Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan publicly severed her relationship with Yu Tianheng, and Ye Mu repeatedly struck him after he insulted Spirit Hall Academy. Yu Tianheng then attacked Ye Mu with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but Ye Mu pierced it with Ink Smoke Sword Qi and left the attack hurtling toward him.

• Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng and told him to stop interrupting her exchange with Spirit Hall Academy.
• Ye Mu slapped Yu Tianheng and sent him flying after Yu Tianheng insulted Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianheng stood up and challenged Ye Mu, who appeared before him and slapped him repeatedly until he fell again.
• Yu Tianheng summoned his Martial Soul and unleashed his First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, at Ye Mu.
• Ye Mu pierced the Thunder Dragon Claw with Ink Smoke Sword Qi, which continued toward Yu Tianheng.

Ye Mu nearly killed Yu Tianheng after Yu Tianheng attacked him, but Meng Shenji intervened and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Sword Douluo arrived. Ye Mu spared Yu Tianheng’s life but demanded his expulsion from Heaven Dou Academy and a public explanation of what happened.

• Meng Shenji blocked Ye Mu’s Ink Smoke Sword Qi just before it struck Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan explained that Yu Tianheng had insulted Spirit Hall Academy and attacked Ye Mu, and Meng Shenji apologized for the incident.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Sword Douluo arrived, prompting Meng Shenji to ask Ye Mu how the matter should be settled.
• Ye Mu demanded that Heaven Dou Academy expel Yu Tianheng and make him publicly explain the events.
• Meng Shenji ordered Yu Tianheng to apologize to Spirit Hall Academy, make the public declaration, and leave Heaven Dou Academy.

Yu Tianheng was forced to confess his actions, apologize to Spirit Hall, and leave Heaven Dou Academy after his conduct was exposed. Meanwhile, Yu Luomian asked Liu Erlong to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and she accused him of only caring about her now that she had become a Title Douluo.

• Yu Tianheng apologized to Ye Mu and, under pressure, explained his dispute with Dugu Yan and his efforts to bring people to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Meng Shenji expelled Yu Tianheng from Heaven Dou Academy, and the students condemned his behavior as he left.
• Ye Mu returned to the courtyard and noticed that Liu Erlong had started a Live Broadcast Room.
• Yu Luomian visited Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy and asked her to return to the clan.
• Liu Erlong rejected Yu Luomian's concern as hypocritical and accused him of wanting another Title Douluo for the clan.

Liu Erlong rejected Yu Luomian’s attempt to bring her back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and drove him and the clan elders away with her overwhelming strength. Ye Mu then looked ahead to the academy exchange meetings, with Blazing Fire Academy and Huo Wu on his mind.

• Yu Luomian asked Liu Erlong to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, invoking her mother, but Liu Erlong angrily refused.
• Liu Erlong revealed her Titled Douluo pressure and Sun God Dragon martial soul, then sent Yu Luomian and the elders flying out of the academy.
• Yu Luomian admitted that the clan could no longer control Liu Erlong and decided that threats were too dangerous, though persuading her to return seemed unlikely.
• Liu Erlong told the Live Broadcast Room she felt good after beating the clan members and explained that she had spared Yu Luomian because he was her father.
• Ye Mu considered the upcoming exchange meeting and learned from Hu Liena that the academy would next visit Blazing Fire Academy, where he wondered whether Huo Wu was a Book Friend.

Yu Luomian returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after failing to bring Liu Erlong back, and Yu Yuanzhen decided to confront her personally. Unaware of the clan’s plans, Liu Erlong resolved to visit Heaven Dou Academy and meet the Storybook’s author.

• Yu Luomian told Yu Yuanzhen that Liu Erlong had refused to return to the clan and had humiliated its elders.
• After hearing Yu Luomian’s account, Yu Yuanzhen grew furious and agreed with the elders’ proposal to forcibly bring Liu Erlong back if she would not cooperate.
• Yu Luomian anticipated a battle and planned for the clan elders to help Yu Yuanzhen suppress Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong considered visiting Heaven Dou Academy to meet the Storybook’s author and decided to attend its Exchange Meeting as an observer.

