Chapter Summaries

Wang Lin faced Ji Da and Ji Xiao after they threatened him for insulting the Ji Family, but Wang Sheng and Nangong Yuncheng intervened with cutting insults. Wang Sheng then revealed himself to be the Explosive Bear Clan's young clan leader and declared that he had returned to take over the family and destroy the Ji Family.

• Wang Tianfang tried to take Wang Lin back for punishment, but Ji Xiao and Ji Da insisted that the Ji Family should kill him for insulting them.
• Wang Lin revealed himself as a Spirit King and prepared to fight Ji Da, a six-ring Spirit Emperor.
• Wang Sheng and Nangong Yuncheng mocked Ji Da and Ji Xiao, drawing their attention away from Wang Lin.
• Ji Da and Ji Ji threatened Wang Sheng and Nangong Yuncheng, while Wang Lin warned Wang Tianfang that the Ji Family was bringing disaster to the Explosive Bear Clan.
• Wang Sheng asked Wang Tianfang if he was an Explosive Bear Clan steward, then declared that he was the young clan leader and had returned to take over the family and destroy the Ji Family.

Wang Sheng confronted Ji Da and Ji Xiao, while Wang Tianfang realized he might be the Explosive Bear Family’s fourth young master. After Nangong Yuncheng killed the two Spirit Emperors, Wang Sheng punished Wang Tianfang and revealed his powerful Giant Bear Spirit, leaving the family members convinced of his identity.

• Ji Da and Ji Xiao attacked Wang Sheng, but Nangong Yuncheng intercepted them and effortlessly killed them with his fists.
• Wang Tianfang asked whether Wang Sheng was the fourth young master, and Wang Sheng condemned him for failing to protect the family’s descendants.
• Wang Sheng spared Wang Tianfang’s life but ordered him to break one of his own fingers, and Wang Tianfang obeyed.
• Wang Sheng praised Wang Lin, then condemned a family member for fawning over Ji Changying and summoned his gray Giant Bear Spirit.
• Wang Tianfang and Wang Lin felt the Giant Bear Spirit’s pressure, and Wang Tianfang concluded that Wang Sheng truly was the fourth young master.

Wang Sheng killed Wang Zong with one palm and revealed the strength of his Earth Explosive Bear Martial Soul, startling Nangong Yuncheng and alarming the Eagle Clan elders. He stopped the four elders from leaving and prepared to face them, while Wang Tianfang warned him that they were Spirit Douluo-level powerhouses.

• Wang Sheng killed Wang Zong with a single Air-Splitting Palm, smashing through the tavern wall with his body.
• Nangong Yuncheng wondered whether Wang Sheng possessed twin Martial Souls after noticing the Earth Explosive Bear behind him.
• The four Eagle Clan elders decided to leave and wait for a chance to kill Wang Sheng during his conflict with the Ji Family.
• Wang Sheng stopped the four elders and challenged them to try to kill him.
• Wang Tianfang identified Grand Elder Ling Yuan, Second Elder Ling Li, Third Elder Ling Feng, and Fourth Elder Ling Dingtian, then warned Wang Sheng that all four were Spirit Douluo-level powerhouses.

Wang Sheng’s group forced the Eagle Clan to confront their superior strength after Nangong Yuncheng defeated Ling Dingtian with one blow. Wang Sheng left the clan with a choice: join Shaolin, leave the city, or fight, and Ling Dingtian ultimately stepped aside.

• Ling Dingtian attacked Wang Sheng, but Nangong Yuncheng intercepted him and broke his wrist with a single palm strike.
• Ling Yuan, Ling Li, and Ling Feng rushed to surround the group, then recognized Nangong Yuncheng as Poison Dragon Douluo.
• Ling Dingtian accepted his defeat and made Nangong Yuncheng his new goal to surpass.
• Wang Sheng demanded that the Eagle Clan join Shaolin, leave the city, or fight to the death before he moved against the Ji Family and reclaimed the Explosive Bear Clan.
• Ling Dingtian stepped aside rather than risk the Eagle Clan in a battle against Nangong Yuncheng and the possibly nearby Dugu Bo.

Wang Sheng returned to the Explosive Bear clan and learned that a dispute over the next patriarch had stalled the selection. As Wang Dong'er prepared to fight Wang Tian, the clan's factional conflict remained unresolved.

