Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuyun revealed that she had staged the assassination attempts to protect Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Weisi and help her grow, clearing up the sisters’ misunderstanding. After the Heaven Dou Royal Team won by forfeit, Su Ming questioned the brutal Star Luo succession rules and led his teammates away.

• Zhu Zhuqing realized Zhu Zhuyun had used the assassination attempts to temper her and keep others from harming her.
• Zhu Zhuyun admitted she had feared Dai Weisi would target Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi denied using underhanded methods against his rivals.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would not return to the Star Luo Empire and wanted to stay with Su Ming, while Dai Weisi accepted the explanation and conceded the match.
• Su Yuntao announced the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s victory, and spectators debated Su Ming’s limited performance.
• Su Ming criticized the Star Luo Empire’s deadly succession rules, then predicted which academies would advance and led his teammates back.

Tenuo learned that Tang San had caused Titan’s death on the journey to Spirit City and summoned the Strength Clan elders to decide what to do next. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong discussed Spirit Hall’s successful public reaction, Zhu Zhuqing’s power, and plans for the tournament and Star Luo Empire.

• Ning Rongrong asked Su Ming which team he hoped to face, and he said Thunderclap Academy would give him a chance to settle matters.
• A Strength Clan clansman told Tenuo that Titan had died after Tang San used him to shield Tang Hao from a Spirit Hall attack.
• Tenuo blamed Tang San and Tang Hao for Titan’s death, then ordered someone to bring Tailong back and summon the clan elders.
• Ju Hua Guan reported to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s actions had provoked a strong response, while Gui Mei praised Zhu Zhuqing’s Fifth Spirit Skill.
• Bibi Dong discussed protecting Zhu Zhuqing and the Star Luo Empire with Gui Mei, then confirmed that Xiao Xue would enter the tournament finals as a substitute.

Su Ming used a Bloodline Extraction Card on Yu Xiaogang to take the Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline. Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao suffered through a painful transformation while Su Ming kept them isolated behind a barrier.

• Su Ming learned from the system that Yu Xiaogang still had the Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline despite losing his cultivation.
• Su Ming traveled to Thunderclap Academy, entered Yu Xiaogang's room with Divine Might, and sealed it with a barrier.
• Su Ming used the Bloodline Extraction Card on Yu Xiaogang from behind.
• Yu Xiaogang felt unbearable itching and pain as Luo Sanpao emerged and began changing, developing golden scales, dragon whiskers, and horns.
• Yu Xiaogang called for Little San, but the barrier kept his cries from reaching anyone.

Yu Xiaogang mistook Luo Sanpao’s transformation into a Golden Holy Dragon for his Martial Soul evolving, but Su Ming took the bloodline away and left him near death. Su Ming then went to Dugu Bo, hoping the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline would help Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolve.

• Yu Xiaogang watched Luo Sanpao transform into a Golden Holy Dragon and believed he could cultivate again.
• Su Ming revealed himself, told Yu Xiaogang he was unworthy of the Golden Holy Dragon, and took its bloodline.
• Yu Xiaogang called for Tang San and Haotian Douluo as Su Ming left, then spat blood and fainted with only one breath left.
• Su Ming decided Dugu Bo was a suitable candidate for the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline and went to his room.
• Dugu Bo sensed a spatial fluctuation and recognized the masked figure emerging as Su Ming.

Su Ming gave Dugu Bo the Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline extracted from Yu Xiaogang and claimed his Azure Wood Green Dragon Scripture had enabled him to obtain it. Dugu Bo began fusing the bloodline with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, while Su Ming sensed Ju Hua Guan outside and brought him in.

• Su Ming removed his mask, explained how he had obtained the Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline, and offered it to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo questioned Su Ming’s method, so Su Ming claimed his Azure Wood Green Dragon Scripture cultivated a Green Dragon bloodline and included a secret technique for extracting bloodlines.
• Su Ming demonstrated the Green Dragon bloodline’s suppressive force, convincing Dugu Bo that his explanation was true.
• Su Ming urged Dugu Bo to absorb the Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline, and Dugu Bo began fusing it with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor while Su Ming stood guard.
• Su Ming sensed Ju Hua Guan outside and brought him inside.

Elder Ju visited Su Ming at night to ask permission to take Xiao Wu as his disciple, hoping to grow closer to him. Su Ming agreed on the condition that Elder Ju protect Xiao Wu, while Dugu Bo began transforming as he absorbed the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.

