Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong refused Yu Yuanzhen’s plea to spare Yu Xiaogang and threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, while Xiao Ze backed her plans. Xiao Ze then gave Bibi Dong an apple that suppressed her Rakshasa Erosion, and the Rakshasa God admitted his Martial Soul might possess power beyond a god’s.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang deserved death and overwhelmed him with her Soul Power when he threatened her.
• Yu Yuanzhen left, unable to save Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong said she planned to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect within ten years.
• Xiao Ze emerged from the secret chamber and discussed the sects and Yu Xiaogang’s release with Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Ze gave Bibi Dong an apple grown by his Martial Soul, and she found that it suppressed some of her Rakshasa Erosion.
• The Rakshasa God explained that Xiao Ze’s Martial Soul might possess godly power or even surpass it.

Bibi Dong and the Rakshasa God wondered at Xiao Ze’s unusual Martial Soul, while Yu Yuanzhen left Spirit Hall after failing to save Yu Xiaogang. As the grand finals began, Skywater Academy learned it had a bye against Blazing Fire Academy and would enter the competition in the third round.

• Bibi Dong dismissed the mystery of Xiao Ze’s Martial Soul because he was already in Spirit Hall, and the Rakshasa God agreed.
• Yu Yuanzhen left Spirit Hall after realizing he could not oppose it or rescue Yu Xiaogang.
• Huo Wu chose not to compete for Blazing Fire Academy and said she would save her strength to contend for the championship with Xiao Ze.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Shui Bing’er that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shui Bing’er promised Skywater Academy would be careful.
• Shui Yiyao told Skywater Academy that Blazing Fire Academy had surrendered, giving the team byes through the first two rounds.
• The grand finals began with a Cardinal announcing the competition, while Shui Yiyao privately wrestled with her growing feelings for Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze learned that the tournament draw had been arranged to keep the strongest teams apart, then Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in a seeded-team clash. The match began with Dai Weisi charging Xiao Ze and Zhu Zhuyun targeting Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Ze summoned his companions and stunned Dai Weisi with their power.

• Bibi Dong admitted that the Two Great Empires and Spirit Hall had manipulated the draw, and Xiao Ze reminded her to prepare his three Soul Bones.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy for the third round, while Skywater Academy was matched against Elephant Armor Academy again.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San and Ma Hongjun that Dai Weisi was his eldest brother, and Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun she would not return to the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun revealed their Soul Rings as the referee started the match, while Ning Rongrong boosted Heaven Dou Royal Academy's fighters.
• Dai Weisi charged Xiao Ze as Zhu Zhuyun went after Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Ze summoned Bean Glazed Tile, Chi Kai, Qing Lu, Yu Jin, and Suihua.

Xiao Ze’s team overwhelmed Star Luo Royal Academy as Zhu Zhuqing outmatched Zhu Zhuyun and Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, and Meng Yiran controlled the other fighters. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xiao Ze’s team defeated it, leaving both of them badly injured.

• Xiao Ze activated Four Seasons Rotation, dividing the arena into four seasonal regions that enhanced his team.
• Zhu Zhuqing drove Zhu Zhuyun back in their close combat, while Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, and Meng Yiran suppressed Star Luo Royal Academy’s other five members.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to form the Hell White Tiger.
• Xiao Ze ordered Bean Glazed Tile to activate Glazed Tile Realm, strengthening the team across the arena.
• Chi Kai’s shield and Yu Jin’s Corn Bullet struck the Hell White Tiger and blasted it apart, leaving Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun injured on the shattered arena floor.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun, and the remaining teams advanced toward the grand finals. Xiao Ze then asked Bibi Dong to keep the other academies in Spirit Hall so he could use Xiao Wu’s identity as a Soul Beast to turn the audience against Tang San.

• Zhu Zhuyun admitted defeat to Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi asked Zhu Zhuqing to stay away from the Star Luo Empire until he became emperor.
• Star Luo Royal Academy conceded, while Skywater Academy advanced with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Ze told Shui Bing'er that Skywater Academy could reach the top three and agreed that they could surrender in the grand finals so he could face Martial Soul Academy Team.
• Xiao Ze advised Bibi Dong to form an assistant group to handle Spirit Hall's administrative work, and she considered the idea.
• Xiao Ze asked Bibi Dong to keep the other academies at the grand finals so he could deal with Tang San, arguing that Tang San's connection to Xiao Wu made him a traitor to humanity.
• Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Ze's plan as pinning a label on Tang San, and Xiao Ze praised her insight.

