Chapter Summaries

The Imperial Fighting Team defeated Skywater Academy in a relay battle, with its members winning through individual strength and teamwork. Wang Chuan ended the final match without fighting when Skywater Academy’s last member conceded out of fear.

• Qin Ming assigned Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Wen Jingran, Osler, Yu Feng, and Shi Mo to fight Skywater Academy, while Wang Chuan remained the team’s final safeguard.
• Yu Tianheng defeated Shui Bing’er, then withdrew after Gu Qingbo’s ice vines drained his strength; Dugu Yan defeated Gu Qingbo with poison but was worn down by Qiu Ruoshui.
• Wen Jingran used his Gluttony Shield to absorb and return Qiu Ruoshui’s attack, defeating her, and Osler narrowly beat an Ice Soul Shuttle user.
• Xue Wu defeated Yu Feng, but Shi Mo defeated Xue Wu and then Skywater Academy’s next fighter with his Black Tortoise Armor.
• Wang Chuan took the stage, and Skywater Academy’s final member conceded before the match began; the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.

After the advancement matches, Ning Rongrong took Wang Chuan to a quiet maple forest, where his hidden exhaustion finally overcame him and he fell asleep beside her. She watched over him and used the gentle power of her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to soothe his troubled mind.

• Ning Rongrong invited Wang Chuan to walk through the maple forest, and he agreed.
• Ning Rongrong shared stories about the day's matches as she led Wang Chuan to a quiet clearing beneath an ancient maple tree.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Wang Chuan's weariness, and he eventually fell asleep while leaning against her.
• Ning Rongrong whispered her concerns and hopes to the sleeping Wang Chuan, then gently brushed his brow.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and used its gentle light to help Wang Chuan rest peacefully.

Wang Chuan faced Tang San in the advancement tournament’s final match after Tang San persuaded Shrek Academy to let him challenge him. Wang Chuan defeated him with his Void abilities, and Tang San conceded, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy first place.

• Bibi Dong ordered a shadowy figure to eliminate Wang Chuan before he could grow stronger.
• Yu Tianheng chose Wang Chuan to fight Shrek Academy in the final, while Master Yu Xiaogang proposed forfeiting to protect the team.
• Tang San asked to face Wang Chuan, and Master Yu Xiaogang agreed on the condition that he surrender if the fight became dangerous.
• Tang San opened with a coordinated assault, but Wang Chuan phased through it and used Void Mark - Stagnant Severance and Annihilation Stab to damage Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances.
• Wang Chuan evaded Tang San’s hidden weapons with Grand Void Body, and Tang San conceded.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the tournament champion, and Wang Chuan left the stage.

During the three-day rest before the finals in Spirit City, Wang Chuan reunited with Ning Rongrong and gave her a crystal Glazed Tile Pagoda containing his Void aura as a birthday gift and means of summoning him in danger. The two embraced beside the stream, sharing a moment of closeness before their teams departed for the finals.

• After spending a day refining his power, Wang Chuan found Ning Rongrong outside Shrek's camp and invited her for a walk.
• Ning Rongrong and Wang Chuan walked to a stream lined with white begonias, where she pinned a flower to his robe and they held hands.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether they could still spend time together after reaching Spirit City, and Wang Chuan promised they could after the finals.
• Wang Chuan gave Ning Rongrong a crystal nine-tiered Glazed Tile Pagoda containing a wisp of his Void aura, explaining that crushing it would let him sense her location and come to her aid.
• Ning Rongrong realized Wang Chuan had risked part of his Origin Aura to make the gift, then tucked it close to her heart and embraced him.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and She Long to assassinate Wang Chuan during the journey to Spirit City, assigning them to distract Chen Xin and Dugu Bo. Three days later, the academy teams departed under Royal Knight escort, while Wang Chuan sensed concealed killing intent on the road ahead.

• Bibi Dong moved Spirit Hall’s assassination plan forward and named Wang Chuan as the primary target.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to hold off Chen Xin while She Long used Myriad Poisons Soul Breaking Powder to trap Dugu Bo.
• Bibi Dong instructed Yue Guan to break away and kill Wang Chuan with his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Domain.
• Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas attended the departure ceremony for the fifteen qualifying academy teams.
• Wang Chuan sensed hidden killing intent as the procession left the Imperial Hunting Grounds for Spirit City.

Spirit Hall ambushed the convoy on the road to Spirit City, separating the academy teams and binding Chen Xin and Dugu Bo with Titled Douluo opponents. Wang Chuan escaped Yue Guan’s killing strike, sent his teammates to retreat, and faced the Chrysanthemum Douluo alone in the air.

