Chapter Summaries

Feng Xiaotian appealed to Shui Bing'er and the Mending Heaven Pavilion, while Tang San left the arena with his team. Mending Heaven Academy then faced Canghui Academy, whose seven Gem Martial Souls combined their powers against Dugu Yan, leaving her alone beneath their attack.

• Feng Xiaotian asked Shui Bing'er to tell the young pavilion master about his request, and Shui Bing'er agreed to pass it on without promising what would happen.
• Tang San led his Battle Team away, and Shui Bing'er sensed something about him that reminded her of Ye Ling, though Dugu Yan dismissed the comparison.
• Mending Heaven Academy sent Dugu Yan alone to face Canghui Academy, whose lineup included one Four-Ring Soul Master and several weaker fighters.
• Canghui Academy's seven members revealed rainbow-colored Gem Martial Souls and formed a hexagonal formation, creating a massive pillar of colored light that covered the stage.
• Xue Ye and the others recognized that the attack was not a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill but feared its combined strength could overwhelm Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan defeated Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill using Spiritual Power left by Ye Ling, leaving its members mentally damaged. After the match, Ye Ling told his students to deny knowing how it happened, and Xue Ke revealed that Madam Yuehua had been asking about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Dugu Yan used a chaotic-colored beam from the phantom eye on her forehead to break Canghui Academy’s illusion and incapacitate its seven members.
• The referee declared Mending Heaven Academy the winner after healers determined Canghui Academy’s students had suffered Mental Backlash.
• Spirit Kite Douluo questioned Dugu Yan’s hidden abilities, while Dugu Bo defended his granddaughter and credited Mending Heaven Academy’s guidance.
• In the backstage lounge, Ye Ling told Dugu Yan and the others to claim they knew nothing about Canghui Academy’s condition.
• Shui Bing’er raised Huo Wu’s continued unconsciousness, and Xue Ke said Madam Yuehua had asked her about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Ye Ling told Xue Ke to use Tang Yuehua to build trust and learn the Clear Sky Sect’s location. Meanwhile, Ya Li examined Canghui Academy’s injured students, offered Ye Yueyao a chance to become her disciple, and went to examine Blazing Academy’s unconscious girl.

• Ye Ling told Xue Ke to answer Tang Yuehua’s questions and earn her trust while seeking information about the Clear Sky Sect.
• Canghui Academy reported that its seven tournament participants had suffered backlash and become idiots, prompting an investigation.
• Ya Li determined that the students’ spiritual power had been severely damaged by backlash from a soul skill and said their recovery would be dangerous.
• Ya Li offered Ye Yueyao the chance to become her disciple and possibly resolve the curse of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Ya Li told the investigation team that Mending Heaven Academy was not responsible for the injuries, then asked to see the unconscious girl from Blazing Academy.
• Ya Li met Huo Wushuang and said she had come at the Young Pavilion Master’s request to examine his sister.

Ya Li awakened Huo Wu and discovered that the spiritual power that injured her carried a trace of divinity. She reported the finding to Ye Ling, who also proposed Xue Ke as a potential disciple for Ya Li.

• Ya Li used her healing ability to awaken Huo Wu and told Huo Wushuang to let her rest until the Grand Finals.
• Ya Li noticed a faint, pure trace of divinity in the spiritual power that had injured Huo Wu and hurried back to report it to Ye Ling.
• Ye Ling said he would investigate the divine trace, which strengthened his suspicions about Tang San's powerful spiritual energy.
• Ye Ling suggested that Ya Li consider Xue Ke as a disciple, and Ya Li agreed to assess her qualifications.

After Mending Heaven Academy advanced from the Heaven Dou Division, its team set out for Spirit City with the other qualified academies. Along the way, Ye Ling healed Huo Wu and learned that the Ice Empress wanted to recommend Snow Empress as a Soul Ring for his Second Martial Soul.

• Teams that faced Mending Heaven Academy forfeited, and it took first place in the Heaven Dou Division while Tang San's Heaven Dou Royal Team finished second.
• Three days after the division ended, Ye Ling and the other teams departed for Spirit City with their teachers and five hundred Royal Knights.
• Huo Wushuang thanked Ye Ling for helping him and Huo Wu, and Ye Ling erased the lingering divine injury in Huo Wu's Mental Space.
• Huo Wu praised Ye Ling as the most handsome man she had ever seen, embarrassing him and amusing the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress asked when Ye Ling would add Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul and offered to recommend a suitable candidate.
• Ye Ling guessed that the Ice Empress wanted him to seek a Soul Ring from her beloved Snow Empress.

