Chapter Summaries

On the journey back to Myriad Manifestations Academy, Qin Mo guided Bing'er and Yan'er toward deeper understandings of their Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire to help them break through Level 39. As they neared the academy, both women had begun seriously contemplating their martial souls, and Qin Mo planned to help them find suitable Fourth Soul Rings.

• Qin Mo slowed the return journey and noticed that Bing'er and Yan'er had grown in Soul Power after their battles and were nearing Level 40.
• When Qin Mo asked about their bottleneck, Yan'er described her frustration, and Bing'er silently agreed.
• Qin Mo demonstrated how ice and fire could remain distinct yet balanced, then explained that Bing'er’s Ultimate Ice could embody nirvana and kingly majesty while Yan’er’s Ultimate Fire could represent light, resilience, and creation.
• Qin Mo told them to seek their own intent rather than merely accumulate Soul Power, and the two women thanked him for his guidance.
• Qin Mo said they could cultivate near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye after returning and promised to find suitable Fourth Soul Rings for them.
• Bing'er and Yan'er spent the rest of the journey contemplating Qin Mo’s words, and several days later Myriad Manifestations Academy came into view.

Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy and found it thriving under the management of Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing. As Spirit Hall began investigating him and Blue Tyrant Academy arrived seeking a “friendly exchange,” Qin Mo prepared to meet the visitors.

• Qin Mo returned to the academy, where staff and students welcomed him and Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing reported its progress.
• Qin Yuan told Qin Mo that Spirit Hall had sent Platinum Bishop Salas to investigate the Black Prison Forest incident and was searching for a young soul master with a tower-shaped martial soul.
• Qin Mo ordered the academy to strengthen its personnel checks and told Zhu Zhuqing he would soon take her to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Third Soul Ring.
• An Academic Affairs deacon announced that Blue Tyrant Academy’s dean had arrived to conduct a “friendly exchange,” and Qin Mo ordered the visitors brought to the reception room.

Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender visited Myriad Manifestations Academy, ostensibly to discuss cooperation but chiefly to probe Qin Mo about his martial soul. Qin Mo refused to reveal anything and sent them away, leaving the future of their group uncertain.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced Liu Erlong and Flender to Qin Mo and said they had come to exchange ideas and explore cooperation.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Qin Mo about his unusual tower-shaped martial soul and how it had mutated.
• Qin Mo refused to explain and challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain his own inability to break through level 30.
• Flender grew angry, but Liu Erlong restrained him as the reception room's atmosphere turned tense.
• Qin Mo told the visitors to leave unless they had come sincerely to discuss education, and Liu Erlong led Yu Xiaogang and Flender out.

Qin Mo led Zhu Zhuqing, Bing'er, and Yan'er into Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Third Soul Ring for Zhu Zhuqing and scout Soul Beasts for the others. He subdued an 1800-year Netherworld Leopard and began guiding Zhu Zhuqing’s absorption, while the group’s search for Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts remained ahead.

• Qin Mo set out for Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing, Bing'er, and Yan'er after advising Zhu Zhuqing to seek a powerful agility-type Soul Beast.
• Qin Mo rejected several Soul Beasts along the way and set a minimum standard of a top-tier agility Soul Beast over fifteen hundred years old.
• Bing'er identified a Netherworld Leopard estimated to be between seventeen hundred and nineteen hundred years old as a perfect match for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qin Mo suppressed the Netherworld Leopard and drove off the Mandala Snake, then guided Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the leopard’s 1800-year Soul Ring.
• Qin Mo told Bing'er and Yan'er to guard Zhu Zhuqing and turned his attention toward finding suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts deeper in the forest.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Netherworld Leopard spirit ring and gained her Third Soul Skill, Qin Mo led the group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find powerful spirit rings for Bing'er and Yan'er. He located an Extreme Cold Ice Luan and an Earth Core Fire Lizard, then sent the girls to face them while he and Zhu Zhuqing stood by.

• With Qin Mo's assistance, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed an 1800-year Netherworld Leopard spirit ring, reached level thirty-two, and gained the Third Soul Skill Netherworld Shadow Strike.
• Qin Mo decided that Bing'er and Yan'er needed high-quality ice- and fire-attributed Soul Beasts for their Ultimate Martial Souls.
• Qin Mo led the group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest and rejected a Mysterious Ice Turtle and a Blazing Lion as unsuitable spirit-ring candidates.
• Qin Mo sensed an Extreme Cold Ice Luan near a cold pool and an Earth Core Fire Lizard near a volcanic crater, and identified them as suitable targets for Bing'er and Yan'er.
• Bing'er and Yan'er set off separately toward the cold pool and volcanic crater while Qin Mo and Zhu Zhuqing remained behind to support them.

