Chapter Summaries

Hu Bai sparred with Tuoba Shengjie, countering the White Armored Earth Dragon user with earth-element techniques and a Spirit Soul Skill. After Tuoba Shengjie shattered Hu Bai’s Earth River Chariot, he challenged Hu Bai to demonstrate powers beyond earth.

• Ling Yuan, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei secretly set out to protect Hu Bai, Qian Renxue, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena during their training expedition.
• Tuoba Shengjie attacked Hu Bai with his Earthshaker Stomp and Dragon Charge, but Hu Bai canceled the shockwaves and used Spiritual Interference to deflect his charge.
• Hu Bai blocked Tuoba Shengjie with Rock Barrier and Stone Shield, then struck from below with Earth Dragon Thorn.
• Hu Bai summoned an Earth River Chariot in the shape of a giant rock serpent, and Tuoba Shengjie countered it with his Fourth Soul Skill, Earth Dragon's Fury.
• Tuoba Shengjie emerged from the dust and asked Hu Bai whether he could use any element besides earth.

Hu Bai demonstrated several elemental powers during his match with Tuoba Shengjie, revealing that his Ice Element and control of space far surpassed his Earth Element. Zhou Tai declared Hu Bai the winner, leaving the class stunned by the breadth of his abilities.

• Hu Bai explained that he had used Earth Element Power because Tuoba Shengjie also possessed it, and Tuoba asked to see how many elements Hu Bai had mastered.
• Hu Bai froze the Battle Soul Platform with his Ice Element, demonstrated its Ultimate Attribute, and overwhelmed the class with the domain’s freezing power.
• Hu Bai summoned lightning dragons with Heavenly Thunder and sent one toward Tuoba Shengjie, who raised his defenses.
• Hu Bai opened Space Gates to divert the lightning dragon and disperse it, then explained that spatial teleportation was a basic use of his Space Ability.
• Zhou Tai called the match in Hu Bai’s favor, while Hu Bai considered how his limited Soul Power affected his ability to use many soul skills.

Hu Bai developed an early Light Element Breathing Technique to improve his cultivation and support his divine trial. In the God Realm, the Seven Element Gods discussed his abilities and considered whether Hu Liena and Xie Yue might also inherit divine seats.

• Hu Bai created an incomplete Light Element Breathing Technique that circulated elemental power through his meridians, strengthened them, and replenished Soul Power.
• Hu Bai compared his technique with Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill and considered how differences between Soul Power and Spiritual Energy limited cultivation methods from other worlds.
• The God of Space praised Hu Bai’s control of several elements, while the Fire God complained that he avoided using fire.
• The Water God and Light Goddess discussed Hu Bai’s appearance and abilities, and the Light Goddess suggested that Hu Liena and Xie Yue might receive divine inheritances.
• The Dark God pointed out that the Light Goddess was interested because Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue could form a Three-Person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue impressed the Special Class with their talent and victories, while Bibi Dong considered their future Soul Bone needs and arranged secret protection for their expeditions. The chapter ended with Yue Guan and Gui Mei promising they could fuse their Martial Souls in under a second to defend the trio.

• The Element Gods discussed the trio’s Three-Person Divine Soul Fusion Skill and considered possible Divine Seats for Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• After Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue won their matches, Zhou Tai warned the Special Class not to become arrogant or sacrifice cultivation to create Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Xie Yue suggested that he, Hu Bai, and Hu Liena visit Pope's Palace, and they left the Academy after saying goodbye to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Bibi Dong praised the trio’s performance and weighed the challenge of finding suitable high-quality Soul Bones, especially a Space Attribute Soul Bone for Xie Yue.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to join Ling Yuan in secretly protecting the four young talents during future expeditions, intervening only when their lives were in danger.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei told Bibi Dong that their improved Martial Soul compatibility let them complete their fusion in less than a second.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Bai and his companions to recruit the Breaking Clan and the other Single-Attribute Sects, while Hu Bai planned to exploit their resentment toward the Clear Sky Sect. As the group traveled toward the Breaking Clan, Hu Bai perfected the Light Element Breathing Technique and had Qian Renxue try learning it.

• Bibi Dong learned that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had shortened the preparation time for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to less than a second.
• Hu Bai reminded Bibi Dong of her promise to send him to the Breaking Clan, and she ordered the group to look into recruiting the other Single-Attribute Sects as well.
• Hu Bai decided not to recruit the Strength Clan and planned to persuade the other sects by emphasizing their abandonment by the Clear Sky Sect.
• Hu Bai, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan set out for the Breaking Clan, with Yue Guan and Gui Mei planning to stay hidden near its town.
• Hu Bai perfected the Light Element Breathing Technique during the journey and asked Qian Renxue to learn it.

