Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo revealed himself as the Jade Phosphor Douluo and effortlessly killed Niu Ma, saving Xu Youyou. Jiang Ming asked Xu Youyou where she lived and left with Dugu Bo, while Xu Heng resolved to pursue power.

• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and nine Soul Rings, then dissolved Niu Ma with poisonous mist.
• Xu Youyou thanked Dugu Bo and warned him that the Defense Clan had powerful connections, but Dugu Bo dismissed the clan as insignificant.
• Jiang Ming asked Xu Youyou where she lived, learned that she was at the Xu Family Sword Hall on Southwest Street in Moonlight City, and left with Dugu Bo.
• Xu Heng watched Dugu Bo depart and decided to climb a difficult path toward power, status, and dignity.
• As they walked away, Dugu Bo told Jiang Ming he was good at judging people, then said he had noticed something in Xu Heng's eyes.

Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo attacked the joint headquarters of the Defense Clan, Breaking Clan, and Speed Clan, and Jiang Ming demanded an impossible ransom. After Jiang Ming killed Bai Chenxiang, Bai He and the others realized the attackers had come to destroy the clans.

• Dugu Bo engulfed the three clans' compound in poisonous mist, killing several weaker disciples and drawing out Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi.
• Jiang Ming demanded one hundred million Gold Soul Coins from each person in the three clans.
• Bai Chenxiang challenged Jiang Ming and warned him that the Star Luo Emperor was coming to help the clans.
• Jiang Ming killed Bai Chenxiang with a spatial rift and taunted the silent survivors.
• Bai He mourned his granddaughter, while Yang Wudi realized the ransom was a pretext and Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo had intended to wipe out the clans.

Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo battled the Defense, Breaking, and Speed Clans until Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng and Empress Zhu Tiancai intervened. Jiang Ming rejected Dai Tianfeng’s demand to stop and threatened to slaughter the Star Luo Empire if they interfered.

• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He charged Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo’s poison killed many lower-level clan members.
• Dugu Bo blocked Bai He, and Jiang Ming severed Niu Gao’s right arm with a Space Tear while Yang Wudi continued attacking.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai arrived and stopped the fighting; Niu Gao called on the Emperor to save them.
• Dai Tianfeng asked Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo to end the conflict, explaining that the Star Luo royal family had accepted the clans’ offering.
• Jiang Ming challenged Dai Tianfeng’s authority and threatened to slaughter the Star Luo Empire if its rulers interfered.

Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai watched as Jiang Ming fought Niu Gao and Yang Wudi, deciding not to intervene. Jiang Ming revealed his powerful Soul Rings and killed Niu Gao, while Yang Wudi's attack struck only an afterimage.

• Zhu Tiancai warned Dai Tianfeng about Jiang Ming's strength and Dugu Bo's deferential attitude, so they chose to watch before acting.
• Niu Gao realized the Star Luo Emperor would not rescue the clans and joined Yang Wudi in a coordinated attack on Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming revealed five Soul Rings, including a thousand-year second ring and three ten-thousand-year rings, shocking Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai.
• Jiang Ming used Spatial Stripping to immobilize Niu Gao and killed him with the Void Blade, splitting him in two.
• Yang Wudi thrust his Soul-Breaking Spear through Jiang Ming's throat, but struck only an afterimage, then swung at the space behind him and hit nothing.

Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo killed the patriarchs of the three clans and slaughtered everyone in their residence. Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai escaped and ordered the Star Luo Royal Family not to provoke Jiang Ming, while Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo began looting the ruins.

• Jiang Ming used spatial powers to kill Yang Wudi after cutting off his arm, while Dai Tianfeng watched in fear.
• Dugu Bo trapped Bai He with poison and killed him, completing the deaths of all three clan patriarchs.
• Dugu Bo's poisonous mist killed the remaining clansmen, leaving no survivors in the residence.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai left for the imperial palace, and Dai Tianfeng decreed that the Star Luo Royal Family must not provoke Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo walked deeper into the clans' territory to begin looting.

Bibi Dong came to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to claim the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Ning Fengzhi negotiated to exchange it for five years of peace for the Upper Three Sects and Tang San. Bibi Dong agreed not to initiate a war, and Ning Fengzhi demanded a formal oath before handing over the skill.

