Chapter Summaries

Ji Bai told Dugu Bo how he had trapped Tang Hao in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then revealed that he was already a level fifty-two Soul King with a mysterious fifth Soul Ring and the Creation Soul Skill. After a year of secluded cultivation, Ji Bai and his companions had grown much stronger and were poised to break through together.

• Ji Bai recounted Tang Hao's death in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo warned him about the three Soul Kings Spirit Hall would send to the tournament.
• Ji Bai revealed his level fifty-two Soul King cultivation and displayed a translucent fifth Soul Ring that had appeared during Nirvana, explaining that its Creation Soul Skill could imitate any kind of power.
• Ji Bai explained that his Water-Fire Immunity let him cultivate in the springs, and Xiao Wu decided to remain with his companions instead of returning to the academy.
• After a year of secluded cultivation, Ji Bai reached level fifty-eight, Xiao Wu became a Soul Ancestor, and Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu reached their Soul Ring bottlenecks.

Ji Bai and the others hunted in Sunset Forest so the four Soul Ancestors at Level 50 could obtain ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. Huo Wushuang broke through to Soul King, and the group then found a Flame-Tail Spirit Sparrow for Huo Wu.

• Ji Bai led Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er into Sunset Forest to find suitable Soul Beasts.
• Ji Bai identified an eleven-thousand-year Iron-Armored Fire Dragon, and Huo Wushuang fought it with help from the others.
• The group weakened and defeated the Iron-Armored Fire Dragon, and Huo Wushuang began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• After two hours, Huo Wushuang broke through to Soul King with a fifth ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• The group continued searching for Huo Wu's Soul Ring and found a twelve-thousand-year Flame-Tail Spirit Sparrow in a secluded valley.

Ji Bai and his companions defeated the Flame-Tail Spirit Sparrow so Huo Wu could absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, then traveled north to Ice-Sealed Forest. There, Ji Bai subdued a ten-thousand-year Condensed Water Flying Luan and offered it to Shui Bing'er.

• Ji Bai and the others restrained and defeated the Flame-Tail Spirit Sparrow, allowing Huo Wu to absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and advance to Soul King.
• Ji Bai decided the group should travel to Ice-Sealed Forest to find ice-and-water-attributed Soul Beasts for Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er.
• The seven traveled north through changing terrain and entered the snowbound Ice-Sealed Forest.
• The group encountered a ten-thousand-year Condensed Water Flying Luan, which unleashed a blizzard while using the terrain to its advantage.
• Ji Bai used Heavenly Flame Funeral to bind and bring down the Condensed Water Flying Luan, then told Shui Bing'er it was hers.

Shui Bing'er absorbed the Condensed Water Flying Luan's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached the Soul King realm, and gained its wings as an External Soul Bone. The group then entered the Extreme North to find Xue Wu a Soul Ring and began fighting a ten-thousand-year Three-Tailed Ice Fox.

• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Condensed Water Flying Luan's Soul Ring while Ji Bai and the others guarded her.
• Shui Bing'er became a Soul King and revealed that she had gained the Condensed Water Flying Luan's wings as an External Soul Bone.
• Ji Bai promised to give Huo Wu an External Soul Bone someday, and the group continued into the Extreme North to find Xue Wu a Soul Ring.
• Shui Bing'er trapped a Three-Tailed Ice Fox in its cave, and Ji Bai's True Phoenix Fire stopped its illusory clones from escaping.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Huo Wu gathered a massive fireball for an attack on the Three-Tailed Ice Fox.

Ji Bai and his companions completed Xue Wu’s Soul Ring absorption, then discovered two groups fighting over a rare Soul Bone in the Extreme North. Seeing an opportunity to claim the treasure, Ji Bai decided they would attack.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu defeated the Three-Tailed Ice Fox, and Xue Wu absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Soul King.
• Ji Bai firmly forbade Xiao Wu from participating in the tournament, and the group headed back together.
• Ji Bai and the others heard fighting in a hidden snowfield and secretly approached two groups battling over a Soul Bone.
• Huo Wu identified the dead Howling Moon Ice Wolf King, and Ji Bai deduced its roughly sixty-five-thousand-year-old Soul Bone was the prize.
• Ji Bai decided to seize the Soul Bone, and Huo Wushuang asked him what they should do.

Ji Bai ambushed Xiong Da and Qiang Bao’s groups, killing them with his overwhelming fire attacks and taking a Soul Bone. He returned with his companions toward the tournament, which opened two days later in Heaven Dou City.

