Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang confronted Bibi Dong for the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, then learned Spirit Hall had tried to kill Tang San. Qian Renxue had Tang San detained after revealing he was safe, and ended by offering Bibi Dong a choice: keep Yu Xiaogang if she loved him, or kill him if she did not.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for the method of cultivating Twin Martial Souls and promised his disciple would never oppose Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she had sent people to intercept and kill Tang San, prompting Yu Xiaogang to threaten Spirit Hall if anything happened to him.
• Qian Renxue entered the Pope's Palace, pressured Yu Xiaogang with her Soul Power, and told Bibi Dong that Tang San had been rescued by Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang inferred that Spirit Hall had targeted Tang San because of his father and tried to leave, but Qian Renxue ordered palace knights to detain him.
• Qian Renxue defied Bibi Dong's warning, ordered Yu Xiaogang held until the Worship Hall authorized his release, then knelt and offered Bibi Dong her Golden Longsword, asking her to keep or kill him.

Nan Li and Dong Yun reached Spirit City for the tournament finals, where Blazing Fire Academy advanced through the first two rounds without a match. Nan Li also saw that her senior brother Dai Xiyun had become a Soul King and was competing alongside Zhu Zhu Feng and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Red Cloud sprawled on Nan Li until she kicked him onto the sofa, refusing to let him sleep beside her.
• Spirit Hall began the knockout finals in Spirit City, with the three seeded teams receiving first-round byes.
• Blazing Fire Academy drew Shrek Academy, which had withdrawn, and advanced without competing.
• Blazing Fire Academy received another bye in the second round and moved into the top ten.
• Nan Li watched Star Luo Royal Academy's second team, led by Dai Xiyun, and noted his level fifty-one Soul King cultivation alongside Zhu Zhu Feng and Zhu Zhuqing.

Nan Li watched Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy advance and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, while Skywater Academy faced Thunder Academy with Dan Qing revealing the strength of her fifth Soul Ring. Dan Qing escaped Lei Tian’s Thunder Eagle attack, but her next move remained unclear.

• Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy’s second team advanced smoothly, and Dai Xiyun, Zhu Zhu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing visited Nan Li and Dong Yun.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Nan Li for her encouragement, and Nan Li praised her role in the team’s success.
• Nan Li recalled helping Dan Qing enter the Star Dou Great Forest to condense her fifth Soul Ring before the team arrived in Spirit City.
• During Skywater Academy’s match against Thunder Academy, Dan Qing used her fourth Soul Skill to shield her teammates with Immortal Scale Soft Armor that boosted defense and negated some elemental damage.
• Yu Tianxin ordered Lei Tian to attack Dan Qing, but Skywater Academy scattered as Dan Qing began charging her third Soul Skill.
• Lei Tian’s Thunder Eagle smashed a coral tree where Dan Qing had stood, but Dan Qing had already disappeared.

Dan Qing’s cloning ability helped Skywater Academy defeat Thunder Academy, while Blazing Fire Academy prepared to face Star Luo Royal Academy’s first team. Blazing Fire revealed the strength of sisters Dong Yun and Nan Li, drawing Bibi Dong’s attention to their exceptional Soul Rings.

• Dan Qing used her clones to support Skywater Academy and secure victories over Thunder Academy in the second and third rounds.
• Nan Li learned that Dan Qing’s third soul skill could create up to twenty-seven clones and distribute them among her teammates.
• Dong Yun cautioned Huo Wu that Star Luo Royal Academy might have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and warned that Li Yang’s Reflection Realm was difficult to assess, so Blazing Fire changed its lineup.
• Blazing Fire Academy entered the match with Dong Yun, Nan Li, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Fire Leopard, and two Support System teammates.
• Nan Li arranged for herself and Dong Yun to flank Huo Wu, revealing their high Soul Power Levels to Star Luo’s teams.
• Bibi Dong noticed Dong Yun and Nan Li’s extraordinary Soul Ring configurations and considered the possibility that the sisters had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Blazing Fire Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy’s first team, whose strongest weapon was Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Nan Li and Dong Yun tried to disrupt the fusion and its support, but the chapter ended with the Shangshan Ruoshui sisters boosting the White Tiger and intensifying the battle.

• Bibi Dong concealed her alarm at Blazing Fire Academy’s talent while both teams prepared for the match.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun rushed past Star Luo Royal Academy’s front line, targeting Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun before they could fuse.
• Li Yang and the Sharp Thunder Jackal attacked Dong Yun from both sides, but she drove them back as Nan Li pressed on.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed the Hell White Tiger, which struck Nan Li and knocked her backward before Dong Yun caught her with a spear.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun separated the opposing attackers from the White Tiger and targeted its support, but the tiger deflected Nan Li’s arrows.
• The Shangshan Ruoshui sisters used Unfettered Formlessness to boost the Hell White Tiger, making its aura surge.

