Chapter Summaries

Wu Ling summoned King Hassan, whose test of Hundred Personas reaffirmed their place as allies under Wu Ling. Reflecting on how quickly he had gained power and success, Wu Ling decided to stop worrying about cultivation and planned to end the Douluo story after the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

• Wu Ling returned to his courtyard and summoned King Hassan after Hundred Personas sensed his aura.
• King Hassan nearly struck Hundred Personas, then told her to fulfill her duty as a sword in Wu Ling's hand.
• Wu Ling spoke with King Hassan and learned hidden abilities that further strengthened his body and combat skills.
• As night fell, Wu Ling reflected on his rise from awakening his Martial Soul at six to near-invincibility at nineteen.
• Wu Ling chose the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his ninth Spirit Ring and said he would let cultivation take its course.
• Wu Ling planned to enjoy the coming year and draw the Douluo story to a close after the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

Wu Ling discussed Spirit Hall’s tournament prospects with Ning Fengzhi, who offered a Storage Ring in exchange for help getting Ning Rongrong onto Spirit Hall’s team. Wu Ling refused the gift but agreed to let Ning Rongrong train with the team, expecting her to bring a better offer.

• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Wu Ling would compete, and Wu Ling said he would sit out while noting the strength of rival academies.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Wu Ling a Storage Ring and asked him to look after Ning Rongrong by letting her join the Martial Soul Hall Team.
• Wu Ling guessed Ning Fengzhi’s purpose, rejected the ring, and agreed to let Ning Rongrong come train with the others before the tournament.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Zhu Zhuqing asked why Wu Ling had refused the ring, and Wu Ling said it contained too little for the prizes Ning Fengzhi wanted.

Wu Ling inspected Xiao Fen’s defenses and learned that she had engineered a Sacred Dragon guardian from the bloodlines of Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender. He added a Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to his collection and planned to obtain the Hell White Tiger and Yaomei’s Martial Souls next.

• Wu Ling, now level eighty-seven with three black, four red, and one gold Spirit Ring, asked Xiao Fen about Spirit City’s defenses before the tournament.
• Xiao Fen showed Wu Ling the concealed formations and detection spell she had prepared throughout Spirit City.
• Wu Ling saw the Sacred Dragon hatchling and learned Xiao Fen had created its genes using blood from Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender.
• Xiao Fen explained that the hatchling, Dragon Bone, and Spirit Tool Long Wu could combine into a guardian powerful enough to rival a Limit Douluo within Spirit City.
• Wu Ling took the Sacred Dragon Martial Soul sphere and stored it beside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Martial Soul in his collection.
• Wu Ling decided to collect the Hell White Tiger and Yaomei Martial Souls using blood he had gathered during sparring.

Tang San left Yu Xiaogang’s bedside determined to save Xiao Wu and seek revenge, despite his teacher’s warnings. He met Flender, who had recruited four outsiders to fill out their tournament team, and learned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were still in their room.

• Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s plea to wait and left to pursue Xiao Wu and revenge.
• Liu Erlong passed Tang San without speaking and went to care for Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender told Tang San he had found three Soul Elders and one Soul Ancestor to join the team.
• Tang San asked about Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Flender said they should still be in their room.

Tang San took control of the tournament team after defeating its four new members, while the other academies and the Spirit Hall Main Team prepared for the tournament. Wu Ling remained at his residence, enjoying a quiet day as the tournament approached.

• Tang San led Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to meet the four arriving team members, then defeated them and declared himself the team's leader.
• Tang San's training and Spirit Ring gains had raised him to Soul King, while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had abandoned their former restraints and grown closer.
• Huyan Zhen urged Huyan Li to prove his worth to the Holy Son, while Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu agreed to join forces for the tournament.
• The Spirit Hall Main Team trained and practiced tactics, with Yan, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong working together.
• Wu Ling poured tea at his residence and remarked that it was another peaceful day.

The fourth Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Heaven Dou City as Emperor Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall’s growing power. Spirit Hall Holy Son Wu Ling arrived and asked Xue Ye to keep an eye on Shrek Academy during the competition.

