Recaps

Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin fought to a draw in their brutal duel, leaving Yu Tianxin too exhausted to continue and securing Shrek Academy’s victory. Later, Shui Bing'er visited Huo Lei to propose a one-on-one match in which he would only defend.

• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin traded Soul Skills and physical blows until both were bloodied and exhausted.
• Yu Tianxin and Dai Mubai unleashed their fourth Soul Skills in a final clash, then Dai Mubai conceded defeat before collapsing.
• Yu Tianxin forfeited his next match, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner over Thunderclap Academy.
• Huo Lei and Huo Wushuang discussed the Promotion Round’s approaching end and Blazing Fire Academy’s upcoming matches.
• Shui Bing'er visited Huo Lei and proposed that they fight one match, with Huo Lei defending without attacking, before Skywater Academy forfeited.

Shui Bing'er arranged for Huo Lei to defend without attacking, allowing Skywater Academy to protect its reputation and save its strength. The chapter ended as Tang San and Feng Xiaotian began their duel, with Feng Xiaotian activating his second and third Soul Skills.

• Shui Bing'er asked Huo Lei to defend without attacking, and he agreed after recognizing Skywater Academy's plan to avoid injuries and preserve its reputation.
• Huo Lei reassured Huo Wushuang that he would handle the arrangement carefully, while Blazing Fire Academy won its match with Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu.
• Tang San and Feng Xiaotian entered the arena as the first fighters for Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy, then introduced their levels and martial souls.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with Wind Blade Formation, but Tang San dodged the blades and blocked Feng Xiaotian's claws with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Tang San pursued Feng Xiaotian with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Blue Silver Grass, but Feng Xiaotian evaded him and activated Twin Wolf Possession and Gale Twin Wings.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and defeated Feng Xiaotian, securing Shrek Academy’s second-place standing in the Promotion Round. After Blazing Fire Academy discussed Huo Lei’s agreement with Shui Bing'er, anticipation grew for their final-day match against Skywater Academy.

• Feng Xiaotian used his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Tang San, who revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and countered with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian shattered his own wings during their clash, but failed to injure Tang San and admitted defeat after learning the hammer was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Godwind Academy surrendered after Feng Xiaotian’s loss, finishing the Promotion Round with eleven wins and two losses while Shrek Academy placed second with twelve wins and one loss.
• Huo Lei explained his agreement with Shui Bing'er to the Blazing Fire Academy team, and Xie Chong supported his decision while hinting at an unexpected reward.
• The final day of the Promotion Round began, with Blazing Fire Academy’s match against Skywater Academy scheduled as the last and most anticipated contest.

Huo Lei faced Shui Bing'er in the Promotion Round, using his Lava Armor to withstand her Ice Seal while dodging to conserve his strength. Shui Bing'er exhausted herself and collapsed, and Huo Lei caught her, leaving Blazing Fire Academy celebrating his unexpected gain.

• Huo Lei and Shui Bing'er entered the arena, exchanged reminders about their promises, and introduced their martial spirits and Soul levels.
• Shui Bing'er trapped Huo Lei inside an iceberg with repeated Ice Seal attacks, but Huo Lei melted his way out unharmed in his Lava Armor.
• Huo Lei began dodging Shui Bing'er's attacks, reasoning that evasion still let him keep his promise to defend without attacking.
• Shui Bing'er continued using Ice Seal until she ran out of Soul Power and collapsed, and Huo Lei caught her before she hit the ground.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Xie Chong celebrated Huo Lei's unexpected gain.

Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy ended their Promotion Round match in a draw, leaving Blazing Fire Academy first overall. The teams departed for Spirit City, where a Spirit Hall ambush targeting Tang San failed after a mysterious masked man intervened.

• Shui Bing'er conceded, but Huo Lei persuaded the referee and judges to record the match as a draw.
• Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would accompany the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams to Spirit City for the Grand Finals.
• After three days, the convoy set out with Blazing Fire Academy at the front and Shrek Academy in the middle.
• Huo Lei considered how Blazing Fire Academy could defeat Spirit Hall's powerful team, led by Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• Bibi Dong's forces, led by Yue Guan and Gui Mei, ambushed the convoy in a gorge to kill Tang San.
• A masked man held Yue Guan back and knocked away Lor Diarra until Dugu Bo arrived, allowing Tang San to survive the ambush.

After the convoy reached Spirit City, Blazing Fire Academy prepared for the Grand Finals, and Huo Lei revealed that Feng Xiaotian had joined their team. The chapter ended with Huo Chui offering to give up his place so his younger brother Huo Jun could compete.

