Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Huo Yuhao consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew while Lu Xia kept his to refine into a pill. The Heavenly Ranking then awarded Infernal Delicate Apricot to Ma Hongjun and Ma Xiaotao, and Snowy Swan Kiss to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Bibi Dong, leaving Dugu Bo flying to Qingyun Academy to ask Lu Xia to prepare his herb safely.

• Tang San swallowed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Huo Yuhao ate his while Lu Xia said he planned to refine his own into a pill.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Ma Xiaotao and Ma Hongjun as those suited to Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Ma Hongjun eagerly consumed his herb.
• Ma Xiaotao ate her second Infernal Delicate Apricot, transforming her Evil Fire Phoenix into a Demi-God Extreme Martial Soul and raising her Soul Power.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Bibi Dong as suited to Snowy Swan Kiss, and Bibi Dong ate hers, slightly strengthening her spider venom.
• Dugu Bo received Snowy Swan Kiss and flew toward Qingyun Academy to ask Lu Xia to refine it into a pill.

Dugu Yan, Elder Ju, Cheng Yaojin, Dai Mubai, Lu Xia, Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi received Immortal Herbs from the Heavenly Ranking, with several consuming theirs to improve their strength or Martial Souls. The ranking then revealed the fourth-place Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, but its recipients had not yet been announced.

• Dugu Yan ate a second Snowy Swan Kiss and gained two Soul Power levels while her toxins improved slightly.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Yue Guan, Cheng Yaojin, and Dai Mubai as fated to receive the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum; Yue Guan treasured his, while Cheng Yaojin and Dai Mubai ate theirs.
• The ranking named Lu Xia, Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi as fated to receive the Aromatic Silk Beauty; Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong consumed theirs, while Lu Xia saved his for his students.
• The Heavenly Ranking revealed the effects of the fourth-place Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone without yet naming those fated to receive it.

The Heavenly Ranking awarded several Immortal Herbs, including the Special Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Zhu Zhuqing kept her second herb and part of a third, while the ranking began to reveal first place.

• The Heavenly Ranking gave Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone; Zhu Zhuqing sold half to Ning Rongrong, who ate it and gained three Soul Power levels.
• The Heavenly Ranking named the Special Eight Petal Immortal Orchid third; Wang Xia'er ate hers while Lu Xia planted hers near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Lovesick Heartbreak Red second and awarded it to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu; Xiao Wu ate hers, while Zhu Zhuqing stored hers.
• Dai Mubai envied Zhu Zhuqing's repeated rewards as the Heavenly Ranking began announcing the first-place Immortal Herb.

Lu Xia received the first-place reward on the Immortal Herb Ranking: another Enlightenment Tea Tree that strengthened Qingyun Academy’s cultivation environment. Ten days later, the Qingyun Team prepared for the tournament as the Asura God King sent Tang San and the Shrek Team to register, leaving their coming contest unresolved.

• The Heavenly Ranking named Lu Xia’s Enlightenment Tea Tree first on the Immortal Herb Ranking and described its powerful effects; Lu Xia was identified as the fated one and received a second tree.
• Lu Xia named the two sentient tea trees Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, and the new tree drew more energy of heaven and earth to Qingyun Academy.
• Lu Xia formed the seven-member Qingyun Team, raised the girls’ seventh Soul Rings to one hundred thousand years, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Rank 79 after consuming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• The Asura God King strengthened Tang San and the others, then opened a Space Gate and sent the Shrek Team to register for the tournament under Tang Chen’s leadership.

Lu Xia led Qingyun Academy into the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, where the crowd and officials treated him and Tang Chen with reverence. Qingyun Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Vice Captain team in the first match, and Ning Rongrong prepared to fight while Ye Lingling offered to heal their opponents.

• Lu Xia led Qingyun Academy into the packed Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, drawing the crowd's attention and unsettling Tang San, Tang Chen, and the Asura God King with the students' unreadable strength.
• Emperor Xue Ye welcomed Lu Xia and Tang Chen, then opened the tournament; Lu Xia chose to follow the normal schedule and draw lots.
• The draw paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Vice Captain team with Qingyun Academy, while Shrek Academy drew Canghui Academy.
• Ning Rongrong volunteered to use her Fireball Technique in the match, and Ye Lingling agreed to heal Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team.
• The announcer started the first preliminary match between Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Vice Captain team and Qingyun Academy.

