Chapter Summaries

He Xi saved Tang San and healed him, while Tang San considered how to prepare for a future clash with his other self. Inside the secret realm, the tournament melee continued to claim many lives, and sect leaders urged Qian Xunji to stop the competition.

• He Xi told Tang San she had watched over him and used her spatial Soul Tool to rescue him; Tang San thanked her but remained wary.
• Tang San reflected that his other self's recovery ability made him exceptionally difficult to defeat and resolved to prepare before they met again.
• Soul Masters across the arena traded lethal attacks, killing numerous contestants as the battlefield was devastated.
• Sect masters and elders watched the deaths mount; Ning Fengzhi saw two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect collateral disciples among the dead.
• A sect leader asked Qian Xunji to halt the tournament, and nearby sect leaders and clan heads joined his appeal.

Qian Xunji faced demands from sect leaders to stop the tournament as young soul masters died in the secret realm, while recognizing that the major powers were using the deaths to pressure Spirit Hall and protect their own interests. He refused to halt the event, and the leaders continued debating the rules and possible compensation.

• Sect leaders urged Qian Xunji to stop the tournament, citing the deaths of more than a hundred young geniuses and the damage to Spirit Hall's reputation.
• Qian Xunji recognized that the powerful sects were exploiting the deaths to weaken Spirit Hall and eliminate talented rivals from outside their bloodlines.
• Qian Xunji refused to stop the tournament, arguing that the rules had allowed deaths from the beginning and that entrants had accepted the risk.
• Huyan Zhen supported Qian Xunji, saying participants could leave the secret realm by giving up and that his own sect accepted the risks.
• Yu Xiaotian argued that fallen contestants had only themselves to blame for lacking strength and resolve.
• Ning Fengzhi urged calm and proposed that Spirit Hall compensate the families of the dead after the tournament.

After a deadly melee in the secret realm, contestants’ families demanded that the tournament be stopped, but Bibi Dong kept it running and opened a broadcast channel so they could urge contestants to withdraw. Nearly all the survivors rejected the pleas, including both Tang San figures, who remained committed to their own goals.

• The Mad Rhino Clan chief and other small-sect representatives protested the deaths and demanded that contestants be allowed to withdraw, while the Ghost Leopard Sect argued that the rules already let them leave.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would open a realm-wide voice channel for families to speak to contestants, but the tournament would continue under its existing rules.
• After hearing the broadcast, contestants across the secret realm dismissed their families’ pleas and refused to abandon the tournament.
• Tang San in the eastern region resolved to keep fighting so he could win and erase his humiliation.
• The Tang San following tracks in the western region ignored the broadcast and continued searching for Tang San, intending to kill him.
• Nearly all the survivors remained determined to compete for the chance to be the last person standing and claim the protagonist’s role.

Contestants across the secret realm received urgent warnings from home to withdraw, but many chose to destroy their wristwatches and continue competing. With most contestants having cut off contact and retreat, the arena turned into a fight to the death.

• Shen Feng rejected his father's plea to withdraw, crushed his wristwatch, and led Zhou Ping and their other junior disciple onward.
• Yan Yanyan reassured his younger sister Yaya that he would survive and win the championship prize money for her.
• Shi Gang persuaded Zhao Kun to stay with the team, and Zhao Kun crushed his wristwatch and vowed to keep fighting.
• Chu Hong and her four teammates destroyed their wristwatches and set out to fight their way toward the championship.
• As contestants across the secret realm severed contact with home, teams began meeting each other with open battle intent.

Spectators demanded that Spirit Hall stop the deadly tournament, but the judges said they had no authority and explained that contestants who destroyed their withdrawal watches could still be forcibly teleported out before entering the final safe zone. Inside the secret realm, Bei Changfeng used the Giga Battlenizer to summon powerful soul beasts and overwhelm the remaining contestants.

• Spectators panicked as contestants destroyed their withdrawal watches, and they demanded that Spirit Hall end the tournament.
• Spirit Hall’s judges refused to interfere, explaining that the contestants had chosen to forfeit voluntary withdrawal and that only the final safe-zone teleportation remained.
• The judges privately acknowledged that Spirit Hall could neither end the tournament nor change its rules, which had been arranged by Qian Chongguang.
• The battle in the secret realm dwindled to fewer than twenty survivors as Bei Changfeng struck down a contestant with the Giga Battlenizer.
• Bei Changfeng summoned an Albino Demon Wolf, a Lava Giant Lizard, and a Nether Bone Panther while a ten thousand year Jade Swan healed him.
• The summoned soul beasts attacked the remaining contestants, prompting transmigrators to curse Bei Changfeng’s overwhelming advantage.

