Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu and the others wiped out the Strength Clan, then discussed visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to see the Water-Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Souls. Yu Xiaogang accidentally knocked Tang San back to his senses, and Tang San resolved to seek Tang Hao’s help against Lin Ye.

• Xiao Wu ordered the girls to kill Tai Nuo and the surviving Strength Clan members, while the Speed Clan reported that the disciples sent toward the Clear Sky Sect had also been killed.
• Xiao Wu asked Gu Yuena about visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Gu Yuena agreed to go once her injuries and cultivation had recovered.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao to knock Tang San off him, and Tang San’s head struck a table corner.
• Tang San woke up and claimed the blow had released stagnant blood in his brain, though Yu Xiaogang realized he was pretending not to remember what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to find Tang Hao for help defeating Lin Ye, and Tang San wondered whether Lin Ye had some kind of cheat.

After recovering, Tang San set out with Yu Xiaogang to introduce himself around the academy and learn about its facilities. When he discovered Lin Ye’s Trial Towers barred him and his companions, he decided to sneak inside anyway.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he would find Tang Hao and ask him to uphold justice, while Lin Ye learned that Tang San had recovered.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San around the academy, where students recognized him and looked down on him because of his reputation and his interest in Xiao Wu.
• Tang San spotted two towers and asked Yu Xiaogang what they were.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Lin Ye had forged the Trial Towers, required permission to use them, and placed Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar on their blacklist.
• Tang San decided to infiltrate a Trial Tower despite the blacklist.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to see the Trial Tower, where Tang San learned that ordinary students had grown strong through its training. After the tower repelled his unauthorized entry and an upperclassman challenged him, Tang San was left outmatched and forced to back down.

• Yu Xiaogang explained the Trial Tower’s functions and said its training had helped even lowerclassmen reach the Soul Elder realm.
• Shocked by the students’ progress, Tang San decided to enter the Trial Tower despite Yu Xiaogang’s warning.
• The tower fired a warning beam at Tang San, who dodged it with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Students mocked Tang San as someone on the blacklist and explained that he lacked permission to enter.
• When Tang San raised his Blue Silver Grass, a Soul Ancestor upperclassman threatened him, and Tang San took two steps back.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and tried to approach Xiao Wu, but she slapped him for insulting Lin Ye. The students then joined in beating Tang San and Yu Xiaogang after Lin Ye arrived.

• Tang San saw Xiao Wu approaching and rushed over, planning to disparage Lin Ye.
• Xiao Wu slapped Tang San and then struck him repeatedly when he insulted Lin Ye.
• Xiao Wu invited Ning Rongrong to take a turn, but Yu Xiaogang rushed in and ordered them to stop.
• Ning Rongrong attacked Tang San while Yu Xiaogang invoked his authority as a teacher.
• Lin Ye arrived and mocked Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Yan urged the students to seize and beat Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San blamed Lin Ye for his losses and vowed to kill him.

Lin Ye beat Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and the students exposed Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies as stolen from Spirit Hall. Tang San doubted his teacher and began considering other paths to power, while Lin Ye and the girls left anticipating a new opportunity for Tang San.

• Lin Ye kicked Tang San despite Tang San saying nothing, then defended his actions by blaming Tang San for starting trouble.
• The students mocked Yu Xiaogang and said he had plagiarized the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San noticed Yu Xiaogang’s guilty reaction and realized his teacher might have stolen the research and deceived him about Liu Erlong.
• Tang San considered finding his father and seeking other ways to increase his cultivation, while Lin Ye wondered whether fate would create a new opportunity for him.
• Lin Ye left with the girls, who resolved to seize any opportunity that could benefit Tang San.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang back to the dormitory and promised to believe in him, even as he privately considered how to rise without relying on his teacher.

Lin Ye’s group traveled toward Heavenly Sword City, where he planned to install the Soul Ring Fusion Tower and inspect Heavenly Sword Academy. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San sought ingredients for poison and followed an intuition toward the outskirts, but he collided with Xue Beng and faced his guards.

• Lin Ye told Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu about Heavenly Sword Academy’s five Titled Douluo teachers and promised to show them around Heavenly Sword City.
• Tang San left the academy to buy poison ingredients while Yu Xiaogang remained behind recovering from his injuries.
• After finding the herbs too weak, Tang San felt drawn toward an opportunity outside Heaven Dou City and headed for the outskirts.
• Tang San accidentally collided with Xue Beng, apologized, and then bristled when Xue Beng insulted him.
• Xue Beng ordered his men to beat Tang San.

