Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu and Ah Yin prepared to leave the forest, while Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena trained with the Martial Soul Academy team for the tournament finals. As the finals began in Spirit City, Ye Qiu had not yet appeared, leaving the women waiting anxiously.

• Ye Qiu told Xiao Wu and Ling Yuan that he would take Ah Yin to Holy Soul Village before traveling to Spirit City to meet Zhu Qing and Bing'er.
• Zhu Zhuqing trained with the Martial Soul Academy team, and Hu Liena said she would help keep her informed about Ye Qiu.
• Three days later, the tournament teams gathered in Spirit City, where the final three teams were scheduled to compete before the Pope's Hall.
• Xue Qinghe, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu searched the venue for Ye Qiu, but he had not arrived.
• A red-robed cardinal announced the start of the finals and read out the matchups and byes.

The finals began with seeded teams receiving byes, and Blazing Fire Academy drew Canghui Academy, whose seven-person fusion skill made them a dangerous opponent. Huo Wu launched a preemptive attack to break their formation, leaving the match underway.

• The organizers gave the Imperial Fighting Team, the Star Luo Team, and the Martial Soul Team first-round byes, while Blazing Fire Academy drew Canghui Academy.
• Huo Wu told Shui Bing'er that Blazing Fire Academy could use her Repelling Fire Ring to disrupt Canghui Academy's fixed formation and target its captain.
• Tang San's group discussed the finals, while Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing watched the Star Luo Team from the Martial Soul Team's ranks.
• Blazing Fire Academy overwhelmed Canghui Academy in Soul Power, and Canghui's seven members formed the hexagon needed for their Seven Asura Illusion Realm.
• Huo Wu blasted Canghui Academy's formation with her Repelling Fire Ring, and Huo Wushuang and the others charged at the displaced team.

Blazing Fire Academy eliminated Canghui Academy as Ye Qiu returned to Spirit City with Ling Yuan and reported to Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong was astonished by Ye Qiu’s level sixty-eight cultivation and warned him to consolidate his strength before his next advances.

• Huo Wushuang and his teammates crushed Canghui Academy, and the referee announced Blazing Fire Academy’s victory.
• Shi Nian cursed Canghui Academy’s defeat while Shui Bing’er and the others watched in relief.
• Ling Yuan brought Ye Qiu to Pope’s Hall, with Xiao Wu and Ah Yin hidden in the Ruyi Baibao Pouch.
• Ye Qiu emerged from Ling Yuan’s body and told Bibi Dong he had returned from the City of Slaughter after one year.
• Ye Qiu revealed his six Soul Rings and level sixty-eight cultivation, shocking Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong urged Ye Qiu to control his killing intent and consolidate his strength, and Ye Qiu pledged loyalty to her.

After returning from the City of Slaughter, Ye Qiu reunited with Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing while learning about the Soul Master Tournament. He then spotted Tang San competing with Beast Academy and realized the Clear Sky Sect had equipped him with a Soul Bone.

• Bibi Dong told Ye Qiu to rest and visit Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Qiu asked about the tournament before leaving with Xiao Wu.
• Ye Qiu flew to the Martial Soul Academy team and reunited with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, greeting them affectionately.
• Hu Liena explained that the finals had just begun, that Canghui Academy had been eliminated, and that several familiar teams were competing.
• Zhu Zhuqing pointed out Beast Academy, and Ye Qiu recognized Tang San among its members.
• Ye Qiu realized Tang San had reached level forty-seven and received a Soul Bone from the Clear Sky Sect.

Ye Qiu and Hu Liena discovered that Tang San and Clear Sky Sect disciples were competing in the tournament, and they decided to watch the sect’s plans without warning them. Ye Qiu then used his Venom Martial Soul to secretly share his memories with Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena before Hu Liena took him downstairs to see Bing'er and the others.

• Hu Liena recognized Tang San and considered killing him, while Zhu Zhuqing directed her killing intent toward Dai Mubai.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu confirmed that Tang Hao and likely the Clear Sky Sect were also involved, and Ye Qiu urged Hu Liena to inform Bibi Dong but not alert them yet.
• Ye Qiu warned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan about Tang San’s Soul Bones and the other Clear Sky Sect disciples; Hu Liena declared confidence in the Spirit Hall’s victory.
• Xiao Wu asked to go downstairs with Ye Qiu, but he told her to stay hidden because Tang Hao and Tang San were present.
• Ye Qiu transformed into black liquid and merged with Zhu Zhuqing, sharing his memories with her and then Hu Liena, who learned of his God King legacy and his plans for his loved ones.
• Hu Liena took Ye Qiu downstairs to see Bing'er and the others.

