Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chenyu trained the Hungry Wolf Fist under Wang Sheng’s guidance while Peach Blossom Spring Academy continued its winning streak. As the team prepared to face Canghui Academy, Su Ran’s cryptic warning puzzled Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling, and a woman at the arena spotted Xiao Gang in the stands.

• Su Ran had Wang Sheng spar with Xiao Chenyu, who worked to understand the Hungry Wolf Fist and its Form-Intent principles.
• Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s team reached seventeen consecutive victories, with Dugu Yan helping defeat Elephant Armored Sect and other teams surrendering against them.
• Dugu Yan refined her poison, while Ye Lingling’s Nine Revolutions Black Lotus developed alongside her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Su Ran announced Canghui Academy as their next opponent and told Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling to hold fast to their spirits and pierce through the darkness.
• Yin Shu urged a sorrowful woman to watch Peach Blossom Spring Academy, and she reacted to the mention of a master.
• The woman saw Xiao Gang at the arena and wondered whether she was dreaming.

Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and learned about his wager against Su Ran as the Peach Blossom Spring Team defeated Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. As Yu Xiaogang feared the team would qualify, he asked Liu Erlong to go to Peach Blossom Spring Academy and take Su Ran as her teacher.

• Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and Flender, then learned that Peach Blossom Spring Academy was their formidable rival in the tournament.
• Canghui Academy unleashed its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, inspiring Yu Xiaogang to consider training a Martial Soul Fusion Skill for his own team.
• Liu Erlong objected to Yu Xiaogang’s wager with Su Ran, but Flender and Zhao Wuji stopped her from trying to change it.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling broke free of Canghui Academy’s illusion, and the Peach Blossom Spring Team shattered its fusion gem and defeated all seven opponents.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Liu Erlong’s affection and, after she offered to help him, asked her to go to Peach Blossom Spring Academy and take Su Ran as her teacher.

Liu Erlong failed to gain admission to Peach Blossom Spring Academy, while Yu Xiaogang began preparing his students to develop Martial Soul Fusion Skills. Peach Blossom Spring Academy extended its undefeated run, but after its latest victory, Ning Rongrong and the others discovered that Su Ran had disappeared from the viewing area.

• Wang Sheng delivered Su Ran's rejection and warning to Liu Erlong, who tried to force her way into Peach Garden before a sword strike frightened her into leaving.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang and Flender what had happened, and Yu Xiaogang urged her to try again while revealing his plan to train Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the conditions for cultivating Martial Soul Fusion Skills and told his exhausted students to meditate and sleep together to build their connection.
• Peach Blossom Spring Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy and reached twenty-seven consecutive victories, then Wang Sheng invited Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to study at the academy, provoking them.
• Ning Rongrong and the others left the arena and realized that Su Ran had disappeared from the viewing area.

Su Ran rescued Shui Bing'er from Shi Nian's illusion attack, killed Shi Nian, and persuaded her to become his disciple after the competition. Back at Peach Garden, he offered his students a Head Spirit Soul Bone, and they chose Ye Lingling to receive it.

• Shui Bing'er realized Canghui Academy's Shi Nian had trapped her in an illusion and was trying to kill her so Canghui Academy could advance.
• Su Ran guided Shui Bing'er through the illusion, killed Shi Nian, and asked her to take his disciple assessment; she agreed after the competition.
• Su Ran flew Shui Bing'er back to the arena on a Peach Blossom Branch, allowing her to rejoin Skywater Academy before its match.
• Su Ran returned to Peach Garden, where his students teased him about meeting a girl, and showed them a Head Spirit Soul Bone.
• Ning Rongrong and the other students agreed that Ye Lingling needed the Soul Bone most because it could ease the pain of cultivating the Nine Revolutions Black Lotus.

Peach Blossom Spring Academy secured first place in the Heaven Dou City division preliminaries with twenty-eight straight wins, while Su Ran’s rewards raised his Soul Power to Rank 90. As the team prepared for the next tournament, his students asked him for a personal reward.