Ning Rongrong defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team with one enormous fireball, giving Qingyun Academy an overwhelming victory. The next day, Ma Hongjun revealed six ten-thousand-year Soul Rings before Shrek Academy's match against Canghui Academy.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team faced Qingyun Academy, and its members feared they would be humiliated.
• Ning Rongrong formed a giant fireball with the technique Lu Xia had taught her and knocked all seven opponents out at once.
• The audience erupted in shock and cheers as the host declared Qingyun Academy the winner.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar reacted to Ning Rongrong's power, while Tang San and Tang Chen discussed using Ring Detonation against Qingyun Academy.
• The next day, Ma Hongjun told the other Shrek members to stand aside before their match against Canghui Academy.
• Ma Hongjun revealed six black ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and unleashed the pressure of a level sixty-four Soul Emperor, shocking the audience and VIP guests.

Ma Hongjun, Shui Bing'er, and Dai Mubai each overwhelmed their opponents in the competition with single, decisive attacks. Shui Bing'er's display of freezing power alarmed the VIPs and Shrek Academy, leaving them wary of Qingyun Academy.

• Ma Hongjun defeated Canghui Academy by blasting through their barrier with his Phoenix Fire Line and knocking all seven members unconscious.
• Shui Bing'er froze the seven members of Elephant Armor Academy with a single word, without summoning her Martial Soul or Soul Rings.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas questioned the source and extent of Shui Bing'er's power as spectators and rival academies reacted with shock.
• Tang San and the Shrek members recognized Shui Bing'er as a formidable threat after feeling the cold of her attack.
• Dai Mubai defeated Yu Tianxin and Thunder Academy with his White Tiger Cleaving Light Wave, leaving their team unable to continue fighting.

Qingyun Academy faced Shrek in the finals and revealed a Soul Ring configuration that overwhelmed the arena. Zhu Zhuqing’s opening attack forced Shrek to detonate their rings and take forbidden medicine, leaving them wounded as the match continued.

• Qingyun Academy and Shrek entered the arena, where Qingyun’s seven members displayed five black and two red Soul Rings each, dwarfing Shrek’s lineup.
• Lu Xia watched from the stands and told the hidden Asura that Shrek was in trouble.
• After the match began, Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Nether Shadow Slash, surrounding Shrek with hundreds of lethal shadow blades.
• Tang San ordered Ring Detonation, but Zhu Zhuqing’s attack still wounded Shrek’s members and broke through their defenses.
• Tang San told Shrek to take the prepared medicine, and the team used its forced power boost to barely fend off the remaining blades.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bishop Salas reacted in shock, while the Asura God King’s gaze toward Lu Xia turned cold.

Tang San’s empowered attack was effortlessly severed by Zhu Zhuqing’s Cyan Talisman, exposing the limits of the Asura God King’s divine power. Lu Xia intercepted the fleeing god near the God Realm entrance and prepared to punish him for interfering in the lower realm.

• The Shrek group poured their strength into Tang San, who unleashed an Asura Blood Sword attack against Qingyun Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing used a Cyan Talisman to split the attack, crack the Asura Magic Sword, and cut a vast rift through the sky.
• Tang San and the Shrek fighters collapsed as the Asura God King realized the talisman’s power exceeded his own and fled toward the God Realm.
• Lu Xia reached the spatial rift first and blocked the Asura God King, mocking him for running away and abandoning Tang San.
• Lu Xia froze the spatial currents, pinned the Asura God King in place, and declared that a referee who broke the rules should die.

Lu Xia overwhelmed the Asura God King in the Void Interlayer, revealing his mastery of the Ancient God Scripture and reducing the God King's authority and laws to nothing. The Asura God King fell to his knees and begged Lu Xia to spare his life, offering his power and resources in surrender.

• The Asura God King unleashed his power and threatened Lu Xia with punishment under the laws of the God Realm while trying to reach its entrance.
• Lu Xia shattered the Asura God King's spreading divine pattern and froze the surrounding space, then revealed an ancient aura that made the God King realize he had learned the Ancient God Scripture.
• Lu Xia used Ancient God's Finger to erase the Asura Killing Law's power and force the Asura God King to his knees.
• The Asura God King surrendered and pleaded for his life, offering his authority, resources, and Asura Origin and promising never to oppose Lu Xia or Qingyun Academy again.

Lu Xia erased the Asura God King, provoking the God Realm’s likely attention, and reassured the frightened Douluo Plane Spirit that he would protect her. As he turned toward Tang San, the Dual Comparison Ranking activated and opened a passage to a parallel world.

