Chapter Summaries

Tie Li defeated Demon Charm with three Thunder Sounds, but the Heaven Dou Royal Team reserve squad still lost its semifinal against Spirit Hall. The main squad’s match against Shrek began with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan facing Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the seemingly even fight left Gu Rong watching Dugu Yan with concern.

• Tie Li broke Demon Charm’s Full Moon with a hammer strike powered by three Thunder Sounds, injuring himself and sending Xie Yue and Hu Liena flying.
• The Spirit Hall Team’s supervising teacher conceded the match, and the referee declared the Heaven Dou Royal Team the winner of the first round.
• Gu Qi and Ning Ning lost their round, and the Heaven Dou Royal Team reserve squad was eliminated after losing the third matchup.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan drew Tang San and Xiao Wu for the main squad’s semifinal match, while Gu Rong watched Dugu Yan and suspected something about her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu’s fight against Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan began, and the two pairs appeared evenly matched.

The Shrek Team defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team and advanced to the Soul Master Tournament finals against the Spirit Hall Team. On the journey back to Heaven Dou City, Tie Li and his companions encountered a Star Luo Empire army, whose prince threatened to kill him.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to break through Dugu Yan's enhanced poison, then coordinated Xiao Wu's attack to eliminate Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun defeated Yu Feng and Osler, securing the Shrek Team's advance to the finals.
• Spirit Hall announced that the finals would begin in seven days and use individual, team, and 2-2-3 group matches.
• Dugu Bo told Tie Li that Dugu Yan had wielded part of his core pearl's power, and Tie Li warned that the poison core would likely be unsuitable for her.
• Dugu Bo and the education committee members escorted the teams toward Heaven Dou City, where they encountered a Star Luo Empire army and its prince threatened Tie Li.

Dugu Bo stopped Dai Weisi’s ambush of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the academy’s leaders sent the Star Luo prince away unconscious. After the convoy entered Heaven Dou territory, Prince Xue Beng welcomed the group and focused on winning Tie Li’s loyalty.

• Dai Weisi tried to kill Tie Li and the others, but Dugu Bo subdued him and demanded an explanation.
• Dai Weisi threatened Dugu Bo with the prospect of war, while Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin condemned his ambush and Bai Baoshan vowed to report it.
• Meng Shenji knocked Dai Weisi unconscious, and Dugu Bo handed him over to Xu Li, who departed with the prince and army.
• Dugu Bo questioned Tie Li about what he had done to Dai Weisi, and Tie Li said Dai Weisi could not expose the secret without losing his claim to the throne.
• The convoy entered Heaven Dou territory and was greeted by Prince Xue Beng, who sought to win Tie Li’s support.
• Bai Baoshan told Xue Beng that the tournament had been disappointing.

Tie Li secretly traveled to Fikes City to ask Big Ox for help buying treasures for plant-type soul beasts before returning to White Ground to seek the fourth Thunderstone imprint. Big Ox arranged the purchases, while Tie Li remained hidden and prepared to explore White Ground’s depths.

• Tie Li left a fake version of himself with the academy group and traveled alone to Fikes City to avoid possible Spirit Hall assassins.
• Tie Li met Big Ox, who had become Chi Ru’s husband and the Crimson Fire Clan’s young master-in-law, and asked him to buy heavenly treasures.
• Big Ox agreed to arrange purchases through Fikes City’s merchant guilds and promised to deliver the goods in two days.
• Big Ox told the pregnant Chi Ru about Tie Li’s request, and they worried over the hardships he seemed to have endured.
• Tie Li concealed himself in Fikes City and planned to enter White Ground’s depths to obtain the fourth Thunderstone imprint and learn more about the Lightning Pool.

Tie Li returned to White Ground, where heavenly treasures helped plant-type soul beasts advance and repay him with origin aura that raised his Soul Power Level to fifty-nine. He absorbed a fourth Thunderstone mark and stayed to cultivate, while considering the tournament and the Dark Thunder Demon Dragon Left Arm Soul Bone he had hoped to win.