• Huo Lei reasoned that the masked man who rescued Tang San was likely Tang Hao, who had concealed his identity to keep his strength a hidden card.
• Xue Qinghe restored the convoy after the ambush, and the teams continued safely to Spirit City under additional military and soul master protection.
• A Spirit Hall bishop welcomed the teams and arranged their lodging, and Spirit Hall announced that the competition would begin in three days.
• Xie Chong reviewed the Grand Finals’ elimination format and assigned Huo Lei to choose Blazing Fire Academy’s lineup and tactics.
• Huo Lei told the team that Feng Xiaotian had joined Blazing Fire Academy and would take one of its seven competition spots.
• Huo Chui offered to give his place to his younger brother Huo Jun if Huo Lei planned to field only one support type.

Blazing Fire Academy selected its Grand Finals lineup with Feng Xiaotian and drew Nightshade Academy as its first opponent. After Nightshade surrendered upon seeing Blazing Fire’s powerful Soul Rings, Shrek Academy protested Feng Xiaotian’s inclusion but Spirit Hall upheld the rules; Blazing Fire advanced as the third round began.

• Huo Chui and Huo Lie withdrew from Blazing Fire Academy’s lineup, and Huo Lei named the seven representatives, including Feng Xiaotian.
• Xie Chong drew Nightshade Academy as Blazing Fire’s first-round opponent, while Godwind Academy learned it had drawn Shrek Academy and forfeited.
• Huo Lei arranged Blazing Fire’s formation, and the team entered the arena for its match against Nightshade Academy.
• Nightshade Academy surrendered after seeing Blazing Fire’s Soul Ring configurations, giving Blazing Fire a victory without a fight.
• Flender and other Heaven Dou Empire academy leaders protested Feng Xiaotian’s participation, but Spirit Hall refused to intervene as long as the rules were followed.
• The first two rounds ended, leaving ten academies; Blazing Fire Academy received a bye in the third round.

Huo Lei watched Shrek Academy defeat Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, then observed the Golden Generation appear for Spirit Hall Academy’s match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The chapter left the second match about to begin.

• Huo Lei spotted Lin Yin in the stands but saw no sign of Jin Shan or An Jun.
• Shrek Academy revealed its full lineup of seven Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, surprising the other teams.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing faced their siblings as Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy through stronger teamwork and support.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Huo Lei about Shrek’s victory, and Huo Lei said he was more interested in Spirit Hall’s performance.
• Huo Lei recognized Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and noted that all three were five-ring Soul Kings.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Demon Charm Martial Soul Fusion Skill to crush Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Blazing Fire Academy also advanced. After the fourth round, Blazing Fire Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy reached the final stage and gathered before Papal Hall.

• Hu Liena immobilized Heaven Dou Royal Academy with her charm, then fused with Xie Yue to create the Demon Charm domain.
• Demon Charm weakened the opposing team’s senses, Soul Power, and movements, and the fused pair drove out Dugu Yan and defeated Yu Tianheng.
• Blazing Fire Academy won its third-round match without Huo Lei needing to fight, leaving six teams in the tournament.
• Huo Lei worried that his presence could change the tournament and affect Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, then decided to rest and prepare.
• After the draw, Spirit Hall Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Shrek Academy each defeated a weaker opponent in the fourth round.
• The three finalist teams gathered before Papal Hall, while their teachers waited outside the plaza.

Bibi Dong appeared before the tournament participants and introduced three Soul Bones as Spirit Hall’s reward for the champion. The chapter left the competitors facing the prospect of winning the valuable prizes as Huo Lei reflected on the conflicting motives behind their acquisition.

• Twelve Red-Clothed Cardinals announced Bibi Dong’s arrival, and she entered Papal Hall with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan behind her.
• Huo Lei and the Blazing Fire Academy Team bowed without kneeling, while the Shrek Academy Team stood without bowing and Tang San stared defiantly at Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong silenced a Red-Clothed Cardinal who objected to Tang San’s disrespect, then spoke warmly with Tang San about his teacher, the Grandmaster.
• Bibi Dong asked Huo Lei to identify himself, praised his strength, manners, and appearance, and told him to return to his team.
• Bibi Dong presented three Soul Bones as the reward for the tournament champion, and Gui Mei identified them as the Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation, the Right Arm Bone of Explosive Incineration, and the Swift Pursuit: Chasing Wind Left Leg Bone.

