Chapter Summaries

At the exchange match, Xiao Wu defeated every Blue Tyrant Academy student, and Liu Erlong ended the matches before her students suffered further humiliation. Lin Yuan bound Liu Erlong and gained Explosive Dragon Flame, then wrote in his diary about the Strength Clan’s history of retaliating when its younger members were beaten, leaving open whether they would dare confront Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Xiao Wu defeated Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and the rest of Blue Tyrant Academy’s students, so Liu Erlong called off the matches and invited the visitors to a banquet.
• Liu Erlong asked Lin Yuan whether he or Yu Tianheng was stronger, and Xiao Wu reminded her that Lin Yuan had beaten Yu Tianheng days earlier.
• Lin Yuan used his monthly binding on Liu Erlong and gained her Explosive Dragon Flame soul skill for his Double Pupils martial soul.
• Lin Yuan wrote in his diary that the Strength Clan had previously sent Tai Nuo and Tai Tan to challenge Tang San after Tailong was beaten.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether Tailong’s father and grandfather would come after Xiao Wu or back down in the face of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After Lin Yuan criticized the Strength Clan’s loyalty to Tang Hao and predicted that Tai Tan might come looking for trouble, Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong offered to defend Xiao Wu while Liu Erlong warned that Tai Tan was powerful. Lin Yuan then contrasted the Strength Clan’s later success with Tang San against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s less fortunate investment, leaving Ning Rongrong uneasy.

• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong promised to protect Xiao Wu if the Strength Clan tried to bully her.
• Liu Erlong warned the group that Tailong’s father and grandfather might seek revenge, and admitted she was no match for Tai Tan alone.
• Lin Yuan said he was looking forward to the Strength Clan causing trouble and criticized Tai Tan for kneeling to Tang San and supporting his rise.
• Lin Yuan recounted how the Strength Clan later prospered as part of Tang San’s Tang Sect, then contrasted it with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong grew uneasy when Lin Yuan said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s bet on Tang San had been less fortunate.

Ning Rongrong learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be devastated by Spirit Hall in the future, prompting Bibi Dong and Hu Liena to defend Spirit Hall’s ambitions and its services to commoners. Qian Renxue challenged the Heaven Dou Empire’s worth, while Dugu Yan argued that Spirit Hall also contained corrupt people.

• Ning Rongrong read that Spirit Hall’s future attack would nearly destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and leave Sword Douluo badly wounded.
• Ning Rongrong accused Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall of plotting to conquer the continent and destroy her sect.
• Bibi Dong defended Spirit Hall’s plans as a contest of strength and blamed Ning Fengzhi for opposing Spirit Hall and supporting Tang San.
• Hu Liena argued that unifying the continent could benefit commoners and cited Spirit Hall’s free Martial Soul awakenings in remote villages.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether the Heaven Dou Empire and its noble system deserved defending, while Dugu Yan countered that Spirit Hall could also harbor scoundrels.

Qian Renxue defended Spirit Hall’s treatment of commoners by contrasting its discipline and services with the abuses of the Two Great Empires, while Zhu Zhuyun challenged her claims about Spirit Hall’s motives and funding. Qian Renxue conceded that ordinary commoners lacked subsidies and said she would have Spirit Hall draft a policy for them.

• Qian Renxue argued that Spirit Hall punished officials who oppressed commoners and contrasted this with Fourth Prince Xue Beng’s unchecked abuses in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan could not refute Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong began to doubt the Two Great Empires’ justice.
• Zhu Zhuyun questioned whether Spirit Hall’s free Martial Soul awakenings were a recruitment strategy and argued that empire taxes funded most Soul Master subsidies.
• Qian Renxue replied that Spirit Hall pressured the empires to subsidize Soul Masters and was the only organization willing to awaken commoners’ Martial Souls and recruit them.
• Qian Renxue acknowledged that Spirit Hall did not subsidize ordinary commoners and said she would have a policy drafted, while pointing out that Spirit Hall was not a nation.

