Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan told Zhang Lexuan that Meng Hongchen and Jing Hongchen were under his influence, then led the Spirit Pagoda team to the tournament opening in Mingdu. As the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders and Long Xiaoyao appeared, the tournament began with Shrek Academy receiving a bye and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy preparing to face the Dragon Slayer Sect.

• Lin Yan revealed to Zhang Lexuan that Meng Hongchen was his informant and Jing Hongchen had become his agent within the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Yan arrived at the tournament with the Spirit Pagoda team and spotted Holy Spirit Cult vice leader Feng Ling, whose soul attack he easily repelled.
• Lin Yan identified the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Corps and told the girls that Crown Prince Xu Tianran was a eunuch.
• Ju Zi brought Xu Tianran to the VIP stands, and Long Xiaoyao’s pressure silenced the venue before Ju Zi delivered the opening speech.
• Shrek Academy received a bye in the first round, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, led by Xiao Hongchen and including Meng Hongchen, prepared to face the Dragon Slayer Sect.

Meng Hongchen led Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to defeat the Dragon Slayer Sect in the individual elimination round, while the Tang Sect also won its first match. On the third day, Lin Yan’s Spirit Pagoda team prepared to face Myriad Beasts Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Lin Yan sent Wu Feng out with instructions to showcase Soul Spirits.

• Meng Hongchen defeated the Dragon Slayer Sect’s first two contestants with her strength and poison, then admitted defeat when its captain took the stage.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s next member defeated the Dragon Slayer Sect captain, advancing the academy directly through the individual elimination round.
• The Tang Sect, led by Bei Bei and Tang Ya, defeated Skyward Academy on the second day of the tournament.
• On the third day, Lin Yan’s Spirit Pagoda team faced Myriad Beasts Advanced Soul Master Academy, drawing attention from the crowd and the VIP guests.
• Lin Yan used Li Keke’s Mental Amplification Yellow Smoke and told Wu Feng to compete, urging her to use Soul Spirits whenever they could settle a battle.

Spirit Pagoda began its tournament match against Myriad Beasts Academy, revealing the strength of its Soul Kings and their powerful Soul Spirits. Wu Feng defeated six opponents before conceding to the captain, and Xia Lei then secured the team’s victory, leaving Myriad Beasts Academy eliminated in the first round.

• Wu Feng revealed her Soul King cultivation and Ten-Thousand-Year Giant-Clawed Fire Armored Dragon Soul Spirit, then defeated Xue E and five more Soul Ancestors.
• After using much of her Soul Power, Wu Feng conceded when Myriad Beasts Academy’s captain, Sikong Wu, entered the arena.
• Lin Yan sent Xia Lei to face Sikong Wu, who revealed his Earth Demon Tiger Martial Soul as Xia Lei displayed her Purple Lightning Bow and Soul King cultivation.
• Xia Lei bound Sikong Wu with her Soul Spirit’s electrified vines and fired a dangerous arrow, prompting him to concede before the referee rescued him.
• Xia Lei explained that the vines were her Soul Spirit, then left the arena as Myriad Beasts Academy accepted its first-round elimination.

Lin Yan arranged with Jing Hongchen to spread rumors that Xu Tianran could not have children, then visited Meng Hongchen before the tournament’s second round began. Xue Shuanghen overwhelmed Sky Armor Sect in Shrek Academy’s opening match, defeating seven opponents and shattering their Seven-in-One Martial Soul Combination Skill with one sword.

• Lin Yan asked Jing Hongchen to prepare flyers spreading the rumor that Xu Tianran could not have children, and explained the Spirit Pagoda and Soul Spirits to him.
• Lin Yan visited Meng Hongchen and promised they would be together without worry once he eliminated their enemies.
• Shrek Academy faced Sky Armor Sect in the second round’s opening match, and Xue Shuanghen froze Han Yu and two more opponents in under a minute each.
• Sky Armor Sect abandoned the individual elimination match and began a team battle, where its seven members combined their Sky Armor Shields into a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Combination Skill.
• Xue Shuanghen formed an ice sword and shattered the enormous shield with one strike, sending all seven Sky Armor Sect members flying.

After Xue Shuanghen led Shrek Academy to victory over the Sky Armor Sect, Spirit Pagoda faced the Earth Dragon Sect in the second round. Di Xinyu crushed Xu Shenshu and the next contestant, then stepped forward to fight the team alone as the chapter ended with her Golden Dragon’s might suppressing all seven opponents.