Bibi Dong announced the Grand Finals format and the three Soul Bones awaiting the champion, but Spirit Hall and Blazing Fire Academy both forfeited the opening round after Yu Xiaogang withdrew Shrek Academy. Back at their lodgings, Huo Lei laid out a new plan for Blazing Fire Academy’s afternoon match against Shrek.

• Bibi Dong presented three Soul Bones as the championship prize and explained that the morning’s Individual Elimination Round would decide which team advanced directly to the final.
• Jing Ling drew a bye, and the Spirit Hall contestant forfeited his match against Huo Wushuang.
• Yu Xiaogang withdrew Shrek Academy from the morning round, and Bibi Dong publicly addressed him as an elder while accepting the forfeit.
• Xie Chong then withdrew Blazing Fire Academy, ending the round without a match and setting up an afternoon contest against Shrek.
• Huo Lei proposed separating Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, targeting Shrek’s support members, and assigning himself to face Tang San.

Blazing Fire Academy and Shrek Academy began their rematch, and Tang San’s team completed a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique that left six of its members unable to fight. Tang San then revealed Tool Soul True Body with his Clear Sky Hammer and swung it at Blazing Fire Academy as Huo Lei’s team rushed to stop him.

• Huo Lei and Tang San exchanged taunts before the referee started the match.
• Blazing Fire Academy launched coordinated attacks while Tang San raised a Blue Silver Grass barrier and Shrek formed a circle around Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar joined hands as the other Shrek members transferred their Soul Power to Oscar, completing the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique.
• Huo Lei’s lightning attack shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass defenses, leaving the other six Shrek members unable to fight while Tang San remained standing with a Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San activated Tool Soul True Body and attacked Blazing Fire Academy, prompting Huo Lei to call for help and Huo Jun to use Fire Sparks Like Rain.

Blazing Fire Academy defeated Shrek Academy after Huo Lei and his teammates blocked Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer strike, setting up a final against Spirit Hall Academy. During Ning Fengzhi’s recovery support, Xiao Wu’s concealed soul-beast aura was exposed, and Bibi Dong ordered her arrest.

• Huo Lei and the other Blazing Fire Academy members combined their strength to withstand Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, but the collision defeated both Huo Lei and Tang San.
• The referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner, making the next day’s final a match against Spirit Hall Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi used two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda skills to restore the exhausted fighters, and the sudden buffs startled Xiao Wu, causing her Forget-Worry Fragrance to fall.
• The Titled Douluo sensed Xiao Wu’s soul-beast aura, and Huo Lei led Blazing Fire Academy away from the arena.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to seize Xiao Wu, while Chen Xin blocked them and Ning Fengzhi eventually moved aside under Bibi Dong’s threat.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded an explanation with his Spirit Hall elder token, and Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast and asked whether she was the escaped survivor from the past.

As Bibi Dong moved to seize Xiao Wu, Tang Hao arrived and turned the confrontation into an attack on the Papal Hall. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong and six other powerful Soul Masters rushing to stop his giant hammer.

• Tang San defended Xiao Wu, and the Seven Monsters and Golden Iron Triangle stood against Bibi Dong's order to take her.
• Dugu Bo tried to reach Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Bibi Dong immobilized him and revealed her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo charged the Golden Iron Triangle, but Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer knocked them back.
• Tang Hao appeared, reunited with Tang San, and revealed his nine Soul Rings before challenging Bibi Dong.
• Tang Hao transformed his Clear Sky Hammer into a giant and swung it toward the Papal Hall, prompting Bibi Dong and six others to intercept it.

After Tang Hao rescued Tang San and Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong ordered the Soul Master Tournament to continue, leaving Blazing Fire Academy to prepare for its final against Spirit Hall Academy. The teams assembled before the Papal Hall the next morning, ready to begin the championship match.

• Tang Hao defeated Spirit Hall's seven Titled Douluo, took Tang San and Xiao Wu away, and thanked their teachers as he departed.
• Bibi Dong refused to pursue Tang Hao, ordered the tournament to continue, and told the other attendees to leave Spirit City.
• Xie Chong encouraged Blazing Fire Academy to learn from the battle and focus on winning the championship and its three Soul Bones.
• Huo Lei outlined a strategy for the final against Spirit Hall Academy, assigning his teammates to restrain opponents while he controlled the female Soul King.
• Blazing Fire Academy and Spirit Hall Academy gathered before the Papal Hall the next morning, and Bibi Dong told the competitors to prepare to begin.

The Blazing Fire Academy defeated the Spirit Hall Academy after Huo Lei used his mental attack to interrupt Hu Liena and struck five opponents with lightning. Bibi Dong conceded the match, and the Blazing Fire Academy was crowned champion as its representative was called to receive the three Soul Bones.

