Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe sought Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help in taking the Heaven Dou throne, offering them a duchy and the Imperial Advisor position. Later, the eleventh-round matchups disrupted Yu Xiaogang’s preferred tournament strategy, leaving him furious and conflicted.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi he wanted to seize power from Xue Ye and reform the Heaven Dou Empire, saying he already controlled sixty percent of the Imperial City Guards and forty percent of the nation’s forces.
• Xue Qinghe asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to help subdue the Royal Consecration Corps, offering it the Imperial Advisor position and a duchy.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that Xue Ye had been taking a slow-acting poison for over a year, and Ning Fengzhi warned him to remain cautious until the throne was secure.
• The Preliminary Tournament reached its tenth round, with the Spirit Hall Team, Element Team, and Thunder Team still undefeated.
• The eleventh-round draw matched Slime Team against Element Team, Spirit Hall Team against Glazed Team, and Thunder Team against Purple Star Team, upsetting Yu Xiaogang’s preferred strategy.

Yu Xiaogang abandoned his plan to study the Element Team and Glazed Team battling each other, while Tang San devised a lineup and tactics for Slime Academy's match against the Element Team. Shui Hanyan ordered the Element Team to kill a Slime Academy member by lot, then Ye Muyun revealed that they shared a powerful teacher who had ordered Slime Academy to experience Purgatory Unmatched Mode.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender and Liu Erlong to watch the Spirit Hall Team's match against the Glazed Team and report its techniques.
• Tang San chose to compete against the Element Team despite Blue Silver Grass being vulnerable to ice and fire, and selected an all-out assault lineup without a healer.
• Tang San named Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit as the key to the team's attack and explained his tactics to the others.
• Shui Hanyan told the Element Team to control Slime Academy's members and draw lots to decide who would die, warning them that the competition targeted Slime Academy.
• Ye Muyun entered the Element Team's lounge and revealed that Shui Hanyan and he shared a teacher who wanted Slime Academy to experience Purgatory Unmatched Mode.

Ning Fengzhi chose to investigate Tang San’s claims while having the Glazed Team forfeit its match against the Spirit Hall Team. As the Element Team faced the Slime Team, Dai Mubai became distracted by Shui Bing’er before the battle began.

• Ning Fengzhi decided Tang San’s claims were worth investigating, and Sword Douluo agreed to support him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo planned to let other teams reveal the Spirit Hall Team’s strength, so the Glazed Team forfeited its match.
• The crowd erupted in anger after the referee announced the Spirit Hall Team’s default victory, while Liu Erlong condemned the Glazed Team’s forfeit.
• The Element Team fielded Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue’er against the Slime Team, and Shui Bing’er mocked its fire-based fighters.
• Dai Mubai saw Shui Bing’er and became distracted by her appearance as the teams prepared to fight.

Shui Bing'er revealed herself as a Level 65 Soul Emperor with a powerful Ice Phoenix, stunning the spectators and putting the Slime Team at a severe disadvantage. As the teams clashed, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that drenched the Slime Team in a strange rain, leaving Dai Mubai uneasy.

• Shui Bing'er announced that she was a Level 65 Soul Emperor, shocking the audience and the Slime Team.
• Both teams activated their Martial Souls, and Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix released four black Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings and suppressed the Slime Team, especially Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San ordered the Slime Team to attack, but the Element Team's Soul Ancestors met them with coordinated water and ice skills.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning dark clouds and a heavy rain over the arena.
• Dai Mubai noticed that the rain was strange and asked Tang San what they should do.

The Element Team completed Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill and unleashed a devastating Ice Phoenix attack against the Slime Team. The Slime Team was frozen and left helpless beneath a relentless rain of icy feathers.