The tournament battlefield grew more chaotic as Bei Changfeng and Wei Wuyuan crushed opponents, Liu Nan and Xiong Xiaomiao clashed with powerful energy blasts, and Lu Yao fought a hidden mental attacker from inside his Fruity Mecha. The chapter left Lu Yao barely protected by the mech’s emergency mental barrier as the attacker’s pressure intensified.

• Bei Changfeng struck down a contestant who tried to stab him from behind, while Wei Wuyuan defeated a blade-wielding opponent with a barrage of punches.
• Liu Nan and Xiong Xiaomiao collided their Gaia Energy Cannon and Bear Energy Cannon, damaging Liu Nan’s WarGreymon Armor and leaving Xiong Xiaomiao wounded before they prepared a second exchange.
• Lu Yao used the Fruity Mecha’s Ruyi Cannon to blast away a contestant who tried to ambush him.
• A hidden mental-type Soul Master attacked Lu Yao through the mech, and Lu Yao broke the first mental chains by detonating a wisp of his origin Soul Power.
• The attacker intensified the mental assault, and Lu Yao activated the mech’s emergency mental barrier to hold back the attack.

Lu Yao killed the white-clad spiritual soul master with the mech’s warheads before the battered survivors headed toward the secret realm’s core. Outside, the viewing platform watched the aftermath in horror as families recognized their dead, including the Sky Eagle Clan patriarch’s son and a village couple’s only son.

• Lu Yao traced the white-clad man’s spiritual power and fired at his hiding place, then endured the man’s full-force spiritual assault.
• As his mech failed, Lu Yao launched two warheads that broke through the white-clad man’s defenses and killed him.
• After the battle, Bei Changfeng headed toward the secret realm’s core, Wei Wuyuan followed, and Liu Nan and Xiong Xiaomiao withdrew in different directions.
• The viewing platform fell silent as the spectators saw the battlefield littered with corpses.
• The Sky Eagle Clan patriarch recognized his son among the dead, while the Mad Rhino Clan patriarch mourned his nephew.
• A farming couple saw their only son’s body on the screen, and the mother fainted.

Big Fat Sheep Squad stayed safely hidden in Green Velvet Valley while other contestants were eliminated, and the team increasingly trusted Lazy Goat’s uncanny instincts. After the next safe zone included their valley, Lazy Goat went back to sleep as his teammates grew confident they could reach the championship without fighting.

• Da Zhuang, A Yun, and Xiao Shi gathered spirit fruits and praised Lazy Goat for keeping the team away from deadly battles and danger.
• The teammates recalled how Lazy Goat had steered them away from a southeast treasure clash that led to multiple eliminations, including two Titled Douluo-level experts.
• When Xiao Shi sensed a powerful team approaching, Lazy Goat predicted they would pass by, and the group turned away from the valley.
• Lazy Goat said he wanted grass cakes and soft cushions as his championship reward rather than Soul Bones or authority.
• Xiao Shi checked the new safe-zone map and found Green Velvet Valley would remain inside it, so Lazy Goat settled back down to sleep.

Xiao Shi, Da Zhuang, and A Yun were relaxing in Green Velvet Valley when a wounded Wolf Bandit named Wolf Yong fled into the valley, pursued by a mysterious armored hunter. The hunter ignored the Big Fat Sheep Squad and confronted Wolf Yong, calling him a goblin and revealing that he had tracked him for months.

• Spectators noticed the uninjured Big Fat Sheep Squad resting in Green Velvet Valley and began betting that they would survive the tournament.
• Xiao Shi sensed two auras approaching, and Da Zhuang readied his battle-axe while A Yun worried about the sleeping captain.
• Lazy Goat woke and told his teammates that the approaching pursuers were not there for them.
• Wolf Yong burst into the valley, injured and disguised as a human, then recognized the armored figure pursuing him.
• The silver-helmeted hunter entered and accused Wolf Yong of hiding his nature behind human skin.

Goblin Slayer fought Wolf Yong in Green Velvet Valley after Lazy Goat and his companions fled, and overcame the Soul Emperor’s attacks. Goblin Slayer’s strike disrupted Wolf Yong’s Soul Power and forced him to reveal his true wolf form.

• Lazy Goat smelled the wolf in Wolf Yong and fled into the forest with Da Zhuang, Xiao Shi, and A Yun.
• Wolf Yong summoned his Gale Fist Blades and used his fourth soul skill to turn invisible, but Goblin Slayer predicted his movements and wounded him.
• Goblin Slayer evaded Wolf Yong’s repeated soul skills and inflicted several serious wounds, steadily exhausting his Soul Power.
• Wolf Yong tried to unleash his bloodline power for a final attack, but Goblin Slayer seized his wrist and struck his shoulder and neck.
• Goblin Slayer’s blade disrupted Wolf Yong’s Soul Power, shattered his human disguise, and exposed his wolf form.