• Huo Lei interrupted Hu Liena's Fox Charm with his Fifth Soul Skill, allowing the Blazing Fire Academy team to attack.
• Huo Lei's Five-Thunder Strike knocked Hu Liena, Yan, and two other Spirit Hall Academy members unconscious, leaving only three opponents standing.
• Bibi Dong stopped the match and declared that the Spirit Hall Academy had lost.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasure Avatar to revive the four unconscious contestants and heal most of their injuries.
• Bibi Dong named the Blazing Fire Academy the tournament champion and summoned its representative to receive the three Soul Bones.

After Blazing Fire Academy won the tournament, Huo Lei received three Soul Bones and asked his teammates to decide who would take them and who would accept Gold Soul Coin compensation. The team settled on several members giving up their shares, then prepared to leave Spirit City with their rewards.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu urged Huo Lei to accept the award, and Bibi Dong offered him a place in Spirit Hall; Huo Lei asked for more time to decide.
• Huo Lei accepted the three Soul Bones from Bibi Dong, stored them in his Storage Ring, and returned to his teammates as the tournament ended.
• Huo Lei asked his teammates whether anyone would give up a Soul Bone for Gold Soul Coins, and Feng Xiaotian, Huo Chui, Huo Jun, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu agreed to do so.
• Huo Lei offered compensation based on contribution, agreeing to pay Huo Lie twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins and Huo Yun and Huo Yu thirty thousand each.
• Xie Chong reminded the team that their victory would raise their noble ranks, then told them to pack and leave Spirit City after lunch because their Soul Bones could attract danger.

After the Soul Master Tournament, Huo Lei left Spirit City with the Blazing Fire Academy group and met Lin Yin, who secretly reported that Old Jin had broken through. Huo Lei grew uneasy that powerful onlookers might try to steal the three Soul Bones and urged caution.

• Huo Lei reviewed his breakthrough prospects and financial worries, then fastened his Sleeve Arrow beneath his coat for protection.
• Xie Chong led the Blazing Fire Academy group out of their hotel and toward Spirit City's northeastern gate after they finished lunch.
• Huo Lei, Lin Yin, and Feng Xiaotian rode together, introduced themselves, and discussed their cultivation and talents.
• Lin Yin told Huo Lei privately that Old Jin had broken through and was following Huo Lei's instructions.
• Huo Lei warned Lin Yin and Feng Xiaotian that people might try to seize their three Soul Bones, since the group appeared poorly protected.

Huo Lei and the Blazing Fire Academy continued their journey home after preparing for possible attacks, and several of them advanced in rank overnight. Feng Xiaotian begged Huo Lei for a way to grow stronger and confessed his devotion to Huo Wu, leaving with hope that he could pass a test to gain help.

• Huo Lei laid out plans for handling a robbery, then successfully broke through to rank fifty-seven during the night.
• The Blazing Fire Academy left the hotel in three carriages, and Huo Lei learned that Feng Xiaotian, Xie Chong, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Huo Lie had also advanced.
• Feng Xiaotian complained that everyone’s breakthroughs had stolen the satisfaction of his own rise to rank forty-five, then asked Huo Lei how he and Huo Wu progressed so quickly.
• Feng Xiaotian confessed that he sincerely loved Huo Wu and had visited the Blazing Fire Academy just to see her.
• Huo Lei promised Feng Xiaotian that a method to improve his strength might be available in half a month to a month if he passed a test, and Feng Xiaotian vowed to do it for Huo Wu.

Huo Lei and the Blazing Fire Academy convoy were ambushed by four Soul Sages, whom Huo Lei suspected were Red-Clothed Cardinals from Spirit Hall. With the academy outmatched, Huo Lei proposed settling the bandits’ demand for their Storage Soul Tools through three sparring matches.

• Feng Xiaotian and Lin Yin exchanged praise before cries from the horses and laughter revealed the convoy was surrounded.
• Huo Lei, Lin Yin, and Feng Xiaotian rushed out, and the Blazing Fire Academy gathered around the central carriage as Huo Wu and Xie Chong challenged the attackers.
• Xie Chong and the academy members released their martial souls, while Huo Lei saw that four opposing Soul Sages had blocked the convoy.
• Huo Lei recognized the Gale Leopard wielder’s optimal soul ring configuration and reasoned that the attackers were likely acting on their own as Red-Clothed Cardinals from Spirit Hall.
• Huo Lei proposed three sparring matches, promising the academy’s Storage Soul Tools to the bandits regardless of the outcome.

