative Meat Buns, and Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er left with him.
• Bibi Dong offered Xu Hanfeng three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, but when he agreed to return them, she put them away and said she would give them to Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong named Xu Hanfeng the Holy Son of Spirit Hall and ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu captured after exposing Xiao Wu as a Shapeshifting Soul Beast. Xu Hanfeng then revealed that Tang San had known Xiao Wu’s identity and accused Tang Hao of causing his wife’s death, leaving Tang San enraged and seemingly driven mad.

• Bibi Dong announced that Xu Hanfeng was Spirit Hall’s new Holy Son and next Pope.
• Bibi Dong ordered Elder Ju and Elder Gui to capture Tang San and Xiao Wu, then exposed Xiao Wu as a Shapeshifting Soul Beast.
• Xu Hanfeng took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from Xiao Wu and revealed that he had arranged the auction to lure her into the trap.
• Xu Hanfeng claimed Tang San had known Xiao Wu’s identity since they met and had approached her for her soul ring and soul bone.
• Xu Hanfeng accused Tang Hao of deliberately exposing his pregnant wife’s soul beast identity to make her sacrifice herself for his final soul ring.
• Tang San released Xiao Wu, struck the ground with his Clear Sky Hammer, and roared in fury as the onlookers questioned Tang Hao’s past.

After Tang San was condemned for his parents’ past, Lan Qingli attacked him and revealed that she was a new Blue Silver Emperor, not his mother Ah Yin. Tang Xiao intervened to save Tang San, only for Xu Hanfeng and Bibi Dong to reveal they had known he was hiding nearby.

• Tang San collapsed after the crowd’s accusations, and Lan Qingli began extracting the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline from him.
• Lan Qingli declared that Tang San had no right to possess the bloodline, while Xu Hanfeng explained that she was a new Blue Silver Emperor rather than Ah Yin.
• Xu Hanfeng embraced and kissed Lan Qingli, provoking Tang San as she continued to hurt him.
• Tang Xiao dropped from the clouds and shattered Lan Qingli’s emerald restraints, saving Tang San before confronting her.
• Xu Hanfeng revealed that he knew Tang Xiao was present, and Bibi Dong said they had sensed him as soon as he arrived in Spirit City.