Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue took Xia Yuan to meet Bibi Dong at Pope Hall, where their strained relationship surfaced before Qian Renxue revealed her parentage and confided in him on the journey back. Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned that the three Education Committee members wanted to see him.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo stopped Qian Renxue and Xia Yuan on the mountain road and brought them to Pope Hall at Bibi Dong's request.
• Bibi Dong questioned Qian Renxue about Xia Yuan, but Qian Renxue accused her of ulterior motives and left with him.
• On the carriage ride away from Spirit City, Qian Renxue told Xia Yuan that Bibi Dong was her mother and asked him to call her Sister Xue'er.
• Qian Renxue opened up about her childhood with Bibi Dong and fell asleep after Xia Yuan listened to her.
• Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked where he had gone and he told them he had obtained his fifth soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong told Xia Yuan that the three Education Committee members had asked to see him.

Xia Yuan learned that Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy wanted a friendly match, while Spirit Hall planned to host the next Soul Master Tournament and had a Golden Generation. He revealed that he was already a Soul King, and the chapter ended as the visiting academies arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to discuss the match.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin told Xia Yuan that Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy had requested a friendly match and specifically wanted him to participate.
• The three chairmen explained that Spirit Hall intended to hold the next Soul Master Tournament in Spirit City and had announced a Golden Generation.
• Xia Yuan revealed that he had reached Soul King level, surprising the chairmen, who then gave him control over the friendly match.
• Xia Yuan resolved to use the match to assess Dugu Yan and the others, and to challenge Spirit Hall's Golden Generation in the tournament.
• The Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy teams arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Zhi Lin began negotiating with their vice principals.

Xia Yuan set the rules for a friendly match between the Imperial Fighting Team, Skywater Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy, proposing separate three-on-three bouts followed by a seven-man melee. After the other teams reluctantly agreed, he began assigning the Imperial Fighting Team’s groups.

• Zhi Lin introduced Xia Yuan as the captain who would oversee the friendly match, and Xia Yuan invited the three teams to decide the rules together.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wushuang joined Xia Yuan to discuss the match format after their principals stepped away.
• Xia Yuan proposed that the Imperial Fighting Team split into two groups for three-on-three matches against the visiting teams, then face them in a seven-man melee.
• Shui Bing'er, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu objected to the idea of joining forces against one team, but agreed to begin with Xia Yuan's format and reconsider after the three-on-three matches.
• Xia Yuan explained the rules to Zhi Lin and the two vice principals, then assigned Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Osler, and Yu Feng to one group, with Yu Feng facing Skywater Academy and Osler facing Blazing Fire Academy.

The Shi Mo brothers and Yu Feng defeated Skywater Academy, while Xia Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling faced Blazing Fire Academy. Xia Yuan revealed that he was a Soul King, and Dugu Yan’s evolved poison forced Huo Wu’s team to concede.

• The Shi Mo brothers and Yu Feng defeated Skywater Academy’s three Soul Elders without Xia Yuan taking the field.
• Xia Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling entered the arena to face Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu.
• Xia Yuan revealed his five soul rings as a Soul King, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also revealed that they were Soul Ancestors.
• Dugu Yan attacked with her Myriad Transformations Poison Dragon and spread Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison across the arena.
• Huo Yun fell after being poisoned and was bound by Xia Yuan’s Blue Silver Emperor, and Huo Wu conceded the match.
• Huo Yun realized that Ye Lingling had been healing all three of her teammates with her Nine Heart Begonia from the start.

Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy joined forces to fight the Imperial Fighting Team, assigning Blazing Fire Academy to hold back Xia Yuan while Skywater Academy targeted the others. Shui Bing'er froze three opponents and Huo Wu split the battlefield, but Xia Yuan summoned a clone that appeared to share his Soul King strength and abilities.

• Ning Rongrong decided Xia Yuan’s strength benefited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and planned to encourage her father to invest in him.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu agreed that Blazing Fire Academy would handle Xia Yuan while Skywater Academy fought the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• The two academies began the match, and Shui Bing'er froze Yu Feng, Osler, and Dugu Yan with her first soul skill.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring to push the Shi Mo brothers away as Blazing Fire Academy charged to split the opposing formation.
• Xia Yuan used his third soul ring to create an apparent clone, which released the Blue Silver Emperor and its first soul skill alongside him.
• Shui Bing'er tried to freeze Xia Yuan’s clone as the battle continued.

