Chapter Summaries

Lin Ya watched the teams gather at the Royal Hunting Grounds and considered sending his talented companions to Sea God Island to pursue God-Given Soul Rings and the Sea God’s trials. The chapter ended as Zhi Lin announced that Heaven Dou Academy would face Beast Academy in the first round and asked who would go first.

• Lin Ya’s group entered the Royal Hunting Grounds, where the Royal Knights saluted them because many soldiers owed their advancement to his Self-Cultivation Furnace.
• Meng Yiran arrived with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Shu urged her to learn from the other academies’ geniuses.
• Ge Long arrived riding a white tiger, prompting Meng Shu to resent that Ge Long had become a Titled Douluo while the Dragon Serpent Clan had not.
• Lin Ya considered helping Meng Shu become a Titled Douluo and planned to send his talented companions to Sea God Island after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Zhi Lin arrived and announced that Beast Academy would be Heaven Dou Academy’s first opponent in the advancement tournament, asking who would go first.

Lin Ya chose Ye Lingling to represent Heaven Dou Academy in the promotion tournament, and she faced Beast Academy's Chao Wendao. Using Threefold Rebirth, Ye Lingling caught his attack barehanded and struck him hard enough to make him cough blood, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lin Ya learned that Beast Academy's Meng Jiao and Chao Wendao had a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could not be used in the individual relay format.
• Ye Lingling asked to compete, and Lin Ya placed her first in Heaven Dou Academy's lineup.
• Ye Lingling introduced herself as a Level 42 support-type Soul Master before facing Chao Wendao, a Level 41 attack-type Soul Ancestor.
• Chao Wendao attacked Ye Lingling with his Tongue Blade, but she activated Threefold Rebirth and caught it with her bare hand.
• Ye Lingling struck Chao Wendao with a Bajiquan palm, sending him flying and making him cough blood as the arena fell silent.

Ye Lingling used her regeneration and Eight Extremes Fist to defeat Beast Academy's challengers, proving that a support-system soul master could fight. She knocked out Meng Jiao after they both exhausted their Soul Power, leaving all seven members of Beast Academy defeated.

• Ye Lingling overcame Chao Wendao's toxic mist and venomous attacks, then knocked him unconscious with Eight Extremes Fist.
• Ye Lingling defeated five more Soul Elders from Beast Academy, while the crowd cheered her on.
• Meng Jiao attacked Ye Lingling with his Dragon-Headed Cane and briefly wounded her, but her wounds healed as they fought.
• After both exhausted their Soul Power, Ye Lingling used her martial arts strength to send Meng Jiao flying and complete her victory over Beast Academy.

After Dugu Bo and Ge Long urged Meng Shu to join the New Interception Sect, they persuaded him that it could help him become a Titled Douluo and secure his family’s future. Meng Shu decided to gamble on joining if the sect proved its method worked.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang checked on the Beast Academy team after its crushing defeat, while Meng Yiran admired Ye Lingling’s strength.
• Dugu Bo appeared before Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang and invited the Dragon and Snake Races to join the New Interception Sect.
• Dugu Bo revealed he had reached level 93, and Ge Long testified that the sect’s method had helped him become a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo explained that joining early would make the Dragon and Snake Races full sect members and give them better prospects and resources.
• Meng Shu weighed the risk against the chance of becoming a Titled Douluo and extending his family’s influence, and Chao Tianxiang agreed to support his decision.
• Meng Shu decided to stake the family’s future on the New Interception Sect if it proved it could help him break through.

Meng Shu broke through to Titled Douluo and left with Chao Tianxiang and Dugu Bo to hunt for a ninth soul ring, while Meng Yiran began choosing Tang Sect techniques to learn. At the tournament, Yao Zi and Twilight Cloud Vine prepared to face their former Botanical Academy, and Yao Zi revealed her strength against Liu Yanluo.

