Chapter Summaries

Huo Wu used an amplified Soul Fusion Ring to unleash Repelling Fire Ring, but Xiao Tian’s team avoided elimination by taking to the air. After Xiao Tian treated Huo Wu’s injuries, the Blazing Fire Team conceded, and Xiao Tian suggested watching other matches or exploring Spirit City.

• Huo Jun and Huo Chui amplified Huo Wu with four support skills as she gathered their power into her Soul Fusion Ring.
• Huo Wu unleashed Repelling Fire Ring, while Xiao Tian and his teammates used flight and sword wings to avoid being forced out of the arena.
• Xiao Tian helped Huo Wu up and used the Zhe Word Secret to repair the bodily damage caused by her attack.
• Huo Wu asked how Xiao Tian had reacted so quickly, and Xiao Tian explained that his team had anticipated the power of Soul Fusion Ring and criticized her risky technique.
• Huo Wu conceded for the Blazing Fire Team, thanked Xiao Tian, and vowed not to lose the next time they met.
• After the spectators and rival captains reacted to the brief match, Xiao Tian asked his teammates whether they wanted to watch other matches or stroll around Spirit City.

Qian Renxue decided to reveal herself and challenge Xiao Tian after learning his strength, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu considered the consequences. At the arena, Tang San debuted the Clear Sky Hammer, and Xiao Tian explained to Xiao Wu that he had crippled Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass by retrieving Ah Yin’s bloodline.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that Xiao Tian was Rank 66 and asked whether she would still stop her from competing; Bibi Dong questioned the others’ strengths and suspected Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong allowed Qian Renxue to proceed, and Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she planned to absorb two more Angel Soul Bones and fight Xiao Tian as a Soul Saint.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to support Qian Renxue and took her with him, believing he could manage any consequences of her appearance.
• Xiao Tian and the others went to watch Shrek Team, where the host announced that Tang San had revealed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu asked Xiao Tian why Tang San had added spirit rings to his second martial soul, and Xiao Tian explained that he had retrieved Ah Yin’s bloodline from Tang San, leaving his Blue Silver Grass martial soul crippled.

Shrek defeated an advanced academy, and Xiao Tian agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing and the others take the lead in their match against the Star Luo Royal Team. After confronting Dai Weisi, Xiao Tian offered to take Zhu Zhuqing to visit Zhu Zhuyun that night.

• Tang San defeated the opposing team without using Spirit Skills, relying on Tang Sect techniques.
• Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu asked to fight the Star Luo Royal Team without Xiao Tian taking the lead, and Xiao Tian agreed to support them from the rear.
• Xiao Tian warned Dai Weisi through Dugu Bo, then mocked him as Shrek left the arena; Zhu Zhuyun watched Zhu Zhuqing and worried about the coming match.
• Dai Weisi insisted the Hell White Tiger could win and argued that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing no longer qualified to compete because they had separated.
• Xiao Tian told Zhu Zhuqing he had placed a spiritual mark on Zhu Zhuyun and offered to help her visit her sister that night.

Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing secretly visited Zhu Zhuyun, where Zhu Zhuqing confronted her about letting her escape years ago. Xiao Tian urged Zhu Zhuyun to reject her arranged marriage and help free the Zhu Family from its imperial ties, but she demanded to know how he could change their tradition.

• Xiao Tian flew Zhu Zhuqing to Zhu Zhuyun’s hotel room on Sword Fifteen, and they slipped in through the window.
• Zhu Zhuyun opened the window after Xiao Tian explained that Zhu Zhuqing wanted to talk, then questioned why they had come so late.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether the imperial succession contest mattered more to Zhu Zhuyun than their relationship and asked why Zhu Zhuyun had not killed her when she fled the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that Zhu Zhuyun must have deliberately let her escape, and Zhu Zhuyun denied it, blaming a powerful soul beast.
• Xiao Tian asked whether Zhu Zhuyun loved Dai Weisi or wanted their arranged marriage, and urged her to seize the chance to free the Zhu Family from its ties to the imperial family.
• Zhu Zhuyun challenged Xiao Tian to explain how a Soul Emperor could change the Zhu Family’s longstanding tradition.

Zhu Zhuyun revealed that her pursuit of Zhu Zhuqing had secretly been meant to help her escape the Star Luo royal succession struggle, and explained how the Zhu Family had been trapped under the royal family’s control. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuyun asking why Zhu Zhuqing had entered the Soul Master Competition despite knowing they would meet.

