Chapter Summaries

Chu Zhao drugged Tang Hao and nearly killed him, but Tang San and the others arrived before she could finish. After Tang Hao’s old injuries flared up, the Farming and Wellness System ordered Chu Zhao to heal him, leaving her furious at the task and its rationale.

• Chu Zhao drugged Tang Hao and prepared to kill him, but Jin Douluo sensed a Titled Douluo approaching as Tang San and the others arrived.
• Chu Zhao claimed Tang Hao’s injuries had flared up after he attacked her, dissolved the drug’s effects, and told Tang San to call her Chu Zhao and leave.
• Tang San helped Tang Hao depart with Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi, and the others, while Chu Zhao coldly dismissed Xiao Wu.
• Chu Zhao collected a gemstone-type soul bone from Shi Nian’s charred corpse and gave it to Jin Douluo.
• Back at the hotel, Chu Zhao confronted the Farming and Wellness System after it assigned her a task to heal Tang Hao within a month, with a God Pill as the reward and a weakened Longevity Art as the penalty.
• The system said healing Tang Hao would make him and Tang San grateful, loyal supporters, while Chu Zhao rejected its reasoning.

Chu Zhao rejected the Farming and Wellness System’s mission and relied on the Death God Cultivation System’s new protective rewards. At Shrek Academy, Tang Hao urged Tang San to kill Chu Zhao and revealed that her sect was the Clear Sky Sect’s sworn enemy, though Tang San questioned why their feud mattered after his family had left the sect.

• Chu Zhao shut down the Farming and Wellness System and checked the Death God Cultivation System, learning she had received two Impeccable Auras for killing Shi Nian.
• Tang Hao woke at Shrek Academy and learned Tang San had brought him back at Chu Zhao’s request.
• Tang Hao revealed that Chu Zhao was a fourteen-year-old Soul King and ordered Tang San to kill her when they met again.
• Tang San refused, and Tang Hao recounted how he had found Chu Zhao among the dead eleven years earlier, realized her origins, and left her alive after she lost her memories.
• Tang Hao explained that Chu Zhao’s sect was the Clear Sky Sect’s sworn enemy, and Tang San asked why that mattered after their family had been expelled.

Tang Hao insisted that Tang San must return to the Clear Sky Sect and carry the burdens of their family. At the tournament, Chu Zhao led Cloud Peak Academy against Blazing Fire Academy and revealed her second martial soul, drawing attention from the VIPs and Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that their Clear Sky Hammer martial souls made them members of the Clear Sky Sect and that they would return to it openly one day.
• Tang Hao privately resolved to rely on Tang San to restore the Clear Sky Sect's standing and find a way to revive Ah Yin.
• Chu Zhao entered the match against Blazing Fire Academy with a lineup built to withstand fire, leaving the Shu siblings behind.
• After her teammates grew tired, Chu Zhao revealed her second martial soul and used Song of Life, whose leaves restored Cloud Peak's members while weakening Blazing Fire's team.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Spirit Hall's Platinum Bishop recognized Chu Zhao's rare talent, while Qian Renxue signaled her hidden protector.
• Blazing Fire Academy broke free from the leaves' restraints, and Huo Wu struck at Chu Zhao with her Repelling Fire Ring.

Chu Zhao revealed an External Soul Bone and overwhelmed Blazing Fire Academy, prompting Xue Ye to arrange her marriage to Qian Renxue. As Shrek Academy’s internal tensions grew and the tournament continued, Qian Renxue told Chu Zhao they might need to stage a fake wedding, but Chu Zhao’s calm response worried her.

• Chu Zhao revealed enormous black wings, and Xue Ye praised her talent before deciding that she and Qian Renxue would marry after the tournament.
• Chu Zhao used her Second Soul Skill, Weight of Life, to crush Blazing Fire Academy while Jin Douluo told Dugu Bo about her conflict with Tang Hao.
• Shi Yang complained that Chu Zhao kept stealing Tang San’s and Shrek Academy’s thunder, and Xiao Wu threw him to the ground.
• Blazing Fire Academy lost to Cloud Peak Academy and then Shrek Academy, and Huo Wu came to hate Shrek Academy.
• Qian Renxue told Chu Zhao they might need to hold a fake wedding, then asked why Chu Zhao seemed unusually calm.

