Chapter Summaries

Tang San suspected Star Luo Royal Academy knew how to counter his Hidden Weapons, then prepared to test an upgraded version of his Earth Vein Blue Silver Domain. Dai Mubai and his teammates fought to buy him the ten breaths he needed to activate it.

• Zhu Zhuyun deflected Tang San's silver needles while Dai Weisi dodged another, making Tang San suspect Star Luo Royal Academy had learned about his Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San recalled improving the activation speed and power of his Earth Vein Blue Silver Domain and told Dai Mubai to hold Star Luo off for ten breaths.
• Oscar gave Dai Mubai an Excited Pink Sausage, and Dai Mubai used its boost to attack Dai Weisi recklessly and force him back.
• Dai Weisi called on Zhu Zhuyun to flank Dai Mubai, but Ma Hongjun intercepted her with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Tang San ordered Tai Long and Huang Yuan to block Star Luo Royal Academy's other members while he prepared his move.

Tang San used an improved Blue Silver domain against Star Luo, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun weighed whether to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Bibi Dong considered killing Tang San but decided against acting in Spirit City because of the political fallout and the danger of Tang Hao’s retaliation.

• Tang San unleashed a faster, more aggressive Blue Silver domain that drew on surrounding spiritual energy and suppressed his opponents’ Soul Power.
• Lin Yi recognized that Tang San had improved the domain’s endurance, but noted that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun could wait for it to end before counterattacking.
• Bibi Dong watched Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun prepare for Hell White Tiger and wondered how Tang San had anticipated their choice.
• Lin Yi’s Heart Voice revealed that Tang San had likely used Purple Demon Eye to read their condition, and Bibi Dong learned of his talent and secret technique.
• Bibi Dong considered having Spirit Hall kill Tang San, but rejected the idea because it could damage Spirit Hall’s standing and provoke Tang Hao and Qian Daoliu.

Bibi Dong allowed Tang San to use Hidden Weapons because she wanted Shrek Academy to eliminate Star Luo Royal Academy and weaken the Star Luo Empire before Spirit Hall defeated Shrek later. On the arena, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Shrek facing a formidable opponent.

• Yue Guan asked Bibi Dong whether Tang San should be penalized for using Hidden Weapons, but she told him to let it pass and explained that Shrek defeating Star Luo Royal Academy would benefit Spirit Hall.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass domain trapped and weakened Star Luo Royal Academy as its vines and paralytic toxin overwhelmed the team.
• Dai Weisi ordered his team to regroup and warned Zhu Zhuyun that they could not afford to wait inside the domain.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun joined their Soul Power and transformed into the Hell White Tiger, which burned away the Blue Silver Grass around it.
• Dai Mubai told Shrek Academy to fight the Martial Soul Fusion Skill or be eliminated, while Ma Hongjun questioned whether they could handle it.

Tang San prepared to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer against Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, while Spirit Hall’s leaders watched. Bibi Dong decided not to intervene openly, but signaled Yue Guan that she intended to act in another way.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to fall back and asked Dai Mubai to trust him.
• Lin Yi recognized Tang San’s stance as a sign that he was about to use the Clear Sky Hammer, and Xiao Wu grew concerned as she watched.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reacted to Tang San’s hammer, while Bibi Dong recalled Tang Hao’s past attack on Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall would not openly attack Tang San before the gathered delegations, then beckoned Yue Guan and gave him an order.

Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to withstand the Hell White Tiger and destroy its strongest attack, defeating Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Shrek Academy won the match, with Tang San left standing but visibly exhausted.

• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to watch for a particular person, and Yue Guan quietly left.
• Tang San blocked the Hell White Tiger's claw with the Clear Sky Hammer and forced the beast half a step back.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed Hell White Tiger Break, pouring their remaining Soul Power into the attack.
• Tang San struck the incoming sphere three times at the same point, shattering it into fragments of dark blue light.
• The Hell White Tiger dissolved, and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun collapsed as the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Tang San shattered the Hell White Tiger with the Clear Sky Hammer, easing Dai Mubai’s burden over his brother. Heaven Dou Royal Academy prepared to face Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, while Hu Liena watched Tang San with growing caution and compared his hammer to Lin Yi’s spear.