• Shui Bing'er explained that a senior expert had taught her how to overcome Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusory Realm by resisting its psychological pressure and defeating its illusions.
• Peach Blossom Spring Academy defeated Thunderclap Academy decisively and finished the preliminaries undefeated, with the Four Great Elemental Academies taking the other advancement spots.
• Su Ran checked the rewards for the academy’s victories and found that his Soul Power had reached Rank 90 and several Soul Rings had increased in age.
• Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and the others asked Su Ran for a reward, and he offered them a holiday and an outing.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Ran to reward future match victories with kisses, but he refused and told them to reserve such affection for their future husbands.

Su Ran promised Soul Bones to the students who won the tournament and explained to Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan why he kept his face hidden. The two girls insisted they could stay rational if they saw him, leaving their curiosity about his appearance heightened.

• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan asked Su Ran to let them see his face as a competition reward, and Su Ran instead promised each student a suitable Soul Bone if they won the Promotion Tournament and Grand Finals.
• Su Ran warned Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing to focus on cultivation until they came of age, while the four took his words as encouragement and formed a Peach Blossom oath among themselves.
• After Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu left, Dugu Yan told Su Ran that his mask made her feel he did not trust them.
• Su Ran said his appearance made people fall in love at first sight, explaining that he wore a mask to avoid distracting students from cultivation.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan said they would remain rational if they saw his face, and asked for the chance to earn that reward.

Su Ran prepared Peach Blossom Spring Academy for the Promotion Tournament and reviewed the team’s strengths and past matches. When Ning Fengzhi brought Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to meet him, Su Ran identified the crown prince as Qian Renxue and discovered her SSS-rank innate talent, reduced to SS-rank by delayed cultivation.

• Su Ran explained the Promotion Tournament’s single-combat relay format and told his students to focus on mastering Basic Ultimate Skills.
• Su Ran praised Ning Rongrong’s improved judgment and amplification, then recalled how the team had overcome Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy during the Preliminaries.
• Su Ran sent Xiao Chenyu back to Suotuo City with instructions for his training and preparation for a stronger Second Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to Su Ran and explained that Xue Qinghe wanted to meet Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s students.
• Su Ran’s system identified Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, whose innate talent was SSS-rank but whose cultivation aptitude had fallen to SS-rank.

Su Ran met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi before leading Peach Blossom Spring Academy to the Promotion Tournament, where his students prepared for single combat. He also reunited with Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran before Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s match against Plant Academy was announced.

• Xue Qinghe offered Su Ran a Gold Token, but Su Ran declined it and invited him to recommend students for Peach Blossom Spring Academy instead.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Su Ran to accept more Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect students, and Su Ran agreed subject to the academy’s entrance assessment and rules.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she could fight an ordinary Assault System Soul Master, prompting Xue Qinghe to wonder whether Su Ran had changed her Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Su Ran had refused an offer to merge the academy with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and become its Deputy Sect Master.
• Su Ran led his students into the arena, where Chao Tianxiang praised him and encouraged Meng Yiran to pursue him.
• After several matches, Peach Blossom Spring Academy was called to compete against Plant Academy.

Ning Rongrong entered the one-on-one match against Plant Academy’s Mu Yunteng and revealed a powerful defensive technique that let her withstand the Soul Sect’s vine attacks. As Ning Fengzhi explained her defense to the VIP audience, Ning Rongrong prepared to show that she could attack as well.

• Plant Academy sent Mu Yunteng, a rank forty-one Control System Soul Sect, to face Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s Ning Rongrong, a rank forty-five Support System Battle Soul Sect.
• Mu Yunteng urged Ning Rongrong to leave the arena, but Ning Rongrong insisted she could fight and released her Nine Treasures Golden Body Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong used the Nine Treasures Glazed Glazed Body, enveloping herself in golden bells and stopping Mu Yunteng’s vines from throwing her out.
• Mu Yunteng’s Vine Dance battered Ning Rongrong without breaking through her first layer of defense, and Ning Rongrong taunted her to hit harder.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Su Ran had taught Ning Rongrong a defensive martial soul technique, and Ning Rongrong then shouted, “Wing Chun—Three Inch Strength!”