Tang San nearly killed Xue Beng after a street confrontation, but they discovered their shared hostility toward Lin Ye and agreed to talk. Xue Beng revealed his plan to kill Lin Ye in Heaven Dou City if he could lure away the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s people.

• Tang San attacked Xue Beng with a dagger, but the guards intervened and protected the prince.
• Xue Beng stopped his guards when he heard Tang San mention Lin Ye and asked whether Tang San held a grudge against him.
• Xue Beng told Tang San that he also wanted to deal with Lin Ye, whom he viewed as a threat because of his position in the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce.
• Tang San followed Xue Beng to a private room in a nearby tavern to discuss Lin Ye.
• Xue Beng said he believed he could kill Lin Ye in Heaven Dou City if he found a chance to draw away the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s people.

Tang San agreed to help Xue Beng gather information on Lin Ye so they could kill him, while hoping to find his father and blaming the Three Clans for his troubles. Lin Ye learned of the plot and Xiao Wu declared that Xue Beng was doomed for targeting the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce.

• Xue Beng recruited Tang San to track Lin Ye and provide information for an ambush, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang San learned that Tang Hao had appeared with the Strength Clan, which had since been disbanded after the Three Clans exposed Tang Hao’s past.
• Tang San blamed the Speed Clan, Defense Clan, and Breaking Clan, vowing to take revenge on them.
• Alice told Lin Ye that Tang San and Xue Beng had joined forces against him, and Lin Ye arranged to keep Tang San under surveillance.
• Lin Ye considered taking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the royal treasury, while Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that Xue Beng was doomed for targeting the Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Ye and the girls discussed how to deal with Xue Beng after he allied with Tang San, then arrived in Heavenly Sword City and entered the extravagant Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce Headquarters. The girls had devised a plan to turn Xue Beng and Tang San against each other, and the chapter ended as they admired the Headquarters’ wealth.

• Xiao Wu said the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce would kill Xue Beng for joining forces with Tang San against Lin Ye.
• Gu Yuena suggested killing Xue Beng and then wiping out the Heaven Dou Royal Family, but Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan warned her against causing widespread chaos.
• Wang Qiu'er proposed turning Xue Beng and Tang San against each other by making Tang San believe Xue Beng possessed a treasure he wanted, and the girls settled on a plan.
• Lin Ye led the group to Heavenly Sword City, where the girls marveled at the city’s vast scale, defenses, and prosperity.
• Lin Ye entered the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce Headquarters with more than a hundred staff, and Ning Rongrong and the others admired its extravagant buildings and decorations.

Lin Ye gave the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce plans for a Soul Ring Collector and Soul Ring Fusion Tower, then took Xiao Wu and the others to explore Heavenly Sword City. The next morning, he brought them to Heavenly Sword Academy, whose students had surpassed Spirit Hall Academy and included Soul Emperors two years earlier.

• Lin Ye gave Elder Lin Yun the Soul Ring Collector blueprint and ordered the Chamber of Commerce to hunt only evil Soul Beasts.
• Lin Ye told the executives about the Soul Ring Fusion Tower and planned to have Dean Lin Shu oversee it at Heavenly Sword Academy.
• Lin Ye toured Heavenly Sword City with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the other girls until they were exhausted.
• Hu Liena recalled Spirit Hall's limited intelligence about Heavenly Sword Academy as Lin Ye led the girls there the next morning.
• Lin Ye said Heavenly Sword Academy had a Trial Tower and Soul Emperor students two years earlier, shocking the girls.

Lin Ye brought the Soul Ring Fusion Tower to Heavenly Sword Academy and installed it on the plaza beside Heavenly Sword Hall. He entrusted Dean Lin Shu with guarding it and arranging Soul Rings for fusion, then prepared to leave with the girls.

• Lin Ye took the girls to Heavenly Sword Academy, where they admired the imposing campus and met Dean Lin Shu and two vice deans.
• Lin Ye showed Dean Lin Shu the Soul Ring Fusion Tower and confirmed that its location would be the plaza beside Heavenly Sword Hall.
• Lin Ye enlarged the palm-sized tower into a three-hundred-meter structure and set it in the academy plaza.
• Lin Ye instructed Dean Lin Shu to stock and guard the tower, prioritizing fused Soul Rings for Heavenly Sword Village and the Chamber of Commerce, with rewards for outstanding students.
• Dean Lin Shu vowed to guard the tower personally, and Lin Ye left with the girls while planning to raise Xiao Wu's Soul Ring Ages.

