Chapter Summaries

Meng Hongchen conveyed Jing Hongchen’s answer to Yuwen Tuo, prompting Jing to remain neutral while he watched the tournament decide the Sun Moon Empire’s future. Yuwen Tuo gave Meng a remedy for her brother, and the chapter ended with Meng challenging Xiao Xiao as the major powers prepared for war.

• Meng Hongchen told Yuwen Tuo that Jing Hongchen placed Illustrious Virtue Hall above the Sun Moon Empire, and Jing decided to stay neutral until the tournament’s outcome clarified which side would prevail.
• Yuwen Tuo gave Meng Hongchen Vermillion Lotus and a prescription to remove her brother’s pill toxins and protect his future cultivation.
• Meng Hongchen declared that she would eventually compete with Xiao Xiao for Yuwen Tuo, and Xiao Xiao accepted her challenge.
• Wei Na and Yuwen Tuo discussed preserving Illustrious Virtue Hall for its role in advancing Soul Tools.
• Xu Jiujiu secretly partnered with the Tang Sect and bought Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons from Huo Yuhao as the powers prepared for the coming war.

At the tournament opening ceremony, Yuwen Tuo confronted the Holy Spirit Sect’s Zhang Peng and drew cheers for standing against the Evil Soul Masters. The Sun Moon Empire’s Regent Prince Xu Tianran arrived with Ju Zi and the five great Soul Engineer Legions, before a mysterious voice silenced the entire venue.

• Yuwen Tuo identified Tang Ya and Yan Feng among the Holy Spirit Sect’s seven members and taunted them and Zhang Peng during the procession.
• Xu Jiujiu worried that the Sun Moon Empire had allied with the Evil Soul Masters, then took heart from Yuwen Tuo’s confrontation with Zhang Peng.
• Spectators recognized Zhang Peng and cheered for Yuwen Tuo as he matched the Scorpion Tiger Douluo’s aura.
• Five great Soul Engineer Legions escorted Xu Tianran and Ju Zi to the dais, where Sun Moon Empire officials paid their respects.
• Xu Tianran heard the crowd praise Yuwen Tuo and mock him, then a deep voice silenced the hundreds of thousands gathered at the venue.

Yuwen Tuo disrupted the tournament opening by insulting Xu Tianran and challenging the Sun Moon Empire’s decision to let Evil Soul Masters compete. The first match then began with Meng Hongchen revealing she had reached Soul Saint, leaving her Dragon Slaying Sect opponent stunned.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Long Xiaoyao as the Dark Sacred Dragon, and Ju Zi announced the tournament’s opening.
• Yuwen Tuo confronted Xu Tianran about Evil Soul Masters competing, invoked his restored title as a prince, and called Xu Tianran a dead eunuch.
• Yuwen Tuo silenced Long Xiaoyao and lifted the spirits of the teams from the three other nations, while Ju Zi hurried the tournament along.
• Shrek received a bye, so the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced the Dragon Slaying Sect in the opening match.
• Meng Hongchen entered the individual match, revealed seven soul rings, and astonished her five-ringed opponent.

The tournament’s unrestricted killing rule led an Evil Soul Master from the Mingyu Sect to drain a Dou Ling Empire Royal Academy contestant, while Yuwen Tuo identified two Evil Soul Masters among the sect’s members. The chapter ended with Ade and a woman sensing Yuwen Tuo’s attention as he prepared to test himself against them.

• Meng Hongchen used Yuwen Tuo’s Snowfall in the Mortal Realm sword art to defeat all seven members of the Dragon Slaying Sect, giving the Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer Academy the first preliminary victory.
• The tournament’s rules allowed contestants to kill, a policy Xu Tianran kept despite Zhongli Wu’s objections and his plans to keep the Holy Spirit Sect away from Yuwen Tuo.
• A Mingyu Sect contestant drained the blood from a Dou Ling Empire Royal Academy girl, revealing that the sect included Evil Soul Masters.
• Yuwen Tuo identified Ade and a matronly woman as the Mingyu Sect’s two Evil Soul Masters using his ability to sense resentment.
• Ade and the woman trembled as Yuwen Tuo fixed his gaze on them.