• Tie Li met Big Ox in Fikes City, collected heavenly treasures, and headed for White Ground.
• Tie Li distributed the treasures among White Ground's plant-type soul beasts, helping many advance to the thousand-year level.
• The newly advanced soul beasts gave Tie Li origin aura, raising his Soul Power Level from fifty-seven to fifty-nine and improving his Soul Power quality.
• Tie Li found a Thunderstone in the inner ring, absorbed its faint mark, and gained a permanent ten percent increase to attribute enhancement.
• Tie Li remained in White Ground to stabilize his Soul Power Level and reflected on the Clear Sky Sect's plans and his lost chance to win the tournament's soul bone.

Tie Li fought off a massive Soul Beast assault on White Ground after the plants’ fragrance attracted predators. His ultimate lightning awakened a domain-like power that devastated the attackers, leaving him exhausted and wondering at the power he had felt.

• A scarlet figure killed a Soul Emperor and two Soul Kings, tore out their souls, and mentioned Slaughter City.
• Tie Li sensed over a hundred Soul Beasts gathering outside White Ground, drawn by the fragrance of its plant-type Soul Beasts.
• A hundred-year Iron-Armed Ape charged into White Ground, triggering a battle as the plant-type Soul Beasts struck the invaders with lightning.
• Tie Li joined the defense with his Quake Dragon Hammer and used his Fifth Soul Skill, Endless Realm, against the growing force of millennium Soul Beasts.
• Black Lightning combined with White Ground’s lightning, giving Tie Li a domain-like sense of command and empowering his External Soul Bone.
• Tie Li’s lightning figure struck the attackers, killing or driving off many Soul Beasts, and he panted as the feeling of immense power lingered.

Tie Li discovered that the Thunderstone Mark had helped unlock a domain and reached Soul Power level sixty while cultivating at White Ground. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu’s secret was exposed during the Spirit City Soul Master Tournament, and the championship team battle began with Tang San trapped inside Demon Charm’s red mist.

• Tie Li realized the Thunderstone Mark had enabled the domain, then cultivated with the plant-type soul beasts’ help and reached level sixty as nearby soul masters watched White Ground from a distance.
• The Shrek Team forfeited the individual contest, then Xiao Wu’s Lovesick Heartbreak Red revealed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura during the two-two-three matches.
• Tang Lie confronted Tang San over Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao protected them and Tang Xiao stopped Tang Lie from acting until the match ended.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar defeated their Spirit Hall opponents with the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, securing Shrek a point.
• Tang San agreed to face Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm alone inside its red mist while the rest of Shrek fought the other Spirit Hall members.

Tang San defeated the Spirit Hall Team, securing the championship for Shrek Academy, but Bibi Dong then ordered Xiao Wu seized as a transformed soul beast. Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect intervened, damaged Pope Palace, and left Spirit City after declaring that the sect had emerged from seclusion.

• Tang San used Batwing Reincarnation to poison Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and four other Spirit Hall Team members, forcing Yan to concede the match.
• Tang San drew the poison out of the defeated Spirit Hall members, and Shrek Team received the champion’s rewards.
• Bibi Dong ordered Elder Ju and Elder Gui to seize Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to shield her and Yu Xiaogang to challenge the order.
• Tang Hao arrived and confronted Bibi Dong, revealing his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and enlarging his Clear Sky Hammer with Clear Sky True Body.
• Tang Xiao and five Clear Sky Sect elders joined Tang Hao, and the seven Clear Sky Hammer Titled Douluo forced Spirit Hall back and damaged Pope Palace.
• Tang Hao announced the Clear Sky Sect’s return from seclusion, and the Shrek Team and Clear Sky Sect elders left Spirit City safely.

Tie Li stayed in White Ground until his Soul Power reached level sixty, then returned to Dugu Bo and traveled with him to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a suitable sixth soul ring. Meanwhile, the Clear Sky Sect’s emergence shifted attention away from the beast tide, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing each departed for different reasons.