Qian Daoliu went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to confront Ning Fengzhi over the sect’s treatment of Hu Bai. He left the sect’s leaders fearing a severe punishment after warning that their actions could bring them the same fate as the Clear Sky Sect.

• Spirit Hall prepared to end its subsidies to the Two Great Empires while continuing free Martial Soul awakenings for commoners and planning an Angel God statue at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Qian Daoliu learned from Hu Bai that the Angel God was a fallen Rank 1 God and decided to gather more Faith Power through worship of the Angel God statue.
• Qian Daoliu appeared above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and summoned Chen Xin, then met with Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi apologized for the sect’s role in what happened to Hu Bai and offered to meet Qian Daoliu’s demands.
• Qian Daoliu accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of treating Spirit Hall with contempt and warned Ning Fengzhi that the sect could share the Clear Sky Sect’s fate.

Qian Daoliu confronted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, warned it to submit to Spirit Hall within three years, and demonstrated that he could overpower its leaders. After he left, Ning Fengzhi and the others considered Spirit Hall’s growing strength and decided to watch its moves while keeping the threat secret from the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

• Ning Fengzhi inferred that Tang Hao’s wife had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and that Spirit Hall had hunted Tang Hao for her soul ring.
• Chen Xin readied his Seven Kill Sword when Qian Daoliu threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Gu Rong feared his space teleportation would be limited by Qian Daoliu’s Angel Domain.
• Qian Daoliu gave the sect three years to respond, warned them against sharing his message, and struck Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong with a surge of Soul Power before departing.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong not to inform the Heaven Dou Royal Family and said they should monitor Spirit Hall’s actions.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin considered Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo and Worship Hall, and worried that Tang Chen’s absence left the sects without a check on Spirit Hall’s ambitions.

Old Jack confronted the drunken Tang Hao over his neglect of baby Tang San, then left money for the child’s needs. Tang Hao brooded over Qian Xunji’s death and Spirit Hall’s retaliation against the Clear Sky Sect, which had led to his father’s death.

• Old Jack scolded Tang Hao for drinking and neglecting Tang San, and Tang Hao told him to stop meddling.
• Old Jack gave Tang Hao a Silver Soul Coin for Tang San’s milk and clothes before leaving.
• Tang San reflected on waking in a new life as Tang Hao’s son and fell asleep.
• Tang Hao considered how his Ring Detonation had fatally injured Qian Xunji and questioned why Spirit Hall had failed to save him.
• Tang Hao recalled that Spirit Hall had demanded answers from the Clear Sky Sect, which abandoned the Four Single-Attribute Sects, and that his father later died of illness.

Hu Bai and his companions reached Jade Dragon City to recruit the Breaking Clan into Spirit Hall, but Yang Wudi remained wary and resentful. Hu Bai offered Spirit Hall's help in taking revenge, leaving Yang Wudi to consider whether to accept.

• Tang Hao grew furious over Clear Sky Sect's suffering, blamed Spirit Hall, and continued plotting revenge against its members.
• Hu Bai, Ling Yuan, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue arrived in Jade Dragon City and learned about the Breaking Clan's new home and leaders.
• A Breaking Clan guard mistook the visitors for attackers, but Ling Yuan announced they had come from Spirit Hall to see Yang Wudi.
• Hu Bai proposed that the Breaking Clan become an Affiliate Sect, and Yang Wudi rejected the offer because he hated Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue argued that Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the Breaking Clan, and Hu Bai offered Spirit Hall's help in taking revenge.

Hu Bai persuaded Yang Wudi to make the Breaking Clan an Affiliate Sect of Spirit Hall by giving him the Aromatic Silk Beauty he had long sought. He rejected recruiting all four Single-Attribute Sects at once and left with Yang Wudi to approach the Speed Clan and Defense Clan while the Strength Clan remained a concern.

• Hu Bai presented Yang Wudi with the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that Spirit Hall wanted the Breaking Clan's help developing pills.
• Yang Wudi accepted Spirit Hall's offer but asked Hu Bai to bring in the other three Single-Attribute Sects as well.
• Hu Bai refused to recruit all three immediately, citing doubts about the Strength Clan and possible ties between the Speed Clan and Clear Sky Sect.
• Hu Bai proposed that Yang Wudi help persuade the Speed Clan and Defense Clan, then test Tai Tan's loyalty by asking the Strength Clan to relocate or join an alliance.
• Yang Wudi agreed to keep the Breaking Clan's decision secret, prepare talented medicine refiners, and accompany Hu Bai to visit the Speed Clan and Defense Clan.

