Chapter Summaries

After reaching level 45 and leaving Sunset Forest, Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing traveled back to Grassroots Village, where Zhu Zhuqing met his parents as his wife. Gongsun Li welcomed her warmly, while Zhong Li was left wondering whether he and Zhong Tian had both been adopted by her.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Zhong Daoming's advice to keep her Third Spirit Skill's range within fifty meters whenever possible.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed two Soul Bones and a fourth Spirit Ring, reaching level 45 before she and Zhong Li began their journey home.
• Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing passed through Nuoding City and met Village Chief Wang Mazi, who told them the village had more than twenty children awaiting Martial Soul Awakening.
• Zhong Tian encountered Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing on their way home, and Zhu Zhuqing nervously introduced herself as Zhong Li's girlfriend and called Zhong Tian Father-in-law.
• Gongsun Li welcomed Zhu Zhuqing as her daughter-in-law and took her inside, while Zhong Li asked Zhong Tian whether he had been adopted.

One year after staying in Grassroots Village to cultivate, Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and reunited with the Shrek group. Zhong Li revealed his Rank 77 strength, stunning his former teachers, while the Shrek Team prepared to welcome him as a new teammate.

• Zhong Tian reached Rank 90 and obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Zhong Li reached Rank 77 after absorbing the North Wind Wolf King's Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Rank 53 after her scythe devoured the soul of her fifth Soul Ring beast and fed its power back to her.
• Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Dai Mubai, and the others came out to welcome them.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the teachers that Zhong Li was Rank 77, and Zhao Wuji checked his Soul Power before leaving in dismay at the gap between them.
• Shao Xin brought Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing to the cafeteria, while Flender arranged for the Shrek group to meet at No. 1 Training Ground.
• Ma Hongjun rebuked Oscar for addressing Zhong Li by name and insisted that he show Zhong Li respect.

Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with the Shrek Team, where their high levels made Zhong Li captain and Zhu Zhuqing vice-captain for the upcoming Pan-Continental Youth Elite Soul Master Competition. A month later, the team set out through Heaven Dou City in uniforms Zhong Li had designed, drawing attention as they approached the opening ceremony.

• Ma Hongjun thanked Zhong Li for his past advice, and Zhao Yun and the other Shrek members reunited with Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The team introduced themselves, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed she had reached level 53 while Zhong Li announced he was a level 77 Soul Saint.
• Flender named Zhong Li captain and Zhu Zhuqing vice-captain, and the team members supported his decision.
• Zhong Li designed distinctive team uniforms based on Morax's Divine Armor after rejecting Flender's original yellow uniforms.
• The Shrek Team walked through Heaven Dou City toward the opening ceremony, attracting admiring crowds and teams that followed behind them.

Zhong Li and Blue Tyrant Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team for the tournament’s opening match, alarming their opponents and exciting the crowd. The second team was denied permission to forfeit, leaving them to face Zhong Li’s squad.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu sensed formidable power among the teams marching toward the arena and focused their attention on Zhong Li’s group.
• Zhong Li’s arrival drew an enormous, mostly female crowd, while Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas each reacted to his presence for different reasons.
• Blue Tyrant Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy were chosen for the opening match, and Royal Dou Team 2 panicked at the prospect of facing Zhong Li.
• Salas denied rigging the draw and announced that finalists could join Spirit Hall, angering Xue Ye and Heaven Dou’s nobles.
• Royal Dou Team 2’s teacher asked the education committee to forfeit, but they refused, so the team prepared to fight Blue Tyrant Academy.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Imperial Dou Second Team at the tournament, and Zhong Li stunned the venue by revealing himself as a Soul Saint with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As the exhibition match began, Zhu Zhuqing attacked from behind while Zhong Li remained still.