• Xiong Da called to Ji Bai’s hidden group for help, while Qiang Bao offered him a reward to join his side.
• Ji Bai accepted Qiang Bao’s offer, then secretly ordered his six companions to attack on his command.
• Ji Bai unleashed his True Phoenix Soul Skills against both groups, crippling Xiong Da and overwhelming the Soul Emperors.
• Ji Bai’s flames killed everyone on the battlefield, leaving behind a white Soul Bone, and he reunited with Huo Wu and the others.
• Ji Bai’s group headed back toward Blazing Academy, splitting from Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Xue Wu along the way.
• Two days later, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Heaven Dou City, where Xiao Wu marveled at the crowd.

At the tournament, Xiao Wu reunited with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and revealed she had chosen to stay with Ji Bai rather than return to Shrek Academy. Tang San rushed to see her, but Xiao Wu ended their bond and Ji Bai attacked him, leaving the conflict between them escalating.

• Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 in the opening match of the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang set out to visit Blazing Academy and ran into Ji Bai and Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Ji Bai had saved her and that she had decided not to return to Shrek Academy.
• After hearing that Xiao Wu was at Blazing Academy, Tang San rushed there and tried to approach her.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San they were strangers, or even enemies, and Tang San blamed Ji Bai.
• Ji Bai seized Tang San's wrist and kicked him, sending him flying.

Ji Bai attacked Tang San and left with Xiao Wu, then challenged Tang San to follow him outside the city to learn the truth. Tang San set out after him with Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Ning Fengzhi, while Ning Rongrong was ordered to stay behind.

• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang arrived and checked Tang San after Ji Bai struck him, but Ji Bai warned them not to interfere.
• Xiao Wu followed Ji Bai without looking back, leaving Tang San devastated and confusing the Shrek Academy group.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Ji Bai to Ning Fengzhi, who noticed the hostility between Ji Bai and Tang San.
• Ji Bai told Tang San to follow him outside the city if he wanted to learn the truth, warning that he might die.
• Tang San insisted on pursuing Ji Bai, and Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to go with him while Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to stay behind.

Ji Bai confronted Tang San outside Heaven Dou City and revealed that he had killed Tang Hao, then fought Tang San while refusing to let the onlookers interfere. Tang San died, but Ji Bai survived the Golden Sacred Dragon's attack unharmed.

• Ji Bai told Tang San that he had killed Tang Hao and that only one of them could survive, then revealed his Soul King strength and challenged him.
• Tang San attacked Ji Bai with hidden weapons, but Ji Bai's flames melted the arrows before his Fire Fist forced Tang San to dodge.
• Ji Bai pursued Tang San through the heat until Yu Xiaogang called on Flender and Liu Erlong to form the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Ji Bai punched through Tang San's chest as the Golden Sacred Dragon engulfed them both in its dragon breath.
• Chen Xin realized Ji Bai had survived, and Ji Bai emerged unharmed as Tang San vanished.

After Tang San's death, Ji Bai comforted Xiao Wu and kept her out of the tournament matches while Blazing Academy began its dominant run. The chapter ended with Ji Bai facing Feng Xiaotian and his Godwind Academy team in the Preliminary Round.

• Ji Bai told Xiao Wu that Tang San was dead and that only one of them could have survived, and Xiao Wu accepted his explanation before they spent the night together.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang led Blazing Academy to an easy Preliminary Round victory, while Ji Bai and Xiao Wu stayed off the field.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi praised Blazing Academy's two Soul Kings, while Salas watched Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang with killing intent.
• Shi Nian marked Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang as prey, unaware that Ji Bai was watching him, and Yu Xiaogang grew more hostile toward everyone connected to Ji Bai.
• Ji Bai led Blazing Academy against Godwind Academy, where Feng Xiaotian revealed his level forty-nine cultivation and challenged Ji Bai to prove himself to Huo Wu.

Ji Bai led Blazing Team against Godwind Team and revealed himself as a powerful Soul King. After defeating Feng Xiaotian in their final clash, he secured the victory and left Feng Xiaotian conceding that Ji Bai was stronger and more worthy of Huo Wu.