• The Asura God King begged for mercy while hiding his hatred, but Lu Xia saw through him and erased him completely with a faint yellow glow.
• Crimson blood rain spread across the continent as the laws mourned the fallen God King.
• The Plane Spirit appeared in tears and feared the God Realm would punish the Douluo Plane for producing Lu Xia.
• Lu Xia comforted the Plane Spirit and promised to erase the God Realm’s headquarters if it came to harm her.
• Lu Xia looked toward Tang San, but the Heavenly Ranking activated the Dual Comparison Ranking and opened a parallel-world passage.

Lu Xia returned to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where Huo Yuhao confronted Tang San and demanded to settle their grudge. Tang San recognized Huo Yuhao as the man he had manipulated in the future revealed by the Heavenly Ranking, and the confrontation began as Huo Yuhao advanced on him.

• Lu Xia and Xiao Ba appeared in the arena, where Wei Zhuang, Zhao Yun, and Huo Yuhao had surrounded Tang San and his allies.
• Huo Yuhao asked Lu Xia to leave Tang San to him, and Lu Xia agreed while the others kept Tang Hao and Tang Chen from intervening.
• Lu Xia explained that Xiao Ba was the incarnation of the Plane consciousness, and Ning Rongrong and the other women gathered around her.
• Tang San asked Huo Yuhao who he was, and Huo Yuhao named himself while advancing with his hatred for Tang San.
• Tang San remembered manipulating Huo Yuhao in the future described by the Heavenly Ranking and realized Huo Yuhao had come to take revenge.

Huo Yuhao killed Tang San in revenge after revealing he came from a Parallel World, then thanked Lu Xia as the Heavenly Ranking announced its tenth place. The story left Tang Hao and Tang Chen frozen in ice coffins while Tang San of the Parallel World wondered what the ranking was.

• Tang San tried to use his future connection to Huo Yuhao’s daughter to save himself, but Huo Yuhao revealed he came from a Parallel World and had severed all ties to that fate.
• Tang Hao and Tang Chen detonated their remaining Soul Rings to help Tang San escape, but Huo Yuhao froze them and their attack in two ice coffins.
• Huo Yuhao inflicted prolonged supernatural agony on Tang San until his body and divine soul were destroyed.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Lu Xia, and the Heavenly Ranking announced its tenth place.
• Tang San of the Parallel World saw the Heavenly Ranking and wondered what it was.

Tang San and Xiao Wu watched the mysterious Heavenly Ranking appear and chose not to interfere, while Shui Bing'er visited Lu Xia to receive his unconventional Soul Power guidance. The session greatly improved her cultivation, and she left Qingyun Academy flushed and unsteady.

• Tang San examined the Heavenly Ranking, judged its laws beyond his understanding, and told Xiao Wu to wait rather than risk interfering with it.
• Xiao Wu agreed to Tang San's plan and wondered whether the ranking would reveal familiar names or expose its origins.
• At Qingyun Academy, Shui Bing'er asked Lu Xia to teach her the cultivation method he had used with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Xia guided Shui Bing'er's Soul Power with his origin energy, and the intimate process fused and refined her ice-attributed power.
• Shui Bing'er emerged stronger by two levels, thanked Lu Xia, and left with a limp and flushed face.

Qian Renxue asked Lu Xia to guide her cultivation, and his intense method helped her break through by three levels while deepening their connection. She left embarrassed but convinced that she trusted him and wanted to continue growing stronger under his guidance.

• Lu Xia reflected on how his cultivation with Shui Bing'er had strengthened his understanding of ice and his own foundation.
• Qian Renxue approached Lu Xia and asked him to help her advance her Soul Power.
• Lu Xia warned Qian Renxue that the guidance would be intense and require trust, and she agreed to proceed.
• Lu Xia guided Qian Renxue through a close, demanding cultivation process that harmonized her Angel Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power by three levels.
• Qian Renxue returned to her room, blushing as she recalled the experience and accepted the bond she felt had formed between them.

Ning Rongrong sought Lu Xia's special cultivation guidance after seeing Qian Renxue's transformation, and the session raised her Soul Power by two levels. She left exhausted and embarrassed, with instructions to rest and avoid using Soul Power for three days.