• Liu Erlong chose Zhong Li, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhao Yun, Tailong, and Jiang Zhu to compete against Imperial Dou Second Team.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed a humanoid martial soul and two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Zhong Li summoned seven Soul Rings—two purple, four black, and one red—revealing his Soul Saint strength and shocking the venue.
• The Ice Fire Elders threatened Salas, while Qian Renxue recognized Zhong Li's Soul Rings as evidence of a divine inheritance and ordered Spirit Hall to stop monitoring him.
• Zhong Daoming appeared before Qian Renxue and claimed that she and Zhong Li were both inheritors of divine power and would make a perfect pair.
• When the match began, Zhu Zhuqing rushed behind Imperial Dou Second Team, put her scythe to their captain's neck, and kicked their female member out of the arena.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team in the tournament opener, though both sides turned much of the match into a staged performance. Zhong Li watched from the sidelines and called an end to the farce, while the chapter closed with the teams and spectators discussing the match as they left the arena.

• Zhu Zhuqing forced Imperial Dou Second Team’s captain to surrender almost immediately, then returned to Zhong Li’s side.
• Zhao Yun, Tailong, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun secretly arranged paid sparring performances with their opponents, and the teams traded exaggerated attacks and speeches.
• Zhong Li sat with Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Zhu, commented on the staged fight, and drew loud cheers from the audience.
• Xue Ye praised the second team’s dramatic displays and ordered extra resources for Blue Tyrant Academy and special cultivation support for one of its opponents.
• After Zhong Li said it was time to finish, Imperial Dou Second Team surrendered, and the referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner.
• Spectators and rival teams discussed the match as they left, noting that Zhong Li had not fought and speculating about his strength.

After Liu Erlong’s outburst drove Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing to leave the arena, Zhong Li revealed that he had used the confrontation to end Liu Erlong’s hopes for him. Flender and the others caught up, but Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing still chose to withdraw from the tournament, leaving the group arguing over their futures.

• Feng Xiaotian and other academy teams discussed Zhong Li’s strength and the coming tournament, while some students recognized that Blue Tyrant Academy’s match against the Imperial Dou Second Team had been staged.
• Liu Erlong scolded Zhong Li, who pushed past her and announced that he and Zhu Zhuqing would leave the tournament; Flender, Zhao Wuji, and several students followed them out.
• A hidden Title Douluo froze Liu Erlong with his aura and warned her not to force her views on others, while the remaining Blue Tyrant Academy students tried to understand her reaction.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhong Li about Liu Erlong, and he explained that he had used the confrontation to sever her hopes; Zhu Zhuqing accepted his reassurance that he had no room in his heart for anyone else.
• Flender caught up and urged Zhong Li to reconsider, but Zhong Li said he and Zhu Zhuqing would only watch the remaining matches, and Zhao Wuji offered to leave Blue Tyrant Academy with them.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai criticized Flender for wasting years over Liu Erlong, while Zhao Yun quietly moved behind Zhao Wuji and Oscar chose not to speak.

After leaving Blue Tyrant Academy, Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing joined a new team and went to watch the Continental Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament, while Qian Renxue continued her Heaven Dou Empire plans for Spirit Hall. At the arena, Zhong Li learned that Ruo Tuo had watched his private life for two years, and Salas's news began with a ticket buyer discovering his companion wanted to attend with another man.

• Zhong Li refused to return to the academy, and Zhong Daoming appeared to arrange Zhao Wuji's next post and help form a tournament team.
• Zhong Li's Soul Saint rank and extraordinary Soul Rings shocked the continent, while Qian Renxue resolved to unify Heaven Dou within five years as part of her Angel Nine Trials.
• The former Shrek teachers and students left Blue Tyrant Academy, with Zhao Wuji and the students joining arenas under the Zhong Family and the students becoming substitutes on a new team.
• Zhong Li carried Zhu Zhuqing to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where he used Qian Gu Wolong's family token to obtain a private room.
• Ruo Tuo told Zhong Li she had watched him bully Little Kitten for nearly two years and threatened to tell everyone.
• A man who had bought two tournament tickets heard Tingbao ask for both so she could attend with Brother Wang instead.

