Chapter Summaries

The New Royal Fight Team defeated Skywater Academy after Zhu Zhuqing used her newly permitted techniques to eliminate Xue Wu, prompting Shui Bing'er to concede. Ning Chuan praised Shui Bing'er’s intelligence, and the Shrek Team later defeated Thunder Academy.

• Ning Chuan gave Zhu Zhuqing permission to use her Mystic Heaven Treasure Record techniques as the teams began their match.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded Skywater Academy’s front line and Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal, then threw Xue Wu off the arena.
• Shui Bing’er realized Ning Chuan had let himself be frozen to distract her and conceded after Xue Wu’s elimination.
• Ning Chuan praised Shui Bing’er as the strongest among the girls he had met, and Zhu Zhuqing dragged him away from her.
• The Shrek Team used Oscar’s Speed Sausage and its Soul Ancestors to defeat Thunder Academy, with Yu Tianheng beating Yu Tianxin.

After Shrek defeated Skywater Academy, Ning Chuan discovered that Tang San had gained a Cave Demon Spider External Soul Bone. Tang San won only because the bone saved him from Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving him bitter and blaming Yu Xiaogang for his weakness.

• The Organizing Committee expanded the Preliminary Round to twenty-eight matches, setting a three-way one-on-one contest between Ning Chuan, Feng Xiaotian, and Tang San.
• Shui Bing'er suppressed Tang San in Shrek's match against Skywater Academy, and Tang San ordered his teammates off the Soul Battle Stage when she and Xue Wu formed their Ice Phoenix.
• Tang San escaped the Ice Phoenix's attack with eight spider legs from a Cave Demon Spider External Soul Bone, which Ning Chuan and several others spotted.
• Shui Bing'er forfeited after the Ice Phoenix devastated the arena, and the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Tang San left the Battle Stage withdrawn, regretting his helplessness against Shui Bing'er and blaming Yu Xiaogang's guidance for his weak Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San and Feng Xiaotian began their one-on-one match, with Feng Xiaotian repeatedly provoking Tang San over the Mystic Heaven Treasure Record and demanding to see the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San revealed the hammer and met Feng Xiaotian’s aerial attack with a spirit ability, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xue Ye announced the match between Feng Xiaotian and Tang San, who summoned their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.
• Feng Xiaotian used Wind Blade Barrage to counter Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mystic Jade Hand, then accused him of using a stolen Mystic Heaven Treasure Record.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to evade Feng Xiaotian’s wind blades, trapped him briefly with Blue Silver Cage, and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian escaped the cage, strengthened himself with his Second and Third Spirit Rings, took flight, and began his Cyclone Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Tang San launched himself into the air and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer’s Second Spirit Ability as Feng Xiaotian countered with Fourth Spirit Ability, Demon Wolf Storm.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Tang San with his Cyclone Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, then faced Ning Chuan and was instantly disarmed by Ning Chuan’s Seven Kill Sword Technique. The chapter left Shrek’s team stunned as Dai Mubai questioned whether Tang San could match Ning Chuan.

• Ning Chuan explained how the Clear Sky Hammer’s strength weakened when Tang San used it in midair, and Feng Xiaotian knocked Tang San back.
• Feng Xiaotian used his Cyclone Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Tang San, but the Clear Sky Hammer shattered his light blades and left him injured.
• Shao Xin and Ning Fengzhi helped Tang San and Feng Xiaotian recover before Ning Chuan’s match with Feng Xiaotian began.
• Ning Chuan urged Feng Xiaotian to use all thirty-six slashes, then cut through the attack and shredded Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Twin Wings with Sword Qi.
• Ning Fengzhi identified Ning Chuan’s technique as the Seven Kill Sword Technique, while Dai Mubai asked Tang San if he was confident against Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan faced Tang San in the final match of the Preliminary Round and quickly demonstrated that his swordsmanship had grown even stronger. Tang San survived Ning Chuan’s opening attack with his External Soul Bone, while Ning Fengzhi reconsidered Tang San’s potential.

• Tang San kept his plan secret from Xiao Wu and stepped onto the stage to face Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan taunted Tang San about choosing Yu Xiaogang over Louise, deepening Tang San’s jealousy and hatred.
• The match began, and Ning Chuan’s Sword Qi struck Tang San with far greater speed than before.
• Tang San blocked with the Clear Sky Hammer and used his Eight Spider Lances to stop himself from falling off the stage.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Tang San’s External Soul Bone and concluded that his Twin Spirits and bone gave him a chance to surpass Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan defeated Tang San by exploiting the limits of Chaotic Cloak and cutting apart the Eight Spider Lances. Tang San refused to accept defeat and attempted a poisoned Hidden Weapon attack, but Ning Chuan anticipated him and struck the lance fragments first.

