Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji and young Huang Tian hunted powerful sea Soul Beasts to build her Spirit Ring Configuration, then traveled to Hurricane Island to pursue a wind-attribute ring. After Qian Xunji crippled the 300,000-year-old Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon, he told Huang Tian to finish it off.

• Bibi Dong destroyed a secret letter bearing the name Qian San and declared that everyone surnamed Qian deserved to die.
• Qian Xunji and young Huang Tian gained Spirit Rings from the Netherwater Bone Dragon, the Sea-Subduing Demon Dragon, and the Void Rift Ray, raising Huang Tian to the threshold of level fifty.
• Huang Tian explained that she wanted wind and space Spirit Rings to complete her elemental mastery, and the Golden Dragon Carp told them about a Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon on Hurricane Island.
• Qian Xunji and young Huang Tian reached Hurricane Island, where the Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon attacked them and the Golden Dragon Carp.
• Qian Xunji struck the Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon down and told young Huang Tian to finish it off.

Huang Tian absorbed the Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon’s Spirit Ring and gained the Sky-Rending Astral Wind Wings before leaving with Qian Xunji. At Shrek Academy, Tai Tan died after Tang San repeatedly drained his vitality, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang covered up the cause as Spirit Hall began investigating.

• Huang Tian killed the Heavenly Dipper Winged Dragon, absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and gained the Sky-Rending Astral Wind Wings and Astral Gale Domain.
• Qian Xunji prepared to leave with Huang Tian, while the Golden Dragon Carp protested that they were abandoning it.
• Tang San drained Tai Tan’s vitality during their nightly ritual until the old Soul Douluo died in the wooden hut.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang disguised the wounds and poisoned damage, then claimed a powerful Fallen Soul Master had killed Tai Tan.
• Salas inspected Tai Tan’s corpse at Shrek Academy and demanded an explanation from Yu Xiaogang as Heaven Dou Royal Knights surrounded the grounds.

After Titan’s death, Tyrone concealed that he had witnessed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang drain his grandfather, and resolved to wait for a chance to expose them. Meanwhile, Yue Guan secretly investigated Qian San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Bo intercepted him and gave him a false account of the youth’s background.

• Tyrone recalled secretly following Titan and witnessing Tang San drain him with dark purple vines while Yu Xiaogang absorbed the extracted power.
• Tyrone chose not to accuse Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, deciding to keep his cover and wait for a chance to ruin them.
• Yue Guan entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy under Bibi Dong’s secret order to investigate Qian San and the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team.
• Dugu Bo intercepted Yue Guan, and the two argued over whether Yue Guan intended to harm the academy’s students.
• Yue Guan demanded information about Qian San, and Dugu Bo falsely described him as a fifteen-year-old commoner with a Blue Silver Spider martial soul.

Yue Guan confronted Qian San but recognized his resemblance to Qian Xunji and realized Dugu Bo had protected him from a dangerous mistake. After apologizing and leaving, Yue Guan flew to the Tiandou City Spirit Temple to confront Salas.

• Yue Guan bypassed Dugu Bo and entered Qian San's dormitory, where Dugu Bo shielded Qian San as Fu Lanya, Zhao Youji, and the Education Committee elders surrounded the room.
• Yue Guan recognized Qian San's resemblance to Qian Xunji and asked Dugu Bo whether the boy was truly of the Qian family.
• Dugu Bo confirmed Qian San's surname, prompting Yue Guan to fear Qian Daoliu's retaliation and apologize to both Dugu Bo and Qian San.
• Yue Guan warned Dugu Bo that he would keep the matter quiet, then left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and cursed Salas for nearly getting him killed.
• Yue Guan burst into Salas's bedroom at the Tiandou City Spirit Temple, grabbed him by the throat, and called him useless.

Yue Guan beat Salas for reporting information about Qian San, while Qian Renxue arranged a further warning for the bishop. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue visiting Qian San in disguise as Xue Qinghe, and Qian San assuring her that he was unharmed.

• Yue Guan beat Salas after accusing him of sending careless intelligence to Spirit City, and warned him not to report on Qian San or his visit to Tiandou City.
• Meng Shenji told Xue Qinghe that Yue Guan had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy residence, and Xue Qinghe promised to lodge a formal protest with Spirit Hall.
• After the Education Committee members left, Qian Renxue deduced that Salas had reported on Qian San and ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo to threaten him.
• Qian Renxue went to the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team residence and privately visited Qian San as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian San told Xue Qinghe that Dugu and the academy teachers had been present during Yue Guan's intrusion, so nothing serious had happened.

