Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi and Dugu Bo escaped Tang Hao’s devastating attack on the auction, while a mysterious black shadow stole Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Tool and drew Tang Hao in pursuit. As Qian Renxue struggled to secure control of the Heaven Dou Empire, Guang Ling revealed that Wang Qi’s Fourth Soul Ring was at least twenty thousand years old.

• Wang Qi warned Dugu Bo of an approaching threat, and Dugu Bo flew away with Wang Qi and Dugu Yan as Tang Hao struck the auction site with his Clear Sky Hammer and Exploding Rings.
• Tang Hao demanded Yu Yuanzhen’s Immortal Herb, but a black shadow severed Yu Yuanzhen’s arm, stole his Soul Tool, and fled, prompting Tang Hao to chase it.
• Yu Yuanzhen returned to his clan, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin planned to bring the injured Soul Masters to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reconsidered how to approach Wang Qi.
• Wang Qi used his Exploding Flame Beast Soul Bone to fly while carrying the injured Dugu Bo and unconscious Dugu Yan out of Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue explained to Guang Ling that powerful nobles threatened her plans to control the Heaven Dou Empire, and Guang Ling told her Wang Qi’s Fourth Soul Ring was at least twenty thousand years old.

After fleeing a deadly pursuit, Wang Qi sheltered the unconscious Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in a mountain cave while the auction-house battle and Emperor Xue Ye’s death threw the Heaven Dou Empire into turmoil. A year later, Xue Qinghe struggled against the noble factions, Tang San trained under Yu Xiaogang’s plans for Shrek Academy, and Bibi Dong revealed that she had secretly tested whether Yu Xiaogang would consume the Wind Thunder Fruit himself or give it to Tang San.

• Wang Qi escaped two groups of pursuers while carrying Dugu Bo, and Qian Renxue killed the two Soul King brothers who nearly finished him off.
• News of the Heaven Dou auction-house battle and Emperor Xue Ye’s death spread across the continent, and Spirit Hall’s intervention raised Bibi Dong’s prestige as the Heaven Dou Empire descended into political paralysis.
• Xue Qinghe found that the noble factions blocked the succession and sidelined the royal alliance, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect grew stronger and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan declined.
• Tang San defeated Xiao Wu in training with his transformed Blue Silver Grass, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang Hao he planned to send Tang San to Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao left Yu Xiaogang the Whale Rubber, which Yu Xiaogang wanted for himself, while Bibi Dong reviewed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s Soul Elder reports and recalled her bet with Tang Hao over the Wind Thunder Fruit.

After a year recovering in Soul Hunting Town, Wang Qi and Dugu Bo prepared to return to Heaven Dou City to repay Xue Qinghe, while Wang Qi insisted on hunting a seventy-thousand-year Sacred Heart Fire Ape for his fifth soul ring. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhu Zhuqing fled assassins sent by her sister Zhu Zhuyun to keep her from interfering with Dai Weisi’s claim to the Star Luo throne.

• Wang Qi told Dugu Yan that they should return to Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo emerged from seclusion with his injuries healed but his breakthrough to rank ninety-six delayed.
• Dugu Bo agreed to leave matters involving Xue Qinghe to Wang Qi, while Wang Qi said he had reached rank fifty and chosen a seventy-thousand-year Sacred Heart Fire Ape as his fifth soul ring.
• Wang Qi left the courtyard for the Star Dou Great Forest after insisting that he would obtain the Sacred Heart Fire Ape’s soul ring.
• Five professional assassins tracked Zhu Zhuqing through the forest and attacked her after she tried to hide from them.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her martial soul and fled the assassins, who pursued her on orders from Zhu Zhuyun to prevent her from affecting Dai Weisi’s succession.

After rescuing the badly injured Zhu Zhuqing, Wang Qi learned she was tied to the Star Luo Zhu Family and discussed his plans for powerful future Soul Rings with Dugu Bo. Dugu Yan later found Zhu Zhuqing in danger and carried her home, but Tuo Lei recognized Dugu Yan and realized she was one of the people named in a lucrative bounty notice.

• Wang Qi explained that he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing after killing five men in black, while Dugu Yan objected to bringing a stranger home and Dugu Bo teased him.
• After three days, Zhu Zhuqing thanked Wang Qi with her family token, revealed her identity, and left to handle urgent business.
• Dugu Bo discussed a poison that could suppress Spiritual Power and warned Wang Qi about the dangers of obtaining his future Soul Rings; Wang Qi said he had plans for them.
• Dugu Yan found Zhu Zhuqing injured in an alley after she had fled from men pursuing her, covered her with a blanket and tiger pelt, and carried her home.
• Tuo Lei and the Bear King Mercenary Group confronted Dugu Yan, but she ignored them and walked away with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tuo Lei recognized Dugu Yan from a bounty notice and recalled learning that she and Dugu Bo possessed Immortal Herbs.