• Ning Chuan tested Tang San's enhanced speed and strength, then used his Sword Shield to withstand the Clear Sky Hammer's Demon Bear Hammer.
• Ning Chuan evaded Tang San's Chaotic Cloak barrage and forced him to keep swinging by attacking from a distance with Sword Qi.
• Ning Chuan baited Tang San into completing the thirty-sixth swing, then shattered the arena beneath his feet and launched him into the air.
• Ning Chuan sliced apart Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and kicked him into the ground, leaving Tang San furious and unwilling to accept the referee's impending decision.
• Tang San threw the Clear Sky Hammer and reached for the lance fragments to carry out his poisoned Hidden Weapon plan, but Ning Chuan dodged the hammer and struck the fragments with Sword Qi.

Ning Chuan defeated Tang San in the final match of the Heaven Dou Empire Preliminary Round and exposed how Tang San’s opponents had repeatedly fought into the Clear Sky Hammer. The New Royal Fight Team won first place, and the top six teams received advancement certificates amid hostility toward Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang San tried to collect the Eight Spider Lances fragments and challenged Ning Chuan to face his Batwing Reincarnation, but Ning Chuan slashed him into a pillar and left him badly injured.
• Ning Chuan explained that fighting strategically meant interrupting dangerous attacks and avoiding the Clear Sky Hammer, prompting the spectators and Feng Xiaotian to recognize how they had played into Tang San’s weapon.
• Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang for his fighting style and grew angrier at him as the referee declared Ning Chuan the winner.
• The New Royal Fight Team claimed first place in the preliminary round, followed by Shrek Academy, Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, Skywater Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy.
• Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing accepted advancement certificates onstage and faced hostile looks from Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Huo Wu.

After the Preliminary Round ended, Ning Chuan humiliated Huo Wu in a hand-to-hand fight and was summoned to the Crown Prince Residence, where Qian Renxue posed as a beautiful sword Spirit Master to draw him into a honey trap. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang blocked the New Royal Fight Team outside Heaven Dou City and approached the Shi Brothers under an assumed identity.

• Xue Ye awarded the six advancing teams titles, prize money, and a promise of help hunting their next Spirit Beasts, while Ning Fengzhi and Salas traded barbed remarks.
• Huo Wu challenged Ning Chuan to fight without using his Spirit, but he defeated her in one move and mocked her; she rejected Feng Xiaotian after he tried to comfort her.
• An attendant from the Crown Prince Residence summoned Ning Chuan, who left the New Royal Fight Team and arrived at the residence to meet 'Xue Qinghe.'
• 'Xue Qinghe' introduced Qian Renxue, disguised as Red Snow, as a level 65 sword Spirit Master and tried to use her charm to recruit Ning Chuan.
• Yu Xiaogang, disguised as an old beggar, blocked the New Royal Fight Team outside Heaven Dou City and addressed the Shi Brothers by name.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with the New Royal Fight Team and learned that Tang San had publicly said he wanted to kill him, leading him to suspect Tang San had arranged his downfall. When Shrek Academy arrived, Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San and begged him to deny the accusation.

• Ning Rongrong recognized Yu Xiaogang, who claimed bandits had robbed him and crippled his Soul Power.
• The New Royal Fight Team suspected Tang San or his father had harmed Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong told him Tang San had said he wanted him dead.
• Yu Xiaogang broke down as he realized Tang San might be responsible for his suffering.
• Flender and the Shrek Academy group arrived, and Ning Rongrong told Yu Xiaogang to ask Tang San directly.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Tang San's shoulders and repeatedly demanded to know whether he had arranged the robbery and crippled his Soul Power.

Yu Xiaogang recounted how he had been crippled and abused after returning from Spirit City, while Tang San denied harming him and swore an oath. Tang San then suggested Ning Chuan might have been responsible, leaving the blame unresolved.

• Tang San denied harming Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek group backed up his claim that he had been with them.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that Tang San swear neither he nor Tang Hao had harmed Yu Xiaogang, but Xiao Wu defended the attack as deserved.
• Tang San swore that he had not arranged for Yu Xiaogang to be harmed, easing Yu Tianheng's suspicion and Flender's concern.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and the others about his ordeal in Spirit City and accused Ning Chuan of recognizing him but leaving him at Beggar's Nest.
• Tang San suggested Ning Chuan had crippled Yu Xiaogang and deliberately pretended not to recognize him.