Lin Yuan questioned why the Tang Sect’s allies had let it nearly disappear over ten thousand years and argued that the Spirit Hall Empire’s destruction left commoners without free Martial Soul awakenings or a path to advancement. The chapter left the contrast between nobles’ inherited advantages and commoners’ dependence on rare mutations at the center of the discussion.

• Zhu Zhuyun challenged Spirit Hall’s role in helping commoners, and Qian Renxue replied that Bibi Dong could not make such a major decision alone.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged that Spirit Hall’s finances and strongest forces remained under the control of the Worship Hall’s seven great enshrined members.
• Lin Yuan noted that the Four Single Attribute Sects vanished over ten thousand years while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect preserved its inheritance.
• Lin Yuan questioned why the Tang Sect’s close allies had allowed it to decline to near extinction despite its former power and connections.
• Lin Yuan argued that after the Spirit Hall Empire fell, commoners lost free Martial Soul awakenings and relied on rare beneficial mutations, citing Ma Hongjun as an example.
• Lin Yuan described how even talented Soul Masters in the later era struggled to make a living, recalling Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish and customers bargaining over its price.

Lin Yuan’s diary described how Soul Master subsidies lost most of their value over ten thousand years and how the Tang Sect’s former allies turned against it after their common enemy fell. The group debated the empires’ support for Soul Masters, while Liu Erlong was left frustrated when Lin Yuan stopped writing without mentioning her.

• Lin Yuan’s diary explained that inflation made the future empires’ monthly Soul Master subsidy barely enough for food and lodging, and Jiang Nannan’s hardship showed how little talent helped without backing.
• Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi understood that the Tang Sect had declined because its power and Hidden Weapon technology threatened other factions after the Spirit Hall Empire was defeated.
• Ning Rongrong lamented the future of the Tang Sect and the Four Single Attribute Sects, while Zhu Zhuyun challenged Qian Renxue’s claim that Spirit Hall had been necessary for Soul Master subsidies.
• Qian Renxue argued that future subsidies were only scraps compared with their present purchasing power.
• Lin Yuan led the group into the Banquet Hall and put away his diary, leaving Liu Erlong furious that he had not written about her.
• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and the others teased Liu Erlong in the group chat for arranging the Exchange Match without earning a mention from Lin Yuan.

At the banquet, Liu Erlong tried to get Lin Yuan to reveal his secrets, but he brushed her off. After Yu Tianheng revealed that Lin Yuan had three unusual Soul Rings, Liu Erlong asked Xiao Wu about her purple Second Soul Ring and was rebuffed by the women in the Chat Group, drawing the attention of other Diary Copy holders.

• Liu Erlong tried to strike up a conversation with Lin Yuan at the banquet, but he dismissed her questions and refused her wine.
• Yu Tianheng pulled Liu Erlong aside, then explained that Lin Yuan had black, purple, and black Soul Rings and that Xiao Wu also had a purple Second Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong asked Xiao Wu in the Chat Group how her Second Soul Ring had become purple.
• Xiao Wu, Seven Treasures Little Rich Woman, I Want To Live Past Thirty, and Jiu Xin said the method was a secret for insiders.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the Zhu Family sisters noticed the group’s response and wondered what it meant.

At the academy exchange banquet, Qian Renxue visited under the guise of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to see Lin Yuan and urged him to visit her. That night, Lin Yuan gained the Nine Yang Divine Skill, while Zhu Zhuyun won the Nine Yin Manual.

• Qian Renxue arrived at the exchange banquet and told Sun Buyu she had come to host Liu Erlong and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Qian Renxue teased Lin Yuan for not visiting her, and Lin Yuan promised to visit the Imperial Palace soon.
• Sun Buyu suspected that Xue Qinghe favored men after watching the familiar exchange between Qian Renxue and Lin Yuan.
• At midnight, Lin Yuan received the Nine Yang Divine Skill, which the system said complemented his existing cultivation method.
• Zhu Zhuyun won the Nine Yin Manual and was stunned when the secret manual appeared in her hands.

