Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo reclaimed the Snow Swan Kiss from Tang San, then Ning Chuan refined it into an immortal pill that helped Dugu Bo evolve and grow far stronger. Five months later, Ning Chuan had reached level forty, while Dugu Bo had become a deadly deterrent whose death could unleash poison across an enormous region.

• Dugu Bo confronted Tang San at Blue Tyrant Academy and demanded the Snow Swan Kiss, which Tang San returned in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch.
• Dugu Bo encountered Bone Douluo on his way back and told him that Tang San had taken the immortal herbs, leaving Bone Douluo to regret the loss.
• Ning Chuan refined the Snow Swan Kiss into an immortal pill and gave it to Dugu Bo to take after mastering the Poison Scripture.
• Sword Douluo taught Dugu Bo the Soul Cultivation Formula and warned him to share it only with Dugu Yan.
• Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, and Ning Chuan reached level forty after five months.
• Dugu Bo mastered the Poison Scripture, evolved his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor into the Jade Nether Poison Dragon, and reached level ninety-four, with his death now capable of unleashing poison across a vast area.

Ning Chuan obtained his fourth Soul Skill, Creation Spirit Seal, after absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Azure Abyss Soul-Eating Tiger, and revealed its long-distance communication ability to Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo. The group left the Sunset Forest and began returning to the sect, while Bone Douluo carried news to Flender and took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing with him.

• Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo captured a fifty-thousand-year Azure Abyss Soul-Eating Tiger for Ning Chuan, who convinced it to become his Soul Ring.
• Ning Chuan received Creation Spirit Seal, an intermediate Soul Cultivation Formula, and Heart Sword Art-Soul-Slaying as rewards.
• Ning Chuan gave Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo Creation Spirit Seals, and the three tested their ability to communicate remotely.
• Ning Chuan passed the intermediate Soul Cultivation Formula to Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo and taught Heart Sword Art-Soul-Slaying to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo, Ning Chuan, and Dugu Bo left the Sunset Forest to return to the sect, with Dugu Bo arranging for Dugu Yan to return as well.
• Dugu Bo informed Bone Douluo in Heaven Dou City, and Bone Douluo told Flender and the others before taking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the sect.

Ning Chuan helped Ning Fengzhi and trusted sect members obtain Creation Spirit Seals, then revealed his true martial soul and tournament plans to his teammates. The group prepared to train together for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Ning Fengzhi comprehended the intermediate Soul Cultivation Formula, evolved his martial soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and reached level eighty.
• Ning Chuan used the Creation Exquisite Pagoda to give spirit seals to trusted sect members, while Ning Fengzhi warned them to keep the seals secret.
• Sword Douluo gathered Xiao Yun, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan so Ning Chuan could reveal his secrets and practice with his teammates.
• Ning Chuan disclosed that his martial soul was the Creation Exquisite Pagoda and announced that he would represent the Glazed Azure Academy in the tournament.
• Shui Bing'er proposed that the team train together before the qualifiers, and Ning Chuan agreed.
• Ning Chuan passed Creation Spirit Seals to the six girls, who were stunned when they saw that his fourth soul ring was black.

Ning Chuan invited Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the others to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and reassured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that they should not hold back for the upcoming tournament. Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and left with Bone Douluo for special training, while the group set out for the well before dawn.

• Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo taught Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu the intermediate Soul Cultivation Formula, and Ning Chuan invited them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing initially declined, but Ning Chuan reassured them that they should cultivate freely and compete against him at full strength in the tournament.
• Bone Douluo took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Blue Tyrant Academy to request extended leave, where Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai their relationship was over and declared her intention to change the Zhu Family's rules.
• Before dawn, Dugu Bo and Bone Douluo escorted Ning Chuan, Ning Rongrong, and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi departed to seek Ning Fengzhi's eighth Soul Ring.

Ning Fengzhi admitted Shui Bing’er's former teammates into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Chuan trained with them for the upcoming tournament. After Xiao Yun gained her fourth soul ring, she and Shui Bing'er drew the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's origins from the springs, leaving everyone to watch as their auras surged.

• Ning Fengzhi returned with his eighth soul ring and, after a month of testing, admitted Shui Bing'er's former teammates into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Ning Chuan and Xiao Yun as teammates for the next Soul Master Tournament, and Ning Rongrong revealed Ning Chuan's soul power was level forty-five.
• Ning Chuan practiced tactics with the Glazed Wave Team while the group cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Yun reached level forty, obtained her fourth soul ring in Sunset Forest with Bone Douluo, and returned to the springs.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' origins surged from the springs and drew Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun into the air as their martial souls emerged.
• Ning Chuan warned Sword Douluo and the others not to interrupt the girls, explaining that the origins came from deities and that doing so could endanger both their lives.

