Chapter Summaries

Yang Dong watched young students train while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao took Ah Yin to Heaven Dou City without him. That evening, Bai Jiajia told Yang Dong that the three had left.

• Ah Yin questioned whether the roster needed a Defense Type Soul Master, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao assured her that Yang Dong could fill an Agile Attack role.
• Yang Dong and Tang Hao went to the training grounds, where Yang Dong watched two children spar and offered them pointers.
• Tang Hao met Ah Yin and Tang Xiao, then persuaded them to visit Heaven Dou City without inviting Yang Dong.
• After returning to his dormitory, Yang Dong learned from Bai Jiajia that Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin had left.

Yang Dong traveled with Bai Jiajia, Tyson, and Bai Yu to Heaven Dou City for the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. He visited the Wind Sword Sect’s empty residence and returned to find Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Tang Xiao waiting with gifts, unsure whether he would blame them for leaving without him.

• Yang Dong prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City and promised his sleeping uncle Yang Tianlang that he would win the tournament and find a doctor to treat him.
• Bai Jiajia introduced Yang Dong to Tyson and Bai Yu, and the group traveled to Heaven Dou City by carriage.
• After arriving, Bai Jiajia sent Tyson and Bai Yu to explore and explained that they could compete despite supposedly having graduated because they were under twenty-five.
• Yang Dong visited the Wind Sword Sect’s residence, found it shut and empty, and resolved to collect some of his old debt during the tournament.
• Yang Dong returned to the Clear Sky Sect’s residence and joked that Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Tang Xiao’s gifts had better satisfy him.

Yang Dong reunited with Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin, then met the full Clear Sky Sect tournament team, including Ning Fengzhi. Bai Jiajia warned them that powerful, older Soul Masters and even Soul Emperors were competing, then invited them to a surprise activity to help them coordinate.

• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin welcomed Yang Dong back and gave him a piece of Ten Thousand Year Warm Jade intended to help Yang Tianlang.
• Bai Jiajia arrived with Tyson, Bai Yu, and Ning Fengzhi, and the seven team members introduced their martial souls and levels.
• Bai Jiajia explained that teams from nearly two hundred academies would compete without exemptions and showed them a roster filled with Soul Kings.
• Bai Jiajia told the team that competitors could be up to twenty-five, might not truly be academy students, and could include Soul Emperors.
• Bai Jiajia told the team to gather in half an hour for a surprise meant to help them learn each other's abilities and coordinate.

Bai Jiajia brought Yang Dong and the others to the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena to train against other academies before the tournament. Yang Dong began a one-on-one match, where Charcoal revealed a fire-element martial soul and attacked with fireballs.

• Bai Jiajia explained that the group would train at the arena and ordered them not to use their last two Soul Skills.
• Yang Dong and the others put on masks, registered for matches, and chose nicknames; Tang Hao changed his to Dongfang Bubai after hearing Yang Dong's Dugu Qiubai.
• The manager called Bronze-Rank Soul Duelists Dugu Qiubai and Charcoal to Arena No. 3.
• Yang Dong and Charcoal faced off, and Charcoal revealed four Soul Rings before launching his Explosive Fireball Soul Skill.

Yang Dong, fighting under the name Dugu Qiubai, defeated Charcoal and continued defending Arena No. 3 without revealing his martial soul. After four consecutive victories, he faced a silent challengers’ section, so the supervisor approved bringing in more famous Soul Duelists.

• Yang Dong used his sword techniques to withstand Charcoal’s flames and forced Charcoal to surrender with Soul Devour.
• The referee declared Dugu Qiubai the winner, and Yang Dong chose to defend Arena No. 3.
• Bai Jiajia bet thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on Yang Dong winning ten consecutive matches and ordered an attendant to warn him not to lose.
• Yang Dong won three more matches in fifteen minutes, leaving him one victory short of five consecutive wins.
• The Bronze-Rank challengers refused to face Yang Dong, so the supervisor approved sending in famous Soul Duelists.

Yang Dong won his tenth consecutive arena match against the masked Ten Thousand Year Bamboo, revealing his Ghost Hand Martial Soul and Ice Array to uncover her disguise. He left the arena to prepare for the day’s real challenge as Tang Hao reconsidered Yang Dong’s swordsmanship.

