Chapter Summaries

Oscar and Snow Empress persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to become Oscar’s soul spirit and channel his vast energy into him, while Tang Hao and the others fought the Star Dou Great Forest’s fierce beasts to protect them. As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s aura faded, the fierce beasts realized humans were involved and pressed their attack.

• Snow Empress appeared beside Oscar and told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that she had become Oscar’s soul spirit.
• Snow Empress persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to become Oscar’s soul spirit, and he agreed to transfer his energy to raise Oscar’s Soul Power Level to ninety.
• Scarlet King sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s fading aura and realized human soul masters were trying to take him.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Chen Xin, and the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder blocked the fierce beasts while Gu Rong protected Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to strengthen the defenders as the fierce beasts gained the advantage.
• Zi Ji realized the humans had killed Demon King, and Bear Lord roared in fury.

Oscar raced to absorb Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s energy and form a soul-spirit contract while Tang San completed his absorption of Demon King’s soul ring and joined the battle. Tang San trapped the fierce beasts in World of Wood, and Tie Li gained insight into spatial power after surviving Di Tian’s strongest strike.

• Snow Empress urged Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to seal his energy in Oscar’s soul bone and merge his spiritual origin into Oscar’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang San absorbed Demon King’s soul ring and right arm soul bone, gaining the ultimate wood attribute and control over nearby plant-type soul beasts.
• Tang San used his ninth soul skill, World of Wood, with his Blue Silver Domain to trap Scarlet King and the other fierce beasts.
• Di Tian, unable to sense the trapped beasts, unleashed a powerful fused darkness-and-space sword strike against Tie Li.
• Tie Li survived the attack, struck a mountain, and realized he could use unstable spatial power in the Thunder God Hammer.

Oscar succeeded in fusing a million-year soul ring as Di Tian arrived and attacked the humans in the Star Dou Great Forest. Tie Li intervened to cover their escape and unleashed his Thunder God Hammer's eighth soul skill against the beasts.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm broke through to one million years while Oscar fused its soul ring, and warned him that Di Tian was approaching.
• Oscar joined Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, confirmed his success, and urged everyone to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian attacked Tang San's World of Wood, forcing Tang San to withdraw it and freeing the wounded ferocious beasts trapped inside.
• Bear Lord charged the humans, but Tie Li bound it with the Chains of Destruction before Di Tian cut it free.
• Tie Li told the others to find a chance to escape, then used Azure Thunder Sky-Destroyer with his Thunder God Hammer.

Tie Li revealed that a God King had strengthened him to protect the sole Soul Master with a complete Thunder God Mark, and his divine-level battle with Di Tian erupted in the Star Dou Great Forest. Tie Li then used spatial power to take Tang San and the others out of danger, while the Thunder Spirit sensed Snow Empress within Oscar.

• Tie Li's complete Thunder God Mark activated the Thunder God's inheritance, and a God King deliberately granted him additional power, including his second martial soul.
• Tie Li unleashed his eighth soul skill, Divine Thunder Shattering Array, and clashed with Di Tian's Dragon God Claw at divine level.
• The collision created a blinding explosion that engulfed the battlefield, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu sensed the divine-level auras from Spirit City.
• Tie Li used spatial movement to bring Tang San and the other Soul Masters outside the Star Dou Great Forest, and Gu Rong recognized his mastery of spatial power.
• The Thunder Spirit emerged from Tie Li and sensed Snow Empress within Oscar, but Tie Li called it back before Oscar revealed his soul spirit.

Tie Li learned that Oscar could attempt Soul Core cultivation and returned to the Thunder God Sect, where he assigned the Star Luo Empire crisis to his peak masters before preparing to cultivate his Third Soul Core. Meanwhile, Tang San brought Demon King's corpse to the Clear Sky Sect for study, and the Spirit Hall Empire recognized the newly established White Tiger Kingdom as its vassal.