• Wang Sheng forced Ling Dingtian to yield and left the tavern, while Ling Yuan, Ling Li, and Ling Feng decided to return to their family and consult the patriarch.
• Wang Sheng told Wang Lin to notify Elder Xiong of his return, then learned from Wang Tianfang that the patriarch selection had deadlocked over Wang Dong'er's candidacy.
• At the trial grounds, Ji Changying and Ji Linfeng clashed with Elder Xiong and Wang Hai over the Ji Family's influence and the clan's leadership.
• Ji Changying insisted they follow the prior decision, and Elder Xiong ordered Wang Dong'er and Wang Tian to begin their match.
• Wang Tian released his martial soul alongside Wang Dong'er and, confident in his advantage, urged her to surrender.

Wang Dong'er fought Wang Tian after he insulted her, revealing the strength and techniques Elder Xiong had helped her develop. She defeated his first attack and used a spirit bone skill to force him back, leaving him stunned that all three of her afterimages were real bodies.

• Wang Dong'er revealed that she had become a Three-Ring Soul Elder, matching Wang Tian despite being two years younger.
• Wang Tian insulted Wang Dong'er and attacked with his First Soul Ring Skill, Explosive Bear Angry Palm.
• Wang Dong'er shattered Wang Tian's attack with the Vajra Palm and sent him flying.
• Wang Tian activated Explosive Bear Golden Body Shield and charged at Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er used Phantom Bear Triple Shadow Flash, and Wang Tian was forced back when all three illusory figures attacked him.

Wang Sheng killed Wang Zong with a single Air-Splitting Palm and drew the attention of the Eagle Clan elders, who recognized him as a threat. He stopped the four elders from leaving and prepared to face them, while Wang Tianfang warned him about their strength.

• Wang Sheng struck Wang Zong with Air-Splitting Palm, killing him and smashing through the tavern wall.
• Elder Nangong noticed the Earth Explosive Bear behind Wang Sheng and suspected he had a second Martial Soul.
• The four Eagle Clan elders decided to leave and wait for Wang Sheng to clash with the Ji Family before attacking him.
• Wang Sheng ordered the four elders to stop, and Ling Yuan threatened him when they turned back.
• Wang Tianfang identified the elders as Spirit Douluo-level powerhouses and warned Wang Sheng not to provoke them.

Wang Sheng killed four Ji Family Soul Masters who tried to stop him, including a Soul King, and ordered the Explosive Bear clan to capture every member of the Ji Family. The clan members submitted to his authority as he declared that anyone who defied the clan would die.

• The Sable Soul Master attacked Wang Sheng, who pierced his claw and killed him with a Vajra Palm.
• Wang Sheng struck the Deer Soul Master's fifth soul skill with Bear Paw Blast and killed him in a single blow.
• The Monkey and Tapir Soul Masters fled, but Wang Sheng caught them and crushed their heads beneath his feet.
• Wang Sheng ordered everyone to capture the Ji Family and warned that the Explosive Bear clan would kill anyone who acted wildly within its territory.

Wang Sheng confronted the Ji Family at the Explosive Bear Clan and revealed that Nangong Yuncheng, a Title Douluo, backed him. Hidden factions and old allies gathered around the clan as Wang Dong'er fought Wang Qiang in the family competition.

• Wang Sheng threatened to kill Ji Changying unless she explained why she had sent Ji Family members to hunt him.
• Nangong Yuncheng revealed his nine Soul Rings and stood behind Wang Sheng, while sensing several powerful figures nearby.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Demon Bear Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo watched from hiding and decided to investigate Dugu Bo before acting.
• A weary man on a rooftop recognized the trouble Elder Xiong had stirred up and noted that two more Title Douluo had arrived separately.
• Elder Xiong spotted the newcomers among the crowd and watched Wang Dong'er combine Vajra Palm with her Vajra Explosive Palm against Wang Qiang.

Wang Sheng confronted the Ji Family and revealed that Nangong Yuncheng, a Title Douluo, stood with him. Hidden forces gathered around the tournament and the Explosive Bear Clan, while Elder Xiong anticipated their plans as Wang Dong'er fought Wang Qiang.

• Wang Sheng threatened Ji Changying and demanded an explanation for her role in sending Ji Family members to hunt him.
• Nangong Yuncheng revealed his nine Soul Rings and stood behind Wang Sheng, while sensing several wary auras nearby.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Demon Bear Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo discussed waiting to learn Dugu Bo's whereabouts before acting.
• A ragged man on a rooftop recognized the four hidden Title Douluos and noticed that two more Title Douluos had arrived independently.
• Elder Xiong welcomed Old Ghost and speculated that the plotters would suffer heavy losses if Wang Sheng had come.
• Wang Dong'er used her Vajra Explosive Palm against Wang Qiang, and Elder Xiong praised her for combining the skill with the Vajra Palm.