• Xiao Tian told Zhu Zhuyun that Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported him, and warned that Dugu Bo could remove the Star Luo Emperor if the royal family threatened the Zhu Family.
• Xiao Tian asked Zhu Zhuyun to speak honestly, and she admitted that she had not truly wanted to kill Zhu Zhuqing when she hunted her.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained that their parents had known about the attacks and had allowed them as part of the struggle over the royal succession.
• Zhu Zhuyun revealed that her second sister had died after her cultivation was crippled and she was sent to a fief, and said the Zhu Family’s women were treated as accessories to the royal family.
• Zhu Zhuyun said she had pursued Zhu Zhuqing to escort her safely across the border and free her from their fate, then asked why Zhu Zhuqing had joined the competition knowing they would meet.

Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Zhu Zhuyun to abandon the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle and leave with Xiao Tian. The next day, Dai Weisi discovered Zhu Zhuyun had vanished and ordered his team to search Spirit City’s hotels.

• Zhu Zhuyun explained that the Star Luo succession contest had forced the sisters to fight, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she had feared for the Zhu Family.
• Xiao Tian offered to take Zhu Zhuyun to his sect, and she agreed to leave with him and Zhu Zhuqing immediately.
• Zhu Zhuyun wrote a letter telling Dai Weisi she would not compete or return to the Star Luo Empire, then left through the window with Xiao Tian.
• Dai Weisi found the empty room and destroyed Zhu Zhuyun’s letter in anger, while his teammates suspected Xiao Tian had helped her escape.
• Dai Weisi rejected asking Spirit Hall for help and ordered his team to search every hotel in Spirit City.

Zhu Zhuyun stayed with Xiao Tian’s group after leaving Dai Weisi, who confronted Xiao Tian but backed down when faced with Dugu Bo. Star Luo Royal Team conceded its match, and Xiao Tian’s group went to watch Shrek Team face Divine Wind Team.

• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo welcomed Zhu Zhuyun and promised to protect her from the Star Luo Royal Family.
• Dai Weisi found Xiao Tian at the hotel and asked whether Zhu Zhuyun was with him.
• Xiao Tian defended Zhu Zhuyun’s choice to leave, and Dai Weisi departed without daring to challenge him.
• Star Luo Royal Team conceded before its match, avoiding the public discovery that Zhu Zhuyun had left.
• Dai Mubai questioned his brother’s decision, while Xiao Tian explained that conceding had minimized Dai Weisi’s losses.
• Xiao Tian’s group headed to watch Shrek Team play Divine Wind Team, and Xiao Wu predicted Tang San would defeat Feng Xiaotian.

After Xiao Tian slapped Dai Mubai for rudely questioning him, Flender led Shrek Team away and explained why they could not retaliate against Xiao Tian and Dugu Bo. At the match against Divine Wind Team, Feng Xiaotian tried to hold back Tang San while his teammates attacked Shrek, but Tang San’s purple first Spirit Ring and Titan Hammer put Feng Xiaotian under immediate pressure.

• Xiao Tian slapped Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai pointed at him and demanded to know why Dai Mubai’s big brother had admitted defeat.
• Xiao Wu challenged Shrek Team, but Tang San restrained Dai Mubai and led the team away while Flender admitted he could not stand up to Dugu Bo.
• Feng Xiaotian learned that Tang San was a Soul King with the Clear Sky Hammer and planned to stall him while Divine Wind Team’s other members attacked Shrek.
• The match began with Oscar supplying Shrek Team with sausages, while Feng Xiaotian faced Tang San and the others took their assigned opponents.
• Tang San smashed Feng Xiaotian’s wind blades, then attacked with Titan Hammer, overwhelming Feng Xiaotian with the strength of his purple first Spirit Ring.

Feng Xiaotian used his Third Soul Skill to recover and fly while the Divine Wind Team targeted Oscar and Ma Hongjun. Their teammates sacrificed themselves to injure the pair, leaving Tang San unable to intervene and the match resting on Feng Xiaotian.

• Feng Xiaotian used his Third Soul Skill to recover from Tang San's hammer strike and take to the air.
• Tang San realized the Divine Wind Team was targeting Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then used Chaotic Cloak Dance to knock one Soul Elder away.
• Feng Xiaotian launched Demon Wolf Storm at Tang San as the Divine Wind Team rushed Oscar and Ma Hongjun, trading injuries for a chance to eliminate them.
• Tang San blocked Feng Xiaotian's attack with Thousand Jun Bulwark but could not reach Oscar and Ma Hongjun in time.
• The Divine Wind Team's members struck Oscar and Ma Hongjun until both were badly injured and unconscious, then left the arena after Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng counterattacked.

After the Divine Wind Team's aggressive opening left Oscar and Ma Hongjun badly injured, Yu Xiaogang weighed a risky Five-in-One Fusion Skill that could transfer Soul Power to Tang San. Feng Xiaotian tried to stall Shrek Team, but Tang San caught him and knocked him unconscious, leaving both teams' prospects uncertain.