• Elder Ju visited Su Ming at night and noticed Dugu Bo absorbing the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.
• Elder Ju asked to accept Xiao Wu as his disciple, and Su Ming guessed he also hoped to get closer to him and obtain immortal herbs.
• Su Ming questioned what Elder Ju could teach Xiao Wu, and Elder Ju promised to protect her and find suitable Soul Rings for her.
• Su Ming agreed to the apprenticeship if Elder Ju fulfilled a teacher's responsibilities, and said he would speak to Xiao Wu the next day.
• Dugu Bo's aura surged as golden light enveloped the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and began transforming it.

Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul evolved into the Golden Dragon Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, raising his strength to the peak of level ninety-seven and granting him a domain. He demonstrated the Sacred Phosphorous Domain to Su Ming and Ju Hua Guan, revealing that its light spots were poisonous traps.

• Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul evolution ended, and he said his strength had reached the peak of level ninety-seven.
• Dugu Bo named his evolved Martial Soul the Golden Dragon Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and agreed to test its new ability.
• Su Ming used Void Transfer to bring Dugu Bo and Ju Hua Guan to a Spirit Hall training room, and Dugu Bo warned Ju Hua Guan to keep Su Ming’s ability secret.
• Dugu Bo released the Sacred Phosphorous Domain, surprising Su Ming and Ju Hua Guan with its light-attribute domain effect.
• Ju Hua Guan began feeling unwell inside the domain, while Su Ming felt nothing.
• Dugu Bo explained that the domain’s light spots contained Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison and acted as unavoidable traps.

Dugu Bo tested the three abilities of his new Sacred Phosphorous Domain, which left Ju Hua Guan stunned and impressed Su Ming with its power. After they returned, Su Ming planned to cultivate and prepared for the next day's match against Skywater Academy.

• Dugu Bo trapped Ju Hua Guan with Light Spot Trap, then protected him with Golden Guard, while Su Ming revealed no reaction to the poison.
• Dugu Bo explained that Radiant Purification could remove negative effects and suppress evil attributes, and that Golden Guard protected allies from the Domain's effects.
• Dugu Bo described Dragon Serpent Combination, which summoned Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and Golden Holy Dragon phantoms with seventy percent of his strength.
• Ju Hua Guan envied the close bond between Dugu Bo and Su Ming as they finished testing the Domain and returned to their rooms.
• Su Ming decided to cultivate, looked forward to facing Qian Renxue if she entered the finals, and prepared for the match against Skywater Academy.

Su Ming made progress switching between life and destruction Soul Power, then visited Huo Wu after Blazing Fire Academy lost to the Spirit Hall Team. He reassured her that he cared about her and urged her to tell him about her troubles, while Huo Wushuang reluctantly accepted their relationship.

• Su Ming practiced converting life and destruction powers and barely learned to switch freely between their Soul Power attributes.
• Huo Wushuang tried to comfort Huo Wu after Blazing Fire Academy lost to the Spirit Hall Team, while Huo Wu reflected that Hu Liena's Spiritual Power had countered her Ring Fusion.
• Su Ming arrived at the hotel and joined Huo Wu and her teammates for a meal.
• Huo Wushuang questioned Su Ming about his relationship with Huo Wu, and Su Ming confirmed that she was his girlfriend and said he treated all his girlfriends seriously.
• Su Ming explained that he had come because he was worried about Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang set aside his objections after deciding her happiness mattered.
• Su Ming held Huo Wu by the shoulders and told her to come to him first whenever something happened to her.

Su Ming prepared to test his new life-and-destruction ability as the Heaven Dou Team faced Tianshui Academy. At the arena, Tang San revealed his contempt for the badly injured Yu Xiaogang and considered killing him after the tournament.

• Su Ming realized he might shape his new ability around destruction as annihilation and life as rebirth, and considered testing it on Thunderclap Academy.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er warned Su Ming that Tianshui Academy was strong, while their familiar teasing made Xiao Wu and the others suspicious.
• Su Yuntao announced the Heaven Dou Team versus Tianshui Academy match, and the crowd showed stronger support for Tianshui Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang's Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline had been taken by a mysterious masked man, and Tang San regretted missing the chance to absorb it.
• Tang San decided Yu Xiaogang had outlived his usefulness and considered helping Spirit Hall finish him off after the tournament.
• Su Yuntao introduced both teams' fighters and started the match.

Su Ming's team resisted Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal and the two-person Ice Snow Falling Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Shui Yue'er revealed Skywater Academy's hidden three-person fusion. Su Ming and Ye Lingling answered with their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill as both teams prepared for a clash of powerful abilities.