Hu Liena secretly used her handshake with Shui Bing'er to let Ye Qiu share his memories and reassure the women that he had returned safely. Ye Qiu then reached Huo Wu, promising they would leave Spirit City together soon.

• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu watched the Beast Academy team's match and worried about the strength of the Clear Sky Hammer wielders.
• Hu Liena approached Shui Bing'er and introduced herself, then secretly let Ye Qiu contact her through their handshake.
• Shui Bing'er received Ye Qiu's memories of his adventures and learned that he had survived the City of Slaughter and gained Time Reversal.
• Shui Bing'er reassured Huo Wu that Ye Qiu was fine, and Ye Qiu then contacted Shui Yue'er and Huo Wu in turn.
• Ye Qiu told Huo Wu to keep his return secret and promised they would leave Spirit City together soon.

Huo Wu reunited with Ye Qiu and left Spirit City with him, learning the truth about his recent experiences and agreeing to help him ambush Shi Nian for a Soul Bone. They waited along the road the Canghui Academy team would take, where Ye Qiu began teasing Huo Wu.

• Huo Wu hurried away from Shui Bing'er and Huo Wushuang after learning Ye Qiu had returned.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan worried about Ye Qiu, and Ning Rongrong vowed to deal with Shi Nian if he did not return.
• Hu Liena went to tell her teacher that Tang Hao and his son had arrived in Spirit City.
• Huo Wu absorbed Ye Qiu's memories, learned about his God Test and the truth about Xue Qinghe, and agreed to leave the city with him.
• Ye Qiu flew with Huo Wu to the road Shi Nian would travel, intending to ambush him for a Soul Bone.
• Ye Qiu teased Huo Wu while they waited, and she begged him to stop.

Ye Qiu and Huo Wu reunited in a grove, where they agreed to marry and shared a kiss. Afterward, Ye Qiu introduced Huo Wu to Ah Yin, and the group prepared to pursue Shi Nian; meanwhile, Shi Nian led the defeated Canghui Academy team away from Spirit City.

• Ye Qiu carried the frightened Huo Wu down to a grove and caught her when her legs gave way.
• Ye Qiu told Huo Wu he was serious about making her his wife, and she asked him to put the ring on her finger.
• Ye Qiu and Huo Wu kissed, and she agreed to consummate their marriage after they captured Shi Nian.
• Ye Qiu summoned Ah Yin and introduced her to Huo Wu before the three rested and planned to go after Shi Nian.
• Shi Nian led the injured Canghui Academy team away from Spirit City after their defeat.

Ye Qiu and Ah Yin ambushed Shi Nian after Canghui Academy’s defeat, trapping him in a forest and revealing a powerful tiger-like fusion form. Huo Wu joined them as Ye Qiu attacked Shi Nian, who was left immobilized and vulnerable.

• Shi Nian sensed a hostile presence and turned invisible, abandoning the Canghui Academy team as Ye Qiu tracked him and enclosed the students in a growing forest.
• Ye Qiu confronted Shi Nian over the ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone he carried and appeared before him as an enormous black tiger with blue-gold stripes.
• Shi Nian mistook Ye Qiu’s fusion form for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Huo Wu arrived despite Ye Qiu expecting her to stay inside.
• Ah Yin protected Huo Wu while Shi Nian launched an attack, but Ye Qiu’s Fearful Assault stunned him and Ah Yin began binding him with plants.
• Shi Nian tried to use an intangibility-like Soul Skill, but the space around him solidified and left him unable to move.

Ye Qiu killed Shi Nian, took his notes on the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and considered how to use Venom and a Soul Bone to create a Multi-Soul Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After the group cleaned up by a stream, Ye Qiu asked Huo Wu if they could stay there for the night.

• Ye Qiu decapitated Shi Nian and let his Eight Spider Lances drain the corpse.
• Ye Qiu found Shi Nian's booklet about training the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and planned to use Venom to connect the girls for a stronger fusion skill.
• Huo Wu wiped the blood from Ye Qiu's face, while Ah Yin urged him to clean up and dispose of Shi Nian's head.
• Ye Qiu, Ah Yin, and Huo Wu left the forest, while Canghui Academy's students regained their freedom and found Shi Nian's dried corpse.
• At a nearby stream, Ye Qiu used Dugu Bo's poison to dissolve Shi Nian's head and reveal the Head Soul Bone.
• As Huo Wu wiped Ye Qiu down and Ah Yin washed his clothes, Ye Qiu asked Huo Wu if they could spend the night there.