• Flender brought the unconscious Oscar and Ma Hongjun to Jiang Zhu for treatment, and she warned their injuries would keep them from recovering fully by the next match.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had devised a Five-in-One Fusion Skill to pass Soul Power from Jiang Zhu, Oscar, Tai Long, and Dai Mubai to Tang San, but the team had not had time to practice it.
• The host and spectators debated whether the Divine Wind Team had deliberately injured Shrek Team's weaker members, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng confronted Feng Xiaotian on the field.
• Feng Xiaotian dodged Shrek Team's attacks for several minutes, but Tang San ate Oscar's Mushroom Sausage, flew after him, and struck him down with a hammer blow.

Shrek Team defeated Divine Wind Team, but Oscar and Ma Hongjun were badly injured and might miss the next match. Meanwhile, Dai Weisi led Star Luo Royal Team back toward the empire and considered reporting Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer to his father to draw the Clear Sky Sect out of seclusion and counter Xiao Tian.

• The host announced Shrek Team’s victory, and Xiao Tian noted that the match had revealed Tang San’s Titan Power and Thousand Jun Bulwark.
• Yu Xiaogang said Oscar and Ma Hongjun needed a stronger healer or time to recover, so Tang San planned to seek medicine after they returned to the hotel.
• Dai Weisi ordered Star Luo Royal Team to leave Spirit City without retrieving Dai Mubai, and one of the team’s teachers rode ahead with a letter for Star Luo City.
• Dai Weisi considered Xiao Tian a threat to the Star Luo Empire because he had taken the fiancées of two princes and might empower the Zhu Family.
• Dai Weisi decided to tell his father that Tang San possessed the Clear Sky Hammer and wondered whether they could use the news to invite the Clear Sky Sect out of seclusion and ally with Tang San against Xiao Tian.

Qian Renxue discussed appearing in the Soul Master Final Tournament with Qian Daoliu, who approved and urged her to focus on inheriting the angel godhood. After her grandfathers pressed her to leave the Heaven Dou Empire, she agreed to arrange a fake death and escape after the competition.

• Qian Renxue left the room after discussing her tournament appearance with Qian Daoliu, who supported her decision.
• Qian Daoliu and the other grandfathers discussed Qian Renxue’s angel inheritance and the reasons she had been sent undercover to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Golden Alligator urged Qian Renxue to abandon her Crown Prince disguise and focus on cultivation, pointing to Xiao Tian’s rapid progress.
• Qian Renxue recalled Xiao Tian’s growth and the improvements among his companions, and suspected he had obtained heavenly treasures and a unique cultivation method.
• Qian Renxue told her grandfathers she would make arrangements after the competition and fake her death to leave the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Renxue urged Qian Daoliu to deal with Tang San and Tang Hao, but Qian Daoliu postponed the matter because he feared Tang Chen might still be alive. Xiao Tian told Zhu Zhuyun that the group planned to return to Shushan after the competition and considered how Bibi Dong might react to Xiao Wu’s identity.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Tang San had the Clear Sky Hammer and suspected that Tang Hao was nearby, but Qian Daoliu refused to discuss confronting them.
• Golden Alligator urged Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue the truth about Bibi Dong, but Qian Daoliu said he needed more time.
• Qian Daoliu said he would take Qian Renxue to obtain her Seventh Soul Ring instead of deciding how to handle Tang Hao.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Xiao Tian about their plans after the competition, and Xiao Tian said they would go to Shushan and focus on growing stronger.
• Xiao Tian considered whether Bibi Dong might attack Xiao Wu if she learned Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and concluded that Rakshasa Evil Intent had likely fueled Bibi Dong’s greed.

The Skywater Team performed a lively dance before facing the Heaven Dou Royal Team, leaving Xiao Tian distracted and the girls around him jealous. As the match was about to begin, Dugu Bo noticed signs that Dugu Yan might also be jealous of Xiao Tian.

• The host introduced the Heaven Dou Royal Team versus the Skywater Team match and announced the Skywater Team's opening dance.
• The Heavenly Water Girl Group performed a synchronized dance that captivated the audience and drew Xiao Tian's attention.
• Xiao Wu pinched Xiao Tian for watching the dancers, then joined Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing in moving away from him.
• Yu Feng teased Dugu Yan about watching the dance, and she snapped at him for having no girlfriends.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Xiao Tian had never dared touch her, and Xiao Wu teased her about being shameless.
• Dugu Bo noticed Dugu Yan's reaction and wondered whether she felt jealous of Xiao Tian.

Heaven Dou Royal Team faced Skywater Team, whose opening strategy used ice armor and a freezing field to counter Dugu Yan’s poison. The match began with Xiao Tian guarding the healers while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked, leaving both teams’ next moves unresolved.