Tuo Lei persuaded Tuo Po to gather Soul Hunting Town’s mercenaries for an attack on Wang Qi and Dugu Bo, while Wang Qi used Dai Mubai’s reported death to redirect Zhu Zhuqing’s purpose toward becoming experimental material. In Heaven Dou City, Guang Ling Douluo advised Qian Renxue to reveal her identity and recruit Wang Qi and Dugu Bo, leaving her to weigh the risks.

• Tuo Lei reported his intelligence about Wang Qi, Dugu Bo, and the Immortal Herbs to Tuo Po, then convinced him to rally Soul Hunting Town’s mercenary groups for a secret attack.
• Dugu Yan brought Zhu Zhuqing to Wang Qi’s courtyard, and Wang Qi explained Zhu Zhuqing’s Zhu Family token and her connection to Dai Mubai.
• Wang Qi told Zhu Zhuqing that he had killed Dai Mubai three years earlier, and Zhu Zhuqing fainted after overhearing the news.
• Wang Qi planned to use Zhu Zhuqing as experimental material and cooked dinner while Dugu Yan cared for her.
• Guang Ling Douluo urged Qian Renxue to recruit Wang Qi and Dugu Bo by revealing her identity, and Qian Renxue considered the risks of his proposal.

Wang Qi destroyed an ambush with his Golden Flame Domain, revealing his overwhelming strength to Qian Renxue and the Spirit Hall experts watching. Qian Renxue renewed her resolve to pursue godhood, then recruited Wang Qi to help secure the Heaven Dou throne while Wang Qi agreed to join the Worship Hall; Dugu Bo was left facing pressure to join Spirit Hall as well.

• Wang Qi unleashed Golden Flame Domain and killed more than a hundred mercenaries, then trapped the remaining twelve Soul Kings and Soul Emperors in the blaze.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Wang Qi's strength in shock while Qian Renxue and Guang Ling Douluo realized his soul rings and power were far beyond their expectations.
• Qian Renxue resolved to resume her cultivation, pursue a divine trial, and become a god before Wang Qi.
• Wang Qi activated Little Zhao God and incinerated the twelve remaining experts, then faced Qian Renxue across the magma sea.
• Qian Renxue asked Wang Qi to help her secure the Heaven Dou throne, and Wang Qi agreed to join the Worship Hall in exchange for enough freedom.
• Guang Ling Douluo, Snake Spear Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo surrounded Dugu Bo and pressured him to join Spirit Hall after he overheard their secret.

Wang Qi absorbed an eighty-thousand-year Sacred Heart Fire Ape soul ring, became a level-fifty-five Soul King, and advanced his Extreme Fire to ninety-nine percent. After advising Qian Renxue on securing the Heaven Dou Empire, he explained that he had brought Zhu Zhuqing back to study whether White Tiger blood could strengthen her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, leaving her to decide after reaching level thirty.

• Wang Qi absorbed the Sacred Heart Fire Ape's soul ring, gained the Holy Heart Golden Flame, and rose to level fifty-five.
• Wang Qi advised Qian Renxue to use Dugu Bo to establish her identity as crown prince and win over smaller noble factions before pursuing control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Wang Qi left for Heaven Dou City, while Qian Renxue recalled how her view of him had changed and prepared to return to the city.
• Dugu Yan urged Zhu Zhuqing to consider what Wang Qi wanted from her, then guessed he planned to study the compatibility between her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and Dai Mubai's White Tiger blood.
• Wang Qi told Zhu Zhuqing the experiment could either improve her potential or diminish it, and she asked to decide after reaching level thirty.
• Wang Qi said he would not help Zhu Zhuqing obtain her third soul ring if she waited, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted.

Wang Qi left to investigate Shrek Academy and pursue several opportunities while Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and set out with Yu Xiaogang. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi struggled to manage the sect’s divided factions and decided Ning Rongrong needed to leave for training.

