Chapter Summaries

Sunday explained how Qian Renxue could absorb the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year Soul Power by condensing and strengthening her Soul Ring gradually. After Qian Renxue arranged for a double to cover her absence, she and Sunday set off to find the whale.

• Sunday told Qian Renxue that he would extract the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's power and let her condense her Eighth Soul Ring at her own pace.
• Qian Renxue decided to arrange for her double to take her place while she left the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue told Snake Lance and Pufferfish that she had reached rank eighty and needed to obtain her Eighth Soul Ring.
• Snake Lance stayed behind while Pufferfish went to tell Qian Renxue's double to prepare.
• Sunday took Qian Renxue by the hand and flew out of the Crown Prince's Manor to search for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Bibi Dong intercepted Sunday and Qian Renxue as they headed to sea, then learned they planned to hunt a million-year-old Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for Qian Renxue’s eighth soul ring. She remained alarmed by the danger and the ring’s power, while Qian Renxue trusted Sunday to help her withstand it.

• Sunday and Qian Renxue spotted Bibi Dong approaching as they left Heaven Dou City, and Qian Renxue flew over to greet her mother.
• Bibi Dong noticed Qian Renxue’s changed appearance, learned she had reached level eighty, and claimed she had come to Heaven Dou City because she missed her.
• Sunday told Bibi Dong that he was taking Qian Renxue out to sea for a soul ring, and Bibi Dong objected because of the dangers there.
• Qian Renxue explained that she wanted a perfect eighth soul ring from a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King nearing one million years old.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether Qian Renxue could absorb such a powerful eighth soul ring, and Qian Renxue reassured her that Sunday would help.

Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue traveled toward Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong explained her past expedition there and why Spirit Hall had withdrawn. The chapter left Bibi Dong confident that after completing her trials, she would be powerful enough to overcome Sea God Island.

• Bibi Dong agreed to accompany Sunday and Qian Renxue, and the three flew toward the coast.
• The group rested in a coastal city, where Bibi Dong said they would travel to Vast Sea City before setting out for Sea God Island.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had joined Spirit Hall’s past expedition to Devil Island and knew the route from experience.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Sea God Island’s strength had surprised Spirit Hall, but the cost and risks of conquering it had made withdrawal the wiser choice.
• Bibi Dong judged Sea God Island isolated and vulnerable to the continent’s future expansion, and privately resolved that her coming power would make her stronger than its god.

Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue traveled across the sea toward Sea God Island, while a mysterious girl followed them from Vast Sea City. They met Bo Saixi, whose recognition of Qian Renxue’s power stirred memories of someone from her past.

• Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue flew out of Vast Sea City, and Qian Renxue worried that people might recognize them.
• Girl used a concealment trick to evade Sunday’s notice, then paid a boatman to take her out to sea after an unseen voice urged her to follow.
• Sunday and Bibi Dong carried the exhausted Qian Renxue across the sea until they sensed someone waiting near Sea God Island.
• Sunday realized the island’s people had been watching them, and Bibi Dong said they were the guests.
• Bo Saixi introduced herself as Sea God Island’s High Priest and recognized the concentrated power of light in Qian Renxue, recalling a man from her past.

Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue traveled from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island so Qian Renxue could absorb the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Bo Saixi met them near the island and recognized Qian Renxue’s powerful light aura, leaving her thinking of a man from her past.

• Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue flew out of Vast Sea City as residents watched them in astonishment.
• A girl with twin ponytails secretly followed the trio by boat, aided by a mysterious voice that concealed her aura.
• After half a day of flight, Qian Renxue rested in Bibi Dong’s arms while they continued toward land.
• Sunday and Bibi Dong sensed that Sea God Island’s people had noticed them, and Sunday drove away the Demon Soul Great White Sharks beneath them.
• Bo Saixi introduced herself as Sea God Island’s High Priestess and recognized the dense power of light within Qian Renxue.
• Bo Saixi wondered where the man whose light Qian Renxue resembled had gone.

Sunday, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue met Bo Saixi on Sea God Island, where Sunday asked permission to stay and obtain a Soul Ring for Qian Renxue. When Bo Saixi asked about the Clear Sky Sect, Qian Renxue reacted angrily, and Sunday explained the sect’s feud with Spirit Hall and the disappearance of Tang Chen.