• The Snow Empress told Oscar that Tie Li's dual Soul Cores explained his strength and offered to help Oscar cultivate Soul Cores.
• Tie Li returned to the Thunder God Sect, where Kui Xin reported that Dai Mubai's appearance had disrupted the Star Luo Empire's invasion of the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tie Li left the response to Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire to the five peak masters while he prepared to cultivate his Third Soul Core.
• Tang San brought Demon King's corpse to the Clear Sky Sect, intending to study how powerful Soul Beast corpses might help human Soul Masters grow stronger.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that he would not allow a Fallen Soul Master to become emperor, regardless of his past bond with Dai Mubai.
• The Spirit Hall Empire issued a decree recognizing the White Tiger Kingdom as its vassal state.

Xue Ye decided to launch a counteroffensive against the weakened Spirit Hall Empire, relying on newly manufactured Godly Zhuge Crossbows and support from the three major sects. The Heaven Dou army rapidly reclaimed its border territory as Bibi Dong chose to preserve Spirit City's defenses and let the land go for now.

• Xue Xing urged Xue Ye to seize the opportunity to reclaim territory, and Xue Ye agreed that the empire needed a victory to restore its army's morale.
• Xue Ye sent Dugu Bo to recruit the three major sects, which agreed to support the campaign; Tang San also sent Tang Sect disciples to assist.
• Xue Ye ordered the Heaven Dou Empire's army to begin its counteroffensive with the support of the sects.
• Soul masters along the border argued over surrendering or resisting as the Heaven Dou army advanced and quickly reclaimed territory.
• Bibi Dong allowed the Heaven Dou Empire to retake some land because Spirit Hall's forces were depleted and she needed to protect Spirit City while preparing for a later offensive.

The Heaven Dou Empire used Godly Zhuge Crossbows and support from the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect to capture seven cities, but the Spirit Hall Empire fortified its eighth city with Soul Master legions. The armies clashed, and Bing Yun confronted Xie Yue as the battle began.

• The Heaven Dou Empire’s Godly Zhuge Crossbows overwhelmed Spirit Hall Empire forces, helping Xue Xing’s army capture seven cities and raising its morale.
• The Spirit Hall Empire strengthened the eighth city with seven Soul Douluo experts, the Mystic Shield Legion, and the Giant Strength Legion, commanded by Xie Yue and Yan.
• Bing Yun recognized Xie Yue and Yan, while a Thunder God Sect elder warned the disciples to prioritize their safety.
• Xue Xing’s forces and the Spirit Hall Empire’s army began fighting, with the Mystic Shield Legion blocking the crossbow volley and Thunder God Sect disciples attacking it with lightning.
• The Giant Strength Legion launched an assault as Xue Xing organized a counterattack, and Bing Yun attacked Xie Yue on the battlefield.

Xie Yue and Bing Yun fought as Yan and Beast Yin clashed nearby, turning the battlefield into a series of fierce Soul Saint battles. Yan unleashed his power to prove himself, while Bing Yun broke through Xie Yue’s defense with an empowered dragon claw.

• Xie Yue refused Yan’s help and fought Bing Yun one-on-one, while Yan watched from nearby.
• Beast Yin charged at Yan, whose anger at being dismissed and his declining standing in Spirit Hall fueled his determination to prove himself.
• Yan and Beast Yin traded attacks, with Yan’s magma breaking through Beast Yin’s lightning before Beast Yin forced his way through Yan’s flames and magma using his defense.
• Yan unleashed Lord’s Wrath, spreading fiery cracks across the battlefield, and Beast Yin answered by enlarging his body and strengthening his defenses.
• Bing Yun shattered Xie Yue’s Moon Blade defense with a dragon-claw strike enhanced by a soul bone, leaving Xie Yue stunned.

As the Heaven Dou Empire’s army retreated, Bing Yun and Beast Yin fought Spirit Hall’s Yan and Xie Yue to a standstill before their allies pulled them away. The Spirit Hall Empire then unexpectedly announced that the war would halt, with the opening of the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament serving as a signal of peace.

