Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu in the Pope Palace, defending her leadership of Spirit Hall and rejecting his criticism over her absence. After Qian Daoliu left without attacking her, Bibi Dong privately resolved that Spirit Hall’s future belonged to A-Qing, not Qian Renxue.

• Qian Daoliu pressured Bibi Dong with his Angel Soul Power and accused her of neglecting her duties.
• Bibi Dong listed her completed work and condemned Qian Daoliu for judging her without investigating the facts.
• Bibi Dong asserted that she had built Spirit Hall’s strength and refused to support Qian Renxue’s plan or acknowledge her as her daughter.
• Bibi Dong warned Qian Daoliu that the Pope Palace governed Spirit Hall and that he could not interfere freely in its affairs.
• Qian Daoliu withdrew his aura and left the Pope Palace after deciding he could not yet touch Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong reflected that Spirit Hall’s future belonged to A-Qing and declared that it would never belong to Qian Renxue.

Lin Qingmo woke beside an exhausted Xiao Wu, learned that Bibi Dong had found no information about his unusual Martial Soul, and told the Chat Group that Bibi Dong had crippled Tang Hao. Qian Renxue was left shaken by the news and by the prospect of Bibi Dong moving against the Single Attribute Four Clans.

• Lin Qingmo gently soothed Xiao Wu with life energy and asked Bibi Dong whether she had found information about the green stone, Annihilation Force, or his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Qingmo that her search had found nothing, and Ah Yin asked whether he had returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Qingmo announced to the Chat Group that Bibi Dong had crippled Tang Hao, taking an arm and a leg and reducing his Soul Power by twenty levels.
• Ah Yin reacted to Tang Hao's name but steadied herself by focusing on returning to Lin Qingmo's side.
• Qian Renxue read Lin Qingmo's news and wondered who the powerful Eastern Emperor Douluo was.

Qian Renxue grew wary of Lin Qingmo after learning that his mysterious ally, Sister Eastern Emperor, had crippled Tang Hao and planned to target the Single Attribute Four Clans. Lin Qingmo resolved to dismantle Tang San’s future support, while comforting Xiao Wu ahead of the upcoming Soul Fighting matches.

• Qian Renxue found no record of a Title Douluo called Eastern Emperor and decided to investigate Sister Eastern Emperor and Lin Qingmo.
• Lin Qingmo told the Chat Group that Sister Eastern Emperor planned to move against the Single Attribute Four Clans, and he threatened to destroy the Clear Sky Sect if it intervened.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Lin Qingmo was far more dangerous than she had assumed and ordered a thorough investigation to protect her Heaven Dou City plans.
• Lin Qingmo considered using Dugu Bo and the Snowy Swan Kiss to eliminate the Clear Sky Sect, and planned to cut down Tang San’s allies and future advantages.
• Xiao Wu asked what Lin Qingmo was thinking, and he promised to help her win the upcoming Soul Fighting matches.

As Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the former Imperial Fighting Team members trained at Blue Tyrant Academy, Oscar announced that the Imperial Fighting Team would face Blazing Fire Academy that evening. The group set off for the match, while Tang San stayed behind, listening in frustration.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Tianheng, the Shi Mo brothers, and Osler trained as Tang San struggled with stalled Soul Power and felt isolated from the group.
• Oscar rushed onto the training ground and announced that the Imperial Fighting Team would face Blazing Fire Academy at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena that evening.
• Yu Tianheng, the Shi Mo brothers, and Osler reacted to news of their former team, and Dai Mubai agreed to attend the match with the others.
• Oscar revealed that he had reserved the group seats, and everyone left the training ground together.
• Tang San overheard their conversation, crushed a stone in his hand, and remained alone at the training ground.

Huo Wushuang warned Blazing Fire Team that the reorganized Imperial Fighting Team might be stronger than their old preparations accounted for. With Emperor Xue Ye set to watch, Huo Wu and the others prepared to enter the arena, still determined to win.

• Huo Wu and her teammates mocked the Imperial Fighting Team and boasted about Blazing Fire's strength.
• Huo Wushuang revealed that Yu Tianheng and several others had withdrawn, leaving the Imperial Fighting Team completely reorganized.
• Huo Wushuang told the team that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had arranged the match and Emperor Xue Ye would attend in person.
• Huo Wushuang ordered his teammates not to underestimate their opponents or act independently, while Huo Wu remained convinced Blazing Fire would win.
• A staff member announced that five minutes remained and called both teams to the contestant passage.

