Chapter Summaries

Qi Dao led the Heaven Dou team to a crushing victory over Shrek, leaving Tang San badly injured and demoralized. Bibi Dong realized Yu Xiaogang had given Tang San the Twin Martial Souls method despite knowing his identity, and she resolved to target everyone Yu Xiaogang cared about.

• Qi Dao ignored Shrek's rush to help Tang San, joined Dugu Yan, and left the arena with the Heaven Dou team after defeating Shrek in less than a minute.
• The Star Luo Team and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation worried that Qi Dao's strength had made winning the tournament nearly impossible, though Xie Yue urged his teammates to fight without surrendering.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang San as Tang Hao's son and concluded that Yu Xiaogang had tricked her into giving him the Twin Martial Souls method, so she resolved to kill Tang San and harm Yu Xiaogang's loved ones.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted failing to recruit Qi Dao, Sword Douluo admired his Sword Intent, and Xue Qinghe wondered how Qi Dao had surpassed her despite her own cultivation.
• Back at the hotel, Shao Xin's Healing Sugar Beans revived Shrek, but Tang San's injuries were severe enough to require at least six months to a year to heal, and his defeat left him devastated.
• Yu Xiaogang regretted not having Shrek concede and resolved to help Tang San regain his confidence.

After Tang San lost to Qi Dao, Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao restored his resolve by telling him the Clear Sky Sect's secret arts could help him win in the future. Tang Hao decided to take Tang San away from Shrek Academy, but Spirit Hall's forces confronted them as they tried to leave.

• Yu Xiaogang reminded Tang San that setbacks did not define him and encouraged him to keep pursuing strength.
• Tang Hao arrived and reassured Tang San that mastering the Clear Sky Sect's secret art could let him defeat Qi Dao.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang he planned to take Tang San away from Shrek Academy because Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer had drawn attention.
• Yu Xiaogang left to speak with Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao immediately tried to flee with Tang San.
• Tang Hao sensed four Titled Douluo outside, including a chrysanthemum and a little ghost.

Tang Hao fled after four Spirit Hall Titled Douluo surrounded him, while Bibi Dong rewarded the Golden Generation with Soul Bones and revealed that she had sent the four Douluo to kill Tang San. Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San died.

• Tang Hao appeared with Tang San, threatened Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, then fled as the four Titled Douluo pursued him.
• Yu Xiaogang reached the Papal Palace and waited while Bibi Dong met with the Golden Generation.
• Xie Yue admitted that Heaven Dou Academy's Qi Dao was overwhelmingly strong, and Bibi Dong gave the Golden Generation three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang over choosing Tang San and told him that four Titled Douluo had been sent to kill Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that he would destroy Spirit Hall at any cost if Tang San was harmed.

Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated seven Soul Rings to escape Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, worsening his injuries. In a quiet valley, he severed his own right arm and left leg, shocking Tang San.

• Tang Hao fled with Tang San while Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and two other Titled Douluo pursued them.
• Tang Hao told Tang San about the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer and demonstrated it by detonating his first five Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao struck Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo with the Clear Sky Hammer, then detonated his sixth and seventh Soul Rings and disappeared during their retreat.
• Tang Hao reached a quiet valley and realized his injuries had worsened enough that he might have only three to five months to live.
• Tang Hao severed his own right arm and left leg as Tang San cried out in shock.

Tang Hao escaped with Tang San after sacrificing an arm and a leg, then gave him two inherited Clear Sky Sect Soul Bones and charged him with restoring the sect. At Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue resolved to continue her Heaven Dou Empire plan and asked Qian Daoliu how to grow stronger, leading him to explain the Angel Trials and Spirit Hall's secret about Six-Winged Angel heirs.

• Tang Hao explained that detonating his rings had reopened his old injuries, then removed two inherited Soul Bones and gave them to Tang San to absorb for the sake of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong learned Tang Hao and Tang San had escaped but did not order a public hunt.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would keep her cover as Xue Qinghe and planned to bring the Heaven Dou Empire under Spirit Hall's authority after becoming emperor.
• Qian Renxue asked how she could raise her level quickly because she feared Qi Dao would surpass her, and Qian Daoliu named the Angel Trials as one path.
• Qian Daoliu revealed Spirit Hall's secret that Innate Level Twenty in a Six-Winged Angel was a divine gift marking the Angel's heir, contradicting Yu Xiaogang's claim that all such martial souls had that innate level.