Ning Rongrong defeated Plant Academy’s fighters one after another with her Golden Bell defense and Wing Chun attacks, then conceded the deciding arena boundary to Yao Zi despite having overwhelmed her. Plant Academy conceded the match, leaving the spectators astonished by Ning Rongrong’s strength and questioning Ning Fengzhi about her abilities and Teacher Su Ran’s techniques.

• Ning Rongrong defeated Mu Yunteng and Mu Yunzhu, then swept aside Plant Academy’s next three fighters, leaving only captain Yao Zi.
• Yao Zi attacked with Thorn Rain and broke through several of Ning Rongrong’s Golden Bell layers, but Ning Rongrong dodged her bindings and charged at her.
• Ning Rongrong and Yao Zi collided with their strongest attacks, and the blast sent Ning Rongrong beyond the arena boundary while Yao Zi remained inside, badly injured.
• Ning Rongrong acknowledged that she had lost by the arena rules, and Yao Zi thanked her for yielding before Plant Academy conceded the match.
• The crowd erupted over Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s victory, while Xue Ye, Salas, and Xue Qinghe questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong’s power and Teacher Su Ran’s techniques.

After Ning Rongrong’s victory over Plant Academy, Su Ran gained rewards for her achievements while his students argued over who would stay in his barrack. Three Plant Academy students visited Su Ran to ask how Ning Rongrong’s Golden Bell Shield could be overcome, and he began explaining that two or three fighters could win against her.

• Ning Rongrong’s defeat of Plant Academy shocked the tournament participants, while Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s students argued over who would sleep in the Teacher barrack.
• Su Ran gained seven hundred years of Soul Ring age, a bottle of Bone Nourishing Spirit Liquid, and three chances to draw a Basic Ultimate Skill from Ning Rongrong’s victory and achievements.
• Yao Zi, Mu Yunteng, and Mu Yunzhu arrived at Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s camp and asked Su Ran for guidance on defeating Ning Rongrong.
• Su Ran explained that breaking the Golden Bell Shield would be difficult for Plant Academy’s Control System Battle Soul Masters, but two or three fighters could win against Ning Rongrong.

Su Ran taught Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu, and Mu Yunteng how to counter Ning Rongrong by focusing on defense and evasion, then invited them to become his disciples. The three accepted while remaining students of Plant Academy for the competition, and Su Ran received new skills and a Green Snake Right Arm Bone as rewards.

• Su Ran explained that the Plant Academy girls should use their plant Martial Souls to defend, evade, and exhaust Ning Rongrong rather than attack her head-on.
• Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu, and Mu Yunteng realized the tactic could help them defeat Ning Rongrong, but Su Ran warned that five of his other students were stronger than her.
• Su Ran invited the three girls to study under him and said they could still compete for Plant Academy without feeling conflicted.
• Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu, and Mu Yunteng knelt and acknowledged Su Ran as their Teacher while remaining Plant Academy students for the competition.
• Su Ran received the Seven Star Sword Technique, White Python Whip Technique, Vermillion Bird Whip Technique, Sunflower Acupoint Sealing, and a Green Snake Right Arm Bone as rewards.

Su Ran accepted Yao Zi, Mu Yunteng, and Mu Yunzhu as direct disciples and began teaching them powerful techniques suited to their Martial Souls. Ning Rongrong felt left out, but the chapter ended with Su Ran’s demonstrations drawing a crowd from the other academy camps.