Ye Ling and the Ice Empress discussed the God Realm’s hostility toward Spirit Beasts and the Snow Empress potentially becoming his Soul Spirit. As Ye Ling prepared to travel to Spirit City with a small party, the Shrek Seven Devils worried about the Individual Tournament and the formidable Mending Heaven Academy.

• The Ice Empress said she resented the God Realm for denying Spirit Beasts the chance to become gods and agreed that becoming Ye Ling’s Soul Spirit would spare her from Heavenly Tribulations.
• Ye Ling said he would accompany the Ice Empress to the Extreme North after the coming matter was settled, then set out for Spirit City with Du Busi, Long Aotian, Vina, and a few others as a likely lure for his enemies.
• The Shrek Seven Devils discussed Spirit City and learned that Grandmaster and Teacher Erlong were waiting there.
• Tang San said he was thinking about the Individual Tournament, while Ma Hongjun doubted Ye Ling’s Soul Douluo strength and Tang San stressed that he needed the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Skull.
• The Shrek Seven Devils recognized Mending Heaven Academy and the Spirit Master Academy team as their strongest rivals, while Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing still had not reached level 40.

As the procession traveled toward Spirit City, Spirit Hall’s forces ambushed it in a mountain pass, but Mending Heaven Pavilion’s powerful fighters turned the attack into a clash of high-level Spirit Masters. Ye Ling watched calmly as Du Busi faced four Titled Douluos, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Ling and Du Busi noticed the mountain pass was an ideal ambush site, while Tang San suspected Spirit Hall was targeting Mending Heaven Pavilion.
• The Royal Knights warned the procession, and attackers sent rocks and logs rolling down the mountains before nearly a thousand black-robed Spirit Masters swooped into battle.
• Three Soul Douluos charged at Mending Heaven Academy, and Long Aotian fought them with his 100,000-Year Spirit Ring and gained the advantage.
• Four masked Titled Douluos appeared, prompting Du Busi to rise and confront them while Ye Ling calmly drank wine beside the Ice Empress.
• The four Titled Douluos summoned their Martial Souls and fought Du Busi, while the fighting below quieted under the pressure of the five Titled Douluos.

Ye Ling watched Du Busi fight four Spirit Hall Titled Douluo while he waited for Spirit Hall’s next move. When Ghost Leopard Douluo ambushed him, the Ice Empress intercepted the attack and fought him evenly, leaving Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to consider whether to help Mending Heaven Pavilion.

• Ye Ling identified the four Titled Douluo fighting Du Busi and suspected Spirit Hall had another move in reserve.
• Ye Ling flirted with the Ice Empress as she served him wine, until they sensed an approaching attack and she formed an ice wall.
• The Ice Empress engaged Ghost Leopard Douluo, the fifth Titled Douluo, and fought him evenly using her body, Spiritual Power, and Extreme Ice.
• Ye Ling summoned a veiled woman to pour his wine after the Ice Empress left to fight.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi watched from Prince Xue Xing's carriage, puzzled by the Ice Empress's lack of spirit rings, and Chen Xin asked whether they should help Mending Heaven Pavilion.

As Spirit Hall and Mending Heaven Pavilion’s battle remained deadlocked, Ye Ling revealed his Martial Soul Avatar and confronted Radiant Feather Douluo’s attack. Ye Ling’s Spear of Chaos shattered Radiant Feather Douluo’s arrow and pierced through his chest.

• Ji Juechen said he wanted to fight, but Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stay out of the conflict and protect Prince Xue Xing.
• Ye Ling wondered why Spirit Hall continued fighting, while Radiant Feather Douluo decided to intervene after seeing his fellow enshrined Titled Douluo struggling against Du Busi.
• Radiant Feather Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar and Ninth Soul Skill to form an enormous ice-crystal arrow aimed at Ye Ling.
• Ye Ling summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, whose Pangu Bloodline pressure forced people across the battlefield, including Tang San, to their knees.
• Ye Ling’s Spear of Chaos clashed with Radiant Feather Douluo’s arrow, shattered it, and pierced Radiant Feather Douluo through the chest.

Ye Ling killed Radiant Feather Douluo, but the Holy Spirit Cult intervened to help Spirit Hall’s other Titled Douluo escape and rescue Ghost Leopard Douluo. After the battle, Ye Ling’s side dealt with the remaining Spirit Hall fighters and turned to the unconscious low-rank soul masters.