Ye Mu and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation finished the civil examination quickly, but Meng Shenji graded their answers as mostly wrong and declared Heaven Dou Academy the winner. Ye Mu challenged the grading by defending his answers about Innate Soul Power and Spirit Ring limits, then revealed a black Spirit Ring as proof.

• Ye Mu, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing quickly completed the civil examination while the Heaven Dou Fighting Team worked carefully.
• Meng Shenji announced that Heaven Dou Academy had won with 570 points to Spirit Hall Academy's 260, after giving Ye Mu and his teammates zero points.
• Ye Mu questioned the result, and Meng Shenji cited Ye Mu's answer that Innate Full Soul Power was level twenty as incorrect.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Linglin, and Chrysanthemum Douluo confirmed that Qian Renxue had possessed level-twenty Innate Soul Power.
• Ye Mu defended his answer about the first Spirit Ring's age limit, then summoned a black Spirit Ring to demonstrate his claim.

Ye Mu proved his Spirit Ring theories by revealing a ten-thousand-year first ring, securing Spirit Hall Academy a perfect score in the written contest. He led the Golden Generation to the martial contest venue, where the nearly full stands and guarded VIP platform awaited the arriving dignitaries.

• Ye Mu explained that Spirit Ring age depended on what a Soul Master's body and spiritual power could endure, and his first ten-thousand-year ring stunned Meng Shenji and the examiners.
• Meng Shenji awarded Ye Mu's answers a perfect score, giving Spirit Hall Academy the written contest victory.
• Dugu Yan told the Heaven Dou Fighting Team to treat the upcoming martial contest as a chance to gain experience, while estimating Ye Mu was a Soul Emperor above level sixty.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Ye Mu that members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had arrived, but Ye Mu said they would not dare act against Spirit Hall.
• Ye Mu led the Golden Generation to the martial contest venue, where the spectator stands were nearly full and guards surrounded seats on a raised platform.

Ye Mu observed the soul master factions and powerful figures gathered to watch the exchange tournament, while Liu Erlong planned to meet him and Yu Yuanzhen decided to take her back to the clan. Emperor Xue Ye opened the tournament, and Meng Shenji began announcing its rules.

• Ye Mu spotted representatives from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Meng family, the Strength Clan, and other factions, along with five Titled Douluo in the arena.
• Liu Erlong opened the Live Broadcast Room, learned Xiao Wu and Zhuqing had reached level fifty-three, and decided to meet Ye Mu after the tournament.
• Yu Yuanzhen saw Liu Erlong and ordered that she be brought back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after the event.
• Xue Ye arrived at the arena and declared the Exchange Tournament officially begun.
• Meng Shenji announced that the tournament would have seven individual battles and one team battle, with the winner determined by points.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Yu Feng in seconds, revealing that she was a Soul King with five ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings and shocking the arena. As the second match began, Ning Rongrong stepped forward to face Osler, leaving the outcome of her fight unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed five black Spirit Rings and defeated Yu Feng with Hell Stab in under three seconds.
• Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong joining Spirit Hall, but Ning Fengzhi offered no explanation.
• The crowd reacted to Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit Ring configuration as the referee announced the second match.
• Heaven Dou's team leader sent Osler to face the support-type Ning Rongrong, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling doubted he would win.
• Ye Mu encouraged Ning Rongrong, and she walked onto the arena as the crowd laughed and chattered.

Ning Rongrong challenged Osler in the Soul Fighting Arena and revealed that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could deliver devastating attacks. After defeating him in three strikes, she left the stunned audience questioning what support-type Soul Masters could do.

• The crowd mocked Ning Rongrong for entering the match as a support type, while Xue Ye watched with curiosity and Ning Fengzhi watched in silence.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and revealed five black Spirit Rings, shocking the arena.
• Osler used Leopard Shadow Assault to charge at Ning Rongrong, but she countered with Glazed Jade Shatter Strike and blasted him backward.
• Ning Rongrong hit Osler with two more strikes, sending him outside the arena and defeating him.
• Ning Rongrong asked who said support types could not fight, declaring that hits from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda hurt too.

