Chapter Summaries

Gu Yunxiao rejected Xu Jiujiu’s proposed alliance and revealed that Dragon God Hall intended to unify the Douluo Continent, prompting her to warn the Star Luo Empire. Later, he purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and uncovered that it was a carving knife made from gold of life.

• Xu Jiujiu offered Dragon God Hall Soul Tool support and an alliance, but Gu Yunxiao said the Star Luo Empire had little to offer.
• Gu Yunxiao told Xu Jiujiu that Dragon God Hall planned to unify the Douluo Continent and urged the Star Luo Empire to prepare to submit or face resistance.
• Xu Jiujiu left to warn her imperial brother about Dragon God Hall’s ambitions.
• Gu Yunxiao returned to the hotel, distributed the auctioned Soul Tools, and went to purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Gu Yunxiao’s Ultimate Fire revealed the knife’s true form as gold of life, which he decided to keep for a possible future gift to Tang Ya.

Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Dragon God Hall intended to unite the Douluo Continent, leaving the Star Luo siblings alarmed and unsure how to respond. Xu Jiawei rejected the idea of abducting Gu Yunxiao and began considering supporting Dragon God Hall to protect the Xu Family.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Gu Yunxiao had revealed Dragon God Hall’s ambition to unite the continent.
• Xu Jiujiu recounted her conversation with Gu Yunxiao, and Xu Jiawei grew angry at Dragon God Hall’s confidence and worried about its strength.
• Xu Jiawei proposed abducting Gu Yunxiao during the tournament, but Xu Jiujiu warned that doing so could bring about the Star Luo Empire’s destruction.
• Xu Jiujiu pointed out that learning Dragon God Hall’s plans early gave the empire time to prepare, though she and Xu Jiawei still saw no clear way to resist.
• Xu Jiawei suggested that the Star Luo Empire support Dragon God Hall, then urged Xu Jiujiu to make a good impression on Gu Yunxiao.

Xu Jiawei found that Xu Jiujiu was fond of Gu Yunxiao and hoped their relationship would help his plans, while the tournament continued with the Dragon God Team, Shrek Team, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team as favorites. After Gu Yunxiao let the girls play the final group match without him, Xiao Xiao sneaked into his room at night and was caught.

• Xu Jiujiu shyly agreed that she liked Gu Yunxiao, and Xu Jiawei hoped things would go smoothly with his plan.
• The Shrek Team's reinforcements arrived and its injured members recovered, while the Dragon God Team, Shrek Team, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team emerged as the tournament favorites.
• Gu Yunxiao told the seven girls they could play the last group match without him because their points were enough to advance.
• Xiao Xiao questioned Jiang Nannan about sharing a room with Gu Yunxiao, and Jiang Nannan denied it while the other girls remained suspicious.
• Unable to sleep, Xiao Xiao slipped out and entered Gu Yunxiao's room, where he caught her and asked what she was doing.

Xiao Xiao confessed her feelings to Gu Yunxiao, and the two spent the night together before joining the others for the final round-robin match. As the Dragon God Team won, Cai Mei'er became concerned about Tang Ya's martial soul and urged Gu Yunxiao to keep watch over her.

• Xiao Xiao confessed that she liked Gu Yunxiao, and he accepted her feelings as they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and the others discovered Xiao Xiao clinging to Gu Yunxiao, and the group went to Star Luo Plaza.
• The Shrek Team won its match, and Jiang Nannan led the Dragon God Team to an easy victory in its final round-robin match.
• Cai Mei'er noted the Dragon God Team members' rapid growth and worried that Tang Ya's Dark Blue Silver Grass might lead her toward becoming an Evil Soul Master.
• Cai Mei'er sent Gu Yunxiao a warning to have the Dragon God Hall monitor Tang Ya's martial soul and keep her from straying onto the wrong path.

After the Round-Robin Tournament ended, Gu Yunxiao prepared his team for the knockout rounds and decided he would compete in both the team and individual matches. Qing Ya then invited Gu Yunxiao and his companions to the Starlight Auction House's Top-Tier Auction that evening.

• Cai Mei'er urged Ma Xiaotao to do her best to win Gu Yunxiao over, and Ma Xiaotao renewed her determination.
• The tournament officials announced the top sixteen and paired Gu Yunxiao's team with the Dou Ling Royal Academy team for the round of sixteen.
• Gu Yunxiao explained the knockout rules, and the team agreed that Xiao Xiao would rest while he competed in the upcoming matches.
• Qing Ya visited Gu Yunxiao's group and delivered invitations to the Starlight Auction House's Top-Tier Auction.