Blue Tyrant Academy withdrew from the tournament, leaving spectators and rival teams stunned and prompting rumors that Spirit Hall had forced Zhong Li out. Long Kong blamed the withdrawal on the team’s members having graduated, but the crowd rejected the explanation.

• Salas told Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue that Blue Tyrant Academy would withdraw, and he welcomed the news as a boost to Spirit Hall’s championship chances.
• Long Kong announced Blue Tyrant Academy’s withdrawal, setting off a huge crowd protest as spectators accused someone of conspiring against Zhong Li.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Qian Renxue that Imperial Dou First Team could still contend, while Yu Tianheng and Huo Wu lamented losing the chance to face Zhong Li.
• Long Kong explained that Blue Tyrant Academy’s main members had graduated and left the academy, but spectators dismissed the explanation as implausible.

After Blue Tyrant Academy withdrew from the tournament, Zhong Li took Zhu Zhuqing and his elders on a picnic outside Heaven Dou City, where they interrupted Shi Nian’s attempt to kill Shui Bing’er. Shi Nian killed himself after offering his Soul Bone, and Shui Bing’er joined the group as Zhong Li finished grilling.

• The audience protested Zhong Li’s withdrawal, and Imperial Dou Second Team was added to the draw and later repeatedly received byes.
• Zhong Li, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhong Daoming, Ice Elder, and Fire Elder went outside Heaven Dou City for a picnic.
• Shi Nian trapped Shui Bing’er in an illusion and confessed he planned to kill talented soul masters, including Zhong Li.
• Zhong Li’s elders confronted Shi Nian, and Zhong Li revealed that Shi Nian possessed a ten-thousand-year gemstone-type head Soul Bone.
• Shi Nian released Shui Bing’er, then killed himself and offered his Soul Bone in exchange for Canghui Academy being spared.
• Shui Bing’er thanked the group and watched Zhong Li prepare skewers, embarrassed when her stomach growled.

Zhong Li shared grilled skewers with Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and the elders while the tournament continued elsewhere. The Thirteen Protectors prepared for their next match, and an urgent report from Kingdom XX reached Bibi Dong during a dispute over the tournament’s Soul Bone prizes.

• Zhong Li served grilled skewers, and Zhu Zhuqing fed him while Ice Elder invited Shui Bing'er to eat with them.
• At the arena, Esdeath warned Dongfang Yujue not to pry into the captain’s identity, and the Thirteen Protectors discussed their resentment toward the substitute members from the main branch.
• Dai Mubai asked who would lead the team in the upcoming match, and Dongfang Yujue volunteered to compete.
• Bibi Dong and the Elder Hall disputed whether the Golden Generation deserved three Soul Bones, eventually making them the tournament’s championship prize.
• A Palace Knight rushed into the Pope’s Palace with urgent intelligence from Kingdom XX, and Bibi Dong told him to speak.

Bibi Dong heard that the Dragon Clan’s young members were exceptionally powerful but chose not to provoke them, while the Dragon Team reunited with Zhong Li before the Promotion Round. The draw matched them against the Imperial Dou Second Team, whose members braced themselves for another defeat.

• A Palace Knight reported the Dragon Clan’s powerful Soul Kings to Bibi Dong, who decided to watch them without making an issue of their presence.
• Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Dragon Team’s camp, where Ma Hongjun and Zhao Yun greeted them and Dongfang Yujue welcomed Zhong Li as captain.
• The contestants learned that Zhong Li was a Support Type Soul Saint with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and many feared the Dragon Team’s strength.
• The Promotion Round draw paired Dragon Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the first match.
• The Imperial Dou Second Team’s instructor broke down over the draw, but his members encouraged him and declared they would accept defeat standing.

Dragon Team began its Promotion Round match against Imperial Dou Second Team, with Zhao Yun and an opponent secretly staging a fight for money before Di Hongtian entered the arena. Di Hongtian’s Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul stunned the spectators and left Yu Tianheng jealous and the officials shaken.