• The spectators celebrated Yang Dong’s nine consecutive victories while Ning Fengzhi admired his skill and Tang Hao resented the widening gap between them.
• Ten Thousand Year Bamboo entered the arena for Yang Dong’s tenth match and concealed herself within a bamboo forest that filled the arena with attacking leaves.
• Yang Dong used his sword techniques to clear a path through the leaves but could not locate Ten Thousand Year Bamboo, so he summoned his Ghost Hand Martial Soul and activated Ice Array.
• The frost exposed Ten Thousand Year Bamboo’s movement, and Yang Dong used Po Jun Sheng Long Strike to reach her and hold his sword to her neck.
• Ten Thousand Year Bamboo conceded and promised to win next time, while the crowd cheered Yang Dong’s tenth victory.
• Bai Jiajia praised Yang Dong and told the group to rest before their real challenge, and Tang Hao asked Yang Dong to teach his future child swordsmanship.

Yang Dong and his teammates faced the Gale Team in a battle meant to test their coordination, but Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rushed ahead before the group could organize. The Gale Team exploited the gap and launched a coordinated assault on the brothers.

• Bai Jiajia told Yang Dong's team to focus on identifying their problems and coordinating rather than winning, then led them to meet the Gale Team.
• Yang Dong's team and the Gale Team revealed their martial souls, and Kuang Tie was unsettled by the opposing team's four Soul Kings and standard Soul Ring configurations.
• Tang Hao charged Kuang Tie, and Tang Xiao followed, leaving the brothers separated from the other five teammates.
• The Gale Team retreated while its support-type Soul Master boosted their strength and speed, and Ning Fengzhi used his first two Soul Skills to enhance the charging brothers.
• Yang Dong ordered the brothers to return and called for a tight formation, but Kuang Tie ordered the Gale Team to attack the separated pair.
• The Gale Team's two agility-type Soul Masters attacked the brothers individually while Kuang Tie and another assault-type Soul Master focused their attacks on one of them.

The Gale Team’s coordinated assault eliminated Tang Hao and forced Yang Dong’s side into a series of trades. After the Gale Team gained the numbers advantage, Yang Dong’s team lost Bai Yu and Ning Fengzhi, leaving the battle’s outcome increasingly uncertain.

• Tang Hao lost control to the Gale Team’s hidden control-type soul master and was eliminated despite Ah Yin’s shield.
• Yang Dong and Bai Yu coordinated with Tang Xiao to eliminate a Gale Team Agile Attack Type Soul Master, while Tyson delayed another attacker from reaching Ah Yin and Ning Fengzhi.
• Yang Dong charged the Gale Team’s backline, survived Kuang Tie’s attack near the boundary, and eliminated Support Type Soul Master Hu Zi as Tang Xiao was eliminated.
• Kuang Tie and another Attack Type Soul Master eliminated Bai Yu, while Yang Dong eliminated the Gale Team control-type soul master Mu En.
• The Gale Team’s Agile Attack Type Soul Master eliminated Ning Fengzhi with support from the two Attack Type Soul Masters.

Yang Dong’s team lost Ah Yin, but he turned the fight around by eliminating the Gale Team’s Defense and Agile Attack Soul Masters. The chapter ended as Yang Dong faced Kuang Tie, empowered by Ah Yin’s delayed blessing and his own Erosion Soul Skill.

• Kuang Tie’s assault broke through Ah Yin’s defenses and eliminated her, while Yang Dong and Tyson eliminated a Gale Team Attack Soul Master.
• Kuang Tie urged Yang Dong to admit defeat, but Yang Dong activated Blade Soul and Ice Array and refused.
• Yang Dong used Soul Devour to eliminate the Gale Team’s Defense Type Soul Ancestor.
• Yang Dong struck down the Agile Attack Type Soul Ancestor with Drawn Blade Slash, piercing his Shadow Clone.
• Yang Dong activated Ah Yin’s Seed of Blessing and enveloped Kuang Tie with Erosion as Kuang Tie charged at him.

Yang Dong's team defeated Kuang Tie's team after Yang Dong turned the battle around, then reviewed their mistakes the next morning. Bai Jiajia identified their poor positioning as a major weakness and named Tang Hao captain, with Yang Dong in command.

• Kuang Tie conceded after recognizing Yang Dong still had a third sword and unused Soul Skills, and his team left the arena.
• Yang Dong's teammates celebrated the victory, while Bai Jiajia warned that they would review the battle's mistakes the next day.
• The seven teammates criticized one another and admitted their own errors, with Tang Hao calling out Yang Dong's lone-wolf fighting style.
• Bai Jiajia gave the team a diagram of their poor positioning and announced that Tang Hao would be captain and Yang Dong would be in command.

