Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasury with Ning Rongrong, chose several treasures, and spent the night with her after she told him she no longer wanted to wait. The next morning, Ning Fengzhi showed them that he had advanced to the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Dai Mubai chose two Soul Bones and selected rare herbs and metals from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasury, while Ning Rongrong picked jewelry for herself and her friends.
• Ning Rongrong told Dai Mubai she was grown up and did not want to wait any longer, and they spent the night together.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong woke together the next morning, then went to the front hall to see Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Ning Rongrong counted eight tiers, revealing his breakthrough to the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong gained major breakthroughs after receiving rare treasures, and Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support to Dai Mubai. The group prepared to help three elders overcome their bottlenecks with Soul Ascension Pills before Ning Fengzhi attended the Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that he had reached level eighty and believed he could continue advancing beyond his Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xin revealed that the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had raised him to the peak of level ninety-seven, while Gu Rong said the dragon ganoderma had brought him to level ninety-six and strengthened his Bone Dragon.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would advance and retreat together with Dai Mubai, who thanked him and the two elders for their support.
• Ning Fengzhi postponed obtaining his eighth soul ring until after the Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony and accepted three Soul Ascension Pills from Dai Mubai for the sect’s bottlenecked elders.
• Gu Rong brought Ning Wenyuan, Zhao Dezhu, and Sun Lie to meet Dai Mubai, and Ning Fengzhi introduced their martial souls and Soul Douluo ranks.

Dai Mubai gave three elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Ascension Pills, helping them break through to level 90, while Ning Fengzhi agreed to use whale rubber to strengthen his physique before seeking his Eighth Soul Ring. The sect concealed its new strength, and Dai Mubai’s allies prepared to grow stronger still.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Soul Ascension Pills from Dai Mubai to Ning Wenyuan, Zhao Dezhu, and Sun Lie, and all three elders swallowed them to attempt breakthroughs.
• After four hours, Zhao Dezhu, Ning Wenyuan, and Sun Lie broke through to level 90, and Ning Fengzhi told everyone to keep their new strength secret from Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that the group would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest after the Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai explained that whale rubber could strengthen Ning Fengzhi’s physique and raise the age of the Soul Ring he could absorb.
• Ning Rongrong showed that whale rubber had helped her obtain a 6,500-year-old fourth Soul Ring, convincing Ning Fengzhi to try it before seeking his Eighth Soul Ring.

During lunch, Dai Mubai revealed that he had killed Dugu Bo and discussed Tang San’s prospects in the Soul Master Tournament with Ning Fengzhi. After Dai Mubai suggested Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, Ning Fengzhi decided to use the tournament to draw out Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi told Dai Mubai that Dugu Bo had disappeared, and Dai Mubai confessed that he had killed him to obtain the immortal herbs.
• Ning Fengzhi said he favored Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, which included Tang San and Xiao Wu, and explained that Yu Xiaogang had arranged for the First and Second Teams to switch places.
• Dai Mubai mocked Yu Xiaogang’s motives for putting Tang San in the Second Team, and Ning Fengzhi recalled Dai Mubai publicly confronting Yu Xiaogang.
• Dai Mubai told Ning Rongrong that Tang San likely had twin martial souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer, and might be Tang Hao’s son.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed using Tang San’s participation in the tournament to draw out Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to watch for the opportunity.

Dai Mubai finally succeeded in weaponizing the Gengjin White Tiger’s metal-attribute Soul Power, creating a golden longsword through sheer will. Sword Douluo praised his achievement, and Dai Mubai revealed he could also form other weapons and armor.

• Dai Mubai attempted to condense Soul Power into a weapon at Sword Douluo’s training ground, but his first several efforts failed.
• Sword Douluo watched silently as Dai Mubai continued trying, growing exhausted while nearing a breakthrough.
• Dai Mubai realized he needed to shape his will into a sword, then successfully formed a golden longsword from his Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai tested the sword by cutting a boulder cleanly, and Sword Douluo praised its purity and compared it to the Angel Clan’s Sacred Sword.
• Dai Mubai told Sword Douluo that he could also condense sabers, spears, shields, and armor.

Dai Mubai began learning swordsmanship from Sword Douluo and named his weapon the White Tiger Golden Fiend Sword. The next day, while exploring Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong ahead of the tournament, he reunited with Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er.

• Dai Mubai demonstrated that he could transform his golden weapon into different metal weapons, and Sword Douluo advised him to focus on one weapon and offered to teach him swordsmanship.
• Dai Mubai chose the sword as his primary weapon, asked Sword Douluo to teach him, and named his blade the White Tiger Golden Fiend Sword.
• Dai Mubai began training in swordsmanship with Sword Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong took Dai Mubai sightseeing in crowded Heaven Dou City two days before the Soul Master Tournament opened.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong met Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er at a restaurant near the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and Dai Mubai introduced Ning Rongrong as his girlfriend.

Dai Mubai met Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er in Heaven Dou City, where Shui Yue'er openly pursued him after learning he was a prince of the Star Luo Empire. The sisters learned about Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong's extraordinary strength, leaving Shui Bing'er quietly overwhelmed.