Xue Ye, Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi gathered to watch the Imperial Fighting Team face the Blazing Fire Team. Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek students also arrived to scout their rivals as the Blazing Fire Team entered the arena.

• Xue Ye welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin to the VIP room, where Ning Fengzhi said he was curious about the restructured Imperial Fighting Team and his daughter Ning Rongrong's participation.
• Ning Fengzhi privately focused his attention on Lin Qingmo, the thirteen-year-old captain whose abilities remained mysterious to him and Sword Douluo.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang watched from the audience, and Yu Xiaogang instructed the Shrek students to study both teams' tactics and Soul Skills.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Yu Tianheng, Osler, the Shi Brothers, and Tang San joined the Shrek teachers in the audience, while Yu Tianheng struggled with being a spectator after once captaining the Imperial Fighting Team.
• The referee announced the match between the Imperial Fighting Team and the Blazing Fire Team, and Huo Wushuang led his team onto the arena with Huo Wu and the other members.

The Imperial Fighting Team arrived at the arena, drawing attention to captain Lin Qingmo and its talented members. Xue Ye and Qian Renxue questioned what they could discern about Xiao Wu and Lin Qingmo, leaving Xue Ye increasingly curious about the captain whose Soul Power he could not sense.

• The Imperial Fighting Team entered the arena, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu took notice of Lin Qingmo and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Qingmo studied Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, reflecting on Huo Wu's fiery appearance and personality.
• Xue Ye recognized Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong's presence on the team and praised Xiao Wu as a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Renxue wondered why Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin had not detected Xiao Wu's identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xue Ye failed to sense Lin Qingmo's Soul Power, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo explained that they had also been unable to assess him.
• Xue Ye grew more interested in Lin Qingmo, the thirteen-year-old captain whose strength remained hidden.

The Imperial Fighting Team and the Blazing Fire Team prepared to face each other, while former teammates and Shrek Academy members watched from the audience. Huo Wu flirted with Lin Qingmo, prompting Xiao Wu to intervene, and the chapter ended as the Blazing Fire Team revealed its martial souls and the match began.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Yu Tianheng watched the reorganized Imperial Fighting Team and dwelled on their own losses and past relationships.
• Feng Xiaotian declared that the Blazing Fire Team would win and praised Huo Wu, revealing his obsession with her.
• Huo Wushuang and Lin Qingmo exchanged introductions, then Huo Wu complimented Lin Qingmo and reached for his hand.
• Xiao Wu caught Huo Wu's hand, warned Lin Qingmo to avoid women like her, and returned with him to the Imperial Fighting Team's formation.
• The referee started the match, and all seven members of the Blazing Fire Team manifested their martial souls and optimal spirit rings.

The Imperial Fighting Team revealed its powerful lineup, but Captain Lin Qingmo surprised the audience by taking a position behind the support healers instead of entering the fight. He reassured his teammates as the Blazing Fire Team opened with a rain of flame projectiles.

• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Yu Feng, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling summoned their Martial Souls and strengthened or healed the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Lin Qingmo left the front of the formation and stood between Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling without revealing his Martial Soul or Spirit Rings.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi admitted they could not understand Lin Qingmo's tactic, while Qian Renxue wondered whether he planned to let the other six fight alone.
• Lin Qingmo told his teammates to enjoy the battle and promised they would not lose, reassuring them and the support healers beside him.
• Huo Chui and Huo Jun strengthened the Blazing Fire Team with Fire Spark Like Silk, then launched Fire Spark Like Rain at the Imperial Fighting Team.

The Imperial Fighting Team blocked the Blazing Fire Team’s opening attacks, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu used a planned ambush to eliminate Huo Lie. The fight continued with the Blazing Fire Team stunned by Xiao Wu’s teleportation and powerful kick.

• Dugu Yan’s poisonous barrier absorbed the Blazing Fire Team’s Fire Spark Like Rain, while Yu Feng and Huo Wushuang countered each other’s attacks.
• Huo Wushuang recognized Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and warned his teammates, so Huo Lie charged Zhu Zhuqing to break the Imperial Fighting Team’s flank.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab and her concealed Black Shadow Claws to pierce Huo Lie’s defense, then struck him with Hell Hundred Claws.
• Ye Lingling healed Zhu Zhuqing as Xiao Wu teleported behind Huo Lie and struck him with her Eight-Stage Kick.
• Huo Lie was knocked unconscious and eliminated, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu turned toward other opponents as the audience erupted.

