Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang defeated Shui Bing'er after she used Skywater Academy’s ice-enhanced arena and unleashed her strongest attack. His performance drew Salas’s attention as Xiao Tianyang pursued a quest to make Spirit Hall focus on him, and Huo Wu later achieved a one-against-seven victory of her own.

• Master explained that Skywater Academy had used its elemental abilities to strengthen Shui Bing'er and create a favorable arena.
• Shui Bing'er unleashed her fourth Spirit Ring and sent a rain of Ice Thorns at Xiao Tianyang, who shattered the attack and the ice with one punch.
• Salas decided that Xiao Tianyang was too dangerous to leave alive, while Xiao Tianyang hoped his display would draw Spirit Hall’s attention as required by his quest.
• Shui Bing'er accepted her defeat and watched Xiao Tianyang leave the arena.
• Huo Wu defeated an opponent with her Resisting Fire Ring and became the third contestant to win one against seven.

The tournament’s rising stars gained fame as the favored academies continued winning, while Xiao Tianyang’s dominance prompted opponents to surrender before fighting. Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy prepared to face each other, with both teams weighing whether to reveal their strength or conserve their trump cards.

• Blazing Academy held Huo Wushuang back to avoid drawing suspicion toward the academy and Xiao Tianyang, while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang continued competing cautiously.
• Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy earned attention through strong performances, and Feng Xiaotian gained the title Mad Wolf after defeating six opponents in a row.
• Xiao Tianyang complained that opponents kept surrendering, then learned from Fei Xue that Shrek Academy would face Blazing Academy next.
• Saber returned and exchanged a silent nod with Xiao Tianyang, confirming that he had handled the matter.
• Tang San told Shrek Academy that their Master had advised them to surrender, but Dai Mubai and the others agreed to fight while avoiding unnecessary exposure of their strength.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San to arrange Shrek’s lineup, while Blazing Academy made its own preparations for the match.

Huo Wu defeated Shrek Academy’s fighters with her Resisting Fire Ring and forced Tang San’s team to concede. After the match, Xiao Tianyang and Saber explained three ways to counter her strategy, beginning with how timing and precision could weaken the ring’s defense.

• Huo Wu defeated Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, then used her exhausted Soul Power to force Tang San off the platform and secure Shrek Academy’s concession.
• Fei Xue complained to Xiao Tianyang about the powerful fighters he had trained, and he said Huo Wu’s strategy could be countered with force, skill, or speed.
• Xiao Tianyang and Saber wrote down their three strategies and exchanged their answers, while Saber noted that Xiao Tianyang’s ideas relied on exceptional strength.
• Saber explained that the Resisting Fire Ring was weakest just after activation, when a fighter with sharp eyesight could close in and land a powerful single-target Soul Skill.
• Xiao Tianyang teased Fei Xue for her summary, and Saber asked him to explain the strategies more clearly for her.

Xiao Tianyang explained how to counter Huo Wu’s Resisting Fire Ring, then faced Shadow Academy’s confident captain in the tournament. The captain’s intangibility seemed to counter Xiao Tianyang’s physical attacks, but Xiao Tianyang struck him with a perfectly timed kick, leaving their match underway.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that dodging Resisting Fire Ring proactively was preferable to being knocked back, since Huo Wu could follow with a barrage of attacks.
• After the previous match, Xiao Tianyang and his disciples went to the Rose Hotel to meet Miao Zhenshan again.
• Fei Xue told Xiao Tianyang that Shadow Academy had not surrendered and intended to end his winning streak; Saber warned him that showing more abilities could make later opponents stronger.
• Shadow Academy sent out its Level 46 captain, who declared that Xiao Tianyang’s undefeated record would end.
• The captain used an intangible Martial Soul ability and attacked Xiao Tianyang with Ghost Claw, but Xiao Tianyang kicked him in the face and sent him tumbling away.

Xiao Tianyang’s team and the other academies advanced through their matches, while Shrek Academy prepared to face Whitebeard Team the next day. Tang San and his teammates gathered that night to discuss how to handle a match against Xiao Tianyang, whose past show of strength had left them deeply shaken.

• Xiao Tianyang defeated a level forty-six Soul Ancestor and earned 260 Lottery Points.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Furious Blood Academy’s fighters by outlasting their captain’s enhancements and throwing him off the stage.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er fought to a draw after their final attacks damaged the arena.
• Whitebeard Team, Shrek Academy, and Blazing Academy were placed in the first tier after achieving one-against-seven victories.
• Tang San and his teammates met with Master to prepare for the next day’s match against Whitebeard Team, admitting that defeating Xiao Tianyang in a one-on-one fight seemed impossible.