Bing'er fought the Ten-Thousand-Year Extreme Cold Ice Luan at a frozen pool and awakened a nascent Ice Phoenix Domain under pressure. After defeating the beast, she prepared to absorb its Soul Ring and transform her Martial Soul.

• Bing'er confronted the Extreme Cold Ice Luan while Qin Mo and Zhu Zhuqing watched from the trees.
• Bing'er and the Ice Luan exchanged attacks, but she began to lose ground against its greater Soul Power and experience.
• Bing'er grasped that her ice could be a domain of dominion and unleashed her Third Soul Skill, Ice Phoenix Domain, suppressing the Ice Luan.
• Bing'er formed an ice crystal spear with Ice Phoenix Judgment and struck the Ice Luan's energy core, defeating it.
• Qin Mo praised Bing'er and told her to recover before absorbing the Ice Luan's Soul Ring, and she sat down to regulate her breath.

Yan'er fought a Twenty-Thousand-Year Earth Core Fire Lizard and awakened the Nirvana truth of her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. After killing the beast, she prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, while Qin Mo declared that Myriad Manifestations Academy’s combat strength was about to rise.

• Yan'er challenged the Earth Core Fire Lizard at the volcanic crater and battled it with her fire skills.
• As her Soul Power dwindled, Yan'er recalled Qin Mo’s teachings and understood that fire could embody renewal as well as destruction.
• Yan'er unleashed her Third Soul Skill, Fire Phoenix... Nirvana, and absorbed the lizard’s golden flames into her transformed fire.
• Yan'er killed the Earth Core Fire Lizard with Heaven-Burning... Slash.
• Qin Mo and Zhu Zhuqing congratulated Yan'er, who sat down to recover and prepare to absorb the beast’s Soul Ring.

Bing'er and Yan'er absorbed powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, transforming their Martial Souls and advancing to Soul Ancestors. Qin Mo prepared to return with the group to Myriad Manifestations Academy as Spirit Hall and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament awaited.

• Bing'er absorbed the Extreme Cold Ice Luan's eighteen-thousand-year Spirit Ring, reached Level 42, and gained the Fourth Spirit Skill Ice Phoenix Thorn Domain.
• Yan'er absorbed the Earth Core Fire Lizard's twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring, reached Level 41, and gained the Fourth Spirit Skill Fire Phoenix Prairie Break.
• Qin Mo saw that Bing'er and Yan'er had become strong enough to contend with ordinary Soul Kings, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to work harder and catch up.
• Qin Mo announced that the group would return to Myriad Manifestations Academy, where matters including Spirit Hall's developments and tournament registration awaited them.

Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy as its growing reputation brought a flood of applicants and new political attention. He decided the academy would enter the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and named its seven main competitors, including Qian Renxue.

• Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy, where Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling described the rush of applicants and the unfamiliar Soul Masters arriving in Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Yuan told Qin Mo that Bishop Salas was publicly implying the academy had ties to Evil Soul Masters and that Xue Ye had invited him to an Imperial Banquet three days later.
• Qin Yuan informed Qin Mo that tournament registration closed in five days and the preliminary tournament began in one month.
• Qin Mo committed the academy to the tournament and declared that it would aim to win the championship after qualifying from the Heaven Dou Competition Zone.
• Qin Mo named himself, Bing'er, Yan'er, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue as the team's seven main members.

Qin Mo invited Qian Renxue to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament as Xiao Xue, and she accepted as the Myriad Manifestations Battle Team’s captain. After receiving an invitation from someone impersonating Xue Qinghe, Qin Mo went alone to the Prince’s Mansion to meet them.

• Qin Mo visited Qian Renxue and asked her to compete in the tournament as a core member of Myriad Manifestations Academy.
• Qin Mo told Qian Renxue she could compete as herself, and she agreed to participate as Xiao Xue.
• Qin Mo named Qian Renxue the battle team’s public captain and main attacker.
• An academy guard delivered an invitation from someone claiming to be Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Qin Mo and Qian Renxue recognized it as a likely Spirit Hall contact.
• Qin Mo accepted the invitation and left alone for the Prince’s Mansion that night.

Qin Mo attended a banquet at the Prince's Mansion, where Spirit Hall and an impostor posing as Xue Qinghe tried to probe his strength and accuse his martial soul of being linked to Evil Soul Masters. He intimidated them into backing down, while Spirit Hall reported the encounter to the Papal Palace and prepared to watch Myriad Manifestations Academy during the tournament.