The Blazing Fire Team targeted the Imperial Fighting Team’s support fighters, but Lin Qingmo stopped Huo Yun and Huo Yu without moving or revealing his Martial Soul. His unseen attack left Huo Yun seriously injured, and the Blazing Fire Team was forced onto the defensive.

• Huo Wushuang ordered the Blazing Fire Team to form a defense while Huo Yun and Huo Yu launched a twin attack on Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling.
• Yu Feng tried to intercept the twins, but they slipped past him and closed in on the support fighters.
• Lin Qingmo sent a blue-green vine from underground, destroyed two phantom Fire Cranes, and whipped Huo Yun and Huo Yu back across the battlefield.
• Chen Xin, Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi noticed the vine, and Ning Fengzhi suggested that Lin Qingmo’s Blue Silver Grass was a mutated Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the injured Huo Yun with Nether Slash, while Huo Yu and the Blazing Fire Team’s remaining members moved to protect them.

Huo Wu used Ring Fusion to empower her Repulsion Fire Ring and Fire Dance Shining Sun, overwhelming Dugu Yan’s poison and launching a black flame sun at Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu met the attack with her Invincible Golden Body, and the chapter ended with the arena shrouded in smoke before the outcome was clear.

• Huo Wu fused her Spirit Rings and used Repulsion Fire Ring to repel the Imperial Fighting Team’s attacks and split its formation.
• Huo Wushuang strengthened himself with Tyrant Dragon's Fury and unleashed Blazing Flame Burning Light, while Dugu Yan boosted her team and sent a poison dragon against the flames.
• Huo Wu expanded her Repulsion Fire Ring with support from Huo Chui and Huo Jun, shattering Dugu Yan’s poison dragon and injuring Dugu Yan through the backlash.
• Huo Wu absorbed her teammates’ Soul Power, fused her Spirit Rings again, and charged Fire Dance Shining Sun into a black flame sun.
• Huo Wu fired the black flame sun at Xiao Wu, who stepped forward and blocked it with Invincible Golden Body.
• The impact shook the arena’s Spirit Power Barrier and filled the battlefield with smoke, leaving the match’s outcome unknown.

Xiao Wu charged into Huo Wu’s Spirit Emperor-level attack, Fire Dance Shining Sun, while Lin Qingmo stopped the referee from intervening. Xiao Wu activated her Invincible Golden Body, and the chapter ended with the arena hidden by smoke and her fate unknown.

• Xiao Wu charged directly at Huo Wu’s black sun, leaving Tang San and Huo Wu stunned and alarmed.
• Lin Qingmo restrained the referee with Blue Silver Grass and insisted Xiao Wu would be unharmed.
• Lin Qingmo pulled Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing away from the attack while they questioned his confidence in Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu activated her Fourth Spirit Ability, Invincible Golden Body, and declared that Huo Wu’s attack could not hurt her.
• Fire Dance Shining Sun exploded across the arena, filling it with smoke and dust and leaving Xiao Wu’s condition unclear.

Xiao Wu survived Huo Wu’s powerful Ring Fusion attack with her Invincible Golden Body, leaving the crowd stunned and the Blazing Fire Team nearly defeated. Lin Qingmo stopped his teammates from finishing the match and invited Ye Lingling to join him for a performance, bringing her into the spotlight.

• Tang San rushed toward the arena in fear for Xiao Wu, but she leaped unharmed from the crater after Huo Wu’s attack.
• The spectators cheered for Xiao Wu, while Yu Xiaogang and the other fighters marveled at the strength of her spirit abilities.
• Huo Wu collapsed from exhaustion, and Lin Qingmo pulled Xiao Wu to his side with Blue Silver Grass before praising her.
• Yu Feng, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong prepared to attack the weakened Blazing Fire Team, but Lin Qingmo stopped them.
• Lin Qingmo reached out to Ye Lingling and asked her to perform with him, and she blushed as she realized he meant to give her a chance to become the crowd’s focus.

Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling joined hands against the weakened Blazing Fire Team after the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team left the arena. Their Martial Souls fused, leaving the audience stunned and Yu Xiaogang unable to reconcile what he saw with his theories.

• The exhausted Blazing Fire Team rallied to fight on, refusing to surrender despite having less than thirty percent of their Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing left the arena, leaving Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling to face the six opponents.
• Huo Wu accused Lin Qingmo of insulting the Blazing Fire Team by leaving only two fighters, but Lin Qingmo said he wanted to give the match a spectacular ending and had no intention of losing.
• Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling joined hands and released their Blue Silver Tree of Life and Destruction and Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Souls, whose lights fused together.
• Flender recognized the radiance as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang was shaken because the fusion contradicted his theories about Martial Soul compatibility.

Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling revealed the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill powerful enough to rival a Soul Saint’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the Blazing Fire Team seemingly defeated. Refusing to surrender, Huo Wu gathered her teammates’ remaining Soul Power and prepared one final Fire Dance Shining Sun.

• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing were shocked to learn that Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling had hidden a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• In the VIP room, Sword Douluo Chen Xin judged the fusion skill’s power comparable to a Soul Saint’s full-strength Martial Soul Avatar, and Qian Renxue realized Lin Qingmo had concealed another secret.
• The fading light revealed the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree, formed from Lin Qingmo’s Blue Silver Tree of Life and Destruction and Ye Lingling’s Nine-Heart Begonia.
• The Blazing Fire Team felt overwhelmed by the ancient tree, but Huo Wu refused to accept defeat without fighting back.
• Huo Wu gathered the remaining Soul Power of Huo Wushuang, Huo Chui, Huo Jun, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu, then began Ring Fusion to unleash a final Black Sun.

Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling used the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree’s Nine Hearts as One fatal strike to destroy the Blazing Fire Team’s attack, but the beam threatened the exhausted team. Sword Douluo Chen Xin intervened and cut the beam apart, saving them.

• Huo Wu and the Blazing Fire Team poured their remaining Soul Power into Fire Dance Shining Sun, sending a black sun toward the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree.
• Lin Qingmo reassured Ye Lingling and had her unleash the Nine Hearts as One fatal strike.
• The dark golden beam pierced through and extinguished the black sun, then continued toward the helpless Blazing Fire Team.
• Huo Wushuang shielded Huo Wu as the team faced the incoming beam with no strength to escape.
• Chen Xin appeared with the Seven Kill Sword, blocked the beam, and then cleaved it apart before it could harm the Blazing Fire Team.

Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill nearly killed the Blazing Fire Team, but Chen Xin split the attack and the Imperial Fighting Team won. Sword Douluo praised Lin Qingmo’s potential, and the team celebrated their victory with plans for a feast.

• Chen Xin split the fusion skill’s beam, saving the Blazing Fire Team, and the referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winners.
• Lin Qingmo comforted Ye Lingling, then told Chen Xin he had expected someone powerful to intervene if the attack became dangerous.
• Chen Xin praised Lin Qingmo as a future Title Douluo and vanished, leaving Lin Qingmo bewildered and Ye Lingling delighted.
• The Imperial Fighting Team crowded around Lin Qingmo to celebrate and tease him about the fusion skill he had kept secret.
• Lin Qingmo offered to treat the team to dinner at Heaven Dou City’s best hotel, and everyone cheered.

After the Blazing Fire Team lost to the Imperial Fighting Team, Lin Qingmo healed Huo Wu, who rejected Feng Xiaotian and vowed to defeat Lin Qingmo in the tournament. Feng Xiaotian blamed Lin Qingmo and chased after Huo Wu.

• Huo Wushuang admitted the Blazing Fire Team had lost, and Lin Qingmo praised Huo Wu's resolve.
• Lin Qingmo healed Huo Wu's injuries, easing the tension between the two teams.
• Feng Xiaotian rushed over with medicine, but Huo Wu again told him she did not like him.
• Huo Wu challenged herself to defeat Lin Qingmo at the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and left with Huo Wushuang.
• Feng Xiaotian glared at Lin Qingmo, threatened to remember him, and ran after Huo Wu.

After Lin Qingmo’s victory, his talent drew the attention of Heaven Dou’s ruler, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Qian Renxue, while Xiao Wu reacted jealously to Huo Wu’s interest in him. The match also shook Tang San and the others into accepting harsher training, and Flender thought he glimpsed Liu Erlong as the Imperial Fighting Team left.

• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong teased Lin Qingmo about Huo Wu, while Xiao Wu insisted Huo Wu had ulterior motives and moved protectively closer to him.
• Xue Ye praised Lin Qingmo and promised to support his development, while Ning Fengzhi considered recruiting him and Chen Xin judged his Martial Soul to be a top-tier mutation.
• Qian Renxue decided she had to recruit Lin Qingmo despite Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi also taking an interest in him.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng admitted they could not confidently withstand the attacks they had witnessed, while Dai Mubai brooded over Zhu Zhuqing’s strength.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the team to double their training, and Tang San recognized Lin Qingmo as his greatest future rival.
• Flender thought he saw Liu Erlong near the arena exit, then concluded he had mistaken someone else for her.