• The audience applauded Shrek Academy’s victory as Dai Mubai watched Dai Weisi leave the stage and felt the weight of their rivalry ease.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that the victory belonged to the whole team, while Star Luo’s team leader reassured Dai Weisi that losing to the Clear Sky Hammer was no disgrace.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan agreed that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would simply do its best against Spirit Hall’s three level-fifty Soul Kings.
• Xie Yue and Yan dismissed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s chances, while Hu Liena warned them not to be careless.
• Hu Liena considered Tang San’s domain and Clear Sky Hammer formidable, then remarked that Lin Yi’s spear seemed even more impressive, prompting Xie Yue to ask whether she was worried about Tang San.

Spirit Hall Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the first four matches of the second round established four top-eight teams. After Lin Yi considered the upcoming draws, Qian Daoliu heard that Tang San had revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and was asked whether Spirit Hall should act.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan discussed whether Tang San could challenge Lin Yi, then watched Spirit Hall Academy defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy in under a quarter of an hour.
• Plant Academy narrowly defeated a Star Luo Empire team, while Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang led New Godwind Academy to an easy victory.
• The first day’s matches confirmed Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, Plant Academy, and New Godwind Academy as top-eight teams, while Thunderclap Academy and Balak Academy still had to compete.
• Lin Yi thought about the possible third-round draw and the expected Shrek–New Godwind match before Xiao Wu pulled him away; he later returned to the inn and fell asleep.
• Light Feather Douluo reported Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer reveal to Qian Daoliu, and Azure Luan Douluo suggested Tang Hao had arrived in Spirit City before asking whether they should act.

Qian Daoliu assigned the matter of Tang San’s arrival in Spirit City to Bibi Dong, partly to keep Qian Renxue from being drawn into the old conflict with Tang Hao. Lin Yi skipped the tournament match, ate in the academy residence, and set out to explore Spirit City’s marketplace.

• Azure Luan urged Qian Daoliu to confront Tang San over Spirit Hall’s past feud with Tang Hao, but Qian Daoliu said Bibi Dong should handle the matter.
• The Worships understood that Qian Daoliu was shifting the risk onto Bibi Dong and keeping Qian Renxue out of the conflict.
• Lin Yi stayed behind instead of watching Thunderclap Academy face Balak Academy and considered the likely quarterfinal draw.
• Lin Yi woke after noon, found food left for him in the dining hall, and decided to visit Spirit City’s marketplace for soul-master goods.

Lin Yi welcomed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Tianshui Academy, then spent the day reading in Spirit City. After learning that Tianshui Academy would face Thunderclap Academy in the quarterfinals, he joined the team as they discussed their opponent's hidden strength.

• Dugu Yan told Lin Yi that she and Ye Lingling had joined Tianshui Academy, and he welcomed them.
• Lin Yi wandered through Spirit City, bought A Record of the Hundred Harms of Soul Masters Falling in Love, and read it at a teahouse while Guang Ling secretly watched and bought a book of his own.
• Lin Yi returned to the inn and found Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo visiting the Tianshui Academy girls.
• Lin Yi told the group that Tianshui Academy's quarterfinal opponent was Thunderclap Academy, a matchup he had overheard around Spirit City.
• Shui Bing'er cautioned the team not to underestimate Thunderclap Academy, and the girls discussed its possible trump card.

As Skywater Academy prepared to face Thunderclap Academy in the quarterfinals, Shui Qingyue assigned the lineup and unexpectedly included Lin Yi. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chose to watch from below the stage, while Dugu Bo urged his granddaughter to fight well and not hold Lin Yi back.

• Lin Yi considered Thunderclap Academy's strengths and compared them with Skywater Academy's advantages.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo discussed Tang San, the Clear Sky Hammer, and the possibility that Bibi Dong might target him.
• Shui Qingyue assigned Skywater Academy's lineup, giving Shui Bing'er control, the other girls their roles, and Lin Yi a place in the match.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling said they would sit out because they had not yet coordinated with the team.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong departed, and Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to fight well and not hold Lin Yi back.

