Vol. 5The Road to the Finals

Su Ming strengthened his allies, confronted Spirit Hall’s enemies and helped expose Yu Xiaogang’s false theories as the tournament approached. Heaven Dou Academy reached the finals, where Tang San attacked Su Ming with his Clear Sky Hammer.

  • Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu defeated Thunderclap Academy, while Su Ming advised Spirit Hall on intercepting Tang Hao and began a relationship with Huo Wu.
  • Bibi Dong punished Yu Xiaogang, and Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo trapped Tang Hao as Su Ming and Dugu Bo prepared for Yu Yuanzhen’s possible attack.
  • Su Ming defeated Yu Yuanzhen and settled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s affairs before reaching Spirit City with his companions.
  • Su Ming defended Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai, and she joined Spirit Hall, chose Gui Mei as her mentor, and left to seek a Fifth Soul Ring.
  • Su Ming helped Zhu Zhuqing gain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, while his diary exposed Spirit Hall’s failures and Hu Liena’s role in its future downfall.
  • Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall publicly challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and Ju Hua Guan confronted him with evidence that contradicted them.
  • Su Ming led Heaven Dou Academy to victories over Star Luo Team and Tianshui Academy, while Dugu Bo evolved his Martial Soul after receiving Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.
  • Spirit Hall advanced automatically, and Tang San charged Su Ming with his Clear Sky Hammer after his teammates used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
Chapters 410–509 Read from ch. 410

Arc 17The Road to Spirit City

As the teams prepared for the finals, Su Ming strengthened his allies, pursued Huo Wu, and helped Spirit Hall act against Tang Hao and corrupt officials. The arc ends with Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo trapping Tang Hao while Su Ming and Dugu Bo brace for Yu Yuanzhen’s possible attack.

  • Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu defeated Thunderclap Academy with Ice Snow Falling, while Su Ming protected his teammates from the cold.
  • Su Ming advised Qian Renxue and Gui Mei on how to intercept Tang Hao, and Tang San secretly devoured Soul Masters to recover and advance to Soul King.
  • Bibi Dong investigated Spirit Hall’s corrupt Gengxin City branch and ordered it purged, while Su Ming resolved to recruit Lou Gao and save him from his future fate.
  • Tang Hao took Tang San to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land, but the Blue Silver King was absent and Tang San’s supposed hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone proved to be only a hundred years old.
  • Su Ming defeated Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu in separate fights, then began a relationship with Huo Wu as the teams set out for Spirit City.
  • Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s pleas for help, exposed his past lies, and shot him in the shoulders and legs.
  • Spirit Hall attacked the escort convoy targeting Thunderclap Academy, while Su Ming kept the Blazing Fire and Skywater students out of the fight and warned the Dragon-Snake couple about Tang San.
  • Tang Hao arrived to defend Tang San, but Su Ming prompted Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei to trap him with Bipolar Forbidden Domain, while Dugu Bo prepared for a possible clash with Yu Yuanzhen.
Chapters 410–434 Summaries Read

Arc 18Spirit City Tournament

Su Ming defeated Yu Yuanzhen, settled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s affairs, and reached Spirit City with his companions. During the Grand Finals, he protected Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and helped her choose Gui Mei as her mentor before she set out to find a Fifth Soul Ring.

  • Tang San used Titan to block Ling Yuan’s attack, then Yu Yuanzhen helped Tang Hao escape as Spirit Hall withdrew and demanded that Su Ming stay behind.
  • Su Ming remained with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan while Yu Luomian’s branch and Dugu Bo joined him against Yu Yuanzhen.
  • Dugu Bo fought Yu Yuanzhen, and Su Ming saved him before killing Yu Yuanzhen with Divine Might: Shuriken and collapsing from depleted Spiritual Power.
  • Su Ming kept Yu Yuanzhen’s treasures, gave Yu Luomian a Soul Bone to help him advance, and left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s affairs to Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong.
  • At Spirit City, Su Ming experimented with combining his Ultimate Wood Attribute and Susanoo, then defeated Blue Sunshine Academy’s Seven Asura Illusionary Realm by sending its attack back at the team.
  • Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing and accused her of cheating, but Su Ming defended her and warned Dai Weisi not to threaten her or the Zhu Family.
  • Zhu Zhuqing decided to join Spirit Hall, confessed her feelings to Su Ming, and agreed to take Gui Mei as her disciple with Su Ming’s approval.
  • Su Ming gave Zhu Zhuqing three cultivation methods, and she chose to seek her Fifth Soul Ring in Death Valley with Su Ming and Gui Mei.
Chapters 435–459 Summaries Read

