Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang reflected on his encounter with Tang Hao while Xiao Wu prepared to visit the human world to support her cultivation. Er Ming escorted her to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and waited as she headed into a nearby town.

• Yu Xiaogang watched the dark forest from his window and felt confused after Tang Hao left.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered Xiao Wu a new cultivation method, but she rejected him and cut off their spiritual connection.
• Xiao Wu said goodbye to the Nine-Colored Deer and went to find Er Ming at the entrance to the core region.
• Xiao Wu explained that she needed to visit human society regularly, and Er Ming agreed to protect her on the journey.
• Er Ming carried Xiao Wu to the forest's outskirts, where she climbed down and walked toward the nearby town while he stayed behind to guard her.

After Tang San and Cinderella obtained their thousand-year second Soul Rings, Tang Hao led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest. He sensed a powerful, unmoving Soul Beast aura ahead and went to investigate, leaving the others behind.

• Xiao Wu left the forest while Er Ming watched over her with concern.
• Tang San and Cinderella finished absorbing their second Soul Rings as Yu Xiaogang watched and Tang Hao confirmed they were stable.
• Tang Hao led the group toward the forest's edge and sensed an ancient Soul Beast aura estimated to belong to an eighty-thousand-year-or-older beast.
• Tang Hao noticed the aura was stationary and decided to investigate rather than risk taking the group closer.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Cinderella to stay silent and wait while he went ahead.

Tang Hao discovered a Titan Giant Ape lurking in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and wondered whether it was preparing another beast tide. Xiao Wu left a human town and headed back into the forest, where Tang Hao saw her approaching the giant ape.

• Tang Hao secretly approached a powerful aura and recognized the Titan Giant Ape in a forest clearing.
• Tang Hao suspected the giant ape might be preparing another beast tide and considered whether to flee or keep watching.
• Xiao Wu left the remote town after spending enough time among humans to support her cultivation and returned to the forest.
• Xiao Wu headed toward her meeting point with Er Ming as Tang Hao continued watching the Titan Giant Ape.
• Tang Hao heard approaching footsteps and saw Xiao Wu moving toward the giant ape.

Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu as a young Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and decided to covertly arrange for her to sacrifice herself for Tang San in the future. Xiao Wu returned with Er Ming to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Hao sensed that the girl in pink was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and considered killing her for her Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao restrained himself because his injuries made fighting Er Ming too dangerous and Tang San and Xian Di were nearby.
• Tang Hao planned to guide Xiao Wu into meeting and falling in love with Tang San so she might sacrifice herself for him someday.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming, said she wanted to return home, and rode on his shoulder toward the Lake of Life.

Tang Hao led Tang San, Cinderella, and Yu Xiaogang out of the Star Dou Great Forest after concealing what he had found, intent on protecting Tang San and carrying out his plan. Back at the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu returned to Nine-Colored Deer and resumed her cultivation.

• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang that he had found only a resting older Soul Beast and ordered the group to leave the forest at once.
• Tang Hao hurried Tang San, Cinderella, and Yu Xiaogang through the forest, while Tang San and Cinderella sensed that he was hiding something.
• After reaching the road outside the forest, Tang Hao looked toward the Lake of Life and then led the group toward Notting City.
• Xiao Wu returned to the Lake of Life, where Nine-Colored Deer asked about her trip to the human world.
• Xiao Wu told Nine-Colored Deer she had returned after absorbing enough human aura, then settled back into the sanctuary and prepared to cultivate.

Dai Mubai’s rapid cultivation drew Dai Weisi’s suspicion and intensified the pressure against him at Star Luo Royal Academy. He decided to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire, seek Ge Duo’s support, and return stronger to challenge his brother.

• At twelve, Dai Mubai reached level twenty-nine Soul Power and prepared to enter the next grade at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi suspected Ge Duo’s pills had helped Dai Mubai advance quickly and ordered his faction to increase the pressure on him.
• Dai Mubai endured brutal combat training, reduced resources, and the removal of his attendants, leaving him injured and resentful.
• Fearing Dai Weisi would cripple or kill him, Dai Mubai decided to leave Star Luo Empire for the Heaven Dou Empire and seek Ge Duo’s protection and support.
• Dai Mubai chose the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament as the time to leave.

Dai Mubai planned to escape Star Luo City during the tournament and seek Ge Duo’s protection in Heaven Dou City, where he intended to grow strong enough to take revenge on Dai Weisi. Meanwhile, Lin Wan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team returned to Heaven Dou City after an undefeated tour, ready to go directly to the finals in Spirit City.

• Dai Mubai realized that Dai Weisi’s growing suspicion and pressure meant he could not safely remain in Star Luo City.
• Dai Mubai decided to use the tournament’s finals in Spirit City as cover to flee to Heaven Dou City and seek Ge Duo’s protection.
• Dai Mubai began planning an alibi, a hidden route, and supplies for his escape, while vowing to return and defeat Dai Weisi.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team returned to Heaven Dou City after winning every Soul Fighting match on its tour.
• Zhao An praised the team’s growth and reminded them that their guaranteed place in the finals would send them straight to Spirit City.
• Lin Wan, now at level fifty, accepted the challenge of facing the continent’s strongest young Soul Masters.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Wan’s rise to Soul King stunned the empire’s factions and prompted Xue Ye to consider making Bai Xue his heir and marrying her to Lin Wan. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue read Bibi Dong’s warning that Lin Wan might become a threat to Spirit Hall and could need to be eliminated.