The Whitebeard Team faced Shrek Academy, while Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Ye speculated about Xiao Tianyang’s strength and motives. Zhu Zhuqing opened the match against Xiao Tianyang, who chose to avoid revealing his hidden abilities as their fight began.

• Salas compared the Whitebeard Team to a savage beast and Shrek Academy to a dark horse, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye to discuss Edward’s chances.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested Edward might face Shrek alone, and Salas reacted with a cold gleam in his eyes.
• Shrek sent Zhu Zhuqing out first, and Xiao Tianyang recognized that she might be trying to stall or make the defeat look better.
• Xiao Tianyang unleashed a powerful shockwave that tore a trench through the arena, but Zhu Zhuqing evaded it with multiple afterimages.
• Xiao Tianyang recalled Zhu Zhuqing’s Nether Moon Emissary Martial Soul could conceal her aura, and chose not to use the Ancient Divine Eyes and expose more of his abilities.

Xiao Tianyang defeated Zhu Zhuqing by shattering the arena and forcing her out, then faced Shrek Academy’s unusual strategy on the ruins. After Tang San’s teammates spent their turns breaking and moving stones, Tang San took the stage, leaving the purpose of their plan to be revealed.

• Xiao Tianyang shattered the arena and used the shock force to drive Zhu Zhuqing out of the ring.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas discussed how the match should continue, and the officials marked out a replacement fighting area.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that Shrek could at least lose with dignity and quietly changed the team’s lineup and strategy.
• Tailong, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Dai Mubai took turns smashing and moving stones before Xiao Tianyang kicked them out.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun followed the same stone-breaking routine, then Tang San took the stage.

Xiao Tianyang and Tang San prepared for their final clash as Tang San unleashed a devastating Blue Silver Grass attack, while the VIPs discussed Xiao Tianyang’s pride and political significance. Xiao Tianyang remained unmoved, and the chapter left the match’s outcome undecided.

• Xiao Tianyang and Tang San acknowledged that Tang San had relied on Xiao Tianyang’s pride to keep him from interfering with his plan.
• Tang San wrapped stone piles in Blue Silver Grass and swung them toward Xiao Tianyang, who stood calmly without dodging or stopping him.
• Xue Ye reflected on Xiao Tianyang’s age, reputation, and apparent friendliness toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Salas warned Xue Ye about Xiao Tianyang’s arrogance, and Ning Fengzhi countered by defending Miao Zhenshan and cautioning against Spirit Hall’s insinuations.
• Xue Ye redirected the discussion to the match, while the VIPs doubted Tang San could overcome Xiao Tianyang.

Xiao Tianyang defeated Tang San with his Spring and Autumn strike, leaving the arena stunned. Tang San gained a new artistic insight from the attack, while Salas decided that Spirit Hall needed to act against Xiao Tianyang soon.

• Tang San layered his Entanglement, Spider Web Restraint, and Blue Silver Cage Soul Skills to hold Xiao Tianyang before launching his stone attack.
• Xiao Tianyang broke free and used Spring and Autumn, scattering the dust and leaving a white streak in the sky.
• Tang San admitted defeat and asked Xiao Tianyang to meet his friend Xiao Tianyang, whom he regarded as an elder brother.
• Xiao Wu and the others checked on Tang San, who said the strike had given him a special artistic insight he hoped to demonstrate later.
• Salas felt threatened by Xiao Tianyang's strike and resolved that Spirit Hall must act quickly.

After the Promotion Tournament, Whitebeard Team took first place, and the contestants prepared to travel to Spirit City for the next competition. Miao Zhenshan warned his disciples that Spirit Hall might target them and that Tang San’s secret could give it an excuse to move against Shrek Academy.

• Feng Xiaotian used his self-created combination Soul Skill, Autumn Gale Frenzied Blade, against Tang San, who won without revealing the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Whitebeard Team finished first, followed by Shrek Academy, Blazing Academy, Skywater Academy, and Godwind Academy.
• Xue Ye announced rewards for the contestants and arranged luxurious carriages and Royal Knights to escort them to Spirit City.
• At the Rose Hotel, Miao Zhenshan warned Xiao Tianyang, Fei Xue, and Saber that Spirit Hall might make a major move during the competition.
• Xiao Tianyang said Spirit Hall could use Tang San’s matter as an excuse to pressure Shrek Academy, forcing it to choose between inaction and intervention.

Xiao Tianyang and Miao Zhenshan discussed Spirit Hall’s suspicions and the challenge that would keep Miao Zhenshan from accompanying the group. Saber concluded that Miao Zhenshan had to accept and fight decisively, since refusing would make Spirit Hall more certain that Xiao Tianyang and the others were his disciples.

