Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong refused to give Yu Xiaogang the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, then had him beaten and driven out of Spirit City. Ten days later, Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire team arrived in Spirit City, where a red-robed bishop escorted the soul master teams to their lodging.

• Yu Xiaogang begged Bibi Dong to explain how to keep Tang San from dying because of his Twin Martial Souls, but she refused unless he joined Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and warned Yu Xiaogang to take him away from Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San was harmed, so Bibi Dong ordered the Hall Guard Knights to beat him and drive him out.
• The Hall Guard Knights broke Yu Xiaogang’s leg, threw him down the Papal Palace steps, and chased him toward the city gates; he fainted after leaving Spirit City.
• Ten days later, Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire team arrived at Spirit City, where a red-robed bishop welcomed the soul master teams and led them to their lodging.

Dai Mubai and his companions arrived in Spirit City ahead of the competition and visited the Heaven Dou Empire’s hotel, where they learned Yu Xiaogang had been found badly injured outside the city gates. Yu Xiaogang was receiving treatment after being beaten and thrown out of the Papal Palace, leaving Dai Mubai puzzled by Bibi Dong’s apparent cruelty toward him.

• Dai Mubai surveyed Spirit City and saw the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall on the hill at its center.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Bai Chenxiang, Oscar, and Dai Lingling walked to the hotel housing the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams.
• Dai Mubai greeted Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin in the hotel lobby, while Ma Hongjun reunited with Flender.
• Ning Fengzhi told Dai Mubai that Tang San had recognized the beggar at the city gates as Yu Xiaogang, who had been taken to the infirmary.
• Ye Lingling had saved Yu Xiaogang’s life, but his injuries had left his right leg beyond saving after the Spirit Hall beat him and cast him out of the Papal Palace.

Dai Mubai provoked Xue Qinghe over Yu Xiaogang, then joined Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong in visiting Skywater Academy and hosted a dinner for both teams. As Flender watched his former students thrive, he began wondering whether he should stop devoting himself to Yu Xiaogang.

• Dai Mubai baited Xue Qinghe into defending the Heaven Dou Empire’s handling of Yu Xiaogang, and Xue Qinghe vowed inwardly to teach him a lesson.
• Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to meet Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er at the hotel.
• Dai Mubai invited both teams and Flender to dinner, where Dai Lingling and the others teased Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er as their sisters-in-law.
• Flender compared his former students’ success with his own difficult circumstances and wondered whether his sacrifices for Yu Xiaogang had been worthwhile.

Dai Mubai spent the night with Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er, then continued visiting the sisters while preparing with his team. Three days later, the tournament finals began, and Dai Mubai hurried to meet the assembled Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team.

• Dai Mubai spent the night with Shui Yue'er, then slipped into Shui Bing'er's room and stayed with her until morning.
• Dai Mubai woke between Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er, and the sisters helped him dress before they shared breakfast.
• Dai Mubai told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er he would return that night, then spent the following days cultivating with the battle team and visiting the sisters.
• The three days passed, and Dai Mubai left the sisters before dawn to join the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team as the tournament finals began.
• Dai Mubai gathered the assembled members of the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team in the hotel lobby.

Team leader Huang Ding explained the finals’ elimination schedule as Dai Mubai arrived at the venue and surveyed the rival teams. Dai Mubai watched the Star Luo Royal Academy First Team, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and Spirit Hall’s golden generation, while secretly planning to seize Xiao Wu for his mother’s soul ring.

• Huang Ding explained that the five-round finals used single-elimination duels, with seeded teams receiving byes in the first three rounds.
• Dai Mubai noticed Dai Weisi’s relaxed demeanor and grew wary of his half-brother’s unusual state of mind.
• The contestants arrived at Spirit Hall’s dedicated venue near the Papal Palace, where Huang Ding was called away to draw lots.
• Dai Mubai saw Tang San and Xiao Wu with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team and considered the danger of Xiao Wu’s identity being exposed.
• Dai Mubai decided to ambush Tang San and Xiao Wu’s escape route so he could capture Xiao Wu and obtain her hundred-thousand-year soul ring for his mother.
• Dai Mubai inspected Spirit Hall’s golden generation, recognizing Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and noted the team’s exceptional strength.

