Chapter Summaries

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited it to join the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance. After Zhang Bufan promised the sect independence, a share of postwar benefits, and help advancing its guardian Douluo, Ning Fengzhi accepted, and the alliance prepared to approach the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan next.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s ambitions and wondered what Zhang Bufan would do next.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu arrived by space shuttle, and Zhang Bufan announced that he had come to invite the sect to become a founding member of the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked who would lead the alliance, how it would distribute benefits, and how it would prevent a new tyrant from rising after the war.
• Zhang Bufan said the Bufan Empire would lead, promised fair distribution by military merit, swore to establish a peaceful order, and offered to help Chen Xin and Gu Rong approach level ninety-nine and godhood.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the invitation on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zhang Bufan said the alliance’s next destination was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to recruit it into the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance. After Zhang Bufan defeated Yu Yuanzhen in two moves without using his Martial Soul or Soul Power, Yu Yuanzhen pledged the clan’s support and accepted Zhang Bufan as Alliance Leader.

• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Zhang Bufan criticized a young disciple’s fighting technique and Yu Yuanzhen came out to receive them.
• Zhang Bufan asked Yu Yuanzhen to join the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance, and Yu Yuanzhen and his elders questioned the alliance’s leadership and purpose.
• Zhang Bufan wagered that he could suppress Yu Yuanzhen within three moves without using his Martial Soul, offering a treasured Soul Tool if he failed and promising to lead the clan toward level ninety-nine if he won.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Zhang Bufan with Lightning Dragon Claw, but Zhang Bufan redirected the strike and neutralized it as the first move.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and fired his Eighth Soul Skill, but Zhang Bufan shattered the lightning beam with a punch and sent Yu Yuanzhen skidding back.
• Yu Yuanzhen conceded, knelt, and pledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to the alliance, while Zhang Bufan promised to guide him toward level ninety-nine.

Zhang Bufan presided over the founding ceremony of the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance in Nine Dragon City, joining the Bufan Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After promising the alliance would not become another Spirit Hall, he rallied its forces to prepare for war against Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall, and the celebrations began.

• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu attended the alliance founding ceremony in Nine Dragon City alongside Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Yu Yuanzhen, and representatives of allied groups.
• The Bufan Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan signed the Alliance Contract.
• Zhang Bufan told the gathered forces that the alliance aimed to defeat Spirit Hall and promised it would never oppress the continent's people.
• Zhang Bufan urged the soldiers and Soul Masters to fight for their families and peace, while declaring that he would face Bibi Dong and any gods she brought forth.
• The crowd cheered as the alliance officially formed, and Zhang Bufan joined the generals and Soul Masters for the celebratory banquet.

Zhang Bufan issued the Alliance’s first order, establishing resource sharing, intelligence exchange, and military coordination while opening basic Bufan Academy Martial Soul theory textbooks to members. The Alliance representatives departed eager to implement the measures, as Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu turned their attention to preparing a Combined Attack Formation against Spirit Hall.

• After the founding feast, Zhang Bufan told Huo Wu he would issue the Alliance’s first order the next day.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Alliance members to share resources under fair trade, exchange Spirit Hall intelligence, and follow unified military command and coordination protocols.
• Zhang Bufan announced that Bufan Empire would share basic Bufan Academy Martial Soul theory textbooks with Alliance members, with Li Qingfeng overseeing distribution and study exchanges.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to lead the resource and intelligence departments, while Alliance representatives left ready to carry out the order.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu discussed preparing a Combined Attack Formation so the Alliance could combine its strength against Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Legion.

Zhang Bufan worked on combined attack formations that could help ordinary soul masters coordinate and amplify their strength, and Huo Wu agreed to help develop and teach them. He planned to ask Li Qingfeng to refine the theories into training manuals as he prepared to spread the system through the army.

• Zhang Bufan explained his Three Talents, Four Symbols, and Five Elements formations to Huo Wu, describing how fixed Soul Power links could make groups stronger than the sum of their members.
• Zhang Bufan proposed simplifying formations into memorized movements and Soul Power patterns, and demonstrated the idea with a two-person defensive formation.
• Huo Wu asked where Zhang Bufan had learned his unusual knowledge, and he told her about dreaming of an azure planet whose people advanced through collective wisdom.
• Zhang Bufan asked Huo Wu to use her authority and precise flame control to help train the first group of elite trainees, and she agreed.
• Zhang Bufan said he would ask Li Qingfeng to refine the theories and prepare training manuals, then joked about deploying the formations against Spirit Hall's Soul Master Legion.