Zhu Zhuyun received the Nine Yin Manual, which raised her soul power and mutated her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. After learning the mutation might prevent her fusion with Dai Weisi, she welcomed the chance to leave the Imperial Competition, while the Chat Group invited Ice Empress as a new member.

• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Nine Yin Manual, broke through to Level Thirty-Eight, and saw her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul mutate.
• Zhu Zhuyun practiced the manual's martial skills and told the Chat Group about her reward and her strengthened Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong warned Zhu Zhuyun that the mutation could disrupt her Hell White Tiger fusion with Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun celebrated the possibility of losing the fusion and said she would use it to withdraw from the Imperial Competition and leave Dai Weisi.
• The Chat Group expanded its member limit and invited Ice Empress, who read Lin Yuan's diary and resolved to ask Snow Empress about it the next morning.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress received diary copies, while Gu Yuena and other powerful soul beasts obtained rewards and joined the expanding anonymous chat group. Sea Witch, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Tang Yuehua also joined, leaving the group bustling with new members.

• Ice Empress received a piece of ten-thousand-year Cold Ice Marrow and joined the chat group as Don't Want to Become an Ice Sculpture.
• Gu Yuena's diary copy awakened her and brought Di Tian rushing to the Lake of Life, but she told him nothing was wrong and summoned Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Auspicious Beast underwater.
• Gu Yuena, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Auspicious Beast received guaranteed rewards that restored Gu Yuena's injuries and increased the others' cultivation or intelligence.
• Gu Yuena and the three soul beasts joined the chat group under the names Silver Dragon (Gu Yuena), Emerald Guardian (Bi Ji), Abyss Witch (Zi Ji), and Darling of Fortune (Auspicious Beast).
• Sea Witch, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Tang Yuehua joined the expanded chat group, where existing members welcomed the newcomers.

Sea Witch, Ice Empress, and Tang Yuehua joined the chat group and asked about Lin Yuan’s diary and its predictions. Tang Yuehua learned that Tang Hao was her brother and Tang San her nephew, then received a reward that raised her Soul Power to Level Ten, leaving her wondering what Soul Ring would suit her Martial Soul.

• Sea Witch celebrated finally joining the chat group, while Ice Empress and Tang Yuehua asked about Lin Yuan and whether his diary could truly foresee the future.
• Tang Yuehua read Lin Yuan’s diary and discovered that Tang Hao was her Second Brother and Tang San was her nephew.
• Tang Yuehua received a Guaranteed Reward that raised her Soul Power from Level Nine to Level Ten, breaking the bottleneck that had stunted her cultivation for decades.
• Tang Yuehua realized she needed a first Soul Ring but was unsure what to choose for her non-offensive Noble Ring Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan vouched for Lin Yuan’s diary and his help with the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, then remarked on Tang Yuehua’s age, low cultivation, and slow reading.
• Huo Wu asked whether chat group members knew one another’s identities, and Ning Rongrong smiled mischievously.

Ning Rongrong revealed that the group included Bibi Dong and her disciple, then explained that the group's rules protected members from retaliation for anything they said there. Gu Yuena questioned why anyone feared Bibi Dong's strength, leaving the human members wondering who Silver Dragon really was.

• Ning Rongrong identified Supreme Pope as Spirit Hall's current Pope and Swear To Protect The Pope To The Death as her personal disciple.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the group rules prevented anyone from harming members over their statements in the chat.
• Gu Yuena asked how strong Bibi Dong was and why the group feared her.
• Liu Erlong estimated that Bibi Dong was above Level Ninety-five and might be nearing Level Ninety-nine after receiving system rewards.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether Bibi Dong was the strongest on Douluo Continent and whether anyone stronger existed.
• Sea Witch wondered if Silver Dragon came from another continent, and Gu Yuena privately dismissed the humans' limited imagination.

Gu Yuena revealed that she was the Silver Dragon King and the Soul Beast Overlord, whose restored power could rival the Asura God King. After Snow Empress recognized her, Ice Empress and Snow Empress reunited in the group chat.

