Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Tianyang’s battle with Spirit Hall’s forces, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo discussed the heavy casualties and learned he intended to come to Spirit City. Qian Renxue overheard them and decided to watch for his arrival and discover his purpose.

• Ghost Douluo warned Chrysanthemum Douluo not to insult Zhao Zifeng after he returned to the Worship Hall and left them a message for Bibi Dong.
• Ghost Douluo told Chrysanthemum Douluo that the ambush had cost Spirit Hall one Soul Douluo, three Soul Saints, five Soul Emperors, and many others, with Edward responsible for most of the losses.
• Ghost Douluo revealed that Xiao Tianyang had said he would come to Spirit City, and he and Chrysanthemum Douluo decided to report their suspicions to Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue overheard the two Douluo and resolved to find out what Xiao Tianyang wanted when he arrived.

Xiao Tianyang arrived in Spirit City for the competition and discussed Spirit Hall’s threat with Saber. Zhu Zhuqing visited him and said she had something to tell him after the competition, and another familiar visitor arrived at his door.

• Xiao Tianyang and the Star Luo Empire teams reached Spirit City and settled into the hotel arranged by Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected on Bibi Dong’s determination to kill him and wondered how he could resolve their conflict.
• Saber warned Xiao Tianyang that Spirit Hall had not attacked because it considered him already trapped, and they agreed she and two others could compete together.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Xiao Tianyang and told him she would speak with him after the competition.
• Xiao Tianyang heard another familiar visitor approach and invited them into his room.

Huo Wu visited Xiao Tianyang to ask why he had come despite Spirit Hall targeting him, and he warned her to keep a low profile in the upcoming match. Their private conversation turned intimate, but a knock at the door forced Huo Wu to hide in the bathroom.

• Huo Wu confronted Xiao Tianyang about coming despite Spirit Hall's threat, and he said he had reasons he could not yet reveal.
• Xiao Tianyang told Huo Wu that Spirit Hall might try to recruit her and her brother, and advised her to agree if necessary while avoiding too much attention.
• Xiao Tianyang kissed Huo Wu after complimenting her eyes.
• Someone knocked at the door, so Huo Wu went into the bathroom to hide while Xiao Tianyang answered.

Xiao Tianyang tried to hide Huo Wu from Qian Renxue while she questioned him about the attention surrounding him and suspected he had received another woman. After his talisman concealed the bathroom, Qian Renxue asked him to reveal his escape plan.

• Qian Renxue entered Xiao Tianyang's room, and he hurriedly tossed a talisman onto the bathroom door to hide Huo Wu.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Tianyang that someone was stirring up talk about his chances of winning the upcoming competition.
• Qian Renxue sniffed Xiao Tianyang and noticed signs that a woman had visited, but he claimed the crimson mark on his lip came from dragon fruit.
• Qian Renxue checked the empty bathroom, then asked Xiao Tianyang to tell her his escape plan.
• Xiao Tianyang rejected Qian Renxue's offer to help him.

Xiao Tianyang reassured Qian Renxue that he would act according to how events unfolded, and she promised to ensure his safe escape if necessary. After she left, he remembered Huo Wu, who had been trapped in his bathroom, and talked his way out of her anger.

• Xiao Tianyang told Qian Renxue he would not recklessly challenge Spirit Hall and would decide what to do as the situation developed.
• Qian Renxue urged Xiao Tianyang to act boldly and promised to get him out safely if he could not escape on his own.
• Xiao Tianyang realized he had forgotten Huo Wu, removed the talisman, and opened the bathroom door.
• Huo Wu demanded to know why she had been unable to open the bathroom door, and Xiao Tianyang claimed he had trapped her to keep Master from discovering her.
• Huo Wu hurried to leave rather than risk Master learning she had been in Xiao Tianyang's bathroom, and Xiao Tianyang slapped her backside as she went.

After five days in Spirit City, the competition began, and Xiao Tianyang's team prepared to face Berserk Academy. Xiao Tianyang spotted an opponent staring at him with hatred, suggesting a personal conflict beyond the tournament.

