Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiu promised Yuanen Yehui he would deal with the demons behind her Fallen Angel fate, while Yuanen Tiandang revealed a plot involving explosives at Star Luo Stadium. Later, the Underworld Emperor and Dark Bell arrived, and Qiangu Dongfeng urgently called Dark Bell about her failed attempt to assassinate Jiang Xiu.

• Yuanen Yehui agreed to help Jiang Xiu confront the demons, and he said he would act after the exchange ended and they returned to the Douluo Continent.
• Yuanen Tiandang warned that the Demon Plane had nine Demon Monarchs, four comparable to Limit Douluo Quasi-Gods and five demigods, but Jiang Xiu remained confident.
• Yuanen Tiandang revealed that three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells had been planted in Star Luo Stadium by Green Skull's leader, and he and the clan leader were dismantling them.
• Yuanen Tiandang reassured Yuanen Yehui that he would support her, while she hinted that she had already found a new goal and defended Jiang Xiu.
• The Underworld Emperor and Dark Bell arrived at Jiang Xiu's room, and Dark Bell answered Qiangu Dongfeng's call as he demanded to know why Jiang Xiu was still alive.

Jiang Xiu and Dark Bell prepared to infiltrate the Star Luo Imperial Palace treasury to steal the Diamond Snare while Qiangu Dongfeng revealed his plan to move the Federation’s God-Slaying shells. They left a tunnel’s final section unfinished and disguised themselves as the Green Skull Organization, as Dai Tianling sensed an unseen presence in the palace.

• Dark Bell watched Jiang Xiu during his competition while Qiangu Dongfeng urged her to kill him and promised to recommend her for a position among the Two Emperors.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Dark Bell that he planned to move the God-Slaying shells before the next Federation election, and Jiang Xiu considered how their loss could help his master rise to power.
• The Underworld Emperor said he would return to the Douluo Continent after Dragon Valley, and Jiang Xiu and Dark Bell set out to inspect the route into the imperial treasury.
• Dark Bell showed Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor a tunnel she had dug toward the treasury, gave them Green Skull masks, and assigned herself and Jiang Xiu the codenames Qiongxiong and Jie'e.
• Dark Bell explained that the Holy Spirit Cult intended to use the Green Skull Organization to provoke a war between the Star Luo Empire and the Federation before discarding it.
• In the imperial palace, Dai Tianling felt as if someone were watching him while he relaxed with the Empress and ordered the palace maids to continue their music and dancing.

En Ci asked Tong Yu to secretly protect the Federation delegation and the palace from the Green Skull Organization and Holy Spirit Cult. At the Star Luo Stadium, Long Yue defeated Sima Xian in the Individual Tournament quarterfinals, and Yuanen Yehui was called to face Teng Teng.

• En Ci visited Tong Yu in detention and asked him to protect the Federation delegation and the palace until the competition ended.
• Tong Yu recalled his mother’s death and the family he had killed, then revealed a powerful Qilin Bead and hoped to give it to the surviving boy he had once spared.
• At the Individual Tournament quarterfinals, Sima Xian challenged Long Yue over an old humiliation but was quickly defeated.
• Long Yue glanced toward Shrek Academy’s preparation area after his victory, provoking Xie Xie and drawing comments from Yue Zhengyu and Wu Siduo.
• The referee announced that Yuanen Yehui would face Teng Teng, Shadow King of Monster Academy.

Yuanen Yehui faced Teng Teng in the Individual Tournament quarterfinals, using Jiang Xiu’s advice to interrupt the assembly of Teng Teng’s One-Word Battle Armor. As Teng Teng unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Yuanen revealed her Spirit Battle Armor.

• Gu Yue and the others encouraged Yuanen Yehui before her quarterfinal match, and Jiang Xiu secretly gave her advice.
• Teng Teng used his Shadow Martial Soul to create clones and attack, but Yuanen pressed him with her Titan Demon Quake and other Soul Skills.
• Teng Teng planned to endure Yuanen’s assault and counter with his Fifth Soul Skill while his One-Word Battle Armor equipped.
• Yuanen switched to her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and knocked Teng Teng’s assembling Battle Armor away with her Dark Holy Sword.
• Teng Teng unleashed Shadow Instant Kill, but Yuanen’s Spirit Battle Armor spread over her body.

