Chapter Summaries

Feng Xiaotian defeated Yu Tianheng in the Soul Fight, and Liu Yun and his companions celebrated their winnings before running into Yu Tianxin. When Yu Tianxin challenged Liu Yun over his remarks, Liu Yun overpowered him with a thunderous sound attack and a powerful punch, leaving Yu Tianxin unable to maintain his Dragon Transformation.

• Feng Xiaotian evaded Yu Tianheng's attack and overwhelmed him with Scattering Soul Iron Claw until Yu Tianheng collapsed and Feng Xiaotian was declared the winner.
• Liu Bing distributed the group's betting winnings, and Liu Yun, Liu Xue, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan left the arena after watching more matches.
• Yu Tianxin confronted Liu Yun and the others after overhearing them call Yu Tianheng's strength average, then attacked Liu Yun with a whip kick.
• Liu Yun blocked Yu Tianxin's kick, briefly seized his leg, and stepped back when Yu Tianxin shocked him with lightning.
• Yu Tianxin used Dragon Transformation and charged Liu Yun, but Liu Yun stunned him with Breath Like Thunder and struck him with Xingyi: Twelve in One.
• Liu Yun's punch sent Yu Tianxin crashing into a wall and disrupted his Spirit Power, and Liu Yun declared that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was nothing special.

After Liu Yun defeated Yu Tianxin at the Great Soul Arena, the Yu brothers identified him as a Divine Wood Sect disciple and warned their team about the coming competition. Back at the Blue Silver Mansion, Liu Feng briefed the academy teams on their strongest opponents and assigned Liu Bing to devise tactics, leaving the group preparing for the Promotion Tournament.

• Liu Yun defeated Yu Tianxin, then left the Great Soul Arena with Liu Bing, Liu Xue, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng recognized the Divine Wood Sect emblem on Liu Yun's clothes, and Yu Tianxin concluded that the Divine Wood Sect team would be a major threat; the brothers decided to report their intelligence to Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Feng reviewed the intelligence gathered by Elder Zhi Lin and identified Martial Soul Hall Academy, Blue Tyrant Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy as the teams to watch.
• Liu Feng described the strengths of the Four Elements Academy teams and warned Liu Yun and Liu Xue not to underestimate Feng Xiaotian or other opponents.
• Liu Feng gave the intelligence documents to Liu Bing and tasked her with arranging the children's tactics and appearances in the competition.
• Liu Feng went to bed thinking about how the Promotion Tournament might change because of their arrival.

As the Promotion Tournament began, Liu Bing learned that Plant Academy would face Blue Tyrant Academy first and proposed that both teams forfeit every match to conceal their strength for the Grand Finals. The students agreed, while Blue Tyrant Academy’s team questioned Yu Tianyang about whether his approach to Liu Yun had revealed anything useful.

• Liu Bing led the Exotic Beast Academy and Plant Academy teams into the Royal Hunting Ground, where the Promotion Tournament was being held.
• Yu Tianyang brought Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to apologize to Liu Yun for Yu Tianxin’s earlier conflict, then left without explaining his purpose.
• Liu Bing announced that Plant Academy’s first opponent was Blue Tyrant Academy, and the students worried that the match would reveal their abilities.
• Liu Bing proposed that both teams forfeit every Promotion Tournament match to hide their Soul Skills, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones until the Grand Finals, and the students agreed.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy’s tent, Dai Mubai asked Yu Tianyang whether his meeting with Liu Yun had allowed the Hand of Detection to uncover useful information.

Yu Tianyang revealed that the Liu siblings were Soul Kings, unsettling Blue Tyrant Academy before the Promotion Tournament began. Plant Academy then forfeited its opening match against Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving the teams and spectators stunned.

• Yu Tianyang told Blue Tyrant Academy that his detection found Liu Yun and Liu Xue were Soul Kings, though his claim about Liu Yun's soul rings was doubted.
• Liu Feng discreetly examined Xue Qinghe but could not determine whether he was genuine or Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Xue Qinghe opened the Promotion Tournament, and Blue Tyrant Academy sent Yu Tianheng to compete against Plant Academy.
• Liu Yun announced that Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy would forfeit every match and accept last place.
• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, and Liu Feng told Xue Qinghe that Plant Academy's forfeit was likely a tactic to preserve strength.

Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy forfeited the Promotion Tournament to conceal their talented members’ strength until the Grand Finals, while Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy withdrew so their captains could join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Qinghe appointed Feng Xiaotian captain and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang vice captains, leaving the Royal Academy team strengthened for the Grand Finals.

• Plant Academy, Godwind Academy, and Blazing Academy forfeited their scheduled matches, prompting uproar at the competition venue.
• Xue Qinghe calmed the crowd, suspended the matches, and announced that Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy would forfeit all remaining matches while Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy withdrew from the competition.
• After the day's matches, Liu Feng confronted Liu Bing, who explained that Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy were hiding their youths’ Thousand Year Soul Rings for a greater reveal at the Grand Finals.
• Xue Qinghe met Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang and revealed that he had arranged for them to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team because it was too weak.
• Xue Qinghe appointed Feng Xiaotian captain and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang vice captains, and the three agreed to lead the team in the Grand Finals.

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, then traveled with the tournament teams to Spirit City for the Grand Finals. On the journey, Ning Fengzhi warned Liu Feng and Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe might have arranged Xue Ye’s death and could be backed by Spirit Hall.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Qin Ming as the team leader and appointed Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Qin Ming explained the team’s lineup and arranged for the new members to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for special training.
• Blue Tyrant Academy won the Heaven Dou Competition Zone Promotion Tournament, while Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy forfeited their matches and tied for fourteenth.
• After three days of rest, the teams departed for Spirit City with an escort of five thousand soldiers, and Xue Qinghe traveled with them to serve as a judge.
• Ning Fengzhi told Liu Feng and Dugu Bo that he suspected Xue Qinghe had orchestrated Xue Ye’s death and revealed that he had sensed a level 95-or-higher Super Douluo near Xue Qinghe.

Liu Feng reassured Ning Fengzhi that his Rank 99 strength and Tang Hao’s expected presence would protect them from any plot by Spirit Hall, then the Heaven Dou convoy reached Spirit City. At the Regent Grand Hotel, Liu Bing explained the Grand Finals format and told the Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy students to prepare for the competition beginning in three days.

• Liu Feng revealed his Rank 99 Limit Douluo power to Ning Fengzhi and said he and Tang Hao could thwart any threat from Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo Chen Xin about Liu Feng’s strength, and they speculated that Ah Yin might one day become a god before going to see Ning Rongrong.
• After more than ten days of travel, the Heaven Dou convoy reached Spirit City, where the academy teams separated from Xue Qinghe and the escort troops before entering the city.
• Liu Bing explained the five-round Grand Finals format and warned the students that they would have little rest because their teams had skipped the Promotion Tournament.
• Liu Feng promised to heal the students between matches, while Liu Bing assigned the team captains responsibility for developing their own tactics.
• Liu Bing dismissed the students to rest ahead of the Grand Finals, which would begin in three days.

The Grand Finals began in Spirit City as the Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy teams drew each other as their first-round opponents. The two teams embraced the match as a chance to test their training, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu arrived at the arena and Liu Feng and Tang Hao went on alert.

• Spirit Hall opened the Grand Finals at a massive arena in Spirit City, where Liu Yun and his teammates spotted Liu Feng, Tang Hao, and Xue Qinghe in the VIP section.
• Tang Hao complained about Spirit Hall's absence, and Xue Qinghe tried to calm him while Liu Feng avoided joining their dispute.
• Liu Bing drew Numbers 1 and 2 for the Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy teams, setting them against each other in the first match.
• Liu Xue and Liu Yun comforted Liu Bing, while Meng Yiran, Xin Nan, and the other students welcomed the chance to face each other and traded boasts about their teams.
• Liu Bing told Liu Yun and Meng Yiran to lead their teams' tactics, and both teams answered with confidence.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Qian Daoliu, prompting Liu Feng and Tang Hao to open their eyes and prepare for a possible threat.

