Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liang entered the Golden Class and accepted a challenge from Tuoba Lie’s team, insisting that all five fight him together. He revealed an azure-blue longsword Martial Soul and six pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, leaving the arena stunned as the battle was about to begin.

• Tuoba Lie and other Golden Class members challenged Jiang Liang to prove his strength, and Jiang Liang agreed to fight Tuoba Lie’s entire five-person team at once.
• Jiang Liang told Tuoba Lie and his teammates to recover first so they could not claim an unfair loss.
• After the five recovered, Jiang Liang leaped into the arena and invited them to attack.
• Tuoba Lie summoned his White Armored Earth Dragon Martial Soul and introduced his five-person team, which included one Soul King and four Soul Ancestors.
• Jiang Liang summoned an azure-blue longsword, spreading intense cold across the arena.
• Hu Liena and the others saw six pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings rise beneath Jiang Liang.

Jiang Liang displayed his overwhelming strength by defeating Tuoba Lie and four other Golden Class students without using his Soul Rings or Soul Skills. After he called the class trash, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan stepped forward to fight him.

• Jiang Liang revealed himself as a level sixty-five Soul Emperor with six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and challenged the Golden Class.
• Tuoba Lie led four teammates in a coordinated attack, but Jiang Liang swiftly incapacitated all five without using Soul Rings or Soul Skills.
• Tuoba Lie admitted defeat, and the crowd realized Jiang Liang had crushed the team with ease.
• Jiang Liang challenged the silent students and called everyone in the Golden Class trash, provoking an angry outburst.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan stepped forward together and accepted Jiang Liang's challenge.

Jiang Liang defeated the Golden Class students in a one-against-fifteen fight at Spirit Hall Academy without using a Soul Skill. After the Vice Dean warned the students not to underestimate others, Jiang Liang left and news of his victory spread throughout Spirit City.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the other Golden Class students surrounded Jiang Liang and launched a coordinated attack.
• Jiang Liang dodged their attacks and swept through the crowd with his azure longsword, knocking down the students one by one.
• Jiang Liang stopped Hu Liena and Xie Yue from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeated the remaining Soul Kings and support Soul Masters.
• The Vice Dean arrived, told the Golden Class students to learn from their defeat, and sent them to recover for the upcoming Elite Training Tournament.
• Jiang Liang left after challenging the students to surprise him at the tournament, and news of his victory spread throughout Spirit City.

Spirit Hall’s leaders competed to protect and recruit Jiang Liang, who settled into a secluded residence and trained while preparing for the Elite Training Tournament. The tournament began with hundreds of senior students gathering at the academy, where Jiang Liang learned its stages and was warned that his opponents had hidden trump cards.

• Bibi Dong and the Worship Hall both warned their subordinates not to harm Jiang Liang, while Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to provide him resources and keep others away.
• Jiang Liang moved into a secluded courtyard, received cultivation resources from Yue Guan, and trained while the Golden Class students worked to recover their reputations.
• Jiang Liang continued cultivating and nurturing Ah Yin until he reached level sixty-six.
• Jiang Liang arrived at Spirit Hall Academy on the tournament’s opening day and found roughly two to three hundred senior students gathered.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue explained that the tournament would narrow the field through three months of training, individual battles, and five-versus-five team battles.
• Xie Yue warned Jiang Liang that opponents could have powerful hidden trump cards, and Hu Liena refused to reveal what she and her companions had.

Spirit Hall Academy began its Elite Training Tournament, where students had to reach a limited-capacity camp and keep a token until the hour of the Dog. Jiang Liang took his time, flew to the camp ahead of the others, and settled beneath a tree after receiving his token.

• The Vice Dean announced that students had six shichen to reach the Training Camp and that only two hundred students with tokens could remain after the hour of the Dog.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Tuoba Lie hurried toward the camp, while Jiang Liang went home to eat and nurture Ah Yin.
• After a shichen, Jiang Liang flew on the Cold Moon Sword toward Star Dou Forest as other students fought over places along the way.
• Jiang Liang overtook Hu Liena's group and the Golden Class, startling the students who recognized his sword-like streak of light.
• Yue Guan gave Jiang Liang a token at the Training Camp, and Jiang Liang sat beneath a tree with the token beside him.

Jiang Liang reached the Training Camp far ahead of Hu Liena and the others, and his Sword Control Technique left them stunned when he revealed it was a Self-Created Soul Skill. He guarded his token effortlessly until the two hundred tokens were distributed, and the chapter ended with the Vice Dean announcing that elimination training would begin at three the next morning.