Xue Qinghe questioned Qian San about his father but chose not to reveal what she knew, while Qian Xunji brought Huang Tian to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and collected immortal herbs for his allies. The preliminary rounds ended with Shrek Academy qualifying despite losses to three elemental academies.

• Xue Qinghe asked Qian San about his father, noticed his guarded reaction, and changed the subject without pressing him.
• Qian Xunji brought Huang Tian to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told her to seek an immortal herb suited to her bloodline while she cultivated there.
• Qian Xunji gathered several immortal herbs for his people and gave the Golden Dragon Carp a leaf of Dragon Blood Grass.
• Shrek Academy surrendered to Blazing Fire Academy because Tang San's Blue Silver Grass lacked fire immunity.
• Shrek Academy lost to Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy but beat the other ordinary academies and barely secured a qualifying spot.

Little Huang Tian refined two immortal herbs and raised her Soul Power to level fifty-eight before Qian Xunji took her to Tiandou City. At the tournament, Qian San mistook her for his little sister until Qian Xunji introduced her as his aunt, leaving him startled and apologetic.

• Little Huang Tian swallowed the Nine-Leaved Windrider Grass and Void Mustard Seed Orchid, raising her Soul Power to level fifty-eight.
• Qian Xunji carried Little Huang Tian toward Tiandou City with the Golden Dragon Carp.
• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Barak Academy after Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu each took out opponents before Tang San finished the match.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Second Team easily defeated Botanical Academy in its opening match.
• Qian San mistook the childlike Huang Tian for his little sister, but Qian Xunji explained she was his aunt and had reached level fifty-eight.
• Qian San apologized to Aunt Huang Tian after realizing his mistake.

Qian Xunji heard Qian San’s report on the events in Tiandou City, gave him a Golden Dragon Carp to protect him, and prepared to return to Spirit City for the coming divine assessment. He left Huang Tian in Xiao Qing’s care, though Huang Tian insisted on walking beside her rather than being carried.

• Qian San reported the recent events in Tiandou City, including Titan’s death and Yue Guan’s visit, and Qian Xunji dismissed his worries about the competition.
• Qian Xunji gave Qian San a spatial droplet containing a Golden Dragon Carp and told the fish to protect his son.
• The Golden Dragon Carp accepted its role after Qian Xunji promised it future benefits.
• Qian Xunji announced that he was returning to Spirit City to handle matters for the coming divine assessment and entrusted Huang Tian to Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing tried to pick Huang Tian up, but Huang Tian told her to put her down, so Xiao Qing respectfully took her hand instead.

Qian Xunji privately questioned Yu Rongrong about the Seven Treasure Overlord Pagoda’s Beast-Controlling Art of Divided Focus and learned how it could grant multiple fighters Soul Beast possession. He learned that Yu Rongrong had only reached the art’s first stage, then revealed an exquisite white jade box whose fragrance stirred her Soul Power and Martial Soul.

• Qian Xunji called Yu Rongrong into a sealed room, and she entered nervously, recalling his past punishment.
• Qian Xunji asked about the Seven Treasure Overlord Pagoda’s secret art, and Yu Rongrong explained its four stages and how it granted Soul Beast possession to teammates.
• Yu Rongrong admitted that she had barely reached the first stage, One Aperture Soul-Guarding Heart.
• Qian Xunji told Yu Rongrong to keep practicing and opened a white jade box whose fragrance stirred her Soul Power and Martial Soul.

Qian Xunji used part of Aromatic Silk Beauty to raise Yu Rongrong’s Martial Soul to eight tiers and promised the remaining herb if she proved herself. Meanwhile, Shrek struggled after Titan’s death as its members prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team.

• Qian Xunji refined one-third of Aromatic Silk Beauty into a pill and had Yu Rongrong consume it.
• Yu Rongrong’s Martial Soul advanced to the Eight Treasure Overlord Pagoda, and she knelt to pledge herself to Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji told Yu Rongrong to master the Beast-Controlling Art of Divided Focus and said her fourth Soul Ring must be ten thousand years old.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang struggled to cultivate without Titan’s power, and Yu Xiaogang lamented the loss of his rapid progress.
• Shrek’s team prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, hoping to avenge its earlier humiliation.