• Xue Shuanghen defeated all seven Sky Armor Sect members with the Emperor’s Sword, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Lin Yan brought Spirit Pagoda to its match against the Earth Dragon Sect and agreed to let Di Xinyu compete.
• Di Xinyu revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and defeated Xu Shenshu in one strike, overwhelming him with her dragon’s might.
• The Earth Dragon Sect’s second contestant also lost, so captain Nan QiQiu forfeited the remaining individual matches and chose a team battle.
• Di Xinyu volunteered to fight the Earth Dragon Sect’s entire team alone, and her aura suppressed all seven members as the battle began.

Di Xinyu and her Golden Dragon Lion defeated the Earth Dragon Sect team, revealing the Spirit Pagoda’s strength and drawing Xu Tianran’s hostility toward Lin Yan. Lin Yan then distributed fifty thousand flyers across Mingdu, setting off a stir among its citizens.

• Di Xinyu and the Golden Dragon Lion defeated the Earth Dragon Sect’s seven members, and the referee declared the Spirit Pagoda victorious.
• Xu Tianran learned from Zhongli Wu that Lin Yan was a powerful Golden Dragon Soul Emperor and ordered Zhongli Wu to kill him.
• Lin Yan visited Hongchen Manor, where Jing Hongchen gave him flyers intended to attack Xu Tianran.
• Lin Yan used his Space Movement Soul Skill to scatter fifty thousand flyers across one hundred areas of Mingdu.
• Citizens across Mingdu read the flyers and reacted with shock as unrest began to take shape.

Xu Tianran raged over the flyers exposing his physical defects and skipped the next day of the tournament. Tang Sect began its match against Ming Jade Sect, where Li Ming defeated the Evil Soul Master You Chen.

• Xu Tianran smashed a desk after seeing the flyers and ordered an investigation into who had distributed them.
• Lin Yan noticed Xu Tianran was absent as the tournament continued and Tang Sect faced Ming Jade Sect.
• Li Ming opened the match against You Chen, whose Ghost Soul let him pass through Li Ming's blade flash and split into seven spiritual bodies.
• Li Ming cut down one of You Chen's spiritual bodies, but You Chen protected himself with an Invincible Shield.
• Li Ming used the Purple Demon Eyes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to find a flaw in You Chen's defense and defeat him.

Bei Bei took the stage after Li Ming was defeated and used his evolved dragon powers to defeat Ade and four more Ming Jade Sect fighters. With only the Ming Jade Sect captain remaining, Lin Yan wondered whether the exhausted Bei Bei could win the final match.

• Li Ming continued after his first victory but was quickly defeated by Ade, and Bei Bei took his place.
• Bei Bei revealed his Radiant Sacred Dragon power and defeated Ade by destroying his blood shadow and striking him down.
• Bei Bei defeated five Ming Jade Sect fighters in succession, leaving only their captain to compete.
• Lin Yan questioned whether Bei Bei had enough strength left to defeat the captain.

Bei Bei fought Cain, the Ming Jade Sect’s captain, and killed her with his Dragon Emperor Evil-Sundering Rend after her False Martial Soul Avatar nearly overwhelmed him. The Tang Sect then defeated the weakened Ming Jade Sect in the team battle and advanced to the next round, while Zhongli Wu watched Bei Bei with killing intent.

• Lin Yan secretly told Bei Bei about Cain’s abilities before their match began.
• Cain’s screech left Bei Bei dazed, but his Thunder Earth Dragon King Soul Spirit emerged and suppressed her with lightning.
• Bei Bei struck Cain with his Thunderclap Dragon Head, but she escaped by transforming into three dark golden bats and activating a False Martial Soul Avatar.
• Bei Bei unleashed Dragon Emperor Evil-Sundering Rend and killed Cain after overpowering her Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King form.
• The referee stopped the Ming Jade Sect members from confronting Bei Bei, and the Tang Sect defeated them in the team battle to advance.

The quarterfinals began, and Lin Yan planned for Shrek and Spirit Pagoda to reach the final. Before the Snow Demon Sect faced the Holy Spirit Sect, he warned the Body Sect about their opponents and persuaded them to forfeit, while revealing that the Holy Spirit Cult already planned to target him.

• The quarterfinal draw paired Shrek with the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy, Sun Moon with Sky Dragon Sect, Spirit Pagoda with Proud Sword Sect, and Snow Demon Sect with Holy Spirit Sect; the Tang Sect had been eliminated in the group stage.
• Shrek and Sun Moon defeated their opponents to advance to the semifinals.
• Lin Yan visited the Snow Demon Sect's waiting area and told Sky-Reaching Douluo and the Body Sect that the Holy Spirit Sect was the Holy Spirit Cult, allied with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Yan urged the Body Sect to forfeit its match to avoid casualties and promised to handle the Evil Soul Masters himself; after discussion, the Body Sect agreed.
• Lin Yan returned to Zhang Lexuan and said the Holy Spirit Cult already intended to move against him, so he would not hold back.

