Chapter Summaries

Ji Xuan met the Shui sisters while exploring Element City and shared a meal with them. Shui Yue'er learned that he was already engaged, and the sisters left to return to training.

• Ji Xuan wandered through Element City and spotted Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er outside an accessory shop.
• Shui Yue'er approached Ji Xuan, introduced herself and Shui Bing'er, and joined him for lunch at a restaurant.
• Ji Xuan told the sisters that he was from Spirit Hall, making Shui Bing'er cautious because Spirit Hall had sought control over the elemental academies.
• Shui Yue'er asked whether Ji Xuan had a girlfriend, and he replied that he had a fiancée.
• Shui Bing'er paid for the meal and took Shui Yue'er back to training, while Shui Yue'er invited Ji Xuan to visit Skywater Academy.

Feng Xiaotian returned to Godwind Academy with his strength greatly increased, and Ji Xuan gave Dean Feng a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma to help him break through. Dean Feng became the Title Douluo Gale after obtaining a powerful ninth soul ring, then set out to persuade Sky Water and Blazing Fire to pledge themselves to Ji Xuan.

• Feng Xiaotian reported that he had reached rank forty-four after absorbing a soul ring over nine thousand eight hundred years old, and Ji Xuan ordered him to reach the Soul King realm by the Soul Master Competition.
• Ji Xuan gave Dean Feng a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, which Dean Feng refined and used to break through to the Title Douluo realm.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took Dean Feng to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dean Feng absorbed a ninety-thousand-year Hurricane Magic Wolf King soul ring and gained the title Gale.
• Dean Feng returned to Godwind Academy and went to persuade Sky Water and Blazing Fire, while Ji Xuan and Feng Xiaotian continued cultivating for the upcoming academy competition.

Feng Qingyang invited the Blazing Fire and Skywater Academy deans to consider following Spirit Hall’s future Holy Son, revealing that the Holy Son’s help had made him a Title Douluo. After the deans agreed to wait for the Exchange Tournament before deciding, Huo Chen began to see the offer as a possible opportunity for his academy and its juniors.

• Feng Qingyang summoned Huo Chen and Shui Wuyue to Godwind Academy and revealed his breakthrough to Title Douluo, crediting the future Holy Son of Spirit Hall.
• Feng Qingyang urged the two deans to follow the Holy Son, citing the resources and opportunities he could offer their academies and juniors.
• Huo Chen objected that joining would betray the three elemental academies’ long-standing independence, while Shui Wuyue asked for time to consider.
• Feng Qingyang asked them to decide after the Exchange Tournament, and Shui Wuyue proposed judging Feng Xiaotian’s performance there.
• After parting from Shui Wuyue, Huo Chen reconsidered the offer and began to view it as a possible opportunity for Blazing Fire Academy and its juniors.

The Five Element Academies Exchange Tournament began at Skywater Academy, where the teams gathered and drew lots for the opening matches. Feng Xiaotian prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy, while Ji Xuan’s presence with Godwind Academy caught the attention of the Skywater girls.

• The deans and teams from Godwind, Lightning, Blazing Fire, and Skywater Academies assembled at the arena before the Elephant Armor Team arrived.
• Shui Yue'er spotted Ji Xuan with Godwind Academy, and Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater girls wondered why he was there.
• Feng Qingyang announced the tournament rules, round-robin format, and prize money, then had the captains draw lots.
• The draw paired Blazing Fire Academy against Godwind Academy in the first round and Skywater Academy against Elephant Armor Academy in the second, while Lightning Academy received a bye.
• Feng Xiaotian resolved to show his full strength against Blazing Fire Academy, as Shui Wuyue and Huo Chen watched with interest.

Feng Xiaotian faced Blazing Fire Academy alone, and his opponents and the crowd mistook his appearance for another attempt to impress Huo Wu. He revealed his transformed strength and near-ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, leaving Blazing Fire Academy bracing for a real fight.

• Feng Xiaotian walked onto the Arena alone while the crowd, the academies, and Blazing Fire Academy mocked him for supposedly trying to please Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu accused Feng Xiaotian of treating the competition as a joke, but he ignored her and remembered Ji Xuan's advice about earning respect.
• Feng Xiaotian released his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul and revealed he had reached level forty-four with a fourth Soul Ring close to ten thousand years old.
• The crowd and academy deans reacted in shock, while Feng Qingyang recognized how much Ji Xuan had changed his grandson's strength and mindset.
• Huo Wushuang ordered Blazing Fire Academy to release their Martial Souls, and the team prepared to face Feng Xiaotian as he calmly savored his strength.

Feng Xiaotian decisively defeated Blazing Fire Academy with his powerful Wind Blade Tornado, then resisted his old instinct to comfort Huo Wu and left the arena. Huo Wu’s shock and curiosity turned into a new interest in him, while Ji Xuan advised Feng Xiaotian to maintain his confidence and not return to fawning over her.

• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and Wind Blade Tornado to defeat all seven members of Blazing Fire Academy in one attack.
• The Godwind Team and the other spectators reacted with shock to Feng Xiaotian’s level and strength, and Huyan Li ordered a teammate to report what happened to his grandfather.
• Feng Xiaotian nearly went to comfort the injured Huo Wu but remembered Ji Xuan’s advice, withdrew, and left the arena.
• Huo Wu watched Feng Xiaotian leave and felt her impatience shift toward curiosity and admiration, deciding to find out what had changed him.
• Ji Xuan praised Feng Xiaotian at a restaurant and told him not to grovel or devote all his thoughts to Huo Wu if she approached him.

After witnessing Feng Xiaotian's transformation, Huo Chen and Shui Wuyue reconsidered their opposition and asked to meet Ji Xuan. At the tournament, Skywater Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Huyan Li's arrogant harassment, and Ji Xuan decided Spirit Hall's affiliated forces needed to be brought into line.

• Huo Chen and Shui Wuyue told Feng Qingyang they were willing to reconsider their stance and wanted to meet His Highness the Holy Son.
• Feng Qingyang promised to seek Ji Xuan's instructions after the matches.
• Huyan Li taunted Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Team before their match, prompting the referee to warn him repeatedly.
• Shui Bing'er controlled the battlefield with ice while her teammates defeated the Elephant Armor Team and knocked Huyan Li off the Arena.
• Ji Xuan watched the defeat and concluded that Spirit Hall's affiliated forces needed to be disciplined.

After defeating Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian spoke with her privately, and the two began to reconcile as she agreed to give their relationship a try. The next morning, Huo Wu brought Feng Xiaotian food and urged the Godwind Team to defeat Elephant Armor Academy.

• Huo Wu stopped Feng Xiaotian after the tournament and asked whether he had used a method that harmed his potential to grow stronger; he refused to reveal Ji Xuan's secrets but reassured her that his feelings had not changed.
• Huo Wu admitted she was happy for Feng Xiaotian, vowed to beat him next time, and then told him they could try being together before running back into Blazing Fire Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian returned to Godwind Academy, where Ji Xuan reminded him of his advice and Feng Qingyang reported that the Skywater and Blazing Fire deans wanted to meet Ji Xuan.
• Huo Wu dressed carefully and waited outside Godwind Academy the next morning, then gave Feng Xiaotian a food box and told him to teach Elephant Armor Academy a lesson.
• The Godwind Team teased Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian stopped the jokes and led the team toward the arena.

Huo Wu grew closer to Feng Xiaotian as he led Godwind Academy to a crushing victory over the Elephant Armor Team. Meanwhile, Ji Xuan secured the allegiance of the Blazing Fire and Skywater families by giving their deans Immortal Herbs, then told them to bring their descendants to Godwind Academy after the tournament.

• Huo Wu left Feng Xiaotian to rejoin Blazing Fire Academy, leaving her brother Huo Wushuang and the team astonished by their closeness.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated all seven members of the Elephant Armor Team in one minute, then nodded toward Huo Wu.
• Feng Qingyang, Huo Chen, and Shui Wuyue met Ji Xuan and pledged their families' loyalty to him.
• Ji Xuan gave Huo Chen the Crimson Essence Flame Fruit and Shui Wuyue the Mysterious Ice Jade Lotus, promising more treasures for their descendants.
• Huo Chen and Shui Wuyue refined the herbs, reached rank eighty-nine Soul Douluo, and agreed to bring their descendants to Godwind Academy after the tournament.
• Shui Wuyue considered matching his granddaughter Bing'er with Ji Xuan.

After the Exchange Tournament, Huo Chen and Shui Wuyue decided that their families and academies would pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall's Holy Son, Ji Xuan. Both arranged to bring their grandchildren to meet him, while Shui Bing'er began reconsidering her feelings after learning Ji Xuan was the Holy Son.

• Feng Xiaotian led the Godwind Team to win the Exchange Tournament, while the injured Elephant Armor Academy finished last without a victory.
• Huo Chen told Huo Yunlie, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu that the Huo Family and Blazing Fire Academy would pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall's future Holy Son, and said his gifts had raised his Soul Power and helped Feng Qingyang become a Title Douluo.
• Huo Chen asked Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu to meet the Holy Son the next day, promised to hand the academy to Huo Yunlie, and supported Huo Wu's relationship with Feng Xiaotian.
• Shui Wuyue announced that the Water Family and Skywater Academy would pledge allegiance to the Holy Son, and Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er recognized him as Ji Xuan, whom they had met over a meal.
• Shui Wuyue arranged for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to meet Ji Xuan the next day, while Shui Bing'er recalled that he had a fiancée and blushed when Shui Yue'er teased her about him.