• Miao Zhenshan warned Xiao Tianyang to wait until Spirit Hall least expected it before striking, while Fei Xue and Zhou Cheng struggled to follow their discussion.
• Miao Zhenshan explained that two Titled Douluo from the Barbarian Tribe had challenged him, forcing him to stay behind while they kept him occupied.
• Xiao Tianyang suspected Spirit Hall had won the Barbarian Tribe over by offering Divine Inheritance, and Miao Zhenshan realized the challenge might be part of a deeper scheme.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Saber to decide whether Miao Zhenshan should accept the challenge, and she advised him to go without hesitation so Spirit Hall would be less certain of their identities.

Xiao Tianyang received authority to use part of Miao Zhenshan’s intelligence network while Miao Zhenshan left to answer a challenge. Qian Renxue warned him that Spirit Hall suspected his identity and was preparing to act, and Xiao Tianyang explained that he was drawing attention away from Shrek Academy as she began describing Spirit Hall’s divided factions.

• Miao Zhenshan entrusted Fei Xue and Zhou Cheng to Xiao Tianyang and gave him access to the businesses and intelligence network under his name.
• Miao Zhenshan departed to confront the challenge, while Xiao Tianyang stayed behind and shared a late-night meal with Fei Xue and Zhou Cheng.
• Xiao Tianyang discovered Qian Renxue waiting in his room, and she warned him that Spirit Hall suspected his identity and planned to move against him.
• Xiao Tianyang told Qian Renxue he was acting for Shrek Academy, and she realized he had drawn attention away from them in the arena.
• Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall’s leaders were divided between two factions, including a conservative group that favored reconciliation and avoiding enemies.

Xiao Tianyang explained Spirit Hall’s rival factions to Qian Renxue, but she passed out after drinking a single glass of red wine. He stayed beside her through the night while planning for their trip to Spirit Hall, then woke and prepared to leave for Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall’s aggressive faction treated anyone outside its ranks as an enemy and had targeted Xiao Tianyang, Shrek Academy, Blazing Academy, and Skywater Academy.
• Qian Renxue drank a glass of red wine, collapsed into Xiao Tianyang’s arms, and passed out.
• Xiao Tianyang carried Qian Renxue to bed and stayed beside her when she clutched his hand during a nightmare.
• While keeping watch, Xiao Tianyang considered Spirit Hall’s changing factions, the Barbarian Tribe, and how to withstand three Titled Douluo at once.
• In the morning, Xiao Tianyang gently freed his hand, tucked Qian Renxue beneath the blanket, and went to bathe before breakfast and setting out for Spirit City.

Qian Renxue woke in Xiao Tianyang’s room, read his letter, and decided to follow him despite his warning. As the teams traveled toward Spirit City, attackers ambushed the convoy, and the academies struggled to defend themselves.

• Qian Renxue read Xiao Tianyang’s letter explaining that he had left for Spirit City and urging her not to follow, but she prepared to go anyway.
• Xiao Tianyang warned Fei Xue and Saber that an enemy force intended to kill the convoy, not merely intercept it.
• Hundreds of black-clad attackers ambushed the convoy with boulders and flames, prompting the Royal Knights to form ranks and fight.
• Xiao Tianyang accepted a side quest to repel the attackers and told Fei Xue and the others not to join forces with academy students before he left the carriage.
• Shrek Academy held its position while other academies came under pressure, and Ma Hongjun shouted for Huo Wushuang’s group to come to them, drawing attention from both students and attackers.

Xiao Tianyang disrupted the ambush on Tang San and the others, then faced a large Spirit Hall force that had deployed three Soul Douluo against him. As the coordinated attack began, Xiao Tianyang used his abilities to collapse the ground and expose the Two-headed Sand Scorpion Soul Master beneath him.

• An Abominations voice interrupted the fighting, and Tang San warned everyone to get down as the ground shook and the mountain walls split apart.
• Xiao Tianyang challenged the attackers, and seven figures arrived while Spirit Hall forces attacked him and Tang San’s group.
• Three Soul Douluo with the Black-striped Golden Leopard, Golden Feathered Eagle, and Two-headed Sand Scorpion Martial Souls coordinated their assault on Xiao Tianyang.
• The Black-striped Golden Leopard Soul Master attacked as the Golden Feathered Eagle Soul Master took to the air and the Two-headed Sand Scorpion Soul Master burrowed underground.
• Xiao Tianyang stomped through a transparent bubble around his foot, collapsing the ground and revealing the Two-headed Sand Scorpion Soul Master beneath him.