• Bibi Dong arrived with four Titled Douluo and demanded the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Spirit Hall Douluo nearly came to blows before Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi called off the standoff.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Spirit Hall the Mysterious Heaven Skill in exchange for five years without attacks on the Upper Three Sects or Tang San.
• Bibi Dong agreed that Spirit Hall would not initiate a war for five years, provided the sects did not act first.
• Ning Fengzhi demanded that Bibi Dong swear an oath in the name of Spirit Hall's past Popes, and Yue Guan warned him not to push his luck.

Bibi Dong swore that Spirit Hall would not attack the Upper Three Sects or Tang San for five years in exchange for the Mysterious Heaven Skill. After secretly seeing the crippled Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy, she refused to return to Spirit City, while Yue Guan and Ghost insisted that the Worship Hall and Pope Palace had ordered her back.

• Bibi Dong swore a five-year nonaggression oath, and Ning Fengzhi handed her the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Bibi Dong hinted to Yu Yuanzhen that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's decline had a cause, then left with the four Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi told Yu Yuanzhen and Gu Rong that Bibi Dong's purpose in Heaven Dou City was not merely to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Bibi Dong went alone to Shrek Academy and saw through the gate that Yu Xiaogang had been crippled, then left without letting him see her.
• Bibi Dong called for Jiang Ming and refused to return to Spirit City, but Yue Guan and Ghost said the Worship Hall and Pope Palace had jointly ordered her back.

Bibi Dong left Heaven Dou City determined to kill Jiang Ming when he came to Spirit City. The next morning, Ning Fengzhi faced a crowd demanding the Mysterious Heaven Skill and warned them that Spirit Hall’s possession of it had forced the continent’s factions toward a choice of sides.

• Bibi Dong accepted Ghost’s prediction that Jiang Ming would eventually come to Spirit City and left Heaven Dou City with Yue Guan and Ghost.
• Prince Xue Xing, representatives of the elemental academies, and other factions gathered at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to demand the Mysterious Heaven Skill or Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Bibi Dong had visited the previous night with four Titled Douluo and had taken the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi told the factions that they could join the Upper Three Sects against Spirit Hall, become Spirit Hall’s vassals, or stand alone.
• The old woman from Skywater Academy questioned whether joining Spirit Hall would guarantee victory, and Ning Fengzhi argued that Spirit Hall had little need for them.

After the sect representatives left Ning Fengzhi’s meeting, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing’er discussed how to defeat Tang San in the Promotion Tournament. Jiang Ming arrived and explained how to exploit the Clear Sky Hammer’s short range, leaving them with a strategy of avoiding direct clashes and wearing Tang San down.

• The faction representatives declined to decide immediately and left to consult their sect masters.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing’er gathered on a mountaintop and concluded that Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and techniques made him difficult to beat head-on.
• Jiang Ming arrived and revealed that he had heard their discussion about defeating Tang San.
• Jiang Ming explained that the Clear Sky Hammer had limited range and that Feng Xiaotian could attack from the air with wind blades.
• Jiang Ming advised them to avoid direct clashes, wear down Tang San’s stamina and Soul Power, then defeat him when an opening appeared.

Jiang Ming challenged Feng Xiaotian to trade dignity for victory and warned the others that choosing between Spirit Hall and its rivals was risky because power could shift. The Promotion Tournament began, and after the first round Jiang Ming’s Flame Radiance Academy drew Godwind Academy as its next opponent.

• Jiang Ming argued that Feng Xiaotian should prioritize winning over dignity, then explained why he had publicized the Mysterious Heaven Skill and urged the others to consider how political power could change.
• Jiang Ming left to prepare tactics for the Promotion Tournament, while Flame Radiance Academy received a bye in the opening round.
• Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy to victory over Fabia Academy by defeating four opponents in succession.
• Meng Yiran defeated three Dragon Clan Academy competitors, and Shrek Academy’s Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing beat Barak Academy.
• The Heaven Dou City qualifiers all won their first-round matches, and Gangzi drew Godwind Academy as his team’s next opponent.

