Chapter Summaries

The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suspected that the Snow Empress was the soul-beast embryo sold at the Starlight Auction, and the Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to discover her fate. In Star Luo City, Jiang Hai defeated Crippled Arm and Yellow Flying Snake, revealed himself as Ji Bronze Coffin, and left with Ning Qingdeng and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s protectors.

• The Ice Empress sensed the Snow Empress’s aura in Star Luo City and feared that the Snow Empress had been captured while transforming into a human.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress concluded that the auctioned soul-beast embryo was likely the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to investigate and help or avenge her.
• Jiang Hai raised ice peaks to protect civilians, struck Crippled Arm down, and stopped Yellow Flying Snake from escaping.
• Crippled Arm detonated himself in an attack on Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai appeared behind Yellow Flying Snake and froze him; a black coffin then took away Yellow Flying Snake’s corpse.
• Jiang Hai declared that he would hunt down the Holy Spirit Cult and revealed himself as Ji Bronze Coffin.
• Ning Qingdeng identified Ji Bronze Coffin as a guest elder of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, then departed with him and Li Qingfeng while Gong Ruxian covered their retreat.

After Jiang Hai fell unconscious from borrowing the Snow Empress's power, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect treated him while East Cang Academy advanced without him. East Cang reached the quarterfinals but lost its team battle against the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, leaving its next individual matches dependent on whether Jiang Hai woke and returned in time.

• Jiang Hai collapsed after fighting the Evil Soul Masters, and Ning Qingdeng brought him to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where Li Qingfeng helped treat him.
• A Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciple told Wu Tong and Sun Yunhai that Jiang Hai was safe but unable to return for about three days.
• East Cang Academy defeated Blazing Plume Academy in its team battle and individual battles, advancing to the quarterfinals without Jiang Hai.
• East Cang Academy lost its quarterfinal team battle to the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, despite Bingqin and Huo Wu nearly turning the fight around with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Sun Yunhai told Wu Tong that Jiang Hai had remained unconscious for several days, and Wu Tong prepared Xu Wenqing and Xu Yunxiu to fight in the individual matches while hoping Jiang Hai returned.

After recovering from the burden of borrowing the Snow Empress’s power, Jiang Hai learned that East Cang Academy had lost its team battle and was on the verge of elimination. He arrived just in time to face Qian Liang and continue the individual matches, leaving the outcome of East Cang Academy’s contest undecided.

• Ning Qingdeng told Jiang Hai that three days had passed, his soul power was nearing Level 38, and East Cang Academy had lost its team battle to Heavenly Soul Empire Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
• Xu Wenqing fought Qian Liang but was injured by his Venomous Dragon Strangulation, and Wu Tong conceded the match for East Cang Academy.
• Sun Yunhai prepared to enter the arena, but Ning Qingdeng and Sword Douluo Li Qingfeng arrived with Jiang Hai on a flying sword.
• Jiang Hai landed in the arena and asked whether he was too late, and Sun Yunhai told him he had arrived just in time.
• Xu Jiawei invited Ning Qingdeng and Sword Douluo to watch from the city wall, while the referee resumed the competition with Jiang Hai facing Qian Liang.

Jiang Hai defeated two Di'ao Academy fighters, revealing overwhelming physical strength and a flying sword that froze Jiu Hongying with ultimate ice. Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress suspected that Jiang Hai had absorbed the Snow Empress Embryo, while the Ice Empress wondered whether the transformed Snow Empress could still be the same person.

• Jiang Hai defeated Qian Liang in three punches, knocking him off the arena.
• Jiang Peng sent Jiu Hongying to fight Jiang Hai and warned her to avoid a direct clash.
• Jiu Hongying used At Home in the Water to evade Jiang Hai until he launched a flying sword and froze her mist with ultimate ice.
• The referee stopped the attack and declared Jiang Hai the winner, and Jiang Hai released Jiu Hongying from the ice.
• Huo Yuhao, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Ice Empress recognized Jiang Hai's power as ultimate ice and discussed whether he had absorbed the Snow Empress Embryo.

Jiang Hai defeated Di'ao Academy vice-captain Ji Cang after identifying and extracting him from his Earth Element Giant, leaving captain Jiang Peng as the academy’s final competitor. Jiang Peng challenged Jiang Hai to reveal the power he had used before, and Jiang Hai’s aura rose to match his as their battle began.

• Ji Cang used Earthquake and Earth Element Giant to attack Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai dodged his strikes and discovered Ji Cang was moving inside the giant.
• Jiang Hai charged into the Earth Element Giant, seized Ji Cang, and forced the giant to disintegrate, winning the match.
• Jiang Hai released Ji Cang and found that the battle had drained much of his soul power and physical strength.
• Jiang Peng stepped onto the arena and challenged Jiang Hai to use the power he had shown last time.
• Jiang Hai calmly accepted, and his aura grew until it matched Jiang Peng’s.

