Chapter Summaries

At the Continental Young Elite Soul Master Tournament, Ziyang faced Star Luo Royal Academy prodigy Sima Xian in the opening elimination match and summoned Austin Griffin. Ziyang overwhelmed Sima Xian, leaving Long Yue stunned by the power of his summoning-type abilities.

• Emperor Dai Tianling opened the tournament with a speech, and the one-on-one elimination matches began.
• Ziyang discovered that his first match was against Sima Xian, a rising star from Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Sima Xian released his Horned Dragon martial soul and used Gravity Control as he charged at Ziyang.
• Ziyang summoned Austin Griffin, whose five heads shattered Sima Xian’s gravity field and unleashed a devastating torrent.
• The referee rescued the unconscious Sima Xian from the attack, and Long Yue realized Ziyang was a summoning-type Soul Master with extraordinary power.

Ziyang and Na'er entered their first doubles match and used the Rubik's Cube’s Position Swap to turn their opponents’ attacks against each other. The match remained underway as the Ironback Bear Soul Master lay wounded and his teammate’s strike sent him rolling across the platform.

• Ziyang, Na'er, and Gu Yue finished the singles round undefeated, and Na'er reminded Ziyang that the doubles competition was next.
• Na'er and Ziyang were assigned match number one hundred and ten against a four-ring Ironback Bear Soul Master and his long-tailed female teammate.
• Ziyang used his Rubik's Cube to swap Na'er with the long-tailed Soul Master, leaving Na'er behind the Ironback Bear Soul Master.
• Na'er pierced the Ironback Bear Soul Master's shoulder with her Silver Dragon Spear after his Iron Wall Protection cracked.
• Ziyang swapped their positions again, causing the long-tailed Soul Master's attack to hit her teammate and send him rolling across the platform.

Ziyang and Na'er won their match with ease using his spatial ability, prompting Long Yue to seek a way to counter it. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin received a Tang Sect distress signal, and Ziyang and Na'er entered the Heavenly Star Theater, where the Green Skulls organization had begun its move.

• Ziyang swapped the positions of the Ironback Bear soul master and the long-tailed soul master until they injured each other and surrendered, winning the match alongside Na'er.
• Long Yue concluded that Monster Academy needed to counter Ziyang's spatial ability, possibly with large-area soul skills.
• Tang Wulin received a Battle Soul Hall distress signal and hurried toward its arrow's indicated direction in disguise.
• Na'er and Ziyang visited the Heavenly Star Theater and saw a poster for a play about Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao battling the Black Dragon King.
• Ziyang noticed the Green Skulls organization beginning its move in the theater's shadows.

Ziyang and Na'er watched a theatrical battle between Huo Yuhao and the Black Dragon King until Green Skulls Resistance Army fighters burst into the theater. Ziyang followed them underground to rob them of their Level-Seven Fixed-Mounted Soul Guidance Shell, where he found Tang Wulin and the other Tang Sect fighters facing a Green Skulls Soul Saint.

• Ziyang and Na'er watched the audience mistake the staged fight’s invented dialogue for a romance.
• A wounded Tang Sect fighter crashed through the theater floor, and a Green Skulls member emerged as the audience fled.
• Ziyang killed a Green Skulls attacker without breaking stride, then jumped into the hole with Na'er to seize the Fixed-Mounted Soul Guidance Shell.
• Ziyang and Na'er found four Green Skulls members preparing the shell and five injured Tang Sect White-Rank Fighters, including Tang Wulin.
• The Green Skulls Soul Saint attacked Ziyang, who stayed still as the Soul Saint appeared behind him.

Ziyang used his spatial abilities to defeat a Green Skulls Soul Saint and three subordinates, then left with Na'er to watch fireworks in Star Luo City. As they watched the display, Na'er took his hand and he held hers in return.

• Ziyang separated space to stop the Soul Saint's attacks, trapped three Green Skulls members, and banished the Soul Saint and his Battle Armor through a spatial rift.
• Ziyang took the Fixed-Mount Soul Guidance Shell and left the underground cavern with Na'er while Tang Wulin and the injured Tang Sect fighters watched.
• Ziyang and Na'er encountered a Tang Sect Black-Rank Fighter, who learned that Ziyang had defeated the Green Skulls attackers and let them pass.
• Ziyang and Na'er walked through Star Luo City's lively streets and watched fireworks in the square.
• Na'er slipped her hand into Ziyang's, and he held it as they watched the fireworks together.