As the tournament’s elimination matches began, Yuwen Tuo and Xu Tianran continued preparing for their separate plans while the Holy Spirit Sect slaughtered its opponents. Ghost Valley Sect then faced the Brute Force Sect, and Cao Jinxuan shocked the spectators by revealing he had become a Rank 63 Soul Emperor.

• Yuwen Tuo told Qiu'er that the tournament’s draw was rigged and that they would wait for the people he sought before pursuing their own objective.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that she was gathering forces to trap the tournament’s participants in Mingdu, and Xu Tianran vowed to kill Yuwen Tuo.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Nan Qiuqiu and Tang Sect beat Earth Dragon Gate, while Zhongli Wu took notice of Nan Qiuqiu’s annihilation attribute.
• The Holy Spirit Sect killed three Tiandu Academy competitors, prompting the rest of Tiandu Academy to surrender.
• Ghost Valley Sect faced the Brute Force Sect, and Cao Jinxuan stepped forward to fight after declaring that its captain was not worthy of facing Yuwen Tuo.
• Cao Jinxuan revealed six soul rings and introduced himself as a Rank 63 control-system Battle Soul Emperor, shocking Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.

Cao Jinxuan defeated six Brute Force Sect disciples by manipulating the flow of time, but captain Man Jiang overwhelmed and crippled him. Cao Jinxuan then used his new Cause and Effect technique to rewrite the timeline, leaving Man Jiang injured and the spectators questioning the extent of his power.

• Cao Jinxuan used Fleeting Time and his finger technique to defeat six Brute Force Sect disciples, while Cai Meier explained that his control of time gave him a fourfold speed advantage.
• Man Jiang entered the arena and used Savage Bull Rampage to overcome Cao Jinxuan’s speed advantage, then broke his arm, shin, and collarbone.
• The referee began declaring Man Jiang the winner, but a new memory made him announce Cao Jinxuan as the victor instead.
• Cao Jinxuan appeared unharmed and said he had used Cause and Effect to return Man Jiang’s injuries to him.
• Zhongli Wu concluded that Cao Jinxuan had rewritten the timeline, affecting even the powerful experts watching the match.

Cao Jinxuan used Cause and Effect to defeat Man Jiang and win the Ghost Valley Sect’s first elimination match. Afterward, Xu Tianzhen found Yuwen Tuo and insisted on claiming him as her younger brother, leaving him helpless.

• Yuwen Tuo explained that Cao Jinxuan used the Yin Yang Demon Eyes’ Cause and Effect skill with the Power of Time to rewrite the outcome of Man Jiang’s attacks.
• Cao Jinxuan defeated seven opponents, and the Ghost Valley Sect won its first elimination match.
• Xu Tianzhen arrived with her team and excitedly asked Yuwen Tuo about his birthday, realizing they were the same age.
• Xu Tianzhen hugged Yuwen Tuo and declared herself his older sister, while Xiao Xiao and Ling Luochen initially reacted with jealousy.
• Qiu'er explained that Xu Tianzhen was Yuwen Tuo’s blood-related sister, but Yuwen Tuo refused to acknowledge her and struggled as she clung to him.

Xu Tianzhen openly supported Yuwen Tuo and gave gifts to him and his companions, drawing concern from Xu Tianran, who asked Ju Zi to persuade her to keep her distance. Yuwen Tuo’s team continued winning the elimination rounds without him fighting, while their opponents began considering how to weaken the team before he entered the competition.

• Xu Tianzhen gave Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er Soul Tools, gave Yuwen Tuo a Level 7 High-Explosive Destruction Bullet, and cheered for him as her younger brother.
• Xu Tianran worried that Xu Tianzhen’s support for Yuwen Tuo defied him, and Ju Zi explained that she was simply doting on her younger brother; Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to talk to her.
• Xu Jiujiu watched Xu Tianzhen cheer for Yuwen Tuo and wondered how a princess of the Sun Moon Empire could support him so freely.
• Yuwen Tuo sent Wang Yanfeng into the match, and Wang overwhelmed an Agility Attack Type opponent with a single strike after enduring several attacks.
• Yuwen Tuo’s team won its following matches through Chen Lu, Gu Tong, and the other disciples, while Yuwen Tuo stayed out of the fights.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and the others concluded that Yuwen Tuo had entered the tournament mainly to face Holy Spirit Sect and considered crippling his teammates before he took the field.

