Chapter Summaries

Princess Xue Ke and Hu Liena separately tried to draw Elemental Academy into alliances with the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall Empire, but the academy’s leaders refused to take sides. Xiaofei urged the Deans to protect their students by rejecting both powers, leaving them to weigh the danger of their decision.

• Princess Xue Ke offered the Heaven Dou Empire’s support and a royal marriage alliance, but Dean Huo Tianchen refused both her proposal and her request to enroll.
• Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Hu Liena arrived and offered an alliance and marriage ties on behalf of the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dean Huo Tianchen refused to ally with either side, and Xiaofei redirected the marriage proposal toward several young men from the academy.
• After both delegations settled in, Xiaofei told the Deans that siding with either empire could bring the academy’s destruction and put thousands of students at risk.
• The five Deans fell silent, troubled by the possibility of sending their students into battle.

Xiaofei rejected the proposed marriage alliance and declared that the Elemental Academy would remain neutral, even if that meant expelling anyone who drew it into the war. The other deans accepted his position, and the rival empires left the academy alone as fighting spread along their borders.

• Xiaofei argued that Spirit Hall Empire might be far stronger than the two allied empires, and Dean Huo Tianchen reminded the deans that their purpose was to educate students.
• Hu Liena asked Xiaofei about the marriage alliance, but he refused and vowed to protect the Elemental Academy's neutrality; Chrysanthemum Douluo heard his declaration and asked him to keep his word.
• Xiaofei told Dean Huo Tianchen he would leave if the academy abandoned neutrality, and Yang Wudi and Niugao agreed to stay and follow that policy.
• Princess Xue Ke, Tai Tan, Bai He, and Yu Xiaogang failed to persuade the academy's deans or Xiaofei to take their side, while Xiaofei spent his days cultivating and being with Huo Wu.
• Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo departed, followed by the Heaven Dou Empire's representatives, and both emperors accepted the academy's neutrality as border fighting intensified.
• Spirit Hall Empire captured two provinces each from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, bringing its territory close to the size of either rival empire.

Xiaofei comforted Yang Wudi and Niugao over their rift with their former allies, then began cultivating a second Soul Core. After a dangerous clash between his two cores, he used Phoenix Nirvana to stabilize them and succeeded, though he collapsed from exhaustion.

• Yang Wudi and Niugao drank with Xiaofei and confided their anger over Tai Tan and Bai He joining the Tang Sect after the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned their clans.
• Xiaofei told Yang Wudi and Niugao that friends did not have to share the same goals, easing their worries for the time being.
• Yang Wudi presented the Beast Soul Pills he had made, and Xiaofei stored ten while the Deans kept the rest.
• Xiaofei began cultivating a second Soul Core with Yang Wudi watching, but his Fire Phoenix Soul Core began competing with the new core for his Soul Power.
• Xiaofei used his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to heal himself and activated Phoenix Nirvana, stabilizing the Fire Phoenix Soul Core and successfully forming a Kirin Arm Soul Core near his heart.
• Xiaofei collapsed from exhaustion, and the healing Soul Saint confirmed that he had no injuries and only needed several days of rest.

After recovering from forming his two Soul Cores, Xiaofei discussed their benefits and soul cultivation with Yang Wudi. Yang Wudi explained the secret techniques of several clans and the Clear Sky Sect, and the conversation ended with Xiaofei recognizing him as a treasure trove of knowledge.

• Xiaofei woke after two hours and learned from Yang Wudi that his Soul Power had recovered by ten percent as his two Soul Cores absorbed power on their own.
• Xiaofei explained how Soul Power changed from gaseous to liquid and solid at higher ranks, and Yang Wudi warned him not to reveal his Soul Core discovery.
• Xiaofei gave Yang Wudi five Dragon Ganoderma Leaves, then asked him about the secret techniques of the Single Attribute Families.
• Yang Wudi described the clans’ techniques and explained the Haotian Nine Absolutes, Ring Detonation, and why Xiaofei could not use the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Yang Wudi explained how transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could condense soul rings and praised Xiaofei for using soul-ring energy to temper his body instead.
• Yang Wudi revealed that his decades of service to the Clear Sky Sect had given him access to many records and secret arts, impressing Xiaofei.

