Chapter Summaries

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao killed Snake Lance Douluo after Pufferfish Douluo fled, then salvaged She Long’s Soul Rings. News of the battle spread through Heaven Dou City, and Prince Xue Xing rushed to the palace while Lin Ya returned to the New Interception Sect.

• Snake Lance Douluo stayed behind to cover Pufferfish Douluo’s escape, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao killed him.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao collected She Long’s nine Soul Rings with a storage device developed by Lin Ya.
• News of Snake Lance Douluo’s death spread across Heaven Dou City, where rumors disagreed about who had killed him.
• Prince Xue Xing warned Lin Ya that trouble might be coming and hurried to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Lin Ya decided to return to the New Interception Sect to find out what was happening there.

Emperor Xue Ye openly refused Spirit Hall’s demand to send troops into Heaven Dou City and declared that Heaven Dou would protect the New Interception Sect, even if it meant war. Salas left to report the confrontation to Bibi Dong, while Xue Qinghe suppressed her grief and anger over She Long’s death.

• Prince Xue Xing entered the imperial court as Salas demanded that Emperor Xue Ye allow Spirit Hall’s army into Heaven Dou City to avenge She Long.
• Emperor Xue Ye openly declared that Heaven Dou would protect the New Interception Sect and challenged Spirit Hall over its attack on the sect.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe suggested Spirit Hall had acted to avenge the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan, but Emperor Xue Ye rebuked him and told him to address him as Your Majesty.
• Emperor Xue Ye called She Long’s death an act of self-defense and declared that Heaven Dou would not permit Spirit Hall’s army to enter, even if war followed.
• Salas left the palace to report Emperor Xue Ye’s words to Bibi Dong, while Xue Qinghe held back her resentment over She Long’s death.

After She Long’s death, Lin Ya strengthened his Soul Rings and planned to recruit more powerful allies for the New Interception Sect. In the Eastern Palace, Qian Renxue reassessed Xue Beng’s growing influence just as Elder Tuoba arrived with Spirit Hall reinforcements.

• Lin Ya reassured Yang Wudi that Bibi Dong would not risk war with Heaven Dou over She Long, then warned the sect to be cautious of Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ya fed the nine Soul Rings to his Soul Spirits, raising his Outcast Martial Soul’s configuration to one red and six black and red Soul Rings.
• Lin Ya sent Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to rest and ordered them to gather the Upper Root Vessels before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Qian Renxue blamed Salas for risking war and admitted she had underestimated Xue Beng’s network of supporters.
• Pufferfish Douluo realized how strategically Xue Beng had built his support, and Qian Renxue asked when Spirit Hall’s reinforcements would arrive.
• Elder Tuoba entered the Eastern Palace and told Qian Renxue that the reinforcements had arrived.

Tuoba Xuanfeng arrived to help Qian Renxue after She Long’s death, while Lin Ya demonstrated Soul Core condensation at New Interception Sect and helped Ge Long break through to become Yazi Douluo.

• Tuoba Xuanfeng arrived and assured Qian Renxue that he would support her after She Long’s death.
• Prince Xue Xing brought Ge Long to New Interception Sect and told him to follow Lin Ya’s instructions if he wanted to become a Title Douluo.
• Lin Ya revealed his Soul Core and explained how condensing one could help a Soul Douluo break through and strengthen their abilities.
• Ge Long eagerly entered the Self-Cultivation Furnace, where Lin Ya used the Qi Infant and Twin Hands to refine his Soul Power.
• Ge Long broke through to Title Douluo and gained the title Yazi Douluo.

After Ge Long became a Titled Douluo, Lin Ya’s team revealed its strength during Heaven Dou Academy’s final tournament preparations. The team prepared to enter the preliminaries, while Lin Ya planned to reveal his Twin Martial Souls and lure Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo into pursuing him.

• Ge Long left to obtain his ninth Soul Ring, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao returned to cultivation with the New Interception Sect.
• Lin Ya introduced his teammates to Zhi Lin, who learned that nearly all of them were powerful Soul Ancestors while Ning Zun remained a Soul Elder.
• Zhi Lin noticed Twilight Cloud Vine’s Life Evergreen Vine suppressed his own Martial Soul, and Lin Ya promised cultivation methods to Zhi Lin and the other Great Enshrined.
• Zhi Lin explained the Continental Soul Master Tournament’s rules and lamented Heaven Dou Empire’s lack of championships.
• Lin Ya agreed that his team would compete in the preliminaries to gain experience and planned to reveal his Twin Martial Souls on the way to the finals to draw out Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.