Arc 19Spirit Hall’s Reckoning

Su Ming joined Spirit Hall and helped Zhu Zhuqing gain a powerful Soul Ring and Soul Bones, while his diary exposed how Tang San’s influence and Spirit Hall’s failures led to its downfall. Bibi Dong confronted those failures, Qian Renxue delayed her God Trial, and Spirit Hall launched a public campaign against Yu Xiaogang’s theories.

  • Su Ming took Zhu Zhuqing to Death Valley, where Gui Mei accepted her as his disciple and helped her defeat a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear for its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
  • Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the bear’s Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, then traded her Shadow Demon Lizard left leg bone to Gui Mei as Su Ming promised him an immortal herb.
  • Su Ming’s diary revealed how Hu Liena’s feelings for Tang San and her disclosure of Bibi Dong’s plans helped lead to Gui Mei and Ju Hua Guan’s deaths, leaving Hu Liena overwhelmed with guilt.
  • Bibi Dong forgave Hu Liena but warned that the Asura God might have influenced her, then asked Qian Renxue to join Spirit Hall’s tournament team as a substitute.
  • Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would not begin the Angel God Trial if it required his sacrifice, and Bibi Dong persuaded him to wait while they sought another solution.
  • Spirit Hall publicized accusations that Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories were false, and an angry crowd surrounded him and Tang San at their hotel.
  • Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei confronted Yu Xiaogang with evidence that contradicted his theories, including Zhu Zhuqing’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Ju Hua Guan promised Spirit Hall would improve and publish the stolen theories.
  • Ju Hua Guan mocked Yu Xiaogang’s claim that his teachings would make Tang San powerful, while Su Ming recognized that he was trying to prevent Yu Xiaogang from later taking credit for Tang San’s achievements.
Chapters 460–484 Summaries Read

Arc 20Tournament Finals Begin

Su Ming led Heaven Dou Academy through the tournament’s final qualifying matches, defeating the Star Luo and Tianshui teams while Yu Xiaogang lost the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline and Dugu Bo gained an evolved Martial Soul. At the finals, Spirit Hall advanced automatically, and Su Ming’s team faced Tang San’s empowered Thunderclap Academy as their team battle began.

  • Su Ming’s team defeated the Star Luo Team, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Zhuyun about the assassination attempts before choosing to remain with Su Ming.
  • Su Ming extracted Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Holy Dragon bloodline and gave it to Dugu Bo, who evolved his Martial Soul and reached peak level ninety-seven.
  • Su Ming comforted Huo Wu after Blazing Fire Academy’s loss, then led Heaven Dou Academy to victory over Tianshui Academy’s three-person fusion skill.
  • Shui Yue’er confessed her feelings to Su Ming, and he agreed to make her his girlfriend as Heaven Dou Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Spirit Hall advanced to the finals.
  • Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Renxue was her daughter, possessed the Six-winged Angel Martial Soul, and was an eighty-three-level Soul Douluo, then announced the finals rules.
  • Tang San asked Su Ming to join forces against Spirit Hall, but Su Ming refused, and both Heaven Dou Academy and Thunderclap Academy forfeited the individual match.
  • Tang San’s teammates transferred their Soul Power to him with a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling disabled the exhausted teammates as Tang San charged Su Ming with his Clear Sky Hammer.
  • Su Ming formed a fanged wooden shield with Wood Style, Ranking Technique, as Tang San’s hammer came within about a meter.
Chapters 485–509 Summaries Read
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