Xiaofei learned about Tang Chen’s legacy and discussed the challenges of becoming a Titled Douluo with Yang Wudi. After a month of training at the academy, Xiaofei set out with six companions for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, and the group rested at an inn before entering its dangerous core region.

• Yang Wudi praised Tang Chen’s reforms and leadership, and estimated that Tang Xiao was already at least Level 95.
• Xiaofei asked why Yang Wudi had not become a Titled Douluo, and Yang Wudi said that he expected to break through within half a year.
• During the following month, Xiaofei adapted to his Soul Cores, reached Level 94, and practiced using the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud while sharing his knowledge with academy students.
• Xiaofei prepared to hunt hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, and his six companions insisted on joining him.
• The seven reached a Soul Hunting town near the Star Dou Great Forest in less than five days and rented three rooms at an inn to rest before entering the core region.

Xiaofei and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest, fought off mercenaries who tried to rob them, and traveled into the core region in search of soul beasts. After eight days, they reached the far more dangerous core region and proceeded cautiously.

• Xiaofei arranged the group into a formation and led them into the forest, using his Spiritual Power to detect danger and avoid weaker soul beasts.
• Eight members of the Black Tiger group confronted the seven and tried to rob them; Xiaofei ordered his companions to kill them, and they killed seven and severely wounded Liu Shi.
• Liu Shi revealed that the Black Tiger Sect had sent them to scout the area and that they had targeted the group for their wealth, so Xiaofei burned him to ashes and the others searched the bodies.
• The seven traveled through the forest for eight days, encountering many dangerous soul beasts and reaching the core region.
• After entering the core region, Xiaofei and his companions grew more cautious because the soul beasts there were generally over thirty thousand years old.

Xiaofei and the others discovered a Profound Nether Tortoise in the Star Dou Great Forest and used a Beast Soul Pill to help it break through to one hundred thousand years. They killed it after it emerged from its shell, leaving a massive soul ring above its corpse.

• After finding a river that no soul beasts approached, Xiaofei and the others tested it by tossing a Nether Tiger into the water, revealing a huge Profound Nether Tortoise.
• Niu Meng explained the Profound Nether Tortoise’s exceptional defense, and Xiaofei judged it suitable for his Kirin Arm martial soul.
• Xiaofei fed a Beast Soul Pill to a second Nether Tiger and sent it into the river, causing the Profound Nether Tortoise’s aura and body to grow over eight days.
• When the tortoise broke through to one hundred thousand years, Xiaofei and the other six attacked, and Xiaofei flipped it onto land with his Fire Phoenix avatar.
• Xiaofei engulfed the tortoise in flames and severed its head with Phoenix Slash, killing it as a massive soul ring appeared above its corpse.

Xiaofeizi absorbed the Profound Nether Tortoise’s soul ring, then hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest with the others until they found a nearly hundred-thousand-year Prison Suppressing Elephant. After defeating it and securing its sacrifice, he absorbed its soul ring, reached level 96, and saw signs that his Kirin Arm Martial Soul was evolving.

• Xiaofeizi absorbed the Profound Nether Tortoise’s soul ring and reached Soul Power Level 95, gaining two defensive soul skills and storing its soul bone and corpse.
• Xiaofeizi and the others searched the Star Dou Great Forest for half a month before finding a Prison Suppressing Elephant nearing one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• The group observed the elephant for several days, fed it a Beast Soul Pill, and waited until its cultivation broke through to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Xiaofeizi and the others attacked the elephant, and Xiaofeizi used his Phoenix skills and Lizard Emperor Claw to sever its trunk and help defeat it.
• Xiaofeizi promised to revive the elephant as a divine beast after becoming a god, and the wounded elephant agreed to sacrifice itself to him.
• Xiaofeizi absorbed the elephant’s soul ring, reached Soul Power Level 96, stored its Torso Bone, and noticed golden patterns appearing on his right hand as his Kirin Arm Martial Soul showed signs of evolving.