• Tang San recognized the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and ordered his teammates to stop Xue Wu, but ice blocked his Blue Silver Grass.
• The Element Team's fighters held Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others back while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu completed their fusion skill.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu vanished into a blue-white pillar as their attack formed an icy vortex that shredded Tang San's defenses.
• The vortex gathered into a colossal Ice Phoenix, and Shui Bing'er sent a storm of freezing feathers crashing down on the Slime Team.
• The feathers wounded and froze the Slime Team members, silencing their cries as frost spread across the arena.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu froze Slime's seven contestants and used a deadly lottery to decide their fates, killing Ma Hongjun in front of the arena crowd. Shui Hanyan confronted Yu Xiaogang and silenced the assembled sect leaders, leaving Yu Xiaogang to invoke his father Yu Yuanzhen as his last defense.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu ended their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then Shui Bing'er produced seven ice crystals to determine which frozen contestants would live or die.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender demanded that the match stop and tried to surrender for Slime, but the referee ruled that only contestants could surrender for themselves.
• The first three crystals marked Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar to live, while the fourth marked Ma Hongjun to die.
• Shui Bing'er kicked Ma Hongjun's neck, killing him as the crowd cheered and Flender accused the opposing team of murder.
• Shui Hanyan descended from the VIP seats, intimidated the sect leaders, and insulted Yu Xiaogang for remaining a level 29 Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang named his father, Yu Yuanzhen, as he tried to defend himself against Shui Hanyan.

Shui Hanyan beat Yu Xiaogang after he invoked his clan and status, then confronted Liu Erlong when she rushed to defend him. Shui Hanyan restrained Liu Erlong and began inflating her with an invisible force, leaving her in terrible pain.

• Shui Hanyan slapped Yu Xiaogang three times and kicked him across the arena.
• Liu Erlong caught Yu Xiaogang and learned that the Glazed Team had forfeited.
• Liu Erlong transformed into her True Fire Dragon Form and attacked Shui Hanyan.
• Shui Hanyan seized Liu Erlong by the head and lifted her into the air.
• Shui Hanyan restrained Liu Erlong with an invisible force and made her body rapidly expand.

Shui Hanyan killed Liu Erlong after the Slime Academy’s loss, then accepted Xue Ye’s request to end the confrontation. The preliminary tournament concluded with Slime Academy barely qualifying, while Tang San brooded over his inability to protect Xiao Wu and revealed his Twin Martial Souls.

• Liu Erlong exploded in the arena, and Flender stopped himself from attacking Shui Hanyan after Yu Xiaogang urged him to wait for revenge.
• Xue Ye asked Shui Hanyan to end the dispute, and she agreed before leading the Element Team away as the referee declared its decisive victory.
• The Heaven Dou City preliminary tournament ended with Spirit Hall Team first, Element Team second, Glazed Team third, Thunder Team fourth, and Slime Academy sixteenth among the qualifying teams.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu hanging near the entrance, remembered his oath to protect her, and resolved to use the Clear Sky Hammer after revealing his Twin Martial Souls.
• Ye Muyun announced that teams reaching the top ten in the finals would receive an additional reward.

Ye Muyun announced a reward of Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast meat, while Xue Ye revealed the Promotion Tournament’s new venue and prize. Meanwhile, Chen Xin led Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to Sea God Island, where they found a sinister black flag and demanded an audience with Bo Saixi.

• Ye Muyun revealed that Xiao Wu would be killed and transformed into Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast cuisine, enraging Tang San.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds in one month, with the three most victorious students earning Spirit Beasts under thirty thousand years old.
• Tang San resolved to grow stronger, even if he had to sacrifice some of the advantage of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Chen Xin brought Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to Sea God Island, where they spotted a skull-patterned black flag above the island.
• Three purple-robed Sea Spirit Masters ordered Chen Xin's group to leave, and Chen Xin released his Seven Kill Sword and nine Spirit Rings while requesting an audience with Bo Saixi.

Chen Xin persuaded Bo Saixi to lead Sea God Island in rescuing Tang Chen from the City of Slaughter, while Tang San and Flender searched Sunset Forest for Spirit Rings and Tang San reached level 49. The chapter left Bo Saixi preparing to depart in three days and Tang San facing a limit on his Clear Sky Hammer's third Spirit Ring.

• Chen Xin brought news of Spirit Hall to Sea God Island, where he noticed a dark presence and the Sea Spirit Masters watched his group with eerie hostility.
• Bo Saixi initially refused to involve Sea God Island in the continent's conflicts, but changed her mind when Chen Xin said Tang Chen was trapped in the City of Slaughter.
• Bo Saixi told Chen Xin to wait three days, then promised to lead the Sea Spirit Masters to the continent to rescue Tang Chen.
• Tang San and Flender searched Sunset Forest for Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Rings, and Tang San absorbed two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, reaching level 49.
• Tang San told Flender that his third Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Ring could only be around ten thousand years old and could not exceed fifteen thousand years.