Xiao Ze’s team faced Lightning Academy in the final match before the grand finals, and he used Suihua’s terrain-shaping ability to split up their opponents. As Pig Spirit, Manghuang, and Jiaoyue began the Three Sacrifices Ritual, Hu Liena and Xie Yue recognized it as a fusion skill, leaving its result unknown.

• Bibi Dong agreed to bring the Title Douluo after Xiao Ze explained their plan to stop Tang San and target Tang Hao.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Lightning Academy, whose Yu Tianheng rallied his teammates to fight for a place in the top three.
• At the match’s start, Suihua raised a vast wall of Golden Rice Roots that separated Lightning Academy’s seven members.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed Wrath of Lightning and attacked the rice wall while Xiao Ze’s team waited.
• Pig Spirit, Manghuang, and Jiaoyue knelt together and began the Three Sacrifices Ritual, which Xie Yue identified as a Summoned Beast fusion skill.

Xiao Ze sent three ancestral spirits into Dao Mountain, where they overwhelmed Lightning Academy and Xiao Wu. After the arena was withdrawn, Tang San found his teammates badly injured and rushed to Xiao Wu, only to be struck by the Giant Ox Phantom.

• Tang San tried to break Dao Mountain’s barrier with a Hidden Weapon, but the hole quickly repaired itself.
• Xiao Ze ordered the War Pig, Giant Ox, and Snow White Sheep phantoms into Dao Mountain, where they brutally defeated Yu Tianheng and the other Lightning Academy members.
• The ancestral spirits overwhelmed Xiao Wu and left her gravely injured, then defeated Dai Mubai.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy sat down to watch as Suihua withdrew Dao Mountain and revealed the injured team.
• Tang San ran to Xiao Wu, who urged him to surrender, but the Giant Ox Phantom struck his spine with its Thundercloud Hoof.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Lightning Academy, the three remaining teams prepared for the grand finals, with Xiao Ze and Hu Liena trading challenges and Tang San worrying over his teacher. The next day, the finalists and observers gathered before the Palace of the Pope as the Pope arrived.

• Tang San collapsed after the battle, and Lightning Academy surrendered, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy the victory and securing the three remaining teams’ places in the finals.
• Hu Liena challenged Xiao Ze for the next day’s match, while Ning Rongrong teased him about Hu Liena and agreed they would settle the championship against Martial Soul Academy.
• Yu Tianheng reassured the defeated Lightning Academy members, and Tang San reflected on the gap between himself and Xiao Ze before seeing his weakened teacher, Yu Xiaogang, outside Spirit Hall.
• The three finalist teams and seven observing teams assembled before the Palace of the Pope, where the Palace Guard Knights welcomed the Pope with a thunderous cheer.

At the tournament finals, Bibi Dong revealed three valuable soul bones as the champion’s prize, and Skywater Academy withdrew. Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Martial Soul Academy were set to face off for the title, while the others wondered whether Xiao Ze had joined Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong greeted the gathered teams, noticed Xiao Ze standing without kneeling, and announced the three soul bones prepared as the tournament prize.
• Bibi Dong identified the soul bones as the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm, and the Swift Pursuit Wind Left Leg, then declared that the champion would receive all three.
• Shui Bing'er withdrew Skywater Academy from the competition, so Bibi Dong made Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Martial Soul Academy compete directly for the championship.
• Hu Liena warned Yan not to act rashly, and Xie Yue reasoned that Xiao Ze might have joined Spirit Hall and that the soul bones could be an investment in him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo overheard the discussion and considered whether Xiao Ze had joined Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong watched their reactions with a smile.

Xiao Ze faced Martial Soul Academy in the final match, using a fused Summoned Beast and the Dragon King's Sickle to fight Xie Yue and Hu Liena. He overcame their red mist and left them wondering whether he could see through it.

• Xiao Ze fused one Summoned Beast into his body and wielded the Dragon King's Sickle as his teammates withdrew and Ning Rongrong supported him.
• Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Xiao Ze's sickle was a Demigod Artifact and that he possessed Divine Rings and Soul Bones from the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into a red-haired figure and released a red mist that impaired their opponents' senses, Soul Power, and movement.
• Xiao Ze closed his eyes and blocked their Moon Blade attacks by listening, then countered and broke their attacks with the sickle.
• Xiao Ze asked Xie Yue and Hu Liena whether he could see inside the mist, leaving both of them stunned.

Xiao Ze defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, securing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s championship and distributing the three Soul Bones. The celebration turned tense when Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized as a transformed Soul Beast, and Xiao Ze revealed that he had sold her the pill concealing her aura.