Ziyang and Na'er left the festival, and the next day Ziyang's individual match against Monster Academy's Su Mu began. The chapter ended as Su Mu revealed his five purple Soul Rings and the fight was about to start.

• Ziyang and Na'er walked back to the hotel after discussing the possibility of facing Monster Academy in the individual competition.
• Long Yue defeated his ice-element opponent with a shockwave from his physical strength, then accepted her surrender without attacking.
• Dai Yun'er urged Su Mu to teach Ziyang a lesson, while Dai Yueyan warned Su Mu to watch out for Ziyang's Spatial Transposition.
• Ziyang and Su Mu took their places in the arena, and the referee started the match.
• Su Mu summoned five deep purple Soul Rings as Ziyang waited across from him.

Ziyang faced Su Mu’s Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul and countered his Soul Skills by repeatedly swapping their positions. He defeated Su Mu by binding him with Transparent Threads and pulling him out of the arena.

• Su Mu fused with his Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul and hit himself with his own Slowing Halo after Ziyang switched their positions.
• Su Mu tried to drain Ziyang’s Soul Power with another halo, but Ziyang switched places again and made the Soul Skill affect Su Mu.
• Su Mu covered the arena with five overlapping Soul Skills, but none of them could touch Ziyang.
• Ziyang bound Su Mu and his five tails with Transparent Threads, then pulled him off the arena.
• The referee declared Ziyang the winner, and Su Mu bowed to him, acknowledging what he had learned.

Ziyang, Na'er, and Gu Yue advanced through the tournament while Shrek Academy's players suffered easy defeats against them. Ziyang and Na'er were then matched against Monster Academy's Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi in the two-on-two round-robin stage.

• Su Mu warned Dai Yueyan that Ziyang's spatial abilities made him difficult to hit, and Monster Academy discussed how to counter them.
• Na'er defeated Xu Xiaoyan with one spear strike, while Gu Yue blasted Xie Xie out of the arena with wind and elemental attacks.
• Na'er and Gu Yue suspected Emperor Dai Tianling had arranged the matchups to pit them against Shrek Academy.
• Ziyang, Na'er, and Gu Yue won their preliminary matches over the next ten days and advanced to the round-robin stage.
• The matchup chart paired Ziyang and Na'er against Monster Academy's Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi, both One-Word Battle Armor Masters.

Ziyang and Na'er faced Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi in the round-robin match, where Ziyang used his spatial swapping ability to put Na'er against Hua Lantang. Na'er overwhelmed him with her Silver Dragon Spear, and Ye Zhi surrendered before the final strike.

• Hua Lantang charged at Ziyang while Ye Zhi donned her One-Word Battle Armor and enhanced him with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ziyang used the Rubik's Cube to swap Na'er into Hua Lantang's path, and her Silver Dragon Spear suppressed his Dragon Wolf Martial Soul.
• Na'er drove Hua Lantang back and battered him while Ye Zhi strengthened his Soul Power and defense.
• Na'er pierced Hua Lantang's incomplete Battle Armor and wounded him repeatedly before he could finish putting it on.
• Ye Zhi called for surrender as Na'er's spear aimed at Hua Lantang's throat.

After Ziyang and Na'er’s victory over Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi made headlines, the individual tournament narrowed to eight competitors and revealed the top-eight matchups. Ziyang prepared to face Dai Yueyan, who acknowledged he would fight despite not knowing how to counter Ziyang’s spatial abilities.

• Newspaper coverage praised Ziyang and Na'er’s two-on-two victory, while Na'er complained that reporters had overlooked her spear thrust.
• The individual tournament’s top-eight bracket paired Ziyang with Dai Yueyan, Gu Yue with Yuanen Yehui, Long Yue with Le Zhengyu, and Na'er with Dai Yun'er.
• Na'er dismissed Dai Yun'er as a potential threat, and Ziyang reminded her that her opponent might be strong.
• Dai Yueyan worried that he could not counter Ziyang’s Spatial Transfer, while Long Yue suggested he test his speed.
• Dai Yun'er teased Dai Yueyan about losing to Ziyang before he declared that he would fight regardless of whether he could win.
• Spectators arrived early at Star Luo Grand Stadium for the top-eight matches, especially the clash between Ziyang and Dai Yueyan.