Flender learned Yu Xiaogang had been expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Shrek group headed for Blue Overlord Academy. At a banquet, Qian Renxue challenged Ning Chuan to a swordsmanship spar, hoping to conquer him, while Ning Chuan considered how to handle her advances.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar accused Ning Chuan of harming Yu Xiaogang, but Flender doubted their claims and Yu Xiaogang changed the subject to the Spirit Master Competition.
• Qin Ming told Yu Xiaogang that Xue Ye had expelled him from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and barred him from leading the team, causing Yu Xiaogang to faint.
• Flender sent Qin Ming and the others back to the academy, then decided to take Yu Xiaogang and the remaining Shrek members to Blue Overlord Academy.
• At a banquet hosted by "Xue Qinghe," Qian Renxue challenged Ning Chuan to a swordsmanship spar at the Crown Prince Residence's Closed Training Ground.
• Ning Chuan praised Qian Renxue but told "Xue Qinghe" that he already had a girlfriend, while privately considering how to deal with her.

Xue Qinghe encouraged Ning Chuan to pursue Red Snow, then Qian Renxue tested him in the Crown Prince Residence’s underground training ground. After Ning Chuan’s attack forced Qian Renxue to reveal her Six-Winged Angel Spirit, she exposed her identity to him and ordered Serpent Spear Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo to stop him from leaving.

• Xue Qinghe proposed that Ning Chuan win Red Snow’s favor, and Ning Chuan reluctantly agreed to try.
• Qian Renxue waited in the underground training ground as Serpent Spear Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo discussed her plans.
• Ning Chuan attacked Qian Renxue with his true body and three clones, putting her in danger and forcing her to reveal her Six-Winged Angel Spirit.
• Qian Renxue declared that Ning Chuan must submit to her or be destroyed, while Ning Chuan pretended not to recognize her Spirit.
• Qian Renxue identified her Spirit and tried to keep Ning Chuan from leaving by ordering Serpent Spear Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo to block his path.

Ning Chuan rejected Qian Renxue’s demand that he submit and tried to negotiate friendship instead. He revealed his unringed Second Spirit, leaving Qian Renxue, Serpent Spear Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo stunned by his Twin Spirits.

• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Spirit and demanded that Ning Chuan submit or be destroyed.
• Ning Chuan identified Qian Renxue as the person impersonating Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and she confirmed her name was Qian Renxue.
• Ning Chuan refused to become her servant but proposed that they become friends, stirring painful memories for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue said friendship required talent, strength, and intelligence, and doubted Ning Chuan had enough talent because of his Spirit.
• Ning Chuan produced a Gold-Silver-Gray Honeycomb Metal Ball as his Second Spirit, shocking Qian Renxue, Serpent Spear Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo.

Ning Chuan challenged Qian Renxue to prove his strength and earn her acknowledgment as a friend. Their battle began with Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain suppressing his attacks, but Ning Chuan’s Gold Devouring Insects devoured her Angel Spirit Power, leaving her shocked.

• Qian Renxue accepted Ning Chuan’s challenge, agreeing to acknowledge him as a friend if he won and demanding that he submit to her if he lost.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish left the training ground while Qian Renxue and Ning Chuan began their battle.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel Domain and charged at Ning Chuan, but he evaded her attack with a burst of speed enhanced by Evil-warding Divine Lightning.
• Ning Chuan’s shattered metal spheres transformed into Gold Devouring Insects, which swarmed Qian Renxue and devoured her golden attack.
• Qian Renxue realized the insects could consume her Angel Spirit Power, and her expression turned grim.

Ning Chuan used his Gold Devouring Insects to push Qian Renxue to the brink, but her Angel Roar destroyed more than half the swarm and ended the Angel Domain. Both acknowledged each other as rivals and prepared to settle the fight with one final strike.

• Ning Chuan sent his Gold Devouring Insects against Qian Renxue, who used her spirit skills and Sacred Sword to fight them off as they devoured her attacks and Angel Spirit Power.
• Qian Renxue recalled her painful childhood and refused to let anyone interfere, then unleashed her Sixth Spirit Ability, Angel Roar, destroying many insects and exhausting herself.
• Ning Chuan recalled the surviving insects and pretended to be depleted, while Qian Renxue recognized his skill and called him a worthy lifelong rival.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Chuan agreed to decide the victor with one final strike, and each prepared their attack.