Ning Rongrong defeated her opponent with a self-created offensive skill, inspiring support-system Soul Masters and earning praise from Ning Fengzhi. Xiao Wu then revealed five ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings against Shi Mo and shattered his defenses, leaving the match poised for her attack.

• Ning Rongrong won the second match for Spirit Hall Academy with a swift, decisive battle using her self-created skill.
• The audience applauded Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi praised her growth as a support-system Soul Master.
• The referee announced Xiao Wu would face Shi Mo of Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the third match.
• Xiao Wu revealed five ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, shocking the spectators and Heaven Dou Royal Academy's officials.
• Xiao Wu teleported through Shi Mo's barrier, broke his Mystic Water Guard, and struck the weakened defense with a powerful kick.

Xiao Wu overwhelmed Shi Mo in thirteen seconds, giving Spirit Hall Academy its third point and deepening Xue Ye’s suspicions about Ning Rongrong’s place at the academy. Ye Mu chose Yan for the fourth match, where he would face the newly joined Shui Xingyun.

• Xiao Wu shattered Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Shell defense and knocked him unconscious off the arena in thirteen seconds.
• Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong joining Spirit Hall Academy, but Ning Fengzhi said he would explain after the Exchange Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected that Spirit Hall’s strength, including Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s power and Ye Mu’s potential, made it impossible for other forces to oppose.
• Ye Mu declined Hu Liena’s request to fight next and chose Yan to give Heaven Dou Fighting Team a chance to recover.
• The fourth match was announced, with Yan facing Shui Xingyun, a level forty-three control-type Battle Soul Master who had recently joined Heaven Dou Fighting Team.

Spirit Hall Academy continued crushing the Heaven Dou Fighting Team, while the spectators worried about the Golden Generation’s growing power. Dugu Yan sensed trouble beneath the tournament’s excitement as she prepared to face an opponent she could not defeat.

• Yan defeated Shui Xingyun in three rounds, giving Spirit Hall Academy its fourth consecutive victory.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered forcing Liu Erlong back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye worried about Spirit Hall’s strength and the empire’s response.
• Tai Tan abandoned the idea of attacking Spirit Hall Academy after noticing Chrysanthemum Douluo guarding the team.
• Xie Yue easily defeated Shi Mo, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling lamented that neither could beat the remaining Spirit Hall Academy contestants.
• Dugu Bo visited Dugu Yan, who sensed something was wrong and asked what the Heaven Dou Empire’s factions or royal family might do about Spirit Hall’s powerful Golden Generation.

Ye Mu faced Dugu Yan in the final individual match, revealing his six Spirit Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, while Dugu Yan’s Jade Dragon Martial Soul astonished the spectators. The match began with Ye Mu restraining Dugu Yan with his second soul skill.

• Dugu Bo bluntly explained that powerful factions might eliminate gifted rivals before they could grow, and Ye Lingling lost to Hu Liena in under ten seconds.
• Dugu Yan took the stage, hoping Ye Mu would go easy on her, but his eagerness to fight made her ask if she could surrender without being hit.
• Dugu Yan summoned her evolved Jade Dragon Martial Soul, stunning Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Dugu Yan revealed four black ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, but Ye Mu’s five black rings and one red hundred-thousand-year ring left the venue silent.
• Ye Mu used his second soul skill, Willow Bank Morning Breeze and Setting Moon, to ensnare Dugu Yan and slow her Soul Power.

Ye Mu defeated Dugu Yan so decisively that she surrendered before using a soul skill, leaving Heaven Dou Academy winless after seven individual matches. Xue Ye’s killing intent toward Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation alarmed Salas, who considered how to protect them from a possible attack.

• Ye Mu restrained Dugu Yan and stopped his Ink Smoke Sword Qi when she surrendered, then released her after she complained that he was bullying her.
• The referee declared Ye Mu the winner, and the spectators watched Heaven Dou Academy finish the seven individual matches without a single victory.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi whether anyone among their peers could oppose Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Ning Fengzhi said no one could match them.
• Xue Ye showed killing intent toward the Golden Generation, which Ning Fengzhi and Salas noticed; Salas suspected the emperor might target the young fighters.
• Ye Mu returned to the resting area, where Xiao Wu and the others teased him about being disappointed that he had not fought Dugu Yan longer.

