Chapter Summaries

Huo Wu learned that her Proficiency Capsule could deepen her understanding of Soul Skills and used one in Lin Xiao’s shop. After entering enlightenment, she emerged close to creating a Self-Created Soul Skill and left with Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang to continue her breakthrough in private.

• Huo Wu asked Lin Xiao to identify the items from her jars, and he explained that a Proficiency Capsule could grant insight into Soul Skills and help develop a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu speculated that a Proficiency Capsule might have helped Shui Bing'er create her powerful skill, while Lin Xiao kept the real source of her strength private.
• Huo Wu used a Proficiency Capsule and entered a state of enlightenment, prompting Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang to avoid disturbing her.
• Huo Wu awoke with a deeper understanding of Soul Skills and said the experience had felt like years of practice.
• Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang she had reached the threshold of creating a Self-Created Soul Skill, then thanked Lin Xiao and left with them to find a quiet place to use her remaining capsule.

After witnessing the Little Shop’s wonders, Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian decided to borrow money so they could open jars themselves. They watched Snake Lance Douluo fail on the Tower of Despair’s fifteenth floor, then Huo Wushuang asked Huo Wu to request money from their family.

• Lin Xiao watched Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang leave the Little Shop and wondered why Shui Yue'er had not come in.
• Outside, Feng Xiaotian and the Huo siblings found the Skywater Team watching the Tower of Despair and learned that Snake Lance Douluo was challenging it.
• A Spirit Hall Soul Master told them that Chen Xin had only reached second place and that the tower’s highest record was just over thirty floors.
• The three watched Snake Lance Douluo fail on the fifteenth floor, then decided to contact their academies or families for money to open jars.
• Huo Wushuang asked Huo Wu to request money from their family because they would answer her sooner than they would answer him.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the Continental Soul Master Tournament, but Yu Tianheng assumed Dugu Yan had come back for him and then tried to exclude her from the team. He claimed her position had been filled and challenged her to accept a substitute role, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng to keep his distance and clarified that she had returned for the tournament, not to be with him.
• Yu Tianheng asked who Boss Lin was, then claimed another control-type Soul Master had taken Dugu Yan's place on the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Ye Lingling challenged Yu Tianheng's claim, saying Dugu Yan's return had been approved by the academy's education committee and Emperor Xinghe.
• Yu Tianheng dismissed Ye Lingling's argument, insisted that he controlled the team lineup, and provoked Dugu Yan by citing the importance of team rapport.

Dugu Yan challenged Yu Tianheng for a place on the Heaven Dou Royal Team, then raised the stakes by demanding the captaincy. Yu Tianheng accepted a duel and swore to leave the team and surrender his position if he lost; Dugu Yan was asked to swear next.

• Ye Lingling tried to take Yu Tianheng's decision to the Education Committee, but Dugu Yan stopped her and asked to join the team as a full member.
• Yu Tianheng offered to accept Dugu Yan if she could last against him for the time an incense stick burned, and Dugu Yan agreed to challenge him.
• Osler and Yu Feng arrived, learned about the duel, and worried that Dugu Yan would struggle against Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan declared she wanted to become captain, and Yu Tianheng mocked her before accepting her challenge.
• Yu Tianheng swore that if Dugu Yan defeated him, he would resign as captain and leave the Heaven Dou Royal Team, then asked her to swear an oath.

Dugu Yan challenged Yu Tianheng, swearing she would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy if she lost. She evaded his powerful attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Yu Tianheng stopped attacking and waited for her to make a move, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Dugu Yan swore to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy if she lost to Yu Tianheng, then cleared the arena for their duel.
• Yu Tianheng activated his martial soul and attacked Dugu Yan with Thunder Dragon Claw, while she summoned her martial soul without using her soul rings.
• Dugu Yan used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade Yu Tianheng's first attack and then his follow-up strikes.
• Yu Feng and Osler reacted in shock to Dugu Yan's speed as Yu Tianheng failed to land a hit.
• Yu Tianheng stopped and waited for Dugu Yan to attack, and Yu Feng explained that her oath meant evading alone would not win her the duel.

Dugu Yan used a hidden-weapon technique she had devised from the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Tang Sect Hidden Weapons Compendium to pierce and poison Yu Tianheng. When he refused to yield and prepared to attack, she condensed dozens more poisonous needles, leaving the confrontation on the verge of escalating.