• Zhong Li let the Thirteen Protectors choose who would fight, and the group settled on Zhao Yun taking the first match while Dongfang Yujue stayed offstage.
• Zhao Yun and Imperial Dou Second Team’s bear-type Soul Elder staged a close contest, then Zhao Yun conceded; the opponent handed him thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• A Bao took the next match for Imperial Dou Second Team and faced Di Hongtian, a level-fifty-seven Soul King with a Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Tyrant Dragons possessed overwhelming strength and that his clan had once suffered heavy losses trying to hunt one.
• Ning Fengzhi teased Salas over his stunned reaction to Di Hongtian’s Martial Soul.

Dragon Academy overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Promotion Round, as Di Hongtian and Dongfang Bubai defeated their opponents with ease. After the team returned, Zhong Li revealed he was near level eighty, prompting the Zhong Family Elders to urgently seek a suitable eighth Soul Ring for him.

• Di Hongtian defeated A Bao with a casual strike, then conceded the match, while Yu Tianheng praised the power of the Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Dongfang Bubai used his Dragon Whisker Needle to frighten A Hu, and Imperial Dou Second Team conceded the rest of the matches, giving Dragon Academy the victory.
• Zhong Daoming and Fire Elder praised Dongfang Bubai's grasp of artistic conception, while Chen Xin recognized his talent and said he wished he could take him as a disciple.
• Dongfang Bubai's teammates beat him for showing off, and he threatened Dongfang Yujue after discovering that his cousin had joined in.
• Zhong Li revealed he had reached level seventy-nine, and Fire Elder and Zhong Daoming decided to search for a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his eighth Soul Ring.
• Dao Que pointed out that the Elders might be unable to help Zhong Li if he faced a foe he could not handle.

Esdeath beat Dongfang Yujue after he mocked her for liking a man, and Zhong Li healed him the next morning. Plant Academy forfeited its Promotion Round match against Dragon Academy, while Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy began a heated duel.

• Esdeath blushed as she admitted she had taken a liking to a man, then beat Dongfang Yujue after he teased her about it.
• Zhong Li led the others away from the tent, where Dongfang Yujue screamed through the night; the next morning, Zhong Li healed him with his Third Spirit Skill.
• Plant Academy forfeited its match against Dragon Academy, and the other academies resolved to surrender if they faced Dragon Academy.
• Huo Wu taunted Shui Bing'er before Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy began their match, with Huo Wushuang facing Shui Yue'er first.
• Dongfang Yujue returned to watch the matches and opened a betting pool while Huo Wushuang pressed his attack against Shui Yue'er.

Blazing Fire Academy defeated Skywater Academy after Huo Wushuang overwhelmed Shui Yue'er and his teammates wore down the rest of the team. A month later, the Dragon Team advanced to the semifinals and traveled toward Spirit City under Qian Renxue’s escort, where three sinister attackers prepared to ambush the procession.

• Huo Wushuang defeated Shui Yue'er and two more Skywater Academy contestants before Skywater’s fifth Soul Ancestor finally knocked him out; Blazing Fire Academy won the match.
• Dai Mubai considered following Ma Hongjun’s path of cutting ties with women to focus on cultivation, while Ma Hongjun told him to decide for himself.
• Feng Xiaotian realized he had wronged his teammates by making them throw a match for Huo Wu and vowed that Godwind Academy would fight properly from then on.
• Over the following month, the Dragon Team’s opponents surrendered, and the team entered the semifinals as the Heaven Dou Empire’s top team.
• Qian Renxue led the semifinalists toward Spirit City alongside Ning Fengzhi, but after nearly half a month on the road, Old Demon Han, Fang Sigui, and a red-skirted woman appeared, intending to attack them.

Zhong Daoming killed Rakshasa Woman and warned the Evil Soul Masters not to provoke his faction, but Old Demon Han led them in an ambush on the Heaven Dou group. After several academy deans died, Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and confronted the attackers.