• Meng Shu reached level 90, and Lin Ya offered him Shaolin techniques and arranged for Dugu Bo to accompany him and Chao Tianxiang on a soul-beast hunt.
• Meng Yiran stayed with the New Interception Sect and chose several Tang Sect manuals to study, including Silken Step, Instant Strike, and Tang Sect Object Manipulation Art.
• Heaven Dou Academy defeated several kingdom teams with ease before Zhi Lin announced that Botanical Academy would be their next opponent.
• Yao Zi and Twilight Cloud Vine asked to take the match to prove that leaving Botanical Academy had been the right choice, and Lin Ya agreed.
• Liu Yanluo introduced herself as a level 41 Soul Ancestor, and Yao Zi revealed her Crimson Flame Thorn martial soul and level 45 strength.

Yao Zi dominated Botanical Academy with her level 45 Soul Ancestor strength and Fire Virtue Sect secret technique before giving way to Twilight Cloud Vine. Twilight Cloud Vine revealed that her martial soul had evolved into the Life Evergreen Vine and instantly defeated Ao Di.

• Yao Zi defeated Liu Yanluo and two more Botanical Academy contestants with her fire-based thorn attacks.
• Ning Qinghan froze Yao Zi with her Frost Orchid Domain, but Yao Zi broke free with Golden Crow Explosive Flame and defeated her.
• Yao Zi requested a substitution, and Twilight Cloud Vine took her place in the match.
• Twilight Cloud Vine revealed her level 42 Life Evergreen Vine martial soul, stunning Botanical Academy with its powerful life aura.
• Twilight Cloud Vine bound Ao Di with Green Vine Bind, leaving Ao Di unable to break free.

Twilight Cloud Vine defeated Botanical Academy’s final contestant, securing Heaven Dou Academy’s place in the finals. Lin Ya then volunteered to face Skywater Academy and revealed his Ice Dragon King martial soul as his match against Yu Hairou began.

• Twilight Cloud Vine bound Zhao Yingping with her Azure Vine Bind and defeated her with Everlasting Verdancy, giving Heaven Dou Academy the victory.
• Zhi Lin announced that Heaven Dou Academy had advanced to the finals and that Skywater Academy would be its final opponent.
• Lin Ya volunteered to take the final match, and Zhi Lin warned him that Skywater Academy’s fans might block him at the gate if he won too decisively.
• Skywater Academy’s captain Su Qinglian encouraged her teammates and sent Yu Hairou to face Heaven Dou Academy first.
• Lin Ya took the arena instead of Shui Binger, and he revealed his Ice Dragon King martial soul before the match with Yu Hairou began.

Lin Ya revealed his Ice Dragon King Twin Martial Soul and defeated Skywater Academy single-handedly, leading Heaven Dou Academy to win the advancement round undefeated. As the team celebrated its place in the finals, Salas plotted to have Lin Ya killed before he could reach Star Luo City.

• Lin Ya revealed his Ice Dragon King martial soul, confirming he possessed Twin Martial Souls, and Salas decided to report him to the Pope and arrange his assassination.
• Lin Ya defeated Yu Hairou with Ice Dragon's Wrath, then quickly incapacitated Skywater Academy's next opponents as they challenged him.
• Su Qinglian invited Lin Ya to become Skywater Academy's dean, but agreed to join the New Interception Sect after graduation instead.
• Heaven Dou Academy defeated Skywater Academy and secured first place in the advancement round with fourteen consecutive victories.
• Emperor Xue Ye announced that Heaven Dou Academy would represent the Heaven Dou Empire in the finals in Star Luo City, while Salas vowed to stop Lin Ya from reaching it.

Bibi Dong learned of Lin Ya’s twin martial souls and suspected hundred-thousand-year soul rings, then sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to kill him and take his soul bones. Lin Ya prepared to leave for Star Luo City with his team while Xiao Wu and the other girls stayed behind to train.