• Shui Yue'er eagerly greeted Dai Mubai, and he explained that he would represent the Star Luo Royal Academy's Second Team in the tournament.
• Shui Yue'er boldly asked Dai Mubai what he thought of her, and Ning Rongrong said she did not mind if he welcomed more women into their circle.
• Shui Bing'er described Skywater Academy's strong lineup and goal of reaching the top three in the preliminary rounds.
• Dai Mubai revealed that he was nearly rank fifty-eight, astonishing the sisters with his progress.
• Ning Rongrong said she was rank forty-six and that Dai Mubai had helped her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolve into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, leaving Shui Bing'er stunned and troubled.

Dai Mubai advised Shui Bing'er on controlling her Ice Phoenix, then provoked the Five Elemental Academies by claiming Tang San and Heaven Dou Royal Academy would defeat them. He hoped to make Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian push Tang San into revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, potentially drawing out Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Dai Mubai explained that Shui Bing'er could improve her Ice Phoenix control with powerful ice-attribute soul rings and a suitable Head Soul Bone.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian joined Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er at the restaurant and discussed the tournament's three soul bone prize.
• Dai Mubai told the group that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had replaced its First Team with its Second Team and that captain Tang San was a powerful Soul Ancestor.
• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian reacted angrily to Dai Mubai's claim that the Five Elemental Academies would lose to Tang San's team.
• Dai Mubai privately hoped the rivals would force Tang San to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer, while Ning Rongrong recognized his provocation as a trap.

Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong spent their last days in Seven Treasure City before attending the opening ceremony of the Soul Master Tournament’s Heaven Dou Division. The ceremony began as the competing teams were about to enter the arena.

• Dai Mubai paid for the meal and wished Huo Wu victory, while Huo Wu vowed to prove Blazing Fire Academy’s strength in the qualifiers.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er said goodbye to Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong, and Shui Yue'er secured Dai Mubai’s promise to watch their matches.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong followed their usual routine in Seven Treasure City as Dai Mubai cultivated and practiced swordsmanship with Chen Xin.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong joined Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, then watched from the VIP box as the opening ceremony began.
• The host announced the start of the qualifiers and prepared to welcome the competing teams.

Tang San led Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team into the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony, followed by the Five Elemental Academies and the other competitors. Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi rose to give the next address.

• Tang San led Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team into the arena, where Dai Mubai noted Xiao Wu’s new necklace and the team’s balanced lineup.
• Dai Mubai spotted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong among the academy leaders’ seats.
• Huo Wu led Blazing Fire Academy past Tang San, while Godwind, Skywater, Thunder, Elephant Armor, and Blue Tyrant Academies entered after her.
• Xue Ye declared the tournament open and delivered a long speech, prompting Dai Mubai to wonder whether he would have to give speeches if he became emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi rose to address the tournament after the master of ceremonies introduced him.

Ning Fengzhi praised the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team before the qualifiers’ draw matched them against Canghui Academy. As both teams prepared for the opening match, Canghui’s Bruce chose to reveal their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang ordered his team to win within a minute.

• Ning Fengzhi declared the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team his favorite and predicted they could win the tournament.
• Salas drew the first-round pairings, matching the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team against Canghui Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang felt confident that Tang San and the others would easily win and began planning how to draw attention to himself afterward.
• Bruce told Canghui Academy’s team to use their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, to defeat their stronger opponents.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team to finish the match within one minute.

Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong bet heavily on Canghui Academy, expecting it to use its hidden Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The match began with Canghui Academy revealing seven gem martial souls and forming a defensive formation, while Yu Xiaogang dismissed them as a bluff.

• Yu Xiaogang instructed Tang San and Yu Tianheng to overwhelm Canghui Academy and finish the battle within one minute.
• Dai Mubai wagered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Canghui Academy, and Ning Rongrong matched his bet.
• The announcer introduced Heaven Dou Royal Academy's powerful lineup and reported that nearly all spectators had bet on it to win.
• Dai Mubai recognized Canghui Academy's gem martial souls as a sign that they planned to use their trump card immediately.
• Canghui Academy's seven members gathered in formation, Yu Xiaogang called their display smoke and mirrors, and the referee started the match.

Canghui Academy used its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to trap the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in an illusion, where they attacked one another and were defeated. The chapter ended with Canghui Academy declared the winner of the match.

• The seven members of Canghui Academy formed their practiced formation and unleashed the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, enveloping the charging Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Ning Fengzhi identified the technique as a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang panicked and relied on Tang San to find a way out.
• Dai Mubai used his Icefire Spirit Eyes to see that the illusion controlled the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members and made them fight one another.
• The rainbow light faded to reveal Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and the rest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team unconscious on the stage, while the exhausted Canghui Academy Team remained standing.
• The announcer declared Canghui Academy the winner, prompting boos and an uproar from the crowd.

After the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team was defeated, Yu Xiaogang fled the arena while Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong collected a huge payout on Canghui Academy. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai meeting Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whose composure faltered at the pointed exchange.

