Chapter Summaries

Yang Pojun defeated Sun Chuantao, and the Spirit Hall Academy Team forfeited the individual tournament, sending the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team to the championship match. Afterward, Tang San learned that Yu Xiaogang had awakened following treatment for his broken leg.

• Yang Pojun overwhelmed Sun Chuantao with his Soul Breaking Spear and pierced his shoulder with his fourth soul skill, winning their match.
• The Spirit Hall Academy Team forfeited the individual tournament after its leader received Bibi Dong's approval, advancing the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team to the championship match.
• Yang Pojun celebrated with his teammates as Bibi Dong and the Red-robed Cardinals left the arena.
• Xue Qinghe returned to the hotel with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, while Tang San went to check on Yu Xiaogang.
• Ye Lingling treated Yu Xiaogang's broken leg with one Soul Skill, and he woke to ask Tang San how the match had gone.

Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to use the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against Spirit Hall, but the Spirit Hall Team avoided his attacks and won the losers' bracket battle. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team was eliminated after Tang San and his teammates collapsed from the strain.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to avenge him by crushing the Spirit Hall Team with the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Tang San agreed.
• Dai Mubai and the recovered Second Team members watched as the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team faced Spirit Hall in the losers' bracket.
• Tang San's teammates transferred their soul power to him, allowing him to wield an enormous Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Spirit Hall Team scattered and dodged Tang San's swings, exploiting his limited ability to sustain the fusion skill.
• The fusion skill failed, and Tang San and the other six members of his team spat blood and collapsed.
• The referee declared Spirit Hall the winner and eliminated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.

The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team, and Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s theft of Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill before ordering him crippled and expelled. Ning Fengzhi healed the defeated team with his evolved Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, revealing Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura and drawing the Titled Douluos’ attention.

• The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team, and Yu Xiaogang raged over the failure of his Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Dong accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Canghui Academy’s technique and passing it off as his own, while the spectators turned against him.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Hall Guard Knights to cripple Yu Xiaogang and expel him from Spirit City, and they broke his leg and dragged him away.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and used his Eighth Soul Skill to heal the Heaven Dou Second Team.
• Ning Fengzhi’s divine light exposed Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, and the Titled Douluos focused their attention on her.
• Bibi Dong stopped the Heaven Dou Second Team from leaving the arena.

Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized after identifying her as a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast, but Tang Hao arrived and fought Spirit Hall’s worshippers while Tang Xiao moved to protect Xiao Wu and Tang San. The battle raged before the Papal Palace, with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo facing Tang Xiao as Tang Hao remained occupied by Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.

• Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to seize her, killing anyone who resisted.
• Tang San stood between Xiao Wu and the Spirit Hall elders, but Tang Hao arrived and knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo back with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo confronted Tang Hao, and the three began fighting above the Papal Palace.
• Tang Hao used Divine Slaughter's Domain and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against the brothers’ coordinated attacks.
• Tang Xiao arrived and blocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo from reaching Xiao Wu and Tang San.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao fought their way out of Spirit City after Tang Hao detonated five Soul Rings to break through Spirit Hall’s defenses. They escaped with the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu into Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang Hao collapsed and revealed his injuries had worsened.

• Tang Xiao refused Chrysanthemum Douluo’s demand to surrender Tang San and Xiao Wu, and fought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Tang Hao detonated his first five Soul Rings and struck Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo with the Great Sumeru Hammer, breaking their defensive line.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rescued the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu and fled Spirit City toward Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong called off the pursuit, ordered the square repaired, and insisted the Championship Tournament proceed as scheduled.
• Zhu Chengfeng concealed himself near the forest’s edge and followed Tang Hao and Tang Xiao from a distance.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao landed in the forest, where Tang Hao spat blood and admitted his injuries had worsened.

Tang Hao let Xiao Wu go, but Zhu Chengfeng captured her soon afterward and carried her toward Star Luo City. The next morning, Dai Mubai faced Qian Renxue as the final championship match was about to begin.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu to leave so her presence would not endanger Tang San, and she ran into the forest while Tang Xiao treated Tang Hao's injuries.
• Xiao Wu stopped to catch her breath, then Zhu Chengfeng ambushed her, knocked her unconscious, and took her toward Star Luo City.
• The next morning, Dai Mubai and the Second Team arrived at the repaired Papal Palace plaza for the tournament final.
• Dai Mubai saw Qian Renxue leading the Spirit Hall Academy Team and recognized that the Xue Qinghe in the VIP seats was her double.
• Dai Mubai greeted Qian Renxue as Qian Xue and declared that Star Luo Royal Academy would claim the three Soul Bones.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament final began between the Spirit Hall Academy Team and the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team. Demon Charm enveloped Dai Mubai in red mist, and the chapter ended with him seeing through it and identifying the fused figure.