• Dugu Yan gathered her Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison into a needle and launched it at Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng raised a Soul Power shield, but the needle pierced it and lodged in his arm.
• Osler and Yu Feng realized Dugu Yan had wounded Yu Tianheng, while Ye Lingling cheered her on.
• Yu Tianheng discovered the poison was spreading through his hand and angrily activated his fourth Soul Skill.
• Dugu Yan condensed thirty to fifty more poisonous needles as Yu Tianheng stared in shock.

Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with a self-created hidden-weapon technique and forced him to concede the captaincy of the Heaven Dou Royal Team. She removed most of the poison needles but left him with poison that would require monthly bloodletting for three to five years, prompting him to threaten to fight her to the death.

• Dugu Yan struck Yu Tianheng with repeated volleys of poison needles, interrupting his fourth soul skill and knocking him down.
• Yu Feng explained that Dugu Yan had used a self-created soul skill, while Osler reacted in disbelief.
• Dugu Yan warned Yu Tianheng that the poison could kill him, and he conceded the match and gave up his captaincy and place on the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Dugu Yan extracted the embedded needles and told Yu Tianheng to drain poisoned blood once a month for three to five years.
• Yu Tianheng realized the treatment would require extensive bloodletting and shouted that he would fight Dugu Yan to the death.

Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with her improved Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, prompting him to leave the Heaven Dou Royal Team and Academy. Meanwhile, the Skywater Team visited Lin Xiao’s shop, where Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er gave him secret gifts.

• Dugu Yan explained that she had injected Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison into Yu Tianheng’s acupoints, making his soul power difficult to circulate.
• Yu Tianheng conceded defeat, resigned as captain, left the Heaven Dou Royal Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and vowed to return with the Thunder Team.
• Yu Feng and Osler stayed with Dugu Yan, who ordered them to gather the team at the training grounds.
• The Dean of Skywater brought Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the rest of the Skywater Team to Lin Xiao’s shop.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er gave Lin Xiao gifts and asked him not to open them until he was alone.

The Skywater Team arrived at Lin Xiao’s shop to open jars, while Tang Hao weighed which Soul Ring to enhance. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Shi Brothers learned that Dugu Yan had defeated Yu Tianheng and become the team captain, and they questioned whether the team could still win the upcoming tournament.

• Lin Xiao told the Skywater Team he could not predict their jar rewards, and Xue Wu volunteered to open jars first.
• The Dean of Skywater traded academy treasures and added coins, giving the eight team members enough money to choose ten jars each.
• Tang Hao considered whether to use his Enhancement Scrolls on a high-level or low-level Soul Ring, without realizing their success was uncertain.
• Dugu Yan told the Shi Brothers that Yu Tianheng had lost to her in a spar and yielded the captaincy to her.
• The Shi Brothers doubted Dugu Yan’s account and worried that Yu Tianheng’s departure would ruin the team’s chances in the tournament.

Dugu Yan challenged the Shi Brothers’ doubts about her becoming captain and revealed that she had reached level 45 and defeated Yu Tianheng. She and Ye Lingling prepared to fight the Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Osler together, leaving everyone stunned as Ye Lingling’s second Soul Ring lit up.

• Dugu Yan told the Shi Brothers that Yu Tianheng had lost to her, resigned as captain, and left the team and academy.
• The Shi Brothers doubted her claim, so Dugu Yan revealed her four Soul Rings; Osler and Yu Feng confirmed her strength and Yu Tianheng’s defeat.
• Dugu Yan told the Shi Brothers to leave if they would not accept her as captain, then challenged them, Yu Feng, and Osler to attack her with Ye Lingling’s help.
• The Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Osler activated their Martial Souls while Ye Lingling summoned her begonia and enveloped Dugu Yan in green light.
• The Shi Brothers dismissed Ye Lingling’s usefulness, but her second Soul Ring lit up.

Ye Lingling revealed that her nine-heart begonia had become a ten-heart begonia and used new defensive soul skills to protect herself and Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan fought off Yu Feng and Osler with her Mysterious Jade Hand and Ye Lingling’s shield, leaving Osler stunned by her defenses.