• Su Ran gave Yao Zi, Mu Yunteng, and Mu Yunzhu Peach Blossom Tokens and invited them to study with him after the tournament matches.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Su Ran for taking new disciples, then demanded to sleep in his barracks and receive a good-night kiss as compensation.
• Peach Blossom Spring Academy continued winning its Promotion Tournament matches, while Ning Rongrong and Wang Sheng gained attention for their performances.
• Su Ran taught Yao Zi the Vermillion Bird Whip Technique and gave her a Fire Spirit Flower, then taught Mu Yunteng the Green Snake Python Whip and gave her a Green Snake Right Arm Bone.
• Su Ran demonstrated the White Ape Sword Technique for Mu Yunzhu and gave her Jade Sword Green to strengthen her Green Bamboo Martial Soul.
• The techniques’ displays drew teachers and students from other camps to Camp One, and Shui Bing’er defended Peach Blossom Spring Academy against accusations of disrupting the others.

Dugu Yan took the field for Peach Blossom Spring Academy against Thunderclap Academy and used her Four-Colored Calamity Poison to defeat three opponents in succession. Yu Tianxin entered the poisonous fog to challenge her, and Dugu Yan vowed to poison every member of his clan.

• Su Ran chose Dugu Yan to lead Peach Blossom Spring Academy against Thunderclap Academy, keeping Ning Rongrong out of the match.
• Dugu Yan faced Vice Captain Lei Dong and used poison-coated hands to break his Thunder Spears and infect him with Four-Colored Calamity Poison.
• After Lei Dong was weakened by the poison, Dugu Yan struck him out of the arena, then defeated Lei Jiuchong and Xiao Yunju as the poison filled the battlefield.
• Yu Tianxin emerged from the poisonous fog and accused Dugu Yan of disgracing Thunderclap Academy, then offered to fight her.
• Dugu Yan condemned Yu Tianxin and vowed to poison every member of the Yu clan.

Dugu Yan’s poison left Yu Tianxin severely injured and mentally unstable after Thunderclap Academy lost to Peach Blossom Spring Academy. As the Promotion Tournament continued, Yu Xiaogang decided to seek a cooperation in Spirit City, while Liu Erlong offered to return to Peach Blossom Spring Academy to recruit a teacher at any cost.

• Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianxin and Thunderclap Academy with her poison, then warned Yu Tianheng not to slander her or Peach Blossom Spring Academy again.
• Yu Tianxin remained poisoned two days later, and his terror and delusions led him to proclaim the Bile Green Snake the strongest Beast Martial Soul and accuse Yu Xiaogang of hurting him.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang discussed how badly Peach Blossom Spring Academy had outmatched Thunderclap Academy, while Flender and Liu Erlong urged Yu Xiaogang to abandon his plans.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to travel to Spirit City to seek cooperation and told the others not to disrupt the children’s training.
• Liu Erlong volunteered to return to Peach Blossom Spring Academy and take a teacher, whatever the cost.

Liu Erlong came to Peach Blossom Spring Academy in the rain and begged Su Ran to accept her as a disciple, while Feng Xiaotian considered doing the same after Xiao Wu defeated him. As Liu Erlong remained kneeling despite the academy's refusal, a student brought her food and challenged her to reconsider her devotion to Yu Xiaogou.

• After Peach Blossom Spring Academy defeated Godwind Academy, Feng Xiaotian told Liu Erlong that its students were drawing visitors who wanted to befriend their teacher.
• Liu Erlong went to Camp One and knelt in the mud, asking Su Ran to accept her as a disciple; Wang Sheng told her to leave because the academy would not enroll her.
• Feng Xiaotian watched Liu Erlong refuse to leave, considered seeking instruction himself, then decided the humiliation of being rejected was too much.
• Liu Erlong continued kneeling through changing weather until an unnamed student covered her with a robe, brought her warm food, and told her Su Ran would not accept her.
• The student criticized Liu Erlong's devotion to Yu Xiaogou and questioned whether a man who let her suffer for years deserved her love, leaving her wondering whether she was wrong to love him.

