Chapter Summaries

Tang San overwhelmed Huyan Li and his team before Huyan Zhen intervened to protect his grandson and challenged him. Ling Han let the clash continue as training, leaving Tang San facing Huyan Zhen’s Soul Douluo strength.

• Salas recognized Tang San’s exceptional talent and decided to report him to the Pope.
• Tang San shattered Huyan Li’s team’s combined defense and defeated their attacks with his Blue Silver Emperor vines.
• Huyan Li used his head soul bone, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Dragon Soar forced Huyan Zhen to leap into the arena and shield him.
• Huyan Zhen confronted Tang San, who wounded his palm with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear before Huyan Zhen released his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and drove Tang San back.
• Ling Han chose not to intervene, and Xue Qinghe held back after receiving Ling Han’s voice transmission; Tang San then used his fifth soul skill.

Tang San used his fifth Soul Skill to battle Huyan Zhen and forced him to activate his Martial Soul Avatar with Blue Silver Dragon Soar. Ling Han intervened to protect his disciple, and the chapter ended with Huyan Zhen facing the Ice Emperor’s scorn in a stunned arena.

• Tang San activated Blue Emperor Tyrant Body and held his own against Huyan Zhen, while Yu Tianheng watched resentfully from the stands.
• Huyan Zhen used Mammoth Stomp, but Tang San dodged and ensnared him with blue silver grass.
• Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Dragon Soar with nine dragons, forcing Huyan Zhen to activate his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ling Han appeared and knocked Huyan Zhen out of his Martial Soul Avatar with a single finger, then identified himself as the Ice Emperor.
• Huyan Zhen offered compensation, but Ling Han dismissed the Elephant Armor Sect’s wealth as beneath his notice.

Ling Han beat Huyan Zhen without using his Martial Soul, securing victory for the Imperial Fighting Team and drawing attention to the team’s strength. Bibi Dong ordered an ambush on Ling Han and Tang San, unaware that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had already secretly pledged their allegiance to Ling Han.

• Ling Han challenged Huyan Zhen to endure an incense stick’s worth of attacks while he used no Martial Soul, then battered him helplessly until the time ran out.
• Ling Han ordered Huyan Li and the others to take Huyan Zhen away, and the referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winners.
• The Imperial Fighting Team left the venue to roaring cheers, and their fame surpassed that of the Skywater Academy Team.
• Salas told Bibi Dong about the under-fifteen Soul Emperor and Ling Han, prompting Bibi Dong to order Yue Guan and Gui Mei to ambush Ling Han and Tang San on their way to the finals.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted the order while privately planning not to fight Ling Han, since both had advanced their cultivation with his gifts and had secretly sworn allegiance to him.

Yu Tianxin led Shrek Academy against his former Thunder Academy team, but Shrek’s poor teamwork and weakened members nearly cost them the match before he secured a hard-fought victory. Later, Ling Han attended an auction with the Imperial Fighting Team and shared a secretive, affectionate moment with Qian Renxue in disguise, while Tang San wondered if she was another mistress.

• Yue Guan chose two elders he hoped to bring under Ling Han’s command.
• Yu Tianxin selected Shrek Academy’s lineup against Thunder Academy, relying on his familiarity with his former team.
• Dai Mubai’s poor condition and Ma Hongjun’s out-of-control evil fire undermined Shrek’s disorganized formation.
• Yu Tianxin used his fourth soul skill to defeat two Soul Ancestors, and Shrek narrowly won after Yu Tianheng joined the close combat.
• Ling Han accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation and attended the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House with the Imperial Fighting Team, where Qian Renxue met him in disguise.
• Tang San noticed Ling Han and Qian Renxue’s intimacy, privately wondered if she was another mistress, and Ling Han invited the team to bid on whatever they wanted.

At the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, Ling Han outbid Prince Xue Xing for a Ten Thousand Year Wind Chime Bird soul bone and gave it to Yu Feng. After the auction, Yu Feng prepared to absorb it while Ling Han left with Qian Renxue for a date.

• Ling Han bought several inexpensive auction items for the younger members of his group before a Ten Thousand Year Wind Chime Bird left leg bone went up for bidding.
• Xue Beng asked Prince Xue Xing to help him obtain the soul bone, and Xue Xing agreed to bid on it.
• Ling Han bid four million Gold Soul Coins after Xue Xing offered three million, then revealed that he was Ice Emperor Douluo Ling Han when Xue Xing tried to use his title to pressure him.
• Xue Xing apologized and fled with Xue Beng, and Ling Han won the soul bone for four million Gold Soul Coins.
• After paying for the soul bone, Ling Han gave it to Yu Feng, then told Tang San to protect him while he absorbed it.
• Ling Han left with Qian Renxue to go on a date.