Chu Zhao changed her strategy after Tang Hao’s intervention and the attack on Shrek Academy, deciding to reveal her strength during Cloud Peak Academy’s match against Skywater Academy. She defeated Skywater’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her fourth soul skill, while Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi remained uncertain about Chu Zhao’s second martial soul and its soul rings.

• Chu Zhao told Qian Renxue she wanted to experience having all eyes on her during their wedding, and Qian Renxue learned Tang Hao had intervened to keep Shrek Academy in the competition after a fatal match incident.
• Tang Hao’s enemies attacked Shrek Academy that night, severely injuring Tang San and forcing him to miss the next match.
• Chu Zhao brought Wu Yun into Cloud Peak Academy’s match against Skywater Academy and spread her Blood Sea across the arena when Shui Binger tried to freeze it.
• Skywater Academy used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to summon an Ice Phoenix, and Chu Zhao revealed her fourth soul skill, Beauty of Life, which transformed into a Fire Phoenix and overwhelmed it.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Renxue about Chu Zhao’s second martial soul and early soul rings, but Qian Renxue said she had never asked; she privately worried that the two martial souls might not be compatible.

Cloud Peak Academy dominated the Preliminary Competition as Chu Zhao drew attention and Tang Hao found no chance to attack her. After Shrek Academy injured Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, Cloud Peak Academy reached the final match against Shrek with a perfect record at stake.

• Qian Renxue accepted Ning Fengzhi's offer of help for Chu Zhao, while the crowd around Chu Zhao kept Tang Hao from making another move.
• Chu Zhao defeated Yu Tianxin's Thunderbolt head-on with her Thunder Twin Wings in Cloud Peak Academy's match against Thunder Academy.
• Godwind Academy conceded after Feng Xiaotian was injured defending Huo Wu, whom Tang San and other Shrek Academy members had attacked.
• Wu Yun told Chu Zhao that Blazing Fire Academy had demanded answers from Shrek Academy, which blamed Huo Wu's side and accused them of plotting against Tang San.
• Chu Zhao stayed at the hotel to cultivate while Cloud Peak Academy won twenty-eight consecutive matches.
• Cloud Peak Academy met Shrek Academy in the twenty-ninth and final match, with a perfect record on the line.

Shrek Academy fielded all seven of its main members against Cloud Peak Academy, but Cloud Peak gained the upper hand as Shu Han and Shu Che used different skills with their identical Wordless Books. Tang San switched to the Clear Sky Hammer and began the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against Chu Zhao, who let him build up the attack while knowing Tang Hao was watching.

• Shrek Academy sent out all seven Shrek Seven Devils, and Chu Zhao had Xiao Chenyu declare himself Cloud Peak Academy's captain.
• Xiao Chenyu ordered Cloud Peak to attack as Shu Han shielded her teammates and Shu Che fired black spikes at Shi Yang.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked that the identical Wordless Book Martial Souls produced different Soul Skills, while Tang San found his Blue Silver Grass less responsive.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against Chu Zhao.
• Tang San began building the hammer strikes with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, while Chu Zhao chose not to interrupt him because she knew Tang Hao was watching.

Chu Zhao defeated Shrek Academy’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, while Tang Hao’s attempt to interfere was stopped by two Douluo. After the tournament ended, Xue Ye rewarded the top five academies and announced a marriage between Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and the woman he loved.