Zhang Bufan began training nearly three hundred alliance Soul Masters in the Three Talents Formation, despite their initial doubts and struggles. The first squad achieved a crude resonance, and the trainees resumed their drills with renewed determination.

• Zhang Bufan explained how formations could help the Soul Masters survive future wars and introduced the Three Talents and Five Elements formations.
• Zhang Bufan appointed Long Aotian to teach basic drills and Huo Wu to guide precise Soul Power control.
• Long Aotian and Huo Wu began instructing the squads as the trainees struggled to synchronize their footwork and Soul Power.
• Huo Wu reassured Zhang Bufan about the chaotic training, and he explained that the trainees needed to learn through repeated mistakes.
• A mixed three-person squad began forming a faint triangular aura, and Zhang Bufan encouraged the others to keep practicing.

During formation training, Ning Xiao and Lei Dong clashed over their poor coordination until Long Aotian stopped them and punished them with a hundred laps. Their shared ordeal began to soften their hostility, and training grew more focused as the soul masters worked to cooperate.

• Ning Xiao and Lei Dong repeatedly failed to coordinate their Three Talents Formation footwork, then argued and nearly fought.
• Long Aotian intervened, scolded them about trust and teamwork, and ordered them to run one hundred laps without food.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu watched, and Zhang Bufan said the clash could help the trainees form bonds.
• The soul masters trained more seriously after Long Aotian's warning, with fewer complaints and conflicts.
• After finishing their laps, Lei Dong offered Ning Xiao water, and Ning Xiao accepted it with thanks.
• Zhang Bufan took Huo Wu's hand and left for Bufan Residence, pleased by the change between the two disciples.

After nearly a month of training, a five-person squad used the Five Elements Formation to withstand and briefly trap a Soul Sage, inspiring the alliance’s soul masters. The training ground’s confidence soared, but an urgent message from afar wiped the smile from Long Aotian’s face.

• Long Aotian’s earlier punishment helped reduce the soul masters’ infighting, and Ning Xiao and Lei Dong worked to coordinate their abilities.
• Zhang Bufan proposed a midterm assessment in which a randomly selected squad would face a Soul Sage, and Ning Xiao, Lei Dong, and three other soul masters were chosen.
• The five soul masters formed the Five Elements Formation and used coordinated defense, control, harassment, and Ning Xiao’s support to stall the rhinoceros Soul Sage’s charge.
• Lei Dong’s amplified Thunder Dragon Roaring Kill forced the Soul Sage to activate his Martial Soul Avatar, and the attack left cracks in his rocky armor while the squad held formation.
• The successful assessment thrilled the spectators and inspired the alliance’s trainees to practice with renewed enthusiasm.
• An urgent message from afar wiped the smile from Long Aotian’s face.

Long Aotian learned that his uncle Long Bahu was leading a faction in the Elephant Armor Sect to submit to Spirit Hall, leaving his father isolated and the sect on the verge of splitting. Zhang Bufan decided to accompany Long Aotian back with Huo Wu and Yue Ling'er, turning the crisis into their next destination.

• A travel-worn Elephant Armor Sect disciple delivered Long Aotian a letter reporting that Long Bahu and more than half the elders were pressing the sect to surrender to Spirit Hall.
• Long Aotian learned that the sect was divided and his father could barely hold his position, and he angrily resolved to return despite his father's warning.
• Huo Wu cautioned Zhang Bufan that Spirit Hall might be using the dispute as a trap, but Zhang Bufan promised to go with Long Aotian.
• Huo Wu insisted on joining them, and Zhang Bufan agreed to take her along to the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Long Aotian to bring Yue Ling'er, then announced that their incognito journey would begin with a visit to the sect.

Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, Yue Ling'er, and Long Aotian traveled to Giant Rock City to address the crisis in Long Aotian’s family. They arrived to find the Elephant Armor Sect on high alert, then settled into a luxurious inn while Long Bahu’s faction grew increasingly uneasy.

• Long Aotian told Yue Ling'er that Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu would accompany him to the Elephant Armor Sect and that she should come along to help.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu prepared for the journey, and the group set off in a luxurious Soul Guide Carriage with Long Aotian driving.
• During the trip, Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu reassured Long Aotian, while Yue Ling'er offered him restorative potions.
• The group reached Giant Rock City, where guards recognized Long Aotian and reacted nervously to his return.
• Zhang Bufan chose to delay visiting the sect headquarters and took the group to Boulder Inn to rest and dine.
• Word of their arrival reached the Elephant Armor Sect, unsettling Long Bahu’s faction.