Xue Wu joined Xiao Yun and Shui Bing'er to balance the ice and fire origin energies as they absorbed the Ice-Fire Spring Eye. After seven days, remnants of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King entered the girls’ consciousnesses, and Ning Chuan drew them into the Creation Exquisite Pagoda to preserve their divine essence.

• Xiao Yun’s rapid cultivation caused the imbalance between her Flame Sacred Dragon and Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix to endanger Shui Bing’er.
• Ning Chuan realized Xue Wu’s ice-attributed Ice Snow Flower could resonate with Shui Bing’er’s martial soul and help share the burden, though Xue Wu risked dying if it failed.
• Xue Wu released her martial soul, joined Shui Bing’er and Xiao Yun above the spring, and eased the imbalance between the origin energies.
• After seven days, red and blue motes entered Xiao Yun’s and Shui Bing’er’s consciousnesses, and the Creation Spirit Seals protected them from the dragon kings’ remnant souls.
• Ning Chuan activated the Spirit Seals and drew the Ice Dragon King’s and Fire Dragon King’s remnants into the Creation Exquisite Pagoda to preserve their divine essence.

The eruption of energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well strengthened the soul power and martial souls of Ning Chuan’s group and the Shrek party. As the group prepared to hunt higher-level soul rings and test Team Liulan in combat, Ning Chuan charged at a Crystal Prism Snow Spider to experience a real fight.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls entered the Creation Exquisite Pagoda, and the well released natural energy that nearby plants, soul beasts, and soul masters absorbed.
• Tang San and the Shrek party gained levels from the energy; Xiao Wu secretly obtained her fourth soul ring and reached level 41.
• Ning Chuan’s group also advanced, and Xiao Yun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu demonstrated their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill with their martial souls greatly improved.
• Bone Douluo escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo led the others to test Team Liulan in live combat.
• Team Liulan helped Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, and the other three obtain fourth soul rings, then found a Crystal Prism Snow Spider for Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun’s next hunts.
• Ning Chuan told the others not to attack and charged at the fourteen-thousand-year-old snow spider to test his sword techniques.

Ning Chuan defeated a fourteen-thousand-year-old Crystal Prism Snow Spider and left it weakened for Shui Bing'er to kill and absorb. Afterward, he explained why he would not use the Heart Sword Art casually in the tournament.

• Ning Chuan used Windstride and the Star River Sword Art to defend against the Crystal Prism Snow Spider and escape its icy web.
• Ning Chuan broke through the spider's ice-crystal shield with Sword Across the Void and wounded it.
• Ning Chuan endured the spider's poisonous icy mist with Origin Restoration, then used Suppression Seal and Soul-Slaying to disable it.
• Ning Chuan called Shui Bing'er over, and she killed the dazed spider and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Ning Chuan told Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu that the Heart Sword Art damaged souls permanently and that he would not use it casually in the tournament.

Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun acquired powerful fifth soul skills, including a devastating Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Three months later, the Soul Master Tournament began, and Ning Chuan arrived with the Glazed Wave Team as the system tasked him with leading the team to the championship.

• Shui Bing'er absorbed a soul ring that raised her Soul Power Level to fifty-two and granted her Ice Phoenix Cold Mist.
• The Glazed Wave Team worked together to defeat a Flame-Armored Fire Rhinoceros, and Xiao Yun and Shui Bing'er used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to deliver the final blow.
• Xiao Yun absorbed the rhinoceros's soul ring, reached Soul Power Level fifty-three, and gained Saint Dragon Flame Prison.
• Three months later, the system tasked Ning Chuan with winning the tournament championship and offered a Mountain-Guarding Formation and other rewards; he registered Ning Fengzhi, the Sword Douluo, the Bone Douluo, and Dugu Bo as team-leading teachers.
• Ning Chuan entered the tournament with the Glazed Wave Team, drawing attention from spectators who questioned his place on the team.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng joined the Glazed Wave Team in the contestants' area, where Yu Tianheng asked Ning Chuan about the promised surprise.

Ning Chuan's strength became a topic among the tournament competitors as Shrek Academy's ridiculous uniforms drew ridicule. Shrek then defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in under a minute, and Ning Fengzhi told Qian Renxue that Ning Rongrong would leave Shrek after the tournament.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Chuan at Glazed Azure Academy's area and complained about Shrek Academy's uniforms, while Ning Rongrong revealed that Ning Chuan was exceptionally talented.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that reports of Ning Chuan's martial soul mutation were false and that his martial soul was top-tier.
• Ning Fengzhi named two teams he favored to win the tournament but kept their identities secret, and the draw matched Shrek Academy against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in under a minute, stunning the arena and making Shrek famous.
• Qian Renxue asked Ning Fengzhi whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was cultivating Shrek, and he explained that Ning Rongrong would leave the academy after the tournament.