• The teams waited five days after the Alleyway Incident before the competition began, with the rules setting out five rounds and seeded-team byes.
• Master advised his team to aim for second place because Edward made the championship effectively unattainable, and Ma Hongjun agreed.
• Master learned from Flender that Xiao Tianyang had fought two Titled Douluo for dozens of exchanges, then chose to postpone speaking with Erlong until after the competition.
• Xiao Tianyang led Saber and the others into the competition plaza and remarked that its reinforced arena seemed designed to guard against him.
• Saber told Xiao Tianyang that their first opponents were Berserk Academy, and Xiao Tianyang asked about the team and its history.
• Xiao Tianyang noticed someone glaring at him with malice and hatred, indicating that their hostility had another cause.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Li Tianyou, whose uncle he had killed, held a grudge and was facing him in the tournament under Spirit Hall’s influence. As the match began, Li Tianyou attacked Xiao Tianyang, who had just devised an unconventional way to handle the trap.

• Xiao Tianyang decided not to investigate the source of Li Tianyou’s hostility, while Saber silently marked him as an enemy.
• Master explained to Flender that Li Tianyou belonged to the Li Clan and had reason to avenge the Soul Douluo Xiao Tianyang killed; they suspected Spirit Hall had arranged the confrontation to provoke Xiao Tianyang.
• Xiao Tianyang entered the final round alone with the Whitebeard Team, recognized the danger of the setup, and thought of an alternative approach.
• The referee started the match, and Li Tianyou revealed his Golden-Winged Great Peng Martial Soul before accusing Edward of killing his uncle and diving at Xiao Tianyang.

Xiao Tianyang unleashed a devastating power that froze Li Tianyou and threatened to destroy Spirit Hall’s arena, plaza, and mountain. Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to intervene before the destruction could spread further.

• Xiao Tianyang braced himself as Li Tianyou launched a golden-claw Soul Skill aimed at his head, while Tang San warned Xiao Wu to hold on.
• Xiao Tianyang spread his hands, silenced and froze everyone, and caused cracks and ripples to spread through the arena and surrounding mountain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo urged Bibi Dong to act before Xiao Tianyang destroyed Spirit Hall Headquarters.
• Bibi Dong gave Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo permission to make their move, and they flew into the air.

Xiao Tianyang won his match by unleashing an attack so powerful that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had to concede and protect the Papal Palace. Back at the inn, Qian Renxue warned him that he had drawn the attention of Worship Hall, but he refused to hide his strength.

• Xiao Tianyang's attack threatened to shake the mountain and damage the Papal Palace, so Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo declared him the winner and asked him to stop.
• Xiao Tianyang withdrew his hand and stomped the ground, easing the tremors before leaving Li Tianyou behind in a humiliating state.
• The teams returned to the inn, where the others avoided Xiao Tianyang after witnessing his frightening display.
• Xiao Tianyang went to his room to rest, but Qian Renxue appeared and criticized him for going too far.
• Qian Renxue warned Xiao Tianyang that his growing strength could attract the curiosity of Worship Hall and its worshippers, but he dismissed the idea of hiding in secret.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing told the Shrek team about their royal family’s deadly succession contest and revealed they had agreed to remain comrades rather than lovers. Dai Mubai said he wanted to defeat the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy in a humiliating fashion, while Ning Rongrong warned the team to be wary of Spirit Hall.

• The Shrek team gathered to discuss their match against the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, whose captain and vice-captain were Dai Mubai’s brother and Zhu Zhuqing’s sister.
• Dai Mubai explained that the Star Luo royal family made the winner of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition crown prince, while the loser and their fiancée faced death.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing said they had no romantic feelings for each other, and Dai Mubai admitted he liked Yu Hairou from Skywater Academy.
• Dai Mubai vowed to defeat the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy and disgrace the family decision-makers, so Tang San proposed that the whole team compete.
• Ning Rongrong raised concerns about Spirit Hall and said she felt Xiao Tianyang had warned them to be wary of it.

Xiao Tianyang watched the competition while worrying about Bubu, who had not reported back from infiltrating the Soul Hall. Shrek Academy began its match against Star Luo Empire Royal Academy with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun provoked them from the opposing side.

• Xiao Tianyang learned that his team’s opponents had forfeited, while Saber warned that Spirit Hall patrols might be preventing them from escaping.
• Xiao Tianyang worried that Bubu had been missing for three days while spying on Bibi Dong and the Titled Douluo of the Worship Hall.
• Fei Xue told Xiao Tianyang that Blazing Academy had won after Huo Wushuang broke the opposing team’s formation.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected on how an Immortal Herb had strengthened Huo Wushuang and how one could have changed Bibi Dong’s fate.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai and flirted with Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuyun made suggestive remarks toward Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Tianyang joked with Zhou Cheng and Fei Xue before turning their attention back to the match.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing crushed Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, leaving Dai Weisi humiliated and powerless to challenge Dai Mubai’s rise as heir. Xiao Tianyang explained to Saber why Dai Mubai needed the victory and why revealing the pair’s strength would not put them in danger from Spirit Hall.