Qian Renxue chose to strengthen herself with the Angel God Armor rather than abandon her undercover mission, and arranged for Qi Dao to receive a suitable Soul Bone. At the Soul Master Tournament Finals, Spirit Hall revealed three prizes, including a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone that Qi Dao suspected had been prepared for him.

• Qian Renxue rejected Qian Daoliu's suggestion that she undertake the God Trials and decided to absorb two more Soul Bones from the Angel God Armor.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu for a high-age Soul Bone for Qi Dao, and he agreed to arrange one over fifty thousand years old.
• Heaven Dou Academy defeated its Star Luo Empire opponent without Qi Dao taking part, leaving Heaven Dou Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy in the Finals.
• Bibi Dong opened the Finals before the Papal Palace and revealed three Soul Bone prizes for the champion.
• Ghost Douluo identified the prizes as two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and the seventy-thousand-year Divine Edge Shadowless Right Arm Bone.
• Qi Dao suspected Xue Qinghe had persuaded Bibi Dong to include the seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone for him.

Spirit Hall offered a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone as the tournament’s championship prize, prompting Ning Fengzhi to suspect it wanted to recruit Qi Dao and warn Xue Qinghe to keep him close. The next day, Heaven Dou Academy faced the Spirit Hall Team in the final, and the match began with Qi Dao holding back so his teammates could fight first.

• Bibi Dong announced that the Spirit Hall Team and Star Luo Royal Academy would compete for a place in the final, but Dai Weisi and Xie Yue agreed to fight each other for second place instead.
• The Spirit Hall Team defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger was worn down by Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and their teammate.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall might use the seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone to draw Qi Dao to its side, but Xue Qinghe said Qi Dao would not abandon her.
• The next morning, Heaven Dou Academy arrived at the Papal Palace for the final as Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo watched.
• When the match began, Qi Dao drew the Peerless Sword but held back while his teammates prepared to fight the Spirit Hall Team.

Heaven Dou Academy and Spirit Hall Academy fought in the tournament, with Dugu Yan defeating Yan and Qi Dao facing Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Qi Dao shattered Xie Yue’s strongest attack with one sword strike, leaving Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation defeated.

• Xie Yue sent Yan to fight Dugu Yan while the teams clashed across the arena, with Ye Lingling keeping Heaven Dou Academy’s fighters in the battle through her healing.
• The Shi Mo brothers outlasted their opponents’ Soul Power, but another Spirit Hall member eliminated them after Osler and Yu Feng were also forced out.
• Dugu Yan overcame Yan’s poison resistance with her Jade Phosphorous Dragon’s toxin and eliminated him.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Demon Charm, then faced Qi Dao alone after both teams withdrew their remaining fighters.
• Qi Dao fought through Demon Charm’s red mist, entered the Heart Sword State, and split Xie Yue’s Full Moon attack with one sword strike, knocking Xie Yue and Hu Liena out.

Qi Dao defeated Xie Yue and led Heaven Dou Academy to win the Soul Master Tournament Finals. During the awards ceremony, Bibi Dong publicly offered him powerful rewards to join Spirit Hall, while secretly hoping to make Xue Qinghe believe he would betray her.

• Qi Dao defeated Xie Yue's Full Moon with a single sword strike, and Xie Yue conceded the match.
• Bibi Dong declared Heaven Dou Academy the champion, and Qi Dao went forward to receive the prize.
• Bibi Dong offered Qi Dao help obtaining his future Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and a Soul Bone Over Fifty Thousand Years if he joined Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Qi Dao might accept, while Xue Qinghe angrily watched Bibi Dong's offer.
• Bibi Dong privately planned to prove to Xue Qinghe that Qi Dao would betray her for personal gain.

Qi Dao refused Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall and accepted the championship’s Soul Bones, distributing them while Xue Qinghe praised Heaven Dou Academy’s team. As they traveled back alone, Xue Qinghe decided it might be time to reveal her true identity to Qi Dao.