• Ye Lingling used Begonia's Protection to shield herself and Dugu Yan, shocking Osler, Yu Feng, and the Shi Brothers.
• Ye Lingling revealed a ten-heart begonia and used Begonia's Sorrow, while Osler accepted her identity after she recalled an embarrassing incident.
• The Shi Brothers attacked Dugu Yan, and Osler and Yu Feng moved to target Ye Lingling before Dugu Yan blocked them.
• Dugu Yan used Mysterious Jade Hand to fend off Yu Feng’s wing-blade attacks without being injured.
• Osler joined Yu Feng in searching for Dugu Yan’s weakness, but his claws struck her soul power shield and failed to break through.

Dugu Yan demonstrated how Ye Lingling’s evolved Ten-Heart Begonia strengthened her defenses and healing, then overwhelmed their teammates with hidden weapons from the Jar Shop. After revealing that the shop had also provided her weapons and martial arts techniques, she left the others astonished.

• Ye Lingling explained that her second and third soul skills shielded Dugu Yan and reduced incoming damage, letting Dugu Yan withstand Osler’s attacks.
• Dugu Yan used bone-piercing needles and the One Thousand and One Nights technique to defeat Osler, Yu Feng, and the Shi Brothers, then Ye Lingling healed them.
• The Shi Brothers admitted they had been arrogant, while Osler asked Ye Lingling how her martial soul had evolved.
• Dugu Yan said Ye Lingling’s Ten-Heart Begonia came from an Awakening Ticket bought at the Jar Shop, though the others struggled to believe her.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her hidden weapons, techniques, and Martial Arts Manual had also come from the Jar Shop, leaving the others stunned.

Dugu Yan told the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team about Lin Xiao’s Jar Shop, and Meng Shenji announced that Ning Rongrong would join them. At Lin Xiao’s shop, Xue Wu obtained an Experience Capsule, Frost Krah’s Right Arm Bone, and two Level-Up Tickets, putting her close to rank forty.

• Dugu Yan explained the Jar Shop’s extraordinary items, and Yu Feng and the others resolved to train for the Soul Master Tournament so they could afford to open jars.
• Osler raised the need for a stronger teammate, and Meng Shenji announced that Ning Rongrong would join the team after Emperor Xue Ye persuaded Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Wu found an Experience Capsule and decided to save it until she had finished opening her jars.
• Xue Wu’s seventh jar contained Frost Krah’s Right Arm Bone, which Lin Xiao identified as a soul bone with the Ice Thorn Array skill.
• Xue Wu opened the remaining jars and received two Level-Up Tickets, which, together with the Experience Capsule, could take her to rank forty once she obtained a soul ring.

Xue Wu used her rewards to reach level forty, while Shui Yue'er schemed to open jars next. The Dean of Skywater asked Lin Xiao to choose who would go first.

• Xue Wu swallowed an Experience Capsule and advanced to level thirty-eight.
• Xue Wu used two Level-Up Tickets, reaching level forty and preparing to become a Soul Ancestor after obtaining another Soul Ring.
• Shui Yue'er regained her voice, joked about opening jars, and received two flicks on the forehead.
• Shui Yue'er proposed drawing bamboo lots, then declared that whoever had no stick would go first and rushed to Lin Xiao's counter.
• The Dean of Skywater summoned Shui Yue'er back, and she obediently returned before asking Lin Xiao whom he thought should open jars first.

At the Little Shop, Lin Xiao chose Shen Liuyu to open jars while Tang Hao tried to enhance his Soul Rings and suffered a string of failures before succeeding with his last scroll on his First Soul Ring. The chapter left Tang Chen in Slaughter City, waiting to see what his million Gold Soul Coins would bring.

• Lin Xiao chose Shen Liuyu from Skywater's battle team, and she selected jars with Ah Yin's help.
• Tang Hao used a +10 Gold Enhancement Scroll on his Seventh Soul Ring, but the enhancement failed.
• Tang Hao's +10 Silver and Bronze Enhancement Scrolls also failed on his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao used his final +10 Black Iron Enhancement Scroll on his First Soul Ring and succeeded, then regretted not targeting his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Tang Chen stared at the Drifting Jar in Slaughter City after spending a million Gold Soul Coins and hoped to regrow his severed arm and return to his peak.

Tang Chen opened Lucky Magic Jars and found an artifact-grade Heaven's Recovery Potion that healed his injuries, restored his soul power, and regrew his missing arm. As his strength began to return, he vowed to reclaim what he was owed, starting with Tang Hao, while Lin Xiao noticed the potion's appearance in the jar notifications.