• On the seventh day of the journey, attackers dropped boulders into the mountain pass and black-robed Soul Masters harassed the convoy, splitting the forces and hindering support.
• Yue Guan launched a full-strength strike at Wang Chuan’s carriage while Gui Mei blocked Chen Xin and She Long restrained Dugu Bo.
• Qin Ming tried to shield Wang Chuan, but Wang Chuan used Grand Void Body to evade the chrysanthemum blade as the carriage was destroyed.
• Wang Chuan ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to retreat, then appeared in the air with Nothingness and confronted Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan declared that the Pope had chosen Wang Chuan’s life and intensified his spatial suppression as Wang Chuan raised his sword to fight.

Wang Chuan fought Yue Guan, a Titled Douluo, through relentless attacks that strained his spatial abilities and left him badly wounded. He tore open a black hole to disrupt Yue Guan’s Martial Soul Avatar and injure him, but Yue Guan prepared an even fiercer attack as the battle continued.

• Yue Guan unleashed his ninth spirit ability, and Wang Chuan used Grand Void Body to evade most of the petal barrage but suffered deep cuts.
• Yue Guan summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and suppressed Wang Chuan with spatial confinement and sweeping attacks, while Wang Chuan used Void techniques and Void Blink to survive.
• Wang Chuan spotted a weakness beneath Yue Guan’s avatar and opened a black hole that dragged at the avatar and swallowed its golden energy.
• Wang Chuan released a devastating Void shockwave into the avatar’s weakened core, injuring Yue Guan and cracking the golden petals.
• Yue Guan, enraged, began preparing another killing move as Wang Chuan faced him bloodied and exhausted; Ning Rongrong could only watch helplessly.

Wang Chuan endured Yue Guan’s relentless attacks and turned the battle around with Eternal Silence · Time Ash Slash, forcing Yue Guan to flee. The ambush ended with Spirit Hall retreating after suffering heavy losses, while Wang Chuan collapsed into his allies’ arms, gravely wounded but alive.

• Yue Guan pierced Wang Chuan’s shoulder with Myriad Streams of Light, then trapped him and unleashed nine Golden Pistil Flowing Haze storm pillars.
• Wang Chuan healed much of his wound with Compassionate Eternity · Cauldron of All Beings and broke through Yue Guan’s attacks with his spatial and blade abilities.
• Yue Guan transformed his avatar with Indestructible Vajra Body and charged Wang Chuan, who slipped past it and struck its weak point with Eternal Silence · Time Ash Slash.
• Wang Chuan’s slash aged and destroyed part of Yue Guan’s avatar and arm, so Yue Guan panicked and fled toward Gui Mei and Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin’s Myriad Swords Return to Origin killed many Spirit Hall soul masters, and Gui Mei ordered Yu Long and the remaining attackers to retreat.
• Wang Chuan acknowledged Ning Rongrong before collapsing, and Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Qin Ming caught him.

Wang Chuan awoke from his injuries in the Imperial Dou Team’s carriage and found Ning Rongrong exhausted from staying by his side. As the convoy continued toward Spirit City, Ning Rongrong cared for him while Tang San reconsidered how to approach the powerful Wang Chuan.

• Wang Chuan woke in the carriage and saw that Ning Rongrong had stayed beside him while he was unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong embraced Wang Chuan, confessed her fear and guilt, and he reassured her that what she had given him mattered more than the Titled Douluo’s life.
• Chen Xin examined Wang Chuan and confirmed that his internal organs and soul source foundation were unharmed, while Ning Fengzhi let Ning Rongrong remain to care for him.
• Ning Rongrong fed Wang Chuan medicine as Tian Meng decided that a trip to the Extreme North would have to wait.
• Tang San recalled Wang Chuan’s battle with Chrysanthemum Douluo and resolved not to make him an enemy, instead considering how to win his goodwill.

After Spirit Hall publicly denied responsibility for the attack on Wang Chuan, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin chose to wait for a better chance to retaliate during the finals. Wang Chuan learned of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s dangerous plan to give Ning Rongrong an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Second Spirit, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to kill him after the finals.

• Spirit Hall announced that unidentified criminals had attacked the Royal Knights and academy students, prompting Ning Rongrong to denounce the claim while Wang Chuan urged her to stay calm.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that they would avoid confronting Spirit Hall in its stronghold and protect Ning Rongrong while waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.
• The finals drawing matched Heaven Dou Royal Academy against New Divine Wind Academy, and the other teams were relieved to avoid facing Wang Chuan early.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm proposed making Ice Empress sacrifice herself to create an ultimate-ice Second Spirit for Ning Rongrong, but warned Wang Chuan he would need strength near a Super Douluo’s to attempt it.
• Bibi Dong learned of Wang Chuan’s power and ordered Spirit Hall to prepare to kill him after the grand finals.