• Chu Zhao’s Death God Swordplay overwhelmed Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang conceded the match for Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao tried to strike, but Jin and Du Douluo blocked him while Ning Fengzhi defended Chu Zhao and persuaded him to stand down.
• Cloud Peak Academy finished first in the Heaven Dou region, followed by Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, Shrek Academy, and Skywater Academy; Blazing Fire Academy missed the top five.
• Xue Ye granted noble titles and promised fiefs to the leading academies, while Chu Zhao and Qian Renxue silently agreed to arrange her fief where she wanted it.
• Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe had found the woman he loved and revealed betrothal gifts for the Crown Princess.

Xue Ye gave Chu Zhao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and made her the Crown Princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qian Renxue accepted her as his betrothed. Back at Shrek Academy, Shi Yang insisted the treasure had belonged to Tang San in another version of events, but an unseen force stopped him from revealing its connection to the Sea God.

• Prince Xue Xing objected when Xue Ye offered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as Chu Zhao’s betrothal gift, but Xue Ye also granted her Fasinuo Province as a fief.
• Qian Renxue asked Chu Zhao to become his Crown Princess, and Chu Zhao accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and their alliance.
• Xue Ye proclaimed Chu Zhao the Crown Princess and warned that anyone who made an enemy of her would be making an enemy of the empire.
• The Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall decided he could not target Chu Zhao and turned his attention toward Tang San instead.
• Tang San stopped Shi Yang from speaking during the ceremony, but Shi Yang later told him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had been his and could lead him to the Sea God.
• An unseen force silenced Shi Yang before he could finish explaining, leaving Tang San dismissive but uneasy.

Shi Yang tried to reveal who would rebel against the Heaven Dou Empire, but an inexplicable force stopped him from naming the culprit. Tang Hao accepted Shi Yang’s account as an excuse to target Chu Zhao, while Dai Mubai discovered that naming Xue Qinghe left Shi Yang unable to move.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Shi Yang’s claims as a dream but asked what merit had earned Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a princely title.
• Shi Yang explained that Tang San would stop a rebellion and save Xue Ye, but he could not name the rebel or even describe the culprit.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao whether Shi Yang’s claims were true, and Tang Hao said they were while planning to kill Chu Zhao and seize the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Dai Mubai tested suspects with Shi Yang, who shook his head at Prince Xue Xing, Prince Xue Beng, and Chu Zhao.
• When Dai Mubai named Xue Qinghe, Shi Yang froze and could not move until Dai Mubai stopped mentioning him.
• Shi Yang regained movement and warned Dai Mubai that he could move if Dai Mubai did not mention her, but Dai Mubai dismissed his claims as nonsense.

Chu Zhao monitored Shi Yang under Qian Renxue’s orders, then led Cloud Peak Academy through the Promotion Tournament without needing to fight until they faced Shrek Academy. Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai but was injured when Ma Hongjun attacked despite her concession, and Chu Zhao stepped onto the arena in anger.

• Chu Zhao sent Shi Yang’s information to Qian Renxue, who ordered her people to watch him and use him as bait for her enemies.
• At the Royal Hunting Ground, Chu Zhao placed himself seventh because the weakened Longevity Art no longer concealed his true strength, but Cloud Peak Academy won its earlier matches before he had to fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Mubai, endured his taunts, and defeated him after he exhausted his Soul Power, seriously injuring him with her final strike.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Zhu Zhuqing despite her concession, injuring her before the referee stopped him from striking again.
• After Zhu Zhuqing received treatment, Chu Zhao rose and walked onto the arena to face Shrek Academy.

Chu Zhao entered the Promotion Tournament to avenge Zhu Zhuqing, badly wounded Ma Hongjun, and overwhelmed Tang San by revealing her five extraordinary Soul Rings. Shrek Academy conceded for Tang San and sent Shi Yang to face her next.

• Chu Zhao struck Ma Hongjun with the Death God Scythe, cutting his chest deeply and knocking him unconscious outside the arena.
• Chu Zhao refused to apologize, and after Tang San stopped Tailong from volunteering, Tang San took the field against her.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and Purple Demon Eyes failed against Chu Zhao's pressure and mental power, while the crowd saw her four black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring.
• Shrek Academy conceded for Tang San when he could no longer withstand Chu Zhao's Second Soul Skill, and Shi Yang entered the arena as its fourth contestant.