The Round Robin Tournament began with Tang Sect defeating the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Academy, while Ghost Valley faced Mingyu Sect in Group C. Na Na entered the first match for Ghost Valley and revealed her Ghost Possession skill, drawing Zhongli Wu’s interest in recruiting her to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• The tournament draw placed Tang Sect, Shrek, and the Sun Moon Battle Team in the same group, while Ghost Valley was grouped with Mingyu Sect and Sky Dragon Gate.
• Wang Dong'er crippled three Sun Moon Academy fighters, and Xiao Hongchen conceded the remaining individual matches to preserve his team’s strength for the team battle.
• Yuwen Tuo sent Na Na to face Mingyu Sect, telling her to kill any Evil Soul Masters she encountered.
• Na Na recognized that You Chen was not an Evil Soul Master and used Ghost Possession to let his attack pass through her body.
• Zhongli Wu saw Na Na’s Ghost Martial Soul and declared that she belonged in the Holy Spirit Cult.

Na Na defeated You Chen and then faced Ade, a Blood Bat Soul Master whose blood-based abilities marked him as an Evil Soul Master. After countering his shriek, she summoned vengeful spirits to make his past victims take revenge on him.

• Na Na used her Light Spirit Blade and Crimson Flame Blade to trap You Chen in a sea of fire, and Zheng Zhan declared Ghost Valley the winner after the Unbreakable Douluo rescued him.
• Na Na challenged the Mingyu Sect, but Ade stepped forward instead of its mysterious captain, and Zhongli Wu ordered Feng Ling to recruit him after the match.
• Yuwen Tuo recognized Feng Ling’s presence and considered acting that night, while Na Na began fighting Ade and identified him as an Evil Soul Master.
• Ade dodged Na Na’s attacks with his Blood Bat’s ultrasonic detection and used Fear Shriek, Blood Shadow Puppet, and Bloodsucking against her.
• Na Na drowned out Ade’s shriek by striking the ground, then used Vengeful Spirit Rebirth to call on the victims he had harmed.

Na Na defeated Ade by releasing the vengeful spirits trapped in him, then beat Mingyu Sect’s third fighter before forfeiting the remaining individual matches. Ghost Valley entered the team battle with Xiao Xiao at its center, where Xiao Xiao was set to fight Mingyu Sect largely on her own.

• Na Na’s sixth soul skill forced hundreds of resentful spirits out of Ade, and they killed him before thanking her and departing.
• Gai Yin threatened Na Na but backed down after learning the skill could turn the dead against Evil Soul Masters; she carried Ade’s body away.
• Na Na defeated Qin Yuanyuan, then forfeited Ghost Valley’s remaining individual matches so the teams could fight all at once.
• Gai Yin accepted the team battle after noticing Yuwen Tuo and Cao Jinxuan were absent, while Zheng Zhan warned both sides against killing.
• Xiao Xiao led Ghost Valley’s fighters into position, and the chapter ended with her as the team’s central combatant.

Xiao Xiao faced the Mingyu Sect alone and overwhelmed its fighters with her powerful cauldron attacks. As Gai Yin and Xue Bing revealed artificial Martial Soul Avatars, Xiao Xiao suppressed their Soul Power and began playing a melody that countered Gai Yin’s sound attack.

• Lian Yue used four Ruyi Plate halos to strengthen Xiao Xiao as the rest of the Ghost Valley Sect guarded her.
• Xiao Xiao summoned her Three Lives Soul-Quelling Cauldron and knocked four charging Mingyu Sect members off balance with Cauldron’s Tremor.
• Xiao Xiao attacked the six opponents with Dragon Slaying Eighteen Swings, knocking four of them out of the arena.
• Gai Yin and Xue Bing used Soul Tools to create fake Martial Soul Avatars and withstand Xiao Xiao’s final strikes.
• Xiao Xiao sealed half of their Soul Power with Cauldron’s Seal, then played the Major Heat Melody on her Nine Phoenix Auspicious Xiao to overpower Gai Yin’s bat cries.