Yuanen Yehui defeated Teng Teng after her Spirit Battle Armor and Titan Giant Fist overcame his fireproof shadow. Jiang Xiu then overwhelmed Dai Yueyan in a single punch, setting up the final against Long Yue.

• Yuanen Yehui donned Spirit Battle Armor, broke Shadow Instant Kill’s arms, and knocked Teng Teng out of the arena with Titan Giant Fist.
• The referee declared Yuanen Yehui the winner, and the quarterfinal ended with the crowd cheering.
• Dai Yueyan entered the final quarterfinal match against Jiang Xiu, while Yuanen Yehui told Gu Yue she would forfeit later rather than fight Jiang Xiu.
• Jiang Xiu revealed six ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and his Martial Soul as Dai Yueyan activated his White Tiger skills and One-Word Battle Armor.
• Jiang Xiu shattered Dai Yueyan’s defenses and punched through his Battle Armor in one blow, defeating him in three seconds.
• Dai Tianling questioned whether the Star Luo Empire could win the Individual Tournament, and En Ci urged him to believe in Long Yue.

Jiang Xiu’s effortless quarterfinal victory over Dai Yueyan set up a final against Long Yue after Yuanen Yehui and Dai Yun’er withdrew from the semifinals. As the tournament neared its conclusion, Zhang Geyang plotted to kill Jiang Xiu, while Yuanen Zhentian followed Green Skull toward a meeting with his accomplice.

• Jiang Xiu knocked Dai Yueyan out with one punch, leaving Dai Tianling and En Ci to discuss whether Jiang Xiu’s hidden dragon-type Martial Soul could overcome Long Yue’s bloodline advantage.
• Zhang Geyang decided to kill Jiang Xiu after the competition, believing no one from the Body Sect was protecting him.
• The Red-Robed Prime Minister announced that Yuanen Yehui and Dai Yun’er had withdrawn, sending Jiang Xiu and Long Yue straight to the Individual Tournament final.
• Yuanen Yehui told Jiang Xiu she wanted to fight beside him in the team final, while Dai Yun’er privately hoped Jiang Xiu would win so she could avoid marrying Long Yue.
• Dai Tianling asked En Ci to coordinate Dai Yun’er’s entry into the Tang Sect’s Dragon Valley after the competition, and Green Skull slipped away to meet his accomplice.
• Yuanen Zhentian followed Green Skull after watching him leave the outskirts of Star Luo Stadium.

Yuanen Zhentian discovered Leng Yulai’s role in the Green Skull’s planned bombing of Star Luo Stadium and learned the explosion was set for the end of the Team Tournament. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiu condensed a golden Blood Essence Soul Ring from the Golden Dragon King’s origin, completing it by morning as his martial soul and Dragon Might transformed.

• Yuanen Zhentian secretly followed the Green Skull to a hidden altar and overheard Leng Yulai confirm that three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells had been planted in Star Luo Stadium for detonation after the Team Tournament.
• Leng Yulai revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to sacrifice the Green Skull Organization in the blast and blame the Star Luo Empire, while privately plotting to torment Jiang Xiu.
• Yuanen Zhentian confirmed the Dark Phoenix’s involvement and the bombing’s timing, then decided to discuss a countermeasure with Jiang Xiu after his individual final.
• Jiang Xiu used the Golden Dragon King’s Bloodline Power to condense a Blood Essence Soul Ring for his Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon Martial Soul.
• The Golden Dragon King raged helplessly as his origin was absorbed, while Jiang Xiu’s Soul Ring finished forming in true gold and his Dragon Might rose beyond that of a True Dragon.

Jiang Xiu and Long Yue faced off in the Star Luo Empire’s individual tournament final, with the empire offering Jiang Xiu a title if he switched citizenship. Jiang Xiu overwhelmed Long Yue with his strength and launched a brutal attack, but Long Yue roared in fury before the fight’s outcome was decided.