• Ning Rongrong noticed Qian Renxue's changed appearance and stronger Soul Power, then asked about her special training with Lu Xia.
• Qian Renxue hinted that Lu Xia's guidance brought rewards at a cost, prompting Ning Rongrong to seek him out.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lu Xia to help her overcome her cultivation bottleneck and agreed to endure his demanding method.
• Lu Xia guided Ning Rongrong through an intense cultivation session that strengthened her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power by two levels.
• Lu Xia told Ning Rongrong to rest and avoid using Soul Power for three days, and she left the Quiet Room exhausted and embarrassed.

Wang Xia'er discovered that Lu Xia's cultivation guidance had rapidly strengthened Ning Rongrong, Sister Renxue, and Bing'er, so she asked to undergo it herself. After the intense session raised her Soul Power by three levels, she left Lu Xia's room newly connected to him, while the Heavenly Ranking Comparison Ranking had yet to begin.

• Wang Xia'er entered Lu Xia's Quiet Room and asked about his special cultivation method after noticing the others' rapid improvement.
• Lu Xia warned Wang Xia'er that the guidance would be intense, but she agreed to try it.
• Lu Xia guided and refined the power of Wang Xia'er's Golden Dragon Martial Soul through a demanding cultivation session.
• Wang Xia'er's Soul Power rose by three levels, and she thanked Lu Xia before leaving through the door.
• Lu Xia sensed the Golden Dragon origin within himself and noted that the Heavenly Ranking Comparison Ranking had not yet begun.

Dugu Yan sought Lu Xia’s special cultivation guidance, hoping to advance her Jade Phosphorous Dragon King poison. After he refined her poison and helped her break through, she returned to her room transformed, while Lu Xia studied the life-and-death nature of her refined poison.

• Dugu Yan watched the other girls’ improvements and resolved to seek Lu Xia’s guidance.
• Dugu Yan visited Lu Xia at night and agreed to trust him with the dangerous refinement of her poison.
• Lu Xia guided Dugu Yan through a painful, intense process that purified her poison and awakened its vitality.
• Dugu Yan broke through her Soul Power barrier and gained a new understanding of poison.
• A maid helped Dugu Yan return to her room, where she recognized that she had joined the others’ circle.
• Lu Xia examined a strand of Dugu Yan’s refined poison origin and sensed how life and death generated one another within it.

The Heavenly Ranking compared two versions of Tang Hao, showing the Parallel World Tang Hao becoming the Hammer God while the current Tang Hao fell into disgrace and lost his son. After the current Tang Hao was punished and his counterpart received a reward, the Parallel World Tang Hao and Tang San wondered what had happened in the other world and discussed the possibility of devouring another version of oneself.

• The Heavenly Ranking showed the Parallel World Tang Hao reaching Rank 97, confronting Bibi Dong, and ascending as the Hammer God, while the current Tang Hao was killed by Bibi Dong and left powerless after resurrection and Tang San’s death.
• The Heavenly Ranking declared the current Tang Hao the loser, reducing his Martial Soul quality and Soul Power while increasing the Parallel World Tang Hao’s hammer weight and cultivation.
• Tang Hao near Holy Soul Village raged at the comparison and punishment, then staggered under the loss of his power.
• Lu Xia watched the ranking from Qingyun Academy’s Quiet Room as the Parallel World Tang Hao wondered how his other self had been killed by Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San congratulated his father on reaching the middle stage of Second-level God, and suggested that devouring another version of oneself could more than double one’s strength.

The Heavenly Ranking compared the two versions of Ma Hongjun, exposing how the present-day Ma Hongjun’s indulgence left him far weaker than his disciplined Parallel World counterpart. It punished the present-day Ma Hongjun and empowered the Parallel World Ma Hongjun, while Lu Xia and the others considered how sharply Parallel Worlds could diverge.

• The Parallel World Tang San and his companions praised their world’s strength and expected Tang San to claim first place on the Heavenly Ranking.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Ma Hongjun ninth and showed that the Parallel World Ma Hongjun had mastered his Evil Fire and become a First-level God, while the present-day Ma Hongjun had indulged himself and remained a Soul Emperor.
• The Heavenly Ranking reduced the present-day Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power, Soul Ring and Soul Bone ages, and luck, while advancing the Parallel World Ma Hongjun to the Mid-stage First-level God realm.
• The present-day Ma Hongjun raged against the Heavenly Ranking as his strength and treasures weakened, while the Parallel World Ma Hongjun celebrated his reward.
• At Qingyun Academy, Lu Xia noted that different choices could make Parallel Worlds diverge greatly, and Qian Renxue remarked on the other world’s powerful luck.