Xiao Xiao used the Great Heat Song, amplified by her soul bones, to destroy Gai Yin’s soul and defeat Xue Bing, then warned him that the Mingyu Sect had been infiltrated by Evil Soul Masters. After declaring Ghost Valley’s mission to the audience, she prepared to join Yuwen Tuo and Wang Qiu’er in confronting the Holy Spirit Sect.

• Xiao Xiao combined the Great Heat Song with her Golden Flame Soul Burn and Mental Amplification skills, causing Evil Soul Masters throughout the venue to suffer agonizing soul pain.
• Zhang Peng shielded the Holy Spirit Sect members while Zhongli Wu recognized Xiao Xiao as a grave threat to Evil Soul Masters.
• Xiao Xiao’s final note shattered Gai Yin’s soul, and she spared Xue Bing because he was not an Evil Soul Master, warning him to leave the Mingyu Sect.
• Xiao Xiao announced that Ghost Valley would fight Evil Soul Masters even if nations and Shrek refused to act.
• Yuwen Tuo assigned Wang Qiu’er and himself to face the strongest enemies and asked Wei Na, Long Aotian, Ling Luochen, Yun Yi, Third Elder, and Miao Xin to support the operation.

Yuwen Tuo led his companions to the Xishui Alliance’s underground Soul Engineer Tournament, intending to kill its Evil Soul Masters before Feng Ling could arrive. After breaking into the venue and restraining the Evil Soul Masters, he ordered Long Aotian and the others to begin their trials by killing them.

• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou entered the Xishui Alliance’s tournament under the false names Tang Si and Tang Wu while competing in the qualifiers.
• Yuwen Tuo and his companions arrived at the Verdant Hotel, where he knocked out the receptionist and prepared to strike before Feng Ling and Zhongli Wu could respond.
• Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er burst into the tournament venue, startling the crowd and prompting the Evil Soul Masters to try to flee.
• Yuwen Tuo used Emperor Domain to bind the Evil Soul Masters with icy sword-aura threads while allowing ordinary people and non-Evil Soul Master contestants to leave.
• Huo Yuhao led He Caitou out of the hotel, and Yuwen Tuo released the bound Evil Soul Masters for Long Aotian and the others to fight.
• Yuwen Tuo ordered Long Aotian and the others to kill the Evil Soul Masters and called for the people hiding in the private rooms to face him.

Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er confronted Nangong Wan, a Holy Spirit Cult elder, at the Soul Tool tournament venue. They overwhelmed him, leaving him badly wounded as they unleashed another pair of attacks.

• Yuwen Tuo activated the Flame Emperor Domain and forced Nangong Wan to emerge from hiding.
• Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er attacked Nangong Wan together, with Qiu'er declaring that she had come to avenge the slaughter of soul beasts.
• Nangong Wan transformed into his Celestial Centipede True Body and tried to escape through the roof, but Yuwen Tuo's Demon Breaker rapidly shrank his avatar.
• Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er severely wounded Nangong Wan, and Yuwen Tuo stopped him from shaking the arena floor to summon reinforcements.
• Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu raised their Fourth Soul Rings and launched Annihilation and Golden Dragon Burst at Nangong Wan.

Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er defeated Nangong Wan, but the Nether Lightning Douluo intervened and Long Xiaoyao arrived to stop the fight. Yuwen Tuo still killed Nangong Wan by exploiting Cao Jinxuan’s time-altering ability, leaving Long Xiaoyao stunned.

• Yuwen Tuo used Annihilation to freeze Nangong Wan, and Qiu'er struck him down with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Nether Lightning Douluo arrived and rescued Nangong Wan, then fought Yuwen Tuo as they fled.
• Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er combined their Soul Power to restrain the Nether Lightning Douluo and the Celestial Centipede Douluo with Emperor Domain.
• Ma Xiaotao and Man Yi prepared to join the battle, but Long Xiaoyao commanded everyone to stop and broke Yuwen Tuo’s sword qi domain.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed Nangong Wan’s severed head, while Long Xiaoyao realized Cao Jinxuan had altered time again.