Xia Yuan fought off the combined attacks of Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, revealing that his Blue Silver Emperor could withstand both ice and fire. Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er coordinated a Ring Fusion attack, but Xia Yuan countered it as Dugu Yan poisoned Skywater Academy's members.

• Xia Yuan's clone broke through Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal while the other fighters engaged across the battlefield.
• Xia Yuan struck the Fire Leopard soul master with his Black Jade Blue Silver Spear and repelled Huo Yun and Huo Yu with his Blue Silver Tree World Wall.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the Blazing Fire Academy team attacked Xia Yuan, but his spear and fire-immune Blue Silver Emperor overwhelmed their assaults.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er used Resistance Ice Rings together to launch their Ring Fusion tactic against Xia Yuan.
• Xia Yuan broke free of Huo Wu's white sphere's pull and countered it with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear, while Dugu Yan poisoned Skywater Academy's members, leaving only Shui Bing'er able to hold on.

After the Imperial Fighting Team defeated Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, their members vowed to challenge Xia Yuan again at the Soul Master Tournament. The visiting teams departed after learning from the match, and an unexpected guest arrived at Xia Yuan’s dormitory that evening.

• Blazing Fire Academy's vice dean stopped Huo Wu from continuing the match, and both visiting teams recognized the Imperial Fighting Team's strength.
• Shui Bing'er suspected Xia Yuan's martial soul was not an ordinary plant-type martial soul and resolved to challenge him with her Martial Soul Fusion Skill at the tournament.
• Skywater Academy's and Blazing Fire Academy's vice deans considered building friendly relations with Xia Yuan after seeing his authority over the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing'er promised to face Xia Yuan again at the Soul Master Tournament.
• Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and an unexpected guest arrived at Xia Yuan's dormitory that evening.

Ning Rongrong visited Xia Yuan and asked him to become a guest elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he rejected her proposal and warned that the sect would oppose her pursuing him. She left determined to win over Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, while Qian Renxue woke from a dream in which Xia Yuan had many women and she could only be his older sister.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xia Yuan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a guest elder and offered to become his personal support.
• Xia Yuan rejected Ning Rongrong's offer, pointing out that her family and the sect's elders would oppose her decision and that he already had Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Ning Rongrong left Xia Yuan's dormitory determined to get Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to support her pursuing him.
• Qian Renxue awoke after dreaming that Xia Yuan had many women and she had become his older sister because she had not acted sooner.

Xia Yuan neared Soul Emperor, while Tang San obtained the Eight Spider Lances after killing a Man Faced Demon Spider and discovered he could use it to devour soul beasts for Soul Power. He rejected harming humans but began secretly preying on soul beasts, bringing himself close to level thirty.

• Xia Yuan reached level fifty-nine and planned to use another Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for his sixth soul ring.
• Xiao Wu identified the Man Faced Demon Spider as too old for Meng Yiran, and Tang San killed it despite his doubts about using a soul ring on his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that the spider had dropped an External Soul Bone, which he later absorbed and named the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San nearly poisoned Yu Xiaogang while learning to control the Eight Spider Lances, and Yu Xiaogang lost a level of Soul Power.
• Tang San realized the Eight Spider Lances could help him grow by devouring soul beasts, so he began hunting them in secret and neared level thirty.

Xia Yuan brought the Imperial Fighting Team to Silves City to challenge the murderous Fierce God Team in a life-or-death match and toughen his members. The fight began with the Shi Mo brothers holding off Meng Li while Dugu Yan unleashed her full-strength poison.

• Xia Yuan chose a life-or-death match against the Fierce God Team and left himself out of the lineup.
• Meng Li and the Fierce God Team accepted the challenge, believing the Imperial Fighting Team was too weak to threaten them.
• The arena filled with spectators and gamblers before both teams entered the stage.
• The Shi Mo brothers combined their defenses and blocked Meng Li's opening attack as Ning Rongrong boosted them.
• Dugu Yan released her poison skills in succession against the charging Fierce God Team.

After the Imperial Fighting Team killed the Fierce God Team, Xia Yuan praised Ning Rongrong for passing a test of mental fortitude. In the East Palace, he offered Qian Renxue a choice of immortal herbs and explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s demanding requirements, leaving her absorbed in its legendary love story.