Tang San explained why adding spirit rings to his Clear Sky Hammer endangered his Twin Martial Soul talent, then revealed that the tournament’s soul bone prizes belonged to his family and Xiao Wu. After Sword Douluo secured Bo Saixi’s promise, Tang San gained three Ten Thousand Year rings for the Clear Sky Hammer, reached Soul King, and joined the Promotion Tournament as it began.

• Tang San told Flender that Twin Martial Soul users risk exhausting their bodies and ruining their talent if they add spirit rings that are too powerful or too weak.
• Tang San explained that he had to win the tournament because its soul bone prizes included his mother’s relic, gifts from Xiao Wu’s brothers, and treasures inherited by the Clear Sky Sect.
• Flender realized Spirit Hall had taken the soul bones and angrily condemned it.
• Sword Douluo met Bo Saixi on Sea God Island and obtained her promise before leaving for the continent.
• Tang San added three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, advanced to Soul King, and gained a fifth ring for his Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Promotion Tournament began at the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Knights’ drill ground, with sixteen teams set to compete in fifteen rounds without spectators.

The Promotion Tournament began with one-on-one matches, and Chen Ming led the Glazed Team to an easy victory before Exotic Beast Academy also advanced. Tang San then took the arena against the Element Team, revealing three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings as Feng Xiaotian prepared to face him.

• Xue Ye opened the Promotion Tournament before ten thousand Royal Knights, and the matchups were announced.
• Chen Ming defeated all seven members of Fabia Academy by himself, securing the Glazed Team's first victory.
• Meng Yiran defeated three Melba Academy opponents in a row, and Exotic Beast Academy won the match.
• Dai Mubai worried that Slime Academy lacked enough fighters, and Tang San volunteered to face the Element Team first.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, shocking the spectators.
• Shui Bing'er asked Feng Xiaotian if he was confident, and he answered that his team had more fighters than Tang San.

Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer during the Spirit Master Competition, drawing Qian Renxue’s fury and the attention of the VIPs. Believing Qian Renxue might recruit him, he challenged Feng Xiaotian, who transformed and soared high above the arena.

• Tang San exposed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting the VIPs to recognize him as a surviving member of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi regretted Tang San’s reckless reveal, while Qian Renxue resolved to kill him for Tang Hao’s past crimes.
• Tang San reasoned that Qian Renxue would recruit him because of his talent and decided to defeat the Element Team.
• Tang San taunted Feng Xiaotian and swung the Clear Sky Hammer at him.
• Feng Xiaotian transformed with his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf power and shot into the air, leaving Tang San to challenge him to come down.

Feng Xiaotian used his ice-and-fire wings to exploit his aerial advantage against Tang San, then clashed with him in a series of hammer blows. After eight collisions, Tang San was badly injured and Feng Xiaotian’s wings were cracked, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Feng Xiaotian revealed his fire-and-ice wings and taunted Tang San, who had no way to reach him from the ground.
• Feng Xiaotian launched wind blades at Tang San, and Tang San blocked them with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian dove at Tang San with Ice Fire Consecutive Slash, and Tang San met him with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian gained the advantage in their repeated clashes, while Tang San suffered worsening injuries and spat blood after the fourth collision.
• At the eighth collision, Tang San was sent flying with split hands, while Feng Xiaotian was forced back and his wings developed fine cracks.

Tang San was defeated and badly wounded by Feng Xiaotian, then recovered with Ning Fengzhi’s healing. He expected Qian Renxue to recruit him, but she publicly mocked his appearance, prompting him to erupt in fury and recall his losses.

• Feng Xiaotian’s twelfth slash knocked Tang San out of the arena and left him gravely wounded, while Feng Xiaotian remained standing as the victor.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded healing-type Spirit Masters, and Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to heal Tang San.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that someone would soon recruit him, then identified Qian Renxue as she approached.
• Qian Renxue insulted Tang San’s appearance and called him a human-beast hybrid, provoking ridicule from the crowd.
• Tang San angrily demanded to know who had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, killed Tang Hao, and left him without a home or love.