Jiang Hai defeated Jiang Peng in the Soul Fighting Tournament, securing East Cang Academy’s victory over Di'ao Academy and a place in the semifinals. He staggered from the arena after the win as his teammates and the crowd celebrated.

• Xue Linglong condensed a third black soul ring inside Jiang Hai's Bronze Coffin, reaching the Soul Elder realm without Jiang Hai knowing.
• Jiang Hai used his World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin and flying sword soul tools to counter Jiang Peng's Heaven-Shaking Axe and injure him.
• Jiang Hai pressed his attack with the Bronze Coffin and golden fists until Jiang Peng fell off the arena and collapsed.
• The referee declared East Cang Academy the winner, ending Di'ao Academy's tournament run and advancing East Cang Academy to the semifinals.
• Xu Yunxiu, Bingqin, Huo Wu, Xu Wenqing, Feiyan, Sun Yunhai, Baozi, Lan Ling'er, and Wu Tong crowded around Jiang Hai as the spectators cheered.

After East Cang Academy reached the Soul Fighting Tournament semifinals, Jiang Hai turned down the academy’s soul bone reward and crafted the level 7 soul tool Time's Second Hand. He emerged exhausted but successful, with the tournament semifinals still ahead that day.

• Wu Tong praised East Cang Academy’s team for reaching the semifinals and told them to rest and enjoy the next match without pressure.
• Wu Tong offered Jiang Hai a golden left leg soul bone, but Jiang Hai refused it and left it for someone it suited better.
• Xue Linglong showed Jiang Hai her newly formed Ice Mirror soul skill and said she hoped to compete in the tournament five years later.
• Jiang Hai entered the Bronze Coffin and carved a level 7 soul tool array into the heart of time, then used Ma Xiaotao’s phoenix divine fire to shape its pocket-watch casing.
• Jiang Hai completed Time's Second Hand, a soul-bound tool that could return his body and soul to their state three seconds earlier if his life was threatened.
• Xue Linglong asked about the soul tool, and Jiang Hai began cultivating before the day’s semifinal match.

Jiang Hai represented East Cang Academy in the semifinal draw, which paired them against Star Luo Royal Academy while Sun Moon Royal Academy drew Shrek Academy. As the first semifinal began, East Cang put Baozi on the team-battle roster, surprising the spectators, and the competitors took their positions before the match started.

• Jiang Hai joined Xu Jiujiu, Ma Rulong, and Ma Xiaotao in drawing the semifinal matchups.
• The draw paired Star Luo Royal Academy with East Cang Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy with Shrek Academy.
• Wu Tong told Baozi to compete in East Cang's team battle, and Baozi went to the arena with Sun Yunhai.
• East Cang Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy sent their seven-person teams onto the field, with Jiang Hai among East Cang's competitors.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo ordered both teams to step back and keep their martial souls unreleased until he announced the start.

East Cang Academy combined its strength through Bingqin and Huo Wu’s Icefire Neiyi Martial Soul Fusion Skill, empowering Jiang Hai to face Star Luo Royal Academy. The chapter ended with Jiang Hai overwhelming Huang Heyun as the spectators realized the scale of his fused ice-and-fire power.

• East Cang Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy formed up, and Baozi, Xu Yunxiu, and Sun Yunhai prepared their team’s support skills.
• Wang Shiyin dispersed Sun Yunhai’s clouds, while Xu Jiujiu used her Star Crown to reveal and guide attacks toward East Cang’s positions.
• Xu Jiujiu sensed danger and ordered her team to retreat, but the charging Soul Kings encountered Jiang Hai wearing Vermilion Bird armor and the Icefire Neiyi garment.
• Jiang Hai’s blade froze and burned away Huang Heyun’s Demon Tiger Shakes the Heavens, astounding both teams and the spectators.
• The observers recognized Icefire Neiyi as Bingqin and Huo Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which, together with the team’s other support, gave Jiang Hai power beyond a Soul Douluo.

Jiang Hai and the Star Luo Royal Academy fought on as Xu Jiujiu used a Level 7 Absolute Defensive Soul Tool to seal him inside, believing she had trapped the real Jiang Hai. The chapter ended when the supposedly false Jiang Hai revealed himself as the real one and forced the Heavenly Fiend Douluo to intervene.

• Jiang Hai repelled the Star Luo Royal Academy's attacks, while Xu Yunxiu used Chen Xiaojie to threaten Xu Jiujiu before Jiang Hai disrupted the attempt.
• Sun Yunhai created an illusion of Jiang Hai, and Xu Jiujiu used her Absolute Defensive Soul Tool to imprison one of the two figures.
• He Caitou explained that the Level 7 soul tool could maintain its defense for fifteen minutes, and Ma Xiaotao hinted that Jiang Hai might have a way to turn the situation around.
• Xu Jiujiu ordered her team to attack the remaining opponents, and Dugu Shangshan charged the Jiang Hai outside the dome, convinced he was an impostor.
• The Jiang Hai outside the dome pierced through Dugu Shangshan's attack, prompting the Heavenly Fiend Douluo to throw Dugu Shangshan off the arena before Jiang Hai challenged his judgment.