At the Star Luo Grand Stadium quarterfinals, Ziyang used spatial powers to defeat Dai Yueyan despite his transformations and Battle Armor. The next match, between Na'er and Dai Yun'er, was about to begin.

• Dai Yueyan attacked Ziyang with his White Tiger Martial Soul, but Ziyang redirected his attacks through spatial rifts and restraints.
• Dai Yueyan equipped his One-Word Battle Armor, but Ziyang pulled him close and kicked him out of the arena, knocking him unconscious.
• The referee declared Ziyang the winner, and Ziyang returned to the rest area beside Gu Yue.
• Na'er and Dai Yun'er took their positions for their quarterfinal match, and Dai Yun'er asked the referee to begin.

Na'er defeated Dai Yun'er, while Gu Yue reported that Yuanen Yehui had also lost. Long Yue overwhelmed Yue Zhengyu, and En Ci worried that Long Yue’s painful cultivation would eventually break him unless he found a way to help.

• Dai Yun'er used her Netherworld Shadow Clone and successive claw attacks against Na'er, but Na'er countered with her Silver Dragon Spear and defeated her.
• Na'er accepted water from Ziyang after the match, and Gu Yue said Monster Academy had only Long Yue left and predicted that she and Na'er would face each other.
• Gu Yue explained that Long Yue's martial soul was the Mountain Dragon King and described the lineage's role in creating mountains and continents for the dragon race.
• En Ci worried that Long Yue's increasingly painful cultivation could destroy his body and mind, and considered seeking heavenly treasures on Douluo Continent.
• Long Yue struck Yue Zhengyu with a punch, leaving him unable to resist and giving Long Yue an easy victory.

Ziyang defeated Na'er in the first semifinal by using spatial power to send her outside the arena, and Gu Yue battled Long Yue in the second. Long Yue endured Gu Yue’s seven-element attack and remained standing, leaving the final matchup between him and Ziyang.

• Ziyang flicked his fingers and used spatial power to send Na'er outside the arena, winning their semifinal.
• Long Yue began his match against Gu Yue with attacks that she countered using earth, wind, and spatial elements.
• Gu Yue blinded Long Yue with dark element and struck him with an ice storm, but Long Yue’s punch sent her flying and left her bleeding.
• Gu Yue combined seven elements into an Elemental Storm that badly injured Long Yue and left her nearly out of Soul Power.
• Long Yue rose and declared that Gu Yue had lost, while Ziyang watched from the passageway and challenged him to bring out more strength in the final.

After Gu Yue urged Ziyang to use whatever tactics would disgust Long Yue, Monster Academy discussed the extent of Ziyang’s spatial abilities and summoned dragon. The next day, Ziyang and Long Yue began the final, with Ziyang sending Austin Griffin diving toward his opponent.

• Gu Yue told Ziyang to fight Long Yue in whatever way would disgust him, and Na'er teased them about discussing how to mess with someone.
• Dai Yueyan, Su Mu, and Lin San listed the abilities Ziyang had displayed, while Long Yue said there would be a way to defeat him.
• At the final, Dai Tianling announced the match and an extra imperial reward for the winner as Ziyang and Long Yue entered the arena.
• After the countdown, Long Yue unleashed his Mountain Dragon King martial soul, and Ziyang summoned Austin Griffin and ordered it to attack.

Ziyang overwhelmed Long Yue with soul skills that dismantled and recreated attacks, then summoned endless paper soldiers and a paper dragon. Long Yue revealed his Two-Word Battle Armor and fought back, but the paper forces kept regenerating as Ziyang prepared another soul skill.

• Long Yue’s mountain phantom shattered against Austin Griffin’s attack, and Ziyang told him the fight was only the opening act.
• Long Yue summoned a mountain with his first Soul Ring, but Ziyang’s first Soul Ring reduced it to motes of light.
• Ziyang recreated Long Yue’s mountain with his fourth Soul Ring and slammed him into a crater, then summoned paper soldiers and a paper dragon with “Fairy Tale.”
• Long Yue’s Two-Word Battle Armor and dragon wings crushed the paper forces, but the soldiers regenerated and the dragon continued attacking.
• Long Yue struck the paper dragon and blasted apart the soldiers, then Ziyang asked whether this was his full strength and activated his second Soul Ring.