Dai Mubai provoked Yan and watched Yu Xiaogang arrive at the finals venue in a wheelchair, still acting arrogantly despite his injuries. Dai secretly damaged the wheelchair, sending Yu Xiaogang tumbling in front of the crowd, and the guards threatened to expel him when he demanded an investigation.

• Dai Mubai exchanged provocative looks with Hu Liena and Yan, then kissed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to taunt Yan.
• Flender wheeled Yu Xiaogang into the venue, where Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San before insulting Dai Mubai and his teammates as he passed them.
• Dai Mubai secretly shattered the wheelchair's rear-wheel axle with a tiny golden hammer.
• The wheelchair collapsed, and Yu Xiaogang fell onto the stone paving, striking his broken leg as the crowd laughed.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender investigate, but Hall Guard Knights ordered him to leave if he disrupted the venue, and he fell silent.

Dai Mubai chose the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team’s strongest lineup to face Plant Academy and planned to exploit its weakness to fire. Their first-round match began with the team revealing evolved Martial Souls and powerful Soul Rings, leaving spectators and Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Tang San and Flender carried Yu Xiaogang out of the arena with his broken wheelchair after a Hall Guard Knight ordered them to remove it.
• Huang Ding announced that the team’s first opponent was Plant Academy, and Dai Mubai selected the lineup and assigned Ma Hongjun to lead the attack with fire.
• The team watched the earlier bouts, then Dai Mubai and six teammates entered the platform for their match against Plant Academy.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Dai Mubai displayed five Soul Rings while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong revealed their evolved nine-tailed Spirit Cat and Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Xue Qinghe recognized the significance of the evolutions, Ning Fengzhi watched with pride, and Yu Xiaogang was left questioning why their Martial Souls could evolve while his could not.

Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team overwhelmed Plant Academy in the first round, with Ma Hongjun, Yang Pojun, and Zhu Zhuqing leading the attack. Dai Mubai considered whether their display might make Spirit Hall change the championship prize, but he no longer cared about the three offered soul bones.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were shocked by how much Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong had improved, while Hu Liena recognized the Star Luo team as a serious threat.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun, Yang Pojun, and Zhu Zhuqing Rainbow Auspicious Cloud Sausages, and Ning Rongrong amplified them with her Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Ma Hongjun burned through Plant Academy’s defenses, Yang Pojun disrupted its formation, and Zhu Zhuqing flanked the opponents and knocked them off the arena.
• The referee declared Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team the winner after Zhu Zhuqing eliminated the last Plant Academy member.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar taunted Yu Xiaogang as their team left the arena, while Dai Mubai considered whether Spirit Hall might change the soul-bone championship prize because of their strength.

Dai Mubai told Zhu Chengfeng that Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast and asked him to capture her for Dai Mubai’s mother after she became separated from the Clear Sky Sect. The next day, the second round of elimination matches began, and Dai Mubai’s team watched despite having a bye.

• Dai Mubai reviewed the Soul Bone rewards and noted that the first round ended without any upsets, leaving eighteen teams to advance.
• Dai Mubai met Zhu Chengfeng on the hotel rooftop and explained that his Double Pupils had exposed the elder’s concealment.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast and asked Zhu Chengfeng to track her and capture her if she became separated from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Chengfeng agreed to observe the situation and memorize Dai Mubai’s instructions for identifying Xiao Wu and avoiding the Clear Sky Sect members.
• The second round of elimination matches began a day later, and Dai Mubai’s team watched as the seeded teams competed.

The finals narrowed to ten teams, and the third round opened with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team defeating Thunder Academy before Spirit Hall Academy easily beat War Academy. The chapter ended as Star Luo Royal Academy First Team and Second Team faced off, bringing brothers Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai into a decisive showdown.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team was crushed by Wind Sword Academy, while Star Luo Royal Academy First Team defeated its duchy opponent without using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, ending Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang's tournament run, and Yan provocatively challenged Dai Mubai.
• The second round ended with ten teams remaining, and the draw matched Star Luo Royal Academy First Team against Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team against Thunder Academy.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to break Thunder Academy's formation, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team narrowly advanced.
• Spirit Hall Academy overwhelmed War Academy and advanced to the third round.
• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai he could spare his life if he surrendered, and Dai Mubai questioned his brother's confidence.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, while the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team advanced by overcoming Wind Sword Academy. The Spirit Hall Academy Team then disrupted Skywater Academy’s plan to use its fusion skill, leaving Shui Bing’er vulnerable to Xie Yue’s attack.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, and their teammates eliminated the rest of Dai Weisi’s team.
• Dai Weisi congratulated Dai Mubai and left the stage, while Dai Mubai suspected that something was wrong with him.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu helped Skywater Academy defeat Fire Leopard Academy, completing the third round with six teams remaining.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Second Team broke through Wind Sword Academy’s Wind Sword Formation and won their elimination match.
• Hu Liena used a Spiritual Attack to disorient Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu, and Xie Yue lunged at Shui Bing’er before Skywater Academy could use its fusion skill.