Xiaofei and the others searched the Star Dou Great Forest for three Thousand Jin Ant Emperors while avoiding other powerful Soul Beasts. After feeding the ants Beast Soul Pills and waiting for them to reach one hundred thousand years, Xiaofei killed all three and left their red soul rings behind.

• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape searched the place where the Prison Suppressing Elephant had died, then left without finding what it sought.
• Xiaofei and the others rested beneath the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang broke through to level 89.
• The group searched for the three Thousand Jin Ant Emperors, evaded a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and eventually found the ants.
• Xiaofei secretly fed the three Thousand Jin Ant Emperors Beast Soul Pills, and they reached the hundred-thousand-year level five days later.
• Xiaofei bound the three ants with Inferno Prison and killed them with his attacks, leaving three red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Xiaofei endured a month-long struggle to absorb the three Thousand-Hundred-Year soul rings, awakening his Kirin Arm to Golden-grade and distributing powerful Soul Bones among his companions. After the group completed their goals in the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiaofei warned the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python that Titled Douluo would soon hunt them, then explained that he wanted to preserve his group’s neutrality.

• Xiaofei forced the three Thousand-Hundred-Year soul rings onto his Kirin Arm and, after a month of torment, awakened it to Golden-grade as his Soul Power reached the peak of Rank 98.
• Xiaofei distributed five torso Soul Bones to Niu Meng, Huo Wu, Yang Pojun, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wushuang, raising Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to Rank 90.
• Xiaofei helped Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang obtain hundred-thousand-year soul rings, bringing both of them to Rank 92.
• Xiaofei and his companions visited the Lake of Life, where he warned the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python that Titled Douluo would come to hunt them within a year.
• Xiaofei told Huo Wu that he warned the two soul beasts because he wanted to prevent the Spirit Hall Empire or Heaven Dou Empire from becoming too powerful and threatening his group’s neutrality.

Xiaofei and his companions gathered herbs around Lake of Life before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest and visiting Heaven Dou City. He spent his days at Moonlight Pavilion adjusting to his level 98 Soul Power, while declining invitations from Princess Xue Ke and Emperor Xue Beng.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python hid in a clearing beneath Lake of Life, while powerful soul beasts in its depths discussed the forest’s recent deaths and ordered Bear Lord and Scarlet King to defend the place.
• Xiaofei’s group searched Lake of Life for several days, and Xiaofei filled three Soul Tools with herbs and lake water before the group left the forest.
• The seven traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Moonlight Pavilion’s staff welcomed Xiaofei after recognizing him as a Titled Douluo.
• Xiaofei and his companions spent time at Moonlight Pavilion, where Niu Meng and Yang Pojun fell asleep after drinking tea.
• Over the following days, Xiaofei regularly visited Moonlight Pavilion to calm himself and adapt to his level 98 strength, and he politely declined invitations from Princess Xue Ke and Emperor Xue Beng.

Xiaofei discussed Tang San’s Sea God trials and the Elemental Academy’s neutrality with Tang Hao, who left after asking him to apologize to Yang Wudi and Niugao. Ning Fengzhi then visited to ask about Ning Rongrong, and Xiaofei spent the following days relaxing with Huo Wu in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao visited Xiaofei and learned that Tang San had received the Sea God’s Nine Trials and was taking the Third Trial.
• Xiaofei defended the Elemental Academy’s neutral stance in the coming war and explained that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan resented the Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment.
• Tang Hao asked Xiaofei to apologize to Yang Wudi and Niugao, then left without further discussion.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Xiaofei, who told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had received the Black Level Four Trials and was taking the Third Trial.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Xiaofei’s strength might match or exceed his own, and Xiaofei spent the next few days visiting Moonlight Pavilion and shopping with Huo Wu.

After Yang Wudi became a Titled Douluo, Xiaofei was left in charge of Elemental Academy while the other deans went to hunt Soul Rings. His first day handling the dean’s office brought a pile of student disputes, and he ordered a three-day arena battle to settle one romantic rivalry.