• Bibi Dong crushed Salas’s secret letter and concluded that Lin Ya’s twin martial souls and suspected soul rings meant he likely had several soul bones.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to kill Lin Ya and bring his soul bones back to her.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Team to accompany her to Star Luo City, with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as substitutes.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Ya to join the Star Luo City trip, but he told her to stay and promised she could lead a team in five years.
• Meng Yiran and Shui Yue'er vowed to compete for the remaining Twelve Superior Vessels positions as the New Interception Sect’s members trained.
• Lin Ya told his team that it was time to set off for Star Luo City.

Xue Ye prepared to announce Lin Ya as Heaven Dou Empire's heir during the Soul Master Tournament in Star Luo City, while arranging for Xue Xing to secure Lin Ya's succession if he died. Twenty days into the journey, Spirit Hall forces ambushed the imperial procession, and the Royal Knights prepared to fight back.

• Xue Ye told Xue Xing that Lin Ya had to be publicly recognized as a prince and instructed him to support Lin Ya's ascension if Xue Ye died.
• Xue Ye planned to take the fake crown prince, Qian Renxue, to Star Luo City and use her identity to deter Star Luo Empire or provoke a war with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Xing flew back after agreeing to Xue Ye's instructions, while the procession continued toward Star Luo City.
• After twenty days on the road, Xue Beng complained about the long journey, and boulders rolled down toward the procession.
• Roxen led the Royal Knights in forming ranks to block the boulders, then ordered them to attack when more than two thousand masked Soul Masters charged from the hills.

Roxen and the Royal Knights used firearms, grenades, and mechanical wings to devastate the attacking Spirit Hall forces. As academy teachers joined the fight, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan headed for Heaven Dou Academy to kill Lin Ya.

• At Roxen's command, the Royal Knights shot down charging Soul Elders with their Hanyang Rifles.
• After more than three hundred Soul Elders reached the soldiers, Roxen ordered an air strike, and the knights flew up on mechanical wings and dropped grenades.
• The grenade barrage killed Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors, while the protected teachers and students watched in shock.
• Roxen and the squadron captains prepared to fight forty Soul Kings, but more than thirty academy teachers rushed forward to engage them.
• Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan left the mountain and charged toward Heaven Dou Academy to kill Lin Ya.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan attacked Heaven Dou Academy and swiftly defeated Zhi Lin, then recognized that Lin Ya had consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. Yue Guan lamented the lost chance to improve his strength and decided Lin Ya had to die because Bibi Dong would never tolerate his talent.

• Lin Ya admired his firearms’ power while Xue Beng and Ning Zun received an AK and a rifle from him.
• Zhi Lin stopped three incoming attackers, but Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared and revealed himself by summoning his martial soul.
• Yue Guan’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum petals overwhelmed Zhi Lin’s Heavenly Blue Vine, leaving the Heaven Dou Academy elder badly wounded.
• Yue Guan claimed he was acting on his own, then used his Breath Barrier to seal everyone’s Soul Power.
• Yue Guan recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s aura in Lin Ya and learned that Lin Ya had consumed the flower.
• Yue Guan regretted missing the chance to strengthen himself and concluded that Lin Ya was destined to die because of Bibi Dong’s hostility toward his talent.

Lin Ya revealed his true strength as a Soul Saint with three Martial Souls and six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Chrysanthemum Douluo. When Ghost Douluo joined the fight, the two Titled Douluo launched a combined attack, and Lin Ya prepared to get serious.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Lin Ya, but Lin Ya blocked the strike and revealed seven soul rings, including six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo realized Lin Ya had three Martial Souls and attacked again, but Lin Ya destroyed the flower blades with Palm Thunder and forced Chrysanthemum Douluo to defend with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ghost Douluo appeared beside Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the battlefield turned its attention to the two veteran Titled Douluo facing Lin Ya.
• Gui Mei attacked with Night Parade of Hundred Ghosts, but Lin Ya used lightning to evade and blast apart the ghostly shadows.
• Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and powerful Soul Skills together, sealing Lin Ya's escape routes, so Lin Ya summoned his own Martial Soul Avatar.