• Qin Mo recognized that the Crown Prince at the banquet was an impostor and noticed Red Bishop Miles among the guests.
• Miles questioned Qin Mo about the Black Prison Forest incident, his clash with Deacon Yan, and whether his martial soul made him an Evil Soul Master.
• Qin Mo rejected their probing and unleashed overwhelming spiritual pressure on Miles and the impostor before leaving the Prince's Mansion.
• Miles told the impostor that Qin Mo's strength was unfathomable and urged Spirit Hall not to act rashly during the tournament.
• Qin Mo resolved to prepare Myriad Manifestations Academy for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while news of the banquet reached the Papal Palace.

At the Heaven Dou Palace banquet, Qin Mo deflected Xue Ye’s probing questions and boldly declared that a student of Myriad Manifestations Academy would reach the summit of the upcoming tournament. His confidence won Ning Fengzhi’s support, while the academy was thrust into the political spotlight just before the competition.

• Qin Mo attended the Imperial Banquet with Bing’er and Yan’er, drawing attention from nobles and academy representatives.
• A duke tried to provoke Qin Mo into setting Myriad Manifestations Academy against the established academies, but Qin Mo replied calmly that his students would compete with humility.
• Xue Ye questioned Qin Mo about his students and the strongest young soul master, and Qin Mo introduced Bing’er and Yan’er before predicting that a Myriad Manifestations Academy student would stand at the peak.
• Qin Mo’s declaration astonished the banquet guests, and Xue Ye recognized the academy as a potential force against Spirit Hall.
• After the banquet, Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, and Qin Mo welcomed the alliance.
• Bing’er warned that the academy would be under scrutiny, while Qin Mo told her and Yan’er to prepare for the approaching tournament.

Qin Mo put the Myriad Manifestations Battle Team through twenty days of intense training to improve their coordination and prepare them for the Spirit Master Tournament. The team ended training far stronger and more unified, ready to face the competition.

• Qin Mo gathered the seven main members and announced that their goal was to win the Heaven Dou Competition Zone championship and ultimately the overall title.
• Qin Mo put the team through the Thousand Mechanisms Formation, where they struggled to synchronize before gradually learning to work together.
• The team faced Qin Mo in nightly combat drills, and he identified their weaknesses while training them to protect their support members and coordinate their Soul Skills.
• Qin Mo developed tactics built around Qian Renxue, with Bing'er and Yan'er covering the flanks, Zhu Zhuqing attacking vulnerable opponents, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling supporting the team, and Qin Mo controlling the field.
• On the final day, the team held out against Qin Mo for half an hour and forced him to use his Fourth Spirit Skill, though they still lost.
• Qin Mo ended the special training and told the team to rest and prepare for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Myriad Manifestations Academy made its debut at the Heaven Dou Empire Preliminary Tournament, stunning the crowd with its powerful lineup and swift victory over Barak Royal Academy. The team emerged as a championship contender, while Bishop Salas recognized Qian Renxue as the missing former Holy Maiden.

• Xue Ye opened the tournament as the twenty-eight teams entered, and Myriad Manifestations Academy drew loud cheers when Qin Mo led its team into the arena.
• Bishop Salas recognized Qian Renxue and was angered that she was competing for Myriad Manifestations Academy, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye admired the team's presence.
• The draw placed Myriad Manifestations Academy in Group Three, and its first match was against Barak Royal Academy; Qin Mo told his seven teammates to perform as they had practiced.
• Qian Renxue revealed five soul rings, including a black ring, while Bing'er, Yan'er, and Qin Mo revealed four rings each, shocking the audience and VIP guests.
• Qian Renxue's Angel Domain and her teammates' coordinated attacks overwhelmed Barak Royal Academy, and Myriad Manifestations Academy won in under three minutes.
• The crowd hailed Myriad Manifestations Academy as a championship contender as Qin Mo watched the team leave the arena, confident that the real show was yet to come.

Myriad Manifestations Academy dominated the Preliminary Tournament with a perfect record, showcasing varied tactics and Qin Mo’s precise support. After breaking Elephant Armor Academy’s formidable defense, they led the rankings and awaited clashes with other top teams.