Qian Renxue met with Tang San to learn about his group and try to recruit him, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recounted their history with Shrek Academy. Back at the academy, Tang San and the others used a discussion about new uniforms as cover to plan how to deal with Ning Chuan.

• Qian Renxue asked Ning Rongrong to introduce her to Tang San, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing explained the Shrek group’s backgrounds and their grievances with Dai Mubai and the academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Renxue how Ning Chuan had once scolded Shrek Academy’s members for their behavior.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped Tang San’s group, and Tang San, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang went with Qian Renxue to talk privately at a restaurant.
• Ning Rongrong asked Flender to change the team uniforms, and he agreed to alter their color and design while keeping the advertisements.
• Ma Hongjun led Tang San and the others away to discuss the uniform designs, intending to plan how to deal with Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan entered Glazed Azure Academy’s team match alone and stunned the arena by revealing his level-forty-nine Creation Exquisite Pagoda. After defeating all seven members of Greenrock Academy, he left the spectators and VIPs eager to see what Glazed Azure Academy would do next.

• Ning Chuan entered the central platform alone, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed that he would face Greenrock Academy by himself.
• The dean of Glazed Azure Academy reaffirmed the decision despite the crowd’s jeers and the referee’s warning about match-fixing.
• Ning Chuan revealed his level-forty-nine soul power and used Suppression Seal to immobilize Greenrock Academy’s team.
• Ning Chuan kicked all seven opponents off the platform, and the referee declared Glazed Azure Academy the winner.
• Ning Chuan identified his martial soul as the Creation Exquisite Pagoda, while Ning Fengzhi told Emperor Xue Ye that it had changed after a fortuitous opportunity.
• Ning Fengzhi declared that he favored Glazed Azure Academy to win the championship and promised Emperor Xue Ye an even greater surprise.

Ning Chuan stunned the tournament by defeating Greenrock Academy alone with one Soul Skill, drawing attention to Glazed Azure Academy and shocking Shrek and the other teams. After leaving the arena, he met Qian Renxue, and their conversation turned to Spirit Hall.

• Emperor Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Ning Chuan’s Soul Skill and learned Ning Chuan had used a support-control skill.
• Qian Renxue visited the contestants’ area while Shrek Academy and the Thunder Team reacted with shock to Ning Chuan’s victory.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Dai Mubai speculated that Ning Chuan’s strength came from immortal herbs, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing defended their friendship with him.
• Ning Chuan left the arena after speaking with Shui Bing’er and the others, then met Qian Renxue outside.
• Qian Renxue challenged Ning Chuan for hiding his strength, accepted his explanation, and went with him to the Guest Courtyard.
• Ning Chuan and Qian Renxue discussed the state of the continent, and their conversation turned to Spirit Hall.

Ning Chuan’s advice about prioritizing cultivation over worldly power made Qian Renxue reconsider her undercover mission, and her angel martial soul’s sacred aura erupted in front of him. As Qian Renxue considered revealing the truth, Ning Chuan promised to keep what he had witnessed secret.

• Ning Chuan told Qian Renxue that a soul master should pursue godhood rather than worldly power, prompting her to realize she had wasted years on political schemes.
• When Ning Chuan touched her shoulder, Qian Renxue’s sacred aura erupted briefly before she suppressed it.
• Qian Renxue feared Ning Chuan might identify her and debated abandoning her undercover role to focus on cultivation.
• Qian Renxue asked Ning Chuan whether they would remain friends, then began to tell him something important.
• Ning Chuan interrupted Qian Renxue and promised he would tell no one about the aura he had sensed.

Ning Chuan urged Qian Renxue to prioritize the pursuit of godhood over imperial power, while promising he would remember her as a friend. At the tournament, Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er revealed their Soul King strength, drawing attention to Glazed Azure Academy and Ning Fengzhi.

• Qian Renxue asked Ning Chuan whether he would support his father pursuing the throne or godhood, and Ning Chuan said he would give his father the chance to choose godhood.
• Qian Renxue said she regretted avoiding discussions of cultivation with Ning Chuan and asked whether he would remember her if he could help others attain godhood; Ning Chuan promised he would.
• Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, with Zhu Zhuqing overwhelming Huyan Li using her fifth Soul Skill and revealing her Soul King rank and five-ring configuration.
• Shrek Academy quickly won its next match, then Shui Bing'er led Glazed Azure Academy to a victory in under ten seconds, revealing that she was a level fifty-three Soul King.
• Xue Ye invited Ning Fengzhi to the palace to discuss Shui Bing'er's rapid cultivation, while Salas, Yu Yuanzhen, Huyan Zhen, and Tai Tan also demanded a conversation.