• Wang Qi remained stuck at ninety-nine percent toward Extreme Fire and chose to travel rather than continue training at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Wang Qi gave Dugu Bo a bottle of essence blood for Zhu Zhuqing, then left to gather information on Shrek Academy, retrieve a mutated Flame Swallowing Beast Embryo, and seek a Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu applied for early graduation from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, and the principal approved their applications.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and Xiao Wu on a trip toward Baishan City before their eventual journey to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi lamented that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s new Titled Douluo had fractured its unity and decided to send Ning Rongrong away for training.
• Chen Xin suggested Wang Qi as a match for Ning Rongrong, but Ning Fengzhi rejected the idea because he believed Wang Qi was too cold-hearted.

Wang Qi visited Shrek Academy, where he met Flender and Zhao Wuji and learned about Jin Lang, the academy’s blond replacement for Dai Mubai. After staying for three days, Wang Qi returned to Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy, unaware that Yu Xiaogang had just arrived at Shrek with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Wang Qi questioned Flender about Shrek Academy’s admission standards, then revealed that he was Qin Ming’s student and dodged Flender’s challenge.
• Zhao Wuji stopped Flender from damaging the academy gate, demanded payment from Wang Qi, and then brought him to the dean’s office.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Jin Lang watched the commotion, then planned a trip to Suotuo City while Wang Qi talked with Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Wang Qi learned more about Jin Lang, discussed Qin Ming and the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and told Flender that most of his teammates surpassed Jin Lang’s Soul Power Level.
• Wang Qi stayed at Shrek Academy for three days, confirmed its enrollment period, and returned to Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• After Wang Qi left, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Wang Qi left Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy to travel the continent, while Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to pursue Shrek Academy’s rise through the next Soul Master Competition. Tang San and Xiao Wu met Shrek’s students, and Ma Hongjun challenged Tang San over Xiao Wu.

• Wang Qi stored the Crystal Lotus Platform and Soul Beast Embryo in his jade pendant Soul Tool and set out to travel Douluo Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender agreed to admit Tang San and Xiao Wu after the entrance assessment and discussed building Shrek Academy into a famous academy through the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Yu Xiaogang realized that he and Flender could no longer perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but blamed the change on his evolved Martial Soul and Flender’s weaker one.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu met Jin Lang, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun at the training field, then went to the dormitories, where Xiao Wu insisted on staying with Tang San.
• Ma Hongjun challenged Tang San and began to say what he would claim if he won, but Xiao Wu cut him off and challenged him herself.

Xiao Wu defeated Ma Hongjun after he burned her dress, deepening the hostility between them and Jin Lang. After half a year traveling across the continent and refining his cultivation, Wang Qi returned to Blazing Fire City, where he learned the Heaven Dou Royal Team would visit soon and reunited with Huo Miao.

• Xiao Wu dodged Ma Hongjun's attacks, then used Charm, Waist Skill, and Eight-Stage Kill Slam to badly injure him after he burned her dress.
• Jin Lang watched Xiao Wu leave with Tang San and recognized that Ma Hongjun's resentment toward her was growing.
• Wang Qi spent half a year traveling across the continent, witnessing attacks, exploitation, and conflicts while learning to guide the fusion of his Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Wang Qi returned to Blazing Fire City and reflected on how his mutated External Soul Bone might lead to a gold-grade awakening of his Body Martial Soul.
• Huo Miao greeted Wang Qi at the Mimic Environment Training Room and told him the Heaven Dou Royal Team's exchange visit was still a month away.
• Wang Qi dodged Huo Miao's sudden swing without using Soul Power, surprising her.

Wang Qi defeated Huo Wushuang without using his martial soul, then demonstrated his self-created skill Supreme Dominance at Blazing Fire Academy and planned his future cultivation. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue learned from Guang Ling Douluo about Wang Qi’s travels and the immense potential of his skill, while they considered whether Mountain Fire Academy’s volcano concealed Immortal Herbs.

• Wang Qi sparred with Huo Wushuang and overwhelmed him without using his martial soul, leaving Huo Wushuang convinced he could not win against him.
• When Blazing Fire Team reserves provoked Huo Wu, Wang Qi used Supreme Dominance to knock out the onlookers, and Huo Wu wondered about the skill’s effects.
• Wang Qi considered raising his Second Soul Ring’s age, retrieving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Renxue met Guang Ling Douluo after returning to her cultivation and learned about Wang Qi’s travels, including his visit to Mountain Fire Academy’s active volcano and his creation of Supreme Dominance.
• Qian Renxue and Guang Ling Douluo connected the volcano to the earlier Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff attack and discussed the possibility that it contained Immortal Herbs.
• Guang Ling Douluo told Qian Renxue that Wang Qi’s unfinished skill already surpassed many Soul Kings’ and Soul Emperors’ strongest soul skills and could eventually exceed the Clear Sky Nine Arts.