• Qian Renxue, Bing'er, Yan'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Qin Mo led Myriad Manifestations Academy through a string of decisive victories, demonstrating coordinated attacks, speed, and an Ice-Fire Combination Attack.
• Qin Mo used the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda’s Demon Vine: Myriad Serpent Barrier to bind and slow Elephant Armor Academy’s front line.
• Qian Renxue, Bing'er, and Yan'er concentrated their enhanced attacks on Elephant Armor Academy’s defense and broke through it in less than a minute.
• Qian Renxue struck Elephant Armor Academy captain Hu Yanli off the arena, and he accepted his defeat.
• Myriad Manifestations Academy remained undefeated and led the rankings as the tournament’s focus shifted to its upcoming matches against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Main Team, Thunder Academy, and Godwind Academy.

Qin Mo left the Preliminary Tournament to seek a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his Fifth Soul Ring, leaving the academy under Qian Renxue’s command. After finding the beast in a valley in the Star Dou Great Forest, he faced its opening attack.

• Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong warned Qin Mo that Spirit Hall was watching the team, and Qin Mo announced he would leave to obtain his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Qin Mo entrusted the academy to Qian Renxue, with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing assisting, and told them to use the Defensive Formation’s Core if danger arose.
• Qin Mo visited his grandfather, who gave him a Void-Breaking Talisman and cautioned him about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena.
• Qin Mo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for several days, sealed several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and eventually found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s territory.
• Qin Mo confronted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger outside its cave and demanded it enter his Nine-Story Demon Pagoda; the beast attacked him at once.

Qin Mo battled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, using the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda’s skills to survive its ambush and briefly restrain its Evil God Hook. The enraged tiger unleashed a barrage of Dark Energy blades, and Qin Mo continued fighting while seeking a chance to draw out its Life and Death Arena.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ambushed Qin Mo with its claws, but Qin Mo used Demon Spider Thorn: Defense and evaded the attack.
• The tiger attacked with black tornadoes and its Evil God Hook, while Qin Mo used Ghost Tiger Phantom and Pagoda Suppression: Guard to escape and resist its devouring power.
• Qin Mo shattered his pagoda shield and used the tiger’s forward momentum to bind its tail hook with Demon Vine: Myriad Serpent Barrier.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger grew enraged, strengthened its aura, and attacked Qin Mo with a rain of Dark Energy blades while charging at him.
• Qin Mo used his first three Soul Skills to evade and counter as the fierce battle continued through the valley.

Qin Mo battled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger until it trapped him in its Life and Death Arena, where their powers were suppressed and the fight shifted to instincts, skill, and luck. The chapter ended as the tiger advanced on Qin Mo inside the arena, with Qin Mo's connection to his martial souls weakened.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger wounded Qin Mo with a dark Wind Blade, and Qin Mo froze the evil energy in the wound.
• Qin Mo trapped himself and the tiger in Spider Emperor's Cage, then used the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda's Sealing Power against it.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger activated its Life and Death Arena, interrupting Qin Mo's sealing attack and pulling them into its domain.
• The arena reduced both fighters' Soul Power and physical abilities, while Qin Mo found his links to the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul greatly weakened.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger approached Qin Mo and declared that they would fight through instincts, skill, and luck.

Qin Mo struggled against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside its Life and Death Arena, where the beast’s strength and recovery put him at a severe disadvantage. He disrupted the domain with the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and a Void-Breaking Talisman, then pierced the tiger’s forehead with an Ultimate Ice attack.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Qin Mo as soon as it formed the Life and Death Arena, and Qin Mo fought back with his weakened Soul Power and Ultimate Ice.
• Qin Mo used his Mysterious Jade Hand to slow the tiger, but its superior strength and recovery left him badly wounded and nearing defeat.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger gathered its Dark Energy for a final strike, and Qin Mo secretly channeled his Spiritual Power and remaining Soul Power into the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda.
• The Nine-Story Demon Pagoda’s sealing light struck the tiger’s soul core, and Qin Mo crushed the Void-Breaking Talisman to disrupt the arena’s spacetime rules.
• Qin Mo exploited the tiger’s momentary paralysis and pierced its forehead with a concentrated Ultimate Ice finger blast.

Qin Mo defeated and sealed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the fifth floor of the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda, gaining a powerful Fifth Soul Ring and rising to Level 55. With his new spirit skill, he headed back to Heaven Dou City for the tournament’s final stage.

• The Life and Death Arena collapsed, leaving Qin Mo and the fatally wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the valley.
• Qin Mo opened the fifth floor of the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and sealed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The Demon Pagoda’s energy feedback restored Qin Mo and raised his Soul Power to Level 55 as he formed his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Qin Mo learned his fifth spirit skill, Evil God's Descent, which let him summon the sealed tiger to fight.
• Qin Mo left the valley and raced toward Heaven Dou City for the tournament’s final stage.