Ye Qiu and Huo Wu grew intimate beside the stream while Ah Yin watched over them, and Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to steady Ye Qiu when he feared losing control. Meanwhile, back in Spirit City, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan learned that Ye Qiu had returned from the City of Slaughter.

• After killing Shi Nian, Ye Qiu began becoming intimate with Huo Wu beside the stream as Ah Yin kept watch.
• Ah Yin activated her Blue Silver Domain and formed a Blue Silver Cage around the boulder, helping Ye Qiu regain control.
• Ye Qiu told Huo Wu he might lose control, but Huo Wu answered with a kiss and accepted his affection.
• After the first round of the finals ended in Spirit City, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan went to the Skywater Academy Team's inn to ask about Ye Qiu.
• Shui Bing'er told Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan that Ye Qiu had returned from the City of Slaughter.

Ye Qiu and Huo Wu spent the night together, and he comforted her before they joined Ah Yin for lunch. The next day, Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire Academy as the second round of the Soul Master Tournament began in Spirit City.

• Ning Rongrong learned that Ye Qiu had taken Huo Wu to get her Soul Bone and returned to her room, pleased.
• Ye Qiu and Huo Wu woke after spending the night together, and he used Endless Life to ease her fatigue.
• Huo Wu warned Ye Qiu not to leave her, then helped him get dressed before they joined Ah Yin for lunch.
• The second round of the finals began in Spirit City, with two teams receiving byes and the remaining sixteen competing for eight places in the next round.
• Huo Wushuang found Huo Wu waiting in Blazing Fire Academy's rest area and noticed that her temperament seemed different.

Huo Wu returned to the tournament and openly confirmed her relationship with Ye Qiu before delivering his Ruyi Baibao Pouch to Ning Rongrong. The Martial Soul Academy Team then debuted with Zhu Zhuqing prominently positioned, revealing Bibi Dong’s hidden agenda to draw attention to her Star Luo family origin.

• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang noticed Huo Wu’s changed demeanor, and Huo Wushuang realized Feng Xiaotian believed she had made him a brother-in-law.
• Huo Wu teased the Skywater Academy girls by admitting she had given herself to Ye Qiu, while Shui Bing’er urged them to focus on the tournament.
• Huo Wu gave Ning Rongrong the Ruyi Baibao Pouch Ye Qiu had entrusted to her and told her to open it after the match.
• The teams’ matchups were drawn, and the Martial Soul Academy Team faced the third-place team from the Star Luo Empire qualifiers.
• The Martial Soul Academy Team revealed that all its members were Soul Ancestors, with Zhu Zhuqing placed conspicuously at the front under Bibi Dong’s hidden agenda.

Zhu Zhuqing competed for Spirit Hall, shocking the Star Luo team and the former Shrek members, while Dai Mubai planned to reclaim her as a political asset. During the competition, Dugu Yan discovered Ah Yin inside Ning Rongrong’s storage pouch, and Ye Qiu sent Ning Rongrong a strange black creature.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San recognized Zhu Zhuqing on Spirit Hall’s team and speculated about why she had joined.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San to help him take Zhu Zhuqing back to the Star Luo Empire, calling her an accessory, and Tang San agreed to try if an opportunity arose.
• Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and other Star Luo Soul Masters were shocked by Zhu Zhuqing’s high cultivation and her place on Spirit Hall’s team.
• Dugu Yan rummaged through Ning Rongrong’s Ruyi Baibao Pouch and felt Ah Yin inside, prompting Ning Rongrong to realize Ye Qiu had hidden her there.
• Ye Qiu told Ning Rongrong to offer her hand, and a black caterpillar-like creature crawled from the pouch and burrowed into her palm.

Ning Rongrong watched Ye Qiu’s memories, confirmed he had returned, and left the competition venue to absorb the Head Soul Bone he had obtained for her. Ye Qiu stayed with Ah Yin while Ning Rongrong began the absorption, as Xue Qinghe fumed over being left out.

• Ning Rongrong viewed Ye Qiu’s memories and learned he had returned and received the Asura God Trial.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong exchanged affectionate thoughts, and he arranged for her to absorb her Head Soul Bone before they tested their Multi-Soul Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Qiu shared his presence with Dugu Yan, who watched his memories and let him go with Ning Rongrong.
• Xue Qinghe watched Ning Rongrong leave and grew furious, while Ning Fengzhi suspected Ye Qiu had returned.
• The Star Luo team lost decisively to Martial Soul Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing saw Ning Rongrong leaving the venue.
• Ning Rongrong returned to her room and began absorbing the Soul Bone as Ye Qiu returned to Ah Yin.

