Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng woke up surrounded by the five beauties and hurried them to get ready for Sword God Academy’s tournament match. As Elephant Armored Academy took the stage and mocked their absent opponents, Sword God Academy had still not arrived, with three minutes left before forfeiting.

• Chen Feng woke to find Yae Miko, Keqing, Kamisato Ayaka, Shenhe, and Ying tangled around him, and they hurriedly got dressed.
• Chen Feng warned the women that they were nearly late for their match against Elephant Armored Academy.
• Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, Platinum Bishop Salas, and Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen watched from the VIP seats.
• Elephant Armored Academy’s seven enormous contestants took the central stage and demanded to know why Sword God Academy had not appeared.
• Elephant Armored Academy mocked Sword God Academy as the referee warned that the team would forfeit if it failed to arrive within three minutes.

Raiden Shogun—Ying arrived at the tournament just before Sword God Academy was disqualified and announced that she would fight the Elephant Armored Sect alone. The match began with Ying drawing her glowing purple sword, leaving the arena stunned.

• Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Sword God Academy’s absence, and Ning Fengzhi said Chen Feng might simply not have come.
• Sword God Academy arrived as the countdown ended, but Ying was already on the stage and the other members had not made it there.
• Ying told the referee she had planned to fight alone and refused to withdraw.
• Shrek Academy recognized Ying, while Huyan Li introduced himself and asked her to become his girlfriend; Ying rejected him.
• The Elephant Armored Sect released their martial souls, and Ying drew her purple longsword as the audience watched in silence.

Ying overwhelmed the Elephant Armored Sect’s seven disciples with a single devastating lightning attack during their match. The audience and VIPs were left stunned as the badly injured disciples lay unconscious beneath the arena.

• Ying drew her weapon and won the audience’s cheers before Huyan Li recovered from the pressure of her presence.
• Huyan Li and the other six Elephant Armored Sect disciples transformed and advanced, while Huyan Zhen praised his grandson to the VIPs and declared the sect’s aim was to finish in the top three.
• Ying dismissed the seven as heavy targets and unleashed a purple lightning attack that engulfed them.
• The blast sent all seven crashing beneath the arena, badly burned and unconscious, while Ying stood unharmed and sheathed her blade.
• The audience and VIPs fell silent, stunned that Ying had defeated the Elephant Armored Sect’s strongest seven with one move.

Sword God Academy dominated the tournament and drew attention from the Heaven Dou Empire as rumors spread that it might establish a sect. An imperial summons ended with Chen Xin arriving beside Chen Feng after a palace guard accused him of scorning imperial authority.

• Ying defeated Elephant Armored Academy in one move, shocking the arena and enraging Huyan Zhen.
• Sword God Academy kept winning with single fighters, and its reputation spread throughout Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Sword God Academy’s growing power and rumors that it planned to establish a sect.
• Xue Ye ordered a guard to summon Sword God Academy to the palace and said he would not permit it to establish a sect without declaring its loyalty.
• A guard brought an imperial decree to Sword God Academy and challenged Chen Feng for refusing to kneel.
• Chen Xin entered the hall and stood beside Chen Feng, calling him his good grandson.

Chen Feng went to the Heaven Dou imperial palace after Xue Ye summoned him, where the emperor probed his loyalty by offering titles and honors. Xue Qinghe watched the meeting unfold and weighed whether Chen Feng should be won over or killed.

• Chen Xin refused to kneel for the imperial decree, and a guard summoned Chen Feng to meet Xue Ye.
• Sword Douluo warned Chen Feng that Xue Ye might try to recruit or suppress him, while Chen Feng decided to go alone to the palace.
• Chen Feng arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, greeted Xue Ye without kneeling, and heard the emperor praise the Sword God Academy and offer its members noble titles.
• Chen Feng accepted Xue Ye's offer after initially questioning whether the academy had earned such honors.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Xue Ye had summoned Chen Feng and said he would kill him if he chose to serve the empire unquestioningly, but might recruit him if he showed backbone.

Xue Ye tried to bind Chen Feng to the Heaven Dou Empire by appointing him a Royal Guard, but Chen Feng firmly refused. Xue Ye then accused Sword God Academy of arrogance, leaving Chen Feng to answer the charge.

