Chapter Summaries

Dong Yun negotiated with Qian Renxue over her loyalty to Spirit Hall and the safety of Sun Island, agreeing to meet one of Qian Renxue’s elders. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue ordering Dong Yun to conquer territory west of Spirit City once war began.

• Xue Qinghe confronted Dong Yun about Nan Li’s attempt to expose his identity, and Dong Yun promised that neither sister would reveal it.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had trained Dong Yun to secure her position as Crown Prince and asked her to help take revenge on Spirit Hall’s Elder Hall, while sparing the Seven Great Enshrined Elders and the Pope.
• Dong Yun agreed to Qian Renxue’s conditions but demanded that Spirit Hall leave Sun Island alone until a continental war began.
• Qian Renxue offered to introduce Dong Yun to an elder with similar eyes and Martial Souls, and Dong Yun agreed after considering what Sun Island meant to her.
• Qian Renxue showed Dong Yun a map and ordered her to conquer the lands west of Spirit City and north of the City of Slaughter when war began.

Nan Li brought Dan Qing back to Skywater Academy, learned about her Soul Bone, and returned to Blazing Fire Academy. After Huo Wu revealed that Dong Yun had often visited Heaven Dou City at an old friend’s invitation, Dong Yun returned exhausted, and Nan Li gave her a Soul Bone to protect her from Qian Renxue.

• Dan Qing told Nan Li that her fourth Soul Ring and defensive Torso Soul Bone came from the Roaring Demon Shark King and accepted Nan Li’s warning to keep them secret.
• Nan Li gave Dan Qing the Coral Mystery Phantom Left Leg Bone from Lan Xi and returned her to Skywater Academy before going back to Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wu told Nan Li that Dong Yun had previously visited Heaven Dou City at an old friend’s invitation, and Nan Li realized the old friend was Qian Renxue.
• Dong Yun returned to the academy two days later looking exhausted, and Nan Li gave her Dan Qing’s Soul Bone as protection against Qian Renxue’s possible plans.

Nan Li and Dong Yun shared wine as they grieved their losses and discussed their future, then became drunk and decided to skip class. Nan Li voiced her fear that she was destined to part from everyone, while Dong Yun dismissed it and closed the curtains.

• Nan Li returned the Phantom Soul Bone to Dong Yun, who revealed that her left leg Soul Bone had belonged to her father and wept over the loss.
• Nan Li comforted Dong Yun by promising they would protect the younger ones, and the two began drinking wine with Red Cloud.
• As they drank, Nan Li suggested skipping class and covering their dorm in stars, and Dong Yun agreed.
• Nan Li wondered why she had a different name and recalled that she might have been born to face a calamity.
• Nan Li said she was destined to part from everyone, and Dong Yun told her she was drunk before closing the light-blocking curtains.

Dong Yun and Nan Li continued their training while preparing for the Four Elements Academy Friendship Gathering, as Shrek's Six Monsters began competing at the Soto Great Soul Arena. Their winning streak ended in a crushing defeat against Imperial Dou Team, and Dugu Yan detoxified the defeated students before leaving.

• After Nan Li drunkenly called Dong Yun, Dong Yun stored the wine jars and fell asleep while Nan Li muttered that she knew what everyone was thinking.
• Dugu Yan and her teammates left Heaven Dou City with Qin Ming, while Dan Hong continued traveling between Sunset Forest and Blazing Fire Academy to research medicines with Dugu Bo.
• A month later, Shrek's Six Monsters entered team battles at the Soto Great Soul Arena and maintained a winning streak until they faced Imperial Dou Team.
• Dugu Yan's evolved poison incapacitated Shrek's students, and Tang San's Eight Spider Lances could not prevent her from paralyzing him with her amplified serpent poison.
• After Imperial Dou Team won, Yu Tianheng persuaded Dugu Yan to detoxify the defeated Shrek students, and she eased their symptoms before leaving.

Dugu Yan recovered from using her evolved venom during the Soul Fight, and Qin Ming warned the Imperial Dou Team not to underestimate future opponents. Months later, Nan Li and Huo Wu sneaked away from the academy, but their flight was interrupted by Feng Xiaotian.