Qian Xunji gave Qian San three powerful Spirit Bones and reassured him that he and Xiao Xue were family, then left him to focus on the competition. The chapter ended at the Tiandou Great Soul Arena, where an Ironclad Rhino Soul Ancestor lay defeated in the deathmatch ring.

• Qian Xunji led Qian San into a secluded room and gave him the Light Dragon King's Divine-Level right arm bone to keep until he was ready to absorb it.
• Qian Xunji entrusted Qian San with Di Tian's eight-hundred-thousand-year torso bone and the Dark Dragon King's Divine-Level left arm bone for Xiao Qing.
• Qian Xunji warned Qian San to keep the bones secret and to seek Aunt Huang Tian's help when it was time to absorb them.
• Qian San worried about his sister, and Qian Xunji reassured him that he and Xiao Xue were both good children and part of the Qian Family.
• Qian Xunji left through a spatial crack, and Qian San stored the bones in his Soul Tool and reflected on his father's kindness.
• At the Tiandou Great Soul Arena, a burly Ironclad Rhino Soul Ancestor collapsed in the deathmatch ring, unable to summon strength.

Tang San secretly drained Soul Power and life force from Great Soul Arena opponents while Qian San and his companions prepared to grow stronger. As the Heaven Dou Second Team faced Shrek Academy in the promotion match, Tyrone hid his hatred of Tang San and prepared to fight on Shrek’s behalf.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to secretly drain a burly Soul Master, then left the Great Soul Arena pleased with his growing strength.
• Qian San gained two Spirit Bone skills, reached the threshold of level sixty, and learned that Xiao Qing had also reached level sixty while Dai Zhuqing reached level fifty.
• Qian San announced that the team would hunt Soul Rings at Sunset Forest after their promotion match against Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy to wear down the Heaven Dou Second Team with evasive tactics, and Tang San assigned Tyrone to lead the first match.
• Tyrone agreed to fight while concealing his hatred of Tang San and his plan to show Shrek how far the Strength Clan’s loyalty would go.

Yu Rongrong used her evolved eight-tiered pagoda to summon three soul beasts and defeat three Shrek fighters in a row. She was left exhausted, while Ning Rongrong and Yu Xiaogang fixated on the possibility of evolving their own martial souls, and Dai Mubai prepared to step into the ring.

• Qian San sent Yu Rongrong out first, and Tyrone took the ring for Shrek.
• Yu Rongrong taunted Tyrone, then summoned a Saber-Toothed Tiger, a Snow Ape, and a Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle to overwhelm him.
• Two former Blue Tyrant Academy substitutes also fell to Yu Rongrong's soul beasts, giving Shrek three consecutive defeats.
• Ning Rongrong noticed that Yu Rongrong's pagoda had eight tiers and resolved to tell her father, while Yu Xiaogang became fixated on evolving Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Rongrong's Soul Power and stamina dwindled after the battles, and Dai Mubai rose from Shrek's resting area.

Yu Rongrong used the Beast-Controlling Art of Divided Focus, One Aperture Soul-Guarding Heart, to possess her summoned Saber-Toothed Tiger and overwhelm Dai Mubai with coordinated attacks. She then switched to the Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle’s possession and took to the air, leaving Dai Mubai trapped between the Saber-Toothed Tiger and Snow Ape.

• Dai Mubai entered the arena and attacked the exhausted Yu Rongrong after she mocked him for waiting to exploit her depleted Soul Power.
• Yu Rongrong invoked the Beast-Controlling Art of Divided Focus, One Aperture Soul-Guarding Heart, and directed the Snow Ape and Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle against Dai Mubai.
• The Saber-Toothed Tiger charged into Yu Rongrong and transformed into dark-golden light, allowing her to complete Martial Soul Possession and gain its strength.
• Yu Rongrong and her beasts coordinated their attacks, wounded Dai Mubai, and forced him onto the defensive.
• Yu Rongrong ended the Saber-Toothed Tiger possession, possessed the Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle, and rose into the air as the Saber-Toothed Tiger and Snow Ape trapped Dai Mubai below.

Yu Rongrong led Heaven Dou Second Team to four consecutive victories over Shrek before conceding to Ma Hongjun, who then faced Qian San. Qian San countered Ma Hongjun’s flames with heat-absorbing metal whips and left him badly injured.