• Ji Bai revealed his Soul King status to Feng Xiaotian and was identified by Ning Fengzhi as Blazing Team’s true captain.
• Ji Bai used Heavenly Flame Funeral to defeat and bind six members of Godwind Team, leaving Feng Xiaotian alone against him.
• Ji Bai let Feng Xiaotian unleash his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Demon Wolf, then met the final strike with Spiral Burst Fist.
• Feng Xiaotian was knocked down by Ji Bai’s punch and conceded defeat, acknowledging Ji Bai’s strength and his worthiness of Huo Wu.
• Ji Bai dismissed Feng Xiaotian’s comment about Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian left with his team.

Shi Nian targeted Ji Bai and the Blazing and Skywater teams with his illusion, intending to kill them, but Ji Bai saw through the attack and turned the ambush against him. The chapter ended with Ji Bai, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Huo Wu unleashing their strongest attacks on Shi Nian.

• Shi Nian watched Ji Bai and the other geniuses compete, then followed the Blazing and Skywater teams as they left the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.
• Shi Nian cast an illusion over Ji Bai, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the others, leading them out of Heaven Dou City.
• Ji Bai resisted the illusion with Immortal Bird Eye, traced Shi Nian's spiritual power, and pretended he was still affected.
• Ji Bai used Ice God Manifestation to freeze the area and force Shi Nian out of hiding, while the others broke free of the illusion.
• Ji Bai activated his full power as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu performed Ice Snow Drifting and Huo Wu unleashed Heavenly Fire Meteor Shower against Shi Nian.

Ji Bai and the Blazing Team killed Shi Nian after he ambushed them, then took the rare Head Soul Bone he left behind. The next day, Blazing Academy drew Canghui Academy as its opponent, and Ji Bai, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang prepared to face them in the tournament.

• Ji Bai, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu unleashed their soul skills and killed Shi Nian, leaving behind a Head Soul Bone.
• Shui Bing'er gave the ten-thousand-year gemstone-type soul bone to Ji Bai, who stored it and warned everyone not to travel alone.
• Huo Lin announced that Blazing Academy had drawn Canghui Academy, and Ji Bai, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang insisted on competing.
• Ji Bai, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang revealed their Soul King auras on the stage, surprising the audience and drawing loud cheers.
• Shui Yue'er vowed that Skywater Academy would use its Martial Soul Fusion Skill if it faced Canghui Academy, while Ning Fengzhi suspected Canghui Academy was more formidable than it seemed.

Ji Bai used the Immortal Bird Eye to break Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusion Realm and defeat its team, while revealing that Shi Nian had died at the Blazing Team’s hands. He left the Canghui members with Heart Fire and hinted that his plan would kill them by the next day.

• Emperor Xue Ye and the other academies watched as the Blazing Team faced Canghui Academy, whose captain threatened them with the Seven Asura Illusion Realm.
• Canghui Academy unleashed its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but Ji Bai’s Immortal Bird Eye formed a golden barrier that blocked the illusion completely.
• Ji Bai told Canghui Captain that Shi Nian had died at their hands, then struck the seven opponents with Heavenly Flame Funeral and left Heart Fire inside them.
• The Canghui members were revealed defeated and burned out of their clothes, while the Blazing Team remained unharmed and the arena erupted in surprise.
• Huo Wu complained about the burned clothing, and Ji Bai said he had made a backup plan to ensure the Canghui members would die by the next day.

After Blazing Team won the Qualifying Round, Ji Bai traveled with the Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City for the Grand Finals. Gui Mei and Yue Guan abducted him on Bibi Dong’s orders, and she carried him deeper into the Pope’s Palace to fulfill her Rakshasa God Trial.

• Blazing Team finished first in the Qualifying Round and prepared to travel to Spirit City for the Grand Finals.
• Bibi Dong became enraged over a Rakshasa God Trial that required her to sacrifice Ji Bai, then persuaded herself to prioritize the trial.
• Xue Qinghe escorted the Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City, where Gui Mei and Yue Guan identified Blazing Academy’s carriage and planned to seize Ji Bai at night.
• Gui Mei ambushed Ji Bai at the Blazing Academy residence and took him to the Pope’s Palace with Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong recognized the blood-sword mark on Ji Bai’s forehead, dismissed Gui Mei and Yue Guan, and dragged Ji Bai into the depths of the palace.

Ji Bai was abducted to Bibi Dong’s secret chamber, where he used his Heart Fire and devouring ability to keep her distracted and survive. While he stalled her for eleven days, Huo Wu and the others won the tournament but grew increasingly worried about his disappearance.