Tang San vowed to face Godwind Academy first and avenge Shrek Academy’s earlier loss, while Yu Xiaogang reluctantly agreed to study the Mysterious Heaven Skill after Liu Erlong urged him to try it. At Godwind Academy’s camp, Feng Xiaotian prepared to face Tang San and planned to rely on aerial tactics.

• Tang San rejected excuses for Shrek Academy’s previous defeat and declared that he would take the field first against Godwind Academy.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun offered to help Tang San, while Ning Rongrong complained that her leg had gone numb again.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had given her the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and she persuaded him to consider practicing it.
• Yu Xiaogang examined the skill and concluded that it followed a cultivation path separate from the existing Martial Soul system, though it was worth trying.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er predicted that Tang San would fight first, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to face him while using aerial tactics.

Tang San faced Feng Xiaotian in the Promotion Tournament and revealed an extraordinary five-Soul-Ring configuration, but Feng Xiaotian avoided his attacks by staying airborne. Tang San’s fury intensified as he failed to land a hit, and the chapter ended with the Grandmaster preparing to intervene.

• Tang San took the field against Feng Xiaotian and shocked the spectators with a thousand-year first Soul Ring and four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Feng Xiaotian activated his wings and rose out of reach as Tang San’s boosted Clear Sky Hammer strike missed.
• Feng Xiaotian rained Wind Blades down on Tang San, who blocked them with hammer strikes.
• Tang San angrily demanded that Feng Xiaotian fight him head-on and unleashed Chaotic Wind, but Feng Xiaotian easily dodged the attacks.
• Tang San’s helpless rage surged until the Grandmaster prepared to step forward and save face.

Gangzi’s protest against Godwind Academy’s aerial tactics was rejected, while the teams mocked Shrek Academy and Yu Xiaogang. Tang San and Feng Xiaotian fought until time ran out, both were eliminated, and Tang San vomited blood from his rage.

• Gangzi protested that Feng Xiaotian’s flight made the match unfair, but Ning Fengzhi ruled that flying was a valid Martial Soul trait.
• Skywater Academy, Huo Wu, Dugu Yan, Huo Wushuang, and Godwind Academy’s students mocked Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy for complaining.
• Tang San threw his Clear Sky Hammer at Feng Xiaotian, but Feng dodged it and continued flying out of reach.
• Tang San grew furious and exhausted as Feng Xiaotian taunted him from the air, while the match continued until time ran out.
• Xue Ye declared Tang San and Feng Xiaotian both eliminated, and Feng Xiaotian mocked Tang San after landing.
• Tang San spat out blood from his rage, and Jiang Ming remarked that his mentality was terrible.

Dai Mubai fought Godwind Academy’s Lu Ming, but Lu Ming used his aerial advantage to evade his attacks and wear him down. Dai Mubai lost control and removed his mask, exposing his heavily scarred face to the arena.

• Dai Mubai challenged Lu Ming, a Level 41 Battle Soul Ancestor with the Hurricane Eagle Martial Soul, to fight on the ground.
• Lu Ming flew high above the arena and dodged Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Intense Light Waves.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Lu Ming countered with Thousand Wing Blades and remained unharmed.
• Lu Ming continued to harass Dai Mubai from the air while Dai Mubai repeatedly failed to land a hit and grew exhausted.
• Dai Mubai tore off his mask, revealing a face covered in deep scars and patches of damaged skin.

Dai Mubai fled after his scarred face was exposed, and Shrek Academy defeated Godwind Academy under the existing rules. The chapter left off as Jiang Ming challenged Plant Academy and claimed no one present could beat him.

• Dai Mubai ran from the arena after the spectators mocked his scarred face, while Tang San watched helplessly.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a new rule requiring contestants to engage head-on, and the VIP guests supported it; the rule would take effect after the current round.
• Xiao Wu used her Soul Skills to defeat Lu Ming, and Godwind Academy conceded the match to Shrek Academy.
• Shrek Academy's team members remained silent after their victory, troubled by Dai Mubai's departure and their poor showing.
• Jiang Ming took the arena for Flame Radiance Academy, drank from his flask, and challenged Plant Academy to settle the match quickly, claiming no one could defeat him.