• Xie Yue unleashed his Full Moon attack, but Xiao Ze blocked it with his Frost Ember Dragon Wings and defeated him and Hu Liena, forcing them to admit defeat.
• Bibi Dong announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the tournament champion and warned Xiao Ze that Tang Hao had arrived.
• Xiao Ze gave the Swift Pursuit Wind Left Leg to Zhu Zhuqing and the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm to Huo Wu, while keeping the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast and ordered five Title Douluo to seize her.
• Xiao Ze explained that Xiao Wu’s Stealth Breath Pill had come from him and admitted he had recognized her secret.

Xiao Ze argued that humans and Soul Beasts were driven by interests, then accepted Bibi Dong’s appointment as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and next Pope. As Spirit Hall moved to seize Xiao Wu, Tang Hao descended, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo froze him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Xiao Ze told Tang San that humans and Soul Beasts had no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might join Spirit Hall for sufficient benefits.
• Bibi Dong named Xiao Ze Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and next Pope, and Spirit Hall’s people cheered his appointment.
• Bibi Dong ordered five Title Douluo to surround Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu offered to go with them if they spared Tang San.
• A gigantic hammer smashed into the plaza, and Tang Hao appeared, prompting Tang San to call out to his father.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Moon Guan and Ghost Douluo Ghost Charm used their Two Extremes Stillness Domain to freeze Tang Hao in place.

Tang Hao erupted with the Asura God’s power and fought Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo in Spirit City. The Angel God told Qian Daoliu to help Xiao Ze, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo joined the battle against Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao’s blood-red aura shattered the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and Qian Daoliu sensed a god’s presence within him.
• The Angel God told Qian Daoliu that Tang Hao carried Asura God’s power and ordered him to help Xiao Ze with all his strength.
• The Angel God laughed in the God Realm, then worried that Xiao Ze would eventually face the Asura God.
• Tang Hao unleashed his blood-red Clear Sky Hammer and fought off the combined attacks of seven Title Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo joined Spirit Hall’s side, and Ning Fengzhi enhanced the seven Douluo as they attacked Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao narrowly dodged Sword Douluo’s strike but was driven back by three more attacks, and Qian Daoliu ordered the Worship Hall members to help.

Tang Hao's self-destruction nearly destroyed Pope Mountain, but Qian Daoliu contained most of the blast and Spirit Hall captured Xiao Wu. Afterward, Xiao Ze and Bibi Dong discussed his becoming Holy Son and plans to strengthen Spirit Hall and unify the continent.

• Six Spirit Hall enshriners overwhelmed Tang Hao, and Sword Douluo severed his left arm.
• Tang Hao self-destructed, but Qian Daoliu suppressed the blast and limited the damage to Pope Mountain.
• Bibi Dong captured Xiao Wu during the chaos, while Qian Daoliu and the enshriners departed after leaving the cleanup to her.
• Bibi Dong imprisoned Xiao Wu separately from Yu Xiaogang and later discussed Xiao Ze's plans with him.
• Xiao Ze proposed distributing high-yield special crops, integrating factions, unifying the continent, and developing Soul Tools using Heavenly Yue Empire blueprints.

Xiao Ze discussed Spirit Hall’s plans with Bibi Dong, while the Destruction God King confronted Asura God over his intervention in the lower realm. Tang San reached the Star Dou Great Forest and accepted a mysterious god’s instructions to seek revenge in the City of Slaughter, as Xiao Ze prepared his companions for Spirit Hall’s expansion.

• Xiao Ze told Bibi Dong he had found the Heavenly Yue Empire’s complete Soul Tool compendium, but refused to hand it over without discussing terms.
• Xiao Ze proposed winning over factions such as the Lower Four Sects and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bibi Dong assigned him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Elemental Academy to handle.
• The Destruction God King broke through Asura God’s barrier and confronted him for saving his inheritor; Asura God agreed to stay away for three days.
• Tang San emerged in the Star Dou Great Forest, grieved for his father and Xiao Wu, and vowed revenge against Xiao Ze, Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong.
• A mysterious god told Tang San to go to the City of Slaughter to pursue revenge.
• Xiao Ze gave Hu Liena the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull and urged his companions to bring their families into Spirit Hall, including asking Dugu Yan to invite her grandfather to become an Elder.