• Xue Qinghe and an old man discussed how to deal with Chen Feng and Sword God Academy if Chen Feng sided with the Heaven Dou Empire, though Xue Qinghe ordered the old man not to act while hope remained.
• Xue Ye offered Chen Feng the position of Royal Guard, and Chen Feng refused, citing his responsibilities at Sword God Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing pressured Chen Feng to accept, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi presented the post as an easy honor with privileges.
• Chen Feng rejected the offer again, angering the officials, but Xue Ye concealed his displeasure and said he would not force him.
• Xue Ye accused Sword God Academy of looking down on other academies by sending only one student to competitions.

Chen Feng rejected Xue Ye’s demand to serve the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Ye withdrew the empire’s support for Sword God Academy while ordering officials to hinder Chen Feng without provoking Sword Douluo. As Chen Feng left the hall and considered building his own faction, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended on him near an alley.

• Chen Feng told Xue Ye he would not join the Heaven Dou Empire or any faction, prompting Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi to respond.
• Xue Ye withdrew the Heaven Dou Empire’s support for Sword God Academy and gave Chen Feng a final chance to reconsider, but Chen Feng refused and left the hall.
• Xue Ye ordered his ministers to make Chen Feng’s plans more difficult without going too far, and reminded Prince Xue Xing that Chen Feng was Sword Douluo’s grandson.
• Chen Feng headed back toward Sword God Academy, decided he would establish his own faction if possible, and was struck by a terrifying pressure near an alley.

A masked Title Douluo abducted Chen Feng from the imperial palace and brought him to a hidden chamber, where Qian Renxue revealed herself as a Spirit Hall member. She invited Chen Feng to join Spirit Hall, while he kept secret that he already knew her identity as Xue Qinghe.

• A masked Title Douluo tested Chen Feng with his aura, then said his young lady wanted to meet him.
• The elder poisoned Chen Feng, carried him from the palace, and took him through a hidden stone door into a treasure-filled chamber.
• Qian Renxue entered and told Chen Feng to stop pretending to be unconscious.
• Chen Feng acted surprised to learn that Qian Renxue was from Spirit Hall and concealed that he knew her identity as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue praised Sword God Academy's tournament performance and asked Chen Feng whether he would join Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue tried to recruit Chen Feng into Spirit Hall, but he refused to join any organization for now. After Snake Lance Douluo released him from the palace, Chen Feng resolved to stop drifting through life and build a world to his liking, even if that meant confronting both the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue offered Spirit Hall’s protection and urged Chen Feng to join, but he declined because he wanted to remain free.
• Chen Feng warned Qian Renxue that his grandfather had placed a restriction on him and would come if he broke it; she said she did not intend to harm him and asked him to reconsider joining Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to escort Chen Feng out, and Snake Lance Douluo used poison to make him pretend to pass out.
• After Chen Feng awoke outside the imperial palace, Snake Lance Douluo warned him not to reveal what had happened and then disappeared.
• Chen Feng reflected on his unwillingness to support either the Heaven Dou Empire or Spirit Hall and resolved to become powerful enough to destroy what he disliked and create the world he wanted.

After Chen Feng recounted how the Heaven Dou Empire and Ning Fengzhi had treated him, he decided to establish the Divine Sword Sect and gained Chen Xin’s support. Sword God Academy remained undefeated through ten rounds, and Shenhe stepped forward to face Blazing Fire Academy in the eleventh.

• Chen Feng returned to Sword God Academy and told Chen Xin and the others that the Heaven Dou Empire did not deserve their service after recounting what had happened at the palace.
• Chen Xin grew furious and promised to stop supporting the empire, but Chen Feng asked him not to act rashly.
• Chen Feng announced that he would establish the Divine Sword Sect for the Chen Clan, and Chen Xin agreed to support him.
• Sword God Academy won its first ten matches and took first place, while the other four Five Elements Academies also remained undefeated and Elephant Armored Academy fell to five wins and five losses.
• As Sword God Academy prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy, Shenhe volunteered to fight, and Chen Feng warned her to be careful.