• Jiang Liang told Hu Liena and the others that he had arrived early after going home to eat, and Yue Guan confirmed that he had flown past them.
• Jiang Liang explained that his Sword Control Technique was a Self-Created Soul Skill, leaving Tuoba Lie and the other students overwhelmed by the gap between them.
• Jiang Liang stopped students from trying to steal his token by sending a freezing longsword after them without opening his eyes.
• The remaining students fought over tokens while Jiang Liang rested undisturbed, and all two hundred tokens were distributed by evening.
• The Vice Dean recorded the names of students who had tokens, dismissed those who did not, and announced that elimination training would begin at three in the morning.

Jiang Liang and the other trainees began their first day of training under a scarred Soul Douluo instructor, who singled Jiang Liang out after his pressure failed to affect him. The trainees were ordered to run to a mountain and back carrying stones, while Yue Guan revealed that Bibi Dong had assigned Jiang Liang an enormous boulder.

• Tuoba Lie asked Jiang Liang about his background, and Jiang Liang said he came from the backwater city of Nuoding City.
• The Scarred Man introduced himself as the chief instructor and pressured the trainees, but Jiang Liang remained unaffected and forced him back with his Sword Qi.
• The Scarred Man ordered the trainees to carry stones up a mountain and back within three hours without using Martial Souls or Soul Power.
• Tuoba Lie, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others picked up stones, while Yue Guan told Jiang Liang that Bibi Dong had assigned him a person-sized boulder for extra training.

Jiang Liang endured three months of punishing special training ordered by Bibi Dong, while sending her insults through Yue Guan. The training greatly strengthened Jiang Liang and the other trainees, but he still planned to have Sword Mother punish Bibi Dong for the ordeal.

• Jiang Liang dragged a huge boulder through the mountain course and finished with little fatigue, while most trainees struggled to return within three hours.
• Jiang Liang told Yue Guan to relay “Bibi Dong, damn you!” to Bibi Dong, but Yue Guan initially concealed the insult.
• Bibi Dong pressed Yue Guan to repeat Jiang Liang’s message, then laughed and ordered Jiang Liang’s training quadrupled.
• For three months, Jiang Liang accepted Bibi Dong’s escalating training orders and sent her insults or sarcastic remarks through Yue Guan, who suspected they had a strange relationship.
• The training period ended, and Jiang Liang reached level sixty-nine with physical strength comparable to a Title Douluo, though he remained determined to have Sword Mother hang and whip Bibi Dong.

After completing the first round of Training Camp, Jiang Liang returned to Spirit City and reunited with Ah Yin, only for Bibi Dong to catch him insulting her. Bibi Dong gave him a healing potion and warned him to win the upcoming individual battle.

• The Vice Dean congratulated the hundred trainees who survived the three-month Training Camp and announced that the top fifty would qualify to represent Spirit Hall in the tournament.
• The Vice Dean, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, and the Scarred Man escorted the trainees back to Spirit City, where Jiang Liang returned to his residence.
• Jiang Liang rewarded the three Maids for caring for his home and complained to Ah Yin about the harsh training Bibi Dong had put him through.
• Bibi Dong overheard Jiang Liang calling her a crazy woman and threatening to have his sister punish her, then confronted him while Sword Mother watched from nearby.
• Bibi Dong kicked Jiang Liang, gave him a High-Grade Healing Potion for his injuries, and ordered him to take first place in the individual battle.

Jiang Liang arrived at the Elite Training Tournament’s individual battles and learned that Bibi Dong had made him the Arena Champion, forcing him to face challengers for a Spirit Bone reward. After he accepted the challenge, Han Wu stepped forward as the first opponent.

• Jiang Liang recovered from his training injuries after bathing in a High-Level Recovery Potion and left for the tournament.
• The Vice Dean announced a new Arena Battle, where challengers could earn tournament qualification by defeating the designated Arena Champion.
• The Vice Dean named Jiang Liang as Arena Champion, and Yue Guan explained that Bibi Dong had assigned him the role and offered him a Spirit Bone if he held the arena.
• Jiang Liang accepted the Arena Battle after hearing about the reward, summoned the Cold Moon Sword, and invited students to challenge him.
• Han Wu introduced himself as a Rank 41 defensive-type Battle Soul Ancestor with a Mystic Ice Giant Turtle Martial Soul and volunteered to fight first.

Jiang Liang defeated every student who challenged his arena, including Han Wu, and earned a Spirit Bone. After the Vice Dean declared the arena battle over, Jiang Liang asked whether he was free of the individual matches, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan sent him away.