Long Bahu tried to remove Long Zhantian as Elephant Armor Sect master and surrender the sect to Spirit Hall, but Zhang Bufan arrived with Huo Wu and Long Aotian just as Long Zhantian’s faction was losing the vote. Zhang Bufan announced that he had come to help clean house, leaving Long Bahu’s faction cowed by his overwhelming pressure.

• Long Bahu argued that the Elephant Armor Sect should submit to Spirit Hall, while Long Zhantian insisted the sect honor its alliance with the Bufan Alliance.
• Long Bahu invoked the Council of Elders’ authority to remove Long Zhantian, and members began joining his faction until the vote appeared decided.
• Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, and Long Aotian burst into the council hall, and Zhang Bufan’s pressure silenced the assembled elders.
• Zhang Bufan addressed Long Zhantian as his father-in-law and said he had come to help clean house.

Zhang Bufan arrived at the Elephant Armor Sect with Huo Wu and Long Aotian, rescuing Long Zhantian from the threat of Long Bahu’s faction. He challenged Long Bahu to survive one ordinary punch, warning that failure would mean he would clean house.

• Zhang Bufan greeted Long Zhantian as his father-in-law and asked about the faction seeking to split from the Elephant Armor Sect and join Spirit Hall.
• Long Zhantian confirmed that Long Bahu had colluded with outsiders and was trying to hand the sect over to Spirit Hall.
• Zhang Bufan’s pressure made Long Qi collapse, while Long Bahu accused him of endangering the sect and tried to rally the elders.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu traded playful remarks before Zhang Bufan admitted he was domineering and offered Long Bahu a choice.
• Zhang Bufan challenged Long Bahu to take one ordinary punch without Zhang Bufan using his Martial Soul or a Soul Skill, promising to clean house if Long Bahu failed.

Zhang Bufan challenged Long Bahu to withstand one punch without Soul Power, offering the Elephant Armor Sect to whoever he chose if Long Bahu survived and threatening to purge the sect if he failed. Long Bahu unleashed his strongest defenses, but Zhang Bufan erased him and the wall behind him with a casual punch, leaving the sect in stunned silence.

• Zhang Bufan demanded that Long Bahu take one punch and tied the Elephant Armor Sect's fate to the outcome.
• Long Bahu overcame his fear, activated his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul Avatar, and raised his strongest defensive Soul Skill, the Diamond Barrier.
• Zhang Bufan casually punched through the air without using a Martial Soul or Soul Skill.
• Zhang Bufan's punch erased Long Bahu, his barrier, and the wall behind him, leaving a human-shaped hole in the distant mountain.
• The Elephant Armor Sect's council hall fell into stunned silence.

Zhang Bufan crushed Long Bahu’s rebellion and secured the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty to the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance. He left for Bufan Academy with Huo Wu and Long Aotian, who became eager to train after learning a little about Zhang Bufan’s strength.

• Zhang Bufan annihilated Long Bahu with a single punch, terrifying the Elephant Armor Sect and silencing the surrender faction.
• The elders who had supported Long Bahu begged for mercy, and Long Zhantian thanked Zhang Bufan for saving the sect.
• Long Zhantian pledged the Elephant Armor Sect to the Anti-Martial Soul Hall Alliance, and the sect members swore loyalty to Zhang Bufan.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu prepared to return to Bufan Academy, and Long Aotian joined them while Long Zhantian stayed to handle the sect’s affairs.
• On the way back, Zhang Bufan teased Long Aotian about losing weight before he could learn from him, then gave him a brief explanation of his strength.
• Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, and Long Aotian arrived at Bufan Academy.

After returning to Bufan Academy, Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu learned that Spirit Hall was hunting Yue Ling'er's Star Luo loyalists. Zhang Bufan promised to find and rescue Uncle Xing and the surviving old guard, while a greater storm began to gather.

• Long Aotian hurried to the training ground to tell Shi Tie, Leng Ning, and the others about Zhang Bufan's strength at the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Huo Wu told Zhang Bufan that Yue Ling'er had seemed troubled and sorrowful whenever she looked toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu found Yue Ling'er in the logistics department holding a jade pendant marked with a Star Crown.
• Yue Ling'er revealed that Spirit Hall was hunting and killing Uncle Xing and the Star Luo old guard, whom she could sense through their shared bloodline connection.
• Zhang Bufan asked Yue Ling'er to mark the area northwest of the Star Luo Empire and vowed to rescue Uncle Xing and every surviving old guard member.