• Bibi Dong allowed the Clear Sky Sect’s growing reputation to draw attention from the two empires while Spirit Hall waited for an opportunity to strike.
• Tang Hao took Tang San and Xiao Wu away from the Clear Sky Sect, intending to return Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and help Tang San awaken his Blue Silver Grass again.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Star Luo Empire after Zhu Zhuqing waited three months for Tie Li and kept her seventy-thousand-year soul bone with her.
• Tie Li returned from White Ground with his Soul Power at level sixty, and Dugu Bo learned that Zhu Zhuqing had waited for him and given him the soul bone.
• Tie Li told Dugu Bo his sixth soul ring could reach fifty thousand years, so Dugu Bo took him to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable soul beast.

Dugu Bo and Tie Li searched the Star Luo Great Forest for a suitable soul beast, then encountered the Earth Dragon Sect hunting a Dragon-Horned Earth Snake. After Ge Baihua began absorbing its soul ring, Dugu Bo asked the sect to find Tie Li a dragon-type soul beast over fifty thousand years old.

• Dugu Bo drove off a thirty-thousand-year-old Vajra Tiger after it shattered Tie Li’s wristguard, and the pair continued searching the forest.
• Dugu Bo sensed soul-power fluctuations and found Nan Yu and the Earth Dragon Sect fighting a thirty-thousand-year-old Dragon-Horned Earth Snake for Ge Baihua’s seventh soul ring.
• Nan Yu and an elder stopped the snake from burrowing away, and Nan Yu weakened it until Ge Baihua could deliver the final blow.
• Ge Baihua began absorbing the snake’s black soul ring while Dugu Bo asked Nan Yu to help find a dragon-type soul beast for Tie Li.
• Nan Yu agreed to help locate a soul beast over fifty thousand years old after Dugu Bo said Tie Li’s Martial Soul was special.

Tie Li absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Giant Horn Dragon soul ring as his sixth ring, revealing his Soul Emperor cultivation and greatly increasing his strength. Dugu Bo then brought him to a lightning-filled valley to cultivate, saying he had arranged permission with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s old dragon.

• Tie Li chose the Giant Horn Dragon for his sixth soul ring because its strength suited the Quake Dragon Hammer Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo and Nan Yu wounded and poisoned the Giant Horn Dragon, and Tie Li killed it with repeated hammer blows.
• Tie Li absorbed the fifty-thousand-year soul ring over two hours, aided by the lasting effects of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Tie Li revealed six soul rings and impressed the Earth Dragon Sect members with his age, cultivation, and increased strength.
• Nan Yu recognized an aura resembling the Dark Thunder Demon Dragon Martial Soul in Tie Li’s Quake Dragon Hammer.
• Dugu Bo took Tie Li to a lightning-filled valley and said he had arranged for Tie Li to cultivate there with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s permission.

Fan Wumian bought heavily into more than twenty stocks, helping the market rebound and drawing a surge of capital and public attention to his funds. As he handled criticism and other business, he planned to renovate No. 9 Altar Palace and prepare to star in Reborn Rich.

• Fan Wumian bought more than nine billion yuan in stocks through Bandit King Fund and Boshi Fund, and the market turned positive by the close after reporters shared his message, “I did it.”
• Wang Yu told Fan Wumian that investors, including Hong Kong residents and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, were approaching his funds after his warnings about the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis proved prescient.
• Fan Wumian’s funds and affiliated securities companies gained capital, exposure, and recognition, while he stayed occupied with the ownership transfer and planned renovation of No. 9 Altar Palace.
• When online critics accused Fan Wumian of profiting from disaster, his public relations team enlisted influencers to defend his investments and their support for the market.
• Lost on Journey surpassed 300 million yuan at the mainland box office, and Fan Wumian planned to star in and film Reborn Rich after handling his current affairs.