• Jiang Xiu spotted Ling Zichen among the Tang Sect representatives, while her Soul Guidance intelligence identified him as the perfect Soul Master.
• Dai Tianling announced that the winner would receive a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and offered Jiang Xiu a hereditary viscountcy if he joined the Star Luo Empire.
• Jiang Xiu and Long Yue entered the arena, and En Ci started the final match.
• Long Yue activated his Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul and charged Jiang Xiu, who met him in a rapid exchange of punches and proved stronger.
• Jiang Xiu used Sett's Haymaker to smash Long Yue in the abdomen and repeatedly punch him into the air.
• Long Yue roared that Jiang Xiu had made him angry as the space above the arena shuddered.

Jiang Xiu evaded Long Yue’s terrain-shaping attacks, stopped time, and struck him down before Long Yue unleashed his Mountain Dragon King power and Two-Word Battle Armor. Jiang Xiu then revealed a supreme purple-gold dragon form that made Beast Martial Soul users tremble, leaving their clash poised to escalate.

• Long Yue repeatedly reshaped the arena with mountains, a river, and a swamp, but Jiang Xiu calmly avoided his attacks.
• Jiang Xiu used Time Stop to get behind Long Yue, then struck him with an elbow and whip kick that sent him crashing into a crater.
• Long Yue rose in a berserk state, summoned the Mountain Dragon King apparition, and donned his Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Jiang Xiu dismissed his Shadow Monarch armor and revealed a powerful dragon aura that startled En Ci and suppressed Beast Martial Soul users.
• Jiang Xiu transformed with purple-gold scales, crimson-gold dragon pupils, and Destruction Flame, then challenged Long Yue to measure his strength.

Jiang Xiu revealed his transformed dragon Martial Soul and Golden Soul Ring, then summoned his Imperial Dragon Battle Armor and overwhelmed Long Yue in their aerial fight. As Jiang Xiu shattered Long Yue’s defenses and dragon wing, Long Yue briefly regained his senses before going berserk again and activating his final Soul Ring.

• En Ci, Dai Tianling, and Di Tian reacted to Jiang Xiu’s powerful transformed Martial Soul, while spectators recognized his Golden Soul Ring as a million-year Soul Ring.
• Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon King origin recoiled from Jiang Xiu’s Dragon Might, leaving his beastlike instincts in control as he charged Jiang Xiu.
• Jiang Xiu summoned his Imperial Dragon Battle Armor, and its power raised him to the level of a high-ranking Soul Douluo.
• Jiang Xiu broke Long Yue’s Mountain Suppression attack and fought him in the air, overwhelming him with Destruction power.
• Jiang Xiu shattered Long Yue’s defenses and dragon wing, while Long Yue briefly regained his senses before going berserk and activating his final Soul Ring.

Jiang Xiu survived Long Yue’s ultimate attack, defeated him, and won the match in front of the Star Luo Stadium. After the crowd celebrated his victory, Dai Yun’er, Gu Yue, and Di Tian each watched him with their own thoughts.

• Long Yue unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Wrath of the Mountain Dragon King, and sent the Mountain Dragon King phantom crashing down on Jiang Xiu.
• Jiang Xiu manifested his Holy Imperial Dragon Body and emerged unharmed after the Mountain Dragon King phantom shattered.
• Jiang Xiu knocked Long Yue down seven times within three minutes, and Yue Zhengyu realized that was what the three-seven split meant.
• Long Yue challenged Jiang Xiu to a rematch someday, but Jiang Xiu said he would wait until Long Yue could no longer see him; the crowd cheered for the Shadow Lord.
• Dai Yun’er admired Jiang Xiu while Dai Yueyan warned her not to pursue him, and Gu Yue and Di Tian watched him from the Shrek reserve area and the shadows.

Jiang Xiu won the Individual Comprehensive Tournament, while Zhang Geyang decided to eliminate him after the Team Tournament. Long Yue chose to recover with a rare potion so he could fight Jiang Xiu again in the finals.