Blazing Fire Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Nan Li and Dong Yun broke the Hell White Tiger’s defenses and eliminated its support. Nan Li then watched as Dugu Yan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team prepared to face Spirit Hall Academy.

• Nan Li and Dong Yun coordinated attacks that injured the Hell White Tiger and stopped its support masters from boosting it.
• Nan Li used Dong Yun’s Great Sun Burning Gold Spear with her bow to pierce the Hell White Tiger, while Huo Wushuang and the others defeated the remaining Star Luo fighters.
• Nan Li knocked Zhu Zhuyun to the ground, and the referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner.
• Fire Leopard said his injuries were minor, and Feng Xiaotian discussed the other teams’ strength with Nan Li and Dong Yun.
• Dugu Yan teased Nan Li before leaving with Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team to face Spirit Hall Academy.

Nan Li watched Spirit Hall Academy's Golden Generation face Heaven Dou Royal Academy and saw Hu Liena and Xie Yue overwhelm their opponents with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Dugu Yan unleashed a dangerous poison attack before being knocked off the stage, leaving Hu Liena and Xie Yue poisoned as well.

• Dong Yun warned Nan Li to signal her before making a move, and their exchange with Feng Xiaotian turned into teasing about sisters and younger siblings.
• Nan Li praised Hu Liena's beauty and explained that her Spirit Power surpassed the other members of the Golden Generation despite her lower Soul Power Level.
• Hu Liena amplified her Charm ability, then joined Xie Yue in using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to trap Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team in red mist.
• Nan Li used her Soul Power and Spirit Power to see through the mist as Bewitching Charm defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's members one by one.
• Dugu Yan concentrated her venom into her Rattlesnake Soul Bone and poisoned Bewitching Charm, but he broke through her and Yu Tianheng's defenses and sent them off the stage.
• The red mist dispersed, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue sat down to resist the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison as the crowd erupted.

After Dugu Yan’s venom incapacitated Xie Yue and Hu Liena, six teams advanced, and the fourth-round matchups were drawn. Blazing Academy defeated Godwind Academy without Nan Li or Huo Wu, while Star Luo’s second team and Skywater Academy battled for the final advancement spot with their Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

• Dugu Bo detoxified Xie Yue and Hu Liena after Dugu Yan fell unconscious, and Nan Li considered how Blazing Academy could counter Spirit Hall Academy’s Bewitching Charm.
• The fourth-round draw matched Blazing Academy against Godwind Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy’s second team against Skywater Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy against the remaining Star Luo team.
• Nan Li sat out Blazing Academy’s match against Godwind Academy, and Dong Yun stopped Feng Xiaotian’s Self-Created Soul Skill by smashing one of his wings with her spear.
• Blazing Academy defeated Godwind Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy also won its match, leaving Star Luo’s second team and Skywater Academy to fight for the final advancement spot.
• Dan Qing enhanced Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Ice Phoenixes, then used her fifth Soul Ring to send blue beads of Soul Power into them as they faced Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng’s Hell White Tiger.

Skywater Academy was eliminated by Star Luo Royal Academy, while Spirit Hall Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy advanced. At the Pope’s Palace, Qian Renxue ordered Spirit Hall Academy’s team to kill Dong Yun and Nan Li in their next match against Blazing Fire Academy.

• Dai Xiyun unleashed the Hell White Tiger’s wings and defeated Skywater Academy, which finished outside the top six.
• Nan Li and Qian Renxue exchanged disdainful glances as the fourth round ended and three academies advanced.
• Bibi Dong announced that Ning Xinxin would replace Xu Yu as Spirit Hall Academy’s support Soul Master for the final round’s team battle.
• Ghost Douluo threatened Spirit Hall Academy’s team with three years of training in Mizong Grand Canyon if they lost.
• Qian Renxue warned Spirit Hall Academy that Dong Yun and Nan Li were their greatest threats, then ordered the team to kill them in the match against Blazing Fire Academy.

Qian Renxue sent Xie Yue and Hu Liena to test Dong Yun, while Nan Li and Dong Yun visited Dai Xiyun and learned they would return to Star Luo after the tournament. The Elite Tournament finals began the next morning, with the three teams preparing for the individual elimination battles before the team matches.