Tie Li defeated Lei Yu in Thunder Valley by unleashing his Sixth Soul Skill and overpowering Lei Yu’s gathered lightning. The Fourth Elder intervened, rescued Lei Yu, and recognized that Thunder Valley could help Tie Li deepen his understanding of black lightning.

• Tie Li battered Lei Yu with the Quake Dragon Hammer, while Lei Yu used Thunder Valley’s lightning to strengthen his purple lightning.
• Tie Li and Lei Yu unleashed their Sixth Soul Skills, but Tie Li’s Ten Thousand Jun Thunder Firmament shattered Lei Yu’s Boundless Thunder Beast and badly injured him.
• The Fourth Elder arrived, blocked Tie Li’s attack, and rescued the unconscious Lei Yu.
• The Fourth Elder praised Tie Li’s strength and said Thunder Valley could advance his understanding of black lightning.
• Tie Li recognized that the battle had provided the catalyst he needed to progress along the thunder path.

Tie Li defeated Lei Kuang in Thunder Valley, helping him gain insight into his Thunder Mace cultivation before returning to his own training. Elsewhere, Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen discussed their concerns about the Clear Sky Sect, while Ma Hongjun began preying on Soul Masters in Ancient Sword City.

• Tie Li defeated Lei Kuang in fewer than three exchanges, and Lei Kuang gained an insight into advancing his Thunder Mace cultivation.
• Lei Kuang thanked Tie Li, shared his cultivation experience, and said he planned to leave the sect disciples and become an elder.
• Tie Li resumed cultivating in Thunder Valley and gained insight into the recovery effect of the Void Sound.
• Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen discussed the Clear Sky Sect's growing strength and Dugu Bo's suspicion that Spirit Hall was behind its rise.
• Ma Hongjun traveled to Ancient Sword City and drained female Soul Masters to resolve his evil fire and increase his cultivation, while wishing to encounter Shui Bing'er.

Ma Hongjun raised his Soul Power by exploiting a female soul master, then clashed with Wind Sword Sect disciples and abducted a woman from their sect. Tang Hao took Tang San to Slaughter City, while Tie Li continued cultivating in Thunder Valley and aimed to enter the Lightning Pool.

• Ma Hongjun reached Soul Power Level forty-five after draining a female soul master, then defeated three Wind Sword Sect disciples who confronted him in Ancient Sword City.
• A Wind Sword Sect woman challenged Ma Hongjun, but he overpowered her and carried her away from the street.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to a town near Slaughter City and had him drink Bloody Mary; after Tang San vomited, Tang Hao ordered him to kill the hostile soul masters, and Tang San killed them.
• Tie Li continued tempering his body with Thunder Valley's earth-vein lightning, frustrating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect disciples who wanted to cultivate there.
• Tie Li planned to keep cultivating until he absorbed his fifth Thunderstone Mark, which would qualify him to enter the Lightning Pool.

Tie Li’s quiet cultivation in Thunder Valley ended when Yu Tianming of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan challenged him. Tie Li gained the advantage by unleashing his ultimate attribute, but Yu Tianming activated his sixth soul skill, Thunder Prison, to strengthen himself and suppress Tie Li.

• Tie Li wondered why no Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect disciples had come to challenge him during the two months since his battle with Lei Kuang.
• Yu Tianming introduced himself as a level-sixty-seven assault-type Battle Soul Emperor and challenged Tie Li, who was level sixty-three.
• Tie Li and Yu Tianming exchanged powerful attacks that shook Thunder Valley and forced nearby sect disciples to retreat.
• Tie Li activated his fifth soul ring and imbued his Quake Dragon Hammer with an ultimate attribute, suppressing Yu Tianming and injuring him.
• Yu Tianming used his sixth soul skill, Thunder Prison, to boost his lightning and soul skills while suppressing Tie Li’s attributes.