• Qian Renxue joined the Spirit Hall Academy Team for the final, which fielded her alongside Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Zhang Ping, Li Kai, and Xu Yu against Dai Mubai's Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team.
• Both teams released their martial souls, revealing Qian Renxue's six soul rings and Dai Mubai's fifth, black soul ring.
• Xu Yu used Light Edict to let Hu Liena and Xie Yue instantly complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, while the Spirit Hall Team's other members retreated.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Dai Mubai, and Oscar supplied Swift Flight Sausages that let five teammates join Ma Hongjun in flying above the red mist.
• Dai Mubai remained inside Demon Charm's mist, used his Icefire Spirit Eyes to see through it, and spotted the fused figure wielding two Moon Blades.

Dai Mubai broke through Demon Charm and defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena, leaving Qian Renxue to face him while the teams prepared for the final clash. With Oscar and Ning Rongrong nearly exhausted after boosting their allies, the Star Luo Second Team gained the upper hand against Spirit Hall’s fighters, though the battle continued.

• Dai Mubai located Demon Charm inside the red mist, overwhelmed it with his Soul Skills, and forced Xie Yue and Hu Liena out of their fusion.
• Dai Mubai taunted Qian Renxue, who spread her Angel Wings and ordered Yan, Zhang Ping, and Li Kai to occupy the others while she fought him.
• Dai Mubai directed his teammates into battle as Oscar distributed Rainbow Auspicious Cloud Sausages and Ning Rongrong used her remaining strength to enhance four fighters.
• Niu Zhen held the front against Yan’s magma and Zhang Ping’s attacks while Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame drove Yan and Li Kai back.
• Yang Pojun used the Soul Breaking Spear to punch through Yan’s granite defense as the final showdown continued.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun eliminated most of the Spirit Hall Team, leaving Qian Renxue and Yan. Dai Mubai faced Qian Renxue one-on-one and withstood her strongest attacks, leaving her shaken and unable to overcome him.

• Zhu Zhuqing eliminated Xu Yu, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue, then teamed up with Ma Hongjun to defeat Li Kai and Zhang Ping.
• Dai Mubai returned to his teammates, then agreed to face Qian Renxue alone while the others withdrew from the arena.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Sacred Sword, but Dai Mubai matched it with a sword formed from his metal-attribute Soul Power and suppressed her with his swordsmanship.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Descent and Angel's Roar, but Dai Mubai countered with White Tiger Gold-Eating Roar and endured the attack.
• Qian Renxue realized her strongest efforts could not defeat Dai Mubai and grew bewildered and unwilling to accept her helplessness.

Dai Mubai survived Yan’s sneak attack, defeated him, and then knocked Qian Renxue out of the arena. The Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team was declared tournament champion.

• Yan launched his fifth Soul Skill at Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai emerged from the flames unharmed.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Demon God Transformation and broke Yan’s arms before throwing him out of the arena.
• Qian Renxue attacked Dai Mubai, but he overpowered her and sent her outside the arena.
• Dai Mubai declared his victory, and Qian Renxue left the square.
• The referee announced the Star Luo Royal Academy Second Team as the tournament champion, and its members celebrated.

Dai Mubai accepted the tournament championship and three Soul Bones, then left Spirit City with his companions under Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo’s protection. Bibi Dong ordered elders to pursue the convoy, while Tang Hao also planned to attack it and take the bones for Tang San.

• Bibi Dong awarded the championship and three Soul Bones to Dai Mubai, who stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Dai Mubai to leave Spirit City at once, and the group departed with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er in the Star Luo Empire convoy.
• Bibi Dong ordered four elders to catch the convoy and recover the Soul Bones, warning them that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin might be guarding it.
• Tang Xiao reported the tournament results to Tang Hao, who decided to pursue the convoy, kill Dai Mubai, and seize the Soul Bones for Tang San.
• Tang San coveted the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull and silently vowed that Dai Mubai had chosen his Way to Death.