• Beast Yin and Yan fought to a draw, and Yan unleashed his Flame Lord Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples considered challenging Spirit Hall’s fighters as Xue Xing recognized that Heaven Dou’s army was losing its advantage.
• A Spirit Hall Soul Douluo attacked Bing Yun when he threatened Xie Yue, and a Thunder God Sect elder intervened to retrieve Bing Yun.
• As Heaven Dou’s forces retreated, Beast Yin refused to keep fighting Yan and returned to the Thunder God Sect elders.
• The Heaven Dou Empire withdrew after capturing seven cities, boosting its soldiers’ morale.
• The Spirit Hall Empire announced that the war would halt and that the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament’s opening would signal peace.

The Spirit Hall Empire used the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament and its prizes to build support for ending the war, while the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect remained wary of its motives. The tournament was set in White Tiger Kingdom, forcing the empires toward agreement, as Dai Mubai erupted over the Star Crown Sect’s growing influence in the Star Luo Empire.

• Bing Ju and the Thunder God Sect’s peak masters discussed the tournament while Tie Li remained in seclusion pursuing his third soul ring and Rank Ninety-Nine.
• The Spirit Hall Empire announced soul-bone prizes and promoted the tournament as a path to peace, drawing both support and accusations that it was using public opinion to pressure its enemies.
• Kui Xin proposed that the tournament be held in White Tiger Kingdom, and Bing Ju urged allied factions to press the proposal.
• The Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect made their positions known, and the Spirit Hall Empire chose White Tiger Kingdom as the venue.
• The Star Luo Emperor accepted the proposal to end the war through the tournament, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire under pressure to agree.
• The Thunder God Sect selected Soul King disciples and two lower-ranked specialists for its team, while Dai Mubai smashed a jade table and cursed the Star Crown Sect’s threat to the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Mubai considered breaking the White Tiger Kingdom free from the Spirit Hall Empire, while Xue Beng exposed the Heaven Dou imperial family’s reluctance to fight. Oscar prepared to travel to the Far North for Soul Rings, and Chen Xin decided to test Oscar’s new Soul Core cultivation method.

• Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Mubai to focus on freeing the White Tiger Kingdom from Spirit Hall’s control, and he asked whether her father had replied.
• Dai Mubai learned that the Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect would enter the Soul Master Tournament, then withdrew to consider his plans.
• Xue Beng challenged the Heaven Dou imperial family to lead a campaign against the Spirit Hall Empire, but its members refused to command the army.
• Oscar reassured Ning Fengzhi that he could handle the Far North alone and left to tell Ning Rongrong about his journey.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Oscar had given him a new Soul Core cultivation method, and he decided to try it.

Tang San emerged from seclusion after condensing an Ultimate Wood Soul Core, then taught Tang Xiao how to cultivate one. As Tang Xiao began the process under Tang San’s protection, the Titan Giant Ape sensed something in the southwest and reflected on humanity’s rise.

• Tang San condensed an Ultimate Wood Soul Core using insights from the Demon King's corpse and reached Soul Power Level ninety-five.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that his parents were together at the back mountain after his mother absorbed part of the Demon King's corpse.
• Tang San showed Tang Xiao his Soul Core and explained how to cultivate one, prompting Tang Xiao to begin condensing his own.
• Tang San kept the Clear Sky Sect elders from interrupting Tang Xiao and explained the benefits and demands of Soul Core cultivation.
• The Titan Giant Ape looked toward the southwest and told Sister Xiao Wu that it understood why humans had become the continent’s rulers.

