Chapter Summaries

Ye Lingling left Heaven Dou City for Big Dipper Academy after her grandfather urged her to seek its protection, while Spirit Hall arrived too late to find her and seized the Ye Family. Lu Xiao received a task to recruit Ye Lingling and sent Cai Wenji to find her as Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong searched the outskirts of Sunset Forest.

• Elder Ye urged Ye Lingling to seek refuge at Big Dipper Academy and arranged for Ye Zhong to escort her while he stayed behind to protect the Ye Family.
• Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest, and Yue Guan arrived soon after to demand her whereabouts.
• Elder Ye denied knowing where Ye Lingling had gone, so Yue Guan ordered Spirit Hall's Cardinals to take the Ye Family into custody.
• Lu Xiao received a sign-in task to recruit Ye Lingling, with a Hundred-Thousand-Year External Soul Bone—Void Wings as its reward, and sent Cai Wenji to find her.
• Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong searched the outskirts of Sunset Forest for Big Dipper Academy but could not locate it.

Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong found Big Dipper Academy and learned that Spirit Hall had likely attacked the Ye Family. Lu Xiao sent Li Bai to retrieve the family, and Li Bai departed with Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong for Spirit Hall.

• Cai Wenji revealed Big Dipper Academy to Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong and escorted them inside.
• Lu Xiao welcomed Ye Lingling and introduced the academy’s teachers and students, including Li Bai, Ao Yin, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ye Zhong told Ye Lingling that the Ye Family head had stayed behind to face Spirit Hall and that the family was likely under attack.
• Lu Xiao ordered Li Bai to bring the Ye Family members back from Spirit Hall.
• Li Bai surrounded Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong with Sword Qi and sped away with them toward Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong ordered a search for Ye Lingling while holding the Ye Family as leverage, but the Sky Screen announced Ao Yin of Big Dipper Academy as the owner of the Elemental Dragon Martial Soul, alarming the continent's major powers. Li Bai brought Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong to Spirit City, where he prepared to act after she asked how they could rescue her clansmen.

• Bibi Dong accepted Yue Guan's report that Ye Lingling had escaped and ordered the Ye Family treated well while Spirit Hall searched for her and investigated Big Dipper Academy.
• The Sky Screen ranked Ao Yin's Elemental Dragon first and awarded him increased Soul Ring ages, two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, three Soul Power levels, and a fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Bibi Dong, and other leaders reacted with alarm to the Elemental Dragon and added Ao Yin and Big Dipper Academy to their concerns.
• Ye Lingling saw the ranking while Li Bai carried her and Ye Zhong toward Spirit City, and she gained hope that Big Dipper Academy could help rescue her family.
• After Ye Lingling asked how they would find her imprisoned clansmen, Li Bai casually raised two fingers and slashed toward Spirit City.

Li Bai brought Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong to Spirit City and demanded that Spirit Hall release several people. When Bibi Dong refused, Li Bai revealed nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, leaving Spirit Hall’s strongest experts stunned as the confrontation escalated.

• Li Bai appeared above Spirit Hall with Ye Lingling and Ye Zhong, and Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s experts into the sky to confront him.
• Li Bai introduced himself as a member of Big Dipper Academy and said he had come to ask Spirit Hall for several people.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Bibi Dong, who accused Li Bai of trespassing and provoking Spirit Hall while intending to test his strength.
• Li Bai challenged Bibi Dong to stop him if she would not release the people he had come for.
• Li Bai unleashed his Sword Intent and revealed nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Gui Mei, and the other Spirit Hall experts.

Li Bai forced Spirit Hall to release Ye Lingling and the Ye Family, then returned with them to Big Dipper Academy. There, Zhu Zhuqing emerged from seclusion and Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan returned, eager to hear how powerful Li Bai had been.

• Li Bai’s nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and Sword Intent overwhelmed Spirit Hall, prompting Qian Daoliu to order Bibi Dong to release the prisoners.
• Bibi Dong reluctantly agreed, and Spirit Hall brought Elder Ye and the Ye Family members to the square.
• Li Bai gathered the Ye Family, Ye Lingling, and Ye Zhong with Sword Qi and left Spirit City, after which Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall to conceal the incident and investigate Big Dipper Academy.
• Ye Lingling joined Li Bai on his return to Big Dipper Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing emerged from secluded training and Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan arrived back from leave.
• Lu Xiao introduced Ye Lingling and Ao Yin to the returning students, who welcomed them and asked Ye Lingling about Li Bai’s confrontation with Spirit Hall.