Chu Zhao defeated Shi Yang with overwhelming force, prompting accusations that she had faked her age to compete. A bone-age examination confirmed she was fourteen, but the spectators still struggled to accept her strength.

• Shi Yang attacked Chu Zhao at the start of their match, but her fourth soul skill trapped and wounded him until Flender conceded on his behalf.
• Flender revealed that Chu Zhao's displayed Soul Power was genuine, and Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang questioned whether she had falsified her age.
• Liu Erlong demanded an on-the-spot bone-age test, and Chu Zhao agreed while objecting to being examined by someone she did not trust.
• Liu Erlong examined Chu Zhao's wrist and confirmed that her age met the competition requirements, while Qian Renxue pressed her to be clear about the result.
• Chu Zhao insisted she was fourteen and attributed her exceptional Soul Power to her innate Rank Twenty-One Soul Power and extraordinary cultivation time.

Chu Zhao continued dominating Shrek Academy’s fighters in the Promotion Tournament while Qian Renxue teased her about her strength. The venue was stunned when Sword Dao Chen Xin announced that Chu Zhao had already reached Soul Emperor level despite her apparent age.

• Chu Zhao credited her rapid Soul Power growth to her system rewards and traded affectionate teasing with Qian Renxue before warning the people who had questioned her.
• Flender urged Shrek Academy to preserve its strength, but Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang dismissed his concerns and Yu Xiaogang sent Tailong out to stall Chu Zhao.
• Chu Zhao used her Second Soul Skill to pin Tailong down and kicked him off the stage.
• Huang Yuan took the field next, and Sword Dao Chen Xin declared that Chu Zhao was a Soul Emperor with Soul Power exceeding level sixty.
• The audience questioned how Chu Zhao could possess Soul Emperor strength at an apparent bone age of fourteen.

After Sword Dao Chen Xin revealed that Chu Zhao's Soul Power was level sixty, Shrek Academy conceded rather than send Huang Yuan against her, while Yu Xiaogang regretted not taking her as a disciple. Cloud Peak Academy continued through the Promotion Tournament as rival academies withdrew, and Wu Yun explained that Godwind Academy had withdrawn to preserve its strength for its match against Shrek Academy.

• Sword Dao Chen Xin identified Chu Zhao's Soul Power as level sixty, and Chu Zhao asked to continue the match despite the crowd's questions.
• Flender recalled Huang Yuan and conceded Shrek Academy's remaining matches rather than risk the students' lives.
• Yu Xiaogang regretted not accepting Chu Zhao as his disciple, and Liu Erlong comforted him by claiming Chu Zhao's Soul Power had ruined her foundation.
• Academies conceded their matches against Cloud Peak Academy, while Shrek Academy suffered further defeats as its injured members recovered.
• Wu Yun told Chu Zhao that Godwind Academy had withdrawn to face Shrek Academy at full strength and avenge Huo Wu, whom Tang San had injured.

Chu Zhao’s preparations helped launch a joint ambush by Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue, and Moonlight City against Shrek Academy, targeting Tang Hao and Tang San. Tang Hao and the Strength Clan defended them as Yue Guan fought Tang Hao, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived to protect Shrek Academy; another explosion then erupted among them.

• Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian, and Cloud Peak Academy finished first in the Promotion Tournament while Shrek Academy fell to fifth.
• Qian Renxue warned Chu Zhao to keep her academy’s convoy close and away from Shrek Academy as they traveled toward the ambush site.
• Chu Zhao’s planned explosions trapped Shrek Academy’s convoy, and black-clad attackers charged down from the hills in a joint assault by Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue, and Moonlight City.
• Tang Hao and Strength Clan elites arrived to protect Tang San, and Tang Hao began fighting Yue Guan in midair.
• Chen Xin blocked an attacker’s strike against Dai Mubai, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin joined the battle to protect Shrek Academy.
• Another explosion erupted inside the valley among Shrek Academy’s people.