• Qian Renxue recognized Bo Saixi’s divine aura and insulted Sea God Island, while Sunday introduced himself and asked to use the island.
• Bo Saixi agreed to host the three as long as they harmed no one, and she invited them to rest at the island’s side hall.
• Sunday told Bo Saixi that Qian Renxue needed a Soul Ring and asked what she wanted to know about the mainland.
• Bo Saixi asked about the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Renxue drew her Angel Holy Sword after hearing the name.
• Sunday explained that Tang Hao had killed Qian Renxue’s father, driving Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect into enmity, and said Tang Chen had disappeared.
• Bo Saixi lamented Tang Chen’s disappearance and mentioned Qian Daoliu, prompting Qian Renxue to ask whether Bo Saixi knew her grandfather.

Sunday and his companions set out to find the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, with Bo Saixi guiding them after recounting how Di Tian had recently defeated and wounded him. Above the sea, Sunday summoned an enormous golden sword and sent it plunging into the depths to confront the whale king.

• Bo Saixi recalled that Qian Renxue's grandfather had been in love with her, angering Qian Renxue.
• Sunday told Bo Saixi that he had come to obtain the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and she agreed to lead the group to him.
• Bo Saixi described Di Tian's arrival and his victory over the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, prompting Sunday and Qian Renxue to recognize the black dragon.
• Bo Saixi warned that the wounded whale king remained formidable in his deep-sea home, but Sunday raised a massive golden Soundstring Sword above the water.
• Sunday declared the sword's power and sent it plunging into the sea as Bo Saixi, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue watched in astonishment.

Sunday attacked the wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and offered him as a soul ring for Qian Renxue. After the whale rejected the offer and tried to flee, Sunday sent five golden dragons after him.

• Sunday struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with a Giant Sword, and the injured whale survived the attack.
• Sunday asked Qian Renxue if she was ready to absorb the whale, and she revealed her seven soul rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Bo Saixi warned against killing the whale, while Bibi Dong worried about the danger Qian Renxue had faced absorbing her powerful rings.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King mocked the group and threatened them, so Sunday summoned five enormous golden dragons and pursued him.
• Sunday offered to spare the whale if he became Qian Renxue's soul ring, but the whale refused, prompting the dragons to attack.

Sunday killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and helped Qian Renxue absorb his million-year soul ring. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Sunday learned that Ah Yin had formed a body and secretly headed to the Imperial Fighting Team Training Ground.

• Sunday bound the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, suppressed his senses, and prepared him as Qian Renxue's soul ring.
• Sunday promised to raise the soul ring to a million years, and Qian Renxue began absorbing it while Bibi Dong worried nearby.
• After three days, Qian Renxue completed the absorption and rushed into Sunday's arms, leaving Bibi Dong jealous and Bo Saixi amused.
• A red-haired girl and her companion watched Sunday and Qian Renxue from a boat and planned to sell romantic gossip about them.
• Sunday left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, learned from Little Cui that Ah Yin had formed a body, and told her not to reveal his return.
• Sunday placed a barrier over the villa and headed to the Imperial Fighting Team Training Ground.

Sunday met with Tang Yuehua, who warned him that Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and the Clear Sky Sect planned to rebel during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament and target him. Sunday deduced their plan and said he would turn their trap against them, while Tang Yuehua accepted that betraying the sect might keep her from returning.

• Sunday encountered Tang Yuehua, who invited him to a teahouse to discuss an urgent matter.
• Tang Yuehua told Sunday that Xue Xing and Xue Beng had persuaded her elder brother to help the Clear Sky Sect rebel and attack him.
• Sunday deduced that the conspirators would strike while Qian Renxue and the empire's elite forces were away at the tournament in Spirit City.
• Tang Yuehua said she had chosen to pursue what she truly wanted, even if she could no longer return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Sunday told Tang Yuehua to carry on as usual and hinted that he would jump into the conspirators' trap to catch them all.

Sunday reassured Tang Yuehua that the Clear Sky Sect posed no threat and agreed to help clear Tang Xiao’s name if he had suffered an injustice. He gave Tang Yuehua a ticket to the tournament’s Referee’s Stand, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and sensed its location.