• At the opening ceremony, Xue Ye drank a medicinal liquid and asked Ning Fengzhi whether Spirit Hall had been active.
• Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had abandoned its ambitions and would follow the strongest power.
• Wu Ling unexpectedly joined Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, frightening Xue Ye with memories of Wu Ling’s destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Wu Ling told Xue Ye he held no grudge against the royal family and asked him to pay attention to Shrek Academy during the tournament.
• Wu Ling said Spirit Hall was watching several people at Shrek but would leave them alone as long as they behaved themselves.

Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armored Academy after Tang San used poisoned hidden weapons, drawing attention from Wu Ling and other observers. Wu Ling learned that Shi Nian planned to target Shrek and chose to let the conflict unfold while preparing to use it as an excuse for Spirit Hall to act.

• Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armored Academy, and Huyan Zhen raged over his grandson Huyan Li’s loss.
• Wu Ling identified Tang San’s poison-enhanced Blue Silver Grass and poisoned Dragon Whisker Needles as the reason for the victory.
• Huyan Zhen accepted Wu Ling’s explanation and resolved to discipline Huyan Li for losing.
• Shi Nian reassured Canghui Academy’s students that he would handle Shrek Academy, while Wu Ling learned of his plans from a subordinate.
• Wu Ling rejected Salas’s offer to capture Shi Nian and decided to let Shi Nian and Shrek clash, hoping to create grounds for Spirit Hall to intervene.

Wu Ling left the tournament to intervene after learning Shi Nian had followed Tang San out of Heaven Dou City. Shi Nian trapped Tang San in an illusion and began torturing him, but Wu Ling appeared before he could finish.

• Wu Ling learned that Shi Nian had followed Tang San toward Shrek Academy and left Bishop Salas to watch the matches.
• Tang San sensed danger on the road, summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and readied his hidden weapons.
• Shi Nian revealed himself and said he intended to kill Tang San so Canghui Academy could qualify in the tournament.
• Shi Nian trapped Tang San in a desolate wilderness illusion and tortured him until he seemed close to death.
• Wu Ling confronted Shi Nian, who looked up and recognized the Holy Son.

Wu Ling killed Shi Nian after catching him attacking Tang San, then used Canghui Academy’s crimes to justify an investigation of the major academies and disqualify its team. He left the academy leaders and imperial family wary of Spirit Hall’s growing interference.

• Shi Nian attacked Wu Ling with his Nightmare Technique, but Wu Ling pierced him with a beam of fire and burned him to ash.
• Wu Ling took Shi Nian’s seven-colored skull Soul Bone, kicked the unconscious Tang San, and returned to the Great Soul Arena.
• Wu Ling ordered Spirit Hall knights to surround Canghui Academy and announced that its team’s results were voided pending a full investigation.
• Wu Ling declared that Spirit Hall would send envoys to inspect and rectify the major academies, unsettling their leaders and displeasing Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe.
• Wu Ling privately instructed Salas to thoroughly investigate Canghui Academy’s principal and other higher-ups while showing leniency toward its students.

After the preliminaries, Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to a private duel using only their Self-Created Soul Skills. As they faced off, Feng Xiaotian revealed that Spirit Hall had helped him break through level sixty and declared that Tang San had run out of time to oppose its rise.

• Spirit Hall’s investigation and the protests against Shrek led to Tang San’s suspension for several matches, but Shrek still advanced after winning the rest of its preliminaries.
• Shenfeng Academy, Tianshui Academy, Chihuo Academy, Elephant Armored Academy, and Shrek Academy finished with the longest winning streaks and qualified for the next stage.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to a spar using Self-Created Soul Skills, offering to stay out of Shenfeng Academy’s matches against Shrek until the finals if Tang San accepted.
• Tang San accepted the challenge, and their private duel drew a crowd at the Great Soul Arena.
• Feng Xiaotian and Tang San released their Martial Souls, and Feng Xiaotian told Tang San that Spirit Hall’s Holy Son had helped him grow stronger and that Spirit Hall’s future was assured.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Tang San in the tournament by exploiting a flaw in his Chaotic Cloak hammer technique, then showed respect to Wu Ling. Wu Ling left the arena to handle Spirit Hall business as Xue Ye recognized the Heaven Dou imperial family's diminishing influence.