Su Ran’s students debated Liu Erlong’s attempt to join Peach Blossom Spring Academy, and Ning Rongrong offered to keep her as a personal guard under the Vajra Righteous Heart Ring. Liu Erlong accepted the ring, which punished her whenever she dwelled on Xiao Gang, while Su Ran explained how Ning Rongrong could use it to restrain her.

• Su Ran asked Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran whether they would accept or kill someone who had approached them to help a loved one, and they left the decision to him.
• Ning Rongrong offered Liu Erlong a place as her personal guard and warned that the Vajra Ring would punish her if her intentions were harmful.
• Liu Erlong accepted the ring, which tightened painfully when she thought about Xiao Gang and eased when she stopped.
• Liu Erlong ate the food Ning Rongrong had brought and began questioning whether she had loved the wrong person.
• Su Ran told Ning Rongrong the ring’s full name, its powers, and its control incantation, and urged her to keep Liu Erlong under control.

As the Promotion Tournament neared its end, Peach Blossom Spring Academy remained undefeated, and Skywater Academy forfeited its match against them. Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er planned to join Su Ran's academy after the tournament, while Shui Yue'er kept trying to persuade him to reveal his face.

• The standings showed Peach Blossom Spring Academy in first place with twelve straight wins, while Skywater Academy ranked second and Plant Academy had become a dark horse.
• Liu Erlong watched Su Ran and questioned Yu Xiaogang's claims about him, while she continued serving as Ning Rongrong's Glazed Guardian.
• Shui Bing'er conceded Skywater Academy's match against Peach Blossom Spring Academy, saying her team feared Dugu Yan's poison and hoped to meet Su Ran's team in the finals.
• Shui Yue'er asked Su Ran to remove his mask, then asked whether she could see his face if she became his disciple; Su Ran said she could consider it.
• Shui Yue'er announced that she and Shui Bing'er would leave Skywater Academy after the tournament and enroll in Peach Blossom Spring Academy, where she hoped to learn Water and Ice techniques.
• Ning Rongrong and the other girls reacted jealously as Shui Yue'er continued asking to see Su Ran's face.

Peach Blossom Spring Academy won the Promotion Tournament, and Su Ran rejected offers from both the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Su Ran confronting Salas after the bishop appeared to pressure the academy into joining Spirit Hall.

• Peach Blossom Spring Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy and finished the Promotion Tournament undefeated, while Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian discussed the academy’s strength and Su Ran’s teaching.
• Xue Ye awarded titles and Gold Soul Coins to the five outstanding teams, granting Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s members viscount titles and its Captain a count title with a three-city fiefdom.
• Xue Ye offered Su Ran the title of National Teacher, marquis treatment, and leadership of a merged Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Su Ran refused.
• Salas offered to register Peach Blossom Spring Academy under Spirit Hall and make Su Ran a Platinum Bishop, but Su Ran rejected the offer as well.
• Salas warned that joining Spirit Hall would benefit both sides, and Su Ran challenged him as a Peach Tree appeared behind him and made the bishop tremble.

After rejecting both the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Spirit Hall, Su Ran warned his students that the finals in Spirit City would be dangerous and arranged for Sword Douluo Chen Xin to protect them. That night, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian gathered outside Peach Blossom Spring, apparently hoping to go inside, just as someone else approached.

• Ning Rongrong and the other students discussed how Su Ran's refusal to join either faction might keep both the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Spirit Hall from targeting them, and Su Ran cautioned them to stay close during the finals.
• Su Ran revealed that Sword Douluo Chen Xin would accompany the students to Spirit City, where he would protect them.
• Chen Xin explained that he had lost his second sword challenge to Su Ran and agreed to guard the students in exchange for learning how to break Su Ran's sword technique.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang met outside Peach Blossom Spring and admitted they had both come there intending to go inside.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed himself in a nearby tree, and the siblings noticed that someone else was approaching.