• Xiao Tian overheard Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong discussing him, and Zhu Zhuqing noticed their sudden embarrassment.
• The Tianshui Dance Troupe finished its opening performance, and Heaven Dou Royal Team took the stage to meet Skywater Team.
• Xiao Tian and Shui Bing'er introduced themselves, and the teams formed up with Ye Lingling and Shi Mo among Heaven Dou Royal Team’s competitors.
• Shui Bing'er shielded Skywater Team with Ice Ring Armor while Xue Wu froze the stage, and Shui Yue'er hid beneath the ice to protect her.
• Dugu Yan released poison mist as Xiao Tian stood guard over Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Skywater Team’s other members.

Xiao Tian shattered Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal with his Sword Intent alone, astonishing the spectators and drawing the attention of Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Tang San, and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. As the match continued, Tang San considered a dangerous secret technique, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue began planning how to counter Xiao Tian.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan as Shui Bing’er used Ice Seal to try to trap the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Xiao Tian released his Sword Intent and cut Shui Bing’er’s control skill into shards before it could reach his teammates.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the Great Soul Arena, where Chen Xin praised Xiao Tian’s growing Sword Intent.
• Tang San concluded that he could not defeat Xiao Tian through his own strength and considered combining the Five-in-One Fusion Skill with Soul Detonation Ring, though he lacked the qualifications and soul bones to use it safely.
• Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation watched Xiao Tian, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue expressed confidence that their Charm and Demon Charm could counter him.

Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing broke through Shui Bing'er's ice seal, but her Repelling Light stopped their attacks. Shui Bing'er unleashed her powerful Fourth Soul Skill, Thousand Miles Ice Seal, as the arena barrier protected the spectators from its freezing force.

• Xiao Tian shattered Shui Bing'er's First Soul Skill without using his Martial Soul, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing soon broke free as well.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Skywater Team, but Shui Bing'er used Repelling Light to blast them away.
• Xiao Wu challenged Shui Bing'er to keep using Repelling Light, and Shui Bing'er admitted she had to save Soul Power for her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xue Wu.
• Shui Bing'er activated her Fourth Soul Skill, Thousand Miles Ice Seal, unleashing the Ice Phoenix's violent freezing power across the arena.
• The host ordered the arena barrier activated as the cold began affecting the audience, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun discussed Shui Bing'er's formidable ice power.

Xiao Wu and the others eliminated most of the Skywater Team, but Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice and Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Xiao Tian sent his teammates off the arena and defeated the pair with his new Western Chu Sword Song, ending with his sword before Shui Bing'er.

• Xiao Wu used Instant Transmission and her fifth Soul Skill to knock several Skywater Team members off the arena while Zhu Zhuqing attacked Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er froze Zhu Zhuqing with Thousand Miles Ice Seal, and Xiao Wu protected her from the Ice Phoenix's attacks with Invincible Golden Body.
• Xue Wu joined Shui Bing'er, and the two unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting.
• Xiao Tian told his exhausted teammates to leave the stage, then faced Shui Bing'er alone with Sword Fifteen and his Ethereal Sword Wings.
• Xiao Tian used his new Western Chu Sword Song to break through the ice and snow, stopping his sword before Shui Bing'er.

Xiao Tian defeated Shui Bing'er with his Western Chu Sword Song and advised her to explore the many forms of ice. Afterward, Chen Xin praised Xiao Tian’s swordsmanship, and Xiao Tian explained how practicing control could help Shui Bing'er develop her abilities.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Xiao Tian’s sword strike, and Shui Bing'er admitted defeat.
• Shui Bing'er asked about Xiao Tian’s technique, and he called it Western Chu Sword Song before advising her that ice could take myriad forms.
• Shui Bing'er considered how she might shape ice and transform it into water, while Xue Wu led her to the preparation area.
• Xiao Tian greeted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, who said Xiao Tian’s swordsmanship surpassed his own and predicted he could comprehend a Sword Domain.
• Xiao Tian explained that he had advised Shui Bing'er to practice controlling ice freely, and said her cultivation talent and comprehension far exceeded Feng Xiaotian’s.

Xiao Tian advised Dugu Bo to compress his poison into a more focused attack, giving him a new path to develop his strength. The Shrek Team then faced the Thunderclap Team, as Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin battled over their clan’s succession.

• Xiao Tian praised Shui Bing'er's talent and compared her Ice Phoenix favorably with Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Xiao Tian suggested that Dugu Bo shape and compress his poison instead of relying only on poison mist, and Dugu Bo formed a poisonous sphere.
• Dugu Bo teased Dugu Yan into practicing her offensive methods after she laughed at his demonstration.
• The host announced the match between Shrek Team and Thunderclap Team, and Yu Tianxin taunted Yu Tianheng about being expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Yu Tianxin, while Tang San planned to use Yu Tianheng's possible clan leadership to build ties between Tang Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.