• Bibi Dong threw Ji Bai into a secret chamber, where he realized she planned to kill him after the assessment.
• Ji Bai released his Origin Heart Fire, awakening Bibi Dong’s suppressed desires and making her call out for Xiaogang.
• Ji Bai used his True Phoenix Eight Wings to devour Bibi Dong’s Soul Power and counterattack while waiting for the senior sisters to finish their match.
• Huo Wu discovered Ji Bai was missing, and Shui Bing’er and Huo Wushuang tried to comfort her.
• Blazing Team and Skywater Team defeated Spirit Hall Team in the final three-team competition, but Bibi Dong never appeared at the matches or award ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Spirit Hall had abducted Ji Bai, while Ji Bai continued stalling Bibi Dong on the eleventh day so Huo Wu and the others could leave Spirit City.

Ji Bai escaped the Pope's Palace after spending more than a month trapped with Bibi Dong, then traveled to Blazing City and learned that Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang had gone to Seven Treasure City looking for him. He reunited with Huo Wu and their companions at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ji Bai drained Bibi Dong's Soul Power, reached Level 60 or higher, and gathered the remaining Evil Fire into her heart before escaping the Pope's Palace in disguise.
• Bibi Dong regained her senses, found Ji Bai's threat about Yu Xiaogang, and swore revenge on him.
• Ji Bai flew to the Star Dou Great Forest, then traveled on to Blazing City and learned from Huo Qiankong that Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang had gone to Seven Treasure City to find him.
• Ji Bai warned Huo Qiankong to hide the clan and hurried to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Ji Bai at the sect gate, where he reunited with Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and Xiao Wu.

Ji Bai reunited with his companions, told them Spirit Hall had imprisoned and tortured him, and warned them to hide in the Extreme North. He gave Ning Rongrong an Immortal Herb and traveled with her and Sword Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest, where an eighty-thousand-year-old Bright Phoenix appeared as a possible sixth soul ring.

• Ji Bai told Huo Wu and the others that Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo had delivered him to Bibi Dong, who had tortured him until he escaped.
• Shui Bing'er explained that her team had won the tournament and given Huo Wu the championship's most valuable Head Soul Bone.
• Ji Bai warned everyone that Bibi Dong might hunt for him and advised them to train in the Extreme North, then revealed that he planned to visit Slaughter City after obtaining his sixth soul ring.
• Ji Bai gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and privately warned her that Spirit Hall would launch the Hunt Soul Operation in five years.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to help Ji Bai obtain his sixth soul ring, and two days later Sword Douluo brought Ji Bai and Ning Rongrong to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Sword Douluo spotted a rare Bright Phoenix estimated to be eighty thousand years old.

Ji Bai absorbed the Bright Phoenix’s soul ring, reaching level sixty-three and gaining light and holiness attributes for his True Phoenix Martial Soul. He and Ning Rongrong then searched the Star Dou Great Forest for her fourth soul ring, where a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear attacked them.

• Chen Xin defeated the Bright Phoenix and pinned it down with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ji Bai killed the Bright Phoenix, absorbed its soul ring, and increased his Soul Power Level to sixty-three while gaining light and holiness attributes.
• Ning Rongrong asked Chen Xin and Ji Bai to help find her fourth soul ring, and she chose to stay with Ji Bai as they searched.
• Ji Bai and Ning Rongrong encountered a roughly four-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear that he judged suitable for Ning Rongrong’s fourth soul ring.
• Ji Bai placed Ning Rongrong in the Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch, fired a signal flare, and activated his True Phoenix Martial Soul to face the bear.

Ji Bai defeated a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and helped Ning Rongrong absorb its soul ring despite the dangerous backlash. Ning Rongrong gained dark-gold claws, and Ji Bai realized the bear had yielded four External Soul Bones in total.

• Ji Bai used his True Phoenix Domain and soul skills to overpower the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, then pinned it down with Holy Light Judgment.
• Ji Bai weakened the bear and showed Ning Rongrong where to strike; she killed it and began absorbing its soul ring as Sword Douluo arrived.
• Ning Rongrong’s body and meridians were ravaged by the soul ring’s power, so Ji Bai used his healing flames to stabilize and mend her.
• After two hours, Ning Rongrong finished absorbing the ring and grew dark-gold claws from her hands.
• Ji Bai realized Ning Rongrong had gained an External Soul Bone and that the bear’s claws and her new claws made four External Soul Bones in all.