After the Heaven Dou Fighting Team forfeited the team battle, Ye Mu offered to treat them to a meal. As the group prepared to leave, Yu Yuanzhen interrupted, saying there was a matter to resolve before everyone.

• Ye Mu waited for the team battle, but the referee announced that the Heaven Dou Fighting Team had forfeited and declared Spirit Hall Academy the winner of the Exchange Tournament.
• Dugu Yan said her team forfeited to avoid further humiliation and teased Ye Mu for wanting to fight them.
• Ye Mu awkwardly offered to treat Dugu Yan and the others to a meal in Heaven Dou City, and they agreed to leave together.
• Yu Yuanzhen called out from the audience that he had a matter to resolve, making Salas wary that he might target the Golden Generation.

Yu Yuanzhen publicly tried to pressure Liu Erlong into rejoining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but she rejected him and denounced the clan. The chapter left Liu Erlong furious and Yu Yuanzhen still trying to persuade her before the assembled crowd.

• Yu Yuanzhen surprised the spectators by announcing that Liu Erlong belonged to his clan and welcoming her back instead of attacking the Golden Generation.
• Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, Ye Mu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to Yu Yuanzhen’s unexpected declaration and speculated about Liu Erlong’s response.
• Liu Erlong remained furious, and she snapped at Tai Tan when he asked why she had not answered Yu Yuanzhen.
• Liu Erlong publicly declared that she had no relationship with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and represented only herself.
• Yu Yuanzhen urged Liu Erlong to return, promising the clan would accept her and explain what had happened, and she erupted at him for his shamelessness.

Liu Erlong revealed how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had discarded her and exposed her strength as a level ninety-six Titled Douluo with two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings. After her Sun God Dragon martial soul and threat to destroy the clan left Yu Yuanzhen unable to act, he led his people away in disgrace.

• Liu Erlong began recounting Yu Xiaogang's deception and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's long-standing disregard for her, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Dugu Bo stopped Yu Yuanzhen from interrupting.
• Liu Erlong revealed her nine Spirit Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, and the crowd realized she was a level ninety-six Titled Douluo.
• Liu Erlong summoned her Sun God Dragon martial soul, which made Yu Yuanzhen's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul tremble, and threatened to kill the clan's members if he tried to fight her and failed.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi urged Yu Yuanzhen not to force Liu Erlong to return, and Yu Yuanzhen left with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the audience booed.

After the Exchange Tournament, Ye Mu celebrated Spirit Hall Academy’s victory with the Heaven Dou Fighting Team while Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong joining Spirit Hall Academy. Ning Fengzhi urged the emperor not to make an enemy of Spirit Hall and revealed that Spirit Hall had gained Sea God Island and its seven Titled Douluo, while Ye Mu was the Sea God Successor.

• Ye Mu invited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Heaven Dou Fighting Team to a feast after Spirit Hall Academy’s decisive victory.
• Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong joining Spirit Hall Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect cooperating with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Ye to turn hostility into friendship because the Heaven Dou Empire could not afford to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Spirit Hall had taken control of Sea God Island without losing a soldier and brought its seven Titled Douluo under its command.
• Ning Fengzhi disclosed that Ye Mu, Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, was the Sea God Successor.

Xue Ye learned from Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall had grown overwhelmingly powerful and considered seeking an accommodation with it. Meanwhile, Ye Mu joined the others for a feast, where Liu Erlong arrived after breaking ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Spirit Hall had taken Sea God Island without losses, gained its seven Titled Douluo, and had Ye Mu as the Sea God Successor; he also revealed that Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu were both Rank 99.
• Xue Ye accepted that the Heaven Dou Empire could not challenge Spirit Hall and considered cooperating with it or negotiating a non-aggression treaty.
• Ye Mu hosted the Heaven Dou Fighting Team and Spirit Hall members at a tavern, where Dugu Yan and the others tried to get him drunk, but he remained unfazed.
• Liu Erlong arrived at the gathering after publicly confronting Yu Yuanzhen and severing ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then told Ye Mu she had long wanted to meet him.