After Skywater Academy lost and Dai Mubai easily defeated Feng Xiaotian in a one-on-one match, the final three tournament teams were set. Three days before the finals, Bibi Dong questioned the Golden Generation about facing Star Luo Royal Team Two and remained wary of their unknown strength.

• Shui Bing'er used Repelling Ice Ring to knock Xie Yue away, but Spirit Hall's flank attack overwhelmed Skywater Academy, and the referee declared Skywater Academy defeated.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Dai Mubai for an all-out duel, and Dai Mubai sent his teammates off the arena to let them fight alone.
• Dai Mubai endured Feng Xiaotian's thirty-six consecutive slashes and revealed that he had used about thirty percent of his strength, then advised Feng Xiaotian to focus more on raising his Soul Power.
• The final three were the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, the Spirit Hall Academy Team, and Star Luo Royal Team Two; Dai Mubai later brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to his hotel.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan whether they could defeat Star Luo Royal Team Two, and Xie Yue proposed that Hu Liena and he restrain Dai Mubai while Yan attacked the others.
• Bibi Dong listened to their plan but remained cautious because Star Luo Royal Team Two had never revealed its full strength or hidden trump cards.

Qian Renxue offered to fight Dai Mubai in the tournament final, but refused Bibi Dong’s demand that she kill him. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai met Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin privately, preparing to share something in a soundproofed suite.

• Bibi Dong brought out three Soul Bones for Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to absorb before their match against the Star Luo Second Team.
• Qian Renxue arrived and offered to enter the final championship match, revealing that she was a rank sixty-six Soul Emperor and insisting the Soul Bones remain tournament prizes.
• Bibi Dong agreed to Qian Renxue’s proposal and told her to kill Dai Mubai, revealing Spirit Hall’s secret agreement with Dai Weisi to eliminate him and help Dai Weisi become Crown Prince.
• Qian Renxue refused to take part in the killing and left the Papal Palace, while Bibi Dong put the Soul Bones away and ordered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to prepare to win.
• Dai Mubai visited Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin at their hotel, and Chen Xin sealed the suite so no one could overhear them.

Dai Mubai and Ning Fengzhi planned to expose Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and seize her after she fled toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang San to kill Dai Mubai and make Spirit Hall take the blame.

• Dai Mubai told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and proposed using Ning Fengzhi’s eighth soul skill to reveal her identity during the finals.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to Dai Mubai’s plan, which relied on Tang Hao and Tang Xiao escorting Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest and Zhu Chengfeng ambushing her along the way.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang Hao and Tang Xiao that Dai Mubai threatened their factions and urged them to kill him.
• Tang San agreed with Yu Xiaogang, recalling his past humiliation at Dai Mubai’s hands.
• Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang persuaded the hesitant Tang Xiao to target Dai Mubai after the tournament and frame Spirit Hall for his death.

Zhu Zhuyun warned Dai Mubai that Dai Weisi had allied with Spirit Hall to kill him and seize the throne, but Dai Mubai remained confident. After the three-day rest, the finalists gathered before the Papal Palace as Bibi Dong appeared to open the finals.

• Tang Xiao, Yu Xiaogang, and the two Titled Douluo agreed to ambush and kill Dai Mubai after the tournament.
• Zhu Zhuyun visited Dai Mubai and told him that Dai Weisi had conspired with Spirit Hall to kill him during the finals and become Crown Prince.
• Dai Mubai questioned Zhu Zhuyun's motives, accepted her warning, and assured Zhu Zhuqing that he had anticipated Dai Weisi's betrayal.
• The Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and the Spirit Hall Team assembled before the Papal Palace for the finals.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the Papal Palace in ceremonial dress as the gathered crowd welcomed her.