• Gu Yuena told the group she was a Soul Beast, not a human, and that even a Peerless Douluo could not challenge her.
• Abyss Witch revealed she was a Fierce Beast with more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation, while Emerald Guardian confirmed that she and others served Gu Yuena.
• Bo Saixi challenged Gu Yuena, who dismissed the Sea God as a First-Level Main God and said she was stronger than a Level 1 God even while injured.
• Gu Yuena identified herself as the Soul Beast Overlord and said her restored strength would be comparable to the Asura God King.
• Snow Empress recognized Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, and Ice Empress and Snow Empress greeted each other in the group chat.

Xiao Wu explained that Soul Beasts could survive beyond one hundred thousand years by overcoming Heavenly Tribulations, revealing how Fierce Beasts reached immense cultivation. The newly joined members identified themselves, and Bibi Dong questioned how the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could be so intelligent with only fifteen thousand years of cultivation.

• Dugu Yan asked whether Soul Beasts over two hundred thousand years old really existed, and Xiao Wu confirmed that the Star Dou Great Forest contained a Land of Great Fierceness inhabited by powerful Fierce Beasts.
• Xiao Wu said her father had entered the Land of Great Fierceness seeking a breakthrough and never returned.
• Xiao Wu explained that Soul Beasts faced Heavenly Tribulations after each hundred thousand years of cultivation and could advance if they survived.
• Xiao Wu asked the group members to reveal whether they were humans or Soul Beasts, and Sea Witch Douluo explained her mermaid lineage.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, Heavenly Snow Woman, Emerald Swan, and Hell Demon Dragon King revealed their identities and immense cultivation, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said it had about fifteen thousand years.
• Bibi Dong questioned how the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could be so intelligent and use the Chat Group skillfully with such low cultivation.

Bibi Dong learned that the Auspicious Beast was a powerful Three-Eyed Golden Lion whose bloodline and recent cultivation reward gave her intelligence and strength far beyond her years. When Qian Renxue ordered Bibi Dong to search Spirit Hall’s records, Bibi Dong refused and told her to come back and look them up herself.

• Bibi Dong questioned whether a fifteen-thousand-year-old Auspicious Beast could communicate and reason like a human, and Zi Ji explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s noble bloodline gave her exceptional intelligence and power.
• The Auspicious Beast revealed that a ten-thousand-year cultivation reward had transformed her strength and reasoning, while Bi Ji explained how bloodlines affected Soul Beasts’ abilities.
• Zi Ji identified the Auspicious Beast as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and said her presence doubled the cultivation speed and tribulation survival chances of Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone.
• Zi Ji warned that the forest’s Soul Beasts, including Di Tian, would fight to the death if anyone harmed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qian Renxue ordered Bibi Dong to search Spirit Hall’s secret records for information about the Auspicious Beast, but Bibi Dong snapped back that Qian Renxue should return and look it up herself.

Ning Rongrong questioned whether Titan Giant Apes were stronger than Auspicious Beasts, prompting Zi Ji and Bi Ji to explain the differences in their bloodlines, attributes, and combat power. Xiao Wu defended Er Ming by citing his Gravity Domain, and the discussion ended with a new group member asking what Extreme Attributes were.

• Ning Rongrong compared the strength figures for Titan Giant Apes and Auspicious Beasts and asked whether Titan Giant Apes were stronger at the same level.
• Zi Ji and Bi Ji explained that the comparisons used different standards and described the Auspicious Beast's Extreme Light, Extreme Fire, Power of Destiny, Spiritual Power, and Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xiao Wu defended Er Ming, pointing to his Gravity Domain as a possible advantage against an Auspicious Beast.
• Zi Ji argued that domains did not guarantee victory and reasoned that a Titan Giant Ape would lose to an Auspicious Beast at equal cultivation.
• Zi Ji considered Di Tian's bloodline and Dragon God Claw, then dismissed the Gravity Domain as a control skill that powerful attacks could overcome.
• Ice Blue Feather asked the group to explain Extreme Attributes.