Ling Han and Qian Renxue enjoyed a carefree day together before the Imperial Fighting Team faced Skywater Academy. Shui Bing'er challenged her senior brother Tang San in a fierce match, and the chapter ended after their dragon and phoenix attacks collided.

• Ling Han and Qian Renxue strolled through Heaven Dou City and watched the stars together from a rooftop.
• Ling Han chose the Imperial Fighting Team lineup, leaving Dugu Yan out while Tang San and the others prepared to face Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy onto the arena, where her team faced Tang San's Imperial Fighting Team in a highly anticipated match.
• Shui Bing'er copied Tang San with her fifth soul skill and attacked the Imperial Fighting Team, while Xiao Wu fought her and the Skywater Academy members pressured the rest of the team.
• Tang San defeated Shui Bing'er's reflection, rescued Xiao Wu, and accepted Shui Bing'er's challenge to fight her directly.
• Shui Bing'er launched an ice phoenix at Tang San, who answered with Blue Silver Dragon Soar, and their attacks collided with enough force to shake the arena.

After Tang San defeated Shui Bing'er, Ling Han turned Shi Nian’s attempt to kill Tang San into a trial for the Imperial Fighting Team. Tang San and his teammates ambushed and killed Shi Nian, and Ling Han received the Soul Bone that fell from his corpse.

• Tang San defeated Shui Bing'er, and the Imperial Fighting Team won its match against Heavenwater.
• After Tang San told Ling Han that Shi Nian had been spying on him, Ling Han gathered the Imperial Fighting Team and planned an ambush.
• Tang San acted as bait in a secluded alley, where Shi Nian used Remnant Dream to trap him in an illusion.
• Xiao Wu and Osler struck Shi Nian by surprise, and the Imperial Fighting Team joined Tang San in attacking him.
• Tang San interrupted Shi Nian’s Martial Soul Avatar with Purple Demon Light, then killed him with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Dugu Yan dissolved Shi Nian’s corpse with poison, and Ling Han accepted the Soul Bone that dropped from it.

Ling Han’s Imperial Fighting Team won every match in the preliminaries and claimed first place in the Heaven Dou Division. As the Promotion Round began, Tang San faced Plant Academy and revealed that he was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.

• Ling Han put away the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and promised to sell it and divide the money among his teammates.
• Yu Xiaogang charged into a match against the Imperial Fighting Team and deliberately caused Shrek Academy to lose by violating tournament rules.
• The preliminaries ended with the Imperial Fighting Team first, Skywater Academy second, Godwind Academy third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Shrek Academy fifth.
• Ling Han celebrated the Imperial Fighting Team’s first-place finish with his teammates, Qian Renxue, and Light Feather Douluo.
• At the start of the Promotion Round, Ling Han sent Tang San to face Plant Academy in the opening bout.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Emperor and revealed six Soul Rings, shocking the announcer and the watching teams.

Tang San easily defeated the Plant Academy Team's first two fighters, prompting the team to surrender. Shrek Academy then faced Godwind Academy, where Yu Tianheng lost his opening match to a Soul Elder and questioned Yu Xiaogang about his defeat.

• Tang San repelled the Plant Academy contestant's vines and defeated her with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, prompting her to concede.
• The Plant Academy Team captain attacked Tang San with Thorn City, but he overcame her and the team surrendered.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Yu Tianheng out first against Godwind Academy, expecting him to build confidence by beating a weaker opponent.
• A Godwind Academy Soul Elder dodged Yu Tianheng's attacks and wore him down until Yu Tianheng surrendered.
• Yu Tianheng left the arena distraught, saw Yu Xiaogang, and asked why he could not even beat a Soul Elder.

