Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and his teammates prepared for their match against Canghui Academy, while Canghui’s captain learned that Shi Nian had likely been killed and decided to withdraw. The next morning, Blue Tyrant Academy’s team waited in the arena lounge as Ye Mengyao arrived looking confused.

• Lin Xuan warned Xiao Wu and his teammates not to underestimate their remaining opponents, including Canghui Academy.
• Canghui’s captain learned that a battle near the Great Soul Arena had been covered up by the crown prince and suspected Lin Xuan had killed Shi Nian.
• The captain told Canghui’s students that Shi Nian was unlikely to return, and they agreed to withdraw rather than face Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Tai Long and Huang Yuan volunteered to fight Canghui Academy as Blue Tyrant Academy prepared for the match.
• Ye Mengyao entered the team’s lounge with confusion and bewilderment in her eyes.

Canghui Academy withdrew from the tournament after its teacher Shi Nian supposedly fell seriously ill, giving Lin Xuan's team a free point. Lin Xuan arranged a day off, and the group headed into Heaven Dou City to shop and share lunch while Ye Mengyao went to invite Ye Lingling and Yan.

• Ye Mengyao told the team that Canghui Academy had forfeited the match and withdrawn from the tournament after Shi Nian reportedly fell seriously ill.
• Lin Xuan concluded that Canghui Academy's students had fled because they feared competing without Shi Nian, then declared the team would take the day off.
• Ning Rongrong invited the team and Ye Mengyao to lunch at the Seven Treasure Hotel, and Ye Mengyao agreed to invite Ye Lingling and Yan from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Xuan told Tang San to set aside the refined iron and rest, and the group left the Great Soul Arena together.
• Ye Mengyao left by carriage for Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Ning Rongrong led the others toward the Treasure Pavilion and insisted Lin Xuan come along as their escort.

Lin Xuan accompanied Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiangzhu on a shopping trip before meeting Tang San and the others for lunch at the Seven Treasure Hotel. Ye Mengyao, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan joined them, leaving all twelve gathered around the table as the feast began.

• Tang San and Lin Xuan agreed to meet at the Seven Treasure Hotel before eleven thirty, then split up, with Tang San taking Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling to a hot spring.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiangzhu shopped with Lin Xuan, trying on clothes and buying outfits and jewelry while Lin Xuan carried their bags.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Lin Xuan to buy three bags of sugar-roasted chestnuts and fed him one.
• The five arrived at the Seven Treasure Hotel at eleven fifteen, where Ning Rongrong ordered more than twenty signature dishes.
• Tang San, Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling arrived after their hot spring visit, followed by Ye Mengyao, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, bringing the gathering to twelve people.

After a relaxed day with their friends, Lin Xuan prepared the Blue Tyrant Team for its tenth qualifying match against undefeated Godwind Academy. The chapter ended as Feng Xiaotian and Lin Xuan faced each other in the waiting passage before the match.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing served Lin Xuan food at the Seven Treasure Hotel, while Dugu Yan teased him about his romantic luck.
• The Blue Tyrant Team relaxed at Falling Goose Slope, where Dugu Yan challenged Lin Xuan to win every match and Ning Rongrong said goodbye to Ye Lingling.
• Lin Xuan reviewed the upcoming matches and planned the lineup and tactics against Godwind Academy, including having Xiao Wu target Feng Xiaotian.
• Two days later, the undefeated Blue Tyrant Team and Godwind Academy met in the central arena's waiting passage.
• Feng Xiaotian introduced himself to Lin Xuan and said Godwind Academy would give its all; Lin Xuan calmly told him to go ahead.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s team fought Godwind Academy, with Xiao Wu intercepting Feng Xiaotian in midair and battering him into the arena. Feng Xiaotian ended the chapter in a crater as the battle continued.

• The referee began the match between Blue Tyrant Academy’s team and Godwind Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian activated his Twin Wolf Possession and Gale Wind Twin Wings, taking to the air while Ning Rongrong and Lin Xuan enhanced their teammates.
• Tang San sent electrified vines across the field as Tai Long and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Godwind Academy’s formation.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered his team to target the rear support soul masters, but Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Charm to stop him.
• Xiao Wu bound Feng Xiaotian and struck him with seven blows before slamming him into the ground with Explosive Eight-Stage Fall.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated the Divine Wind Team in the tenth round of the Qualifying Tournament, with Xiao Wu knocking Feng Xiaotian off the platform and Lin Xuan helping disable the remaining opponents. After the referee declared their victory, the team left the platform together while spectators from rival academies watched in alarm.