Ning Rongrong absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone Ye Qiu gave her and reached level forty-seven. Its Illusion Space ability could connect allies' minds, prompting Ye Qiu to consider using it with his Venom as the foundation for a Multi-Soul Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ye Qiu urged Ning Rongrong to absorb Shi Nian's gemstone-type Head Soul Bone while he stayed in the Ruyi Baibao Pouch with Ah Yin.
• Bibi Dong considered using the Clear Sky Sect against the Qian Family and Spirit Hall, then suppressed the idea as the tournament's third round approached.
• Sword Douluo sensed Ning Rongrong absorbing the Soul Bone and worried she was doing so openly in Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong finished absorbing the Soul Bone the following evening and discovered she had reached level forty-seven.
• Ning Rongrong used the Vast Sea Protective Shroud to conceal the room, then explained that Illusion Space strengthened allies' mental power and linked their thoughts.
• Ye Qiu recognized the mental network as a possible foundation for a Multi-Soul Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his Venom.

Ye Qiu declined to try a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ning Rongrong and Ah Yin before the tournament, then searched Spirit City for Tang Hao while disguised as a kitten. At the arena, Dai Mubai prepared to face his older brother Dai Weisi as Beast Academy met the Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Ning Rongrong proposed a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ah Yin, but Ye Qiu postponed it until after the tournament because Tang Hao was nearby and the competition began in the morning.
• The next day, Ye Qiu possessed a black kitten and searched Spirit City for Tang Hao while the tournament teams gathered at the plaza.
• The draw matched Beast Academy against the Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Dai Mubai eagerly anticipated confronting Dai Weisi.
• Tang San chose Dai Mubai, himself, Tang Hu, Tang Long, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Meng Yiran to compete, planning to rely on Tang Long's Soul King strength.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San faced Dai Weisi's team, and Dai Mubai stared at his older brother with coldness and buried fear.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Dai Mubai over his rivalry with Zhu Zhuqing before the elimination match between Beast Advanced Soul Master Academy and Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy. The teams revealed their Soul Rings, and Beast Academy stunned the arena with Tang Long’s Soul King strength and Tang San’s four purple rings.

• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai to return home, and Dai Mubai challenged him to settle their rivalry in the arena.
• Zhu Zhuyun blamed Dai Mubai for Zhu Zhuqing’s predicament, while Zhu Zhuqing vowed to kill Dai Mubai herself if they met.
• The referee announced that the winner would advance to the top six, and the Star Luo team released its Martial Souls and revealed six Soul Ancestors.
• Dai Mubai led Beast Academy in releasing their Martial Souls, revealing Tang San’s four purple Soul Rings and Tang Long’s five rings as a Soul King.
• The teams’ disclosed strength showed Beast Academy had fewer Soul Ancestors but formidable fighters, including Tang San, Tang Hu, and Tang Long.

Star Luo Academy faced Tang San and his teammates, whose Soul King and Clear Sky Hammer turned the match in their favor. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, as Tang San built momentum for a Chaotic Cloak Dance.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun recognized Tang Mubai's strength and resolved to eliminate him during the match.
• Tang San used Oscar's Spicy Sausage while the teams took their positions and the match began.
• Tang San blocked Zhu Zhuyun with his Clear Sky Hammer, while Tang Hu and Dai Mubai pressured Star Luo Academy's fighters.
• Tang Long's fifth Soul Skill pushed Dai Weisi to the brink, and Zhu Zhuyun retreated toward him.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun merged into Hell White Tiger as Tang San changed targets and continued building momentum with his hammer.

Tang San and the Beast Academy Team defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Academy after Tang Long and Tang San struck down Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team then faced the Spirit Hall Academy Team, whose three Soul Kings revealed their strength as the match began.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger, but Tang Long and Tang San hit it with their Clear Sky Hammers and knocked the Star Luo Team off the arena.
• Dai Mubai thanked Tang San and promised to repay the Clear Sky Sect when he inherited the throne, while Tang San sensed someone watching him.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and the Spirit Hall Academy Team stepped onto the platform for their highly anticipated match.
• Hu Liena greeted Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing before the referee started the match.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena revealed their five Soul Rings, including a black ring each, shocking the other teams with Spirit Hall’s three Soul Kings.