Ji Xuan rewarded Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang with immortal herbs, greatly improving their cultivation. After they refined the herbs, Shui Yue'er tried to pair Shui Bing'er with Ji Xuan, who said he already had a fiancée, leaving Shui Bing'er with complicated feelings.

• Feng Qingyang led Huo Chen, Shui Wuyue, and their juniors to meet Ji Xuan, who promised to reward those willing to follow him.
• Ji Xuan gave Shui Bing'er Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone, Shui Yue'er an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Huo Wu a Blazing Sun Phoenix Crown Flower, and Huo Wushuang Blazing Flame Dragon Soul Grass.
• The four refined their herbs and reported significant Soul Power increases and improved cultivation speed.
• Ji Xuan told the four to cultivate for the Soul Master Competition and said he would give them a task when it arrived.
• After Feng Qingyang and Huo Chen left with their juniors to prepare for Soul Rings, Shui Yue'er asked Ji Xuan to become Shui Bing'er's brother-in-law.
• Ji Xuan praised Shui Bing'er but said he already had a fiancée, and Shui Bing'er left feeling unsettled.

Ji Xuan prepared to leave Element City, but encountered the Elephant Armor Team threatening Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er. After defeating all seven men in one strike, he ordered Huyan Li to take him to the Elephant Armor Sect leader.

• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Yue'er absorbed their Soul Rings and increased their Soul Power.
• Ji Xuan told Feng Qingyang he was leaving Element City and set out alone, with Golden Crocodile secretly following him.
• Ji Xuan found the Elephant Armor Team surrounding Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and stepped in to protect them.
• The seven Elephant Armor members attacked Ji Xuan, but he sent them crashing into the walls with a single strike.
• Ji Xuan sent the sisters home and made Huyan Li lead him to see his grandfather, the Elephant Armor Sect leader.

Ji Xuan brought the injured Huyan Li to the Elephant Armor Sect, where he used Golden Crocodile's Elder Token to stop Huyan Zhen from attacking him and force the sect to address Huyan Li’s bullying. Ji Xuan left by flying on a cyan sword, while Huyan Zhen ordered the disciples to stop causing trouble.

• Ji Xuan followed Huyan Li into the Elephant Armor Sect, where Huyan Li demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Huyan Zhen confronted Ji Xuan after Huyan Li accused him of attacking and disrespecting the sect.
• Ji Xuan explained that he had disciplined Huyan Li for bullying people in Element City, and Huyan Zhen summoned his martial soul to threaten him.
• Ji Xuan showed Huyan Zhen Golden Crocodile's Elder Token, prompting Huyan Zhen to bow and Huyan Li to kneel and apologize.
• Ji Xuan warned Huyan Zhen to discipline the sect and left on a cyan sword; Huyan Zhen ordered the disciples to punish anyone who provoked trouble outside.

Ji Xuan recruited Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan by offering him the Aromatic Silk Beauty and promising a place where herbs grew quickly. After Yang Wudi agreed to follow him, Ji Xuan stayed at the clan compound while Yang Wudi prepared to invite two other clans.

• Ji Xuan arrived at the Breaking Clan compound and asked to speak with Chief Yang Wudi about an item he would not refuse.
• Ji Xuan showed Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Yang Wudi eagerly recognized the poison-warding Immortal Herb.
• Yang Wudi became hostile after Ji Xuan revealed he represented Spirit Hall, but Golden Crocodile Douluo's pressure subdued him.
• Ji Xuan argued that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect were responsible for the Breaking Clan's downfall, then offered the herb in exchange for the clan's loyalty.
• Yang Wudi accepted Ji Xuan's offer and agreed to relocate the Breaking Clan to a place in the Heaven Dou Empire where herbs grew faster.
• Yang Wudi asked about recruiting the other great clans; Ji Xuan agreed to approach two of them, and Yang Wudi began writing invitations.

Yang Wudi told Niu Gao and Bai He that the Breaking Clan had pledged itself to Ji Xuan of Spirit Hall, but both clan chiefs rejected the alliance and left. The next morning, Yang Wudi led his clan away from its residence to join Ji Xuan, while Ji Xuan decided to leave the other clans alone for now.

• Yang Wudi informed Niu Gao and Bai He that the Breaking Clan had pledged itself to Ji Xuan, who revealed that he was from Spirit Hall.
• Niu Gao and Bai He denounced Yang Wudi’s choice, refused to join Ji Xuan, and left, ending their clans’ ties with the Breaking Clan.
• Yang Wudi told Ji Xuan that the Breaking Clan had packed its alchemy equipment, texts, and herbs, and Ji Xuan ordered preparations to depart the next day.
• Yang Wudi persuaded most of the Breaking Clan to accept the alliance by revealing the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Ji Xuan’s promises of support and restoration.
• The Breaking Clan gathered its members and belongings, then departed with Yang Wudi; Ji Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo joined them in the last carriage.