Lin Ya overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo with his lightning, but four Spirit Hall Titled Douluo attacked him together while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi intervened. Lin Ya escaped the Bipolar Stillness Domain and killed Ghost Douluo, leaving the other three Titled Douluo fleeing.

• Lin Ya used his evolved Martial Soul Avatar and Five Thunder Method to defeat Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who then trapped him in the Bipolar Stillness Domain.
• Pufferfish Douluo Ci Xue and Storm Douluo Tuoba Xuanfeng joined the battle, but Chen Xin blocked Tuoba Xuanfeng while Ning Fengzhi boosted Chen Xin’s power.
• Lin Ya used Grand Luo Insight to walk through the Bipolar Stillness Domain, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Ci Xue, and Tuoba Xuanfeng to flee in four directions.
• Lin Ya unleashed Forest of Lightning and targeted Ghost Douluo with Five Thunder Method: Crimson Palace.
• Ghost Douluo sacrificed himself by charging at Lin Ya, but Lin Ya’s lightning destroyed him, leaving behind his soul rings and soul bone.

Lin Ya killed Ghost Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo after Chrysanthemum Douluo and Storm Douluo fled, while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi witnessed his overwhelming strength. Lin Ya collected the fallen Titled Douluos’ soul rings and soul bone as Ning Fengzhi wondered how the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could rival the New Interception Sect.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo fled after Ghost Douluo died, vowing to tell the Pope and avenge him, while Lin Ya dismissed him as no longer a threat.
• Chen Xin used Ning Fengzhi’s speed boost to intercept Pufferfish Douluo as Storm Douluo Tuoba Xuanfeng escaped.
• Pufferfish Douluo attacked Lin Ya with his ninth soul skill, but Lin Ya’s Qi Body Source Flow dissolved the spikes before they could harm him.
• Lin Ya pierced Pufferfish Douluo with his Black Jade Divine Bamboo Spear, killing him despite his defensive soul skill.
• Lin Ya collected the eighteen soul rings and one soul bone from Ghost Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo, calculating that their rings could greatly strengthen his own.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin whether he could defeat Lin Ya with support, and Chen Xin said Lin Ya’s hidden abilities made the outcome uncertain.

After Lin Ya’s victory over Spirit Hall’s forces, he strengthened his soul rings and considered which martial soul ability to raise to 200,000 years. Qian Renxue sought reinforcements, while Bibi Dong struggled to believe Chrysanthemum Douluo’s account of the battle.

• After two Titled Douluo died and two fled, Heaven Dou’s soldiers and students admired Lin Ya as their forces collected the fallen soul rings using his new storage devices.
• Lin Ya examined Ghost Douluo’s 80,000-year right leg bone and planned to combine it with his Dark Demon Evil God Right Foot Bone.
• Lin Ya fed Pufferfish Douluo’s first eight soul rings to the Demon Eye Tree, raising it to 100,000 years and giving his Outcast Martial Soul seven red soul rings.
• Lin Ya chose Qi Body Source Flow as the ability to upgrade toward 200,000 years and began absorbing soul rings with the Silver Dragon King Soul Spirit.
• In Xue Qinghe’s tent, Qian Renxue agreed with Tuoba Xuanfeng that Spirit Hall needed reinforcements, possibly a consecrated elder.
• Bibi Dong questioned Chrysanthemum Douluo’s claim that Lin Ya had killed Ghost Douluo and defeated him, then sent him away while he privately resented her coldness.

Lin Ya raised the Qi Body Source Flow soul ring to 200,000 years and used its power to fuse the life and destruction divine powers into a new creation divine power, completing the third Creation God trial. He received the fourth trial—killing a 100,000-year soul beast—and sensed Ghost Douluo’s lingering spirit on the battlefield.