• Han Wu activated his Mystic Ice Giant Turtle Martial Soul and defensive Soul Skills, but Jiang Liang shattered his shield with one sword strike and sent him off the arena.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and the others declined to challenge Jiang Liang, while Xi Yue and successive groups of students tried and were quickly defeated.
• Jiang Liang fought from morning until afternoon, defeating every challenger in no more than a few moves.
• After no one else stepped forward, the Vice Dean ended the arena battle and awarded Jiang Liang one Spirit Bone to be distributed after the individual battles.
• Jiang Liang asked whether he could skip the individual matches, and Yue Guan told him to leave; Jiang Liang insulted Yue Guan in response.

After the individual matches ended, Bibi Dong gave Jiang Liang a Spirit Bone before the final round of the Elite Training Tournament began. The other fifty students formed random five-person teams, while Jiang Liang was assigned to compete alone.

• The individual matches ended with forty-nine advanced students remaining alongside Jiang Liang for the final selection.
• Bibi Dong visited Jiang Liang and gave him a thirty-thousand-year Aurora Saber-Toothed Tiger right arm bone, which he accepted despite already having Spirit Bones in that position.
• Jiang Liang arrived at Spirit Hall Academy's Combat Training Ground and noticed that a girl previously eliminated by Xie Yue was among the competitors.
• The Vice Dean announced that the third round would use random five-person teams and excluded Jiang Liang from the team draw.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan declared that Jiang Liang would form a team by himself, and the other fifty students began drawing lots.

Jiang Liang watched the first round of the team battle end with every Golden Class team advancing, then drew number one for the second round. He faced Xiong Ba’s team and revealed the overwhelming power of his six ten-thousand-year Soul Rings as the match began.

• The Vice Dean announced the team-battle format, and Hu Liena’s team defeated Ding Xiuji’s team in the opening match.
• The Golden Class teams easily won their first-round matches, leaving five teams plus Jiang Liang to compete in the second round.
• The Vice Dean had Jiang Liang draw first, and Jiang Liang received number one for the next round.
• Jiang Liang and Xiong Ba’s team drew number one and became opponents in the second round.
• Jiang Liang summoned his Cold Moon Sword and six ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, overwhelming Xiong Ba’s team before the Vice Dean started the match.
• Jiang Liang told Xiong Ba to watch his sword as the battle began.

Jiang Liang easily defeated Xiong Ba's team with his speed-enhancing Soul Skills, then learned that Hu Liena's and Tuoba Lie's teams would join forces to challenge him in the tournament's third round. He accepted the match, which would decide whether he became champion or was eliminated.

• Jiang Liang used his Soul Skills to overwhelm Xiong Ba and his teammates in a single attack, winning their match.
• Yue Guan explained that Jiang Liang's first, second, and fourth Soul Skills greatly increased his speed, and Jiang Liang confirmed that all his Soul Rings focused on speed.
• Hu Liena's team and Tuoba Lie's team advanced alongside Jiang Liang after the other matches concluded.
• The Vice Dean announced that Hu Liena's and Tuoba Lie's teams would join forces to challenge Jiang Liang, with the winner becoming champion and the loser being eliminated.
• Jiang Liang, Hu Liena, Tuoba Lie, and their teammates accepted the new format and received half an hour to rest and plan.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and their teammates began their battle against Jiang Liang with a coordinated assault, allowing Hu Liena and Xie Yue to successfully unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm. The red mist covered the arena as Demon Charm revealed that its strength reached the High-Rank Soul Emperor level.

• During the half-hour break, Hu Liena and the others used potions to recover while discussing tactics against Jiang Liang.
• At the start of the match, Jiang Liang charged as Hu Liena and Xie Yue began their fusion, while Yan, Tuoba Lie, and the others attacked and supported their teammates.
• Jiang Liang evaded the control skills and pushed through the team’s defenses, but Yan’s Magma Surge forced him to leap clear of the erupting magma.
• Jiang Liang split a magma pillar with his sword and sent the nearby support- and control-type Soul Masters flying with the shockwave.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue successfully fused into Demon Charm, which attacked Jiang Liang and spread red mist across the arena.
• Demon Charm declared that its fused strength reached the High-Rank Soul Emperor level as the red mist shrouded the arena.

Jiang Liang overwhelmed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Tuoba Lie, Yan, and their teammates despite their coordinated assault and Demon Charm's red mist. He also thwarted their concealed final attack, leaving Jiang Liang as the sole fighter standing and winning the third-round team battle.