Bai Jiajia prepared the Clear Sky Sect team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, which began with the Heaven Dou Division opening ceremony. The ceremony ended with the exhibition match revealing that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had narrowly beaten a powerful Canglan Academy team.

• Bai Jiajia named Tang Hao captain and gave the Clear Sky Sect team targeted training based on its weaknesses.
• Bai Jiajia led Yang Dong and the team to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where their Clear Sky Sect emblems drew the loudest cheers.
• A White Gold Bishop urged Xue Ye to see the Clear Sky Sect's influence as a threat, while Xue Ye concealed his reaction.
• Xue Ye announced the start of the Heaven Dou Division Preliminary Round, and the teams drew their matchups.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy narrowly defeated Canglan Academy in the exhibition match after facing a lineup of two Soul Kings and five Soul Ancestors.

Yang Dong and Haotian Soul Master Academy faced Canghui Academy after its captain, Wei Xingzhou, provoked them and focused his attention on Ah Yin. Their first-round match began with both teams revealing their Soul Master ranks, leaving the contest poised to start.

• Wei Xingzhou approached Yang Dong's group, showed interest in Ah Yin, and let a teammate insult Yang Dong and Haotian Soul Master Academy.
• Yang Dong invoked the Clear Sky Sect's backing, and Wei Xingzhou left with his team after warning that they would settle things in the arena.
• Wei Xingzhou watched a seemingly ordinary Soul Ancestor on his team, whose Remnant Dream Martial Soul was Canghui Academy's secret reliance.
• Yang Dong and Canghui Academy entered the first morning match, where a Canghui Soul King tried to unsettle Yang Dong before the bout.
• Both teams activated their Martial Souls, revealing Haotian Soul Master Academy's four Soul Kings and three Soul Ancestors with optimal Soul Ring configurations.

Haotian Soul Master Academy faced Canghui Academy in the Soul Master Tournament, where Yang Dong killed Agile Attack Type Soul King He Yang with Soul Devour. The spectators were left stunned by the tournament’s first death.

• Tang Xiao led Haotian Soul Master Academy’s attack and used his fifth Soul Skill against Canghui Academy’s Defense Type Soul Master.
• Canghui Academy’s Agile Attack Type Soul Kings moved to target the backline, while Haotian Soul Master Academy’s team worked to intercept them.
• He Yang attacked Yang Dong with his ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, Cut, believing he could kill him.
• Yang Dong used Erosion Liberation and Soul Devour to seize He Yang and draw the blood from his head.
• He Yang died in Yang Dong’s grasp, shocking the spectators.

Yang Dong killed He Yang with Soul Devour during Haotian Soul Master Academy’s match against Canghui Academy, then Shi Nian’s Remnant Dream backfired and shattered his fourth Soul Ring. Canghui Academy conceded, leaving Yang Dong’s one-strike victory as the defining result of the match.

• Yang Dong killed He Yang with a single attack and absorbed a small portion of his power, while sensing a dangerous bloodlust in his body.
• Wei Xingzhou saw He Yang die, was struck by Tang Hao, and retreated as Shi Nian used Remnant Dream on Yang Dong.
• Yang Dong’s shadow attacked him inside the dream, but Shi Nian was drawn into a terrifying realm of bones and bloody swords.
• Shi Nian escaped the dream with his fourth Soul Ring shattered and his Soul Power reduced from level forty-six to level forty.
• Shi Nian surrendered, and the referee declared Haotian Soul Master Academy the winner.
• Tang Xiao told Yang Dong that his one-strike kill would make the other competitors wary of him.

Yang Dong led Haotian Soul Master Academy against undefeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a clash for first place in the Heaven Dou Division. He killed an Attack Type Soul King and broke through the opposing team’s formation, leaving the battle underway.

• Haotian Soul Master Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy met to decide the Heaven Dou Division’s top seed, while other academies watched and debated their chances.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy opened with a coordinated assault, bringing three Attack Type Soul Kings against Haotian Soul Master Academy’s four Soul Kings.
• Yang Dong activated Afterimage and clashed head-on with an Attack Type Soul King, then evaded him and cut his throat with a Draw Sword Slash.
• Yang Dong charged into Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s rear line and used Blade Array Liberation to punch through a Support Type Soul Master’s chest.