• Di Tian suspected that Huo Yuhao had not truly returned the Soul Beast Clan's fortune and vowed to demand an explanation if they met again.
• En Ci announced Jiang Xiu as champion, and Dai Tianling congratulated Jiang Xiu, Long Yue, and Yuanen Yehui on their placements.
• Zhang Geyang left the stadium and resolved to kill Jiang Xiu after the Team Tournament, while Ling Zichen asked Hu Jie to arrange a meeting with Jiang Xiu.
• Long Yue's teammates encouraged him to face Jiang Xiu again in the Team Tournament, and Long Yue agreed despite his severe injuries.
• En Ci gave Long Yue a rare restorative potion from Changgong Yan called the Nine Dragons Potion.

Jiang Xiu learned that Green Skull planned to detonate three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells at the Star Luo Stadium during the finals and worked with Yuanen Zhentian to stop him. As Jiang Xiu prepared to seize the Diamond Snare, Yuanen Tiandang lured Green Skull into a trap.

• Yuanen Yehui thanked Jiang Xiu for dinner, then wrote in her diary about her family, her cultivation, and her hopes for the future.
• Yuanen Zhentian told Jiang Xiu that Green Skull had planted three shells at the stadium and revealed that Dark Phoenix was his accomplice.
• Jiang Xiu arranged for Green Skull to be kept unconscious through the competition and explained his plan to Yuanen Zhentian.
• Jiang Xiu summoned five Abyss Kings and told them they would seize the Diamond Snare from the Star Luo Imperial Palace the next day.
• Yuanen Tiandang lured Green Skull to a tavern, tested his assumed identity by offering him beef, and seized him from behind.

Yuanen Tiandang and Yuanen Zhentian captured Green Skull, took his treasures and God-Rank mecha, and discussed using the proceeds to help their family. The Star Luo team final began as Shrek Academy and Monster Academy entered the stadium, while a black-robed woman watched Jiang Xiu from the crowd.

• Yuanen Tiandang knocked Green Skull unconscious, and Yuanen Zhentian recovered the three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and the storage device containing a God-Rank mecha.
• Yuanen Tiandang found Green Skull's Storage Soul Tool packed with rare resources, while Yuanen Zhentian planned to sell the mecha and seek treasures to repair Tiandang's damaged foundation.
• Thunderclap rejected the Azure Jade Phoenix and Ghost Flame Netherbeast's warnings and vowed to betray Zhang Geyang by supporting Jiang Xiu.
• Dai Tianling and En Ci discussed the team final and stadium security as a black-robed woman watched Shrek Academy's prep area with a silver-white shuttle.
• Wu Changkong selected Jiang Xiu, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi to face Monster Academy's seven Heavenly Kings.
• Dai Tianling announced the final, and both teams entered the stadium to roaring cheers for Jiang Xiu and Shrek Academy.

Jiang Xiu overwhelmed Long Yue and the rest of Monster Academy as the tournament battle became a one-sided rout. After revealing that he had used less than seventy percent of his strength, Jiang Xiu called on the Shadow Monarch to clear the arena.

• Long Yue charged Jiang Xiu while the teams split off to fight their assigned opponents, but Jiang Xiu transformed with Dark God Evil Demon Transformation.
• Jiang Xiu shattered Long Yue’s Mountain Suppression, battered through his defenses, and repeatedly slammed him into the arena floor.
• Gu Yue drove Dai Yun’er back with Elemental Tide, while Tang Wulin restrained Dai Yueyan and the other Shrek Academy members pressured Monster Academy’s fighters.
• Jiang Xiu told Long Yue that he had not used seventy percent of his strength, leaving Long Yue disbelieving and defeated.
• Jiang Xiu declared that time was up, ordered the Shadow Monarch to clear the field, and activated The World.

Jiang Xiu used Time Stop to eliminate Monster Academy from the tournament, and Shrek Academy was declared champion. Green Skull then stormed Star Luo Stadium and threatened the crowd with three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.

• Jiang Xiu froze the arena with Time Stop and knocked the Monster Academy students, including Dai Yun'er, out of bounds.
• Shrek Academy was declared the team tournament champion, while Dark Phoenix left the stadium and threatened that the crowd's final moments were near.
• Yuanen Zhentian robbed Green Skull of his belongings and damaged his detonator, but Green Skull remembered his mission and headed for Star Luo Stadium.
• Green Skull dropped his disguise, overpowered the Royal Guards, and entered the stadium as Dai Tianling announced the awards and banquet.
• Green Skull revealed three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells hidden around the stands and threatened to set them off, terrifying everyone in the stadium.