Jiang Ming challenged everyone at the tournament, including the academies’ leaders and principals, and faced Plant Academy vice principal Nanzhi in a duel. He cut through her first attack and stood motionless as her corrosive rain and vines closed in.

• Jiang Ming clarified that he was challenging everyone in the venue, including the academy leaders, vice principals, and principals.
• Nanzhi of Plant Academy stepped onto the arena and urged Jiang Ming to apologize before the competition continued.
• Jiang Ming revealed his five Soul Rings, including three ten-thousand-year rings, and refused to back down from Nanzhi.
• Nanzhi transformed with her Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Jiang Ming with Devouring Shadow.
• Jiang Ming split Nanzhi’s phantom attack with one sword strike, prompting her to unleash Corrosive Rain and Death Entanglement.
• Jiang Ming activated his fifth Soul Skill, Void Form, as the rain and vines surrounded him.

Jiang Ming defeated Nanzhi and challenged the affiliated kingdom academies, then used his spatial power to subdue Shirak, an eighty-third-level Soul Douluo. Shirak conceded while kneeling on the arena, leaving the assembled academies terrified of Jiang Ming.

• Jiang Ming walked through Nanzhi’s attacks and held his sword to her brow, forcing her to concede.
• Jiang Ming challenged the other academies, but none of their leaders stepped forward.
• Shirak, the principal of Silves Academy, entered the arena and transformed with his Golden Lion Avatar.
• Jiang Ming used Space Compression to shatter Shirak’s Eighth Soul Skill and force him to his knees.
• Shirak conceded after Jiang Ming threatened to crush him.

Jiang Ming secured first place for Flame Radiance Academy after defeating Shirak, and the crowd celebrated his victory. Tang San then challenged the other academies for second place, but Shirak answered his challenge and attacked him.

• Jiang Ming dispelled Space Compression, and Shirak left the arena after conceding defeat.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Salas accepted Flame Radiance Academy's first-place finish, which the referee announced.
• The spectators chanted Jiang Ming's name as he returned to the waiting area.
• Tang San stepped onto the arena and declared that Shrek Academy would take second place, inviting anyone who disagreed to fight him.
• Shirak challenged Tang San, who revealed his five-ring Clear Sky Hammer; Shirak attacked with his Golden Lion Avatar and Lion King Roar Blast.

Tang San challenged Shirak but was overwhelmed by the Soul Douluo and fell to his knees, prompting Yu Xiaogang to argue that the challenge was meant for contestants. Liu Erlong secured Shrek Academy's second place by daring anyone to fight, while Tang San glared at Jiang Ming in humiliation.

• Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to redirect Shirak's sixth soul skill, but Shirak trapped him in Golden Domain and attacked with Lion's Hundred Fierce Claws.
• Tang San fought back with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Shirak's overwhelming Soul Power disarmed him and drove him to his knees.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed onto the arena and argued that Tang San had meant to challenge participating contestants, while Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun backed him up.
• Shirak withdrew without further comment, and Tang San rose with his Clear Sky Hammer as Liu Erlong challenged anyone who disputed Shrek Academy's claim to second place.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy second after no contestants stepped forward, and Tang San clenched his fists while looking at Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming left Heaven Dou City alone for Spirit City after discussing Dugu Bo’s recovery and the danger of confronting Bibi Dong. Tang Hao and Ning Fengzhi learned of his journey, and Ning Fengzhi urged the others to seize the opportunity.

• Jiang Ming explained that third place in the Promotion Tournament would not help teams advance, while his first place and Shrek Academy’s second place secured their advantages in the finals.
• Dugu Bo told Jiang Ming that the three affiliated clans’ stores had yielded two Spirit Bones, and said his poisoned body had improved but remained vulnerable to combat.
• Jiang Ming revealed that he planned to go to Spirit City and meet Bibi Dong alone, despite Dugu Bo’s concerns about the danger.
• A subordinate informed Tang Yuehua and Tang San that Jiang Ming had left Heaven Dou City heading south toward Spirit City.
• Tang Hao emerged from the shadows after hearing the news, and Ning Fengzhi told Tang Xiao that they should not waste the opportunity.