Wolf Yong revealed himself as a Wolf Bandit Soul Emperor, shocking the tournament audience and raising fears that Wolf Bandits could infiltrate human society and reproduce across generations. Qian Xunji defended Spirit Hall’s screening procedures while General Xiang demanded a response, and the audience called for widespread bloodline checks.

• Wolf Yong’s half-beast form and Soul Emperor cultivation appeared on the tournament broadcast, revealing that he was a Wolf Bandit who had concealed his identity.
• Spectators reacted with alarm as they realized Wolf Bandits could disguise themselves as humans, awaken Martial Souls, and cultivate through the human Soul Master system.
• General Xiang challenged Qian Xunji over how a Wolf Bandit had passed Spirit Hall’s identity screenings.
• Qian Xunji said the tournament had used three levels of verification and that Wolf Bandits’ concealment methods had exceeded what Spirit Hall understood.
• General Xiang warned that Wolf Bandits could reproduce with humans and become increasingly difficult to distinguish from them over generations.
• Sect leaders and elders called for bloodline screening of tournament contestants and Soul Masters across sects and empires.

Spirit Hall promised a continent-wide response after Wolf Yong was exposed as a Wolf Bandit infiltrator. Inside the secret realm, Wolf Yong spent his system’s combat items against Goblin Slayer but was left wounded and helpless as Goblin Slayer advanced.

• Qian Xunji silenced the crowd and promised that Spirit Hall would work with the Seven Great Sects and two empires on bloodline screening laws.
• Wolf Yong exchanged his system’s reproductive support items for combat supplies and drank the Dragon Vitality Potion, greatly boosting his strength.
• Wolf Yong attacked Goblin Slayer with enhanced fist blades and poisoned needles, but Goblin Slayer deflected his blows and cut him repeatedly.
• Wolf Yong released Drunken Dream Fragrant Mist and tried to strike Goblin Slayer from behind, but Goblin Slayer tracked him through the fog and crippled his leg.
• Wolf Yong collapsed with numerous wounds and realized he could not defeat Goblin Slayer, who continued advancing apparently unharmed.

Wolf Yong detonated himself in a Title Douluo-level explosion, but Goblin Slayer survived and began treating his severe wounds. As the Big Fat Sheep Squad watched from hiding, Lazy Goat spotted Wolf Yong’s blood and remains forming into a living mass and warned that he was not dead.

• Wolf Yong ignited his bloodline, Soul Power, and essence blood to create a Blood Soul Explosive, killing himself in the blast.
• Goblin Slayer survived the explosion with severe injuries and confirmed Wolf Yong’s body had been destroyed.
• Goblin Slayer treated his wounds while the Big Fat Sheep Squad watched from the forest.
• Lazy Goat sensed that Wolf Yong’s blood was still alive and saw it reform into a growing gelatinous mass with a faint green glow.
• Lazy Goat shouted that Wolf Yong was not dead yet.

Goblin Slayer discovered that Wolf Yong had survived his self-destruction as a regenerating mass of blood, alarming the tournament spectators and prompting calls to destroy it. As Wolf Yong tried to burrow underground, Goblin Slayer moved to stop its escape despite his severe injuries.

• Goblin Slayer and the others spotted Wolf Yong's blood mass moving in the crater, and Goblin Slayer recognized that it was regenerating around its Soul Core.
• The blood mass sent poisoned threads through the rocks as it tried to flee and draw energy from underground.
• Spectators across the continent panicked at Wolf Yong's survival, while the Flame Will Empire's representative urged Qian Xunji to ensure it was killed.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin about the blood mass, and Chen Xin suspected an external object was protecting its Soul Core and said it was vulnerable now.
• Goblin Slayer descended into the crater, cut through Wolf Yong's blood threads, and pursued it as it rolled toward the crater wall to burrow into the soil.

Goblin Slayer burned Wolf Yong’s blood mass, but its Soul Core escaped until Lazy Goat struck it down with a cobblestone. After confirming Wolf Yong’s death and burning away the remains, Goblin Slayer collapsed from his wounds as Lazy Goat approached him.

• Goblin Slayer threw a fire-oil bomb into the blood mass, but Wolf Yong fled as a streak of blood carrying its Soul Core.
• Lazy Goat rushed from cover and smashed the fleeing Soul Core with a cobblestone, stopping it near the forest.
• The broadcast announced that Wolf Yong had died, though Xiao Shi and the others remained wary of the blood mass.
• Goblin Slayer inspected the remains and burned them with another firebomb until no trace of blood remained.
• Goblin Slayer collapsed unconscious from his grievous wounds, and Lazy Goat walked out from behind the rocks toward him.