Green Skull’s apparent bombing plot at the Star Luo Stadium turned out to be a diversion while attackers targeted the Imperial Palace treasury and the Diamond Snare. Dai Tianling sent En Ci to help defend the palace, but En Ci was intercepted as Qilin Douluo Tong Yu faced a powerful dragon figure.

• En Ci shielded Dai Tianling as Green Skull activated his skulls, but no explosion struck the Star Luo Stadium and Dark Phoenix abandoned him.
• A distant blast shook the stadium, and Dai Tianling learned that attackers in Green Skull uniforms were assaulting the Imperial Palace treasury’s formation around the Diamond Snare.
• Green Skull realized he had been used as a decoy and accused the Holy Spirit Cult, while Dai Tianling ordered En Ci to support Qilin Douluo Tong Yu.
• En Ci collided with an invisible barrier and heard a deep moo as Tong Yu was confronted in a palace passage by a towering figure with crimson dragon eyes.

Tong Yu fought Ba Emperor while Dark Bell led Underworld Emperor, Sage Emperor, Ant Emperor, and Six-Claw Demon Emperor into the Star Luo Treasury to steal the Diamond Snare. They broke the ancient array and seized the divine artifact as the imperial guards struggled to stop them.

• Tong Yu confronted Ba Emperor outside the imperial palace, and the two clashed while Tong Yu learned another powerful opponent had kept En Ci away.
• Dark Bell led the group through the Star Luo Treasury as Sage Emperor wondered at Underworld Emperor's secret allegiance to Jiang Xiu.
• Underworld Emperor and Sage Emperor attacked the demigod-level array protecting the Diamond Snare while Ant Emperor and Six-Claw Demon Emperor held off the imperial guards.
• Dai Tianling arrived at the treasury and sent Hu Jie to help, but the ancient array shattered before he could intervene.
• Underworld Emperor seized the Diamond Snare, and Ant Emperor and Six-Claw Demon Emperor began retreating with it while trying to take other treasures and the demigod array.

Sage Emperor and his allies escaped the Star Luo Treasury with the Diamond Snare and the ground holding an ancient formation, leaving Dai Tianling furious at the loss. After the attack, Dai Tianling ordered Dai Yun'er to find a husband, and she realized she could choose someone herself.

• Sage Emperor had Six-Claw Demon Emperor pry up the ground bearing the ancient formation, stored it in his diary, and escaped through the tunnel with the Ant Emperor.
• Dai Tianling found the treasury's deepest chamber ransacked and the Diamond Snare and ancient formation missing, then ordered his men to pursue the thieves.
• Ba Emperor defeated Tong Yu and disappeared, while En Ci and Long Yeyue separately reached the palace area; Long Yeyue considered hiring the attackers to destroy the Body Sect.
• Dai Tianling learned that the tunnel led to a residence managed by the Sixth Prince, but En Ci cautioned him against assuming his son was involved.
• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er she had to find a husband and offered her the choice of choosing one herself; she brightened at the chance to maneuver.

Jiang Xiu received three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells from Yuanen Zhentian and gathered his allies’ spoils and plans for future conflicts. With Dragon Valley set to open in three days, he prepared to pursue its treasures and fallen dragons, while Ba Emperor revealed that he had sensed Long Yeyue again.

• Yuanen Zhentian gave Jiang Xiu all three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells to use against the Demon Army.
• The Underworld Emperor brought Jiang Xiu the Diamond Snare, and the Sage Emperor revealed he had recovered plans for a demigod-level array.
• Jiang Xiu and the Sage Emperor discussed taking the Sky Saint Rift Halberd from the Fierce Emperor, with two years remaining before the Abyssal Sage King's promise came due.
• Jiang Xiu said he was not ready to move against the Black Empress because Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect still demanded his attention.
• The Underworld Emperor told Jiang Xiu that Dragon Valley would open in three days and warned that the Silver Dragon King might appear.
• The Sky Ox Emperor and Sage Emperor left to explore the human world, and Ba Emperor told Jiang Xiu he had sensed Long Yeyue's aura again.