Shenhe faced Blazing Fire Academy alone after Chen Feng sat out, while the opposing team prepared to overwhelm her with coordinated fire-based abilities. The battle began with both sides unleashing their Martial Souls, and Shenhe gathered talismans as a powerful aura surged around her.

• Spectators cheered as Shenhe entered the arena, where Blazing Fire Academy's seven competitors were waiting in formation.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu said their team intended to defeat Shenhe, and she calmly accepted their challenge.
• Huo Wushuang ordered Blazing Fire Academy to unleash their Martial Souls, and the team activated its fire-based abilities and coordinated support.
• Huo Wushuang and another power attacker charged, while Huo Yun and Huo Yu glided toward Shenhe and the Fire Stars empowered their teammates.
• Shenhe waved her hand, summoned circling talismans, and released a terrifying aura of energy.

Shenhe faced Huo Wu and Blazing Fire Academy, using her talismans to evade attacks and counter Huo Wu's fiery assault. After Huo Wu unleashed her fourth soul skill, Shenhe's water technique swallowed the blazing sun, leaving a pale blue halo in the mist.

• Shenhe's seven talismans clashed with Huo Wu's fireball, and Huo Wu realized Shenhe was stronger than expected.
• Huo Wushuang ordered the team to attack, but Shenhe used her Stealth Charm to vanish and reappear behind Huo Wu.
• Shenhe struck Huo Wu with a fire talisman, forcing her back as Huo Wu prepared a coordinated formation with her teammates.
• The two support Soul Masters amplified Huo Wu's flames, and Huo Wu launched her fourth soul skill, Fire Dance Blazing Sun, at Shenhe.
• Shenhe summoned a massive water sphere that engulfed Huo Wu's sun and extinguished it.

Shenhe defeated the Blazing Fire Academy team alone, leaving Huo Wu shaken and the team’s winning streak broken. Afterward, Huo Wu promised to date Feng Xiaotian if he could defeat someone from Sword God Academy.

• Shenhe knocked Huo Wushuang from the arena and used a hurricane to blow Huo Wu away, forcing Huo Wu to admit defeat.
• The audience cheered as Sword God Academy secured its eleventh victory, while Blazing Fire Academy suffered its first loss.
• Huo Wu left the arena resentful and challenged Shenhe to face her again; Shenhe calmly accepted.
• Feng Xiaotian told the dejected Blazing Fire Academy students that Godwind Academy might defeat Shenhe.
• Huo Wu asked Feng Xiaotian if he wanted to date her, then promised to agree if he defeated someone from Sword God Academy.

Chen Feng and Shenhe stayed to watch Shrek Academy face Blue Sunshine Academy, whose seven gemstone-wielding members unveiled a powerful formation. Grandmaster realized their technique could help Shrek perform a Seven-in-One fusion skill and defeat Sword God Academy.

• Chen Feng told Shenhe she had done well, then decided they would stay to watch Shrek Academy's match.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena against Blue Sunshine Academy, whose captain and six teammates arranged themselves in a practiced hexagonal formation.
• Blue Sunshine Academy revealed seven different gemstone Martial Souls and synchronized their Soul Rings to create a huge pillar of multicolored light that concealed them.
• Xue Ye wondered if the technique was a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Ning Fengzhi said it was likely a different kind of fusion.
• Grandmaster recognized how the formation worked and declared that Shrek could use the technique to defeat Sword God Academy.

Chen Feng considered whether his group could perform a true Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Shrek Academy defeated Blue Sunshine Academy’s fusion skill. After Shrek’s twelfth consecutive victory, Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Ye to support Shrek Academy, and Xue Ye agreed it was worth considering.

• Chen Feng said his group might perform a true Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill because their Soul Power came from the same source, and he decided to try it after they returned.
• Tang San broke Blue Sunshine Academy’s illusion and struck his six teammates to send them out of the fight while attacking the seven opponents with his violet-gold gaze.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after experts judged that Blue Sunshine Academy’s contestants had suffered backlash from their soul skill.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Shrek Academy’s unity and conduct made it a better choice than Sword God Academy for cultivating Soul Masters for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye agreed that Shrek Academy was worth considering.