Wang Qi agreed to represent Blazing Fire Academy in an exchange tournament, hoping to win Time Grass to accelerate the transformed Flame Swallowing Beast’s growth. As the tournament teams approached Blazing Fire City, Skywater Academy’s members discussed the formidable Heaven Dou Royal Team and wondered how powerful its captain would be.

• Huo Wushuang told Wang Qi that the Four Elements academies and Elephant Armored Academy would hold an exchange tournament with Time Grass and Gold Soul Coins as prizes, and asked him to compete for Blazing Fire Academy.
• Wang Qi agreed to join the tournament for the Time Grass, and Huo Wushuang gave him a team uniform; Wang Qi promised to train with Blazing Fire Academy after the tournament.
• Huo Wushuang began cultivating in Wang Qi’s courtyard after noticing its unusually strong fire-element energy, while Wang Qi went to the underground chamber to inspect the Soul Beast Embryo and Fire God Heart.
• Wang Qi checked the Primal Chaos Immortal Herb’s potency and decided to wait until his Soul Power reached rank sixty before consuming it, then fell asleep beside the treasures.
• At a campsite near Blazing Fire City, Shui Bing’er and the Skywater Team discussed the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s powerful members, and their teacher asked what rank the team’s captain might have.

Wang Qi attended the Element Academy Exchange Meet disguised in a Blazing Fire Academy uniform, where he drew attention from the visiting academies and learned of a recent battle between two Titled Douluo near Suotuo City. After Huyan Li provoked him, Wang Qi quickly defeated him and four Elephant Armored Academy students, leaving the teachers to recognize his extraordinary physical strength.

• Wang Qi waited with the Blazing Fire Team and heard that two Titled Douluo had fought in a forest near Suotuo City seven days earlier, which he suspected involved Tang Hao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Wu welcomed the visiting teams from Godwind Academy, Elephant Armored Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Skywater Academy, while Huyan Li challenged Wang Qi after seeing him beside Huo Wu.
• The Elephant Armored Academy teacher explained that the exchange would assess the Five Elements Academy and prepare them to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Feng Xiaotian privately asked Wang Qi whether he had joined Blazing Fire Academy, and Wang Qi confirmed he remained captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Huyan Li confronted Wang Qi while Huo Wu was absent, but Wang Qi kicked him away and then sent four Elephant Armored Academy students flying when they moved to retaliate.
• The Five Elements Academy teachers watched the fight and concluded that Wang Qi was fast and powerful, while the Elephant Armored Academy teacher said Wang Qi's physical strength surpassed his own.

Hu Yanwei praised Wang Qi’s physical strength, while Bibi Dong investigated his fusion of Soul Power and Spiritual Power and received intelligence about upheaval among the major powers. The chapter ended with Tang Hao offering Xiao Wu a choice: return to the Star Dou Great Forest or consume a herb that could conceal her soul-beast aura and stay with Tang San.

• Hu Yanwei told Huo Miao that Wang Qi’s strength was extraordinary and that the Elephant Armored Sect would sacrifice its standing for him, then left Blazing Fire Academy.
• Hu Liena explained to Bibi Dong that Wang Qi’s Supreme Dominance fused Spiritual Power and Soul Power, and Bibi Dong urged her to cultivate for the upcoming Soul Master Competition.
• Bibi Dong read secret letters describing political turmoil and military preparations across the continent, then ordered Elder Ghost to investigate the Active Volcano at Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• Bibi Dong struck an alloy block and realized that her negative energy could fuse with Soul Power, then entered a hidden passage with intelligence about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu about his past and offered her a choice between returning to the Star Dou Great Forest and taking a herb that would conceal her soul-beast aura so she could remain with Tang San.

Xiao Wu accepted Tang Hao’s herb and returned to Shrek Academy, unaware that his worsening injuries forced him to leave and that he had plans for her future with Tang San. Meanwhile, the Elemental Academy Exchange Tournament began, and after Godwind Academy defeated Skywater Academy, Blazing Fire Academy prepared to face Thunderclap Academy.

• Xiao Wu ate the aura-concealing herb and returned to Shrek Academy, while Tang Hao collapsed from his injuries and flew toward Sacred Soul Village.
• Tang Hao reflected that he intended to keep Xiao Wu near Tang San and use her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to help his son and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Rongrong offered Xiao Wu pastries and comfort, then suspected Tang San had made her upset when Xiao Wu refused to explain her mood.
• Huyan Li told Wang Qi that Elephant Armored Academy had lost only because Wang Qi ambushed them, then left after Wang Qi startled his group.
• Godwind Academy defeated Skywater Academy in the exchange tournament’s opening match, and Feng Xiaotian challenged Blazing Fire Academy.
• Wang Qi warned Huo Wu about Thunderclap Academy’s Yu Tianxin and Lei Dong as Blazing Fire Academy prepared for its match.