Wang Dong'er defeated Wang Qiang by fusing her soul skill with martial arts, leaving him badly injured. Ji Changying attacked Wang Dong'er in anger, and Elder Xiong prepared to intervene.

• Wang Qiang used his Coiling Dragon Staff and second soul ring skill against Wang Dong'er, but she shattered the staff and struck him across the arena.
• Wang Dong'er explained that Wang Qiang's power-type soul skill was useless without sufficient strength, while Wang Sheng recognized that she had fused a palm soul skill with martial arts.
• Wang Sheng saw Wang Qiang collapse and suspected the strike had injured his heart, while Wang Dong'er insisted that he had only himself to blame for losing in the arena.
• Ji Changying rushed to Wang Qiang, then attacked Wang Dong'er with her short-sword martial soul and six soul rings; Elder Xiong was still watching from below the stage.

Wang Sheng intervened to protect Wang Dong'er and wounded Ji Changying, prompting the Explosive Bear Clan factions to prepare for battle. Elder Xiong revealed he was a Title Douluo, but a Spirit Hall Title Douluo appeared to challenge him, while Ji Changying attacked Wang Sheng and recognized him as the man she had believed dead.

• Wang Sheng pierced Ji Changying's wrist with his Vajra Finger before she could strike Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Hai and Wang Haiqiang confronted Ji Changying's allies, and Elder Xiong revealed his red ninth Soul Ring and Title Douluo strength.
• A humanoid leopard Spirit Hall Title Douluo emerged to face Elder Xiong, who recognized him as a member of Spirit Hall connected to Snake Lance and Pufferfish.
• Ji Changying recognized Wang Sheng after he revealed his Martial Soul and declared that he was still alive.
• Ji Changying used her sixth Soul Skill, Shining Strike, to blind Wang Sheng and attack him, but Wang Sheng relied on sound to locate her.

Wang Sheng killed Ji Changying after she underestimated his explosive Soul Skill, while Ghost Leopard Douluo revealed that Spirit Hall had used her and the Ji Family to draw out Elder Xiong and Wang Sheng. After Ji Changying's death, Wang Chengfa and Wang Jiu switched sides to support Elder Xiong.

• Wang Sheng pushed Wang Dong'er away, then blocked Ji Changying's attack and cut his palm in the clash.
• Wang Sheng unleashed Bear Paw Blast, whose explosion shattered Ji Changying's weapon and arm and left her gravely injured.
• Ji Changying begged Ghost Leopard Douluo to save her, but he said his target was Elder Xiong and that he would not interfere in her fate.
• Wang Sheng pierced Ji Changying's Meixin with Great Vajra Finger, killing her.
• Wang Chengfa and Wang Jiu abandoned Ji Linfeng and joined Elder Xiong, while Ji Linfeng raged at their change of sides.

Spirit Hall’s force confronted Elder Xiong’s group, but E Jiutian arrived to support his old friend and challenged Ghost Leopard Douluo. Ghost Leopard called for reinforcements, and Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared, leaving the clash poised to escalate.

• Elder Xiong and Ghost Leopard Douluo each summoned reinforcements, surrounding the opposing groups with Spirit Saints and Spirit Douluo.
• Wang Sheng noticed a fast-moving figure, and Nangong Yuncheng intercepted him before the newcomer revealed he was E Jiutian, an old friend of Elder Xiong.
• E Jiutian mocked Ghost Leopard Douluo and refused to leave, while Ghost Leopard warned that other Spirit Hall elders were coming and sent out a signal.
• E Jiutian considered retreating after hearing Ghost Leopard’s warning, but a newcomer urged him to leave before he was buried with Elder Xiong.
• Nangong Yuncheng recognized the newcomer as Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei arrived to confront Nangong Yuncheng and E Jiutian, while Wang Sheng tried to leave the battlefield. The clash began with Nangong Yuncheng breaking Yue Guan’s defense, as Gui Mei charged at E Jiutian.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei appeared and demanded that E Jiutian leave, but E Jiutian refused their threats.
• Wang Sheng tried to withdraw, but Yue Guan immobilized him with Aura Lock; Wang Sheng used Earth Power to break free.
• Yue Guan rushed to seize Wang Sheng, but Nangong Yuncheng blocked him and attacked with his dragon claw.
• Yue Guan’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum formed a barrier that stopped Nangong Yuncheng’s attack and forced him back.
• Nangong Yuncheng used Martial Soul Avatar, Dragon Transformation, shattered Yue Guan’s barrier, and taunted him about losing to Dugu Bo.
• Ghost Douluo Gui Mei turned into a strange silhouette and charged at E Jiutian.

