Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingling learned the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament rules and discovered that Xiao Wu remembered hearing her mother Gu Yue Na’s name from Da Ming and Er Ming. After Xiao Wu proposed that the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts sacrifice themselves for Qingling, Qingling reunited with Liu Erlong and warned her to stay away from Yu Xiaogang.

• Shui Bing'er explained the tournament rules to Chen Qingling and said Four Elements Academy could enter the Finals directly as a Seed Team.
• Chen Qingling took Xiao Wu shopping in Suotuo City and revealed that she knew her mother was Gu Yue Na.
• Xiao Wu remembered hearing Da Ming and Er Ming mention Gu Yue Na, and Qingling planned to find them after the tournament.
• Xiao Wu asked Qingling to let Da Ming and Er Ming sacrifice themselves for her, saying she would persuade them because their time was running out.
• Chen Qingling encountered Liu Erlong with Yu Xiaogang and warned Liu Erlong that he was a hypocrite and a bad person, but Liu Erlong replied that love could tolerate everything.

Yu Xiaogang tried to discredit Chen Qingling, but a token from Spirit Hall exposed his past relationship with Bibi Dong and deepened Liu Erlong’s distrust. Chen Qingling threatened him over Tang San’s actions, and Yu Xiaogang fled in humiliation after wetting himself.

• Yu Xiaogang denied Chen Qingling’s accusations and suggested she was misleading Liu Erlong, while Xiao Wu guessed he had a connection to Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to leave, but Liu Erlong found his token bearing the emblems of the Three Upper Sects and Spirit Hall and demanded an explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that Bibi Dong had given him the token and confessed that they had once been lovers.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to approach Liu Erlong, but Chen Qingling held a Light Butterfly Blade to his throat and warned him about Tang San’s actions.
• Yu Xiaogang wet himself in fear, and Liu Erlong told him to leave as Xiao Wu mocked him.

After Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy humiliated, Liu Erlong began to accept that her relationship with him was over and found comfort with Chen Qingling. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong stunned to learn that Chen Qingling’s Soul Power Level was higher than her own.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy after passersby mocked his urine-soaked clothes and criticized the academy, then blamed Chen Qingling for his misfortune.
• Flender laughed at Yu Xiaogang’s appearance, and Yu Xiaogang silently added the insult to his notebook.
• Chen Qingling urged Liu Erlong to stay away from Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong admitted that her feelings for him had faded after his deception.
• Chen Qingling took Liu Erlong’s hand and comforted her, while Xiao Wu realized that Chen Qingling had won someone over again.
• Yu Xiaogang slipped in the toilet, swallowed filth, and fainted as he felt an unexplained pain in his heart.
• Liu Erlong asked about Chen Qingling’s Soul Power Level, and Chen Qingling revealed that it was higher than hers.

Chen Qingling reunited with Liu Erlong, confirmed she would enter the All-Continent Elite Tournament despite Liu Erlong's fears about Spirit Hall, and became captain of Four Elements Academy's seven-person team. Meanwhile, Tang San planned to enter the tournament in disguise to eliminate Chen Qingling, and the chapter left the team dismissing the need for coordinated training because of her overwhelming strength.

• Chen Qingling told Liu Erlong she would compete in the All-Continent Elite Tournament and believed no ambush could threaten her.
• Tang San told Tang Chen he would join Spirit Hall to eliminate Chen Qingling, then planned to enter the tournament in disguise with Tang Hao's company.
• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu joined Four Elements Academy's six other competitors, completing the seven-person team.
• The four Vice-Deans named Chen Qingling captain, and the other team members accepted without objection.
• Chen Qingling dismissed the idea of team-building, telling Shui Yue'er that the others could coordinate on their own.

Chen Qingling led Four Elements Academy to Spirit City for the tournament finals, where she recognized Qian Renxue and the masked Tang San on Spirit Hall Academy’s team. As the battle began, Hu Liena’s charm failed against Chen Qingling, then Xiao Wu defeated Hu Liena in a contest of spiritual power.

• Chen Qingling comforted the nervous Xiao Wu as Four Elements Academy set out for Spirit City.
• The team reached Spirit City and proceeded to the square before Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong and other dignitaries watched the finals.
• Chen Qingling noticed Qian Renxue and the masked Tang San among Spirit Hall Academy’s competitors.
• Hu Liena opened the match with her Bewitching Arts, but Chen Qingling resisted them without effort.
• Xiao Wu used Bewitchment against Hu Liena and forced her to stagger backward after winning their spiritual contest.