• The spectators blamed Yu Xiaogang for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's defeat, and he fled without checking on his unconscious team members.
• Qin Ming arranged for the injured students to be examined, while the instructors found that most had suffered severe mental trauma.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong redeemed their two-hundred-thousand-coin bet on Canghui Academy and received two hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Dai Mubai, and the two went to meet Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo and Xue Qinghe, and Dai Mubai's greeting made Xue Qinghe's expression darken.

Xue Qinghe congratulated Ning Fengzhi on Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai’s relationship, then left after the couple revealed their enormous betting win. At the infirmary, he confronted the academy officials over Yu Xiaogang abandoning the injured team, while Tang San pleaded for his teacher to receive another chance.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong were together and that he had accepted Dai Mubai as his son-in-law.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she and Dai Mubai had won two hundred million Gold Soul Coins betting on Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai invited Xue Qinghe to dinner.
• Xue Qinghe left the Great Soul Arena after declining Dai Mubai’s invitation, and Ning Fengzhi, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong returned to the sect.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the academy officials to use imperial medicinal supplies to treat the injured team, then demanded an explanation for Yu Xiaogang fleeing the match.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin defended Yu Xiaogang and asked Xue Qinghe not to replace him as team leader.
• Tang San apologized for Yu Xiaogang’s conduct and vouched that his teacher would lead the team to victory in its next match.

Xue Qinghe gave Yu Xiaogang one final chance after Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and the education commissioners pleaded for him. Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong watched Skywater Academy’s dance and victory, then Dai Mubai invited the team to celebrate with him.

• Xue Qinghe pardoned Yu Xiaogang but warned him not to flee from battle again.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and three elders left for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong watched the preliminary rounds from the stands.
• Skywater Academy performed its dance, and Dai Mubai exchanged waves and a heart gesture with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy to a swift victory over Spirit Battle Academy using her Ice Seal.
• Dai Mubai invited Skywater Academy to a celebratory meal, and Shui Yue'er clung to his arm as the group left the arena.

Dai Mubai watched Heaven Dou Royal Academy draw Blazing Fire Academy, whose fire-based skills threatened Tang San and the team still recovering from their previous match. As Huo Wu began Blazing Fire Academy’s Ring Fusion attack against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s defensive formation, the match’s first clash was about to decide everything.

• Dai Mubai treated Shui Yue'er and her companions to a shopping spree, then returned to his hotel with Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai saw that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would face Blazing Fire Academy and anticipated that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass would be countered by fire.
• Qin Ming urged Yu Xiaogang to replace Tang San or devise a strategy, but Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San would find a way and ordered the team to defend before counterattacking.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong watched from the stands as spectators mocked Heaven Dou Royal Academy for huddling defensively.
• Huo Wu ordered Blazing Fire Academy’s members to pool their soul power through Ring Fusion, preparing a decisive opening strike.

Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion-powered Blazing Sun defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving its fighters unconscious and bald while the crowd jeered at Yu Xiaogang. Xue Qinghe warned the team that another loss would cost Yu Xiaogang his position, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy then prepared to face Skywater Academy.

• Huo Wu combined her Soul Rings and her teammates’ support to unleash Blazing Sun against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The fireball overwhelmed Tang San, Yu Tianheng, the Shi Mo brothers, Xiao Wu, and their teammates, leaving all seven unconscious and their hair burned away.
• The referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner as spectators mocked Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from fleeing.
• Qin Ming escorted the injured team through a jeering crowd, while Xue Qinghe warned Yu Xiaogang that another loss would mean his immediate replacement.
• When Heaven Dou Royal Academy drew Skywater Academy for its next match, Xiao Wu stayed away and Tai Long took her place.

Yu Xiaogang chose a weakened lineup against Skywater Academy, whose Ice and Snow Drifting fusion skill overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After the team suffered its third consecutive defeat, Yu Xiaogang collapsed and the crowd mocked him as the tournament’s biggest joke.

• Yu Xiaogang ignored Flender’s warning and replaced Osler and Xiao Wu with Dugu Yan and Tai Long, leaving the team without an agility attack soul master.
• Shui Bing’er froze Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s front line and repelled Yu Tianheng and Tai Long before Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice and Snow Drifting martial soul fusion skill.
• Skywater Academy froze and struck the opposing team, sending all seven Heaven Dou Royal Academy members out of the arena and winning the match.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood, collapsed, and was carried away by Liu Erlong and Flender as spectators jeered at him.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three straight defeats made the team and Yu Xiaogang objects of ridicule throughout Heaven Dou City.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy dismissed Yu Xiaogang following three crushing losses, his successor Qin Ming led the team to six consecutive victories, intensifying public scorn for Yu Xiaogang. Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to find him, while Tang San and Yu Tianheng tried unsuccessfully to lift Yu Xiaogang out of despair.

• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Yu Xiaogang replaced, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy appointed Qin Ming as team leader.
• Qin Ming guided the team to six straight victories, prompting Heaven Dou City residents to heap further insults on Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Luomian reported Yu Xiaogang's failures and the public's insults to Yu Yuanzhen, who ordered him to find Yu Xiaogang and stop him from disgracing the clan.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng visited Yu Xiaogang at Liu Erlong's residence and urged him to recover, but he remained unmoved.