At the Grand Finals in Spirit City, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Liu Feng, and Tang Hao exchanged tense remarks before the Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy teams began their first match. After both sides revealed their Martial Souls and prepared their tactics, Exotic Beast Academy launched an all-out attack as soon as the match started.

• Bibi Dong introduced Qian Daoliu to Liu Feng and Tang Hao, then used her level 99 aura to silence the competition venue and welcome the tournament participants.
• Bibi Dong asked Liu Feng about the Divine Wood Sect's ties to the two competing academies, but Liu Feng ignored her, while Tang Hao challenged Qian Daoliu's attempt to dismiss the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect as a misunderstanding.
• Tang Hao pressed Bibi Dong about Spirit Hall's promised explanation for the destruction of the Fire Leopard Sect and the Wind Sword Sect, and Bibi Dong said she would address it after the competition.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo announced that Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy would face each other first, and both teams revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels before outlining their battle plans.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo started the match, and Meng Yiran led Exotic Beast Academy in unleashing long-range Soul Skills immediately to seek a quick victory.

Plant Academy captain Liu Yun used Ring Fusion and Ning Rongrong’s support to shield his team from Exotic Beast Academy’s opening barrage, but the shield shattered. His unusual soul-ring configuration drew intense attention, and Liu Feng revealed Whale Rubber as the means of strengthening bodies enough to absorb higher-age soul rings; as the smoke cleared, Liu Yun warned that Exotic Beast Academy was preparing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Meng Yiran, Xin Nan, Dong Shan, Bei Miao, and their Exotic Beast Academy teammates launched a coordinated barrage of soul skills at Plant Academy, targeting Liu Yun and his formation.
• Liu Yun used Ring Fusion to combine his four purple and one black soul rings, then formed a Starlight Shield while Ning Rongrong and the other Plant Academy members reinforced it.
• Exotic Beast Academy’s attacks shattered the shield, filling the arena with smoke and revealing Liu Yun’s extraordinary soul-ring configuration to the spectators and VIPs.
• Bibi Dong pressed Liu Feng to explain how Plant Academy had overcome soul-ring limits, and Liu Feng attributed it to consuming Whale Rubber to strengthen the body.
• As the smoke cleared, Liu Yun warned his teammates to be careful, and Exotic Beast Academy announced that it was activating a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Exotic Beast Academy completed its Five Saints' Sure Kill Martial Soul Fusion Skill and unleashed a devastating axe strike at Plant Academy. Liu Yun used World Tree Birth to raise his teammates above the sweeping attack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xin Nan, Dong Shan, Bei Miao, Xi Zhao, and Kun Zhong connected their Soul Power through Five Elements Mutual Generation while Meng Yiran and Sun Chuan Jun defended their formation.
• Liu Yun ordered an attack, and Mu Yun Teng and Dugu Yan tried to restrain the five with Azure Entanglement and Corrosive Trap.
• Sun Chuan Jun shielded his teammates with Golden Prison, and Meng Yiran cut through the vines aimed at him as Yao Zi and Liu Xue battered the barrier with ranged attacks.
• The five Exotic Beast Academy members completed Five Saints' Sure Kill, and Xi Zhao swung a giant golden axe toward Plant Academy.
• Liu Yun and Liu Xue raised defensive barriers while Ning Rongrong enhanced them, but the axe light shattered their defenses.
• Xiao Wu alerted the team to jump, and Liu Yun summoned World Tree Birth, raising Plant Academy atop a hundred-meter tree as the axe light swept toward them.

Plant Academy struggled against Exotic Beast Academy’s powerful five-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill until Xiao Wu launched a decisive counterattack. She defeated four opponents in seconds, returned safely to the arena with Liu Xue’s help, and Liu Yun led the team toward the three remaining fighters.

• Exotic Beast Academy’s golden axe fusion skill cut Liu Yun’s giant tree in half, leaving Plant Academy stranded high above the arena as the trunk began to topple.
• Xiao Wu received Ning Rongrong’s boosts, teleported behind the five fighters gathering power, and used her Ten Thousand Year War Stomp to knock Bei Miao and Dong Shan out of the arena and break their fusion skill.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to withstand Meng Yiran and Sun Chuan Jun’s attacks, then teleported both opponents outside the arena and eliminated them.
• As Xiao Wu returned toward the arena, Liu Xue caught her with Heavenly Green Silk Net and pulled her clear of Xin Nan’s Flame Dragon Roar.
• Xiao Wu urged her teammates to end the battle quickly, and Liu Yun charged the three remaining members of Exotic Beast Academy.