• Bibi Dong offered Qi Dao a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Soul Bone, but Qi Dao declined to join Spirit Hall and affirmed his loyalty to Xue Qinghe.
• Qi Dao took the three Soul Bones and gave one to Dugu Yan, while privately promising Ye Lingling the other; he kept the remaining bone for himself.
• Xue Qinghe congratulated the team and promised rewards for its members, earning their admiration.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qi Dao whether Bibi Dong’s offer had tempted him, and he said he would never abandon her.
• Xue Qinghe decided that the time was right to tell Qi Dao her true identity.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, warning them that competing in the Soul Master Tournament meant they still sought the Star Luo throne. After the siblings parted on bad terms, Dai Mubai tried to recruit Ma Hongjun and Oscar to help him challenge his brother, but Oscar revealed he had promised to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai that entering the tournament had made him a rival for the Star Luo throne, and Dai Mubai insisted he had not given up.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Zhu Zhuqing to return to the Star Luo Empire, but Zhu Zhuqing refused, believing her sister might kill her.
• Dai Weisi warned Dai Mubai that he would settle their accounts once he became Crown Prince, then left with Zhu Zhuyun and Star Luo Royal Academy's teacher.
• Ma Hongjun learned that Dai Mubai was a Star Luo prince and asked why he and Dai Weisi seemed ready to fight.
• Dai Mubai asked Ma Hongjun and Oscar to help him become emperor, offering them status, power, and wealth.
• Oscar declined because he had already promised Ning Rongrong he would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, surprising Dai Mubai.

Oscar declined Dai Mubai’s offer to help him claim the Star Luo throne, explaining that he had already agreed to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation. After Dai Mubai insulted Ning Rongrong and refused to apologize, she left in cold silence, leaving the Shrek teachers fearing serious consequences.

• Oscar told Dai Mubai and the others that he would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation and explained why he had rejected the risks of supporting Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai urged Oscar to join his cause, but Ning Rongrong rebuked him for trying to guilt Oscar instead of offering better terms.
• Dai Mubai called Ning Rongrong a bitch, and she grew furious while the others recognized the danger of insulting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s princess.
• Flender urged Dai Mubai to apologize, but Dai Mubai refused and again tried to recruit Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong sneered, told Flender she was unwell, and walked away, while the Shrek teachers worried that her restrained reaction signaled serious trouble.

After the Soul Master Tournament, Dai Weisi offered Qi Dao a prince’s title and two provinces to join the Star Luo Empire, but Qi Dao refused. Back at the hotel, Qi Dao decided to absorb his Seventy-Thousand-Year Divine Edge Shadowless Soul Bone, hoping it would help him reach Level 60.

• Flender ordered Dai Mubai to stay at the academy and avoid wandering off, while Oscar kept his distance from him.
• The Shrek group heard the tournament finals had ended, and Yu Xiaogang comforted himself by believing Tang Hao and Tang San were still alive.
• Dai Weisi offered Qi Dao a prince’s title and two provinces as fiefs, but Qi Dao refused to leave the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Weisi warned Qi Dao that he hoped they would not become enemies, and Xue Qinghe remarked that Dai Weisi would be a formidable emperor.
• Dugu Yan urged Qi Dao to absorb his Soul Bone, and Qi Dao agreed to absorb his Seventy-Thousand-Year Divine Edge Shadowless Right Arm Bone to reach Level 60.

After absorbing the seventy-thousand-year Divine Edge Shadowless Right Arm Bone, Qi Dao reached Level 60 and gave Ye Lingling another Soul Bone. As the convoy left Spirit City, he planned to hunt the Titan Giant Ape with Sword Douluo’s help and began considering whether to reveal his plans to Xue Qinghe.

• Qi Dao absorbed the Divine Edge Shadowless Right Arm Bone, broke through to Level 60, and chose the Titan Giant Ape as his target for a sixth Soul Ring.
• Qi Dao gave Ye Lingling the Shadow-Weaving Hand Left Arm Bone, and she accepted it in gratitude for his past help.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo about Dai Mubai’s insults and threats, and they offered to help her take revenge.
• Qi Dao told Dugu Bo that he wanted to hunt the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape, but Dugu Bo said he would need Sword Douluo’s help to stop it escaping.
• Qi Dao planned to return to Heaven Dou City to ask Sword Douluo to join him, then considered revealing his plans to Xue Qinghe so he could request more assistance.

The Heaven Dou convoy returned to Heaven Dou City, where Xue Ye rewarded the tournament champions and named Qi Dao Prince Peerless. He bestowed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on Qi Dao, leaving him in possession of the treasure tied to Tang San’s future Sea God inheritance.