• Lin Wan reunited with Yu Tianqing and Ning Zetian, then left as they marveled at his level fifty cultivation.
• News that fifteen-year-old Lin Wan had become a Soul King spread through Heaven Dou City and alarmed its factions.
• Xue Ye considered naming Bai Xue Crown Princess and marrying her to Lin Wan to bind him to the imperial family.
• Qian Renxue read Bibi Dong’s letter questioning Lin Wan’s ties to Spirit Hall and warning that he might be killed if he was a potential enemy.

Qian Renxue replied to Bibi Dong that Lin Wan was Eva’s nephew and a valuable asset to cultivate rather than eliminate. At the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Ning Rongrong grew closer to Ge Duo while nearing level twenty, and Ge Duo encouraged her to follow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s methods for choosing a Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue weighed Lin Wan’s potential and decided to oppose Bibi Dong’s proposal to eliminate him.
• Qian Renxue wrote to Bibi Dong, explaining Lin Wan’s connection to Eva and urging Spirit Hall to invest in him.
• Ning Rongrong told Ge Duo that her Soul Power felt more solid and that she might soon reach level twenty.
• Ge Duo advised Ning Rongrong to focus on building a solid foundation rather than rushing her cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ge Duo what Soul Ring she should seek, and Ge Duo told her to follow her father’s arrangements and the sect’s inherited methods.

Ge Duo sent Ning Rongrong back from the valley, then Snow White visited Lin Wan to relay Emperor Xue Ye’s request that she strengthen their relationship. Lin Wan accompanied her to watch the Heaven Dou Division qualifiers, where he quickly lost interest in the weak teams competing.

• Ge Duo ended Ning Rongrong’s visit and watched her leave before her warmth gave way to cold calculation.
• Snow White told Lin Wan that Emperor Xue Ye had asked her to spend time with him and invite him to the qualifiers.
• Lin Wan agreed to accompany Snow White to the Great Soul Arena, despite having little interest in the matches.
• Lin Wan and Snow White watched a qualifier match from the VIP section, and Lin Wan judged the teams’ skills and coordination to be mediocre.

Lin Wan and Snow White left the Great Soul Arena after he grew bored of the preliminary matches. At Notting Academy, Tang San and Cinderella decided they needed a stronger academy, but Tang Hao firmly refused when Tang San told him they planned to leave.

• Lin Wan watched a series of preliminary matches with Snow White, then left the arena with her and returned toward the academy.
• Tang San sensed that Notting Academy could no longer help him and Cinderella grow, and recalled the headmaster's offer to recommend them to a larger academy.
• Cinderella agreed that they needed a more prosperous place to advance, and Tang San decided to tell Tang Hao when he next visited.
• Tang Hao appeared outside the dormitory the following evening, and Tang San informed him that he and Cinderella planned to attend an Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• Tang Hao rejected Tang San's plan outright.

Tang Hao forbade Tang San and Cinderella from leaving Notting Academy, then used his Titled Douluo pressure to force Tang San to yield. After Tang Hao left, Cinderella tried to comfort Tang San without revealing the dangers he feared, leaving Tang San angry and confused.

• Tang Hao refused to let Tang San and Cinderella transfer to a better academy, while keeping his reasons for their safety to himself.
• Tang San defied Tang Hao, who crushed him beneath his Titled Douluo pressure and forbade him from leaving without permission.
• Cinderella stepped between them and pleaded for Tang Hao to release Tang San, and Tang San reluctantly agreed to stay.
• Tang Hao withdrew his pressure and left after ordering them to stay at Notting Academy and follow Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San asked Cinderella why Tang Hao had the right to control his future, and she comforted him by suggesting Tang Hao had his own troubles.

Tang San suppressed his anger at Tang Hao to reassure Cinderella, who secretly worked to make him depend on her alone. A month later, Qian Renxue traveled with the tournament convoy toward Spirit City, troubled by Xue Ye's plans for Snow White and Lin Wan, while Snow White estimated they would arrive before dusk.

• Tang San calmed himself for Cinderella's sake and promised not to act recklessly or leave Notting Academy for now.
• Cinderella comforted Tang San while privately intending to draw his trust away from Tang Hao and make him rely on her.
• The tournament teams and imperial representatives traveled from the Heaven Dou Empire toward Spirit City after the tournament rounds ended.
• Qian Renxue brooded over Xue Ye's plan to use Snow White to bind Lin Wan to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Snow White told Lin Wan that the convoy should reach Spirit City before dusk if nothing delayed them.

Dai Mubai seized the chance to escape Star Luo City with Huo An and fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire and Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing finished cultivating and reflected on her unwanted betrothal to Dai Mubai and his greater talent.