Yuwen Tuo killed Nangong Wan and defended his vengeance against Evil Soul Masters when Long Xiaoyao rebuked him. Zhongli Wu tried to use the Imperial City’s Soul Engineer Legions against him, but Yuwen Tuo’s imperial decree forced them to withdraw.

• Yuwen Tuo used Cao Jinxuan’s time-rewriting ability and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yuwen Qiu to defeat Long Xiaoyao’s attack and behead Nangong Wan.
• Yuwen Tuo praised Cao Jinxuan, while Huo Yuhao and Xu Tianzhen reacted to his latest Titled Douluo kill.
• Long Xiaoyao condemned Yuwen Tuo for killing Evil Soul Masters without distinction, and Yuwen Tuo admitted he sought revenge for his village and vowed to kill Long Xiaoyao and other leaders.
• Xu Sanshi observed that Yuwen Tuo had shown Shrek far more mercy than he showed Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhongli Wu arrived with five Soul Engineer Legions and tried to have them arrest Yuwen Tuo, but Yuwen Tuo presented the Emperor’s decree authorizing him to execute Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianzhen backed Yuwen Tuo, and Wang Yihang ordered the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion to retreat, prompting the other legions to clear a path as well.

Yuwen Tuo used the Emperor’s decree to force the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legions to protect him when Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu threatened him. After the two Holy Spirit Cult leaders withdrew, Yuwen Tuo remained backed by the Empire’s forces, while Luan Feng recognized that he had planned the confrontation to compel their intervention.

• Yuwen Tuo invoked the Imperial Decree and taunted Zhongli Wu and Long Xiaoyao, who responded with killing intent.
• Xiao Xiao, Qiu'er, Ling Luochen, and Xu Tianzhen stepped forward to protect Yuwen Tuo, and Xu Tianzhen demanded that the Soul Engineer Legions defend him.
• Luan Feng ordered the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion to protect Yuwen Tuo, and the other legions aimed their weapons at Zhongli Wu and Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao ended the confrontation and left with Zhongli Wu, warning Yuwen Tuo not to kill more Holy Spirit Cult disciples.
• Luan Feng prepared to leave and realized Yuwen Tuo had used the decree and public scrutiny to force the Hands of the Nation to protect him.

After Yuwen Tuo killed the Celestial Centipede Douluo and the Xishui Alliance’s elite young Soul Engineers, Xu Tianran and Ju Zi tried to understand his intentions while he gained power from his divine trials. As the Round Robin Tournament’s final day began, his team prepared to fight for a place in the Top Eight Finals.

• Xu Tianzhen asked Yuwen Tuo to call her big sister, while Xiao Xiao praised her for driving off the Soul Engineer Legions.
• Yuwen Tuo rebuked Ma Xiaotao and Xu Jiujiu for hesitating to help him.
• Xu Tianran interpreted Yuwen Tuo’s attack as a planned assassination, while Ju Zi resolved to watch him more closely without realizing he had achieved his aim.
• Yuwen Tuo and his companions advanced in rank as their divine trials progressed, and Xiao Xiao reached Rank 70 and prepared to absorb a God-given Soul Ring.
• Yuwen Tuo competed without causing more trouble, while Nan Qiuqiu and Meng Hongchen cheered for him.
• Xiao Hongchen reminded Meng Hongchen that the day’s final Round Robin Tournament matches would decide which teams reached the Top Eight Finals.

Shrek faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in a crucial tournament match, and Zhou Yi sent Dai Huabin out first to secure an individual victory. Meng Hongchen used Yuwen Tuo’s advice to prepare the arena for her poison-based strategy, leaving Dai Huabin pressing his attack as she grew increasingly able to evade him.

• Zhou Yi explained Shrek’s plan to win three individual matches before relying on their fusion skills and team battle.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy unexpectedly sent Meng Hongchen to face Dai Huabin first.
• Dai Huabin activated his White Tiger enhancements and attacked Meng Hongchen with a meteor shower and tiger claws.
• Meng Hongchen evaded Dai Huabin while using Frost Palm to freeze much of the arena floor.
• Meng Hongchen taunted Dai Huabin into attacking, and his strikes became easier for her to evade.