• After the referee started the match, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls suppressed Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, and the two overwhelmed their opponents.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the opposing team, with Dai Mubai beating Dai Weisi and knocking out one of his front teeth.
• Dai Weisi accused Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing of having something wrong with them, and Dai Mubai warned that he might not get another chance to see the elders.
• Saber asked Xiao Tianyang why Dai Mubai had humiliated his brother, and Xiao Tianyang explained that Dai Mubai was proving himself and resolving a long-held grievance.
• Saber questioned why Xiao Tianyang allowed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to reveal their strength, and he explained that Spirit Hall posed little danger to them because of their standing in the Star Luo Empire.

Tang San told Dai Mubai about his Clear Sky Hammer and explained why he had stayed to compete, strengthening their friendship despite Spirit Hall targeting him. Meanwhile, Xiao Tianyang learned that Whitebeard would face Blazing Academy and chose to compete as planned.

• Tang San revealed to Dai Mubai that he possessed twin Martial Souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer, and that Spirit Hall's attack at the mountain pass had targeted him.
• Tang San explained that he had rejected Xiao Tianyang's invitation to leave because he wanted to compete for his teacher and stand on his own strength.
• Dai Mubai offered Tang San his support, and the two clasped hands as their bond grew stronger.
• Saber told Xiao Tianyang that Whitebeard would face Blazing Academy the next day, while Spirit Hall's seeded team would face Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy and Shrek Academy had a bye.
• Xiao Tianyang declined Saber's offer to compete in his place, saying he would keep friendship separate from competition.

Xiao Tianyang watched Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation face Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy and noticed that Hu Liena and the others had grown stronger through mysterious changes to their Martial Souls. The chapter left him wondering about the barbarians’ power and Saber suggesting that he alone might be able to help Hu Liena’s Martial Soul evolve further.

• Xiao Tianyang and Saber assessed Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy’s improved strength before its match against Spirit Hall’s seeded team.
• Xiao Tianyang noticed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan among Spirit Hall’s team, while Fei Xue scolded him for staring at Hu Liena.
• Saber identified Hu Liena as a Level 56 control-system Soul Master and Xie Yue and Yan as Soul Kings, but she had no information about the two barbarian Soul Masters.
• The match began, and Xiao Tianyang saw that Hu Liena’s fox spirit had three tails while Xie Yue’s blades and Yan’s flames had also changed.
• Saber explained that Hu Liena possessed an incomplete Nine-tailed Fox Spirit Martial Soul and suggested Xiao Tianyang might be the only person able to help it evolve.

Spirit Hall defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, whose two barbarian youths provoked Xiao Tianyang, while Blazing Academy forfeited and the top six teams were announced. Huo Wu later explained that she forfeited to avoid attention from Spirit Hall, then revealed that she and Huo Wushuang had refused Spirit Hall’s invitation to join.

• Hu Liena froze Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s two defense-type Soul Masters, and the Spirit Hall team defeated Yu Tianheng’s team in ten minutes.
• The two barbarian youths provoked Xiao Tianyang with a throat-slashing gesture, and he suspected someone at the Papal Palace was stirring up trouble.
• Blazing Academy forfeited, and the top six teams were announced as Spirit Hall, Skywater Academy, Shrek Academy, the Whitebeard Team, and two teams from the Star Luo Empire.
• Huo Wu visited Xiao Tianyang and said she had forfeited to keep herself and Huo Wushuang from drawing Spirit Hall’s attention.
• Huo Wu told Xiao Tianyang that she and her brother had refused Spirit Hall’s invitation, and she was baffled when he suggested they could have accepted without binding themselves.

With the finals suddenly moved up, Xiao Tianyang learned Spirit Hall had kept Blazing Academy and Skywater Academy in Spirit City to watch the matches. He set off with Saber and the others, while Shrek Academy kept its distance to avoid becoming a burden to him.