• Shui Bing'er froze Su Ming's team with Ice Seal, but Su Ming's enhancement helped everyone break free, with Yufeng taking the longest.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu joined hands and unleashed Ice Snow Falling, forcing four Heaven Dou Academy members off the stage.
• Xiao Wu said Ice Snow Falling could not overcome the team's enhancements, but Su Ming noticed Shui Yue'er had stayed onstage.
• Shui Yue'er revealed a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Su Ming shocked by Skywater Academy's hidden trump card.
• Su Ming called Ye Lingling forward, and the two unleashed Yin Yang Life Extinguishing Domain to strengthen and heal their teammates.

Su Ming faced the powerful Ice Neon Dress, a Three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could replenish its Soul Power by absorbing ice energy. He unleashed Ultimate Wood against its Ultimate Ice, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass began reacting strangely.

• Spectators debated Skywater Team’s fusion skill and Heaven Dou Team’s chances while Yu Xiaogang believed Su Ming could outlast the opponents.
• Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue’er combined into Ice Neon Dress and covered the arena in ice, forcing Su Yuntao to call on Elder Ju and Elder Gui to reinforce the shield.
• Shui Bing’er revealed that Ice Neon Dress could absorb surrounding ice energy to replenish its Soul Power, frustrating Su Ming’s plan to wear the fusion down.
• Su Ming activated Ultimate Wood, briefly suppressing Ice Neon Dress, while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass stirred uncontrollably toward the arena.

Su Ming faced Skywater Academy’s three-person Ice Neon Dress Martial Soul Fusion Skill alone after his teammates left the stage. He summoned a Giant Wood Golem and entered Sage Mode, leaving the onlookers shocked by the power of his trump card.

• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and other wood- and ice-attributed Martial Souls were suppressed by Su Ming’s Ultimate Wood.
• Su Ming sent Dugu Yan and the rest of the Heaven Dou Team off the stage, canceling their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Wu voiced confidence in Su Ming while Shui Bing’er challenged him to reveal his strength.
• Su Ming used Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique to create a roughly thirty-meter Giant Wood Golem.
• Su Ming activated Sage Mode, boosting his aura and the Golem’s power to what Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei judged to be Titled Douluo level.
• Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei discussed Su Ming’s hidden strength and the purge of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Tang San and Dai Mubai watched in disbelief.

Su Ming shattered Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu’s Absolute Zero—Ice Seal Thousand Miles and counterattacked their Snow Woman. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill vanished as the battle turned in Su Ming’s favor.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed Su Ming’s strength came from a temporary secret technique, while Tang San doubted the move had severe side effects.
• Su Ming entered the Wood Human’s internal space and challenged Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Xue Wu to show the full power of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing’er gathered the surrounding ice and unleashed Absolute Zero—Ice Seal Thousand Miles, freezing the Wood Human inside a massive ice crystal.
• Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing reassured the Heaven Dou Team that Su Ming’s life force remained strong, and the ice crystal soon cracked and shattered.
• Su Ming sent the Wood Dragon to bite the Snow Woman and used trees to pin it down, rapidly draining the three girls’ Soul Power until their fusion skill disappeared.

After Heaven Dou Team defeated Skywater Academy, Shui Yue'er boldly confessed her feelings to Su Ming, who accepted her as his girlfriend with the other girls' approval. The chapter ends with Heaven Dou Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Spirit Hall confirmed as the three teams advancing to the finals.

• Su Ming used his Second Soul Skill to restore Shui Bing'er and the others' Soul Power, and Su Yuntao announced Heaven Dou Team's victory.
• Shui Yue'er clung to Su Ming in front of the crowd, and Su Yuntao teased him about winning her heart.
• Su Ming asked Shui Yue'er why she was acting so boldly, and she said she had liked him since they first met and knew he already had girlfriends.
• Shui Yue'er asked to become Su Ming's girlfriend, and Su Ming agreed after Xiao Wu and the other girls approved.
• Shui Yue'er kissed Su Ming on the cheek, and he hurried away with the girls as onlookers watched.
• The tournament announced Heaven Dou Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Spirit Hall as the three teams advancing to the finals.

The Grand Finals began with the teams gathered before Pope’s Palace, where Qian Renxue appeared openly as a member of the Spirit Hall Team. Bibi Dong arrived and sized up Tang San and Su Ming, leaving Tang San unaware that Spirit Hall planned to target him after the competition.