Qian Renxue dismissed Tang San’s accusations and brutally maimed him before the gathered Soul Masters. She lifted him into the air as she had done to previous victims, while the assembled leaders hurried to endorse Spirit Hall and condemn him.

• Tang San accused Spirit Hall and Qian Cheng of causing his suffering, but Qian Renxue said she could not understand his babbling.
• Qian Renxue severed Tang San’s legs, and Flender and Yu Xiaogang cried out while the onlookers stayed silent.
• Tang San attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Qian Renxue stopped it with one hand and cut off his right arm.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded for Qian Renxue to stop, but she kicked him away and lifted Tang San into the air with Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue asked the gathered guests whether Spirit Hall was abusing its power, and Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi, Ye Muyun, and other sect leaders condemned Tang San and supported Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue killed Tang San during the Spirit Master Competition, then learned from Qian Cheng and the Sacred Spirit Sect leaders that Tang San might return through his soul. She also discovered that Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan were her senior sisters.

• Qian Renxue made Tang San explode in midair, and the sect leaders approved of her actions.
• Yu Xiaogang forfeited the match for Shrek Academy and vowed to avenge Tang San.
• Qian Renxue visited Qian Cheng and found Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan drinking tea with him.
• Qian Cheng and Ye Muyun warned Qian Renxue that Tang San could revive through his soul and return stronger.
• Ye Muyun revealed that she was Qian Renxue's fifth senior sister and Shui Hanyan was her third senior sister.

Qian Cheng and his allies prepared to draw their enemies into a battle against Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue learned that four Peerless Douluo were being gathered for the attack. Half a month later, Tang San crawled from a mass grave, recovered his memories, and vowed revenge as he set his sights on Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue learned that Shui Hanyan, the Sacred Spirit Sect master, was her senior sister and Qian Cheng's ally.
• Qian Cheng explained that he had lured his enemies into a planned siege involving Bo Saixi, Tang Chen, and Qian Renxue's two senior sisters.
• Ye Muyun reported that Sword Douluo and Yu Yuanzhen had entered the City of Slaughter and met Tang Chen, who was possessed by the Nine-Headed Bat.
• Qian Cheng said the plot would draw the enemies into a decisive battle and dismissed concerns about the fighting reaching Spirit City.
• Half a month later, Tang San crawled out of a mass grave and regained memories of his life and the massacre at the Spirit Master Competition.
• Tang San vowed revenge on Spirit Hall and promised to save Xiao Wu as he fixed his gaze on Spirit City.

Tang San resolved to hide and regain his strength so he could pursue the Asura God's inheritance and take revenge on Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Bo Saixi brought the rescued Tang Chen to the ruined Clear Sky Sect, where the sight of its destruction enraged him and left him determined to seek justice.

• Tang San suppressed his anger toward Yu Xiaogang, planned to prepare Hidden Weapons, and headed off to develop in secret before pursuing the Asura God's inheritance.
• Bo Saixi supported the injured Tang Chen as they arrived at the devastated Clear Sky Sect after she had rescued him from the City of Slaughter and killed the Nine-Headed Bat King.
• Tang Chen remembered his family and the Clear Sky Sect's fallen disciples, then erupted in fury at Qian Daoliu for breaking their agreement and destroying the sect.
• Bo Saixi calmed Tang Chen and urged him to stay strong so he could seek justice for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen persuaded the injured Tang Chen to join their alliance against Spirit Hall and helped him regain his resolve. Tang Chen agreed to target Spirit Hall’s affiliated sects, beginning with the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan, and planned to use the tournament finals to infiltrate Spirit City.

• Ning Fengzhi reported Spirit Hall’s spying and told Tang Chen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had assembled an alliance with more than thirty sects and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen promised that Lightning Marrow Fluid and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could help Tang Chen recover, while Ning Fengzhi urged him to lead the alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen accepted the alliance and declared that they would attack Spirit Hall’s affiliated sects, starting with the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the tournament finals would let the allied teams enter Spirit City, and Tang Chen agreed to use the opportunity while disguising the seniors.
• Yu Yuanzhen urged Tang Chen to cooperate with the Sacred Spirit Sect, and Tang Chen agreed to work with them until Spirit Hall was destroyed.