• Ye Ling used his Eighth Soul Skill to pierce Radiant Feather Douluo’s chest and kill Spirit Hall’s Fifth Enshrined.
• Mighty Lion Douluo ordered a retreat, while Ye Ling protected the unconscious fighters from a giant Black Scythe with the Universe Cauldron.
• Du Busi and the four Spirit Hall Titled Douluo collided with their Ninth Soul Skills, allowing the four to escape; a female soul master also rescued Ghost Leopard Douluo from the Ice Empress.
• Ye Ling sent the Ice Empress to help Long Aotian defeat the three Spirit Hall Soul Douluo, who left no Soul Bones behind.
• Du Busi recovered Radiant Feather Douluo’s corpse, and Ye Ling Ice Sealed it before looking toward the unconscious low-rank soul masters.

Ye Ling captured the black-robed Spirit Hall Soul Masters, confronted Ning Fengzhi over his failure to intervene, and healed the convoy before it continued toward Spirit City. Meanwhile, Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans to recruit unusual young Soul Masters, and the surviving attackers reported their failed mission to Qian Daoliu.

• Ye Ling stored the defeated Spirit Hall Soul Masters in his Chaos domain and warned Ning Fengzhi to plan for the future, but chose not to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Ling used the Universe Cauldron to wake the unconscious convoy members, and Prince Xue Xing ordered the convoy onward after a day’s rest.
• Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling watched the convoy depart and decided to focus the Holy Spirit Cult’s efforts on the Star Luo Empire.
• Feng Ling identified Dai Mubai and a boy with an evil-fire Phoenix Martial Soul as promising recruits for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mighty Lion Douluo returned to Spirit City and told Qian Daoliu that the plan had failed and Fifth was dead.

Qian Daoliu learned that Ye Ling had killed Radiant Feather Douluo and suspected Ye Ling was a divine inheritor. He chose not to confront Mending Heaven Pavilion directly and ordered Golden Crocodile to prepare to recover Radiant Feather’s remains.

• Mighty Lion Douluo reported that Ye Ling killed Radiant Feather with his Eighth Soul Skill, overpowering Radiant Feather’s Ninth Soul Skill.
• Qian Daoliu heard that Ye Ling’s Soul Rings were unusually colored and that an unknown force had secretly helped the Spirit Hall group escape.
• Qian Daoliu refused to make a move against Mending Heaven Pavilion because Sky Pillar Douluo might retaliate and he needed to protect Qian Renxue’s Angel trials.
• Qian Daoliu suspected Ye Ling had advanced further than Qian Renxue in divine inheritance and said her trials must be accelerated.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile to prepare to recover Radiant Feather’s remains, authorizing him to use the Worship Hall treasury.

After Spirit Hall’s failed mission, Bibi Dong learned that Ye Ling had killed Radiant Feather Douluo and that a thousand soul masters were missing. Hu Liena rejected Yu Xiaogang’s plan to kill Ye Ling and argued for caution, leaving Bibi Dong to seek the return of the captives and consult Douluo Hall before deciding what to do.

• Bibi Dong raged at Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard after they reported Radiant Feather Douluo’s death and the mission’s failure.
• Demon Bear explained that the thousand soul masters had been knocked unconscious by the clash between Ye Ling’s and Radiant Feather Douluo’s soul skills.
• Hu Liena persuaded Bibi Dong to dismiss Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard, then warned that attacking Ye Ling in Spirit City could provoke Mending Heaven Pavilion.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Spirit Hall should kill Ye Ling before he grew stronger, but Hu Liena mocked his weakness and challenged him to take responsibility.
• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall should seek the return of the thousand soul masters and consult Douluo Hall before considering action against Ye Ling.

Ye Ling toured Spirit City with his companions and recognized that Douluo Hall gathered the continent’s Power of Faith. A Cardinal then invited him alone to the Papal Palace to discuss the Individual Tournament’s schedule and rewards, and Ye Ling agreed to go.

• Ye Ling admired Spirit City’s walls and learned from Ning Fengzhi that the city had been built to imperial-capital standards around the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall.
• The black-clothed woman showed Ye Ling the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall, and the Ice Empress and Du Busi sensed the city’s dense Power of Faith.
• Ye Ling explained that Douluo Hall gathered faith through its status as the burial place of Titled Douluo and the site where they recorded their names.
• A Cardinal told Ye Ling that the Pope wanted to discuss the Individual Tournament’s schedule and rewards with him alone at the Papal Palace.
• Du Busi pressured the Cardinal, but Ye Ling told him to withdraw the pressure and agreed to accompany the Cardinal alone.

Ye Ling entered the Papal Palace and confronted Bibi Dong over Spirit Hall’s failed assassination attempt and the thousand Spirit Masters involved. Their competing pressures manifested as enormous illusory figures above the palace, leaving their clash escalating.