• The Imperial Fighting Team killed the poisoned Fierce God Team and left the arena as spectators reacted to the match.
• Ning Rongrong vomited on the way back, then Xia Yuan praised her for passing his test; Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realized she had been building rapport with them for that purpose.
• Qian Renxue summoned Xia Yuan to the East Palace, where he gave her several immortal herbs to choose from and explained their benefits.
• Qian Renxue asked about the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Xia Yuan described how it could only be plucked through unwavering devotion and a mouthful of blood.
• Qian Renxue asked about the flower’s legend, and Xia Yuan recounted what he remembered as she became absorbed in the story.

Qian Renxue successfully claimed Lovesick Heartbreak Red after confessing her feelings to Xia Yuan, while Xia Yuan left her without answering. Later, he confronted Tai Long in Heaven Dou City and realized the Strength Clan would likely retaliate.

• Qian Renxue tried to claim Lovesick Heartbreak Red by recalling her bond with Qian Daoliu, but her first attempts failed.
• Qian Renxue confessed that she did not want to be only Xia Yuan’s sister, then claimed Lovesick Heartbreak Red and told him she would wait to see his feelings change.
• Xia Yuan left the palace and encountered Tai Long bullying another youth in Heaven Dou City.
• Tai Long threatened Xia Yuan, who knocked him into a wall with one elbow and walked away.
• Xia Yuan identified Tai Long as a Strength Clan member and anticipated that Tai Nuo would seek him out.

Xia Yuan confronted Tai Nuo, who came to avenge his son Tai Long, and repeatedly proved stronger than the Strength Clan patriarch. Tai Nuo unleashed his fourth soul skill, Power Shock, and the fight was left unresolved.

• Xia Yuan returned to the road and found Tai Nuo waiting to avenge Tai Long.
• Tai Nuo tried to grab Xia Yuan, but Xia Yuan broke his left hand with a punch.
• Tai Nuo activated his Vigorous Gorilla martial soul and charged with his first and second soul skills, but Xia Yuan met his punch and injured his right hand.
• Tai Nuo used his third soul skill, Source of Strength, but Xia Yuan blocked the attack with a barrier and taunted him.
• Tai Nuo activated his fourth soul skill, Power Shock, sending a devastating shockwave through the ground toward Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan killed Tai Nuo with his fused spear, while Qian Renxue arranged to control the investigation. Rumors blamed the Clear Sky Douluo, and Tai Tan suspected Tang Hao or the Clear Sky Sect before turning his attention to Tang Yuehua and the Transformed Soul Beast.

• Xia Yuan revealed his Soul King cultivation and black Fourth Soul Ring, then pierced Tai Nuo's chest with his fused Blue Silver Tyrant Spear and killed him.
• Qian Renxue told Xia Yuan she had arranged for their own people to investigate, and Xia Yuan said Tai Tan would not suspect him.
• Rumors spread through Heaven Dou City that the Clear Sky Douluo had killed Tai Nuo, and gossip linked him to a Soul Beast with whom he supposedly had a child.
• Tai Tan examined Tai Nuo's corpse and recognized signs of a hammer-shaped Martial Soul, then considered whether Tang Hao or the Clear Sky Sect was responsible.
• Tai Tan thought of Tang Yuehua and concluded that Tang Hao and Tang Xiao truly cared for the Transformed Soul Beast.

Tang Hao went to Heaven Dou City to clear his name over Tai Nuo’s death, but chose to attack the imperial palace instead. Qian Renxue turned his assault into evidence against him, and Tang Yuehua learned that he had appeared in the city.

• Tai Tan struggled with the accusations against Tang Hao but ultimately decided someone, likely Spirit Hall, had framed his master.
• Tang Hao rushed to Heaven Dou City, worried that meeting Tai Tan alongside Tang San would expose Tang San’s identity.
• Tang Hao struck the Heaven Dou imperial palace with his Clear Sky Hammer, then fled the city.
• Qian Renxue told Xue Ye that Tang Hao had attacked the palace, and the three Heaven Dou Royal Academy education committee members testified that they had seen him.
• Zhi Lin also reported seeing Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng together late at night, while Qian Renxue recognized that Tang Hao’s attack strengthened the case against him for Tai Nuo’s death.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Tang Hao had attacked the palace and felt both shocked and glad that he had appeared in Heaven Dou City.

Tang Yuehua realized the Heaven Dou Empire had turned against Moonlight Pavilion, while Flender and the others brought Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong handed it over to them. Tai Long returned to school, confronted Tang San over Xiao Wu, and their fight began with both of them surprised by the other's strength.