Yang Wudi brought Hu Bai to recruit Bai He and the Speed Clan into Spirit Hall, explaining why he believed the clans should be grateful to Spirit Hall. Bai He reacted angrily to the proposal, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Yang Wudi examined the Aromatic Silk Beauty and agreed to use Dugu Bo's medicinal herbs to research and refine pills for Spirit Hall.
• Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue each advanced one Soul Power level during their journey.
• Ten days later, Hu Bai's group arrived at the Speed Clan's shabby residence, where Yang Wudi greeted Bai He and invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• Bai He accused Yang Wudi of betraying the clans because Spirit Hall had caused their suffering.
• Yang Wudi argued that the Clear Sky Sect was responsible for their plight and said the clans ought to thank Spirit Hall, angering Bai He.

Hu Bai negotiated with Bai He over whether the Speed Clan would join Spirit Hall and revealed that he sensed a valuable treasure among them. The chapter left Bai He wary as Hu Bai challenged him to swear that the Speed Clan possessed no such treasure.

• Yang Wudi argued that Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the Speed Clan, and Bai He swore he would never lead his people back to it.
• Yang Wudi spoke privately with Bai He, then Bai He challenged Hu Bai to evade him for the time it took an incense stick to burn in exchange for joining Spirit Hall.
• Hu Bai initially refused, explaining that Spirit Hall did not need to beg the Speed Clan to join, but agreed to the challenge for Yang Wudi's sake.
• Hu Bai demanded Bai He's most precious possession if Bai He failed to catch him, saying he sensed a treasure within the Speed Clan.
• Bai He denied having any treasure, and Hu Bai proposed that they swear terrible consequences if either of them was wrong.

Hu Bai revealed Qian Renxue as his fiancée and persuaded Bai He to disclose the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng his family had inherited. Hu Bai offered a valuable Soul Bone or a way to broaden the Speed Clan’s abilities in exchange, while Yue Guan admired Hu Bai and resolved to remain loyal to him.

• Qian Renxue pinched Hu Bai after he swore that he did not want a fiancée, then jokingly identified herself as the fiancée he had denied wanting.
• Hu Bai introduced Qian Renxue to Yang Wudi and Bai He as Qian Daoliu’s granddaughter and his secret fiancée.
• Yang Wudi confronted Bai He about hiding a treasure, and Bai He admitted he had inherited a precious herb he feared Yang Wudi would refine.
• Hu Bai proposed using Bai He’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng as a wager and offered either a thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone or a way to make Speed Clan Soul Masters true Agility Attack System Soul Masters.
• Yue Guan recognized the herb’s value, believed Hu Bai wanted Qian Renxue to consume it, and decided that Hu Bai was worthy of his loyalty.

Hu Bai accepted Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and began a speed match against him with both fighters at the same cultivation level. After Hu Bai evaded Bai He's first attack using Spiritual Detection Share and teleportation, Bai He realized Hu Bai had formidable Spiritual Power and prepared to get serious.

• Bai He gave the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to Hu Bai in exchange for Spirit Hall's future support of the Speed Clan and its Agility Attack System Soul Masters.
• Hu Bai accepted the herb but insisted on continuing the match, agreeing to face Bai He at the same cultivation level for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Qian Renxue lit the incense, and Bai He and Hu Bai released their martial souls and soul rings.
• Bai He used his flight skill and rushed at Hu Bai, but Hu Bai teleported ten meters away just before Bai He could grab him.
• Bai He recognized Hu Bai's spatial ability and strong Spiritual Power, then announced he would get serious.

Hu Bai used Spiritual Interference to evade Bai He, then invited him to fight without suppressing his Soul Power, relying on his spiritual, wind, and space abilities to keep up with the pure agility Soul Douluo. As Bai He grew faster, Hu Bai began to tire, and Bai He announced he would end the match with his next strike.

• Bai He missed Hu Bai twice, and Hu Bai explained that his Third Soul Skill, Spiritual Interference, disrupted his opponent’s accuracy.
• Hu Bai allowed Bai He to use Soul Douluo-level Soul Power but restricted him to his first three Soul Skills, and Bai He accepted the challenge.
• Bai He used his First Soul Skill to create three clones and attacked at a speed Hu Bai could barely track, while Hu Bai closed his eyes and relied on his spiritual radar.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue watched as Hu Bai evaded with spiritual detection, Wind Element perception, and the Power of Space, while Yang Wudi wondered whether Hu Bai could evade his own attacks too.
• Bai He praised Hu Bai’s three attributes, said Hu Bai could not dodge his next strike, and prepared to end the match.

Hu Bai used Bai He's wind-element control to help him comprehend the Wind Element Heart while evading the Soul Douluo. He ended the contest by expanding his Sky Fox Domain, slowing Bai He and completing the Wind Element Heart.