Yu Tianheng accepted Yu Xiaogang’s excuse for his defeat, but the Shrek Academy Team still lost to the Godwind Academy Team. Back at the Imperial Fighting Team’s lounge, a Plant Academy student sought Tang San out, but Dugu Yan turned her away at his request.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Yu Tianheng that his incomplete transformation had prevented him from using his full strength against a Soul Elder.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Yu Tianxin after Yu Tianxin had eliminated three opponents, giving the Godwind Academy Team victory over Shrek.
• Qin Ming praised Yu Tianxin, criticized Dai Mubai, and skipped over Yu Tianheng, who privately dismissed Qin Ming’s judgment.
• Dugu Yan praised Tang San for the Imperial Fighting Team’s easy win, and a Plant Academy student arrived asking to see him.
• Tang San asked Dugu Yan to refuse the student, and she told the crestfallen girl that he would not see her.

Ling Han sent Light Feather Douluo to bring Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to him, then asked the Peerless Dragon Snake couple to lead their clan into his faction. The couple faced the request with two Super Douluo present, and the chapter ended before they answered.

• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that she was the only woman in his heart, and their teammates laughed at her embarrassment.
• Ling Han asked Light Feather Douluo to find the Peerless Dragon Snake couple, offering him candied treats to secure his help.
• Light Feather Douluo subdued Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang with his Super Douluo pressure and brought them to Ling Han.
• Ling Han asked Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to lead their clan into his faction.

Ling Han persuaded Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to join his not-yet-established sect by promising Meng Shu a path to becoming a Titled Douluo and giving them medicinal pills. After they left, Ling Han bantered with Light Feather Douluo and kicked him flying.

• Meng Shu asked Ling Han which faction he belonged to, and Ling Han said he was an unaffiliated wanderer founding a sect with at least three Titled Douluo-level experts.
• Ling Han promised Meng Shu he could become a Titled Douluo and showed him pills that could loosen bottlenecks.
• Chao Tianxiang signaled her agreement, and Meng Shu pledged their allegiance to Ling Han in exchange for the pills.
• Ling Han told Meng Shu to relocate his clan when the sect was ready and introduced himself as Ling Han, titled the Ice Emperor.
• Light Feather Douluo complained that Ling Han gave others pills while feeding him candied hawthorns, then refused to leave Worship Hall, so Ling Han kicked him flying.

Shui Bing'er defeated Feng Xiaotian in a decisive match between Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy, impressing Sword Douluo Chen Xin with her swordsmanship. After Godwind Academy conceded, Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi approached Shui Bing'er to speak with her, leaving her wary but composed.

• Feng Xiaotian proposed that his match against Shui Bing'er decide the contest between their academies, and Shui Bing'er agreed.
• Shui Bing'er gained the upper hand in their opening exchange while Feng Xiaotian built power for his Gale Demon Wolf Fifty-Four Consecutive Slashes.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his final slash, but Shui Bing'er countered with an illusory Ice Phoenix, and the backlash left Feng Xiaotian unconscious.
• Godwind Academy conceded the contest, giving victory to the Skywater Academy Team.
• Chen Xin praised Shui Bing'er's swordsmanship and, with Ning Fengzhi, approached her after the match to ask for a private conversation.

Chen Xin sought a sword duel with Ling Han after learning that Shui Bing'er’s teacher was a Titled Douluo with exceptional swordsmanship. Ling Han accepted and overwhelmed Chen Xin in their opening clash, leaving Chen Xin eager to continue despite the gap in their strength.

• Chen Xin asked Shui Bing'er about her swordsmanship teacher, and she identified Ling Han, titled Ice Emperor.
• Ling Han appeared and met Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, then agreed to spar with Chen Xin and discuss the Sword Dao through their swords.
• Ling Han brought Shui Bing'er and Tang San to watch as the group traveled to a remote place outside the city.
• Chen Xin and Ling Han released their Martial Souls, and Ling Han condensed the Emperor Sword using his ninth Soul Ring.
• Chen Xin charged Ling Han, but their swords collided and sent Chen Xin flying backward while Ling Han remained motionless.

Ling Han easily defeated Chen Xin in a spar, then pointed out that the Seven Kill Sword was meant for slaughter rather than protection, giving Chen Xin a breakthrough in understanding. The Imperial Fighting Team won first place in the Promotion Round, and the team gathered with Xue Qinghe to celebrate before Dugu Bo arrived looking much younger than before.

• Chen Xin unleashed his major soul skills and sword techniques, but Ling Han countered them with the Emperor Sword and Ice Dragon claw.
• Ling Han spared Chen Xin and told him the Seven Kill Sword was a sword of slaughter, prompting Chen Xin to plan secluded cultivation to break through.
• The Imperial Fighting Team secured first place in the Promotion Round, while Divine Wind and Heavenwater ranked well and Shrek entered the finals with a middling ranking.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Xue Qinghe celebrated their victory at a hotel in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo appeared at the gathering, and Dugu Yan rushed to embrace him as Xue Qinghe noticed his youthful appearance.