• Tang San attacked Feng Xiaotian with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Feng Xiaotian took to the air and challenged him with his improved Gale Demon Wolf Consecutive Slashes.
• Tang San and Feng Xiaotian traded dozens of blows, with Tang San using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Feng Xiaotian fought without Spirit Rings or Spirit Skills.
• Feng Xiaotian seized Tang San's moment of transition between hammer strikes, broke through his defense, and defeated him.
• Feng Xiaotian told Tang San that his hammer technique was only barely mastered, then went to bow respectfully to Wu Ling.
• Wu Ling praised Feng Xiaotian's progress and recognized that the victory also demonstrated his loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Ling departed after bidding Xue Ye farewell, while Xue Ye reflected on the weakening prestige of the Heaven Dou imperial family.

Bibi Dong and Wu Ling prepared Spirit Hall’s team for the Elite Tournament finals, while Shrek’s members assessed the formidable Spirit Hall lineup. As the opening ceremony began, Wu Ling used a hidden Magic Circle to force Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to kneel before the Pope.

• Bibi Dong instructed Spirit Hall’s competitors to avoid mishaps, and Wu Ling reassured her that their team was prepared for the finals.
• Dai Mubai pointed out Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation to Tang San, and Ma Hongjun recognized Ning Rongrong among Spirit Hall’s competitors.
• Bibi Dong and Wu Ling arrived at the ceremony with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin as the assembled teams and citizens paid their respects.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun refused to kneel, so Wu Ling activated a hidden Magic Circle that overwhelmed them and forced them to the ground.
• Dai Mubai warned Tang San not to retaliate because they were on Spirit Hall’s territory.

Tang San and the Shrek Team unleashed their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and Clear Sky Avatar against the Martial Soul Hall Team, but were decisively defeated. As Hu Liena prepared to kill Tang San, Tang Hao appeared in the arena and challenged his son not to accept defeat.

• Tang San bound the Shrek Team together and gathered their Soul Power to unleash the Clear Sky Avatar.
• Ning Rongrong and the Martial Soul Hall Team combined their abilities into a powerful fusion that met Tang San’s attack.
• The Martial Soul Hall Team remained unharmed while four members of Shrek’s team fell unconscious, leaving Tang San badly injured.
• Hu Liena credited Wu Ling’s training for the Martial Soul Hall Team’s strength and said Tang San would die by Wu Ling’s command.
• Tang Hao appeared in the arena and asked Tang San whether he had accepted defeat.

Tang Hao arrived to take Tang San away, but Wu Ling revealed that he had prepared Spirit Hall and Spirit City for the Clear Sky Douluo’s return. As Tang Hao attacked the residential district to force a choice, Wu Ling summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon to stop him.

• Tang Hao appeared before Tang San, who tearfully recognized his father, while Bibi Dong and other powerful figures gathered around them.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had reached level ninety-nine and claimed that Wu Ling and the others could not stop him from leaving with Tang San.
• Wu Ling said he had anticipated Tang Hao’s arrival and assembled more than ten Title Douluo, then provoked Tang Hao by questioning the Clear Sky Sect’s absence and his family’s past.
• Tang Hao challenged Wu Ling to fight alone, then shielded himself and Tang San and launched an attack toward Spirit City’s residential district.
• Wu Ling snapped his fingers, activating pillars of light across Spirit City that formed the Golden Sacred Dragon, which reached level ninety-nine and destroyed Tang Hao’s attack.

Tang Hao used the blood-red power granted by a mysterious lord to overpower Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu withdrew instead of intervening. Wu Ling struck Tang Hao with his skull mask and severed his power, declaring that Asura had to be slain.

• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether Luo Sanpao might have evolved if he had treated Wu Ling differently, then focused on protecting Tang San.
• Tang Hao unleashed blood-red Soul Power that suppressed the Spirit Hall Spirit Masters and raised his aura beyond that of a Limit Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu briefly released his own powerful aura, then withdrew after the will within Tang Hao's blood-red Soul Power reached him.
• Tang Hao mocked Wu Ling and prepared to attack, believing Wu Ling could not fight freely in Spirit City.
• Wu Ling donned a skull mask, appeared behind Tang Hao, and struck him with a sword that severed his power.
• Wu Ling declared that Asura had strayed from his role as god of judgment and must be slain.

Wu Ling severed Tang Hao’s connection to Soul Power and the Asura God, then executed him before the gathered spectators. Xiao Hong imprisoned Tang San and Dai Mubai after disabling them, while Wu Ling ordered the competition to resume and focused on transforming Tang Hao’s soul into a Heroic Spirit.