The Golden Sky Curtain announced a continent-wide Genius Ranking for Soul Masters under twenty-five, and its first two entries were Hu Yanli and Ma Hongjun. Ma Hongjun celebrated his rewards with Shrek Academy, while Hu Yanli grew furious at being ranked twentieth.

• Ye Lingling recounted how Li Bai had intimidated Spirit Hall with his Sword Intent and nine hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, astonishing Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Golden Sky Curtain announced that it would reveal the top twenty young Soul Masters in three days and grant each listed Soul Master a Heavenly Dao Gift.
• The Sky Screen ranked Hu Yanli twentieth, awarded him increased Soul Power and Soul Ring age, and praised his Diamond Mammoth's defense.
• The Sky Screen ranked Ma Hongjun nineteenth, increased his Soul Power and Soul Ring age, and noted the Evil Fire Hidden Danger in his Martial Soul.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai congratulated Ma Hongjun, while Yu Xiaogang reflected on the Evil Fire warning.
• Hu Yanli became angry about ranking below Ma Hongjun and accused the Genius Ranking of being unfair.

The Genius Ranking revealed Huo Wu in 18th place and Feng Xiaotian in 17th, rewarding both and drawing reactions from rival academies. The list then placed Dai Mubai at 16th, with Shrek Academy receiving the announcement of his ranking.

• The Sky Screen ranked Huo Wu 18th and awarded her increased Soul Power, older Soul Rings, and a Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Feng Xiaotian appeared at 17th, received a Right Arm Soul Bone and other rewards, and resolved to pursue Huo Wu even more firmly.
• Yu Tianxin vowed to counter Feng Xiaotian’s self-created Soul Skill, while Huo Wu insisted she could keep him at bay with her Resisting Fire Ring.
• Hu Yanli became more accepting of Feng Xiaotian’s ranking but remained curious about Ma Hongjun’s higher placement.
• The Sky Screen ranked Dai Mubai 16th and announced rewards that increased his Soul Power, Soul Ring Ages, and physical attributes.

Dai Mubai’s Genius Ranking recognition drew attention from the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, while Shrek Academy celebrated his strengthened physique. Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation debated their chances against Big Dipper Academy as the continent awaited the next ranking.

• Dai Weisi learned that Dai Mubai had nearly reached Soul Ancestor and gained ranking recognition, and he resolved to treat his brother as a renewed rival.
• Xue Ye considered the political implications of Dai Mubai studying at Shrek Academy and ordered his court to keep watching the ranking.
• Dai Mubai tested his strengthened physique, vowed to train harder, and celebrated with his Shrek Academy companions.
• Yan confidently predicted that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation would claim the top three, but Hu Liena warned that Ao Yin and Ye Lingling from Big Dipper Academy could threaten them.
• Bibi Dong agreed that Big Dipper Academy was an opponent to take seriously, and everyone watched as the ranking continued.

The Sky Screen ranked Shui Bing'er 15th, revealing her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then ranked Yu Tianheng 14th for his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. Their rewards and abilities stirred reactions across the continent, while the rising competition weighed on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's leader.

• The Sky Screen ranked Shui Bing'er 15th and awarded her increased Soul Power, older Soul Rings, and a three-thousand-year Ice-Attribute Torso Soul Bone.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu acknowledged their exposed Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Shui Yue'er and the Skywater Academy dean celebrated Shui Bing'er's ranking.
• Huo Wu vowed to break Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal, while Feng Xiaotian and leaders across the continent assessed the threat of her Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Dong recognized Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's fusion skill as a rival to Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, prompting Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan to react competitively.
• The Sky Screen ranked Yu Tianheng 14th and awarded him increased Soul Power, older Soul Rings, a five-thousand-year Lightning-Attribute Right Arm Soul Bone, and enhanced Dragon Transformation.
• Yu Yuanzhen felt relieved that Yu Tianheng had brought honor to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the rankings intensified the pressure on him.

Yu Tianheng’s ranking pleased the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Shrek Academy, but Oscar’s surprise placement at 13th on the Genius Ranking drew far greater attention. Spirit Hall recognized Oscar’s potential and ordered Yue Guan to investigate him and prioritize recruitment.

• Yu Tianheng’s appearance on the ranking list delighted his clan, Yu Xiaogang, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Spirit Hall showed little reaction.
• Oscar was named 13th on the Genius Ranking, praised as a rare miracle among Food System soul masters, and granted increased Soul Power, Soul Ring ages, Mental Power, and Martial Soul essence.
• Oscar and the Shrek Academy members reacted with disbelief as his rewards took effect, while Flender celebrated his achievement.
• Bibi Dong discussed Oscar’s strategic value with Hu Liena and Xie Yue, then ordered Yue Guan to investigate Shrek Academy and attempt to recruit Oscar without using extreme measures.