• Tang Yuehua worried that Sunday would use himself as bait against the Clear Sky Sect, and Sunday assured her that no one could defeat him without a baseball bat.
• Sunday questioned how Tang Yuehua knew Dugu Bo had joined the imperial family, and she explained that she was concerned for him.
• Tang Yuehua asked Sunday to show Tang Xiao leniency, explaining that Xue Xing and Xue Beng had orchestrated the scheme and misled her brother.
• Sunday said he would help clear Tang Xiao’s name if he had suffered an injustice, then gave Tang Yuehua a ticket for the Referee’s Stand at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Tang Yuehua wondered what Sunday’s gift meant and kept the ticket, while Sunday returned to the academy, sensed its location, and headed to the training grounds.

Sunday returned to the Imperial Fighting Team’s training grounds, learned about its members’ progress, and told Dugu Bo that the Clear Sky Sect planned to attack Heaven Dou City during the tournament finals. Dugu Bo urged him to alert Xue Ye and prepare, but Sunday remained unhurried.

• Sunday met Dugu Bo at the training grounds and explained that he had gone out to sea to help a friend obtain a soul ring.
• Dugu Bo told Sunday that Dugu Yan had reached rank sixty and Osler rank fifty, while Ye Lingling still needed a soul ring.
• Sunday learned that Misha had been shut away drawing plans and decided to discuss his ideas for soul-tool designs with him.
• Sunday told Dugu Bo that Tang Yuehua had revealed the Clear Sky Sect would join Xue Beng and Xue Xing in an attack on Heaven Dou City during the tournament finals, bringing seven or eight Titled Douluos.
• Dugu Bo tried to take Sunday to the Imperial Palace to warn Xue Ye, insisting he would not let a friend face danger alone.

Sunday warned Dugu Bo that Tang Xiao and the others would likely ambush the Imperial Fighting Team, then told his students to enter the tournament through the preliminary rounds for experience. He took Ye Lingling to obtain her fifth soul ring and revealed that an eighty-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King would sacrifice himself to her, leaving her wondering how he planned to make it happen.

• Sunday asked Dugu Bo to protect the Imperial Fighting Team from a possible ambush on the way to Spirit City.
• Sunday returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, praised his students, and explained that he had arranged for Imperial Fighting Team One to fight through the tournament preliminary rounds.
• Dugu Yan and the others accepted Sunday's decision, and he urged them to remain humble and keep training.
• Sunday flew away with Ye Lingling on a phoenix and told her that her soul bone was a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Leg Bone.
• Sunday revealed that an eighty-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King would sacrifice himself to give Ye Lingling a soul ring, then asked whether she had heard of holding the emperor hostage to command his lords.

Sunday brought Ye Lingling to the Blue Silver Forest and persuaded the Blue Silver King to sacrifice himself so she could gain an eighty-thousand-year fifth soul ring. After Ye Lingling reached level fifty-six and transformed, Sunday took her back to Heaven Dou City as the tournament’s opening ceremony was about to begin.

• Sunday brought Ye Lingling into the Blue Silver Forest and revealed that he knew the Blue Silver Emperor was in his hands.
• Sunday showed the Blue Silver King that Ye Lingling possessed the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone and a top-tier healing martial soul.
• The Blue Silver King willingly sacrificed himself for Ye Lingling, asking Sunday to release the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Blue Silver King’s power, gained an eighty-thousand-year fifth soul ring, and reached level fifty-six.
• Sunday and Ye Lingling returned to Heaven Dou City as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony was about to begin.

Sunday and Ye Lingling arrived in Heaven Dou City, where they met Meng Shu before joining the Imperial Fighting Team at its tournament lodgings. With Ye Lingling newly a rank fifty-six Soul King, Sunday ordered the team to reveal its strength and defeat its first preliminary opponent within one minute.

• Meng Shu recognized Sunday as Clockmaker, thanked him for his words at the tavern, and introduced himself as the dean of Exotic Beast Academy.
• Sunday and Ye Lingling reached the Heaven Dou Royal Team's rest area, where Sunday joined the others in the Battle Meeting Room.
• Sunday told the team that Ye Lingling had reached rank fifty-six as a Soul King, astonishing the other members.
• After hearing that the registration sheets showed no unusual opponents, Sunday ordered the team to finish its first preliminary match within one minute, even if its opponent was the Spirit Hall Team.
• Sunday rejected hiding their strength, and Dugu Yan and the others embraced his plan to overwhelm their opponents from the outset.

The tournament began with Shrek Academy entering to a hostile reception, while Sunday recognized that its lineup included two Clear Sky Sect Soul Kings. As Shrek’s divided team prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan approved Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s requests to fight and decided to join them.