Qian Renxue learned that Spirit Hall's Third Enshrined had gone to ambush Xiao Tianyang and rushed toward the Narrow Passage Entrance, hoping to reach him in time. There, Xiao Tianyang knocked one Soul Douluo unconscious and narrowly countered the Black-striped Golden Leopard's attack.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that she could not promise to avoid a conflict because Xiao Tianyang had shown her kindness.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Third Enshrined had set out with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo two days earlier, and Qian Renxue hurried toward the Narrow Passage Entrance.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Qian Renxue liked Xiao Tianyang but resolved that the Qian Family still owed the other woman too much to intervene.
• At the Narrow Passage Entrance, Xiao Tianyang's stomp knocked a Soul Douluo unconscious, astonishing the ambushers.
• The Black-striped Golden Leopard attacked Xiao Tianyang, who dodged and kicked Congyun Blade into a counterattack that forced the old man to retreat and knocked off his hat and hair.

Xiao Tianyang fought off the Soul Douluos sent against him, killing the Golden Feathered Eagle Soul Master after Chrysanthemum Douluo intervened. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianyang facing Chrysanthemum Douluo as petals drifted toward him.

• Xiao Tianyang knocked one Soul Douluo into a mountain wall and wounded two more with a sweeping saber strike.
• The Golden Feathered Eagle Soul Master attacked Xiao Tianyang from above while another Soul Douluo charged him, and Xiao Tianyang was wounded in the clash.
• Xiao Tianyang used a treasure to recover and met the Soul Douluo’s Eighth Soul Skill with Spring and Autumn in a stalemate.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked with a rain of petals while Xiao Tianyang broke the Golden Feathered Eagle Soul Master’s attack and cut off his head.
• Xiao Tianyang landed and faced Chrysanthemum Douluo without fear.

Xiao Tianyang held off Chrysanthemum Douluo until an ally intervened, but Ghost Douluo then appeared and attacked him. Despite his exhaustion, Xiao Tianyang faced Ghost Douluo alone as the chapter ended with the latter striking at several vital points.

• Xiao Tianyang used successive punches to resist Chrysanthemum Douluo's petal attacks, but his Soul Power began to run low.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed another wave of petals, and Xiao Tianyang fought back until a dark green pillar of light interrupted the attack.
• Saber supported the exhausted Xiao Tianyang as he warned that Ghost Douluo was likely with Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Ghost Douluo attacked Xiao Tianyang from his shadow, but Saber broke the skeletal claw before it reached him.
• Xiao Tianyang told Saber to step aside and confronted Ghost Douluo, who closed in with rapid attacks aimed at five vital points.

Xiao Tianyang used endless defensive talismans to hold off Ghost Douluo, while Dugu Bo fought Chrysanthemum Douluo on even terms after his strength grew dramatically. Dugu Bo intended to draw Spirit Hall’s attention toward Xiao Tianyang and away from Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Tianyang repeatedly raised barriers to block Ghost Douluo’s rapid attacks, frustrating him with a seemingly endless supply of defensive talismans.
• Ghost Douluo increased the speed and ferocity of his attacks, unaware that Xiao Tianyang could outlast him.
• Dugu Bo matched Chrysanthemum Douluo in battle, using his powerful poison to keep the level ninety-five opponent at a distance.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo challenged Dugu Bo’s decision to oppose Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo welcomed the chance to fight him again.
• Dugu Bo recalled that Xiao Tianyang’s Immortal Herb had strengthened his body and Martial Soul and helped him rise from level ninety-one to level ninety-three in less than a year.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had stepped in partly to make Spirit Hall view him as Xiao Tianyang’s ally and focus less attention on Shrek Academy.

The arrival of Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi forced Spirit Hall to abandon its operation against Xiao Tianyang and withdraw. Ghost Douluo challenged Xiao Tianyang to come to Spirit City, and Xiao Tianyang accepted the prospect of going there.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Dugu Bo resumed their fight until a clash between two powerful figures shook the battlefield and drew everyone's attention.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Zhao Zifeng ended their battle after a hundred exchanges, while Xiao Tianyang recognized Chen Xin and wondered why a Super Douluo had been sent after him.
• Sword Douluo told Zhao Zifeng that the operation had failed, and Ning Fengzhi declared that he supported Sword Douluo's decision.
• Xiao Tianyang blocked Ghost Douluo's path as the group discussed what to do, but Zhao Zifeng ordered Spirit Hall's forces to retreat.
• Ghost Douluo challenged Xiao Tianyang to come to Spirit City, and Xiao Tianyang welcomed the idea while Ghost Douluo left wondering what trouble he might cause there.