As the Preliminary Round progressed, Glazed Azure Academy and Shrek Academy revealed their formidable fighters, drawing attention from the tournament’s spectators and major powers. With both teams expected to reach Spirit City, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu chose to wait there, while Qian Renxue announced she planned to abandon her undercover mission and return with the qualifying teams.

• Ning Rongrong debuted with Xiao Wu and strengthened her enough to defeat all seven opponents, while Glazed Azure Academy and Shrek Academy’s displays caused other academies to concede rather than face them.
• Tang San led Shrek Academy to a decisive victory over Blazing Fire Academy by relying on his fire immunity.
• Ning Chuan used Origin Restoration to support Glazed Azure Academy’s fighters as they defeated Thunder Academy, revealing the team’s depth and prompting further attention to its unshown Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Reports about the two academies spread to Spirit City and the Star Luo Empire, and major powers sent people to Heaven Dou City after initially doubting the claims.
• Bibi Dong decided to wait until the tournament teams reached Spirit City before acting, while Qian Daoliu received Qian Renxue’s message that she intended to end her undercover mission and return with them.

The Peerless Dragon Snake asked to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to accept them while the sect observed them before sharing its cultivation method. At the Preliminary Round, Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Godwind Academy, leaving the match poised after its opening attack.

• The Dragon Duke asked Ning Fengzhi to let him, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi welcomed them after consulting Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Chuan showed Meng Yiran his rank-forty-nine Soul Power, toured the sect with her, and introduced her to Shui Bing'er and the others before she left with her grandparents.
• The organizers scheduled the Glazed Azure Academy versus Shrek Academy match for the final day of the Preliminary Round and arranged four remaining matches involving Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Thunder Academies.
• Glazed Azure Academy sent only Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun to face Godwind Academy, and Feng Xiaotian failed to separate them with his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun completed their Martial Soul Fusion and unleashed Dragon Phoenix Roar Across the Nine Heavens.

Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun defeated Feng Xiaotian’s Godwind Academy team with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ning Chuan restored the team afterward. Feng Xiaotian expressed interest in joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while tensions over trust and information grew within Shrek Academy.

• Shui Bing’er and Xiao Yun knocked out Feng Xiaotian and his teammates with Dragon Phoenix Roar Across the Nine Heavens.
• Ning Chuan used Origin Restoration to return the Godwind Academy team to peak condition, and Feng Xiaotian asked about joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ma Hongjun accused Ning Rongrong of hiding information, and Yu Xiaogang removed him from Shrek Academy’s upcoming matches and ordered him back to the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Ning Rongrong to share what she knew about Glazed Azure Academy, and she denied that she and Zhu Zhuqing had exchanged information with the team.
• Ning Rongrong reflected that Shrek Academy had repeatedly pressured her and Zhu Zhuqing to reveal their cultivation method, but neither had given it away.

Shrek Academy defeated Thunder Academy easily, while Glazed Azure Academy overwhelmed Blazing Fire Academy with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As Glazed Azure Academy prepared for its final-day match against Shrek, Ning Chuan learned that Emperor Xue Ye wanted him to restore his health, putting him in a difficult position regarding Qian Renxue's plans.

• Yu Xiaogang sent Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to face Thunder Academy, and they defeated Yu Tianxin's team in less than a minute.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu joined Ning Chuan against Blazing Fire Academy, and Huo Wu asked Ning Chuan about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's cultivation opportunities.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting, freezing Blazing Fire Academy's members until Huo Wu surrendered.
• Shui Bing'er removed the frost from Huo Wu's team, and Ning Chuan restored all seven members to peak condition.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Chuan that Emperor Xue Ye wanted his help restoring his health and ordered him to prepare to accompany Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Qinghe to the imperial palace.

Ning Chuan persuaded Xue Qinghe to become emperor after the continent was unified and agreed to help restore him to life, then gave him the Soul Cultivation Formula. As the preliminary round's final match between Glazed Azure Academy and Shrek approached, Tang San questioned whether Shui Bing'er could combine with Xiao Yun and Xue Wu in a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ning Chuan explained his rapid cultivation and discussed Spirit Hall's role with Xue Qinghe, who argued that soul masters were poorly suited to ruling a nation.
• Ning Chuan proposed making Xue Qinghe emperor after unification and promised to revive him; Xue Qinghe agreed on the condition that Xue Ye's life be spared.
• Ning Chuan gave Xue Qinghe the Soul Cultivation Formula and left the Creation Exquisite Pagoda.
• Flender and Liu Erlong advised Shrek Academy to concede to Glazed Azure Academy and save their strength, but Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang refused.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San's immunity to ice and fire gave Shrek a chance to win, and Tang San asked whether Shui Bing'er, Xiao Yun, and Xue Wu could perform a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.