The Continental Soul Master Tournament opened, and Heaven Dou Academy’s second team was selected for the exhibition match against Blue Tyrant Academy. Lin Ya recognized the opponent as a formidable team and chose six students to face them.

• Huo Wu celebrated the start of the tournament while Xue Beng encouraged Heaven Dou Academy’s team to prove itself.
• Heaven Dou Academy’s second team entered the arena and heard spectators underestimate its strength.
• Emperor Xue Ye officially opened the tournament and urged the contestants to bring glory to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been renamed the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Ya recalled that Blue Tyrant Academy had reached the tournament’s top eight before and selected Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, Shui Binger, Ning Zun, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo for the match.

The Heaven Dou Team and Blue Tyrant Academy began their tournament match, and both sides revealed unexpectedly powerful Soul Ancestors. Shui Binger froze Blue Tyrant Academy’s support fighter, Gongyang Sheng, as the battle opened.

• The Heaven Dou and Blue Tyrant teams took the stage while Liu Erlong confidently anticipated a Blue Tyrant victory.
• Nan Susu and her teammates revealed four Soul Ancestors, including Gongyang Sheng’s Rainbow Dragon and Nan Susu’s Rouge Dragon.
• Dugu Yan and four other Heaven Dou members revealed that they were all Soul Ancestors, and Dugu Yan displayed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Nan Susu ordered her team to attack, and Gongyang Sheng used three Rainbow Dragon skills to boost his allies.
• Shui Binger descended from above and froze Gongyang Sheng with her Ice Seal, causing him to fall toward the Qian brothers.
• Nan Susu and three other Blue Tyrant fighters rushed to help Gongyang Sheng, but a crimson ring of fire blasted them back as an opponent challenged them.

Huo Wu defeated Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming after their three-in-one fusion skill failed against her Ultimate Fire. Shui Binger then froze Nan Susu and her three companions, winning the second confrontation for Heaven Dou Academy.

• Ning Zun boosted Huo Wu as she held off Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming, while Shui Binger freed Gongyang Sheng and sealed him, the Qian brothers, and Nan Susu again.
• Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming combined their martial souls into A Bright Moon Rises Above the Sea, Swordfish Thrive Within and attacked Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu unleashed her fourth soul skill, Fire Dance Blazing Sun, and overwhelmed the fusion skill, knocking all three opponents out of the fight.
• Nan Susu broke free from Shui Binger's Ice Seal, but Shui Binger used Drifting Ice and Snow to freeze Nan Susu and her three companions, defeating all four.

After Heaven Dou Academy dominated several tournament matches, Huo Wu recruited her brother Huo Wushuang into the New Interception Sect. Lin Ya then learned that their next opponents, Elephant Armored Academy, were backed by a sect aligned with Spirit Hall, and prepared to teach them a lesson.

• Emperor Xue Ye praised the Heaven Dou Team, while Prince Xue Xing privately noted that Lin Ya had turned Spirit Hall's spies into double agents.
• Huo Wu reunited with Huo Wushuang and persuaded him to join the New Interception Sect after the tournament; Lin Ya welcomed him as a candidate for the Twelve Superior Vessels.
• Huo Wushuang joined the sect and was astonished by the strength of its young members.
• Shui Binger and Huo Wu led Heaven Dou Academy to easy victories over Purple Star Academy, Flame Radiance Academy, and Canghui Academy.
• Zhi Lin warned Lin Ya that Elephant Armored Academy's backers, the Elephant Armored Sect, accepted Heaven Dou subsidies while maintaining ties with Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ya agreed that Elephant Armored Academy needed to be taught a lesson.

At the tournament, the Shi brothers used Chai School Body Tempering and their Black Tortoise martial souls to defeat Elephant Armored Academy in a three-against-seven match. Huyan Zhen left in humiliation, while Bone Douluo acknowledged the brothers might one day surpass him as the continent’s top defender.

• Huyan Zhen boasted that Elephant Armored Academy’s Diamond Mammoths could overcome Heaven Dou Academy’s advantage in Soul Ancestors, and Ge Long and Bone Douluo challenged his claims.
• Lin Ya saw Elephant Armored Academy’s enormous team enter the arena, then told his teammates to follow their original plan.
• The Shi brothers activated their Black Tortoise skills and body-tempering cultivation, charging through the opposing formation and knocking four Soul Elders out of the arena.
• After Ning Fengzhi’s boosts strengthened them, the Shi brothers froze the three remaining Soul Ancestors with Black Tortoise Cold Current and crushed the captain between their shields.
• The Shi brothers won the match three against seven, Huyan Zhen left the stands in anger, and Bone Douluo praised their potential.