• Sunday watched Shrek Academy enter amid boos and noticed Tang Long and Tang Hu had joined its lineup as Soul Kings alongside Tang San.
• Tang San declared that Shrek would win the championship, but Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and the Clear Sky Sect members withheld their support, while Tang San secretly resolved to kill his rivals and the sect.
• The tournament announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy as the opening match, and the Imperial Fighting Team eagerly prepared to face them.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to fight Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong volunteered to confront Shrek for recruiting students under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's name.
• Dugu Yan approved their requests, benched Osler and Lingling to conceal some of the team's strength, and chose to fight alongside them.

The Shrek Team discovered that their first opponent was the full Heaven Dou Royal Team, not its second team, and the match began amid a public scolding of Dai Mubai and Shrek’s lineup. Tang San revealed his Soul King rank, but Dugu Yan’s six soul rings left the spectators and emperor stunned as the teams faced off.

• The Shrek Team prepared to crush what they thought was Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, while Tang San chose to compete rather than reveal three Soul Kings.
• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing in the arena, earning Shrek a conduct penalty and a warning from the referee.
• Dugu Yan pointed out that Shrek was facing the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and the referee explained that the academy had disbanded its second team to compete in the preliminaries.
• The referee began the match, and Tang San and the Shrek members released their martial souls while the Imperial Fighting Team stood casually.
• Spectators and Xue Ye reacted to Tang San’s Soul King rank, then Xue Ye was astonished by Dugu Yan’s six soul rings.

Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe discussed how to handle Shrek Academy after the tournament, while the match between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek quickly turned against Shrek. Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai and moved to help pressure Yu Tianheng, leaving Tang San to weigh whether to reveal his hidden skills or sacrifice teammates.

• Xue Qinghe asked Xue Ye how he planned to deal with Shrek Academy, and Xue Ye decided its tournament performance would determine whether it was restricted or closed.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Dai Mubai with Ning Rongrong's support, but Tang San restrained her with Blue Silver Grass and went to rescue him.
• Yu Feng cut through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, freeing Zhu Zhuqing, who threw Dai Mubai out of the arena and knocked out two of his teeth.
• The Shi Mo brothers kept Yu Tianheng on the defensive, while Tang San ordered Tai Long and Jing Ling to pull him away and regroup.
• Zhu Zhuqing turned toward the Shi Mo brothers as Yu Feng suppressed Tang San, who chose not to reveal his hidden Soul Skills and considered using Tai Long and Jing Ling as bait.

The Imperial Fighting Team defeated Shrek Academy after Tang San conceded, and Dugu Yan rebutted Yu Xiaogang’s objections to the match. Emperor Xue Ye then rose to address the crowd, leaving his response about to begin.

• Tang San’s plan to save Zhu Zhuqing and the others failed when Yu Feng knocked Jiang Zhu and Jing Ling off the platform, leaving Tang San to concede as the Imperial Fighting Team overwhelmed Shrek Academy.
• The Imperial Fighting Team stopped attacking after Tang San conceded, and the spectators and Emperor Xue Ye celebrated their victory.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to the result, accusing Heaven Dou Royal Academy of unfairly using a Soul Emperor and claiming the match amounted to murder.
• Dugu Yan argued that she had not fought and pointed out that the teams had comparable Soul Kings while two Imperial Fighting Team members had not participated.
• The referee asked Yu Xiaogang to leave, but Emperor Xue Ye stood and began addressing the crowd.

After the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s overwhelming strength left Shrek Team shaken, Yu Xiaogang searched for a way to help them reach the finals. He met Sparkle, who posed as a Star Luo royal sent to check on Dai Mubai and flattered Yu Xiaogang to gain his trust.

• Xue Ye announced that Heaven Dou Royal Team included one Soul Emperor, three Soul Kings, and a full roster of Soul Ancestors, alarming Shrek Team.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Ma Hongjun for questioning their chances, then tried to reassure Shrek Team that they could win a future tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang decided Shrek Team alone could not get him to the finals and went looking for another solution.
• Yu Xiaogang encountered Sparkle, who mocked Luo Sanpao’s martial soul and appeared after a blast of green gas.
• Sparkle claimed she belonged to the Star Luo Imperial Family and had come to check on Dai Mubai, then praised Yu Xiaogang as he defended his theories and Shrek Academy.