News that Tang Hao had appeared as a puppet and that Tang San was with a transformed Soul Beast reached Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao decided to check on Tang San despite the Elders' objections. Xiao Ze brought high-yield Seeds for the people of Douluo Continent to Bibi Dong and accepted her challenge to defeat her before he could take her by force.

• Tang Xiao learned that the Tang Hao at Spirit Hall had been a puppet and wanted to rescue Tang San, but the six Elders refused to let Tang San join Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao agreed to respect the Elders' decision but said he would go check that Tang San survived.
• Xiao Ze collected weakened, high-yield Seeds from God of Agriculture and carried them in Spatial Soul Tools to Bibi Dong's bedchamber.
• Bibi Dong teased Xiao Ze by saying he could take her by force if he could defeat her, and Xiao Ze took the challenge seriously.
• Xiao Ze told Bibi Dong he had prepared Seeds that could yield ten times or more than current crops.

Xiao Ze gave Bibi Dong processed Seeds for Spirit Hall to distribute, sharing a teasing and intimate moment with her before leaving. At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye erupted over Xiao Ze joining Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue considered recruiting the three officials who defended him; Spirit Hall then began distributing the Seeds through its halls.

• Bibi Dong teased Xiao Ze by asking him to put on her slippers, and he did so before handing her Spatial Soul Tools containing processed Seeds.
• Xiao Ze left after Bibi Dong accepted the Seeds and joked that he might give her the Soul Tool Book if she treated him well.
• Xue Ye angrily confronted his officials over Xiao Ze joining Spirit Hall, but Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan pointed out that Xiao Ze owed the Heaven Dou Empire nothing.
• Qian Renxue suggested that Spirit Hall had something Xiao Ze needed, while Xue Ye raged that the empire should have been able to offer it.
• Meng Shenji reassured Bai Baoshan that the Ye Family was protected by its importance and its ties to Xiao Ze and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue considered recruiting Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan, as Spirit Hall began sending the Seeds through its network of halls.

Su Yuntao distributed Xiao Ze’s high-yield Seeds to Qingxi Village while Spirit Hall faced resistance from other villages. Bibi Dong reported that fewer than thirty percent of villages had accepted the Seeds, and Xiao Ze planned to expand distribution after the next autumn harvest proved their value.

• The Hall Master ordered Su Yuntao to deliver Xiao Ze’s Seeds to nearby villages and ensure they planted them in spring.
• Su Yuntao rode to Qingxi Village, where the village chief celebrated Xiao Ze’s tournament victory and readily accepted the Seeds.
• The village chief told Su Yuntao that Xiao Ze’s earlier crops had tasted good and that Qingxi Village had produced two or three Soul Masters since Xiao Ze left.
• Su Yuntao left the Seeds with the village chief, who promised the villagers would plant them.
• Bibi Dong told Xiao Ze that fewer than thirty percent of villages across the two empires had accepted the Seeds, and Xiao Ze said he expected them to seek Seeds after seeing the next autumn harvest.

Xiao Ze flirted with Bibi Dong before leaving her, while Dugu Bo joined Spirit Hall as an Elder. Tang San reached the City of Slaughter after drinking Bloody Mary and killing the tavern’s customers and server.

• Dugu Bo became an Elder of Spirit Hall, and Xiao Ze warned him not to fight Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Xiao Ze touched and flirted with Bibi Dong, who threw him out but later admitted to herself that he was charming.
• Xiao Wu remained imprisoned and wished Tang San would not return, while cursing Xiao Ze.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun chose to stay at Lightning Academy, leaving Flender to abandon his plan to establish Shrek Academy.
• Tang San drank Bloody Mary at a town tavern, killed the customers and server with his Clear Sky Hammer, and entered the City of Slaughter.

Xiao Ze pursued alliances for Spirit Hall while the Heaven Dou and Star Luo courts questioned its seed campaign. He argued that joining Spirit Hall would let him eventually control it, and warned Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall would likely target the Upper Three Sects.

• Xue Ye and his ministers debated Spirit Hall's promotion of high-yield seeds, while Qian Renxue suggested it was a bid to win over ordinary people.
• Xiao Ze told Bibi Dong he was going to approach the Three Single Attribute Families, and Bibi Dong said she would handle the Lower Four Sects.
• Xiao Ze touched Bibi Dong's cheek and lips before leaving, prompting her to shout after him in anger.
• Back at the hotel, Xiao Ze told Ning Rongrong he was going to discuss his Spirit Hall affiliation with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xiao Ze told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that joining Spirit Hall was not surrender because he intended to become its Pope, then warned that Spirit Hall would likely target the Upper Three Sects.