The Imperial Fighting Team defeated New Divine Wind Academy in the finals through Dugu Yan’s tactics and Wang Chuan’s precise spatial control. After the match, Tang San recognized Wang Chuan as a dangerous unknown variable and resolved to reassess his plans.

• Huo Wu challenged Wang Chuan to fight despite admitting New Divine Wind Academy could not match his strength, and Wang Chuan accepted by drawing Nothingness.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked the Imperial Fighting Team’s formation while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang launched a fused fireball at the Shi Mo brothers’ Black Tortoise Barrier.
• Wang Chuan used Void Mark: Stagnant Break to weaken the fireball and disrupt Feng Xiaotian’s attacks, allowing Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, and Osler to turn the battle against New Divine Wind Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat, and the referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner as Huo Wu bowed to Wang Chuan.
• Tang San watched Wang Chuan’s spatial abilities and concluded that he was a major variable whose origins and power exceeded the Spirit Master laws Tang San understood.

Shrek Academy defeated Thunder Academy after Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls and used a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill to summon the Clear Sky Hammer. Shocked by Tang San and still wary of Wang Chuan, Bibi Dong resolved to kill both of them after the finals.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Imperial Fighting Team received a bye in the second round, while Shrek Academy faced Thunder Academy.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Shrek's fighters with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as Thunder Academy's attacks pushed them toward defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang guided the Shrek Seven Devils through a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which focused their power through Tang San.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to break Yu Tianxin's attack and knock Thunder Academy's fighters out of the arena.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang San's Twin Martial Souls, compared his potential with Wang Chuan's, and decided to destroy them both after the finals.

Wang Chuan gave Ning Rongrong protective Mind Shuttles and agreed to spend time with her after the tournament. Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy when Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger overcame Dai Weisi, while Bibi Dong watched the gathered geniuses with growing hostility.

• Wang Chuan gave Ning Rongrong three Mind Shuttles, and she asked him to relax with her after the tournament; he agreed.
• Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team questioned why Spirit Hall had given them consecutive byes, while Yu Tianheng said Wang Chuan made them too formidable to face.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai before Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy began their match over the Star Luo throne.
• Dai Weisi wounded Zhu Zhuqing and knocked Dai Mubai back, but Ning Rongrong amplified both with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger and defeated Dai Weisi, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Bibi Dong watched Wang Chuan, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San from the VIP seats and quietly regarded them as a gathering of threats.

Wang Chuan restored Ning Rongrong after her battle and urged her to face him without holding back in the coming match. Ning Rongrong resolved to fight for Shrek and prove her own strength, while Tang San watched from the shadows and grew wary of Wang Chuan’s mysterious pills.

• Wang Chuan gave Ning Rongrong two pills and secretly used his Jianmu life-origin power to restore her Soul Power and strengthen her foundation.
• Ning Rongrong worried that Shrek would have to face Wang Chuan’s team and struggled with the thought of fighting him.
• Wang Chuan reminded Ning Rongrong that she had wanted to grow strong enough to challenge him, then urged her to honor her teammates by fighting with all her strength.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to lead her companions in challenging Wang Chuan and to prove herself for Shrek.
• Tang San secretly observed their conversation, noted Ning Rongrong’s recovery and resolve, and grew more suspicious of Wang Chuan’s secrets.

Wang Chuan overwhelmed Shrek Academy in the final, defeating its fighters with his spatial abilities before erasing Tang San’s Seven-in-One Clear Sky Hammer fusion strike. Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team won, while Ning Rongrong and Wang Chuan silently acknowledged that she had kept her promise to fight without holding back.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Shrek’s fighters with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as the match began, and Wang Chuan slowed their charge with spatial traps.
• Wang Chuan knocked Zhu Qing, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun out of the fight, leaving Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar on the stage.
• Oscar supplied Tang San with sausages, and Tang San led Shrek’s remaining members in a Seven-in-One fusion centered on the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Wang Chuan met Tang San’s fused hammer strike with Annihilation Stab and erased the hammer, breaking the fusion and leaving Shrek unable to continue.
• The referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner, and Ning Rongrong and Wang Chuan exchanged a quiet nod after she had fought with everything she had.

Ning Fengzhi warned Wang Chuan that Bibi Dong would likely attack after the final and proposed using Xiao Wu’s hidden identity to distract her. Wang Chuan struggled with the cost of the plan, but after Ning Fengzhi warned that Rong Rong could be targeted, he accepted the need to prioritize gaining power to protect her.