Ning Chuan defeated Qian Renxue in their duel, and Qian Renxue stopped Snake Lance and Pufferfish from killing him. As Ning Chuan helped her recover, she asked whether he had known she was a woman while disguised as Xue Qinghe, and he denied it.

• Ning Chuan defeated Qian Renxue, leaving her badly injured while he forced himself to appear wounded.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish rushed into the Training Room and considered killing Ning Chuan, but Qian Renxue ordered them to leave him alone.
• Qian Renxue accepted Ning Chuan as her friend and trusted him not to reveal her identity.
• Ning Chuan channeled the Mysterious Heaven Skill into Qian Renxue to help her recover.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Ning Chuan had long known she was a woman, and Ning Chuan denied it.

Qian Renxue compared Ning Chuan favorably to Yu Xiaogang while Flender and the others brought the injured Yu Xiaogang to Blue Overlord Academy. When a physician examined him, they discovered he had been castrated, and Flender and Yu Tianheng accused Tang San as Liu Erlong rushed into the room.

• Qian Renxue admired Ning Chuan's wisdom and strength and dismissed Yu Xiaogang as a fraud.
• Flender and the others brought the badly injured Yu Xiaogang to Blue Overlord Academy, where Liu Erlong called for medical help.
• A physician removed Yu Xiaogang's pants and discovered that he had been castrated in the same manner as Dai Mubai.
• Flender and Yu Tianheng confronted Tang San, who denied harming Yu Xiaogang and suspected Spirit Hall had framed him and his father.
• Liu Erlong smashed through the door and froze when she saw Yu Xiaogang's condition.

After waking, Yu Xiaogang confirmed that Spirit Hall had harmed him and learned that Xue Ye had barred him from leading a team in the Spirit Master Competition. Flender’s account of Ning Chuan and Louise’s success left Yu Xiaogang devastated by the contrast with his own failures.

• Liu Erlong accused Tang San of harming Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang woke and said Tang San was not responsible.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Liu Erlong’s hopes of being together and claimed someone from Spirit Hall had harmed him.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Xue Ye had expelled him from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and forbidden him from leading a competition team.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender to recount the Spirit Master Competition, and Flender revealed Ning Chuan’s achievements and Shrek’s conduct.
• Yu Xiaogang heard that Louise had trained Ning Chuan into a celebrated genius and collapsed emotionally at the comparison with his own failures.

Yu Xiaogang collapsed into despair after losing his reputation and his place in the Spirit Master Competition, while Tang San suggested ways to help him recover. Meanwhile, Tang Hao passed out at Blue Overlord Academy and was mistaken for a beggar, leaving him dumped outside the school.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to kill himself, but Flender knocked him unconscious after he refused to calm down.
• Tang San told Flender and Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang might recover if his competition ban and the damage to his reputation were addressed.
• Flender planned to take Liu Erlong to find Ning Chuan the next morning, while Tang San and the others stayed at Blue Overlord Academy to watch Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong and Tang San argued after she called him a feces brat, and Flender urged them both to show respect.
• Tang Hao collapsed near the academy after Ning Chuan transferred the backlash of his battle with Qian Renxue onto him.
• San Shui mistook Tang Hao for a beggar and ordered students to give him flatbreads before carrying him outside the academy and leaving him there.

Ning Chuan advised Qian Renxue to reach out to BiBi Dong rather than search for the truth behind their strained relationship. Meanwhile, Ghost Charm and Yue Guan abandoned their attempt to kill Tang San after learning Tang Hao was nearby, and Qian Renxue admitted she did not know how to write the letters Ning Chuan suggested.

• Tang Hao was robbed of his flatbread, clothes, and Soul Tool by beggars while he was unconscious.
• Ghost Charm and Yue Guan decided not to enter Heaven Dou City to kill Tang San, then learned Tang Hao was hiding nearby and left to report to BiBi Dong.
• Ning Chuan told Qian Renxue that BiBi Dong likely loved her and asked whether she still loved her mother and wanted to reconcile.
• Qian Renxue admitted she wanted BiBi Dong's love, and Ning Chuan advised her to call her Mom or write her affectionate letters.
• Qian Renxue said acting spoiled would be too embarrassing and admitted she did not know how to write letters.