Dai Mubai's abilities were listed at age seventeen and a half and soul power level fifty-eight, including his evolved Gengjin White Tiger martial soul, five soul rings, soul bones, and additional techniques.

• Dai Mubai's Evil-Eyed White Tiger had evolved into the Gengjin White Tiger, granting ultimate metal attributes, flight, and suppression of weapon-type martial souls.
• Dai Mubai possessed five soul ring skills that enhanced his defenses, attacks, strength, and armor penetration.
• Dai Mubai possessed the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone and the external soul bone Darkgolden Terrorclaw, providing regeneration, flight, and enhanced claw attacks.
• Dai Mubai practiced soul power weaponization, swordsmanship learned from Sword Douluo, and spear techniques learned from the Breaking Clan.
• Dai Mubai had the Hell White Tiger martial soul fusion skill, Icefire Spirit Eyes, Two Forms Gengjin Divine Light, and immunity to all poisons.

Bibi Dong opened the finals by humiliating Yu Xiaogang with a cutting remark about Tang San’s strength and revealing three valuable Soul Bones as the championship prize. Dai Mubai questioned Spirit Hall’s confidence but resolved to fight for the reward despite its alliance with Dai Weisi.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the Papal Palace with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo as the Spirit Hall Academy Team knelt before her.
• Tang San glared at Bibi Dong, who challenged his teacher’s reputation by saying Yu Xiaogang could never reach Tang San’s current level, leaving Yu Xiaogang livid.
• Bibi Dong addressed the finalists and displayed three Soul Bones as the prize for the championship team.
• Ghost Douluo identified the Soul Bones as the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm, and Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg.
• Dai Mubai wondered why Spirit Hall risked offering such valuable Soul Bones, then decided to fight for them despite Spirit Hall’s collusion with Dai Weisi.

The three teams began the individual elimination tournament, but Yu Xiaogang interrupted the opening match and was beaten by the Hall Guard Knights. As he was dragged away with all three legs crippled, he declared that the Heaven Dou Second Team would forfeit the tournament and enter the afternoon's team battle.

• Bibi Dong explained that the individual tournament winner would advance directly to the championship match, while the two losing teams would compete for the other spot.
• Dai Mubai sent Bai Chenxiang out first and urged his teammates to conserve their strength, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong stayed off the roster.
• Bai Chenxiang drew a bye as Osler and Zhao Ming prepared to fight for the Heaven Dou Second Team and Spirit Hall Team.
• Yu Xiaogang interrupted the match and falsely claimed to be the Heaven Dou Second Team's leader before admitting his identity.
• The referee ordered the Hall Guard Knights to beat Yu Xiaogang, and they broke his remaining leg before dragging him away.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted that the Heaven Dou Second Team forfeited the individual tournament and would enter the afternoon's losers' bracket team battle.

After Yu Xiaogang was thrown out of the plaza, Qin Ming forfeited the Heaven Dou Second Team’s individual competition and sent the remaining teams into a duel. Bai Chenxiang drew her match against Zhao Ming, and Dai Lingling faced Li Kai as the next bout began.

• The Hall Guard Knights threw Yu Xiaogang down the steps, and Flender carried him back to the hotel.
• Qin Ming announced that the Heaven Dou Second Team forfeited the individual competition and would focus on the afternoon team battle.
• Bai Chenxiang fought Zhao Ming from a distance, but neither could overcome the other, and the referee declared their match a draw.
• Dai Lingling and Li Kai entered the arena, both revealed their rank forty-six Power Attack System Soul Ancestor strength, and their match began.

Dai Lingling defeated Li Kai and Zhang Ping in succession, but exhausted her Soul Power in the process. Yang Pojun and Sun Chuantao then entered the arena for the fourth match, which was about to begin.

• Dai Lingling overpowered Li Kai with her White Tiger enhancements and defeated him with a punch.
• Dai Lingling used an opening to strike Zhang Ping with her fourth Soul Skill, then knocked her out of the arena.
• Dai Lingling left the arena exhausted, and Oscar gave her a Recovery Sausage.
• Star Luo Royal Academy sent out Yang Pojun, while Spirit Hall Academy sent out Sun Chuantao for the fourth match.
• The referee announced the match between Yang Pojun and Sun Chuantao and ordered it to begin.