Dugu Yan accepted her grandfather’s advice before Lin Yi and the others rested for the quarterfinals. The tournament began with Godwind Academy facing Shrek Academy, and Tang San suspected Huo Wu was hiding a strategy as Feng Xiaotian battled Dai Mubai.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that staying with Lin Yi was better than remaining with Heaven Dou Academy, and she admitted to herself that he was right.
• Shui Qingyue dismissed the team to rest; Lin Yi slept, spent the next day buying books, and joined Skywater Academy at the arena on quarterfinal morning.
• The host announced the four quarterfinal matches, then introduced Godwind Academy versus Shrek Academy as the opening match.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with Wind Blade Array, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass stopped the blades while Dai Mubai charged Feng Xiaotian.
• Tang San noticed Feng Xiaotian’s oddly confident smile and Huo Wu’s uncharacteristic restraint, and suspected Godwind Academy was setting a trap.

Feng Xiaotian’s attack overwhelmed Shrek until Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to defeat him and secure Shrek’s win. Afterward, Lin Yi prepared to make his tournament debut for Skywater Academy against Thunderclap Academy, drawing the crowd’s attention.

• Feng Xiaotian used his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes to knock down Shrek’s members, leaving Tang San as the only one still standing.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck Feng Xiaotian down before he could complete his sixteenth slash.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted he could not beat Tang San, and Godwind Academy conceded, giving Shrek Academy the victory.
• Lin Yi noticed Bibi Dong’s subtle reaction to Tang San revealing the Clear Sky Hammer and considered what its appearance meant to her.
• Lin Yi joined Skywater Academy’s lineup for its upcoming match against Thunderclap Academy, surprising spectators who had not seen him compete before.

Lin Yi finally prepared to compete for Tianshui Academy in the quarterfinals against Thunderclap Academy, drawing the attention of Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Xue Qinghe. The chapter ended with everyone anticipating how much of his strength he would reveal.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar noticed Lin Yi heading onto the field, and Shrek Academy questioned whether he was hiding his strength.
• Tang San judged Lin Yi to be around Level 37 and doubted the rumors about his talent, while Yu Xiaogang dismissed him as a showman.
• Xie Yue asked whether Lin Yi would use his second martial soul, and Hu Liena said Thunderclap Academy was not strong enough to force him to reveal it.
• Xue Qinghe watched Lin Yi closely and remembered his unusual fighting style from the Star Dou Forest.

Lin Yi took the field for Tianshui Academy against Thunderclap Academy in the quarterfinals, drawing the attention of Bibi Dong, Light Feather Douluo, and Yu Tianxin. The teams entered the arena, where Yu Tianxin noticed Tianshui Academy had formed a protective ring around Lin Yi.

• Bibi Dong told Gui Mei that Lin Yi would not reveal much of his strength in the match.
• Light Feather Douluo watched Lin Yi enter the arena, hoping to see abilities beyond his Heart Voice.
• Yu Tianxin calmed his nervous teammates and told them to focus on winning against Tianshui Academy.
• The host announced the quarterfinal match, and both teams took the field amid the crowd's cheers.
• Yu Tianxin saw that Tianshui Academy's formation centered on Lin Yi and protected him.

Lin Yi revealed that he was a level-fifty-one Soul King with two ten-thousand-year soul rings, astonishing the arena and making him a perceived threat to the other competitors. As the match began, Thunderclap Academy focused on him, while Bibi Dong wondered who was behind his mysterious origins.

• Yu Tianxin led Thunderclap Academy into a tight trident formation, with the team fixing its attention on Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi revealed his five soul rings and level-fifty-one Soul King strength, stunning the spectators with black fourth and fifth rings.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek team reacted with shock as they recognized Lin Yi's strength and extraordinary soul ring configuration.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan acknowledged that Lin Yi's rings surpassed their own, while Qian Renxue watched him with growing interest.
• Bibi Dong recalled Spirit Hall's failed investigation into Lin Yi and suspected that someone powerful was backing him.

Light Feather Douluo watched Lin Yi reveal level fifty-one Soul Power and two ten-thousand-year soul rings, then decided to observe his match before reporting to the Grand Worshiper. Skywater Academy’s coordinated attack split Thunderclap Academy’s formation, leaving Yu Tianxin’s team in a crisis and suggesting Lin Yi had directed the strategy.