• Ye Ling forced the Temple Knights guarding the Papal Palace to kneel and entered with the Cardinal who had brought him.
• Ye Ling shaped a granite slab into a seat and challenged Bibi Dong’s complaint about his treatment of the Temple Knights.
• Ye Ling directly accused Bibi Dong of wanting the thousand Spirit Masters and mocked Spirit Hall for losing a Level 96 Titled Douluo without harming him.
• Bibi Dong released her Level 99 pressure, and Ye Ling met it with his bloodline pressure.
• Bibi Dong’s purple-black phantom and Ye Ling’s figure with twelve dharmic wheels appeared above the Papal Palace as their pressures ravaged Spirit City.

Ye Ling confronted Bibi Dong in Spirit City and demanded compensation for Spirit Hall’s failed assassination and the return of a thousand captured Spirit Masters. He left Bibi Dong to decide whether to surrender a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and withdraw Spirit Hall from the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Bibi Dong and Ye Ling’s immense pressure clashed until Angel Divine Power from Douluo Hall dispersed both phantoms.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Ling what it would take to return Spirit Hall’s thousand captured Spirit Masters.
• Ye Ling demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as personal compensation and the closure of Spirit Hall’s branch halls and forces in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Ling declared the Heaven Dou Empire Mending Heaven Pavilion’s sphere of influence and warned Spirit Hall against resisting.
• Ye Ling left the Papal Palace and told Bibi Dong to seek him out after deciding; Bibi Dong smashed his stone chair in anger.

Ye Ling met Qian Renxue outside the Papal Palace, where she told him that Qian Daoliu wanted to see him. She led him into Douluo Hall, where he faced Qian Daoliu and the other enshrined without yielding to their pressure or threats, leaving the confrontation tense but unresolved.

• Ye Ling removed Qian Renxue’s veil again, praised her appearance, and kept the veil when she asked for it back.
• Qian Renxue led Ye Ling up to Douluo Hall to meet her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.
• Ye Ling entered Douluo Hall and sat down under the combined pressure of Qian Daoliu and the other enshrined.
• Qian Daoliu praised Ye Ling’s strength, then warned that he could kill him for killing the Fifth Enshrined.
• Ye Ling said the enshrined had to accept the risk of being killed in return and warned that killing him could lead to a bloodbath.

Ye Ling negotiated with Qian Daoliu over the remains of Radiant Feather Douluo and demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange. Before leaving, he revealed he knew about Qian Renxue’s Angel’s Nine Trials and warned that rushing her progress could undermine her foundation.

• Qian Daoliu asked Ye Ling to return Radiant Feather Douluo’s remains, but Ye Ling refused and threatened to make an example of the corpse.
• Golden Crocodile rebuked Ye Ling, who mocked him until Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile to stand down.
• Ye Ling demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the remains, and Qian Daoliu said he needed time to consider the offer.
• As Qian Renxue escorted Ye Ling out, he asked how far she had progressed in Angel’s Nine Trials, stunning the Worship Hall.
• Ye Ling warned Qian Daoliu that forcing Qian Renxue’s growth could leave her foundation unstable.

Ye Ling left Worship Hall after Qian Daoliu decided not to attack him, then warned Qian Renxue that he knew secrets about the Angel God. At the hotel, Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to join Spirit Hall, but Flender confronted him over forgetting Liu Erlong.

• Ye Ling departed Worship Hall, and Qian Renxue followed him to ask how he knew about Angel's Nine Trials.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile that Ye Ling had no detectable divine power and should not be attacked in Spirit City for Qian Renxue's safety.
• Ye Ling told Qian Renxue that the Angel God had not sent an oracle to her guardians for a long time, then left the Spirit Hall holy grounds.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to join Spirit Hall and meet the Pope so Tang San could address the dangers of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Xiaogang where Liu Erlong was, and Flender confronted him for forgetting his cousin and the person who loved him most.

Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang over his selfishness, struck him, and told him that Liu Erlong had disappeared after seeking revenge on Mending Heaven Pavilion and was likely dead. He severed his friendship with Yu Xiaogang but stayed in Spirit City to watch the children’s matches.

• Flender criticized Yu Xiaogang for abandoning Liu Erlong and acting selfishly, then slapped him in front of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang up while the other Shrek Seven Devils remained silent.
• Flender grabbed Yu Xiaogang and revealed that Liu Erlong had gone alone to seek revenge on Mending Heaven Pavilion and had not been heard from since.
• Flender said he had fulfilled his promise to Liu Erlong by bringing the children to Spirit City and would stay to watch their matches.
• Flender severed his friendship with Yu Xiaogang and declared that the Golden Iron Triangle no longer existed.