Gu Yunxiao and the Dragon God Team attended the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, where the first lot was a Level 8 soul tool incorporating a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Tiger soul bone. Gu Yunxiao agreed to buy it for the Dragon God Hall, and Dai Yueheng opened the bidding with a personal offer.

• Gu Yunxiao told Jiang Nannan and the others that a ten-thousand-year soul bone might not qualify as a grand finale lot, and the group decided to attend the auction.
• Qing Ya welcomed Gu Yunxiao’s group and guided them to a luxurious private room in Auction Hall One.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and introduced the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a Level 8 soul tool containing the Tyrant Tiger Slash skill.
• Gu Yunxiao agreed to bid for the blade, saying the Dragon God Hall could use its wealth to strengthen itself.
• Dai Yueheng bid six hundred and fifty thousand gold soul coins and told Wang Yan the purchase was personal, not for the academy.

Gu Yunxiao aggressively outbid the other guests at the auction, winning the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a set of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, and five more lots. By the end, he had spent tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins, leaving the other bidders astonished and Qing Ya increasingly impressed.

• Gu Yunxiao outbid Dai Yueheng for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade at 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu presented a set of twelve Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, which He Caitou wanted for the Soul Tool Department to study.
• Gu Yunxiao raised the bid to 800,000 Gold Soul Coins and won the shells, forcing Wang Yan and the other bidders to give up.
• Gu Yunxiao went on to win a left arm bone, a right arm bone, a left leg bone, rare metals, and a long-range Level 8 Soul Tool at high prices.
• The other guests speculated about Gu Yunxiao’s identity and marveled at his wealth, while Qing Ya looked at him with undisguised fondness.

At the Top-Tier Auction, Gu Yunxiao decided to buy an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone containing the powerful Ice Explosion Technique, and the Dragon God Hall’s wealth stunned the bidders. He won it for thirty million Gold Soul Coins, leaving the Soul Bone in his hands.

• Wang Dong'er teased Gu Yunxiao for money, while Xu Jiujiu marveled at how much the Dragon God Hall had spent at the auction.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone from the Far North, explaining its age, fusion requirements, and high-quality Soul Skill.
• Gu Yunxiao recognized the Ice Explosion Technique within the Soul Bone and decided to buy it, hoping Bing'er could adapt it for his Ice Explosion Arrow.
• Gu Yunxiao opened the bidding at seventeen million Gold Soul Coins, and Wang Yan tried to bid for Ling Luochen, the only Shrek Team member present who could fuse with it.
• Gu Yunxiao raised the price to thirty million Gold Soul Coins, and no one challenged his final bid before the auction ended.

Xu Jiujiu unveiled a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo that could yield a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and bone, and possibly a second martial soul, at the auction’s finale. She privately told Gu Yunxiao that the embryo was a hot potato deliberately offered to target Mingde Hall and asked him to give up bidding.

• Xu Jiujiu presented the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and claimed absorbing it might grant a second martial soul.
• Gu Yunxiao said he doubted the second-martial-soul claim but wanted the embryo to learn what soul beast it contained and protect it.
• The auction house announced a thirty-minute break, and Gu Yunxiao joked to Qing Ya about putting his purchases up as collateral before saying he needed no funds.
• Xu Jiujiu visited Gu Yunxiao’s room and asked to speak with him privately.
• Xu Jiujiu told Gu Yunxiao that the embryo was deliberately offered as a hot potato aimed at Mingde Hall and asked him to stop bidding.

Xu Jiujiu warned Gu Yunxiao that the auctioned hundred-thousand-year embryo held a mental-type sea soul beast, then tried to secure a marriage alliance between the Star Luo Empire and Dragon God Hall. Gu Yunxiao rejected the alliance, and Xu Jiujiu ended by demanding payment for the other auction items.

• Xu Jiujiu told Gu Yunxiao that the embryo contained a hundred-thousand-year sea soul beast with the mental attribute and that its rumored second martial soul was unconfirmed.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed marrying Gu Yunxiao, explaining that she liked him and that an alliance could benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• Gu Yunxiao said the Star Luo Empire needed Dragon God Hall more than Dragon God Hall needed allies and rejected the marriage alliance.
• Xu Jiujiu accused Gu Yunxiao of wanting intimacy without responsibility, but reconsidered when he said he would not abandon women he claimed as his own.
• Xu Jiujiu handed Gu Yunxiao a Storage Ring containing the other auction items and told him to pay up.

Gu Yunxiao kissed Xu Jiujiu and gave her the Storage Ring before she resumed hosting the auction. The bidding for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo surged to 200 million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Xiao Hongchen stunned.