• Tang Chen opened several jars and found mostly unimpressive items before a jar emitted pink light.
• Tang Chen identified the artifact-grade Heaven's Recovery Potion and drank it, healing his injuries and restoring his soul power.
• Tang Chen regrew his missing left arm and felt his soul power rising toward level 99.
• Tang Chen vowed to reclaim everything he had lost, beginning with Tang Hao.
• Lin Xiao checked the jar notifications and recognized Heaven's Recovery Potion as only the second one to appear.

Shen Liuyu used Treasure-Finding Paper to consider locating a mine, then finished opening her jars and gained one cultivation level from a Level-Up Ticket. With her turn over, Lin Xiao prepared to choose the next customer.

• Shen Liuyu showed Lin Xiao a rare Treasure-Finding Paper, and he explained that heating it would reveal the location of a named treasure.
• Shui Yue'er wondered whether writing “wealth” would lead to Spirit Hall's Treasury, but Lin Xiao warned that knowing its location would not let them rob it.
• Lin Xiao suggested that Shen Liuyu search for a gold, iron, or gem mine instead, and the Dean of Skywater urged her to thank him.
• Shen Liuyu continued opening jars and received a Level-Up Ticket from her eighth jar after Lin Xiao encouraged her not to be nervous.
• Shen Liuyu finished her jars, welcomed the increase of one cultivation level, and Lin Xiao offered to choose the next customer.

Qiu Ruoshui opened ten jars at Lin Xiao’s shop and tried to accept her modest haul after the Dean of Skywater reassured her. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong gathered Spirit Hall’s elders and Qian Daoliu’s consecrated to discuss the Tower of Despair, and Lin Xiao chose Yu Hairou to open the next jars.

• Lin Xiao chose Qiu Ruoshui to open ten jars, and the Skywater Team cheered her on.
• At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong waited for Qian Daoliu and several consecrated before beginning a discussion of the Tower of Despair with Huyan Zhen.
• Qiu Ruoshui received Proficiency Capsules, Experience Capsules, Rusty Samurai Swords, and Magic Juice, but felt disappointed that she had not found a Level-Up Ticket.
• The Dean of Skywater reassured Qiu Ruoshui that gaining anything meant the trip was no loss, and Qiu Ruoshui put away her items.
• Lin Xiao selected Yu Hairou as the next person to open jars, and she introduced herself and her martial soul.

Yu Hairou used a random draw to choose ten jars, struggled with disappointing results, and finally found a rare Gold Coins Jar that could yield up to a hundred million Gold Soul Coins. The group stared at the jar in amazement, eager to learn what fortune it might contain.

• Lin Xiao told Ah Yin to bring out a bamboo cylinder so Yu Hairou could randomly draw ten jar numbers.
• Yu Hairou opened jars containing items such as Proficiency Capsules, Super Armor Potions, and Sky City Dew, then grew discouraged as several yielded common items.
• The Dean of Skywater reassured Yu Hairou that she did not expect the girls to repay the million Gold Soul Coins, restoring Yu Hairou's resolve.
• Yu Hairou smashed another jar and revealed a rare little jar that Shui Bing'er identified as Yun Mi's Fated Jar, also known as the Gold Coins Jar.
• Lin Xiao explained that the Gold Coins Jar could yield between a hundred thousand and a hundred million Gold Soul Coins, stunning everyone.

Yu Hairou opened her Jars and received 666,600 Gold Soul Coins, then found only modest items in her remaining Jars. Gu Qingbo opened eleven Jars and got only Common Grade items, leaving her crying as the others compared her results with Yu Hairou’s.

• Lin Xiao warned Yu Hairou that the Gold Coins Jar’s maximum payout did not guarantee she would receive a hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Hairou broke the Gold Coins Jar, which spilled out 666,600 Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Xiao encouraged her to try her remaining Jars.
• Yu Hairou opened her remaining Jars and received items on the level of Sky Tree Fruits and Fate Coins, disappointing her.
• Gu Qingbo volunteered to open Jars after Yu Hairou and received eleven Common Grade items, with no Experience Capsules, Proficiency Capsules, or Rusty Samurai Swords.
• Gu Qingbo left the counter crying, while Yu Hairou felt more fortunate and Shui Yue'er called her results tragic.