Wang Qi faced Yu Tianxin and the Blazing Fire Team in the exchange tournament, revealing overwhelming control over fire without using Martial Soul Possession. After Thunderclap Academy conceded, Wang Qi stabilized Huo Wu’s dangerous attack and left the arena with her, while the watching vice principal and teachers were left stunned.

• Yu Tianxin recognized Wang Qi and charged at him, while Lei Dong intercepted Huo Wu and the teams activated their martial souls.
• Huo Wu and her teammates combined their abilities to create Fire Dance Blazing Sun, a massive fireball that threatened to overwhelm her.
• Wang Qi controlled the fireball, drew off its energy, and used the flames to form a powerful attack that made Yu Tianxin falter.
• Thunderclap Academy conceded after Wang Qi’s compressed Flame Bullet alarmed Yu Tianxin and the watching teachers.
• Wang Qi absorbed the remaining flames, supported Huo Wu as they left the arena, and astonished Huo Wu’s father and the other observers.

The five elemental academies debated how to counter Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s powerful team, while Wang Qi used a thousand-year Time Grass to accelerate the growth of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and study its independently condensed Soul Rings. The chapter ended as Wang Qi attempted to secretly merge his own Soul Power into the embryo’s fourth Soul Ring condensation.

• Huo Miao and the other elemental academy leaders discussed killing Wang Qi or forming a combined team, but feared the risks and struggled to choose a course.
• The leaders considered Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling’s strengths, and Godwind Academy’s lead teacher revealed that Zhu Zhuqing could fight at Soul Ancestor level despite being level thirty-six.
• Over the next four days, the Blazing Fire Team dominated its spirit battles, while Wang Qi continued guiding cultivation in Blazing Fire City.
• Wang Qi fed the thousand-year Time Grass to the Soul Beast Embryo, whose occupant grew into a middle-aged man and began independently condensing and absorbing Soul Rings.
• After his attempt to claim the transformed Soul Beast’s third Soul Ring failed, Wang Qi planned to inject and fuse his Soul Power into the next Soul Ring as it condensed.

Wang Qi discovered the conditions for inscribing a Soul Skill, ended his half-month seclusion, and learned how the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had defeated the Five Elemental Academies. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall prepared to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Yu Luomian’s help, leaving the clan’s destruction imminent.

• Wang Qi realized that inscribing a Soul Skill required a blank soul ring, fused Spiritual Power and Soul Power, and his will, though he had no practical way to obtain a blank ring yet.
• Wang Qi left seclusion after half a month and promised Huo Wushuang he would make up for missing the Blazing Fire Team’s training.
• Huo Wushuang told Wang Qi that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had defeated the Five Elemental Academies, with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Huo Wu among those who stood out in the matches.
• Wang Qi offered to train with the Blazing Fire Team for the next half month and headed with them to Blazing Fire Academy.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo arranged to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with three thousand infiltrated soul masters and Yu Luomian’s cooperation.
• Yu Luomian agreed to betray his clan in exchange for becoming its patriarch, unaware that Spirit Hall intended to seize the clan’s accumulated resources.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was exterminated, Ning Fengzhi struggled with the danger facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Qian Renxue saw an opportunity to strengthen her hold over the Heaven Dou court. In the Star Luo Palace, Dai Hao weighed the implications of Spirit Hall’s power and the risks of war with Heaven Dou.

• Ning Fengzhi mourned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction and asked Chen Xin and Gu Rong to visit Ning Rongrong, while the two elders stayed at his side.
• The ruined Blue Lightning City and the Clear Sky Sect’s isolation left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without reliable allies, and its internal factions remained subdued out of fear.
• Qian Renxue considered using the crisis to win over Heaven Dou nobles by strengthening her ties with Dugu Bo, and Guang Ling Douluo warned her that Wang Qi might face underhanded attacks.
• Qian Renxue dismissed concerns that the noble factions could threaten Wang Qi and argued that any plots against him could drive him closer to their side.
• Dai Hao considered whether Star Luo should seek Spirit Hall’s support before attacking Heaven Dou, recognizing that Star Luo’s internal struggles and Heaven Dou’s wealth would shape any war.