After Spirit Hall exposed Yue Ling'er as the former Star Luo imperial heir and branded Bufan Academy an enemy, Zhang Bufan vowed to protect her and reclaim the throne. He freed and healed the captured Star Luo loyalists, then sent Spirit Hall’s force fleeing with a declaration of war.

• Yue Ling'er sensed the Star Luo loyalists in the northwest, and Zhang Bufan comforted her as she marked their location.
• Long Aotian brought Spirit Hall’s wanted notice, which accused Yue Ling'er and Bufan Academy of treason and offered rewards for her capture.
• Zhang Bufan reassured Yue Ling'er, accepted the accusations, and declared that Bufan Academy would protect her and help her reclaim Star Luo.
• Zhang Bufan’s group met a Spirit Hall force escorting captured loyalists, and Xing Yun warned Yue Ling'er that Spirit Hall’s main force was coming.
• Zhang Bufan broke the loyalists’ chains and healed them, then ordered the Spirit Hall soldiers to carry his declaration of war to Bibi Dong before driving them away with his voice.
• Xing Yun and the other loyalists prepared to kneel before Zhang Bufan and Yue Ling'er.

Xing Yun and five surviving Star Luo retainers reunited with Yue Ling'er and recounted their flight from Spirit Hall’s purge. Zhang Bufan promised them protection at Bufan Academy and declared that the restoration of Star Luo’s rightful line would begin there.

• Xing Yun and the five old retainers knelt before Yue Ling'er and thanked her and Zhang Bufan for saving them, before Zhang led everyone inside.
• Xing Yun told Yue Ling'er that Spirit Hall had destroyed their hideouts and killed 137 comrades who stayed behind to help the others escape.
• Xing Yun explained that only six of them survived the pursuit, and that two more died of their injuries on the journey north toward Yue Ling'er.
• Xing Yun said Spirit Hall had seemed to know their hidden contacts and route, leading him to suspect a traitor among the Star Luo royal family or its senior ranks.
• Zhang Bufan promised to keep the retainers safe and declared that Bufan Academy would be the starting point for restoring Star Luo’s rightful line.

Zhang Bufan promised Yue Ling'er and the Star Luo survivors that he would help reclaim the Star Luo Empire and settle accounts with Spirit Hall. Xing Yun and his veterans pledged themselves to him, while Yue Ling'er found renewed hope and support.

• Zhang Bufan lifted the kneeling Star Luo veterans and told them to stand tall rather than kneel to him.
• Zhang Bufan comforted Yue Ling'er, who broke down in his arms as Huo Wu supported her.
• Zhang Bufan promised to restore the Star Luo Empire for Yue Ling'er and its loyal survivors and declared that he would settle old scores with Spirit Hall.
• Xing Yun and the five veterans vowed to serve Zhang Bufan and fight for the Star Luo cause.
• Yue Ling'er thanked Zhang Bufan, and Long Aotian volunteered to lead the fight against Spirit Hall.

After Spirit Hall attacked Star Luo's former loyalists, Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu worried that Spirit Hall had deeply infiltrated their alliance and discussed their lack of intelligence. Zhang Bufan decided to secretly raid a Spirit Hall branch hall for internal documents, leaving Huo Wu worried but reassured by his confidence.

• Zhang Bufan settled Star Luo's former loyalists at the academy, put Long Aotian in charge of their lodging and supplies, and asked Yue Ling'er to comfort them and learn more.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu discussed the precise purge and suspected that Spirit Hall had planted agents among their alliance's higher-ups.
• Zhang Bufan said their intelligence was inadequate and decided to visit a Spirit Hall branch hall to take its internal documents.
• Huo Wu warned Zhang Bufan that the branch hall would be heavily guarded, but he reassured her and kissed her.
• Zhang Bufan embraced Huo Wu and resolved to break into Spirit Hall's archives.

Zhang Bufan infiltrated a Martial Soul Holy Hall to steal intelligence and bypassed its defenses with the powers of Yu Ding and the Causality Cauldron. He reached the core encrypted archives and discovered a top-secret file that caught his attention.

• Huo Wu failed to persuade Zhang Bufan to abandon the mission, and he left after promising to return early.
• Zhang Bufan traveled to a southern Martial Soul Holy Hall and used his Divine Sense to map its defenses and locate the archives.
• Zhang Bufan slipped through the barriers and patrols, using Karma Disturbance to fool the Soul Tool alarms and detection devices.
• Inside the archives, Zhang Bufan memorized intelligence about Spirit Hall's schemes, its assessments of the alliance's leaders, and potential assassination plans.
• Zhang Bufan entered the core encrypted area past a level 95 Super Douluo and found a top-secret file whose contents sharpened his gaze.