• Zhong Daoming instantly killed Rakshasa Woman, made Old Demon Han and the other Evil Soul Masters kneel, and warned them against seeking revenge.
• After Zhong Daoming left, Old Demon Han decided to continue the attack while instructing his followers to avoid the Dragon Team and never retaliate against its members.
• The Evil Soul Masters ambushed the Heaven Dou group in a gorge, killing Royal Knights and forcing the academy teams to defend themselves or retreat.
• Xiao and another Evil Soul Master attacked the Kamikaze Academy dean, while Old Demon Han and Fang Sigui ambushed the Blazing Fire Academy dean and killed him.
• Old Demon Han killed the Kamikaze Academy dean, leaving Feng Xiaotian unconscious with grief, as Fang Sigui moved to attack the Tianshui Academy dean.
• Chen Xin arrived, attacked the Evil Soul Masters with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, and faced Old Demon Han and Fang Sigui.

The convoy was ambushed by the Evil God Cult, and Chen Xin battled its Title Douluo while Ning Fengzhi and the academy deans fought to keep the Heaven Dou side alive. The fight remained desperate as the Evil Soul Masters sacrificed their lifespans to target Ning Fengzhi.

• Dongfang Yujue urged the group to join the battle, then admitted he had forgotten the clan rules and accepted Zhong Daoming’s punishment of copying them ten thousand times.
• Chen Xin unleashed God-Demon Dual Slash and wounded Old Demon Han and Fang Sigui, who ordered their followers to surround him.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived and boosted Chen Xin and the academy deans, while the Evil God Cult followers attacked him as their priority target.
• The Thunderclap Academy Dean killed a charging Soul Fighting Douluo with Purple Lightning Dragon God's Speed, and the Tianshui Academy Dean froze incoming attacks with Thousand Miles of Ice.
• An Evil Soul Master used a lifespan-consuming secret technique to reach Title Douluo strength and charged at Ning Fengzhi, prompting the Heaven Dou powerhouses to rush to protect him.

Corpse Ghost detonated the corpses in the canyon, killing Ning Fengzhi and many members of Heaven Dou’s delegation. Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven and killed the evil soul masters, while the survivors reached Spirit City and Spirit Hall began a continent-wide purge; the chapter ended with a young man questioning why Star Luo’s delegation had escaped an ambush.

• Corpse Ghost detonated the fallen experts’ bodies, devastating Heaven Dou’s formation and killing Ning Fengzhi, Demon Tiger, the Tianshui and Thunderclap Academy deans, and many others.
• Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven and used his Seven Kill Emotion Sword to kill the remaining evil soul masters.
• Ning Rongrong comforted the grief-stricken Chen Xin, while the surviving delegations decided whether to return home or continue to Spirit City.
• Only the Imperial Fighting Team and Dragon Team continued to Spirit City, and news of the massacre spread across Douluo Continent.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong over the evil soul masters, then ordered Golden Crocodile and the other worshippers to lead a purge.
• A young man in a teahouse watched Heaven Dou’s diminished delegation arrive in Spirit City and wondered why the evil soul masters had not ambushed Star Luo’s team.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun discussed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's ties to the Dragon Team, while the Dragon Team arrived at the tournament semifinals and drew the Golden Generation's attention. Dongfang Yujue provoked Yan, then rebuffed Hu Liena's attempt to charm him, leaving her shocked by the Dragon Team's indifference.

• Dai Weisi worried that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing might be working with the faction protecting the Dragon Team, while Zhu Zhuyun reminded him they were already with that faction.
• Dai Mubai joked with Dongfang Yujue, Oscar, and Zhao Yun as the group prepared for the semifinals in Spirit City.
• The Golden Generation assessed the Dragon Team and admitted that their opponents were far stronger, while Yan grew angry that the Dragon Team ignored them.
• Dongfang Yujue called Yan a dog, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena restrained Yan from rushing at the Dragon Team.
• Hu Liena approached Dongfang Yujue, but he dismissed her seduction and insulted her, leaving her stunned that it had no effect on him.