Snow Demon Sect forfeited, and Spirit Pagoda defeated Proud Sword Sect to reach the final four. Lin Yan introduced Meng Hongchen to his other girlfriends, then stayed with her before the semifinals began with Shrek Academy facing Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

• Snow Demon Sect forfeited its match against Holy Spirit Sect, and Zhongli Wu celebrated the withdrawal.
• Lin Yan watched Di Xinyu and the other Spirit Pagoda members overwhelm Proud Sword Sect and advance to the final four.
• Lin Yan brought Meng Hongchen to meet his girlfriends and asked them to keep their relationship secret.
• Lin Yan escorted Meng Hongchen back to Hongchen Manor, then agreed to stay with her that night.
• Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy began their semifinal match with Dai Huabin facing Ye Can Shang.

Dai Huabin defeated Ye Can Shang in the opening match between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, using a risky attack that badly injured them both. Meng Hongchen stepped forward as the Sun Moon team’s second contestant.

• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen whether Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy could defeat Shrek, and Jing Hongchen confidently predicted victory.
• Dai Huabin charged through Ye Can Shang’s Soul Tool attack and fought the detached skeleton equipped with close-combat Soul Tools.
• Dai Huabin used White Tiger Meteor Shower and White Tiger Demon God Transformation to overwhelm the skeleton, tearing off its arms and smashing its head despite Ye Can Shang’s barrage.
• Ye Can Shang collapsed unconscious after his Martial Soul was destroyed, while Dai Huabin remained standing, injured, and called for the next opponent.
• The Sun Moon team carried Ye Can Shang away, and Meng Hongchen remained on stage as its second contestant.

Meng Hongchen defeated Dai Huabin with Ice Reflection and the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's poison, then faced Xue Shuanghen. Xue Shuanghen countered her poison and froze her in place, ending with an icy sword pointed at Meng Hongchen's throat.

• Meng Hongchen used her illusions, twin Seventh-Level Soul Tools, and poison to overcome Dai Huabin's defenses and make him collapse.
• Xue Shuanghen entered the match, recognizing that she was best positioned to counter Meng Hongchen's Ice-Fire Cold Poison.
• Meng Hongchen's poisonous mist surged toward Xue Shuanghen, who froze it into scattered ice crystals.
• Meng Hongchen used an Invincible Shield to withstand Xue Shuanghen's blizzard, but Xue Shuanghen closed in.
• Meng Hongchen failed to switch places with her ice reflection as Xue Shuanghen froze her in place and pointed an icy longsword at her throat.

After Xue Shuanghen defeated Meng Hongchen, Xu Tianran planned to ambush the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy teams after the tournament. Lin Yan prepared to face the threat and began the Spirit Pagoda’s semifinal against the Holy Spirit Sect, where Di Xinyu was swallowed by Jili’s purple-black mist.

• Meng Hongchen conceded after Xue Shuanghen overwhelmed her, prompting Xu Tianran to decide that Xue Shuanghen must die.
• Xu Tianran planned to intercept the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy teams on their journey home from Mingdu, and Lin Yan and Xuan Zi prepared to leave the city together after the tournament.
• Lin Yan told Di Xinyu to fight three elimination rounds before forfeiting so the Spirit Pagoda could draw the Holy Spirit Sect into a team battle.
• Di Xinyu faced Jili of the Holy Spirit Sect in the first elimination match and let his purple-black attack explode against her fist.
• Jili’s attack released a cloud of purple-black mist that quickly engulfed Di Xinyu.

Di Xinyu defeated Jili before facing Yan Feng, the Holy Spirit Sect’s Bone Dragon Soul Sage, in a fierce semifinal battle. Yan Feng unleashed Burial Ground against her, and the chapter ended with Di Xinyu surrounded by skeletal phantoms and waves of evil resentment.

• Di Xinyu resisted Jili’s poison, seized his tongue, and knocked him out with a golden punch, winning their match.
• Zhongli Wu resolved to eliminate Di Xinyu, while Yan Feng entered the arena as the Holy Spirit Sect’s next contestant.
• Lin Yan recognized Yan Feng as Zhongli Wu’s personal disciple and the team’s only Soul Sage.
• Yan Feng revealed his Bone Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, and his Dragon Breath clashed with Di Xinyu’s Golden Dragon Fist.
• Di Xinyu fought back with her Golden Dragon Spear, which pierced the Bone Dragon and drained some of its power.
• Yan Feng used Burial Ground to trap Di Xinyu amid skeletal phantoms and icy, evil resentment.