Elder Xiong and Ghost Leopard Douluo watched the other battles until Demon Bear Douluo appeared and attacked Wang Sheng, forcing Elder Xiong to intervene. Elder Xiong’s Dark Gold Terrorclaw tore through Ghost Leopard Douluo’s Ghost Wave but was finally halted a few meters away, leaving Wang Sheng in danger.

• E Jiutian and Ghost Douluo activated their Martial Soul Avatars and exchanged powerful blows, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Nangong Yuncheng fought nearby.
• Elder Xiong noticed someone on a rooftop, and Ghost Leopard Douluo suspected Dugu Bo had arrived but found no one there.
• Wang Sheng tried to move away as the Explosive Bear Clan blocked Spirit Hall’s Spirit Douluo and Spirit Sages, but Elder Xiong sensed a trap and warned him.
• Demon Bear Douluo appeared before Wang Sheng and attacked, saying he would force Dugu Bo to come out.
• Elder Xiong charged to protect Wang Sheng with his Dark Gold Terrorclaw, while Ghost Leopard Douluo used Ghost Wave to stop him several meters short.

Nangong Yuncheng tried to save Wang Sheng from Demon Bear Douluo, but Chrysanthemum Douluo blocked him. Just as Demon Bear was about to kill Wang Sheng, Tang Hao arrived and crushed him into a crater with one strike of the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Nangong Yuncheng unleashed his poison, but Chrysanthemum Douluo used his fifth soul skill to interrupt his attack and keep him from reaching Wang Sheng.
• Demon Bear Douluo prepared to kill Wang Sheng, while Ghost Leopard Douluo noticed Elder Xiong's brief smile and warned that reinforcements had arrived.
• A massive Clear Sky Hammer darkened the sky and struck Demon Bear Douluo, who tried to withstand it with his sixth soul skill and was smashed into the ground.
• Tang Hao appeared holding the Clear Sky Hammer, and both Spirit Hall's fighters and Nangong Yuncheng's allies recognized him as Clear Sky Douluo.

Wutian Douluo arrived to support Elder Xiong and overwhelmed Spirit Hall’s concealed Title Douluos. He left Falling Devil Douluo gravely wounded as Demon Bear Douluo emerged from underground.

• Elder Xiong thanked Tang Wu, and Wutian Douluo greeted him before ordering the Spirit Hall elders to leave.
• When Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo refused, Wutian Douluo exposed Falling Devil Douluo hiding nearby.
• Wutian Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar to clash with Falling Devil Douluo and quickly injured him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo rushed to intervene, while Elder Xiong, Nangong Yuncheng, and E Jiutian moved to stop them.
• Demon Bear Douluo burst from beneath the shattered ground as Wutian Douluo broke Falling Devil Douluo’s staff and crushed his chest with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Clear Sky Douluo overwhelmed Spirit Hall’s attackers and forced most of them to retreat, then continued fighting Demon Bear Douluo. He pressed Demon Bear Douluo down despite the elder’s powerful transformation.

• Clear Sky Douluo struck Falling Demon Douluo into the arena wall and smashed Demon Bear Douluo back underground, leaving both unable to fight for the moment.
• E Jiutian, Nangong Yuncheng, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo were stunned by Clear Sky Douluo’s strength.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo fled with their forces, while Clear Sky Douluo warned them to tell Bibi Dong that he would collect his debt to Ah Yin and himself.
• Clear Sky Douluo sensed Demon Bear Douluo emerging and struck at the ground, prompting Demon Bear Douluo to use his ninth Soul Ring Skill, Bear King Descends.
• Clear Sky Douluo forced the ten-meter-tall Giant Bear downward despite Demon Bear Douluo’s attempt to hold up the Clear Sky Hammer.

Clear Sky Douluo crushed Demon Bear Douluo and drove the remaining Spirit Hall elders into flight. The next day, Wang Sheng traveled with Clear Sky Douluo and began probing his long-standing injuries and grief over Ah Yin.

• Clear Sky Douluo overwhelmed Demon Bear Douluo, shattered his arms, and smashed him into the arena floor.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo saw Demon Bear Douluo’s defeat and fled even faster.
• Elder Xiong led the Explosive Bear Family toward the Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial capital, while Wang Sheng decided to travel alone to grow stronger.
• Wang Sheng and Clear Sky Douluo headed in the same direction and traveled together, and Clear Sky Douluo said Elder Xiong had once saved him and Ah Yin.
• Wang Sheng recognized that Clear Sky Douluo’s injuries were more than ten years old, but Clear Sky Douluo called them a sin and punishment.
• Wang Sheng lamented that Clear Sky Douluo might have become a god and quietly suggested that a god could help resurrect Ah Yin.