As the tournament procession traveled to Spirit City, Ling Han anticipated Spirit Hall’s ambush and hoped to recruit the four Titled Douluos sent to capture him. When the ambush began in a gorge, he protected several carriages and sent Tang San to fight a Soul Douluo.

• Ling Han and Qian Renxue strolled through Heaven Dou City before the tournament procession departed for Spirit City.
• Ling Han traveled with Dugu Bo, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan while Qian Renxue rode separately as Xue Qinghe.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Demon Bear Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo prepared an ambush in a gorge on Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Ling Han and Dugu Bo sensed the four Titled Douluos as the procession entered the gorge, and Ling Han shielded several carriages from the falling boulders.
• Masked Soul Masters attacked the separated groups, and Ling Han kicked Tang San from the carriage and ordered him to bring back a Soul Douluo’s head.

Tang San killed a Soul Douluo in battle, proving his strength to the nearby clan leaders. Meanwhile, Ling Han confronted Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo with Yue Guan and Gui Mei at his side, leaving the two enemies trapped beneath his pressure.

• Ling Han left the carriage and entrusted the youngsters to Dugu Bo while he went to meet the Titled Douluos.
• Tang San chose a saber-wielding Soul Douluo as his opponent and drove the academy teachers to protect their students.
• Tang San used his Ice and Fire Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Soul-Locking Seeds to bind the Soul Douluo, then pierced his heart with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• The heads of the Wind, Water, and Fire Clans watched Tang San's victory and recognized that he had slain a Soul Douluo despite being only a Soul Emperor.
• Ling Han revealed that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had joined him, then released his Martial Soul and immobilized Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo.

Ling Han recruited Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo, then concealed their defection by staging injuries so they could remain undercover in Spirit Hall. After the group reached Spirit City, the Imperial Fighting Team learned it would face Shrek Academy, while Yu Xiaogang prepared to use his Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ling Han offered Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo Realm-Breaking Pills, winning their agreement to join his sect and remain undercover in Spirit Hall.
• Ling Han gave four defectors staged ice injuries and an antidote, and Yue Guan led Spirit Hall's forces away from the valley.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Yue Guan and the others for losing to Ling Han, but accepted their account and let them leave to recover.
• Ling Han praised Tang San for killing a Soul Douluo, and the group later arrived safely in Spirit City.
• The Imperial Fighting Team learned that Shrek Academy would be its first opponent, and Ling Han ordered his team to field seven people.
• Yu Xiaogang announced his Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill plan and told Ning Rongrong that her Ring Fusion talent was essential.

Shrek Academy Team suffered a crushing defeat against Imperial Fighting Team after Yu Tianheng led their Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Tang San overwhelmed him. Afterward, Yu Xiaogang tried to visit Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall but was denied entry.

• At the tournament, Bibi Dong gave an address and the championship prizes were announced as three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Shrek Academy Team and Imperial Fighting Team entered the Arena, with Yu Tianheng leading Shrek’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San countered Yu Tianheng’s attacks and defeated him with Blue Silver Dragon Soar, ending the fusion and leaving Shrek’s team unable to continue.
• The referee declared Imperial Fighting Team the winner, while Yu Xiaogang angrily rejected the defeat and later looked toward the stands with a strange smile.
• Yu Xiaogang went alone to Spirit Hall and asked the guards to announce him to Bibi Dong, but they refused to let him in without proof of his standing.

Yue Guan reported his breakthrough to level 96 to Bibi Dong and let Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall. Yu Xiaogang rekindled Bibi Dong’s feelings with a borrowed poem, then asked her to recruit Yu Tianheng and help him recreate the Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving her to ask who would be its core.

• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that he had reached level 96 and reaffirmed his loyalty to her.
• Bibi Dong allowed Yu Xiaogang to enter, and he arrived carrying a poem adapted from the Hao Dong Three Wonders.
• Yu Xiaogang’s poem moved Bibi Dong, who treasured it in her Storage Soul Tool.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to arrange for Yu Tianheng to join the Spirit Hall Academy Team, and she agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang also asked for a talented Ring Fusion user so he could perform the Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill again, and Bibi Dong asked whom he intended to make its core.