Plant Academy defeated Exotic Beast Academy in the first-round match, then healed and rested before learning that Skywater Academy would be its second-round opponent. As the teams prepared to fight, Shui Bing'er resolved to follow her plan despite Plant Academy’s overwhelming Soul Power advantage.

• Liu Yun, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and their teammates overwhelmed Exotic Beast Academy, knocking out Xin Nan, Xi Zhao, and Kun Zhong and defeating all seven opponents.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo declared Plant Academy the winner, and Liu Feng used his Blue Silver Domain to heal the injured competitors and restore their Soul Power.
• After the first-round break, Plant Academy learned that Blue Tyrant Academy and White Tiger Academy had received byes and that Skywater Academy would be its opponent in the second round.
• Liu Bing warned Plant Academy that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that Skywater Academy’s ice attacks could counter plant Martial Souls.
• As the third match began, Shui Bing'er recognized Plant Academy’s superior strength but firmly decided that Skywater Academy should still follow its original plan.

Plant Academy defeated Skywater Academy after Xiao Wu’s attacks disrupted their formation, Liu Yun broke their Ice Phoenix fusion skill, and Dugu Yan’s poison weakened the team. Skywater Academy admitted defeat, and Dugu Yan gave them an antidote as both teams left the arena.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er planned to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill early while Skywater Academy formed a defensive ring around them.
• Xiao Wu teleported into the ring, but Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui combined their water skills to repel her.
• The Plant Team launched a coordinated assault, and Tianshui Star’s shield and Yu Hairou’s water defense briefly protected Skywater Academy while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er completed their Ice Snow Falling fusion skill.
• Dugu Yan’s attacks failed to overcome the Ice Phoenix, but Liu Yun’s Sunlight Flame struck and shattered its head, allowing Dugu Yan to help destroy the fusion skill.
• Xiao Wu teleported into the defensive ring again and used War Stomp to break through Skywater Academy’s attacks, injuring Shen Liuyu and Gu Qingbo.
• Dugu Yan’s poison left Skywater Academy’s members unable to continue, so Shui Bing'er conceded; Dugu Yan gave them an antidote, and Plant Academy was declared the winner.

Plant Academy received a bye in the third round, then watched Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeat White Tiger Academy after revealing Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang as new team members. As Plant Academy prepared for the next round, its members analyzed how to counter Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s healing-based tactics and agreed to study all the remaining rivals.

• Liu Bing drew a blank slip, confirming that Plant Academy had a bye and advanced directly to the next round.
• Plant Academy watched the round’s matches, then discussed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s unusually easy progress and the strength of its final opponent, White Tiger Academy.
• Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Qinghe announced that Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang had transferred to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and could compete under tournament rules.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy used Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang’s relentless attacks, supported by Ye Lingling’s healing, to overwhelm White Tiger Academy and force its surrender in under three minutes.
• Xiao Wu and Liu Yun identified Ye Lingling as the key to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s strategy, while Liu Bing told Plant Academy to study the other powerful teams during the rest day.

The Plant Academy Team faced the Heaven Dou Royal Team in the fourth round, but Feng Xiaotian conceded the team match and asked Liu Yun for an individual duel. Liu Yun secured Plant Academy’s place in the top three, then defended against Feng Xiaotian’s increasingly powerful attacks until Feng Xiaotian shattered his shield and rushed in to strike.