After Goblin Slayer survived Wolf Yong’s self-destruction, the Big Fat Sheep Squad helped him forfeit the secret realm, and the tournament healers struggled to save him from severe injuries and wolf poison. Ye Renxin arrived and offered to treat him, leaving his recovery in her hands.

• Lazy Goat, A Yun, Xiao Shi, and Da Zhuang helped the unconscious Goblin Slayer forfeit so he could receive treatment outside the secret realm.
• The Big Fat Sheep Squad packed their supplies and left the scorched area before other competitors arrived.
• The Flame Will Empire’s representative praised Goblin Slayer’s skill and said he should be invited to Flame Will after he recovered.
• Three healing-type soul masters used the Ring-Stacking Secret Method to stabilize Goblin Slayer, but could not suppress his internal injuries and wolf poison.
• Ye Renxin arrived and offered to treat Goblin Slayer with her Nine Heart Flowering Apple.

Ye Renxin used the Nine Heart Flowering Apple and the Ring-Stacking Secret Method to save the gravely wounded Goblin Slayer, while the tournament leaders confronted the threat posed by the Wolf Bandits. Qian Xunji ordered continent-wide bloodline screenings and named Goblin Slayer an honorary elder of Spirit Hall as he was carried away to recover.

• Ye Renxin used her Martial Soul Avatar and Ring-Stacking Secret Method to heal Goblin Slayer’s wounds and remove the wolf venom, though he remained unconscious.
• Yu Yuanzhen, the Flame Will Empire representative, and Ning Fengzhi praised Goblin Slayer and warned that Wolf Bandits could evolve into humans and infiltrate human society.
• General Xiang urged humanity to defend itself against soul beast infiltration, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Clear Sky Sect, and other sects pledged to cooperate with investigations.
• Qian Xunji ordered continent-wide bloodline screening after the tournament and granted Goblin Slayer the title of honorary elder of Spirit Hall.
• Ye Renxin said Goblin Slayer needed over a month to recover, and attendants carried him to Spirit Hall’s recuperation hall as the soul masters made way.

As the tournament pushed contestants toward the secret realm’s dangerous core, Xiao Chengu and the others urged Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to forfeit before they encountered Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Ning Rongrong and the other two refused to leave, and Xiao Chengu continued trying to explain the danger.

• Li Pu and Bai Ci observed that contestants were dying quickly as the group encountered increasingly dangerous Soul Beasts, including signs of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xiao Chengu set up a defensive barrier and told Ning Rongrong she should leave before the group entered the core region.
• Li Pu, Lin Yue, Gui Mengguan, and Oupai agreed that Ning Rongrong and the other girls would be too vulnerable in the battles ahead.
• Ning Rongrong insisted her boosts made her useful and said she would not forfeit, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing also refused to leave.
• Xiao Chengu explained that Ning Rongrong’s support could not protect her from the shockwaves of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Xiao Chengu and Lin Yue fought off a Red-Armored Earth Dragon and a Darkwing Wind Kite in the mystic realm’s core zone. Elsewhere, a fleeing team was overwhelmed by a swarm of Soul-Devouring Ants.

• Xiao Chengu sensed movement underground, and a hundred-thousand-year Red-Armored Earth Dragon burst from the ground as a Darkwing Wind Kite swooped down to trap the team.
• Xiao Chengu explained his weapon martial soul’s beast-like avatar after Xiao Wu asked how he could use one.
• Xiao Chengu shielded the group from the beasts’ attacks while Lin Yue wounded the wind kite and kept it occupied in the air.
• A four-person team fled through a canyon as thousands of Soul-Devouring Ants pursued them.
• The Soul-Devouring Ants broke through the last team member’s barrier and devoured him, leaving only his skeleton and damaged soul tools.

Soul-Devouring Ants and Poisonflame Locusts overwhelmed teams inside the secret realm, turning the tournament into a deadly disaster. With their withdrawal wristwatches destroyed, some contestants escaped by crossing the boundary and surviving ten breaths, while others were swallowed by the swarms.

• Soul-Devouring Ants chased contestants toward the valley mouth as Poisonflame Locusts trapped another team beneath a failing barrier.
• Yu Xiaotian, Ning Fengzhi, and the spectators watched the livestreams and realized the insect swarms were killing contestants across the secret realm.
• The spectators panicked when they remembered that many contestants had crushed their withdrawal wristwatches and could leave only by crossing the boundary for ten breaths.
• A captain led two teammates off a cliff beyond the safe zone, and all three were forcibly teleported out alive after ten breaths.
• Other teams reached the boundary and escaped, while those trapped deep inside the swarms were devoured as elimination announcements grew more frequent.