Ziyang revealed abilities that let him reconstruct matter, control connecting threads, and distort space, overwhelming Long Yue in the arena. Unable to land a hit, Long Yue surrendered.

• Ziyang used his second Soul Ring to break down and reconstruct the arena's elements, then struck Long Yue with an elemental spear that shattered his barrier and wounded him.
• Long Yue charged Ziyang with a physical punch, but Ziyang's third Soul Ring formed threads that absorbed the blow and restrained Long Yue.
• Long Yue broke free and attacked again, but Ziyang explained that greater strength only increased the threads' rebound.
• Ziyang distorted space so Long Yue's attempts to approach sent him to distant parts of the arena or into the air.
• Ziyang suspended Long Yue upside down with threads, and Long Yue surrendered.

Ziyang defeated Long Yue, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s contenders bewildered by his many abilities. As the doubles final began, Dai Yun’er faced the prospect of fighting Ziyang and Na’er alongside Long Yue.

• Ziyang left the stadium with Gu Yue and Na’er after saying that winning felt uninteresting and that he was ready to crush weak opponents in the doubles match.
• Long Yue and the other great kings speculated that Ziyang’s five rings granted at least six powerful abilities, and Long Yue vowed to face him again in the doubles match.
• Dai Yun’er panicked over having to fight Na’er and Ziyang, while Dai Yueyan told her to do her best or concede.
• At the doubles final, Ziyang and Na’er faced Dai Yun’er and Long Yue, and Ziyang challenged Long Yue to last longer this time.

Ziyang and Na'er defeated Dai Yun'er and Long Yue in the doubles final by combining Na'er's spear attacks with Ziyang's control of space. Dai Yun'er surrendered, but Long Yue refused and remained trapped in Ziyang's shifting arena space.

• Long Yue raised Mountain Rivers and Dai Yun'er sent shadow clones after Na'er, but Ziyang distorted space and Na'er struck Dai Yun'er and countered Long Yue.
• Na'er blocked Dai Yun'er's Netherworld Hundred Claws while Ziyang altered space to disrupt the attacks, then struck Dai Yun'er with her spear.
• Long Yue unleashed all six Soul Rings, but Ziyang neutralized his attacks and sent him flying with an Elemental Storm.
• Ziyang bound Long Yue and Dai Yun'er with threads and summoned paper soldiers, prompting Dai Yun'er to surrender and leave for the medical room.
• Long Yue refused to surrender, but Ziyang repeatedly shifted him across the arena as he charged, leaving him unable to reach Ziyang or escape.

Long Yue lost the doubles match to Ziyang and Na'er after the arena’s shifting space defeated his attempts to map it. After the champions received their awards, Ziyang sent Austin Griffin to search the valleys of the Star Luo Empire for Dragon Valley.

• Long Yue repeatedly adapted to the arena’s shifting space, but its pattern reset and steel spikes pierced him, so he conceded to Ziyang.
• Dai Tianling presented Ziyang with the individual championship Soul Bone and Na'er with the doubles championship Moonlight Grass, while Long Yue vowed to win next time.
• Ziyang stored the Soul Bone, and he and Na'er returned to their hotel with their prizes.
• Ziyang opened a rift on the hotel balcony and told Austin Griffin to search for Dragon Valley.
• Austin Griffin flew over Star Luo City toward the valleys of the Star Luo Empire, knocking aside an obstacle as it went.

After Gu Yue left on her own, Austin Griffin returned with the location of a sealed entrance to Dragon Valley. Ziyang and Na'er set out on Austin Griffin and reached the entrance in the mountains.

• Monster Academy won the team finals while Ziyang and the others watched from their hotel room.
• Gu Yue left, saying she would act alone, and Ziyang and Na'er suspected she was hiding something.
• Austin Griffin returned and told Ziyang that it had found a sealed entrance deep in the mountains, three thousand li southwest.
• Ziyang invited Na'er to join him, and Na'er notified Bai Haoze before they departed.
• Ziyang and Na'er flew with Austin Griffin to the mountain entrance to Dragon Valley.