• Yu Rongrong defeated Dai Mubai with aerial wind blades, giving Heaven Dou Second Team its fourth consecutive victory.
• Tang San berated Tyrone and the substitutes, then sent Ma Hongjun to face Yu Rongrong while keeping Xiao Wu and himself out of the match.
• Yu Rongrong conceded as soon as Ma Hongjun took the arena, and Qian San stepped forward to fight him.
• Ma Hongjun launched a Phoenix Fire Line at Qian San, who formed fire-resistant, Blue Silver Grass-like metal whips.
• Qian San’s metal whips absorbed the flames, turned red-hot, and lashed Ma Hongjun, tearing and burning his flesh.

Qian San defeated Ma Hongjun with scorching steel whips, then faced Tang San and revealed a sword technique that wielded ultimate light. The chapter ended with Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass burning away before Qian San’s rising heat.

• Qian San lashed Ma Hongjun until he surrendered, then Ma Hongjun fled the arena in humiliation.
• Dai Mubai covered Ma Hongjun with a cloak while Tang San watched Qian San and stopped Xiao Wu from fighting him.
• Tang San challenged Qian San and sent poisoned Blue Silver Grass vines across the arena, hoping to drain his Soul Power and life force.
• Qian San summoned a sword of light and used the Zheng Fuyu Sword Technique to form a growing rain of Light Swords.
• The Light Swords’ heat ignited Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, leaving him unable to protect his martial soul.

Qian San overwhelmed Tang San with his Light Swords, and Tang San conceded. Qian San’s finishing strike split the arena and severely injured the referee, leaving Tang San alive and staggering away from the battlefield.

• Tang San severed his connection to the burning Blue Silver Grass, then failed to hit Qian San with hidden weapons blinded by the radiance.
• Qian San assembled 1,431 Light Swords into an enormous holy sword as Tang San conceded.
• Qian San brought the sword down beside Tang San, but the referee rushed in to protect him.
• The holy sword cut through the referee’s Martial Soul Avatar, badly injured him, and split the arena with a molten chasm.
• Tang San collapsed beside the chasm, then got up and staggered off the stage.

After Qian San’s devastating strike at the tournament, he left the arena after offering to pay for the injured referee’s treatment. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji returned and tested Yue Guan’s loyalty, then appeared before Bibi Dong in the Pope Palace.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the tournament disqualify the Heaven Dou Second Team, but the wounded referee was rushed to the arena by healing Soul Masters.
• Qian San offered to cover the referee’s medical expenses and left the arena.
• Qian Xunji appeared behind Yue Guan, who recognized him as the former Pope and begged forgiveness for offending the young master.
• Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan whether he recognized him or Bibi Dong as Pope, and Yue Guan pledged his allegiance to Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji showed Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a reward contingent on his future performance, and Yue Guan became willing to abandon Bibi Dong for it.
• As Bibi Dong reviewed Yue Guan’s report about Qian San, Qian Xunji appeared inside the Pope Palace council hall.

Qian Xunji struck Bibi Dong down before beginning the Angel God’s third trial, while Qian San’s overwhelming strength led opponents to forfeit against the Heaven Dou Second Team. Tang San, still consumed by his public defeat, resolved to seek a faster way to gain power.

• Qian Xunji slapped Bibi Dong across the Pope Palace and left her injured in the rubble before heading to Douluo Hall.
• Qian Xunji began the third Angel trial, a physical endurance test in an illusory realm under double gravity and mental interference.
• Teams forfeited five matches against the Heaven Dou Second Team after witnessing Qian San’s earlier strike, giving the team a break to hunt for soul rings.
• Tang San brooded over his humiliation and studied how Qian San’s Light Swords had built and combined their power.
• Tang San concluded that ordinary cultivation would not let him catch up to Qian San quickly and resolved to find another path to power.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to help him obtain cultivation resources by capturing wanted fallen Soul Masters, and Tang San welcomed the agreement. The two planned to keep their devouring ability secret while pursuing strength.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he and Tang San possessed the ability to devour others' Soul Power and life force.
• Flender condemned the method, but Yu Xiaogang argued that it was his only hope of escaping his cultivation limit and proving himself.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender to use his connections to capture wanted fallen Soul Masters, promising not to target ordinary Soul Masters.
• Flender agreed but insisted that Liu Erlong must never learn the secret, and Yu Xiaogang concealed his satisfaction.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San about Flender's agreement, and Tang San was delighted at the prospect of safely obtaining nourishment.