• Xu Jiujiu joked that Gu Yunxiao could pay her with his body, and he kissed her while placing the Storage Ring on her finger.
• Xu Jiujiu kept the ring as a reminder of the kiss, transferred the Gold Soul Coins elsewhere, and prepared to return to the auction.
• Xu Jiujiu announced the embryo’s 100-million Gold Soul Coin starting bid as Gu Yunxiao told Qing Ya he was determined to win it.
• Bidders drove the price to 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen resolved to keep competing for the chance to obtain Twin Martial Souls.
• An anonymous bidder raised the price to 200 million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Xiao Hongchen dazed and shaken.

After Gu Yunxiao’s Dragon God Hall won the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo for two hundred million Gold Soul Coins, rival factions investigated the buyer and weighed their options. Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu chose not to provoke Dragon God Hall and went to deliver the embryo, while Qing Ya approached Gu Yunxiao in VIP Room Two.

• Xiao Hongchen learned that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had run out of money and could not outbid the buyer, while Elder Ma considered finding another way to obtain the embryo.
• The Body Sect’s bald Second Brother used spiritual power to send the auctioneer to investigate the buyer, but warned his companion that powerful Titled Douluo and another terrifying presence made force risky.
• Xu Jiawei realized Dragon God Hall had bought the embryo, withdrew the bounty, and told Xu Jiujiu to avoid any appearance that the Star Luo Empire had exposed the buyers’ identities.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu, accompanied by four Guardian Douluo, set out to personally deliver the embryo to Gu Yunxiao.
• Gu Yunxiao waited in VIP Room Two after Jiang Nannan and the other six girls returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, and Qing Ya sat beside him and asked for his attention.

Gu Yunxiao completed a deal with Xu Jiawei for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and had Zi JI return it to Dragon God Hall, leaving Xu Jiawei and his retinue shocked by her power and deference. Xu Jiawei also inferred that Xu Jiujiu had grown close to Gu Yunxiao, while the next morning the Shrek Team entered Star Luo Plaza to the crowd’s attention.

• Qing Ya asked Gu Yunxiao about Dragon City because Starlight Auction House planned to open a branch there, then invited him to a late-night meal, but he put her off.
• Xu Jiawei brought the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to Gu Yunxiao, who paid him in Gold Soul Coins and completed the transaction.
• Gu Yunxiao summoned Zi JI, introduced her as Dragon God Hall’s Fourth Offering, and ordered her to take the embryo back, stunning Xu Jiawei and the four Titled Douluo with her strength and respect for him.
• After Gu Yunxiao left, Xu Jiawei noticed Xu Jiujiu’s new Storage Ring and learned she had asked Gu Yunxiao to call her by her name, then praised her with a knowing smile.
• The next morning, the Shrek Team entered Star Luo Plaza first as the crowd watched.

Shrek Team crushed Zheng Tian Team, revealing Ma Xiaotao as a level seventy-one Soul Saint, while the Dragon God Team faced Dou Ling Team in the elimination round. Gu Yunxiao used sheer strength to send Dou Ling Team’s captain and vice captain flying as Jiang Nannan and the others attacked the remaining members.

• Ma Xiaotao and Shrek Team defeated Ye Wuqing and Zheng Tian Team, and spectators learned that Ma Xiaotao had reached level seventy-one.
• Gu Yunxiao predicted that Shrek Team would be the Dragon God Team’s final opponent, while Elder Ma hoped the two teams would weaken each other before facing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team.
• The Dragon God Team met Dou Ling Team in the elimination round, and Gu Yunxiao took out his saber Soul Tool without using his Martial Soul.
• Gu Yunxiao struck Lone Bamboo Sword with a single slash and sent him flying, then dodged Qian Yuan’s claws and kicked him away.
• Jiang Nannan and the other four attacked the remaining Dou Ling Team members while Gu Yunxiao propelled himself off Chi Hengyu’s Vajra Shield.

Gu Yunxiao overwhelmed the Dou Ling Team’s strongest fighters and led the Dragon God Team to victory, establishing them as serious championship contenders alongside Shrek. The next day, Jiang Nannan and the others lost their individual elimination matches after taking down two Soul Kings.

• Jiang Nannan and the others fought Chi Hengyu’s team with Ning Tian’s support while Gu Yunxiao overpowered Lone Bamboo Sword and Qian Yuan.
• Jiang Nannan eliminated Xiao Feng with her Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and the referee intervened to save him.
• Gu Yunxiao defeated Lone Bamboo Sword and Qian Yuan, then sent the remaining Dou Ling Team members off the stage to win the team battle.
• The Dragon God Team returned to the hotel to rest, and the morning’s remaining matches concluded.
• The following day, the Shrek Team won its individual elimination match, while Gu Yunxiao helped the Dragon God Team secure victory after Jiang Nannan and the others defeated two Soul Kings but were eliminated.