• Tang Yuehua saw the imperial army arrive at Moonlight Pavilion and realized Xue Ye had abandoned it, so she rushed to find Xue Ke for help.
• Flender and the Shrek group heard that Tang Hao had killed Tai Nuo and attacked the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, leaving Tang San conflicted and Master admiring Tang Hao.
• Flender led the group to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Master recognized Liu Erlong and the song he had written for her.
• Liu Erlong gave Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender, who renamed it Shrek Academy and imposed new rules.
• Tai Long returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, spotted Xiao Wu, and angrily confronted Tang San when she rejected his advances.
• Tai Long punched at Tang San, who used Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to defend himself; both were surprised by the other's strength.

Tang San fought Tai Long at Blue Tyrant Academy, then followed him and attacked him with hidden weapons in an alley. Tai Hao arrived to protect Tang San, while Tai Long was left poisoned and Tai Tan fell from the blow.

• Tai Tan watched Tai Long fight Tang San and suspected Xiao Wu was a Transformed Soul Beast, while Xiao Wu moved away to hide her aura.
• Tang San fought Tai Long with his techniques and Blue Silver Grass, then fired a Sleeve Arrow when Tai Long insulted him.
• Liu Erlong arrived and knocked Tai Long aside, and Tang San decided Tai Long deserved to die.
• Tang San followed Tai Long to a deserted alley and fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, but Tai Tan appeared and crushed it; the bolts pierced Tai Long's arm.
• Tang San attacked Tai Tan with hidden weapons and poison, then Tai Hao struck Tai Tan with a heavy hammer as Tai Long turned purple from poison.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Tai Tan’s attack, but Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances accidentally drained Tai Long and repeatedly poisoned his father. Tang Hao killed Tai Tan and fled with Tang San, while Qian Renxue blamed them publicly; later, Tang San awoke worrying about Xiao Wu and told Tang Hao how he had obtained his External Soul Bone.

• Tang Hao struck Tai Tan while protecting Tang San, then learned that Tai Tan was his former family servant and had attacked his son.
• Tang San tried to save Tai Long with his Eight Spider Lances but instead consumed Tai Long’s flesh and blood, prompting Tang Hao to hammer Tai Tan into a wall.
• Tang San repeatedly poisoned and detoxified Tang Hao while trying to draw out the poison, and Tang Hao eventually killed the wounded Tai Tan as patrols approached.
• Qian Renxue arrived and heard Tai Tan identify Tang Hao as his killer before dying, then ordered the story spread that Tang San had become a fallen Soul Master who devoured Tai Long.
• Tang San awoke worried about Xiao Wu and explained that he had obtained his External Soul Bone after encountering the Titan Giant Ape, startling Tang Hao.

After Tang Hao took Tang San away, Xia Yuan lured Xiao Wu from Shrek Academy to Sunset Forest with a forged letter claiming Tang San was waiting for her. Xiao Wu entered the poisonous miasma after swallowing a pill, unaware of who had set the trap.

• Tang Hao warned Tang San not to use the Eight Spider Lances to absorb Soul Beast flesh and blood, then said he would take him to awaken his true Martial Soul.
• Xia Yuan learned from Qian Renxue that Tang Hao had killed the Strength Clan and secretly decided to lure Xiao Wu away from Shrek Academy.
• Xia Yuan used Blue Silver Grass to find Xiao Wu and sent her a letter claiming Tang San was in Sunset Forest, along with a forged message in Tang San’s handwriting.
• Xiao Wu believed the letter, left Shrek Academy at night, and followed the map while erasing her tracks.
• At the edge of poisonous miasma, Xiao Wu accepted and swallowed a pill thrown by a mysterious figure, then realized it was an antidote.

Xiao Wu entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well believing she had found Tang San, but she sacrificed herself to save an impostor who was actually Xia Yuan. Xia Yuan absorbed her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, becoming a six-ringed Soul Emperor while Xiao Wu’s soul remained within the ring.

• Xiao Wu crossed the poisonous miasma and followed a mysterious black-robed figure down to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Wu saw a bound, apparently wounded Tang San threatened by the black-robed figure and attacked to rescue him.
• Xiao Wu began a hundred-thousand-year sacrifice, then realized too late that the bound man was not Third Brother.
• Xiao Wu’s sacrifice completed, forming a blood-red sixth soul ring around Xia Yuan and revealing his three soul bones.
• Xia Yuan revealed that he had deceived Xiao Wu by disguising himself as Tang San, and he officially became a six-ringed Soul Emperor.