Blazing Fire Academy forfeited its match against Heaven Dou Academy because Huo Wu’s Ultimate Fire intimidated its team. Heaven Dou Academy then prepared to face the powerful, flight-capable Godwind Academy, whose Feng Xiaotian vowed to prove his self-created technique’s strength.

• Dean Huo accepted Blazing Fire Academy’s fear of Huo Wu’s Ultimate Fire and ordered the team to forfeit its next match.
• Huo Wushuang told Huo Wu that Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn, ending her hope of another one-against-seven fight.
• Zhi Lin told Lin Ya that Godwind Academy was Heaven Dou Academy’s next opponent and showed him its strong lineup of flying soul masters.
• Xue Beng and Shui Binger expressed confidence that they could counter Godwind Academy’s airborne fighters.
• Before the match, Yun Feng criticized Feng Xiaotian for neglecting cultivation, but Feng Xiaotian defended his Gale Twenty-Four Consecutive Slashes and vowed to prove its strength.

Lin Ya faced Godwind Academy alone and revealed a Phoenix Martial Soul with four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the arena. His presence incapacitated three bird-type Soul Masters and his feathers brought down three more, leaving Feng Xiaotian as the only member still standing.

• Lin Ya entered the arena alone and told the referee that Heaven Dou's entire team was present, enraging Godwind captain Yun Feng.
• Godwind Academy released its Martial Souls, while Xue Beng explained that Lin Ya's decision reflected respect rather than contempt.
• Lin Ya revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning Salas, Xue Qinghe, and the crowd.
• Lin Ya's Phoenix pressure forced three bird-type Soul Masters to fall motionless, and Yun Feng urged the remaining members to attack.
• Lin Ya shot three emerald feathers through Yun Feng and two teammates' left shoulders, leaving Feng Xiaotian alone as he asked whether he would concede.

Lin Ya defeated Feng Xiaotian by deflecting all twenty-four strikes of his self-created Soul Skill, securing Heaven Dou Academy’s victory. After the crowd and powerful Soul Masters reacted to Lin Ya’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Xue Qinghe appeared to meet him, and Lin Ya recognized her as Qian Renxue.

• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his Gale Twenty-Four Consecutive Slashes, but Lin Ya deflected every attack with an emerald phoenix feather until Feng Xiaotian’s final strike shattered it and left him unable to fight.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Academy the winner, and the arena erupted in cheers for Lin Ya and speculation about his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Several Soul Masters discussed taking Lin Ya’s Soul Bone, while Xue Ye praised him and Marshal Ge Long promised to protect him.
• Lin Ya dismissed Zhi Lin and the other committee members’ concerns, saying he wanted to see who would challenge him.
• Xue Qinghe approached Lin Ya, introduced herself, and Lin Ya recognized her as Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue tried to recruit Lin Ya, but he said he would join the Heaven Dou Empire, frustrating her hidden plans. After Prince Xue Xing protected Lin Ya from three attackers, Huyan Zhen appeared and revealed he had been hired to kill him.

• Qian Renxue confirmed Lin Ya had four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and offered him a place in her ranks, but Lin Ya said he would serve the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Prince Xue Xing interrupted Qian Renxue's recruitment attempt and warned Lin Ya to watch for hidden threats after she left.
• Three black-clad Soul Emperors ambushed Lin Ya, but Prince Xue Xing and his forces appeared and pursued them.
• Huyan Zhen emerged after the others departed, admitted he was acting at someone else's request, and prepared to fight Lin Ya.

Lin Ya revealed his seven-ring Soul Saint strength and severely wounded Huyan Zhen with his Darkgold Terror Claw. As Huyan Zhen reinforced his defenses, Lin Ya activated his Hundred Thousand Year Thunderclap Inferno Vine Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to use the Five Thunder Method.

• Huyan Zhen trapped Lin Ya with Crushing Kill and charged him with Diamond Charge, but Lin Ya stopped the attack unharmed.
• Lin Ya revealed seven soul rings and a second martial soul, then slashed through Huyan Zhen's defenses with Darkgold Terror Claw and tore open his chest.
• Huyan Zhen used Martial Soul Avatar and Infinite Diamond to strengthen his defenses, forming five diamond barriers around himself.
• Lin Ya activated his own Martial Soul Avatar, gaining doubled attributes and lightning damage as well as immunity to lightning below the god level.
• Lin Ya invoked the Five Thunder Method and called out, "Crimson Palace."

Lin Ya killed Huyan Zhen, then used his eight soul rings to raise Bear Two to a hundred-thousand-year spirit soul and advance Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. With the Elephant Armored Sect weakened, Prince Xue Xing proposed that the New Interception Sect take its place among the Seven Great Sects, while the Star Luo Emperor worried about his empire’s declining strength.