Huo Lei agreed to the bandits’ rigged challenge, then used Lin Yin’s surprise attack to kill two Soul Sages and turn the fight into a battle against the remaining bandits. The chapter ended with Blazing Fire Academy’s fighters engaging the two surviving Martial Soul Avatars.

• The Gale Leopard Soul Master barred Blazing Fire Academy’s Soul Sage from the fight and restricted how many opponents could fight at once, and Huo Lei accepted the conditions.
• Huo Lei led the bandits and Blazing Fire Academy into a forest clearing, where he and Lin Yin faced a Soul Sage.
• Lin Yin weakened the bandits with Group Weakness while Huo Lei used his Thunder Wings and Mental Control to kill their opponent in seconds.
• Lin Yin turned invisible with Perfect Unity and killed another bandit Soul Sage while the others were stunned.
• Huo Lei called for everyone to attack, and Xie Chong and the other fighters engaged the two remaining bandits in their Martial Soul Avatars.

Huo Lei and Blazing Fire Academy defeated four bandits, collected their bodies and Storage Rings, and returned safely to the academy. Huo Lei secured the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and planned to reach level sixty so he could fuse with it.

• Huo Lei and Lin Yin defeated the White Giant Wolf bandit, and Lin Yin went to assist Xie Chong against the last bandit.
• Huo Lei collected the belongings and bodies of the three bandits while Xie Chong and Lin Yin finished their fight; he gave them Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to aid their recovery.
• The group discovered the carriage drivers had vanished, so the academy members took turns driving the three carriages for the rest of the journey.
• Huo Lei and the others reached Blazing Fire Academy on the eighth morning, where Dean Huo Feng welcomed them, and Feng Xiaotian returned to Godwind Academy.
• Huo Lei checked that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was safe, then kept the three bandits' Storage Rings to inspect later.

Huo Lei discussed how his family would divide the three Soul Bones he won in the Soul Master Tournament, then searched the Storage Rings of the defeated Soul Sages and discovered they belonged to Spirit Hall Cardinals. He found substantial wealth in the first two rings, though the second contained less than the first.

• Huo Lei learned that Huo Feng had absorbed the Right Arm Bone and reached rank eighty-three, then explained that he had won three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu explained that Huo Lei had compensated the other teammates with Gold Soul Coins, and Huo Feng praised his decision.
• Huo Lei gave the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone to Huo Wushuang, kept the Left Leg Bone for later, and chose the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull for himself.
• After dinner, Huo Lei searched the red Storage Ring and found Spirit Hall Cardinal robes, 30,200 Gold Soul Coins, and other belongings.
• Huo Lei searched the blue Storage Ring, found another set of Cardinal robes and 20,000 Gold Soul Coins, and complained that its owner was poor.

Huo Lei searched the robbers’ Storage Rings and bodies, finding a fortune in Gold Soul Coins and a Right Arm Soul Bone from a thirty-thousand-year-old Gale Demon Tiger. He began absorbing the over-fifty-thousand-year-old Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, whose energy rapidly strengthened his mental power.

• Huo Lei searched the strongest robber’s green Storage Ring and found more than 88,800 Gold Soul Coins and the body of a Gale Demon Tiger.
• Huo Lei checked the first two Soul Sage bodies but found no Soul Bones.
• Huo Lei discovered and removed a Right Arm Soul Bone from the Gale Leopard Soul Master, then confirmed it came from the thirty-thousand-year-old Gale Demon Tiger.
• Huo Lei took out the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull and reasoned that it could greatly improve his mental power.
• Huo Lei began absorbing the Wisdom Skull, and its blue light sent a soothing current through his mind as his mental power grew rapidly.

Huo Lei absorbed the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, gaining a dramatic boost to his spiritual power and a powerful Head Soul Bone Skill. He tested the skill in Red Rock Mountain, where it reduced a boulder to dust.

• Huo Lei absorbed the Wisdom Skull overnight and discovered that his spiritual power and vision had greatly improved.
• Huo Lei reorganized his Storage Rings and donated the Gale Demon Tiger carcass to Blazing Fire Academy's cafeteria for everyone to eat.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin traveled into Red Rock Mountain so Huo Lei could dispose of three robbers' bodies and test his new skill.
• Huo Lei told Lin Yin that the robbers' Storage Rings contained robes identifying all four robbers, including Teacher Xie Chong, as Spirit Hall Red-Clothed Cardinals.
• Huo Lei fired beams of deep blue light from his eyes and blasted the boulder atop a peak into dust, leaving Lin Yin stunned.