• Hu Bai chose not to use his Ice Domain and instead drew on the wind element around him to try to condense a Wind Element Heart.
• Hu Bai activated his Three-Eyed Demon Fox Vertical Pupil External Soul Bone and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Spiritual Wisdom Skull, astonishing Bai He and Yang Wudi with his powerful soul bones.
• As Hu Bai evaded Bai He, he pulled more wind elements toward himself and condensed a pair of Wind Wings.
• Hu Bai spread his Sky Fox Domain and used Wind Element Deprivation to strip wind elements from Bai He, slow him down, and condense the Wind Element Heart.
• Hu Bai's Wind Wings grew to three pairs, and his Sky Fox Domain gained the Wind Element Deprivation skill.

Hu Bai defeated Bai He in a contest over the wind elements, and Bai He agreed that the Speed Clan would join Spirit Hall. Hu Bai’s group then traveled with Bai He toward the Defense Clan while Spirit Hall’s new recruitment policies triggered alarm in both empires.

• Hu Bai seized the wind elements in his domain, forcing Bai He to concede that he could no longer win, though Hu Bai counted the contest as his own loss because he had nearly exhausted himself.
• Qian Renxue caught Hu Bai as he fell, and Hu Bai explained that he had condensed the Wind Element Heart and comprehended a new domain skill.
• Bai He confirmed that the Speed Clan would join Spirit Hall, and Yang Wudi explained how the four single-attribute sects might approach the Strength Clan and Defense Clan together.
• Hu Bai, Bai He, and the others traveled to Longxing City to meet the Defense Clan after spending a night with the Speed Clan.
• Spirit Hall announced that it would stop accepting subsidies from the Two Great Empires and would subsidize only Soul Masters who joined it.
• Emperor Xue Ye summoned Sect Master Ning to discuss Spirit Hall’s announcement, while Dai Yutian ordered a court meeting for the following morning.

Hu Bai, Yang Wudi, and Bai He visited Niu Gao and explained why they had joined Spirit Hall. Niu Gao agreed to join as well, but asked to witness Hu Bai’s talent first.

• Hu Bai and his companions read Spirit Hall’s announcement in Longxing City and discussed its conflict with the Two Great Empires.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He visited Niu Gao at the Defense Clan residence and revealed that they had joined Spirit Hall.
• Hu Bai introduced himself as Bibi Dong’s disciple, Qian Daoliu’s god-grandson, and Qian Renxue’s fiancé.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He explained the reasons for joining Spirit Hall while Hu Bai and Qian Renxue listened.
• Niu Gao agreed to join Spirit Hall, provided he could witness Hu Bai’s talent.

Hu Bai faced Niu Gao in a three-move defense test and revealed that his lightning had advanced to the Ultimate Attribute. His first Thunder Dragon attack badly scorched Niu Gao despite being only about half his power, leaving Niu Gao reluctant to face another lightning strike.

• Yang Wudi explained that Hu Bai had beaten Bai He in a speed contest, and Hu Bai accepted Niu Gao’s challenge to test his defense.
• After the meal, Niu Gao suppressed his Soul Power to Hu Bai’s level and activated his defensive soul skills while Hu Bai agreed to use only elemental attacks.
• Hu Bai summoned a Thunder Dragon with his newly advanced Ultimate Lightning, surprising Niu Gao and the spectators with its power.
• Niu Gao blocked the attack by combining his Second and Third Soul Rings, but the lightning scorched his armor and left him smoking.
• Hu Bai estimated that the attack had used about fifty percent of his strength, and Niu Gao asked him not to use lightning again.
• Yang Wudi suspected Hu Bai had other powerful elemental abilities that he had not revealed.

Hu Bai demonstrated his Ultimate Fire attack to Niu Gao, then showed him a new technique combining Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice. A month later, Qian Renxue had gained Ultimate Fire alongside Ultimate Light, but her slower cultivation led her to prepare for seclusion under her grandfather’s guidance.

• Hu Bai unleashed Sky Flame Funeral on Niu Gao, who activated his Martial Soul Avatar to withstand the fireballs.
• Niu Gao conceded that he could not defeat Hu Bai, and Hu Bai revealed two lotuses formed from Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice as a new attribute-fusion technique.
• The Three Single-Attribute Sects pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall, with the Breaking Clan researching pills, the Speed Clan training for the army, and the Defense Clan renovating Spirit Hall.
• Hu Bai reached level thirty-seven while Qian Renxue absorbed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, rose from level fifty-three to fifty-six, and gained Ultimate Fire.
• Qian Renxue told Hu Bai she would enter seclusion to improve her cultivation speed with her grandfather’s help, and asked whether he would miss her.