• Demon Charm spread red mist across the arena, weakening everyone inside it, while Tuoba Lie and the others drank potions and attacked Jiang Liang together.
• Jiang Liang broke free of the control attacks and sent Demon Charm, Tuoba Lie, and the other attackers flying with a surge of Sword Qi.
• An agility-type Soul Master emerged from the mist and attempted a hidden strike, but Jiang Liang dodged and counterattacked.
• Jiang Liang blasted the agility-type Soul Master away, and Demon Charm separated to reveal Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• The Vice Dean announced Jiang Liang as the winner of the third-round team battle.

After Jiang Liang won the Elite Training Tournament, Bibi Dong granted him permission to form a nine-member team for the Spirit Master Tournament. He had to start from the Preliminary Tournament rather than use Spirit Hall’s Seeded Slot, but Bibi Dong secured extra Spirit Bone rewards if his team won the championship.

• Jiang Liang defeated Hu Liena and her teammates, and the Vice Dean offered the two remaining teams a chance to compete for the final Spirit Master Tournament spot.
• Yue Guan told Jiang Liang that Bibi Dong had summoned him to the Pope Palace after the competition.
• Bibi Dong approved Jiang Liang’s requests and offered him five main members and four substitutes for his team.
• Bibi Dong explained that Jiang Liang’s team had to earn its place through the Preliminary Tournament because the elders and families opposed giving it Spirit Hall’s Seeded Slot.
• Jiang Liang asked for a reward if his team won, and Bibi Dong promised three Spirit Bones for first place plus two more contributed by the families.

After securing a Spirit Master Tournament spot, Jiang Liang focused on reaching level seventy before leaving Spirit City. His training was interrupted by a visit from Grand Elder Qian Daoliu, who noticed Sword Mother and asked whether she was Jiang Liang’s second Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong told Jiang Liang that the elders had refused him direct entry but offered compensation, and Jiang Liang decided to cultivate until he reached level seventy and could obtain his seventh Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang returned home, told Ah Yin he had won a tournament spot, and said they would leave after he broke through level seventy.
• News spread that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had won the final tournament spot, while Jiang Liang drew even greater attention in Spirit City.
• Jiang Liang practiced swordsmanship in his courtyard with Sword Mother’s guidance as Ah Yin cultivated on the balcony.
• Sword Mother sensed a powerful guest at the gate, and Jiang Liang opened it to meet Grand Elder Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu entered the courtyard, saw Sword Mother, and asked Jiang Liang if she was his second Martial Soul.

Qian Daoliu discovered that Sword Mother was Jiang Liang’s Second Martial Soul and offered him the position of Holy Son if he pursued Qian Renxue and left the other girls. Jiang Liang refused, and Qian Daoliu challenged him over whether Qian Renxue was inferior to them.

• Qian Daoliu recognized Sword Mother as Jiang Liang’s Second Martial Soul, and Jiang Liang confirmed that she was also his master.
• Qian Daoliu praised Jiang Liang’s talent and combat ability, explaining that Qian Renxue had asked him to watch over him.
• Qian Daoliu proposed that Jiang Liang and Qian Renxue unite and offered to make Jiang Liang Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Qian Daoliu demanded that Jiang Liang stop seeing Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing’er, and Shui Yue’er.
• Jiang Liang refused to abandon the other girls for Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu coldly asked whether his granddaughter was inferior to them.

Jiang Liang persuaded Qian Daoliu to let Qian Xue'er decide their relationship, while Sword Mother deterred the Grand Elder from attacking him. After clashing with Bibi Dong and deciding to get even with Jiang Liang, Qian Daoliu returned to the Worship Hall; the next morning, a powerful youth arrived and carried Jiang Liang away for a visit.

• Jiang Liang told Qian Daoliu he would take responsibility for Qian Xue'er but would not abandon Yanzi and the others, and urged the Grand Elder to let Xue'er choose.
• Qian Daoliu left Jiang Liang's residence after agreeing, then confronted Bibi Dong, who insisted Jiang Liang belonged to the Pope Palace.
• Qian Daoliu considered returning to challenge Jiang Liang, but changed his mind and went back to the Worship Hall.
• Jiang Liang spent the day practicing swordsmanship and nourishing Ah Yin with Sword Qi, then prepared to train again the next morning.
• A youth in a light gray robe appeared in Jiang Liang's courtyard and flew away with him, while Sword Mother let him go because she sensed no killing intent.