• Dugu Yan channeled the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's excess venom into her left-arm Soul Bone and recovered with Yu Tianheng's help.
• Qin Ming reviewed the Soul Fight, warned the team about stronger opponents and Tang San's poisonous External Soul Bone, and learned Dugu Yan had reached level forty.
• Months later, Huo Wu and Nan Li discussed the upcoming Friendship Gathering at Tianshui Academy and decided to sneak away from the academy.
• Nan Li used her Vermilion Bird Martial Soul to carry Huo Wu into the sky, while Huo Wushuang and Dong Yun saw them leave for Heaven Dou City.
• As Nan Li and Huo Wu admired the four Element Academies from above, Nan Li pulled Huo Wu aside to avoid a cyan figure, and Feng Xiaotian asked where Huo Wu was going.

Nan Li reunited with Dan Qing at Skywater Academy and helped Feng Xiaotian understand what Huo Wu valued in a partner. The Friendship Gathering began, and Nan Li learned that her own contests would start on the fourth day.

• Nan Li introduced Huo Wu to Dan Qing, and the two quickly bonded and went to tour Skywater Academy together.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Nan Li about her offer to teach him, and she advised him that Huo Wu liked steady, strong men.
• Nan Li corrected Feng Xiaotian when he mistook Dong Yun for a male rival and explained that Dong Yun was her sister.
• The Friendship Gathering opened at Skywater Academy, with academy exchanges scheduled through the second day and spirit battles starting on the third.
• Nan Li learned that the exhibition matches were for graduating students, while her segment would begin on the fourth day in the Simulated Environment.

Nan Li entered the Contest Match’s Simulated Environment and set out toward its presumed central exit, discovering that the terrain and the environment suppressed her senses. She reached a vast, ominous black river and approached it warily, unwilling to risk falling into the water.

• Before entering, Nan Li challenged Dong Yun to a race, proposing that the winner become the older sister.
• Nan Li entered the Simulated Environment and found herself alone on a grassland, where an invisible boundary blocked her from going farther behind her.
• Nan Li reasoned that the students had been teleported to randomized positions along the venue’s edge and headed toward its center.
• As she traveled, Nan Li found that the Simulated Environment weakened her Spirit Power and other senses.
• Nan Li used her Spirit Power to locate a great river whose mist and dark water concealed what lay beyond it, then approached it cautiously.

Nan Li reached the Blackwater River and discovered that the clouds above it formed a dangerous Thunderstorm Zone while the river itself lay beneath crushing gravity. She crossed the water with a burst of flame and flight, then continued toward the next checkpoint.

• Nan Li flew toward the river, saw Soul Masters struggling in it, and discovered that lightning filled the clouds above.
• Feng Xiaotian warned Nan Li that Thunder Academy's headmaster had created a Thunderstorm Zone, then departed.
• Nan Li found that the river's water was black and stagnant, and learned that increased gravity made crossing it difficult.
• Nan Li fell into the river, then used blazing flames and her wings to propel herself across to the opposite bank.
• Nan Li left the river behind and walked toward the next checkpoint.

Nan Li crossed a dangerous marsh in the Contest Match, avoided its traps, and fought off several Soul Beasts as she flew onward. After reaching the forest beyond, she encountered a poisonous fog and used her Domain to clear a path through it.

• Nan Li crossed the marsh cautiously as other students sank into the mud, and she refused to rescue a Blazing Fire Academy student who blamed her for his fall.
• Nan Li flew past the patrolling teacher disguised as a huge bird and severed a hidden toad Soul Beast’s tongue with a flaming arrow.
• Nan Li escaped attacks from more toads and a water python, then killed a flock of water birds that pursued her.
• Nan Li reached the forest as heavy rain fell, rested in a tree, and then encountered poisonous fog after the rain subsided.
• Nan Li spread her Domain to burn a path through the poisonous fog, where insects struck the flame barrier and animal bones littered the ground.

Nan Li climbed through the poisonous forest, fending off a leopard and then striking a black tiger with a flaming arrow. The tiger vanished and roared from two directions, leaving Nan Li facing an attack she could not yet locate.

• Nan Li rested in a tree to recover Soul Power as a group of six Soul Masters entered the miasma and poisonous insects attacked them.
• Dan Qing escaped the insects after one of her companions pushed her into danger, then left the group alone.
• A spotted leopard attacked Nan Li in the tree, struck her transparent domain, and fell badly injured.
• Dan Qing found the wounded leopard and killed it with her dagger before continuing through the forest.
• Nan Li climbed toward the mountaintop and fired a Flame Arrow at a black tiger, which vanished as roars sounded from her left and behind her.