Yang Dong killed two Heaven Dou Royal Academy fighters and led Haotian Soul Master Academy to a crushing victory, alarming the tournament’s observers and Emperor Xue Ye. Afterward, he discussed the upcoming ranking tournament with his teammates and agreed to let Tang Xiao and Tang Hao take the lead.

• Yang Dong killed a Soul King and a Support Type Soul Ancestor, prompting Dean Tianshui to recognize the strength of his self-created sword skills.
• Emperor Xue Ye secretly watched Yang Dong dominate the match and regretted not killing him in the past.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Control Type soul master surrendered when Yang Dong appeared before him, and the host declared Haotian Soul Master Academy the winner.
• Yang Dong explained that the top teams from six divisions would compete in the next ranking tournament.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao asked Yang Dong to let them gain experience, and he agreed to be the final act.

Haotian Soul Master Academy won the Heaven Dou division Ranking Tournament, with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao carrying the team while Yang Dong never needed to compete. After receiving noble titles, Yang Dong and the others prepared to leave for Spirit City, where the final tournament awaited.

• Bai Jiajia explained the Ranking Tournament rules and trusted Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to secure Haotian Soul Master Academy's victory.
• Tang Hao defeated three Blazing Fire Academy opponents in a row, forcing the team to admit defeat.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao continued winning matches, and Haotian Soul Master Academy finished first while Yang Dong never entered the arena.
• Xue Ye awarded titles to the contestants, granting Yang Dong and his companions the rank of viscount before their journey to Spirit City.
• Tang Chen and Tang Yuehua visited Yang Dong and the others on the night before their departure.

Tang Chen brought Tang Yuehua to join the trip to Spirit City, then confronted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan over an old betrayal. He revealed Yu Tianlong’s role in exposing the children’s whereabouts and left him three minutes to say his final words.

• Tang Chen praised Bai Jiajia and told her to find Tang Yuehua a place to rest before they set out for Spirit City.
• Tang Chen left at night and traveled to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s territory.
• Tang Chen fought Yu Yuanzhen and demanded that the clan’s old leader come out, threatening to kill Yu Yuanzhen if he did not.
• Yu Tianlong appeared and recognized that Tang Chen had reached level ninety-nine, then asked him to spare the clan because Yu Tianlong alone was responsible for the past crime.
• Tang Chen revealed that Yu Tianlong had leaked the children’s whereabouts in the Spirit Hunting Forest four years earlier and gave him three minutes to say his final words.

Yu Tianlong killed himself to appease Tang Chen, who left Yu Yuanzhen alive to lead the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The next morning, Tang Yuehua traveled with the academy group toward Spirit City and sat beside Ah Yin.

• Yu Tianlong told Yu Yuanzhen to avoid repeating his mistakes and warned him to conceal the truth about his death.
• Yu Tianlong struck his own heart with Soul Power and died, and Tang Chen reflected on his ambition to become a god before leaving.
• Yu Yuanzhen mourned his father, then resolved to hide what had happened until his clan could become the strongest sect.
• Yang Dong and the others set out for Spirit City under the protection of the Heaven Dou Imperial Knights and Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao questioned Tang Yuehua about arriving with their grandfather, and Bai Jiajia confirmed that he had brought her.
• Tang Yuehua left her brothers and asked Ah Yin if she could sit beside her, and Ah Yin agreed.

Yang Dong and the Heaven Dou Empire delegation arrived in Spirit City for the competition and learned about Spirit Hall’s growing influence. After Qian Xunji invited the Clear Sky Sect team to a social gathering, Tang Xiao and his companions discussed staying cautious and gathering intelligence on Spirit Hall and Star Luo Academy.

• The Heaven Dou Empire delegation arrived in Spirit City, where Tang Yuehua remarked on its modest appearance and Yang Dong explained that the city was only half completed.
• The receptionist assigned Yang Dong’s group the number one key, showed them to their courtyard, and warned them to stay out of Back City, where Qian Daoliu cultivated.
• Qian Xunji visited the courtyard, congratulated the Clear Sky Sect team, and invited them to his social gathering the following evening.
• Tang Xiao avoided accepting the invitation on behalf of his absent teammates, and Qian Xunji left after warning them to discuss it when they returned.
• Tang Hao emerged after Qian Xunji left, and Tang Xiao told everyone to be cautious because their presence had been exposed.
• Ning Fengzhi recommended gathering information on Star Luo Academy, and Yang Dong named Spirit Hall as another target for their attention.