Tang San gave Tang Xiao a hidden weapon to let him attack without revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Xiao set off for the Star Luo Empire. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall ambushed Dai Mubai’s traveling party with four Titled Douluos and over a hundred Soul Masters, and Dai Mubai’s group prepared to fight.

• Tang Hao’s injuries left him unable to summon his Martial Soul, so Tang Xiao agreed to go in his place but worried that using the Clear Sky Hammer would expose the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San gave Tang Xiao a Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb and explained how its poison and Bone-Melting Needles could threaten a Titled Douluo; Tang Xiao accepted it and flew toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai’s party continued toward Star Luo City while Dai Weisi worried that Spirit Hall had not yet fulfilled its promise to him.
• At a narrow, hilly pass, boulders crashed onto the road and split the traveling party in two as more than a hundred black-clad Soul Masters appeared on the slopes.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Demon Bear Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo revealed themselves as the attackers, and their Titled Douluo auras pressured the Star Luo Empire Iron Cavalry.
• Dai Mubai ordered his companions to form up; Oscar and Ning Rongrong enhanced Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as the enemy Soul Masters charged.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Qing’s Hell White Tiger held off the attackers until Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and confronted the Spirit Hall elders. When Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo threatened Dai Mubai, Dai Zhenguo and Zhu Fengyi joined forces to protect him, forcing Yue Guan to reconsider the ambush.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Qing fused into the Hell White Tiger and drove back the black-clad attackers.
• Chen Xin arrived, disrupted the elders’ attack, and fought Yue Guan and Gui Mei before they could complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yue Guan ordered Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo to attack Dai Mubai while he and Gui Mei held Chen Xin back.
• Dai Zhenguo and Zhu Fengyi unleashed their Hell White Tiger and repelled Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard, while Ning Fengzhi arrived to support them.
• Dai Zhenguo warned Spirit Hall to withdraw, and Yue Guan concluded that the ambush had turned against them and that they should retreat.

After Spirit Hall’s ambush failed, Tang Xiao launched a second attack on Dai Mubai at the convoy’s midnight camp. Dai Mubai survived the poisoned needles, and Tang Xiao fled after Sword Douluo Chen Xin intervened.

• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Demon Bear, and Ghost Leopard withdrew after Dai Zhenguo, Zhu Fengyi, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing repelled Spirit Hall’s attack.
• Dai Mubai chose not to expose Dai Weisi’s collusion with Spirit Hall, intending to let Dai Tianxing deal with him later.
• Tang Xiao infiltrated the camp and attacked Dai Mubai with a Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb, wounding him with poisoned Bone-Melting Needles.
• Chen Xin struck Tang Xiao with the Seven Killings Sword, while Dai Zhenguo and Zhu Fengyi rushed to protect Dai Mubai.
• Tang Xiao fled when the camp gathered, and Dai Mubai forced the needles out and assured everyone that he was immune to poison.

Dai Mubai identified Tang San as the source of the attack that had failed to steal the soul bones, while Tang Xiao mistakenly believed the poison would kill him. Bibi Dong put Spirit Hall’s plans against the Star Luo Empire aside and refocused on the Heaven Dou Empire and the Upper Three Sects.

• Dai Mubai told Dai Zhenguo, Zhu Fengyi, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo that Tang San’s Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb had been used against him, and they suspected the Clear Sky Sect wanted the soul bones.
• Dai Zhenguo and Ning Fengzhi urged caution toward the Clear Sky Sect, while Dai Mubai resolved to remember the attack.
• Tang Xiao returned to the cave and told Tang Hao and Tang San that Sword Douluo had thwarted his attempt to seize the soul bone, but that Dai Mubai would die from the poison.
• Tang Hao and Tang San believed the Bone-Melting Needles would kill Dai Mubai, unaware that Ice and Fire Body Refinement had made him immune to poison.
• Bibi Dong learned that Dai Zhenguo had become a Titled Douluo and ordered Spirit Hall to abandon its immediate pursuit of the soul bones and leave Dai Weisi alone.
• Bibi Dong directed Spirit Hall to focus on the Heaven Dou Empire and the Upper Three Sects instead.