• Feng Xiaotian launched his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and Lin Xuan used Frost Lock Talismans to slow his attack.
• Feng Xiaotian redirected his assault toward Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body to block his slashes before knocking him unconscious and off the platform.
• Tang San trapped Feng Jun and Feng Dian with a Blue Silver Cage while Lin Xuan, Tai Long, and Zhu Zhuqing helped defeat the Divine Wind Team's remaining members.
• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner of round ten, leaving Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianxin, and Huo Wu astonished by the team's strength.
• Lin Xuan praised Xiao Wu, and Tang San admired Lin Xuan's mastery of Tang Sect techniques before Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong urged the group to leave the platform.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Godwind Academy and continued its winning streak, setting up a final qualifying-round match against Skywater Academy. As the team planned for Skywater’s Ice Phoenix captain and dangerous Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Tang San was prompted to reveal his countermeasure.

• Huo Wushuang urged Huo Wu to stop dwelling on Godwind Academy’s loss, while Flender celebrated another profitable bet and Ye Mengyao healed the Blue Tyrant team.
• Blue Tyrant Academy won its eleventh and thirteenth rounds easily, while Godwind Academy’s brutal victory over Thunderclap left Yu Tianxin badly injured and led Thunderclap to forfeit its next match.
• Blue Tyrant Academy reached thirteen consecutive victories, with only its final qualifying match against Skywater Academy remaining.
• Tang San briefed the team on Shui Bing’er’s instant Ice Seal and her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xue Wu, Ice and Snow Drifting.
• Lin Xuan warned that resistance to ice would not prevent the fusion skill’s physical damage, and Tang San agreed that the team must disrupt it or withstand its impact.
• Zhu Zhuqing cautioned that the support Soul Masters could not safely endure the attack, and Lin Xuan asked Tang San to explain the plan he had in mind.

Tang San asked Lin Xuan about his feelings for Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Xuan explained that he wanted them all but was waiting until he could protect them from powerful families and enemies. The three girls overheard his confession and were discovered, leaving Lin Xuan alone with them after Tang San slipped away.

• Tang San proposed a defensive plan for countering Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Lin Xuan agreed to use it in their match.
• After everyone else left, Tang San asked Lin Xuan what he thought of Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Xuan said he wanted all three but would wait to define their relationships until he had enough strength to protect them from their families and other powerful forces.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu overheard Lin Xuan’s explanation and each reacted with embarrassment and happiness.
• Ning Rongrong accidentally snapped a twig, prompting Lin Xuan to circle the rockery and find the three girls; Tang San then made an excuse and left them alone.

After Xiao Wu kissed Lin Xuan and asserted that she had been his first love, Ning Rongrong accepted her place and offered Lin Xuan her first kiss. The girls then turned their attention to Zhu Zhuqing, who was still deciding how to respond to Lin Xuan’s feelings and his willingness to face the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Zhu Family for her.

• Xiao Wu kissed Lin Xuan, then told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that she had been with him first.
• Ning Rongrong accepted Xiao Wu’s claim, pulled Lin Xuan close, and gave him her first kiss.
• Lin Xuan guided Ning Rongrong through the kiss, and she leaned into him afterward, flustered and breathless.
• Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong, who denied that the kiss had affected her.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized she could no longer avoid deciding where she stood, and Ning Rongrong urged her to show Lin Xuan how she felt.

Lin Xuan accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s affection, joining Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong as his girlfriends, while the three girls agreed to stay close and support one another. The Blue Tyrant Team headed to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for its final Qualifying Tournament match against Skywater Academy.

• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Lin Xuan and promised to grow stronger so she could stand beside him, and he reassured her that he would help shoulder her burdens.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing shared their feelings in Xiao Wu’s room and agreed to remain united rather than compete with one another.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan told Tang San he accepted the three girls’ affection, and Tang San promised him a Tang Sect hidden weapon as a wedding gift.
• Xiao Wu announced to the Blue Tyrant Team that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were also Lin Xuan’s girlfriends, stunning Ye Mengyao and the other team members.
• Ning Rongrong warned Tai Long not to gossip about them, then the Blue Tyrant Team left for the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to face Skywater Academy.

Lin Xuan and the Blue Tyrant Team encountered Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy team before their final Qualifying Tournament match. After teasing Lin Xuan for admiring the girls, the team entered its lounge to prepare tactics against Skywater.