• Ning Fengzhi told Wang Chuan that Bibi Dong would likely strike after the final and proposed that Chen Xin expose Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to create a chance for their escape.
• Wang Chuan objected to sacrificing Xiao Wu and bringing danger to Shrek Academy for his own safety.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that power shaped the rules and warned that interfering with the plan could provoke Bibi Dong to retaliate against Rong Rong and Wang Chuan’s other allies.
• Wang Chuan feared for Rong Rong’s life and resolved that he needed greater power to protect her.
• Wang Chuan told Ning Fengzhi that he understood, then left the room as Ning Fengzhi hoped he would not lose his heart.

Wang Chuan faced Spirit Hall's Golden Generation in the tournament final as they used a spatial restraint and Yan's Lava Hell to counter his void abilities. He emerged injured but rapidly healed, then raised Nothingness as its aura began overwhelming the restraint, leaving the match poised to escalate.

• Yan opened with a wide-area molten fist, while the Shi Mo brothers and Yu Feng combined their barriers to defend the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Bewitching Charm to attack Ye Lingling, but Wang Chuan appeared and stopped their Moon Blades with his passively activated Grand Void Body.
• Xu Yu trapped Wang Chuan and Bewitching Charm in the Two Poles Restriction Domain, disrupting their spatial abilities, while Zhang Ping and Li Kai added restraints.
• Yan unleashed Lava Hell on Wang Chuan, engulfing him in magma as his teammates were prevented from reaching him.
• Wang Chuan cut through the magma with River Sever - No Return, stepped out, and healed his injuries before declaring that the cage could not trap nothingness.
• Wang Chuan raised Nothingness, and its spreading void aura made the Two Poles Restriction Domain's golden pillars appear fragile as Spirit Hall's team stared in shock.

Wang Chuan used his Void abilities to defeat every member of the Spirit Hall Team, including Xie Yue and Hu Liena in their Bewitching Charm fusion, and secured the tournament championship for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Imperial Fighting Team. As the crowd celebrated, Wang Chuan exchanged a relieved, proud look with Rong Rong in Shrek Academy's rest area.

• Wang Chuan survived Spirit Hall's combined assault, then used Void Mark - Stagnant Severance to delay and weaken their attacks.
• Wang Chuan defeated Yan, Xu Yu, Zhang Ping, and Li Kai in rapid succession, while Bewitching Charm's attacks passed through his Grand Void Body.
• Wang Chuan used Return to Ruin: Myriad Manifestations to break Bewitching Charm apart and knock Xie Yue and Hu Liena unconscious.
• The referee declared Spirit Hall unable to continue and named Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Imperial Fighting Team the tournament champions.
• Wang Chuan met Rong Rong's gaze across the arena, and she nodded through her tears as he returned a quiet nod.

After the tournament, Bibi Dong attacked Wang Chuan but halted when Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nature was revealed, and she ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu detained. Wang Chuan left with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while the Shrek members fought the Spirit Hall experts, and the chapter ended with Qin Ming wanting to return as Chen Xin sensed more powerful auras approaching.

• Bibi Dong awarded Wang Chuan, Wen Jingran, and Yu Feng the championship soul bones, then secretly unleashed killing intent at Wang Chuan.
• A Seven Kill Sword aura exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Bibi Dong ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu to remain.
• Flender and Liu Erlong shielded Tang San and Xiao Wu while Flender sent the other students and Qin Ming toward the exit.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong away, and Wang Chuan chose to follow them despite her pleas and his own reluctance.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to seize Xiao Wu, and the Spirit Hall experts attacked the Shrek group.
• Outside the arena, Wang Chuan stopped Qin Ming from rushing back at first, while Chen Xin sensed powerful auras awakening inside the Papal Palace.

Tang Hao attacked Ning Rongrong as Chen Xin tried to evacuate her and Ning Fengzhi, but Wang Chuan took Tang San and Xiao Wu hostage to stop the fighting. Bibi Dong then struck at Wang Chuan and Xiao Wu, leaving him alone to face her attack as Chen Xin carried Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi away.

• Tang Hao ambushed Ning Rongrong with the Great Sumeru Hammer, and Chen Xin blocked the blow while Ning Fengzhi reinforced him.
• Tang Hao feinted at Ning Rongrong and turned his killing strike toward Ning Fengzhi, forcing Chen Xin to choose whom to protect.
• Wang Chuan used Space Blink to seize Tang San and Xiao Wu, then threatened to erase them if Tang Hao attacked Ning Rongrong again.
• Tang Hao withdrew his attack and agreed to let Wang Chuan leave, but Bibi Dong fired destructive beams at Xiao Wu and Wang Chuan.
• Wang Chuan told Chen Xin to take Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong away, and Chen Xin carried them out while Wang Chuan remained behind to face Bibi Dong.