• Lin Ya killed Huyan Zhen with Yang Five Thunders and found no soul bone among his remains.
• Lin Ya gave Huyan Zhen’s eight soul rings to Bear Two, which became a hundred-thousand-year spirit soul and raised Divine Machine Hundred Refinements to hundred-thousand-year quality.
• Lin Ya discovered that Divine Machine Hundred Refinements could now refine pills and considered how to use his remaining immortal herbs.
• Prince Xue Xing returned with the corpses of two Spirit Hall death warriors, and he and Lin Ya agreed that the New Interception Sect should replace the Elephant Armored Sect among the Seven Great Sects.
• Rumors spread that Huyan Zhen was dead and the New Interception Sect would take the Elephant Armored Sect’s place.
• The Star Luo Emperor received news of the change and feared that his weakened empire might perish under his rule.

Heaven Dou Academy continued its winning streak, and Dugu Yan volunteered to fight Thunderclap Academy while Xue Beng was told to wait for the finals. Thunderclap Academy's Yu Tianxin prepared to face the stronger team with his uncle Yu Xiaoming, determined to fight despite expecting defeat.

• Heaven Dou Academy reached twenty-five consecutive victories after many opponents forfeited, and Lin Ya offered Xue Beng a chance to compete against Thunderclap Academy.
• Dugu Yan volunteered to fight, and Lin Ya agreed after she promised she could control her poison.
• Ning Zun persuaded Xue Beng to save his strength for the finals and his planned match against Xue Qingquan.
• Yu Tianxin asked Yu Xiaoming whether Thunderclap Academy could beat Heaven Dou Academy, and Yu Xiaoming pointed out their opponents' overwhelming strength.
• Yu Xiaoming urged Yu Tianxin to fight proudly even if they lost, then corrected him for calling him Uncle instead of Captain.

Dugu Yan faced all seven members of Thunderclap Academy alone and defeated them with her powerful poisons and illusions. Heaven Dou Academy won the match, leaving Dugu Yan as the only fighter still standing.

• Thunderclap Academy revealed its seven lightning-wielding fighters, while Dugu Yan alone released her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor with four powerful soul rings.
• Ling Yanting charged Dugu Yan, who filled the arena with Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison and incapacitated him.
• Dugu Yan sent venomous snakes through the mist, while Yu Xiaoming used his lightning skills to fend them off and protect himself.
• Yu Xiaoming mistook Dugu Yan, disguised by her illusion poison, for Yu Tianxin and was struck through the shoulder by her spider leg.
• The poisonous mist cleared to reveal all seven Thunderclap Academy fighters down, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Academy the winner.

Heaven Dou Academy won the preliminaries, and Lin Ya learned that his sect’s cultivation furnaces had helped create a powerful soul-master force for the empire. Ah Rou reached level 80 and asked Lin Ya to accompany her to Sunset Forest to find a soul beast to become her soul spirit.

• Ning Fengzhi announced that Heaven Dou Academy finished first with a perfect record, followed by the Four Element Academies, while Elephant Armored Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy failed to advance.
• Xue Beng explained that the Royal Knights numbered ten thousand soul masters and were equipped with weapons supplied by the New Interception Sect.
• Lin Ya sent the team to rest before the advancement round, which would begin in seven days at the Royal Hunting Grounds.
• Ah Rou told Lin Ya she had reached level 80 and needed an eighth soul ring after using her own reserves for her first seven.
• Ah Rou revealed that she had found a suitable soul beast to become her soul spirit, and Lin Ya agreed to accompany her to Sunset Forest.

Lin Ya and Ah Rou found a sixty-five-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit in Sunset Forest and persuaded it to become Ah Rou’s soul spirit. The rabbit sacrificed itself, giving Ah Rou a new eighth soul ring and a right leg bone, and Ah Rou broke through to Soul Douluo.

• Lin Ya and Ah Rou entered Sunset Forest, where Ah Rou released a gentle aura to call a fellow Soft Bone Rabbit.
• A timid sixty-five-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit emerged and bowed submissively to Ah Rou.
• Ah Rou invited the rabbit to become her soul spirit, and Ah Yin explained how soul spirits worked.
• Lin Ya promised that the rabbit could be passed on to Xiao Wu or revived, and demonstrated his ability by releasing a Wind Baboon from a stored soul ring.
• The Soft Bone Rabbit agreed and sacrificed itself, forming a pitch-black eighth soul ring and a sixty-thousand-year Soft Bone Right Leg Bone for Ah Rou.
• Ah Rou absorbed the soul ring and soul bone, broke through level eighty, and became a Soul Douluo.