Chen Feng led Ying, Yae Miko, Kamisato Ayaka, Keqing, Shenhe, and Qiqi in attempting a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. They successfully created the Heaven and Earth Sword, which left a huge crater where a thousand-meter mountain had stood.

• Chen Feng gathered the six others at Sword God Academy's training grounds and explained how Martial Soul Fusion Skills worked.
• The seven released their Martial Souls and sensed one another's Soul Power fluctuations before preparing their fusion skill.
• Chen Feng and the others summoned seven stars, drew in spiritual energy, and combined lightning, fire, water, and other elements into the Heaven and Earth Sword.
• The sword struck a nearby mountain and shattered it, leaving a massive crater that stunned the onlookers.
• Chen Feng celebrated their first-try success, while Ying praised the skill's power and looked forward to what it might become.

Chen Feng used his Intertwined Fates to summon Ganyu, who formed a contract with him and fell asleep during her midday nap. After Kamisato Ayaka found them, Ganyu woke when she heard that her junior sister Shenhe and master Xianyun had arrived.

• Chen Feng opened his Genshin Treasure Chest, received ten Intertwined Fates, and drew Ganyu.
• Ganyu formed a contract with Chen Feng, who gave her a storage Soul Tool ring.
• Ganyu called Chen Feng Master and fell asleep in his arms when it was time for her midday nap.
• Kamisato Ayaka entered the cultivation room, mistook the scene, and learned that Ganyu was sleeping.
• Ganyu woke when Chen Feng told her that Shenhe and Xianyun had arrived.

Chen Feng brought Ganyu to meet the others, where she reunited with Shenhe, Yae Miko, and Keqing before he took them to the Soul Master Guild. Ganyu reunited with Xianyun, but Yae Miko asked the adeptus to share stories about Ganyu's childhood, leaving Ganyu panicked.

• Chen Feng introduced Ganyu to everyone at lunch, and she greeted her junior sister Shenhe, Yae Miko, and Keqing.
• Ganyu nervously asked whether Xianyun had told the others embarrassing stories about her, and Keqing said Shenhe had shared plenty instead.
• Chen Feng took Ganyu and the others to the Soul Master Guild, where Xianyun welcomed her and called Shenhe over to join her senior sister.
• Yae Miko asked Xianyun to tell stories about Ganyu's childhood, and Ganyu panicked.

Xianyun embarrassed Ganyu by sharing stories about her childhood before demonstrating a powerful Soul Gun to Chen Feng. Impressed by its potential, Chen Feng ordered the weapon kept secret as he planned to build his own force, and Xianyun agreed to develop improved guns and Soul Cannons.

• Xianyun recounted how young Ganyu needed her horns stroked to sleep, rolled down mountains because she was chubby, and hid from a human in fear, while Yae Miko and Chen Feng listened and teased her.
• Ganyu fled after Xianyun continued sharing childhood stories, and Chen Feng asked Xianyun about her Soul Tool research.
• Xianyun showed Chen Feng a Soul Gun that compressed Soul Power into a powerful laser, and Chen Feng tested it by destroying a target.
• Chen Feng told Xianyun to keep the Soul Guns secret, explaining that he planned to establish a force and equip its members.
• Chen Feng suggested developing faster, more accurate, more powerful Soul Guns and Soul Cannons, and Xianyun eagerly agreed to pursue the improvements.

Sword God Academy remained undefeated as the preliminary tournament neared its end, and its match against Skywater Academy drew huge attention. Yae Miko entered the arena to face Skywater Academy, while Shui Bing'er and her teammates hoped for a chance to win.

• Ganyu stayed at the Soul Master Guild to help after the submitted tournament roster prevented her from competing.
• Sword God Academy continued winning, and the top six teams advancing were determined, with Elephant Armored Academy eliminated.
• Shui Bing'er urged Skywater Academy to give its best against the undefeated Sword God Academy, while Xue Wu teased her about Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng and Sword God Academy arrived to loud cheers, and Shui Bing'er wondered whether Chen Feng would compete.
• Sword God Academy sent Yae Miko into the arena, where she teased Skywater Academy for liking Chen Feng and challenged the girls to have some fun.