Chen Qingling overwhelmed Spirit Hall Academy’s strongest fighters in the tournament final, defeating Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with ease. As Qian Renxue and Tang San remained on the arena, Bibi Dong planned to ambush Chen Qingling during the awards ceremony.

• Xie Yue charged Chen Qingling, but her Soul Sage aura forced him back, and Qian Renxue’s Sacred Sword was shattered in a single exchange.
• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall must eliminate Chen Qingling and planned a surprise attack during the awards ceremony.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue combined their Martial Souls into Enchantress, whose red domain weakened Chen Qingling’s team.
• Chen Qingling caught Enchantress’s Moon Blades, dismissed the domain’s effects, and sent Hu Liena and Xie Yue flying, ending their ability to fight.
• The other three Spirit Hall Academy fighters left the arena, leaving Qian Renxue and Tang San as the remaining opponents.

Chen Qingling recognized the masked fighter as Tang San, and they began a duel to settle their grievances. After Tang San revealed his powerful Soul Rings, Chen Qingling’s first clash drove him back, and she challenged him to show more.

• Chen Qingling learned that the masked fighter wielded the Blue Silver Emperor and identified him as Tang San, who then removed his mask and revealed seven black Soul Rings.
• Chen Qingling displayed her own seven black Soul Rings, with a trace of red in the last one, while Qian Renxue and the other fighters withdrew from the arena.
• Chen Qingling and Tang San declared that their duel would decide who lived and died, then activated their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Tang San attacked with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Chen Qingling’s Light Butterfly Blade broke through his assault and forced him back.

Chen Qingling overwhelmed Tang San, shattering his Clear Sky Hammer and leaving him unable to fight. Xiao Wu then confronted Tang San over his past crimes, broke all his fingers, and prepared to kill him as Tang San considered using his final trump card.

• Tang San unleashed three domains and attacked Chen Qingling, but she sent him flying with one exchange.
• Chen Qingling battered Tang San with Light Butterfly Blades and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving him badly injured and drained of divine power.
• Xiao Wu approached Tang San and declared that she would settle their grudge, while Chen Qingling allowed her to take over.
• Xiao Wu broke all ten of Tang San's fingers and told him she was avenging Wang Sheng and Dugu Bo.
• Tang San realized Chen Qingling had likely saved Dugu Bo and secretly considered using his last trump card to survive.

Tang San escaped Chen Qingling using mysterious power from the Abyss Plane, but Four Elements Academy won the tournament. As Chen Qingling accepted the champion’s reward, Bibi Dong invited her to join Spirit Hall.

• Tang San used a mysterious mist to escape after Chen Qingling pierced his heart, and her Butterfly God Descent could not stop him.
• Chen Shenge told Chen Qingling that Tang San had been saved by power from the Abyss Plane and reassured her that she could eventually repel it.
• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu returned to the arena, where Four Elements Academy celebrated defeating Spirit Hall Academy and winning the tournament.
• Bibi Dong announced Four Elements Academy as champions and presented the team with the reward of three soul bones.
• At her teammates’ urging, Chen Qingling stepped forward to receive the prize, and Bibi Dong asked whether she was willing to join Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong attacked Chen Qingling after she refused to join Spirit Hall, forcing her to fight Bibi Dong and five priests while injured. Chen Shenge arrived through a Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth and overwhelmed Subduing Dragon Douluo, then confronted Golden Crocodile Douluo.

• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu's group refused Bibi Dong's invitation to join Spirit Hall, and Chen Qingling accepted three soul bones.
• Bibi Dong suddenly struck Chen Qingling and ordered her and the others killed, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong moved to defend them.
• Injured, Chen Qingling fought Bibi Dong and five priests to a draw, prompting Bibi Dong to resolve to kill her.
• Chen Shenge used a Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth Experience Card to appear above Chen Qingling and confront Spirit Hall.
• Subduing Dragon Douluo attacked Chen Shenge, but a flick of Sword Qi shattered his Coiling Dragon Staff and left him severely injured.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rushed forward to avenge Subduing Dragon Douluo, and Chen Shenge mocked him as a little crocodile.