• Lin Xuan and the Blue Tyrant Team met Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy girls at the arena passage, where both captains promised to give their all in the match.
• Lin Xuan complimented Skywater Academy's members, while Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er warned that their team would not go easy on Blue Tyrant.
• After the teams parted, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu accused Lin Xuan of staring at Shui Bing'er and the other girls, while Zhu Zhuqing silently joined them.
• Ye Mengyao urged the team to focus on Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and Blue Tyrant entered its lounge to prepare.
• Tang San wrote the Skywater Team's core members on the tactical board.

Tang San and Lin Xuan explained Blue Tyrant Academy’s plan to withstand Skywater Academy’s Ice and Snow Drifting, while Shui Bing’er prepared her team to counter their abilities. The closing match began with both teams revealing their Martial Souls, and Shui Bing’er opened with Ice Seal.

• Tang San said Tai Long, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Jiangzhu would leave the platform when Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu began their fusion skill, while he, Lin Xuan, and Xiao Wu stayed to defend and counterattack.
• Shui Bing’er warned Xue Wu to stay close and told her team to avoid Tang San’s vines and Xiao Wu’s close-range attacks.
• Blue Tyrant Academy and Skywater Academy entered the arena for the final match of the fourteenth qualifying round as spectators and dignitaries watched.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Lin Xuan’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring drew a strong reaction from the crowd.
• When the referee started the match, Shui Bing’er launched her First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, toward Blue Tyrant Academy’s front line.

Lin Xuan’s talismans countered Shui Bing’er’s opening attack and helped Blue Tyrant Academy overwhelm Skywater Academy’s formation. As Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, four Blue Tyrant Academy members left the arena, leaving Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to face the blizzard.

• Lin Xuan used elemental talismans to cancel Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal and boost Blue Tyrant Academy’s speed and defenses.
• Ning Rongrong strengthened Lin Xuan, Tai Long, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Skywater Academy’s flanks.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to pull Yu Hairou from the air and disrupt her with lightning.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning a blizzard across much of the arena.
• Tai Long, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiangzhu left the arena, leaving three teammates to face Skywater Academy’s Ice and Snow Drifting.

Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San survived Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s full-power Ice and Snow Drifting, securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s fourteenth consecutive victory and first place in the Heaven Dou Division. After the match, Shui Bing'er challenged Lin Xuan to fight her again in the Promotion Tournament.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice and Snow Drifting, while Xiao Wu moved Lin Xuan beside Tang San to prepare a defense.
• Tang San created three layered Blue Silver Cages, and Lin Xuan reinforced them with Blazing Fire and Blue Frost Lock Talismans.
• The blizzard destroyed the first two cages but weakened before it could break the third, allowing Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu to catch the exhausted Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, announced its fourteen-win undefeated record, and confirmed its advancement to the Promotion Tournament.
• Emperor Xue Ye praised the team, Xue Qinghe said Lin Xuan was on good terms with him, and Ning Fengzhi watched Lin Xuan with interest while Salas remained inscrutable.
• Shui Bing'er told Lin Xuan she wanted to fight him in the Promotion Tournament, and the two teams left the ring separately.

After the Qualifying Tournament, Lin Xuan decided to seek an earth-attribute fifth Soul Ring from a Diamond Mammoth, despite the beast’s rarity and the dangers of searching for one. Ning Rongrong offered to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s network to help find it.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing teased Lin Xuan and leaned against him, while Xiao Wu laughed and Tang San avoided the flirtation.
• Ye Mengyao told Lin Xuan that the Qualifying Tournament was over and that he should absorb his fifth Soul Ring during the month-long rest period.
• Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu teased Shui Bing'er about Lin Xuan holding her waist, and the Skywater and Blue Tyrant teams exchanged polite farewells.
• Lin Xuan told Tang San he wanted an earth-attribute Soul Ring, preferably from a Diamond Mammoth, to strengthen his foundation.
• Ye Mengyao explained that Diamond Mammoths were rare and that most Heaven Dou Empire habitats belonged to the Elephant Armor Sect, making the Star Dou Great Forest a likely place to search.
• Ning Rongrong offered to ask her father to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s intelligence network to locate a Diamond Mammoth.

After the Blue Tyrant Team’s perfect Qualifying Tournament, Xue Qinghe offered to take Lin Xuan to the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground for a rare Diamond Mammoth Soul Ring. Despite everyone’s concern about the beast’s thirty-nine-thousand-year cultivation, Lin Xuan chose to pursue it, and the group arranged to leave the next morning.

• Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin congratulated Lin Xuan and the Blue Tyrant Team after their fourteen consecutive victories.
• Xue Qinghe told Lin Xuan that the Imperial Hunting Grounds held a thirty-nine-thousand-year Diamond Mammoth, but warned that its Soul Ring could be too powerful for him to absorb.
• Tang San, Ye Mengyao, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing urged Lin Xuan to avoid the risk and choose a younger Soul Beast.
• Lin Xuan decided to seek the thirty-nine-thousand-year Diamond Mammoth, citing his exceptional physical strength and preparation.
• Ye Mengyao, Xiao Wu, Tang San, the Blue Tyrant Academy team, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin agreed to accompany Lin Xuan to the hunting grounds the next morning.

After the tournament victory, Lin Xuan learned about the dangers of the Imperial Hunting Grounds and realized that the story of Xue Qinghe’s lost maid concealed Qian Renxue’s takeover of the prince’s identity. The next morning, imperial carriages arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy to take the group to the grounds.

• Ning Rongrong treated the group to a celebratory meal after their final-match victory, and they returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Xuan and Tang San discussed the Crown Prince’s interest in recruiting talented Soul Masters, while Tang San said he wanted to focus on cultivation and hidden weapons.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Imperial Hunting Grounds held fierce Soul Beasts and recounted how Xue Qinghe’s personal maid had vanished there years earlier.
• Lin Xuan realized that Qian Renxue had likely killed the real Xue Qinghe in the hunting grounds and used the maid’s disappearance to conceal his death.
• The group spent the evening together before resting, and two imperial carriages with an escort of thirty guards arrived outside the academy the next morning.

Lin Xuan’s group reached the Imperial Hunting Grounds, where Flender and Liu Erlong fought a thirty-nine-thousand-year Diamond Mammoth. With Lin Xuan’s talismans and Ning Rongrong’s support, they beat the beast until it was on the verge of death.

• Xue Qinghe led Flender, Liu Erlong, Lin Xuan, and the others to the Imperial Hunting Grounds to find a Diamond Mammoth.
• Lin Xuan identified the beast and asked Flender and Liu Erlong to fight it.
• Lin Xuan used Gale and Thunder Talismans to enhance Flender and Liu Erlong as Ning Rongrong boosted their strength, speed, and Soul Power.
• Flender tore open the Diamond Mammoth’s armor with a lightning-infused strike, stopping its charge.
• Liu Erlong battered the Diamond Mammoth with flaming dragon fists and a crushing kick, leaving it nearly dead in a crater.

Lin Xuan killed the Diamond Mammoth and absorbed its nearly forty-thousand-year Soul Ring while his friends anxiously stood guard. After defeating the beast’s lingering soul in his sea of consciousness, he became a five-ring Soul King and his cultivation surged to Level 52.

• Liu Erlong and Flender urged Lin Xuan to kill the weakened Diamond Mammoth and warned him to be careful.
• Ye Mengyao agreed to guard Lin Xuan, while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong each urged him to stay safe before he approached the beast.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed Lin Xuan’s talent and the attention he received from the three girls, while Chen Xin warned that he would protect Ning Rongrong from any grievances.
• Lin Xuan killed the Diamond Mammoth with a Great Fireball Talisman and began absorbing its thirty-nine-thousand-year Soul Ring after using a Clear Mind Talisman.
• After an hour, Lin Xuan defeated the Diamond Mammoth’s soul in his sea of consciousness with a Heavenly Thunder Talisman and completed the absorption.
• Lin Xuan became a five-ring Soul King, and his cultivation rose directly to Level 52.

After absorbing his fifth Soul Ring, Lin Xuan broke through to rank fifty-two and gained earth-based talismans that strengthened his all-round abilities. He agreed to help Xue Qinghe win the Soul Master Tournament before the group left the Imperial Hunting Grounds for a celebration.

• Lin Xuan awoke after absorbing his fifth Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing checked on him as Tang San congratulated him.
• Lin Xuan revealed that his Soul Power had reached rank fifty-two, shocking Flender, Liu Erlong, Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin.
• Lin Xuan showed everyone his evolved talismans and explained that his fifth Soul Skill controlled earth and gravity for attacks, defense, and countering other gravitational effects.
• Ning Rongrong called Lin Xuan an all-round Soul Master, while Xiao Wu explained how his growing power and self-created skills had changed his role.
• Lin Xuan thanked Ye Mengyao for protecting him, then promised Xue Qinghe he would spare no effort to win the Soul Master Tournament for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi invited everyone to celebrate Lin Xuan's breakthrough, and the group headed out of the Imperial Hunting Grounds.