• Light Feather Douluo saw Lin Yi’s soul rings and considered recruiting him into the Worship Hall before choosing to watch the match first.
• Yu Tianxin steadied Thunderclap Academy’s team and launched an attack as Lin Yi stood behind Skywater Academy’s formation.
• Shui Bing’er blocked Yu Tianxin’s charge while Xue Wu, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Thunderclap Academy’s formation from different angles.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Shui Bing’er, who raised an ice wall that split Thunderclap Academy’s front and rear lines.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing broke into the enemy rear line, and Yu Tianxin realized Skywater Academy’s coordinated tactic appeared to begin with Lin Yi.

Thunderclap Academy combined its Soul Power through Yu Tianxin’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, creating a powerful attack aimed at Lin Yi. Yu Tianxin broke through Skywater Academy’s defenses, and the chapter ended with him closing in on Lin Yi as Shui Bing’er called for the others to stop him.

• Yu Tianxin realized Lin Yi’s Starlight Sharing had greatly strengthened Skywater Academy and ordered Thunderclap Academy to gather around him.
• Ning Rongrong and Shui Bing’er recognized that Thunderclap Academy was channeling its members’ Soul Power into Yu Tianxin, while Lin Yi let them finish.
• Thunderclap Academy’s six members exhausted themselves as Yu Tianxin’s martial soul purified and concentrated their Soul Power into a torrent comparable to a peak Soul King’s.
• Yu Tianxin explained that he had planned to save the move for Spirit Hall, then charged toward Skywater Academy’s formation to attack Lin Yi.
• Yu Tianxin shattered Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal and knocked back Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Shui Bing’er to shout for everyone to keep him away from Lin Yi.

Yu Tianxin poured the Soul Power of seven Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Academy team members into a final attack against Lin Yi, but Lin Yi effortlessly avoided his strikes. Lin Yi then revealed his fifth Soul Skill, Lightning Domain, and absorbed Yu Tianxin’s lightning, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Yu Tianxin knocked back Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, then charged Lin Yi with the combined power of his team.
• Lin Yi casually dodged Yu Tianxin’s successive attacks, prompting Lei Dong to warn that Lin Yi’s speed was strange.
• Yu Tianxin gathered his lightning into a final punch and challenged Lin Yi to withstand it.
• Lin Yi activated his fifth Soul Ring and caught Yu Tianxin’s punch, absorbing its lightning power.
• Lin Yi compressed the lightning into a sphere and pressed it to the arena floor, spreading Lightning Domain across the Soul Fighting Arena.

Lin Yi led Skywater Academy to victory over Thunderclap Academy after effortlessly neutralizing Yu Tianxin’s powerful lightning attack, leaving the spectators and powerful observers astonished. Tang San watched Lin Yi’s skills and growth in disbelief, unable to reconcile the former level-nineteen Auxiliary Soul Master with the fighter now far stronger than himself.

• Yu Tianxin surrendered after Lin Yi caught and neutralized his lightning-powered punch, and the referee declared Skywater Academy the winner.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong analyzed Lin Yi’s precise dodges and force-dispersing technique, concluding that his abilities went far beyond those of an ordinary Auxiliary Soul Master.
• Lin Yi dismissed the lightning in his hand and returned calmly to Skywater Academy, prompting Ning Fengzhi to regret that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not recruit him.
• Tang San recalled Lin Yi’s modest strength at Notting Academy and struggled to understand how he had gained two ten-thousand-year soul rings and surpassed him.
• Dai Mubai questioned whether Lin Yi was truly an Auxiliary Soul Master, while Tang San admitted he did not understand Lin Yi’s current strength and Ma Hongjun tried to reassure him.

Lin Yi’s performance against Yu Tianxin drew the attention of Spirit Hall’s leaders, who learned that Lin Yi was a level fifty-one Soul King with a rare light-attribute Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu asking Guang Ling what else he had learned about the boy.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tang San discussed Lin Yi’s limits as an auxiliary-system soul master, and Tang San regained confidence in his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Bibi Dong explained to Yue Guan and Gui Mei that Lin Yi’s light attribute could dissolve lightning attacks, while his combat skills suggested extensive life-and-death experience.
• Guang Ling left the arena and reported Lin Yi’s performance to Qian Daoliu and the other Worships.
• Guang Ling recounted Lin Yi’s level, soul rings, Lightning Domain, and ability to withstand Yu Tianxin’s combined attack, astonishing the Worships with his rare light-attribute Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu asked Guang Ling what else he had learned about Lin Yi.