The Star Luo Great Emperor sent an envoy to stop the Breaking Clan from leaving, but Yang Wudi refused to turn back. Ji Xuan brought the clan to Heaven Dou City and secured them a new residence, where Yang Wudi resolved to serve him wholeheartedly.

• The Star Luo Great Emperor ordered an envoy to learn why the Breaking Clan was leaving and persuade them to return without using force.
• Yang Wudi refused the envoy's offer and insisted that the Breaking Clan would leave the Star Luo Empire that day.
• A month later, Ji Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo went ahead to Heaven Dou City and arranged a residence for the clan through Bishop Salas.
• Ji Xuan led the Breaking Clan's convoy to the new residence, and Yang Wudi resolved to follow his new master with all his heart.

Ji Xuan brought Yang Wudi to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, placed the Breaking Clan in charge of the hidden treasure land, and rewarded Yang Wudi with an Immortal Herb suited to his Soul Breaking Spear. Qian Jun Douluo and Yang Wudi both broke through with their herbs, leaving Yang Wudi newly empowered and sworn to serve Ji Xuan.

• Porcupinefish Douluo strengthened the poison formation around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after absorbing Dugu Bo's head Soul Bone and advancing one rank.
• Ji Xuan brought Yang Wudi through the poisonous miasma and assigned the Breaking Clan to manage the treasure land, restricting access to core members.
• Ji Xuan gave Qian Jun Douluo the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and Qian Jun Douluo refined it to advance to level ninety-seven.
• Ji Xuan bestowed the Aura Breaking Profound Gold Grass on Yang Wudi, whose Soul Breaking Spear resonated with the herb as he refined it.
• Yang Wudi broke through from level seventy-nine to the threshold of level eighty, then knelt and swore to serve Ji Xuan unto death.

Ji Xuan sent Yang Wudi with Golden Crocodile Douluo to obtain an Eighth Soul Ring, then gave Qian Jun Douluo three Immortal Herbs for their fellow Spirit Hall elders before beginning secluded cultivation. Yang Wudi gained an eighth ring and a left arm Soul Bone, which he chose to offer to Ji Xuan as he and Golden Crocodile Douluo returned.

• Ji Xuan asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to take Yang Wudi to hunt an Eighth Soul Ring, and the two left for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ji Xuan gave Qian Jun Douluo three Immortal Herbs for Mighty Lion, Guang Ling, and Azure Luan, then began meditating beside the Ice Fire Mandarin Duck Pot.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo found three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors and subdued the largest, allowing Yang Wudi to kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Yang Wudi reached peak level eighty-two, gained the Annihilation eighth soul skill, and found a left arm Soul Bone inside the Ant Emperor.
• Yang Wudi refused to absorb the Soul Bone and said he would offer it to Ji Xuan, then returned with Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Qian Jun Douluo brought three Immortal Herbs from Ji Xuan to the Worship Hall, where three Venerables refined them and broke through to Level Ninety-Eight. Bibi Dong learned of the sudden surge in the Worship Hall’s strength, ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to investigate, and turned to her plans to inherit the Rakshasa God Position.

• Qian Jun Douluo told the Venerables that Ji Xuan had subdued the Breaking Clan and was secluding himself at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Jun Douluo gave the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Floating Light Fleeting Shadow Flower, and Frost Sky Cold Moon Flower to Mighty Lion Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Guang Ling Douluo.
• Mighty Lion Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Guang Ling Douluo refined the Immortal Herbs and each reached Level Ninety-Eight, with Guang Ling Douluo breaking through two levels.
• Bibi Dong sensed the Worship Hall’s new auras, became enraged, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to discover what opportunity the Venerables had obtained.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo set out to investigate, while Chrysanthemum Douluo considered inventing plausible information if they found no clues.

Ji Xuan gave Yang Wudi the nearly ninety-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperor Left Arm Bone and offered the Breaking Clan half the profits from cultivating and refining herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Yang Wudi returned to Heaven Dou City, organized a secret team to develop the site, and began rebuilding the clan’s fortunes.

• Ji Xuan told Yang Wudi to absorb the Qian Jun Ant Emperor Left Arm Bone, and Yang Wudi’s Soul Power reached Level Eighty-Four.
• Ji Xuan entrusted the Breaking Clan with the treasured land and granted the clan fifty percent of its profits, restricting access to core disciples.
• Yang Wudi returned to the Breaking Clan’s residence and revealed his breakthrough, Soul Bone, and new agreement to the elders.
• Yang Wudi selected ten core disciples and two elders to accompany him, while the Great Elder and Second Elder remained to oversee the residence.
• Yang Wudi led the group secretly to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they began planning herb fields and cultivating medicinal plants.