Tang San learned about the new political balance and the upcoming Soul Master Tournament, while Tie Li broke through to Limit Douluo and received the call to begin Thunder God's Ninth Trial. Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect sent teams to Zolls City, where the Thunder God Sect disciples drew attention upon arrival.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San about Soul Cores, the Spirit Hall Empire's truce, and Dai Mubai's White Tiger Kingdom, while several Clear Sky Sect elders refused to cultivate Soul Cores.
• Tang San declined to send Tang Sect's own team to the tournament and hurried to check on his mother.
• Tie Li completed the critical stage of forming his Third Soul Core, broke through to level ninety-nine, and heard that Thunder God's Ninth Trial could begin.
• Bing Yun sent Kui Xin and Lei Zhen to lead Thunder God Sect's tournament team to the White Tiger Kingdom.
• Clear Sky Sect also sent a team, and Thunder God Sect's disciples attracted admiration from the crowd when they entered Zolls City.

As the tournament teams arrived in Zolls City, Kui Xin reassured Lei Zhen that the Spirit Hall Empire would not attack them and allowed the Thunder God Sect disciples to explore. Shou Xi and Bing Zhao encountered Black Tiger Sect disciples who decided to test their strength, setting up a confrontation.

• The major sects and academies received different accommodations in Zolls City, and Lei Zhen worried the Spirit Hall Empire might harm them.
• Kui Xin told Lei Zhen that the Spirit Hall Empire would not risk its credibility by attacking the visiting teams.
• Kui Xin allowed Lei Xin, Kui Er, and a third disciple to explore the city, then Shou Xi and Bing Zhao also got permission to leave.
• Black Tiger Sect disciples spotted Shou Xi and Bing Zhao and persuaded their elder to let them test the Thunder God Sect disciples.
• Shou Xi offered Bing Zhao a meat bun, and someone nearby remarked that Thunder God Sect disciples liked meat buns.

Thunder God Sect disciples Shou Xi and Bing Zhao clashed with Black Tiger Sect contestants in the street, drawing the attention of rival teams. After Shou Xi slapped the Black Tiger Sect leader and Bing Zhao injured several attackers, Lei Xin arrived and confronted the Black Tiger Sect elder.

• Black Tiger Sect disciples provoked Shou Xi and Bing Zhao, and Shou Xi recognized them as contestants from the rival sect.
• Shou Xi revealed his Giant Thunder Beast martial soul and defeated the Black Tiger Sect leader with a slap.
• Six Black Tiger Sect disciples prepared to attack Shou Xi and Bing Zhao together while onlookers, including Clear Sky Sect disciples, watched.
• Bing Zhao revealed his Thunder Dragon martial soul and injured four of the six attackers with a burst of lightning.
• Lei Xin and two companions rushed over, and Lei Xin insulted the Black Tiger Sect before its elder stepped forward to challenge him.

Lei Xin and the Thunder God Sect disciples humiliated the Black Tiger Sect and confronted Spirit Royal Academy’s First Team. The chapter ended as both teams revealed their strength and prepared for a larger battle.

• Lei Xin shoved aside the Black Tiger Sect elder, while Shou Xi severely injured the sect’s leading disciple.
• Lei Xin slapped the injured Seventh Senior Brother and warned the watching factions against provoking the Thunder God Sect.
• Han Suiyu and four Spirit Royal Academy students stepped forward, and the Black Tiger Sect disciples gathered behind them before Evil Leopard told them to stand aside.
• Han Suiyu and Lei Xin exchanged blows, with Han Suiyu’s Golden Lion King matching Lei Xin’s Twin-Winged Thunder Tiger.
• The Spirit Royal Academy team released their martial souls, and the Thunder God Sect’s remaining four revealed four ten-thousand-year soul rings.

Thunder God Sect overwhelmed Spirit Imperial Academy as Han Suiyu was forced to defend against four Soul Kings. Han Suiyu survived Lei Xin’s ten-thousand-year attack by abandoning his soundwave skill and shielding himself, leaving Evil Leopard trapped under a three-person assault as a Spirit Hall Empire elder moved to intervene.