• Qian Renxue dismissed Xie Yue and the others after sending them to confront Dong Yun, and she reflected on his usefulness and her intent to kill Tang San.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun visited Dai Xiyun, who told Nan Li that Nan Yin had decided she should return to Star Luo with him after the tournament.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun that Qian Renxue's presence had made her restrain herself during the match, and Dong Yun reassured her that he understood.
• The Blazing Fire Academy team gathered for the final round, where twenty-one Soul Masters prepared for the individual elimination battles.
• Bibi Dong appeared before the competitors as the doors of the Pope's Palace opened.

Bibi Dong opened the Elite Tournament Finals, where Star Luo Royal Academy and Blazing Fire Academy secretly cooperated against Spirit Hall Academy. Their alliance continued through the individual matches, leaving Nan Li to advance after Dai Xiyun deliberately fell from the stage.

• Bibi Dong arrived with a platinum-gowned woman and Spirit Hall’s elders, while Dai Xiyun, Zhu Zhu Feng, Dong Yun, and Nan Li remained standing rather than kneeling.
• The individual elimination matches began, and Fire Leopard received a bye before Star Luo Royal Academy’s Soul Elder was quickly eliminated by a Spirit Hall Soul Ancestor.
• Dai Xiyun and Dong Yun coordinated Star Luo Royal Academy’s second team with Blazing Fire Academy, and the two teams eliminated three Spirit Hall Soul Ancestors while losing seven members between them.
• Huo Wushuang conceded after expending much of his Soul Power, allowing Dai Xiyun to defeat Spirit Hall’s Zhang Ping.
• Nan Li took the stage and used her fifth soul skill, while Dai Xiyun pretended to fall off, giving her the victory.

Nan Li faced Spirit Hall Academy’s Yan, who used fire and earth attacks to trap her while charging his strongest strike. Nan Li seized control of the fire elements and unleashed her fourth soul skill, but Yan continued building an earth-based attack across the stage.

• Spirit Hall sent Yan, a level fifty-two Power Attack System Soul Master, to fight Nan Li.
• Nan Li and Yan charged at each other as Yan flooded the stage with flames and erupted magma from the ground.
• Yan sent magma-wrapped granite boulders after Nan Li while she finished charging her Flame Arrow Southern Bright Bow.
• Nan Li turned Yan’s fire into pure fire energy, took control of it, and unleashed her fourth soul skill to fill the air with exploding feathered arrows.
• Yan endured Nan Li’s attack, strengthened his control over earth, and launched his fifth soul skill, Flying Sand Mad Flame.

Nan Li defeated Yan with a fiery arrow, then sent Zhu Zhu Feng off the stage before facing Hu Liena. As Hu Liena began using her Charm, Nan Li tested whether it could affect her while sizing up her opponent.

• Nan Li pierced Yan's defenses with her Fifth Soul Skill and engulfed him in Southern Bright Leaving Fire until Dong Yun called her to stop.
• Qian Renxue ordered Dong Yun to end the match, and Dong Yun's calm command made Nan Li extinguish the flames.
• Nan Li defeated Zhu Zhu Feng in a rapid exchange and sent her safely into Dai Xiyun's arms.
• Nan Li asked Hu Liena whether her Charm worked on female Soul Masters and pointed out Dong Yun to draw her attention.
• Hu Liena said she preferred the vitality around Nan Li as her Soul Rings began to rise.

Hu Liena used her Charm to defeat Nan Li and Zhu Zhuqing, eliminating Star Luo Royal Academy’s second team. As Dong Yun faced her next, Hu Liena’s words about Dong Yun caring for Nan Li struck a painful memory and briefly unsettled her.

• Hu Liena spoke gently to Nan Li and used her Charm, but Nan Li left the stage and warned Dong Yun that Hu Liena’s five Soul Skills all involved Charm.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun to trust her strength, then settled beside Huo Wu to watch the match.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Nether Shadow Clone against Hu Liena, but Charm slowed her, and Hu Liena swept her off the stage, eliminating Star Luo Royal Academy’s second team.
• Dong Yun stepped onto the stage as Blazing Fire Academy’s sixth member, and Hu Liena changed her manner toward her.
• Hu Liena praised Dong Yun for caring for Nan Li, evoking memories of Dong Yun’s mother, Qing Wu, and causing Dong Yun to lose focus briefly.

Dong Yun broke free of Hu Liena’s Charm by remembering Qing Wu and defeated her, then fought Xie Yue in a brutal battle that ended with both fighters utterly exhausted. The story left the match unresolved, with Dong Yun and Xie Yue both badly injured and unable to continue.