Chen Shenge overpowered Golden Crocodile Douluo and prepared to kill Bibi Dong for her actions against Chen Qingling. Bibi Dong offered her life to spare Spirit Hall, and Chen Shenge reconsidered because Spirit Hall helped commoners awaken their Martial Souls.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked Chen Shenge with his Eighth Soul Skill, but Chen Shenge pinned his golden crocodile underfoot and sent him flying.
• Chen Shenge confronted Bibi Dong, who revealed her Rakshasa God Power as the others realized she was a godhood inheritor.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and asked Chen Shenge to spare Bibi Dong, but Chen Shenge began unleashing Heaven and Earth One Sword.
• Bibi Dong stepped in front of the sword and offered her life, asking Chen Shenge to spare Spirit Hall and its people.
• Chen Qingling argued that Spirit Hall helped commoners awaken their Martial Souls, and Chen Shenge acknowledged that destroying it would make him a villain in their eyes.

Chen Qingling struggled to choose between sparing Bibi Dong for Qian Renxue’s sake and avenging Xiao Wu’s mother. Meanwhile, Tang San joined the Abyss Plane and began plotting to bring down Douluo Continent and target the people around Chen Qingling.

• Qian Renxue revealed that Bibi Dong was her mother and pleaded for her, leaving Chen Qingling unable to decide whether to spare Bibi Dong.
• Chen Shenge urged Chen Qingling to choose, while Bibi Dong called Qian Renxue “Xiao Xue” and stirred her hopes of reconciliation.
• The Asura God and Sea God searched Douluo Continent for Tang San but found no trace of him.
• In a mysterious space, Tang San agreed to join the Abyss Plane in exchange for its powers and authority over its creatures on Douluo Continent.
• The Abyss Plane transformed Tang San into a half-human, half-Abyssal Creature and warned him not to confront Chen Qingling before their plan was ready.
• Tang San arranged for Abyssal Creatures to infiltrate Douluo Continent and vowed to make Chen Qingling suffer by targeting those around her.

Bi Bi Dong sacrificed herself to end the conflict with Xiao Wu and protect Spirit Hall and Qian Renxue. After Bi Bi Dong died, Qian Renxue woke to learn she had lost her mother.

• Bi Bi Dong knocked Qian Renxue unconscious and entrusted her to Qian Daoliu before asking Chen Qingling to kill her.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was the child who escaped when Bi Bi Dong hunted the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At Chen Shenge's order, Xiao Wu pierced Bi Bi Dong's chest, and Bi Bi Dong died from blood loss.
• Chen Shenge warned Spirit Hall not to seek revenge, then Xiao Wu, Chen Qingling, and their allies left.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Bi Bi Dong buried in Douluo Hall and stayed beside Qian Renxue until she woke.
• Qian Renxue asked about her mother, understood from Qian Daoliu's silence that Bi Bi Dong was dead, and wept.

Qian Renxue mourned Bibi Dong and accepted that she could not seek revenge on anyone connected to Chen Qingling. Meanwhile, Chen Shenge discovered that the Black Qi that took Tang San came from the Abyss Plane and believed Tang San had brought it to the continent; Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu settled into an inn in Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue grieved for Bibi Dong, while Qian Daoliu warned her that she could not defeat Chen Qingling and urged her not to act rashly.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she could not harm anyone connected to Chen Qingling, and he left to take charge of Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong's death.
• Chen Shenge asked the system about the Black Qi, and the system identified it as power from the Abyss Plane.
• Chen Shenge suspected Tang San had brought the Abyss Plane to Douluo Continent and anticipated that it would become a new opponent for Chen Qingling.
• Xiao Wu used Rongrong's Black Card to book all four remaining rooms at an inn in Spirit City for Chen Qingling and their companions.

Xiao Wu thanked Chen Qingling for helping her avenge her grudge, then asked about Qian Renxue. Chen Qingling revealed Qian Renxue’s secret identity as Xue Qinghe, leaving Xiao Wu stunned.

• Xiao Wu led Chen Qingling to a room alone, leaving the others to arrange their rooms.
• Xiao Wu embraced Chen Qingling and thanked her for helping her avenge her hatred and honor her late mother.
• Xiao Wu asked Chen Qingling how she knew Qian Renxue, and Chen Qingling reflected on her connection to Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
• Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu that she had known Qian Renxue for a long time and made her promise to keep the secret.
• Chen Qingling revealed that Qian Renxue was disguised as Xue Qinghe, the First Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, using a soul bone.