Bi Ji explained that ultimate attributes greatly suppress similar attributes and can let Soul Masters fight across two major stages, helping Xiao Wu understand Lin Yuan’s strength. Gu Yuena described how ultimate attributes slow cultivation from Level Thirty to Level Seventy, leading Qian Renxue to conclude that her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had one and wonder which of its three attributes was ultimate.

• Bi Ji explained that ultimate attributes grant powerful suppression against similar attributes and can enable a Soul Sage to match a Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu realized Lin Yuan’s ultimate Slaughter Attribute had helped him defeat an eight-thousand-year Soul Beast, though she mistakenly thought his amplifications could not last long.
• Qian Renxue asked Gu Yuena whether her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul possessed an ultimate attribute and whether one affected cultivation.
• Gu Yuena explained that God-Tier Martial Souls did not necessarily have ultimate attributes and that ultimate attributes slowed cultivation between Levels Thirty and Seventy by compressing and purifying Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue recognized that her cultivation had slowed after Level Thirty and concluded that her Martial Soul had an ultimate attribute, but she could not tell whether it was Sacred, Light, or Flame.

Tang Hao secretly infiltrated Heaven Dou Royal Academy to investigate Xiao Wu after noticing her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura had disappeared. Zhao Yun detected Tang Hao’s attempt to probe her, and Lin Yuan ordered him to warn Tang Hao and stop him from targeting Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone; Zhao Yun confronted Tang Hao outside the dormitory.

• Tang Hao found Xiao Wu’s dormitory but could no longer sense the aura that had identified her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao concluded that Xiao Wu had obtained a treasure, likely from Lin Yuan or his teacher, that concealed her Soul Beast aura.
• Zhao Yun sensed Tang Hao using Spiritual Power on Xiao Wu through the protective mark he had placed on her and reported the intruder to Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan identified the intruder as Tang Hao and ordered Zhao Yun to warn him and prevent him from targeting Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Zhao Yun appeared before Tang Hao outside the Girls' Dormitory, and Tang Hao asked whether he was Lin Yuan’s Teacher.

Tang Hao confronted Lin Yuan’s teacher, Zhao Yun, but discovered Zhao Yun was a Level Ninety-Nine Peerless Douluo with a far stronger Soul Ring configuration. As Zhao Yun overwhelmed him, Tang Hao accused him of protecting Xiao Wu to harvest her as Lin Yuan’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Zhao Yun countered by bringing up Ah Yin’s sacrifice.

• Tang Hao challenged Zhao Yun, summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and revealed his nine Soul Rings.
• Zhao Yun revealed a nine-ring configuration of seven black and two red Soul Rings, shocking Tang Hao.
• Zhao Yun attacked Tang Hao with his Third Soul Skill, and Tang Hao answered with his Seventh Soul Skill, but Zhao Yun quickly gained the advantage.
• Tang Hao realized Zhao Yun was a Level Ninety-Nine Peerless Douluo and feared he could neither defeat nor escape him.
• Tang Hao accused Zhao Yun of protecting Xiao Wu so she could become Lin Yuan’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Zhao Yun called him a hypocrite and invoked Ah Yin’s sacrifice.
• Tang Hao furiously denied Zhao Yun’s accusation about the truth behind Ah Yin’s sacrifice.

Zhao Yun stopped Tang Hao from escaping by attacking the Girls' Dormitory, protected the building, and severed Tang Hao's right arm, which contained a high-quality Soul Bone. He reassured Xiao Wu that the threat had been driven off, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy's teaching committee members realized she had been the target.

• Tang Hao detonated his first six Soul Rings and attacked the Girls' Dormitory to force Zhao Yun to defend Xiao Wu and give him a chance to flee.
• Zhao Yun blocked Tang Hao's hammer with his eighth soul skill and struck him with a Spear Shadow, severing his right arm as Tang Hao escaped.
• Zhao Yun collected Tang Hao's severed arm and detected a high-quality Soul Bone within it.
• Zhao Yun appeared in Xiao Wu's room, told her a Titled Douluo had been driven away, and said he had severed the intruder's right arm.
• Zhao Yun informed Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that the crisis was over, and the three concluded that Xiao Wu had been the target.