After news of the Soul Ring Fusion Tower spread across the continent, Soul Master factions began heading to Heavenly Sword City to investigate and possibly seize it. Lin Ye chose to remain in the city with the girls and wait to see what the visitors would do.

• Lin Ye stayed in Heavenly Sword City so Xiao Wu and the others could explore its food, while Dean Lin Shu announced the tower’s existence to Heavenly Sword Academy.
• News that the Soul Ring Fusion Tower could increase existing Soul Ring ages spread across the continent and excited the academy’s students.
• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to take the tower, but Yu Yuanzhen rejected the idea and decided to visit Heavenly Sword Academy to learn the truth.
• Representatives from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Spirit Hall, and the Two Great Empires set out for Heavenly Sword City, along with other groups that appeared intent on obtaining the tower.
• Lin Ye decided to stay in Heavenly Sword City and see what the arriving factions intended, and the girls agreed to remain with him.

As Soul Master factions gathered in Heavenly Sword City to investigate the Soul Ring Fusion Tower, Lin Ye declared that the Chamber of Commerce would offer Soul Rings only through limited trades of equal value. He discovered disguised members of the Clear Sky Sect among the arrivals and decided to keep them there.

• Lin Ye stayed in Heavenly Sword City as news of the Soul Ring Fusion Tower drew Soul Masters and factions, while the Chamber of Commerce prepared more Soul Rings and sent hunting teams to gather others.
• Lin Ye, Elder Lin Yun, and Dean Lin Shu watched the arriving factions from the city walls and discussed how to handle them.
• Lin Ye set a policy of refusing cooperation with any faction and limiting access to Soul Rings through exchanges of equal value.
• Lin Ye spotted several disguised visitors with hammer martial souls and used the Chaos Divine Eye to identify them as members of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Ye resolved to keep the Clear Sky Sect members in the city, while Xiao Wu and the other girls went to explore Heavenly Sword City.

Xiao Wu and the girls learned that the Clear Sky Sect’s Fifth Elder planned to join forces with other factions to seize Heavenly Sword City, so they decided to sack his group. They knocked out all five Clear Sky Sect members in their hotel room and carried them away in sacks.

• Gu Yuena told the girls that the Clear Sky Sect group included a Titled Douluo, a Soul Douluo, and three Soul Emperors, and said she could defeat the Titled Douluo in about one second.
• The girls chose Xiao Wu’s Sack Plan: ambush the Clear Sky Sect group, take them outside the city, and eliminate all traces.
• The Fifth Elder and his companions entered Heavenly Sword City and discussed joining forces with other Soul Master factions to carve it up.
• Gu Yuena overheard their plans, and Xiao Wu declared that the girls would sack them that night.
• Ning Rongrong picked the hotel room lock, and the girls knocked out the Fifth Elder and the other four Clear Sky Sect members.
• Hu Liena brought out sacks, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and the others stuffed the unconscious men inside and carried them toward the outskirts of the city.

Xiao Wu and the other girls captured and brutally interrogated five Clear Sky Sect members, demanding to know the sect’s plans for Heavenly Sword City. The Fifth Elder finally agreed to talk after the girls threatened to attack the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xiao Wu ordered the girls to interrogate the captives before killing them, and the group began beating them while their Soul Power was sealed.
• Ning Rongrong brought out a forging hammer, and Xiao Wu used it to beat the Clear Sky Sect members for half an hour.
• Xiao Wu demanded the Fifth Elder reveal the sect’s plans, but he refused, so Zhu Zhuqing tortured the disciples in front of him until he died.
• Hu Liena revealed that the girls knew the Clear Sky Sect planned to join other factions in carving up Heavenly Sword City.
• Xiao Wu threatened to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and the Fifth Elder broke down and agreed to tell them everything.

Fifth Elder revealed the Clear Sky Sect’s plan to seize Heavenly Sword City, but Xiao Wu killed him and the three disciples she had promised to spare. Back in the city, Lin Ye prepared to confront the Soul Master factions gathering to cause trouble at the academy the next day.