• Xiaofei returned to Elemental Academy and learned that Niugao, Liu Ruyan, and Huo Lie had become Titled Douluo, while Yang Wudi was close to breaking through.
• Xiaofei trained in the Soul Breaking Spear Technique for a month, and Yang Wudi later emerged from seclusion as the first Titled Douluo with the Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul.
• Yang Wudi beat Xiaofei in a spear-only spar, then extorted Lake of Life water from him for tea, as the other deans also demanded some.
• Dean Huo Tianchen and the other deans left with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to hunt Soul Rings, entrusting Elemental Academy to Xiaofei.
• Xiaofei was summoned to the dean’s office and learned that students from the Metal, Earth, and Heaven Water Departments were embroiled in a romantic rivalry and a large fight.
• Xiaofei ordered the students involved, including the girl, to remain on an arena for three days while the academy watched, then found more student disputes waiting in the documents.

Wang Xiaofei imposed strict rules on spirit combat and launched Elemental Academy’s first academy-wide competition. After revealing his nine Soul Rings at the finals, he promised to protect the academy and challenged its members to surpass him.

• Wang Xiaofei made two students fight for three days under supervision, and the exhausted boys ended the punishment embracing while the girl was left shocked.
• Wang Xiaofei banned private spirit combat and announced supervised punitive and voluntary matches, with expulsion for crippling or fatal injuries.
• Wang Xiaofei organized an academy-wide competition with six Soul Power divisions, combat and support categories, valuable rewards, and personal instruction for the top four.
• Wang Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er grew closer while working together, and their Fire Phoenix and Ice Phoenix Martial Souls became strongly attracted to each other.
• Wang Xiaofei addressed the academy at the competition finals, displayed five black and four red Soul Rings, and promised to protect Elemental Academy as students cheered.

Elemental Academy’s tournament showcased the academy’s strength, while Xiaofei and Shui Bing’er gained a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The academy’s influence grew as rival powers assessed the threat, and the returning elders further strengthened its roster of Titled Douluo.

• Xiaofei ended Elemental Academy’s month-long tournament by awarding herbs to the twelve winners and rewards to the top thirty-two contestants in each event.
• Xiaofei and Shui Bing’er crossed the final boundary in their relationship and gained the Ice-Fire Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which Xiaofei believed surpassed level 99.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo concluded that Elemental Academy’s strength exceeded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at its peak, while Pope Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to monitor the academy without alerting it.
• Dean Huo Tiancheng and the other seven returned two months later with powerful Soul Rings and Soul Bones, including Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings for Yang Wudi and Huo Lie.
• Elemental Academy reached nine Titled Douluo, five with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and stood as the world’s greatest power apart from the Spirit Hall Empire.

The Elemental Academy’s deans learned that Xiaofei had introduced strict rules and an expensive annual tournament, while the Clear Sky Sect decided to end its twenty-five years in seclusion and support the Heaven Dou Empire. Bibi Dong blamed Qian Daoliu for the sect’s return, and he said the Worship Hall would act when necessary.

• An associate department head explained Xiaofei’s new Academy Rules and tournament to the five deans, who were stunned by the academy’s punishments and future costs.
• Xiaofei told Huo Tianchen that the academy would pay for future tournaments, leaving the deans to face the expense and additional teaching duties.
• The Second Elder urged Tang Xiao and the other Clear Sky Sect elders to emerge from seclusion, and Tang Xiao ordered the sect to return and support the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Clear Sky Sect announced its return, revealing that Tang Xiao had Rank 97 Soul Power and its five great elders were Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall and blamed him for the Clear Sky Sect’s return; Qian Daoliu said the Worship Hall would act when necessary.

Wang Xiaofei and the Elemental Academy leaders learned that the Clear Sky Sect had emerged and sent Tang Lie to reclaim the Breaking and Defense Clans. Xiaofei challenged Tang Lie to a fight to decide whether the clans would remain independent.