• Xiao Tianyang and Saber discussed Bubu’s findings: four unknown barbarians remained with Spirit Hall, and no one from the Worship Hall would intervene, though Bibi Dong might.
• Xiao Tianyang and Saber rested together before the finals, which were still scheduled for the following day.
• Saber woke Xiao Tianyang early and told him Spirit Hall had moved the match up and kept Blazing Academy and Skywater Academy in Spirit City.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Bubu new instructions before setting out with Saber and the others.
• Xiao Tianyang greeted Shrek Academy on the way, while Flender, Master, and the others maintained their distance as Xiao Tianyang had requested.

At the Spirit Hall championship, Bibi Dong arrived and scrutinized Tang San and Xiao Tianyang. When a red-robed bishop demanded that Xiao Tianyang remove his mask, Xiao Tianyang challenged him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Tianyang and the other teams entered the plaza, where Holy Knights announced Bibi Dong’s arrival.
• Bibi Dong appeared with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and two Titled Douluo, while several teams—including Xiao Tianyang’s and Shrek Academy’s—refused to kneel.
• Bibi Dong tested Tang San with her gaze and praised his bearing as similar to his teacher’s.
• A red-robed bishop demanded that Xiao Tianyang remove his mask, but Xiao Tianyang asked whether the bishop was strong enough to make him do so.
• Hu Liena praised Xiao Tianyang’s courage, while Yan sneered and glared at him.

Bibi Dong presented the championship Soul Bones, including a ninety-thousand-year skull bone that made Xiao Tianyang suspect the Barbarian Tribe was involved. Xiao Tianyang received a bye while Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall avoided facing him, but Yan volunteered to test him after dismissing Salas's praise as possibly exaggerated.

• Bibi Dong praised Xiao Tianyang for holding to his convictions and announced four championship Soul Bones, including a ninety-thousand-year skull bone and a seventy-thousand-year Right Arm Bone.
• Xiao Tianyang worried that the Barbarian Tribe had supplied some of the Soul Bones and that giving them to Tang San and his companions could cause trouble.
• Xiao Tianyang drew a bye, and Tang San forfeited Shrek Academy's first match against Spirit Hall's Soul Ancestor, giving Spirit Hall the win.
• Tang San and Hu Liena both forfeited their matches against Xiao Tianyang, drawing frowns from the spectators and Bibi Dong.
• Yan called Shrek Academy cowardly, but Xie Yue reminded him that Salas had called Xiao Tianyang peerless and unmatched after his crushing defeat of Shrek Academy.
• Yan volunteered to face Xiao Tianyang and suggested that Edward might be a hollow fraud.

Hu Liena let the Barbarian Tribe brothers challenge Edward, wagering command of the remaining matches and her own hand in marriage on their victory. She remained convinced that Edward could not be beaten, while tensions within the Spirit Hall team deepened.

• Hu Liena explained that Shrek Academy also planned to wear Edward down and argued that defeating him now would not make him easier to face at his peak.
• Xie Yue suggested sending someone other than Yan to test Edward, but Tuoba Tian and Tuoba Hong mocked the team and demanded command of the remaining matches.
• Hu Liena told Tuoba Tian and Tuoba Hong they could take command if they defeated Edward, and Tuoba Hong wagered that Hu Liena would marry him if they won the championship.
• Hu Liena accepted Tuoba Hong's condition, calming Xie Yue and explaining that she believed Edward was either extraordinarily arrogant or confident in abilities he had not yet revealed.
• Hu Liena warned Xie Yue not to speak carelessly about Edward because of recent rumors, and Xie Yue urged her to be cautious.

Shrek Academy forfeited its match against Spirit Hall to preserve its strength for the losers’ bracket, leaving Hu Liena and Xie Yue unable to follow suit because of their status and teammates. As the teams prepared to face Xiao Tianyang, Xie Yue volunteered to fight him and study his techniques.

• Xiao Tianyang knocked a level 45 Agile Attack System Battle Soul Master out of the arena with one kick.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed that Shrek Academy surrender so Edward and Spirit Hall would wear each other down, and Tang San forfeited the match for the first half.
• Hu Liena explained that Spirit Hall could not surrender because of Bibi Dong’s expectations, the Golden Generation’s reputation, and the two barbarian brothers.
• Bibi Dong sent Shrek Academy and the observing teams away, while Spirit Hall prepared to face Xiao Tianyang without revealing its trump cards.
• Xie Yue volunteered to attack Xiao Tianyang without defending so his teammates could observe the opponent’s dodging methods.
• Xie Yue challenged Xiao Tianyang with his strongest attack, and the referee delayed the match until Xie Yue had composed himself.