The Dragon God Team advanced to the semifinals and drew the Star Luo National Team, while Shrek Academy drew the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Gu Yunxiao and Xu Jiujiu exchanged heated words before their teams began the semifinal team battle.

• Gu Yunxiao helped the Dragon God Team defeat the Di'ao Academy Team in the quarterfinals, securing a place in the top four.
• Gu Yunxiao, Ma Xiaotao, Xu Jiujiu, and Ma Rulong gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the semifinal draw.
• Xu Jiawei held the draw, pairing the Dragon God Team against the Star Luo National Team and Shrek Academy against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu admitted to Gu Yunxiao that she had asked her imperial brother to arrange the Shrek and Sun Moon matchup, and Gu Yunxiao teased her about their upcoming match.
• Gu Yunxiao and Xu Jiujiu led their teams onto the competition platform, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo started the team battle as both sides released their Martial Souls.

Gu Yunxiao revealed his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and astonishing Soul Ring configuration after Xu Jiujiu trapped him with a level-seven Absolute Defense Soul Tool. The crowd and the Star Luo Empire were left stunned by his power, while old enemies and acquaintances reacted to the threat he posed.

• Xu Jiujiu trapped Gu Yunxiao inside a level-seven Absolute Defense Soul Tool as he attacked the Star Luo National Team.
• Gu Yunxiao activated his Martial Soul, freezing the golden bead and cracking the supposedly near-impenetrable barrier.
• Gu Yunxiao revealed an Ultimate Ice bow, confirming to the spectators that he possessed Twin Martial Souls alongside his Ultimate Wind Martial Soul.
• Six Soul Rings appeared around Gu Yunxiao—one black and five red—and his power shattered the barrier as his level-sixty-six cultivation became clear.
• Xu Jiawei realized the danger of having considered moving against Gu Yunxiao and felt relieved that Xu Jiujiu had become involved with him.
• Cai Mei'er, Wang Yan, and the Shrek team stared in disbelief, while Dai Huabin despaired and Xu Sanshi vowed not to abandon his grudge.

Gu Yunxiao led the Dragon God Team to an overwhelming victory over the Star Luo National Academy Team, defeating Xu Jiujiu and the others with his Ice Soul Domain and Ice Soul Arrow. The Shrek Academy Team and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team then took the stage for their long-anticipated match.

• Ma Xiaotao and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team were stunned by Gu Yunxiao's strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Gu Yunxiao spread his Ice Soul Domain across the Competition Platform, blocking sight and mental detection.
• Gu Yunxiao used Ice Soul Arrow to freeze Xu Jiujiu and the other Star Luo National Academy Team members, then sent them off the platform.
• Xu Jiawei saw Xu Jiujiu emerge unharmed from the shattered ice, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced the Dragon God Team's victory.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo called the Shrek Academy Team and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team to compete.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ma Rulong led their respective teams onto the platform as Gu Yunxiao watched with interest.

The Shrek Team and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team clashed in the tournament’s team match, with Shrek initially overpowering its opponents before the Sun Moon team changed tactics. The match remained unresolved as Meng Hongchen revealed her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad Martial Soul.

• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng joined forces to counter the Sun Moon team’s opening barrage and drive Ma Rulong’s team back.
• Gu Yunxiao identified Cheng Mo and He Lian as vulnerable targets whose removal could weaken Shrek’s support.
• Ma Rulong ordered his teammates to fight independently, using propulsion Soul Tools to outmaneuver most of Shrek’s fighters.
• Cai Mei'er and Wang Yan observed that Shrek’s superior Soul Power could offset its disadvantage in Soul Tools.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen decided to make Meng Hongchen their focus and instructed her to reveal her deadly poison.
• Meng Hongchen summoned her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad Martial Soul.

Meng Hongchen used the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad’s deadly poison to take Shrek fighters out of the match, but Ma Xiaotao and her teammates turned the battle around. After Meng Hongchen and Xiao Xiafeng surrendered, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team lost the team battle.

• Meng Hongchen revealed her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad Martial Soul and poisoned Yao Feng with a sword strike, forcing Heavenly Fiend Douluo to carry him from the platform.
• Meng Hongchen poisoned Xi Xi as well, while Ma Xiaotao defeated Ma Rulong with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike.
• Dai Yueheng injured Lin Xi, then Meng Hongchen poisoned Dai Yueheng with another strike; Xiao Hongchen blocked Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Destruction and was carried off the platform injured.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, prompting Meng Hongchen and Xiao Xiafeng to surrender as Heavenly Fiend Douluo shielded them from the attack.
• Meng Hongchen went to help neutralize the poison, and the remaining Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy fighters fell to Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn, leaving their team defeated.