• Lei Xin’s feather-blade attack failed to break Han Suiyu’s Golden Protection, and Shou Xi and Bing Zhao joined Lei Xin in attacking him.
• Kui Er evaded two agility-attack Soul Kings and vines from a control-type Soul Ancestor, but his delay left Han Suiyu facing four Thunder God Sect members.
• Lei Xin unleashed his ten-thousand-year Fifth Soul Skill while Evil Leopard rushed to rescue Han Suiyu, forcing Bing Zhao to break off the attack.
• Han Suiyu’s Lion King’s Fury slowed Lei Xin’s attack, but Lei Ju’s roar weakened the soundwave skill, and Evil Leopard mistakenly targeted Lei Ju.
• Han Suiyu stopped using Lion King’s Fury and activated Golden Protection to withstand Lei Xin’s attack, while Lei Ju, Shou Xi, and Bing Zhao surrounded Evil Leopard.
• A Spirit Hall Empire elder moved to stop the fight as Evil Leopard faced the combined attack of three Thunder God Sect Soul Kings.

Kui Xin stopped Spirit Royal Academy’s teacher from intervening as Thunder God Sect’s disciples defeated and severely injured Evil Leopard. The Spirit Hall Empire made no public response, but it destroyed sects that tried to exploit the clash, and attention shifted away from the incident.

• Song Yanqing tried to stop the fight, but Kui Xin’s Title Douluo strength forced him back and kept him from intervening.
• Song Yanqing called on Zolls City’s City Lord to enforce the ban on fighting, then ordered Spirit Royal Academy’s students to stop.
• While Kui Xin stalled, Lei Ju struck the already injured Evil Leopard and broke several of his ribs before Song Yanqing carried him away.
• Kui Xin treated Kui Er’s injuries and neutralized the poison from the Heavenly Demon Vine Martial Soul.
• The Spirit Hall Empire stayed silent about the clash but destroyed several sects that had tried to stir up trouble, allowing the tournament to continue.

As the Soul Master Tournament began in Zolls City, Dai Mubai asked Tang San to help free White Tiger Kingdom from Spirit Hall Empire's control. Tang San rejected him amid his hatred and lingering affection for fallen Soul Masters, while Spirit Hall Empire used the tournament to quietly absorb Soul Master sects.

• The tournament teams arrived in Zolls City as factions watched Spirit Hall Empire's lack of retaliation against Thunder God Sect.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San to help him loosen Spirit Hall Empire's control over White Tiger Kingdom, but Tang San's killing intent and condemnation revealed that he could not trust his former brother.
• Tang San left without giving Dai Mubai an answer, and Dai Mubai told a graceful figure that he had sensed an opportunity in Tang San's conflicted emotions.
• Spirit Hall Empire compelled Soul Master sects to enter the tournament while using its branch halls to help replace sect leaders and bring the sects under its command.
• Spirit Hall Empire let the dispute over Thunder God Sect injuring Spirit Royal Academy's First Team draw attention while it advanced its broader plans.

Bibi Dong deliberately let information about the Spirit Hall Empire’s actions leak to draw out Qian Daoliu, while Tie Li emerged from seclusion and prepared to go to Zolls City for the Soul Master Tournament. Zhu Zhuqing completed her eighth trial but learned that her ninth would test why she wanted to finish the trials.

• Bibi Dong explained that the leaked information would provoke the two empires and major sects, giving her a reason to make Qian Daoliu appear at the tournament.
• Tie Li emerged from the Lightning Pool after breaking through to the limit of Title Douluo and heard Bing Ju’s analysis of the Spirit Hall Empire’s actions.
• Bing Ju advised Tie Li to go to Zolls City in case the Spirit Hall Empire made a sudden move during the Soul Master Tournament.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned that forming a true Soul Core had completed her eighth trial, but her ninth trial had not yet appeared.
• An ethereal voice asked Zhu Zhuqing why she wanted to complete the nine trials and suggested she could leave the question unanswered for him.