• Fifth Elder told Xiao Wu that the Clear Sky Sect planned to investigate the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s leaders, seize the Soul Ring Fusion Tower, and join forces with other factions to take Heavenly Sword City.
• Xiao Wu pretended to release the three Clear Sky Sect disciples, then shot them with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed Fifth Elder, leaving all five Clear Sky Sect members dead.
• Xiao Wu and the others returned to Heavenly Sword City without telling Lin Ye what they had done.
• Dean Lin Shu reported that members of several Soul Master factions had assembled and would likely come to the academy the next day, so Lin Ye ordered preparations to arrest troublemakers and kill those responsible for severe offenses.

After members of the Clear Sky Sect were found dead outside Heavenly Sword City, rumors blamed the city, though Xiao Wu and the other girls admitted to Lin Ye that they had killed them. Lin Ye protected them and ordered an investigation, but by noon the expected Soul Master factions still had not arrived, leaving him unsure what they were planning.

• News spread that a Clear Sky Sect elder, a Soul Douluo, and several Soul Emperors had been killed outside the city, with rumors accusing Heavenly Sword City.
• Lin Ye ordered Elder Lin Yun to find the killer and angrily rejected the claim that Heavenly Sword City was responsible.
• Xiao Wu confessed that she and the girls had killed the Clear Sky Sect members after learning of their plans against the city, and Lin Ye warned them to be careful rather than blaming them.
• Lin Ye told Xiao Wu that the Clear Sky Sect posed little immediate threat but might use the deaths to cause trouble, and he urged the girls to protect themselves.
• When the factions had still not arrived by noon, Lin Ye ordered an investigation, and the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce delivered a report that left him depressed.

After the Clear Sky Sect's Fifth Elder was killed, the sect considered how to retaliate against Heavenly Sword City without provoking Spirit Hall. Lin Ye publicly refused to answer for the deaths, and Spirit Hall warned that it would fight any Clear Sky Sect members who left the mountains.

• The Wind Sword Sect's sect master and other Soul Master factions delayed confronting Heavenly Sword City after learning that a Titled Douluo had apparently been killed instantly.
• Tang Xiao prepared to lead the Clear Sky Sect against Heavenly Sword City, but the Second Elder persuaded him to demand an explanation and rally other factions instead.
• The Clear Sky Sect sent its demand to Heavenly Sword City and publicized its position through flyers.
• Lin Ye ordered Heavenly Sword City to admit it had killed the Clear Sky Sect members and declare that the sect would answer to no one.
• Heavenly Sword Academy and the City Lord's Mansion backed Heavenly Sword City's defiant statement, which spread across the continent.
• Spirit Hall warned that it would pursue any Clear Sky Sect members who emerged from the mountains and fight them to the death.

Spirit Hall declared war on the Clear Sky Sect, while the Soul Ring Fusion Tower drew powerful factions to Heavenly Sword City. The factions arrived at Heavenly Sword Academy seeking answers, only to discover it was guarded by four formidable Titled Douluo, with at least three more said to be inside.

• Spirit Hall announced that it would wage war against the Clear Sky Sect, and observers considered Heavenly Sword City's strength and its ties to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived in Heavenly Sword City but decided not to involve Ning Rongrong in negotiations with Lin Ye.
• Yu Yuanzhen resolved to visit Heavenly Sword Academy with other factions to investigate the Soul Ring Fusion Tower and discuss cooperation.
• The next morning, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and leaders of other factions led several hundred people to Heavenly Sword Academy.
• Four Titled Douluo blocked the academy entrance, and Ning Fengzhi estimated that at least three more Titled Douluo were inside.

Lin Ye met with representatives of several sects who came to discuss the Soul Ring Fusion Tower, while the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce’s strength frightened them into caution. He refused outside access to the tower for now but offered them another option.

• Ning Fengzhi estimated that the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce had at least fifteen Titled Douluo, alarming Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• A Heavenly Sword Titled Douluo stopped Yu Yuanzhen’s group at the academy gates and forced the Wind Sword Sect Master to his knees with his pressure.
• The Titled Douluo warned the Wind Sword Sect against defying the General President, then escorted the visitors to the Dean’s Office.
• Lin Ye welcomed Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and the Wind Sword Sect representatives, and confirmed he could speak for the Chamber of Commerce.
• The Wind Sword Sect Master asked about using the Soul Ring Fusion Tower, and Lin Ye said outside usage was not open but he could offer another option.