Spirit Hall and ordinary attackers ambushed Tang Hao’s group, while Titan led the Strength Clan against Cloud Peak Academy. Jin Douluo killed Titan, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Dao Chen Xin intervened to help Tang Hao fight the three Titled Douluo.

• Masked archers fired explosives at the group, and Liu Erlong attacked them before a Spirit Hall newcomer injured her for threatening ordinary people.
• Qian Renxue spotted Titan approaching Cloud Peak Academy with the Strength Clan, and Titan struck the academy’s carriage.
• Jin Douluo subdued Titan and killed him, despite Titan invoking Tang Hao as his master.
• Tang San pleaded with Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi to help Tang Hao, and Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Dao Chen Xin into the battle.
• Sword Dao Chen Xin joined Tang Hao against Yue Guan, Guimei, and She Long, while Ning Fengzhi boosted their side with his Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.

Chu Zhao fired a Reaper Arrow at Tang Hao, but Tang San intercepted it and defended his father, ending his friendship with Chu Zhao and disappointing Xiao Wu. As Tang Hao's hammer struck again, Tang San blocked it and shattered two of his Eight Spider Lances before jade-green leaves surrounded him.

• Chu Zhao ignored the system's warning and fired a Reaper Arrow at Tang Hao.
• Tang San caught the arrow with his Mystic Jade Hand, badly injuring it, and demanded to know why Chu Zhao had attacked his father.
• Chu Zhao said Tang Hao had tried to kill her, and she rejected Tang San's demand that she endure it for his sake.
• Tang San chose Tang Hao and ended his friendship with Chu Zhao, while Xiao Wu criticized him for blaming her.
• Tang San blocked Tang Hao's hammer with his own, but the blow shattered two of his Eight Spider Lances before jade-green leaves surrounded him.

Chu Zhao began treating Tang San after he sacrificed his External Soul Bone to save her, while Tang Hao escaped and entrusted his son to Ning Fengzhi. Ning Rongrong’s intervention and a Spirit Hall retreat order kept Tang San alive, though the Shrek Academy group was badly injured.

• Tang San stopped Tang Hao’s attack on Chu Zhao, and Chu Zhao offered to treat his injuries with the Longevity Art after accepting a system mission.
• Yue Guan attacked Tang San while Tang Hao was distracted and weakened, but Tang Hao escaped after asking Ning Fengzhi to protect his son.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Tang San and threatened to die if Chen Xin did not save him, prompting Chen Xin to block Yue Guan.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that killing Tang San would harm Spirit Hall’s reputation, but Yue Guan ordered his people to attack anyway.
• A Spirit Hall whistle signaled a retreat, and Yue Guan withdrew after warning the others to keep quiet.
• The attack left the Strength Clan devastated, while the Shrek Academy group suffered the worst injuries and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were among the least hurt.

After Spirit Hall canceled its attempt to kill Tang San, Bibi Dong kept Yu Xiaogang imprisoned and questioned his feelings for Liu Erlong. She planned to confront Tang San again when he arrived in Spirit City for the tournament finals.

• Chu Zhao learned from Qian Renxue that the whistle had carried the Pope's Decree to cancel the mission and spare Tang San.
• In a dark chamber, Bibi Dong reminded the chained Yu Xiaogang that she would make him suffer as she had suffered.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had never loved Liu Erlong and had only stayed with her after Bibi Dong abandoned him, causing Bibi Dong to hesitate over whether he was telling the truth.
• Bibi Dong left Yu Xiaogang imprisoned and went to the main hall of Pope's Palace.
• Yue Guan reported that Tang Hao had arrived with the Strength Clan, escaped after a fierce battle, and that Spirit Hall had received the cancellation order before killing Tang San.
• Bibi Dong said she would deal with Tang San when he came to Spirit City for the finals, preferably through the Golden Generation in the arena.