• Yang Wudi returned to Elemental Academy, sparred with Xiaofei, and discussed his new hundred-thousand-year soul ring and their spear techniques.
• Yang Pojun summoned Xiaofei and Yang Wudi to Dean Huo Tianchen, who reported that the Clear Sky Sect had emerged with six Titled Douluo and Tang Xiao at level 97.
• Xiaofei reassured the academy leaders that the Clear Sky Sect was unlikely to attack them, citing its conflict with Spirit Hall and the academy's strength and broad connections.
• Five days later, Tang Lie arrived at Elemental Academy with Tai Tan, Bai He, and a young man, demanding that the Breaking and Defense Clans return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Wudi and Niugao rejected Tang Lie's claim, and Xiaofei challenged him to a fight: if Xiaofei won, the clans would remain independent; if he lost, Tang Lie could decide his fate.

Wang Xiaofei defeated Tang Lie in a prolonged battle, freeing the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan from their ties to the Clear Sky Sect. That night the clans celebrated, while Xiaofei reviewed the fight and the Elemental Academy's other deans remained puzzled.

• Tang Lie, Yang Wudi, and Niugao signed an agreement witnessed by Huo Tianchen, Tai Tan, and Bai He, pledging the clans' future allegiance to the match's outcome.
• Wang Xiaofei and Tang Lie fought in the academy arena, with Xiaofei relying on his Phoenix Transformation and Soul Bones while Tang Lie used his Clear Sky Hammer and Soul Skills.
• Tang Lie's repeated hammer strikes disrupted his momentum-building technique, but Xiaofei continued to meet his attacks head-on as their long battle exhausted them both.
• Wang Xiaofei countered Tang Lie's ninth Soul Skill with his Demonic Tiger Whale Axe, knocked the Clear Sky Hammer from his hand, and won the match.
• Tang Lie signed his defeat and declared that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan had no further relationship with the Clear Sky Sect; the clans celebrated their freedom that night.
• Wang Xiaofei replayed the battle in his dormitory, while the Elemental Academy's other deans remained baffled.

After reviewing his battle with Tang Lie, Xiaofei decided to focus on overwhelming opponents with raw force rather than learning the Haotian Nine Absolutes. He arranged a fight with Yang Wudi and Niugao, while the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall Empire both moved to end their disputes with the Breaking and Defense Clans.

• Xiaofei reviewed his fight with Tang Lie and concluded that the Haotian Nine Absolutes did not suit his Martial Soul, though he continued practicing the Soul Breaking Spear Technique.
• Xiaofei asked Yang Wudi and Niugao to fight him together in ten days and promised afterward to take them to meet an unexpected acquaintance from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xiaofei gave Yang Wudi the battle agreement to send to the Spirit Hall Empire so the Breaking Clan could settle its grudge with the empire.
• Tang Lie reported his battle with Xiaofei to Tang Xiao and the elders, and the Second Elder warned them not to make Wang Xiaofei an enemy.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to sever its ties with the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan, while Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Empire to end its conflicts with them.
• Xiaofei mastered the Soul Breaking Spear and waited for his upcoming fight with Yang Wudi and Niugao, intending to use only full-body Phoenix Transformation.

Wang Xiaofei defeated Yang Wudi and Niugao in a duel, revealing the overwhelming advantage his Level 98 cultivation and golden right hand gave him. He then explained to Huo Wu and the others how Soul Power, physical strength, and cultivation level shaped the power of high-level soul masters.

• Wang Xiaofei, Yang Wudi, and Niugao introduced themselves before beginning their duel in the wilderness clearing.
• Yang Wudi and Niugao attacked Xiaofei with their Soul Skills and Martial Soul Avatars, but he easily deflected their strikes and used the Soul Breaking Spear against them.
• Yang Wudi and Niugao combined their strongest attacks, but Xiaofei broke through Niugao's defense and punched Yang Wudi away, prompting both deans to end the fight.
• Huo Tianchen asked Huo Wu and the others to assess the battle, and they agreed that Xiaofei had seemed far stronger than his opponents.
• Xiaofei explained how cultivation gaps grew among Titled Douluo and why elite soul masters increasingly relied on Soul Power and physical strength rather than Soul Skills.