• Lin Ya devoured Pufferfish Douluo’s ninth soul ring, Ghost Douluo’s ninth soul ring, and Ghost Douluo’s eighth soul ring to raise the Qi Body Source Flow soul ring to 200,000 years, enduring the backlash with help from his seven soul bones.
• The awakened Qi Infant helped Lin Ya master Tai Chi and fuse the life and destruction divine powers into a balanced Tai Chi sphere, creating a new creation divine power.
• The Life Goddess announced that Lin Ya had completed the third Creation God trial, and she gave him the fourth trial: to kill a 100,000-year soul beast head-on.
• Lin Ya considered how to find a suitable soul beast without harming Da Ming or Er Ming, then began testing his new power of creation.
• Lin Ya sensed lingering souls on the battlefield and recognized one shrouded in black aura as Ghost Douluo.

Lin Ya resurrected Ghost Douluo by binding his soul to a Black Puppet and rebuilding his body with Creation Divine Power, making him a level 96 Super Douluo under Lin Ya’s control. After Gui Mei pledged himself to Lin Ya’s New Interception Sect and absorbed two new soul rings, Lin Ya asked whether he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Lin Ya bound Ghost Douluo’s weakened soul and molded it a body, then decided to use the Black Puppet to make him stronger.
• Lin Ya fused Ghost Douluo’s soul with the Black Puppet, created a flesh-and-blood body, and returned seven of his soul rings, reviving him as a level 96 Super Douluo.
• Gui Mei remembered Lin Ya bringing him back from death and chose to serve as Ghost Douluo of the New Interception Sect rather than risk having his soul destroyed.
• Lin Ya realized Gui Mei could use Spirit Consumption, sent him to collect suitable soul rings, and had him absorb two ten-thousand-year rings.
• Lin Ya asked Gui Mei whether he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Lin Ya recruited Ghost Douluo into the New Interception Sect and sent him to target Spirit Hall Soul Masters, while Ghost Douluo asked to bring Chrysanthemum Douluo along. Twenty days later, Lin Ya’s team reached Star Luo City for the tournament, where their first match against Nightshade Academy began with Lin Ya revealing his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

• Lin Ya showed Ghost Douluo how his Soul Rings could devour other Soul Rings and offered him a choice between attacking Spirit Hall or fighting in Slaughter City.
• Ghost Douluo chose to target Spirit Hall and asked Lin Ya to recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo, agreeing that Chrysanthemum Douluo would undergo a memory inspection.
• Ghost Douluo left to pursue his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Lin Ya’s group arrived safely in Star Luo City twenty days later.
• Zhi Lin explained that Heaven Dou Academy would face Nightshade Academy, whose seven competitors all had dragon-type Martial Souls.
• Nightshade Academy’s captain called for the Martial Souls to be released, and Lin Ya answered by summoning the Ice Dragon King, whose chilling presence covered the arena.

Lin Ya suppressed Nightshade Academy with his Ice Dragon King martial soul, and Heaven Dou Academy advanced after Godwind Academy forfeited. He watched Star Luo Royal Academy defeat Botanical Academy and drew Dai Weisi’s attention, setting up a reunion.

• Lin Ya’s Ice Dragon King martial soul made Nightshade Academy’s team kneel, giving Heaven Dou Academy an overwhelming victory.
• Godwind Academy forfeited its round-of-sixteen match against Heaven Dou Academy, sending Lin Ya’s team to the top eight.
• Zhi Lin revealed that Star Luo Royal Academy would be their next opponent, and Lin Ya decided to watch its match.
• Xue Beng identified Star Luo Royal Academy’s powerful Soul Masters, including Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, whose Hell White Tiger fusion skill could rival a Soul King.
• Star Luo Royal Academy defeated Botanical Academy, and Dai Weisi spotted Lin Ya and clenched his fists.