The Sky Screen revealed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and ranked Yan eleventh, unsettling Spirit Hall’s expectations. Xiao Wu gained strength under the protection of Da Ming and Er Ming, while Bibi Dong began weighing the danger and opportunity of hunting them.

• The Sky Screen ranked Xiao Wu twelfth and identified her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, awarding her increased power and a Martial Soul Origin enhancement.
• Xiao Wu reached level 42 as Da Ming and Er Ming appeared to protect her, and she resolved to stay away from the Human World to avoid endangering Tang San and Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong learned from Gui Mei that the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python guarded Xiao Wu, then considered waiting for an opportunity to hunt all three.
• The Sky Screen ranked Yan eleventh, and his reward raised him to level 52 and evolved his Martial Soul.
• Yan reacted with humiliation at missing the top ten, while Bibi Dong grew alarmed about the ten people ranked above him.

The Sky Screen ranked Xie Yue tenth and Hu Liena ninth, rewarding both Spirit Hall disciples but unsettling Bibi Dong as she wondered who had claimed the higher places. Bibi Dong rallied the Golden Generation for the coming tournament, while the Worship Hall quietly scrutinized their rankings and the Pope’s efforts.

• The Sky Screen ranked Xie Yue tenth and awarded him increased Soul Power, stronger Soul Rings, a Soul Bone, and an enhanced Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Sky Screen ranked Hu Liena ninth, granting her rewards that raised her Soul Power to level fifty-two and greatly increased her Mental Power.
• Hu Liena apologized to Bibi Dong for her ranking, and Bibi Dong helped her and the other Golden Generation members rise before urging them to prove themselves at the tournament.
• Bibi Dong grew more uneasy about the eight higher-ranked geniuses and wondered how many belonged to Shrek Academy and Big Dipper Academy.
• Qing Luan Douluo and Guang Ling Douluo questioned the Golden Generation’s results, while Qian Daoliu said they should keep watching the rankings.

The Sky Screen revealed Zhu Zhuqing in eighth place on the Genius Ranking and awarded her a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, a Soul Bone, and other upgrades. After Lu Xiao explained the Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed it as her fifth ring, and its color rapidly darkened toward black.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed the Golden Generation's poor ranking and worried about the stronger young talents ahead.
• The Sky Screen named Zhu Zhuqing eighth, listing her Level 50 cultivation, Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and rewards.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled her secluded cultivation and thanked Big Dipper Academy's teachers for helping her escape her former fate.
• The rewards raised Zhu Zhuqing to Level 52, strengthened her Soul Rings, and gave her a fifty-thousand-year Speed Right Leg Soul Bone.
• Lu Xiao explained the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and Zhu Zhuqing crushed it to absorb it as her fifth Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing's new Soul Ring formed and rapidly changed color toward deep black.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her breakthrough to Soul King and obtained a twenty-five-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring, while the ranking unsettled Spirit Hall and devastated Dai Mubai. As the Sky Screen began revealing seventh place, the continent waited to learn the next name.

• Zhu Zhuqing's fifth Soul Ring settled at twenty-five thousand years, and her companions congratulated her on becoming a Soul King.
• Bibi Dong recognized Zhu Zhuqing's connection to the Star Luo Royal Family and considered pursuing a place on the Strongest Ranking to obtain a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu decided to summon Xue'er back from the Heaven Dou Empire and accelerate her Angel God Trial.
• Dai Mubai realized the ranked Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, broke down over her strength and his own stagnation, and was restrained by Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• The Sky Screen began gathering information for seventh place, drawing the continent's attention back to the Genius Ranking.

Ning Rongrong ranked seventh on the continent’s Genius Ranking, revealing her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and earning rewards that made her a Soul King. As the academy celebrated, Dugu Yan was announced in sixth place with a powerful mutation of her martial soul and a fifty-thousand-year torso soul bone reward.

• The sky screen named Ning Rongrong seventh, confirming her rank, her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and rewards including a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi felt both pride and disappointment, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong celebrated Rongrong’s martial soul evolution and urged him to value her good fortune.
• Ning Rongrong reached the fifty-second rank, absorbed her God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and formed a roughly twelve-thousand-year fifth soul ring, becoming a Soul King.
• Ning Rongrong thanked her teachers and fellow students, while Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing congratulated her.
• The sky screen named Dugu Yan sixth, revealing her mutated Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and rewards of two soul power ranks, stronger soul rings, and a fifty-thousand-year torso soul bone.