Qian Renxue accepted her defeat by Dai Mubai as motivation to grow stronger, while Dai Mubai returned to Star Luo City and was invested as Crown Prince after winning the tournament. The emperor also named Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er as Dai Mubai's Crown Prince's Consorts, setting him on the path to taking over the empire's affairs.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to learn from her defeat and use Dai Mubai as the goal she sought to surpass, and she vowed to defeat him herself.
• Ten days later, Dai Mubai and the others returned to Star Luo City to a jubilant welcome, with Dai Mubai having reached rank fifty-nine and Zhu Zhuqing having broken through rank fifty.
• Dai Tianxing formally invested Dai Mubai as Crown Prince and ordered him to move into the Eastern Palace and participate in state affairs.
• Dai Tianxing conferred the title of Crown Prince's Consort on Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er.
• Dai Tianxing promoted the other competing team members by one noble rank and awarded each one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai's investiture began his path toward taking over the Star Luo Empire, following the empire's tradition of having the Crown Prince succeed after gaining control of court affairs.

Dai Mubai learned the Star Luo Empire’s military and administrative structure as he met its officials following his appointment as Crown Prince. At the Imperial Study, Zhu Wanting revealed that she had killed the hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching rank ninety-two.

• Dai Mubai reviewed the empire’s field corps, centralized administration, and duchies, paying particular attention to the Spirit Hall-infiltrated Hadrian and Kilicris Kingdoms.
• Dai Mubai met the corps commanders, duchy kings, and provincial governors, then attended a banquet and went to his new Eastern Palace with Zhu Zhuqing, the team members, and several elders.
• Dai Tianxing’s attendant summoned Dai Mubai to the Imperial Study, where he found nine Titled Douluo gathered, including Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Dai Mubai asked whether the hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast had been dealt with, and Zhu Wanting confirmed that she had killed her and absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Zhu Wanting displayed her red ninth Soul Ring and announced that her Soul Power had risen to rank ninety-two.

Zhu Wanting revealed the powers of her new hundred-thousand-year soul ring and gave Dai Mubai the soul bone it produced. After the imperial meeting, Dai Mubai gathered his companions to discuss the tournament’s three soul bones, and Chen Feng and Zhao Tiezhu declined their shares and were appointed to his personal guard.

• Zhu Wanting explained her Netherworld Eight-Stage Slash and Void Shadow soul skills, then gave Dai Mubai the hundred-thousand-year soul beast’s right leg bone.
• Dai Tianxing and Sword Douluo agreed to spar, while the group discussed keeping a low profile amid possible conflicts with Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Mubai told the group that Dai Weisi had colluded with Spirit Hall, and Dai Tianxing secretly took Dai Weisi into the palace that night.
• Dai Mubai gathered his companions in the Eastern Palace and displayed the three soul bones won in the tournament.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Chen Feng, and Zhao Tiezhu declined the soul bones, and Dai Mubai appointed Chen Feng and Zhao Tiezhu to his Crown Prince's Personal Guard.

Dai Mubai distributed Soul Bones and a Soul-Consolidating Pill among his companions, then brought Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er to the Imperial Bedchamber. He gave Ning Rongrong a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone to absorb.

• Dai Mubai appointed Chen Feng and Zhao Tiezhu to join the Crown Prince's personal guard and told them to report to Teacher Zhao after ten days.
• Dai Mubai gave the Flame Right Arm Bone to Ma Hongjun, the Wind-Chasing Left Leg Bone to Bai Chenxiang, and the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull to himself.
• Dai Mubai distributed Soul Bones to Niu Zhen, Dai Lingling, and Yang Pojun, then gave Oscar a Soul-Consolidating Pill.
• Dai Mubai dismissed the others to absorb their rewards and went with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er to the Imperial Bedchamber.
• Dai Mubai presented Ning Rongrong with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone, and she accepted it.

Dai Mubai gave Ning Rongrong a Soul Bone and prepared Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, explaining how each gift suited their abilities. After the women went to absorb their gifts, he carried Zhu Zhuqing deeper into the sleeping palace, and the night passed.

• Dai Mubai urged Ning Rongrong to absorb the Soul Bone, which he believed would grant Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body, and she kissed him before going to her room.
• Dai Mubai told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er about Immortal Herbs and gave Shui Bing'er the Ice Soul Cold Zhi and a Medusa Head Soul Bone to strengthen her ice control and spiritual power.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Dai Mubai and went to her room to absorb the gifts.
• Dai Mubai gave Shui Yue'er the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which suited her water-attribute Martial Soul, and she kissed him before hurrying to her room.
• Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing in his arms and carried her farther into the sleeping palace.