• Xue Ye welcomed the returning academies at Heaven Dou City's gates, and Xue Qinghe requested rewards for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's seven champions.
• Xue Ye granted Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Osler the titles of Earl, along with Gold Soul Coins and Empire First-Class Badges.
• Xue Ye made Dugu Yan a Marquis and granted her five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and an Empire Special-Class Badge.
• Xue Ye named Qi Dao Prince Peerless and granted him Southwest Province and Fasinuo Province as his fief.
• Xue Ye bestowed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on Qi Dao, who realized Tang San could no longer obtain it as in the original story.

Qi Dao returned to Heaven Dou City as King Peerless and received the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then reunited with his parents and told them about the tournament. The next day, Xue Qinghe revealed that she was actually Qian Renxue.

• Xue Ye named Qi Dao King Peerless, granted him Fasinuo Province, and presented him with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xue Ye tried to bring Qi Dao and Xue Ke together at the palace banquet, but Dugu Bo's glare stopped him.
• Qi Dao visited Qi Father and Qi Mother, confirmed his new title and rewards, and recounted his victories in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Xue Qinghe invited Qi Dao to the lakeside pavilion and asked how he would react if she were not the Crown Prince or even Xue Qinghe.
• Qi Dao said he was loyal to the person he knew as Brother Xue and wanted to learn who that person really was.
• Xue Qinghe dropped her disguise and introduced herself as Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue revealed her identity as Spirit Hall’s Saintess to Qi Dao, who welcomed her as his elder sister and agreed to hunt Soul Beasts with her. In the Star Dou Great Forest, their group encountered a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that Qi Dao considered for his Sixth Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue revealed her identity and told Qi Dao to call her elder sister, and he praised her long disguise as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had arranged Qi Dao’s rare metals and Seventy-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, then offered to help him hunt a Soul Beast with two Titled Douluo.
• Qi Dao said he wanted a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring, and Qian Renxue proposed they hunt together in the Star Dou Great Forest for their own Soul Rings.
• Half a month later, Dugu Bo traveled with Qi Dao, Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish into the forest, worrying that Qian Renxue might win Qi Dao’s affection.
• Qi Dao spotted a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and stopped the group, saying it might be better suited to his Sixth Soul Ring.

Qi Dao explained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s immense power before Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo fought and badly wounded it. As the Tiger prepared a desperate attack, Qi Dao sensed danger and braced himself for its charge.

• Qi Dao identified the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as a sixty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast whose strength surpassed that of a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger killed a giant wild boar and attacked Qi Dao’s group, prompting Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to fight while Qi Dao moved higher.
• Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo surrounded the Tiger, but its Evil God's Protection withstood their first attacks.
• Dugu Bo used Time Freeze twice, allowing the two Douluos to shatter the Tiger’s barrier and gravely wound it.
• The wounded Tiger’s eyes turned deep blue, and Qi Dao sensed a grave threat, entered the Heart Sword State, and tried to escape its charge.
• The Tiger chose to target Qi Dao and Qian Renxue, and Qi Dao decided to face the attack rather than dodge.

Qi Dao entered the Life and Death Arena with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, where the arena reduced them both to their six-year-old forms and sealed their abilities. Relying on his unchanged understanding of Swordsmanship, Qi Dao killed the tiger with one sword strike and escaped as the arena shattered.

• Qi Dao told Qian Renxue to stay back and entered the black hole with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Qian Renxue reassured Dugu Bo and the others that Qi Dao had a plan, and they waited outside the arena.
• The Life and Death Arena reduced Qi Dao and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to their six-year-old forms and sealed their powers.
• When the duel began, Qi Dao regained the Human-Sword Unity Realm through his Sword Intent and formed a sword from his will.
• Qi Dao killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a concentrated sword beam, causing the arena to shatter.

Qi Dao emerged from the Life and Death Arena with his Sword Intent refined into the Sword Soul Realm and claimed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life Essence Pearl. After absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring, he reached level sixty-three and demonstrated a powerful new Soul Skill, leaving his companions astonished.

• Qi Dao returned above the Star Dou Great Forest, broke through to the Sword Soul Realm, and seized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life Essence Pearl before the black hole closed.
• Qian Renxue, Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo reunited with Qi Dao, who explained the pearl’s value and then began absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring.
• Qi Dao finished absorbing the Soul Ring and reached level sixty-three, gaining a Power Attack Soul Skill.
• Qi Dao demonstrated Dark Demon Evil God Slash, carving a vast trench and impressing Dugu Bo and the others with its power.
• Qi Dao explained that combining his Sixth Soul Skill with the Heart Sword State and Sword Soul could bring his attack close to Titled Douluo power.