Nan Li fought a Ghost Tiger with Dan Qing’s new cloning enhancement, then brought Dan Qing along through the Contest Match. At a mountain dividing forest from snowfield, Nan Li realized their route had gone astray and suspected the Blackwater River was where it began.

• Dan Qing used her third soul skill, Mirror Flower, Water Moon, to give Nan Li two clones, helping Nan Li kill a Ghost Tiger and burn its corpse.
• Dan Qing explained that her growth-type soul ring let her create clones for companions, and told Nan Li about her clan, Little Uncle Lang Xuan, and helping Luo Gu and Little Cat escape the First Prince.
• Nan Li decided to bring Dan Qing with her through the Contest Match, and they traveled through a cave and up a waterfall to a mountain summit.
• Nan Li saw that the mountain divided a forest from a snowfield, with a sheer cliff and deep chasm below, and realized they had not reached the finish line because their paths had diverged.
• Nan Li retraced their route in her mind and identified the Blackwater River as the likely point where they had gone wrong.

Nan Li and Dan Qing navigated the snowfield, helped Shui Bing’er’s group defeat a white bear checkpoint, and continued toward the finish line. While Nan Li rested, Dong Yun arrived and killed a Snow Fox that had been stalking Dan Qing.

• Nan Li and Dan Qing realized the terrain could mislead them, erased their route markings when Yu Tianxin’s team approached, and flew away.
• Nan Li and Dan Qing passed Feng Xiaotian’s group, then spotted Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue’er fighting a massive white bear.
• Dan Qing supported Shui Bing’er’s group with her soul skills while Nan Li used her domain to keep Dan Qing aloft, and the team defeated the bear.
• Nan Li carried Dan Qing toward a distant snowy mountain, but they stopped to rest when Nan Li’s speed dropped and Dan Qing’s Soul Power ran low.
• Dong Yun approached while a Snow Fox crept toward Dan Qing, and Dong Yun killed it with her Great Sun Burning Gold Spear.

Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Dan Qing hurried toward the snowy mountain’s final checkpoint after Godwind Academy passed them, only to face three teachers unleashing a powerful storm. The group continued climbing as the teachers intensified the wind and snow to delay them.

• Dong Yun reprimanded Nan Li for spending Soul Power, and Nan Li apologized after playfully grabbing her and being thrown into the snow.
• Dan Qing told Nan Li that Godwind Academy had overtaken them, so Dong Yun carried Dan Qing while the three hurried after them.
• At the mountain’s foot, Nan Li’s group found the Godwind Academy Soul Masters injured, while Feng Xiaotian greeted Nan Li after barely surviving the teachers’ attack.
• Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Dan Qing climbed toward the summit, where three teachers unleashed a torrent of wind and snow to block their way.

Nan Li, Dan Qing, and Dong Yun escaped the Simulated Environment first, and the chapter followed the Contest Match results before the Soul Fighting Tournament’s Challenge Match began. After one day of challenges, Lei Dong called out Huo Wu as his opponent.

• Nan Li, Dan Qing, and Dong Yun reached the exit first after Nan Li’s domain helped them evade the teachers’ net.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun left the Simulated Environment, where they were praised and learned that many other competitors had also escaped.
• Nan Li returned to Tianshui Academy’s residence with Dong Yun and joked about enjoying the sun and avoiding laundry.
• Eighty-seven competitors entered the Challenge Match after a day of rest, and Dong Yun explained its rules and how the rankings affected rewards and selection for the Elite Tournament.
• After the first day of fights brought the match to Lei Dong, he challenged Huo Wu.

Lei Dong and Yu Tianxin lost their challenges to Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, leaving the rankings unchanged. Huo Wu chose to challenge Feng Xiaotian after realizing his victory had relied on a Self-Created Soul Skill, and he stepped onto the stage despite hesitating to fight her.

• Lei Dong challenged Huo Wu while Yu Tianxin challenged Feng Xiaotian, and both fights began at the same time.
• Huo Wu defeated Lei Dong with her fourth soul skill, Blazing Fire Sun, and Feng Xiaotian defeated Yu Tianxin with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Wolf.
• After recovering Soul Power, Huo Wu considered her possible opponents and concluded that Feng Xiaotian's unfamiliar technique might be a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Huo Wu challenged Feng Xiaotian, and Nan Li urged him to show Huo Wu his real strength.
• Feng Xiaotian overcame his hesitation, fixed his hair, and stepped onto the Soul Fighting Stage.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wu after revealing his true strength, and the Challenge Match continued as several contestants withdrew. Shui Bing'er chose to challenge Nan Li, hoping to learn the extent of her abilities.