• Liu Bing returned with the draw results, and the Plant Academy Team learned they would face the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted his team could not win and proposed a one-on-one exhibition match against Liu Yun; the referee counted Heaven Dou’s match as a loss and advanced Plant Academy to the top three.
• Liu Yun and Feng Xiaotian released their Martial Souls, revealing their Soul Power Levels of 53 and 44, respectively.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with Wind Blade Array and Scattering Soul Iron Claw, but Liu Yun’s Starlight Shield blocked the assault and repaired its cracks.
• Feng Xiaotian strengthened himself with Twin Wolf Avatar and Gale Wings, then used his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes to shatter Liu Yun’s shield.
• Feng Xiaotian charged Liu Yun and unleashed a storm of slashes toward his vital points.

Liu Yun defeated Feng Xiaotian by binding him with a regenerating net of vines, and Xiao Wu won her match against Huo Wu after enduring her massive fire attack. The referee ended the first round and prepared to introduce the next teams.

• Liu Yun grew a giant tree and used its vines to exhaust and restrain Feng Xiaotian until he admitted defeat.
• The referee declared Liu Yun the victor, and Huo Wu challenged Xiao Wu to a one-on-one match.
• Huo Wu blocked Xiao Wu’s teleportation ambush with her Repelling Fire Ring, then used Ring Fusion to create a huge fireball and rain flames across the arena.
• Xiao Wu defended against Huo Wu’s flames, teleported behind her, and used her Invincible Golden Body and War Stomp to knock her out of the arena.
• The referee declared Xiao Wu the victor and ended the first round after Huo Wushuang and the other team members declined to compete.
• The referee began announcing the next matchup as Xiao Wu returned to the Plant Team’s rest area.

The Martial Soul Hall Academy Team faced the Blue Tyrant Academy Team, and both sides immediately unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skills. Xie Yue used Hu Liena’s spiritual attack to defeat Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger, while the clash between the remaining fighters left the Martial Soul Hall members under heavy pressure.

• The teams revealed their fighters and Martial Souls, including Yu Tianyang’s Bright Sacred Dragon, while the crowd and VIP spectators assessed the matchup.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into the Enchantress, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Hell White Tiger as the match began.
• Oscar distributed his support sausages to his teammates and left the arena, while the Hell White Tiger attacked Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue used Fox Resentment to disorient the Hell White Tiger, struck it with Heavenly Fox Tail, and finished it with Full Moon, leaving Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing seriously injured and unable to continue.
• As Xie Yue defeated the Hell White Tiger, the remaining Martial Soul Hall fighters were forced into retreat by the Blue Tyrant Academy Team’s assault.

Yu Tianyang and the Yu brothers defeated most of the Martial Soul Hall Team, but Xie Yue’s full moon injured Yu Tianheng as the final confrontation began.

• Yu Tianyang used his Holy Light Dragon Armor and dragon claws to break Yan’s granite walls, wound him, and knock him out of the arena before healing his own burns.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin used Dragon Transformation and Thunderstorm to overwhelm Li Kai and Zhang Ping, while Xu Yu rescued them and Ma Hongjun attacked their group.
• Yu Tianyang defeated Xu Yu, Li Kai, and Zhang Ping with Holy Light Dragon Slash, while Xie Yue knocked Ma Hongjun out of the arena.
• Xie Yue challenged Yu Tianheng, then used full moon against him; Yu Tianheng’s dragon-transformed arms began to break under the attack.
• Yu Tianxin rushed to help Yu Tianheng as Xie Yue’s full moon continued cutting into his arms.

Yu Tianyang, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena with their Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill, eliminating Martial Soul Hall from the tournament. Saint Dragon Academy then forfeited to Star Luo Royal, setting the top three teams for the final stage after a three-day break.

• Yu Tianxin joined Yu Tianheng to suppress Xie Yue's Full Moon and launch a thunder attack, but Xie Yue used Hu Liena's skills to evade and injure Yu Tianyang.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Depraved Fox Nightmare to daze the Yu brothers, prompting Yu Tianyang, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin to unleash their Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon overwhelmed Xie Yue's Full Moon, knocking Xie Yue and Hu Liena unconscious and earning Blue Tyrant Academy the victory over Martial Soul Hall.
• Saint Dragon Academy's captain forfeited its match against Star Luo Royal, which advanced without a fight.
• The fourth round ended with Plant Academy, Blue Tyrant Academy, and Star Luo Royal advancing to the final stage after three days of rest.