• Wu Ling’s first slash stripped Tang Hao of Soul Power and severed his connection to the Asura God, leaving him unable to manifest his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Hong knocked Tang San down and restrained him while Xiao Lan forced Tang Hao to kowtow before the Pope and the Worship Hall.
• Wu Ling beheaded Tang Hao as a bell sounded in everyone’s minds, and a golden throne briefly appeared to claim his soul.
• Xiao Hong extracted Tang San’s incompletely manifested Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, disabled him, and carried him away.
• Xiao Hong subdued the pretending-to-be-unconscious Dai Mubai and took him and Tang San toward the prison.
• Wu Ling announced that the competition would continue, while the spectators wondered how powerful he truly was.

After Tang San was captured, Yu Xiaogang refused to abandon efforts to save him, while Flender argued that Tang San had brought disaster upon Shrek Academy. Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived on the Holy Son’s orders and had the Shrek group imprisoned, where Yu Xiaogang finally saw Tang San.

• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to leave, then blamed him for bringing Tang San to Shrek Academy and endangering everyone there.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Shrek had no allies who could help Tang San and said he would beg Bibi Dong again.
• Yue Guan arrived and announced that he had come to take the group to Spirit Hall; Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and was pinned down by Yue Guan’s pressure.
• Liu Erlong attacked Yue Guan to defend Yu Xiaogang, but Gui Mei sent her flying and severed one of her arms.
• Spirit Hall soldiers used Soul Suppressing Collars on the group and escorted Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others to prison, where Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San.

Wu Ling summoned Eric, Enkidu, and Artoria Pendragon using souls connected to Tang San and Xiao Wu, while ordering Old Li to eat Xiao Wu’s corpse and taunt Tang San with her rabbit head. After learning that Spirit Hall had won its match, Wu Ling prepared to show the two new Servants around the city.

• Wu Ling identified the summoned Berserker as Eric and told him to stand aside until needed.
• Wu Ling gave Old Li Xiao Wu’s corpse to eat and instructed him to keep her rabbit head for taunting Tang San in prison.
• Wu Ling summoned Enkidu using Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and welcomed the powerful Lancer.
• Artoria Pendragon appeared in rabbit-themed summer attire, and she and Enkidu silently recognized each other’s strength.
• Wu Ling learned that Spirit Hall had defeated the Three Elements Team, then offered to show Enkidu and Artoria around the city.

After the tournament awards ceremony, Wu Ling questioned Qian Daoliu about Spirit Hall’s response to Tang Hao’s attack and investigated the Angel God’s alleged oracle. He returned to the arena and announced that war had begun.

• Bibi Dong presented the tournament awards to Hu Liena and delivered a speech as Wu Ling watched from the special seating area.
• Wu Ling visited Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall and challenged him about failing to intervene when Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu said the Angel God had ordered him to let Spirit Hall overcome the crisis without his help, while Wu Ling secretly collected strands of faith power from the Angel statue.
• Wu Ling returned to the arena as Bibi Dong declared the tournament concluded, and Spirit Hall soldiers sealed the exits.
• Wu Ling calmed the crowd and announced that war had begun.

Qian Renxue poisoned Xue Ye, revealed her identity, and took the throne as Spirit Hall's forces moved to seize Heaven Dou Imperial City. She ordered the Three Education Committee Members killed and demanded that the city be brought under one voice before dawn.

• After learning Spirit Hall had declared war, Qian Renxue mixed the last vial of Wu Ling's medicine into Xue Ye's porridge.
• Xue Ye drank the porridge and lamented that Heaven Dou Empire could not withstand Spirit Hall; Qian Renxue revealed that submission was the only way to save it.
• Xue Ye collapsed and died, and Qian Renxue received the Three Education Committee Members while seated on the Emperor's throne.
• When Meng Shenji and the other committee members rejected joining Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue ordered them to be on their way and a Magic Circle sealed the palace.
• Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Elephant Douluo Huyan Zhen, Pufferfish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo appeared and attacked the committee members as fighting spread through the palace.
• Qian Renxue ordered Poison Douluo to join the attack and commanded that Heaven Dou Imperial City have only one voice before dawn.