• Huo Wu demanded that Feng Xiaotian stop holding back, and he agreed to fight at full strength.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wu with wind blades, then redirected his final strikes to push her off the stage without seriously injuring her.
• Nan Li tried to rush to Huo Wu, but Dong Yun restrained her with Soul Power; Huo Wushuang caught Huo Wu and withdrew from the challenges.
• Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu also withdrew, while Shui Bing'er studied Nan Li and decided to test her strength.
• Shui Bing'er challenged Nan Li.

Nan Li faced Shui Bing'er in a Soul Fight, where Shui Bing'er tried to uncover her abilities for the upcoming Elite Tournament. Nan Li overcame Shui Bing'er's ice techniques and unleashed a blazing attack, ending the chapter as her Broken Sun blade raced toward Shui Bing'er.

• Nan Li introduced herself as a Level 51 Soul King, and the crowd marveled at her unusual Soul Ring configuration.
• Shui Bing'er recognized clues about Nan Li's connection to Dong Yun and resolved to test Nan Li's abilities for the Elite Tournament.
• Shui Bing'er opened with Ice Seal, but Nan Li's flames stopped the ice and melted it with Blazing Fire Supporting Light.
• Shui Bing'er escaped the spreading fire by leaping onto an ice pillar, while Nan Li raised a towering wave of flames toward her.
• Nan Li launched her self-created Soul Skill, Broken Sun, through the fire wave toward Shui Bing'er.

Nan Li defeated Shui Bing'er with her fourth soul skill, Crimson Feather Rain, and Feng Xiaotian and Dong Yun both forfeited their challenges. After the first round’s scores were recalculated, the contestants rested for three hours before the gong woke them at dawn for the Challenge Match to continue.

• Nan Li used Crimson Feather Rain to break through Shui Bing'er’s Resisting Ice Ring, then detonated the pinned feathers and forced her off the stage.
• Feng Xiaotian forfeited his challenge, and Dong Yun followed; he told Nan Li he feared he would lose control and beat her in public.
• The host announced the first round’s results and awarded double points in reverse ranking order, leaving Nan Li in first place.
• A zither player soothed the contestants as they rested and cultivated for three hours.
• At dawn, a strict teacher struck a gong to wake the contestants and confirm all eighty-seven were present.

Nan Li and the other Soul Masters competed in the second round, where victories exchanged rankings and a failed challenge ended a contestant’s chances. After the rankings settled, Nan Li confronted Dong Yun for refusing to fight her, and his preparations in their dormitory left her alarmed.

• The second round began, and a nineteenth-ranked Soul Master exchanged places with Shui Yue'er before challenging Dong Yun and losing to his fifth Soul Skill.
• The top ten rankings shifted as Lei Dong, Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianxin, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu challenged one another; Nan Li and Dan Qing stayed out of the matches.
• Nan Li repeatedly urged Dong Yun to fight her, but he refused, and the challenges continued until dawn without changing the final top ten rankings.
• After the contestants returned to their quarters, Nan Li put Dong Yun in a headlock and demanded to know why he would not fight her.
• Dong Yun secured the dormitory door, stored its furniture, removed his outer robe and belt, and approached Nan Li before she could finish asking what he was doing.

Dong Yun confronted Nan Li for interfering in Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu’s relationship, reminding her that people were not characters in a story and that her supposed foresight could be wrong. Later, Ning Xinxin received a mission to find an Immortal Grass before Ning Rongrong claimed it, leaving her determined to reach it first.

• Dong Yun questioned Nan Li about helping Feng Xiaotian pursue Huo Wu and slapped her when Nan Li dismissed the issue.
• Dong Yun explained that Nan Li had to respect Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian as independent people rather than assume they belonged together based on a story or supposed foresight.
• Nan Li acknowledged that she had been wrong to treat romance as the only explanation for relationships, and Dong Yun reminded her that friendship and familial affection mattered too.
• Dong Yun soothed Nan Li and filled their dark room with golden lights, telling her that dawn had come.
• Ning Xinxin learned that her mission required her to find the Immortal Grass Aromatic Silk Beauty in the Sunset Great Forest within three months.
• When the system said Ning Rongrong would claim the Immortal Grass after the deadline, Ning Xinxin vowed to get there first.