Dugu Yan's sixth-place ranking revealed her level-52 strength, mutated three-attribute Martial Soul, and Soul Bone reward, shocking the continent and humiliating Spirit Hall's Golden Generation. The Sky Screen then announced Tang San in fifth place, exposing his Twin Martial Souls and prompting excitement and concern about the consequences.

• Dugu Bo celebrated Dugu Yan's ranking and credited Big Dipper Academy with her achievements.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo marveled at Dugu Yan's strength, while Spirit Hall's Golden Generation and Bibi Dong were shaken by the comparison.
• The Sky Screen revealed Tang San in fifth place, listing his Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor Twin Martial Souls and his rewards.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang celebrated Tang San's ranking at Shrek Academy's temporary camp.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recognized Tang San's Clear Sky Sect connection and feared Spirit Hall would act.

The Sky Screen revealed Ye Lingling in fourth place and Qian Renxue in third, setting off shock across the continent. As the rankings approached their top two, Spirit Hall grew increasingly wary of Tang San and Big Dipper Academy.

• Yu Yuanzhen reacted to Tang San's fifth-place ranking, while Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to find and eliminate him before he grew stronger.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders reacted with disbelief and excitement to Tang San's Twin Martial Souls, and Xiao Wu resolved to grow stronger to protect him.
• The Sky Screen ranked Ye Lingling fourth for her evolved God-level Nine-Heart Begonia and awarded her Soul Power, stronger Soul Rings, a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and a Nine-Heart Divine Domain.
• Ye Lingling's reward raised her Soul Power to Level 45, while Ning Fengzhi realized her Martial Soul surpassed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Bibi Dong regarded Big Dipper Academy as a threat and concluded that Tang San had to die and the academy could not be allowed to remain.
• The Sky Screen ranked Qian Renxue third, revealing her Level 61 Six-winged Angel and divine mission as Spirit Hall's peerless genius.

Qian Renxue’s third-place ranking unsettled Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Qian Renxue herself. The Sky Screen revealed Ao Yin in second place, and the continent waited as first place began to appear.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu reacted to Qian Renxue ranking third, wondering who could surpass her.
• Qian Renxue received the ranking reward, reached Soul Power Level 64, and vowed to surpass the two people above her.
• The Sky Screen revealed Ao Yin of Big Dipper Academy as second place, with a god-tier Elemental Dragon Martial Soul and Level 56 Soul Power.
• Ao Yin received his reward, reached Level 59, and gained a ninety-thousand-year Dragon Claw Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu recognized Ao Yin and Big Dipper Academy as growing threats.
• The Sky Screen began revealing first place, but the name remained unrevealed.

The Sky Screen revealed Lu Xiao as the Genius Ranking’s first place, a Level Ninety-nine Limit Douluo with Three Lives Martial Soul who had risen from nothing in three years. His overwhelming rewards and power stunned the continent, and Spirit Hall leaders ordered their people not to provoke Big Dipper Academy.

• The Sky Screen named Lu Xiao first on the Genius Ranking, revealed his power and martial souls, and granted him divine and hundred-thousand-year rewards.
• Bibi Dong reacted with disbelief and fear, then ordered Spirit Hall to abandon its plans against Big Dipper Academy.
• Qian Daoliu and the worshippers were shaken by Lu Xiao’s achievement, and Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall to befriend Big Dipper Academy or keep its distance.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo were left speechless by Lu Xiao’s revealed strength.

The Sky Screen announced that the Douluo Continent Soul Beast Power Ranking would be revealed in one month, shifting attention from Lu Xiao’s astonishing rise to the powerful beasts who might appear. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yuena and Di Tian watched the Sky Screen, and Di Tian suspected Lu Xiao might be a vanguard sent by the God Realm.

• Ning Fengzhi felt relieved that Ning Rongrong was studying at Big Dipper Academy after learning of Lu Xiao’s achievements.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang were shaken by the revelation that Lu Xiao had become a Limit Douluo in three years.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling admired their Dean after learning of his strength.
• The Sky Screen announced that the Soul Beast Power Ranking would be revealed in one month, prompting Bibi Dong to consider using the information to find Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• At the Lake of Life, Er Ming asked Da Ming whether he would rank first, while Da Ming worried the ranking could disturb the Soul Beast world’s balance.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian watched the Sky Screen, and Di Tian suspected Lu Xiao might be a vanguard sent by the God Realm.