• Dai Mubai learned that Dai Weisi had left Star Luo City and decided to escape with Huo An.
• Dai Mubai and Huo An slipped through the palace at night and crossed its wall without raising an alarm.
• Dai Mubai and Huo An fled northeast toward the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sunset Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished cultivating, considered her unhappy betrothal to Dai Mubai, and acknowledged that he had reached level twenty-nine at age twelve.

Dai Mubai and Huo An fled Star Luo City for the Heaven Dou Empire while fearing that Dai Tianfeng would pursue them. The next morning, Dai Tianfeng read Dai Mubai’s letter explaining his departure but gave no indication of how he would respond.

• Dai Mubai and Huo An escaped through remote paths and woods, taking precautions to hide their trail.
• After a brief rest, Dai Mubai worried that Dai Tianfeng would send pursuers, while Huo An warned that the emperor’s judgment mattered more than the rules.
• Dai Mubai and Huo An continued toward the Heaven Dou Empire and disappeared into the morning mist.
• Dai Tianfeng received Dai Mubai’s letter, which said he had left to escape Dai Weisi’s oppression and grow stronger before returning to compete.
• Dai Tianfeng finished reading the letter and stared out the palace window without revealing his thoughts.

Dai Tianfeng tacitly approved Dai Mubai’s departure for the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving his future to fate. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over Bai Xue’s cultivation and contact with her, but Bibi Dong insisted she would meet the child when she chose.

• Dai Tianfeng refused to recall Dai Mubai and ordered the chief eunuch to keep the matter secret.
• Dai Tianfeng destroyed Dai Mubai’s letter and accepted his journey to the Heaven Dou Empire as a trial.
• Qian Renxue returned to her original appearance and went to the Pope Palace to speak with Bibi Dong about Bai Xue.
• Bibi Dong defended her right to guide and meet Bai Xue, then ordered Qian Renxue to maintain her Xue Qinghe identity during the Soul Master Tournament.
• After Qian Renxue left, Bibi Dong reflected on Bai Xue and whispered that they would meet eventually.

Lin Wan and Snow White explored Spirit City's busy shopping street while waiting for the tournament finals, and Snow White enjoyed her first carefree market outing. After buying her a sugar swan, Lin Wan quietly paid for a shell bracelet she had admired.

• Lin Wan and Snow White strolled through Spirit City's shopping street as Soul Masters gathered for the tournament.
• Snow White watched a vendor make sugar figurines and chose a sugar swan, which Lin Wan bought for her.
• Snow White tasted the sugar swan and told Lin Wan it was very sweet.
• Snow White admired a simple shell bracelet but said she did not need it.
• Lin Wan bought the bracelet and held it out to Snow White.

Bibi Dong secretly watched Snow White enjoy a carefree outing with Lin Wan and found herself less resistant to Qian Renxue’s daughter than she expected. Snow White sensed someone watching, but Bibi Dong disappeared before Lin Wan could find anyone.

• Bibi Dong watched Snow White adjust a cheap shell bracelet and wondered why the girl did not provoke her usual hatred for the Qian Clan.
• Lin Wan bought Snow White a skewer of roasted Soul Beast meat, and she eagerly tried the unfamiliar food.
• Bibi Dong compared Snow White’s relaxed delight with Qian Renxue’s strict childhood and felt a subtle change in her attitude.
• Bibi Dong quietly vanished into the crowd, and Snow White sensed someone had been watching them.
• Lin Wan searched for a suspicious presence but found none, then continued walking with Snow White.

The Soul Master Tournament finals began in Spirit City, where Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had stayed to observe Snow White. Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One faced Exotic Beast Academy in the opening match, and Yu Tianqing countered Yan Fei’s attack as the battle began.

• Qian Renxue saw Bibi Dong seated beside Spirit Hall’s upper echelon and realized she was watching Snow White.
• Bibi Dong announced the start of the finals and remained to watch the tournament.
• The draw matched Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One against Exotic Beast Academy, whose captain Yan Fei rallied his team despite their disadvantage.
• Yan Fei launched Fire Serpent Dance while Exotic Beast Academy’s other members attacked alongside him.
• Ning Zetian boosted Heaven Dou Team One with the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and Yu Tianqing struck the fire serpents with Thunderclap Dragon Claw.

Heaven Dou Team One overwhelmed the Exotic Beast Academy, and Lin Wan unveiled a refined use of his fourth Soul Skill to extinguish Yan Fei’s desperate attack and send him flying. The battle continued as Yu Tianqing knocked another opponent out of the arena.

• Yu Tianqing pinned down Yan Fei while Heaven Dou Team One’s coordinated attacks and Ning Zetian’s support quickly defeated most of the Exotic Beast Academy.
• Song Yi appeared behind the opposing Support System Soul Master and knocked him off the arena.
• Yan Fei unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Red Flame Roaring Bullet, at Ning Zetian in a desperate attempt to break Heaven Dou Team One’s formation.
• Lin Wan formed a miniature moon with his fourth Soul Skill and used it to extinguish Yan Fei’s fireball before striking Yan Fei and hurling him away.
• Yu Tianqing knocked one of the Exotic Beast Academy’s two remaining members off the arena as the other cried out for Yan Fei.