• Hu Liena used her Charm on Dong Yun, but Dong Yun recalled Qing Wu, counterattacked with her soul skills, and knocked Hu Liena off the stage.
• Xie Yue caught his injured sister and received healing, while Nan Li explained that Hu Liena’s words had touched Dong Yun’s grief over Qing Wu.
• Dong Yun challenged Xie Yue, and the two captains fought with their weapons and soul power despite their exhaustion and injuries.
• Dong Yun and Xie Yue continued fighting hand to hand until both ran out of strength and stopped, grievously injured.

Nan Li caught the exhausted Dong Yun after Blazing Fire Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy, then helped her recover and brought her away to rest. On their return, allies healed them, and Dong Yun arrived back at the lodging to find Nan Li bickering with Red Cloud.

• Nan Li caught Dong Yun as she collapsed, comforted her, and Dong Yun fell asleep in her arms after calling Nan Li the real sun.
• Blazing Fire Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy and became the first team to advance to the championship match.
• Nan Li left Pope's Palace with Dong Yun, and Dugu Bo followed them as Dong Yun rested and then walked back.
• Ye Lingling healed Dong Yun, while Dan Qing restored Soul Power to Dong Yun and Nan Li.
• Dugu Yan joined the group returning to the lodgings, where Red Cloud clung to Nan Li and bickered with her as Dong Yun watched fondly.

The Spirit Hall Academy Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team, and Dai Xiyun confronted Dai Weisi over the attempt on his life at the border. Dai Xiyun left with Nan Li, while Dai Weisi remained unable to explain himself and reflected on their royal family’s circumstances.

• The Spirit Hall Academy Team used Zhang Ping’s Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow to spread Bewitching Charm’s mist and defeat Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng’s Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun caught Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng as they fell, and Nan Li took the unconscious Zhu Zhu Feng after the match.
• Dai Xiyun rejected Dai Weisi’s approach and accused him of sending men to kill him at the border.
• Dai Xiyun declared he would fight Dai Weisi for the throne, then left with Nan Li and Zhu Zhu Feng.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun discussed their siblings, and Dai Weisi blamed their royal family upbringing for their conflict.

Nan Li rescued Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng after they collapsed from their injuries, then watched Dai Weisi take his brother back to recover. Afterward, Nan Li invited Dan Qing to join her and Dong Yun on a visit to her mother's home after the competition.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi reflected on how the Star Luo Imperial Family forced the princes to compete, even when they did not want the throne.
• Dai Xiyun collapsed while Nan Li carried the injured Zhu Zhu Feng back down the mountain, so Nan Li stopped Dai Xiyun's bleeding and called Feng Xiaotian to help.
• Feng Xiaotian helped Nan Li bring Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng to the foot of the mountain, where Dan Qing restored their Soul Power.
• Dai Weisi arrived, hauled Dai Xiyun upright, and took him away after warning that he would knock him out and carry him back if he caused more trouble.
• Nan Li and Dan Qing returned with the Star Luo team, and Nan Li invited Dan Qing to accompany her and Dong Yun to visit her mother after the competition.

Nan Li and the Blazing Fire Academy team prepared to face Spirit Hall Academy in the Elite Tournament final, wary of Yan’s return and Ning Xinxin’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The match had not yet begun when the Blazing Fire team formed its planned offensive lineup.

• Nan Li recalled that Dong Yun’s new soul skill carried thunderfire and seemed suited to countering evil forces.
• The Blazing Fire Academy team chose Dong Yun, Nan Li, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, Huo Yu, and a Support System Soul Master for the final.
• Nan Li noticed that Spirit Hall Academy had restored Yan and replaced its Support System Soul Master with Ning Xinxin, whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could greatly boost the team.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun that she would handle Bewitching Charm while Dong Yun attacked the other Soul Masters, but Dong Yun objected and urged her to protect herself.
• Dong Yun arranged the Blazing Fire team in a triangular front line, with herself and Huo Wushuang behind it and Huo Wu and the Support System Soul Master at the rear.

Blazing Fire Academy and Spirit Hall Academy began their championship match, with Huo Wu preparing a powerful Ring Fusion while both teams moved to counter their opponents. The battle was still unfolding as Nan Li dived toward Yan and Huo Wushuang met an opposing attacker.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Yan and two attackers prepared to strike Nan Li.
• Huo Wu started Ring Fusion with support from the Blazing Fire Academy Soul Master, prompting Yan to order his team to stop her.
• Ning Xinxin used her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost speed, while Dong Yun sent Huo Yun and Huo Yu to intercept the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow.
• Nan Li located Ning Xinxin and struck with a Cross Light Blade, which collided with the Giant Ring Blade.
• Nan Li dived toward Yan as Huo Wushuang clashed with an opposing level forty-seven Power Attack System Battle Soul Master.