Chen Qingling promised to protect Xiao Wu from possible revenge for killing Bibi Dong. The news of Bibi Dong’s death spread across the continent, prompting the Clear Sky Sect to reemerge and leaving Yu Xiaogang devastated.

• Xiao Wu worried that Qian Renxue might seek revenge for Bibi Dong’s death, and Chen Qingling vowed to protect her.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed the battle and predicted that news of Bibi Dong’s death would spread.
• Rumors of Bibi Dong’s death spread through Spirit City, where people reacted with shock and debated her support for commoner soul masters.
• The news reached the Clear Sky Sect, which reopened its gates, while Tang Xiao wondered who had killed Bibi Dong.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang collapsed after learning of Bibi Dong’s death, and Flender tried to comfort him.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender bickered at Shrek Academy after Zhao Wuji misread their confrontation. In Holy Soul Village, Tang San returned and used his Abyssal Power to transform Old Jack and the villagers into Abyssal Creatures.

• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Flender after Flender told him to accept his breakup, and Flender apologized.
• Zhao Wuji saw Yu Xiaogang and Flender together, mistook the scene, and hurried away despite their explanations.
• Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village, blamed Chen Qingling for recent events, and revealed himself to Old Jack.
• Tang San asked whether Old Jack wanted to live on, then plunged his blackened hand into Old Jack's chest and began transforming him.
• Tang San released Abyssal Power over the villagers who tried to save Old Jack, and Old Jack completed his transformation into an Abyssal Creature.

Tang San turned Holy Soul Village into an Abyssal stronghold, killing villagers who could not endure the power and transforming the survivors. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue left Spirit Hall to continue her work in the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qian Daoliu ordered Bibi Dong’s Elder Token privileges revoked.

• Tang San infused Holy Soul Village with Abyssal Power, causing seventeen villagers to explode and die.
• Tang San told the Asura God and Sea God that he planned to use Abyssal Power to gather strength against Chen Qingling, and the two gods withdrew their divine senses.
• Tang San told Old Jack that the villagers who died had failed to withstand Abyssal Power, while the surviving villagers transformed into Abyssal Creatures.
• Tang San declared Holy Soul Village his base and vowed to spread Abyssal Power across the continent.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that she might retreat from worldly affairs after completing her duties in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Bibi Dong had given an Elder Token to an outsider and ordered Spirit Hall to revoke its usage rights.

After Bibi Dong’s death, Hu Liena vowed to grow stronger and seek revenge, while Ning Rongrong learned that Xiao Wu had killed her. At the Lake of Life, Gu Yue Na awakened after sensing an outside force and ordered Di Tian to gather soul beasts there for protection.

• Hu Liena grieved for Bibi Dong, then told Xie Yue she would become stronger and avenge her master.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Bibi Dong had died and that Xiao Wu had killed her, and she wished she could join Qingling and Xiao Wu.
• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu shopped in Spirit City and planned to head home the next day.
• Gu Yue Na awoke, expelled Abyssal Power from the Lake of Life, and concealed her presence from the Divine Realm.
• Gu Yue Na told Di Tian to summon Da Ming and Er Ming and bring promising soul beasts to the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yue Na walked to the Thatched Cottage and paused before its protective barrier.

Gu Yue Na briefly visited the Thatched Cottage before returning to the Lake of Life, while Da Ming and Er Ming discussed the mind-corrupting Abyssal Power. After sharing out the tournament’s soul bones, Chen Qingling went with Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy to ask Flender whether Tang San had been there.

• Gu Yue Na touched the barrier at the Thatched Cottage, wondered about her child, and returned to the Lake of Life before the Divine Realm could discover her.
• Da Ming and Er Ming joined Di Tian, who warned them that Abyssal Power was corroding Douluo Continent and could affect people’s minds.
• Back at Four Elements Academy, Chen Qingling accepted an honorary teaching position and gave away the tournament’s three soul bones to Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Xiao Wu.
• Chen Qingling decided to visit Shrek Academy to seek news of Tang San, and Xiao Wu persuaded her to come along.
• Flender grew nervous when Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu arrived, but agreed to answer her question about whether Tang San had ever visited Shrek Academy.