Tie Li defeated Yu Tianming in Thunder Valley, but their clash triggered a dangerous thunderstorm that damaged the valley’s earth vein before the Fourth Elder subdued it. After questioning them, the sect released Tie Li, and Dugu Bo arrived to take him away; Tie Li asked to return to the sect’s ancestral grounds first.

• Yu Tianming and Tie Li clashed with powerful lightning attacks, creating a thunderstorm that swept Yu Tianming away.
• The Fourth Elder rescued Yu Tianming and used his Martial Soul Avatar to quell the thunderstorm, then ordered everyone to leave Thunder Valley.
• Yu Tianming asked Tie Li about his fifth soul ring, and Tie Li explained how his martial soul’s unusual evolution had helped him gain his soul skill.
• The Fourth Elder brought Tie Li and Yu Tianming to the Law Enforcement Hall and questioned them about causing the thunderstorm.
• Dugu Bo arrived on the third day, praised Tie Li for defeating Yu Tianming, and agreed to take him back to the sect’s ancestral grounds.

Tie Li visited the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins with Dugu Bo and reached the final Thunderstone at the Lightning Pool, where a fifth mark appeared on his Quake Dragon Hammer. He sensed that one mark remained missing but could not draw lightning from the pool, while the Soul Masters nearby grew suspicious and sent word to their sects.

• Dugu Bo showed the imperial soldiers his worshipper token, allowing him and Tie Li to enter the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins.
• Dugu Bo suppressed the hostile Soul Masters near the ruins with his Titled Douluo aura.
• Tie Li walked past the first, second, and third Thunderstones without difficulty, astonishing the Soul Masters cultivating nearby.
• Tie Li sat at the final Thunderstone and resonated with it, causing a fifth mark to appear on his Quake Dragon Hammer and revealing that one mark was still missing.
• Tie Li tried to draw lightning from the Lightning Pool but failed because an obstruction blocked it.
• The Soul Masters decided Tie Li might be connected to the Wind Thunder Sect, and one of them left to report his discovery to their sect.

Tie Li cultivated at the Lightning Pool, using the Thunderstone Mark’s Soul Power to endure the lightning’s tempering and improve his strength. After the sects recalled their disciples, he continued in secret and evolved his External Soul Bone into a second pair of lightning wings.

• The Quake Dragon Hammer’s Thunderstone Mark helped Tie Li withstand the lightning and reach Soul Power Level sixty-four.
• Dugu Bo ordered the White Lightning Sect’s sect master to recall the disciples from the Lightning Pool, and the sect master warned Yu Zhuo and the others to keep quiet about what they had seen.
• Tie Li returned to the fourth Thunderstone and used Black Lightning to conceal his bone wings as they absorbed the pure lightning.
• After thirteen cycles of cultivation, Tie Li’s External Soul Bone grew a second pair of wings, which he could shape into four lightning Sickles.

Tie Li was led into a Spirit Hall ambush but fought off dozens of Soul Masters, overpowering Soul Saint Ma Zuo with his Black Lightning and Quake Dragon Hammer. As the battle turned in his favor, Ma Zuo suspected Tie Li had a powerful Soul Bone, while the handsome man attacked another Spirit Hall Soul Saint to keep him from escaping.

• Tie Li left the Lightning Pool after receiving Dugu Bo's signal and followed a handsome man who claimed Spirit Hall Soul Masters were hunting him.
• Dozens of Spirit Hall Soul Masters ambushed Tie Li and the handsome man, and two Soul Saints engaged the man while the rest attacked Tie Li.
• Tie Li used his Black Lightning-enhanced Quake Dragon Hammer to injure or kill several attackers and defeat Ma Zuo in direct clashes.
• Ma Zuo entered his Martial Soul Avatar state and called for help after Tie Li seriously wounded him.
• Tie Li unleashed a powerful single-target hammer strike that killed several Soul Emperors and injured Ma Zuo and two Soul Saints.
• The handsome man stopped a Spirit Hall Soul Saint from fleeing by transforming his Fire Glass Spear into a fire dragon and attacking.