• Spirit Hall allowed the participating teams to gather before Pope’s Palace for the Grand Finals and arranged for the match to be projected for spectators outside the plaza.
• Qian Renxue joined the Spirit Hall Team in her true appearance, drawing attention from the other teams; Hu Liena worried about her chances against Su Ming.
• Tang San was captivated by Qian Renxue, while Su Ming confirmed to Xiao Wu that she was the sister he had acknowledged and that she was a Soul Douluo.
• Bibi Dong arrived at Pope’s Palace, first looked at Tang San, then turned her attention to Su Ming.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes under Bibi Dong’s gaze and relaxed after she looked away, unaware that Spirit Hall planned to kill him after the competition.

Tang San resolved to use a Soul Burst Pill to support the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against Su Ming, while Bibi Dong revealed three valuable Soul Bones as the final's reward. Yu Xiaogang questioned Spirit Hall's new team member but was knocked to the ground by a cardinal's slight Soul Power pressure, leaving the cardinal to wonder whether he had faked his fall.

• Tang San watched Su Ming and decided to take a Soul Burst Pill to boost his Spiritual Power for the coming battle.
• Bibi Dong encouraged the competitors and revealed three Soul Bones as Spirit Hall's reward for the final victor.
• Gui Mei identified the Soul Bones, and Tang San fixed his attention on the Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation before considering whether to cooperate with Heaven Dou Academy.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to investigate Qian Renxue's strength, and Yu Xiaogang questioned Bibi Dong about Spirit Hall's changed lineup.
• A cardinal released a small amount of Soul Power pressure at Yu Xiaogang, who collapsed to the ground, making the cardinal suspect he had faked a fall.

At the tournament, Bibi Dong let Yu Xiaogang face public humiliation before revealing that Spirit Hall’s new team member was Qian Renxue, an eighty-three-level Soul Douluo and her daughter. The crowd reeled at Qian Renxue’s identity and strength, while Tang San feared she had been brought in to counter Su Ming.

• A red-clad bishop’s Soul Power pressure made Yu Xiaogang bleed, and Flender stepped in to shield him as the crowd condemned him.
• Tang San appeared angry on Yu Xiaogang’s behalf, but Su Ming noticed that Tang San’s body remained completely still.
• Bibi Dong ordered the red-clad bishop to stand down and said Spirit Hall had not violated competition rules by adding a qualified substitute.
• After Flender and Zhao Wuji pressed for information, Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Renxue was Qian Daoliu’s granddaughter, possessed the Six-winged Angel Martial Soul, and was an eighty-three-level Soul Douluo.
• Bibi Dong declared that Qian Renxue was also her daughter, shocking the crowd and Yu Xiaogang; Tang San recognized the threat she posed to Thunderclap Academy.
• Space briefly rippled in the void as the spectators speculated about Bibi Dong’s reasons for revealing Qian Renxue.

Su Ming rejected Tang San’s proposal to cooperate against Spirit Hall, insisting that Heaven Dou Academy wanted to face Thunderclap Academy. Both academies forfeited the individual elimination match, setting up their team battle while Spirit Hall advanced automatically.

• Bibi Dong announced the individual elimination rules and said the winner would advance directly to the championship match.
• Tang San asked Su Ming to join forces against Spirit Hall, but Su Ming rejected the proposal and accused Tang San of seeking the benefits for himself.
• Su Ming resolved to use a new soul skill against Thunderclap Academy’s members, especially Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Thunderclap Academy forfeited the individual match, and Su Ming then declared Heaven Dou Academy would forfeit too.
• Bibi Dong canceled the individual elimination match, advanced Spirit Hall automatically, and scheduled Heaven Dou Academy to face Thunderclap Academy in a team battle.

Thunderclap Academy used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to funnel its Soul Power into Tang San, who reached low-tier Soul Douluo strength and attacked Su Ming with the Clear Sky Hammer. Su Ming faced the strike with a Wood Style shield, while Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling trapped and tormented Tang San’s six teammates.

• Su Ming predicted that Thunderclap Academy would transfer its power to Tang San, and he told his team to follow his orders when they revealed their trump card.
• Tang San’s teammates used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to transfer their Soul Power to him, raising him to low-tier Soul Douluo strength.
• Xiao Wu immobilized the six exhausted teammates with her Fifth Spirit Skill, Space Lock, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling attacked and healed them.
• Tang San activated Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul True Body and charged Su Ming with the first strike of Chaotic Wind.
• Su Ming waited until the hammer was about a meter away, then formed a fanged wooden shield with Wood Style, Ranking Technique.