Di Xinyu defeated Yan Feng in a devastating clash between their dragon forms and advanced the Spirit Pagoda’s standing in the tournament. After Lin Yan ordered her to rest, Jiang Nannan entered the next match against Tang Dai of the Holy Spirit Sect.

• Di Xinyu broke Yan Feng’s bone formation with Golden Dragon Roar, then fused with the Golden Dragon Spear to form a Golden Dragon Avatar.
• Di Xinyu and Yan Feng’s dragon forms collided, shattering the arena; Yan Feng was left badly injured while Di Xinyu remained standing.
• Yan Feng conceded, and the referee declared Di Xinyu the winner for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lin Yan told Di Xinyu to withdraw from the remaining individual matches, then sent Jiang Nannan out to face the Holy Spirit Sect’s next opponent.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Dai introduced themselves before their match began.

Jiang Nannan defeated Tang Dai in an individual match, but the Holy Spirit Sect forfeited its remaining individual bouts to move straight to the team battle. Lin Yan rose to face the Holy Spirit Sect as a storm began to gather in Mingdu.

• Jiang Nannan and Tang Dai revealed their six-ring Soul Emperor strength and began their duel.
• Jiang Nannan used Teleportation and her Thunder Beast Soul Spirit’s lightning to pressure Tang Dai’s Skeleton King.
• Tang Dai strengthened his Skeleton King with Thorn Bone Armor and Demonic Bone Power, but conceded after Jiang Nannan and the Thunder Beast wore down his defenses.
• Tang Dai announced that the Holy Spirit Sect would forfeit the remaining individual matches and proceed directly to the team battle.
• Lin Yan stood up in the Spirit Pagoda waiting area, ready to face the Holy Spirit Sect.

Lin Yan led the Spirit Pagoda Team into its battle against the Holy Spirit Sect and instantly killed all seven opponents with Chidori Stream. The Spirit Pagoda won the match, while Zhongli Wu vowed to take revenge after the tournament.

• Lin Yan saw that Jili and Yan Feng had recovered from their earlier injuries and realized the Holy Spirit Sect had used a secret method to restore them.
• The Holy Spirit Sect’s seven Evil Soul Masters released their Martial Souls, while Lin Yan’s team waited calmly.
• Lin Yan teleported into the Holy Spirit Sect’s formation and killed Yan Feng and the other six with Chidori Stream.
• Zhongli Wu erupted in anger and threatened Lin Yan, but Xu Tianran urged him to wait until the tournament ended.
• Lin Yan asked Zheng Zhan to announce the result, and Zheng Zhan declared the Spirit Pagoda Team the victor.

After the Spirit Pagoda won the tournament by default, Lin Yan prepared to flee Mingdu with his allies, but Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu caught up with him. Long Xiaoyao recognized Lin Yan as Mu En’s disciple and offered to spare him if he crippled his cultivation, while Zhongli Wu demanded his death.

• Shrek Academy conceded the final, making the Spirit Pagoda the tournament champion and earning Lin Yan the Level-Nine Soul Tool Black Dragon's Tooth.
• Lin Yan gathered the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, and Body Sect members, moved them into the Divine Trial Grounds, and escaped Mingdu using Space Movement.
• Long Xiaoyao followed Lin Yan’s spatial fluctuations and joined Zhongli Wu in confronting him above a forest.
• Lin Yan identified Long Xiaoyao and revealed that Mu En was his teacher, prompting Long Xiaoyao to offer him a chance to live if he crippled his cultivation.
• Zhongli Wu insisted that Lin Yan had to die for killing the Holy Spirit Sect’s young geniuses.

Lin Yan refused to cripple his cultivation and summoned Zhang Lexuan, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi to confront Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu. As Xuan Zi and Du Busi held Long Xiaoyao at bay, Lin Yan revealed his second Martial Soul and attacked Zhongli Wu with the Great Bodhisattva Palm, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Yan rejected Long Xiaoyao's demand that he cripple his cultivation and brought Zhang Lexuan, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi out of the Divine Trial Grounds.
• Du Busi blocked Zhongli Wu's attack on Lin Yan, and Lin Yan assigned Du Busi and Xuan Zi to hold Long Xiaoyao while he and Zhang Lexuan faced Zhongli Wu.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi locked auras with Long Xiaoyao as Lin Yan confronted Zhongli Wu.
• Lin Yan revealed a powerful second Martial Soul whose Buddhist light suppressed Zhongli Wu's evil energy and shattered his oppressive aura.
• Lin Yan used the Great Bodhisattva Palm to strike at Zhongli Wu.