Jiang Hai broke free of Absolute Defense with Azure Light Flight and led East Cang Academy to defeat Star Luo Royal Academy in the first semifinal team battle. Xu Jiujiu conceded the match but vowed to face Jiang Hai again, while East Cang Academy prepared for the individual battles the next day.

• Xu Jiujiu demanded to know how Jiang Hai had escaped Absolute Defense, and Xu Jiawei explained that her pride had cost her the match.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that Jiang Hai had used Azure Light Flight to pass through the barrier, and Jiang Hai eliminated Wang Shiying with a decisive attack.
• Jiang Hai walked through Huang Heyun and Yichen's combined Dark Flame Storm in Black Tortoise armor, then defeated them with a blade strike.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded defeat and left the arena, while Xu Yunxiu revealed she had also restrained Chen Xiaojie and Sheng Yi with her threads.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared East Cang Academy the winner, and Jiang Hai's Icefire Neiyi faded as Bingqin and Huo Wu reappeared beside him.

East Cang Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy in the individual semifinal battle, with Xu Yunxiu winning the opening match and Jiang Hai eliminating Xu Jiujiu. Jiang Hai stood ready to face Huang Heyun as East Cang secured its place in the grand final.

• Wu Tong learned that Bingqin and Huo Wu had secretly devised the Icefire Neiyi Tactic to empower Jiang Hai, then sent the team to rest after their team-battle victory.
• Jiang Hai replenished his vitality overnight and continued cultivating, while Xue Linglong benefited from observing the tournament.
• Xu Yunxiu defeated Dugu Shangshan by using her Puppet Technique to turn his own attack against him, but Chen Xiaojie quickly eliminated her.
• After both teams traded contestants, Xu Wenqing lost to Xu Jiujiu, leaving Jiang Hai as East Cang Academy's last competitor against Xu Jiujiu and Huang Heyun.
• Jiang Hai bypassed Xu Jiujiu's Star's Protection with his Bronze Coffin's soul skill and knocked her out of the arena, securing East Cang Academy's victory as Huang Heyun prepared to fight.

Jiang Hai defeated Huang Heyun to lead East Cang Academy into the grand finals, where they would face Shrek Academy. After Ma Xiaotao urged him to return to Shrek, Jiang Hai revealed that he planned to leave East Cang after the tournament and investigate evil soul masters in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Jiang Hai dodged Huang Heyun's attacks, overwhelmed him with critical blows, and won the match for East Cang Academy.
• Mad War Douluo praised Jiang Hai and invited him to spar, while Xuan Zi and Wang Yan discussed Shrek Academy's prospects in the finals.
• Ma Xiaotao congratulated Jiang Hai and told him Zhang Lexuan had reached the Titled Douluo realm and gone to the Far North to hunt a soul beast.
• Jiang Hai refused Ma Xiaotao's offer to return to Shrek and said he planned to go to the Sun Moon Empire to study soul tools and investigate a sect of evil soul masters.
• Jiang Hai told Ma Xiaotao he would leave East Cang Academy after the tournament and asked Shrek to support it if needed; he then refused Sun Yunhai's offer to accompany him.

Shrek Academy and East Cang Academy prepared for their final match, with Wang Yan laying out Shrek’s countermeasures and both teams arriving before a packed Star Luo Plaza. The Star Luo Emperor announced the championship prizes, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo took his place as referee as the match was about to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao swept the remaining Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy contestants without using her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Wang Yan reviewed East Cang Academy’s hidden soul tools, Jiang Hai, martial soul fusion skill, and captain Xu Yunxiu, then selected Shrek’s lineup and tactics.
• Wu Tong focused on preserving East Cang Academy’s strength, while Hua Cangsheng refused investment offers from visitors seeking to recruit its graduates.
• Huo Yuhao and the other competitors joined the procession to Star Luo Plaza as enormous crowds gathered for the final.
• Xu Jiawei announced the championship rewards, including soul bones and one million gold soul coins, and Huang Jinxu appeared in the arena to referee.

East Cang Academy and Shrek Academy began the finals team battle, with Jiang Hai facing his former fellow disciple Ma Xiaotao. Jiang Hai used his Engraving Knife to alter the arena barrier, splitting the field and stopping Ma Xiaotao's charge.

• Huang Jinxu announced the finals rules, and both academies chose their team battle lineups.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao discussed East Cang's Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Ma Xiaotao's Ultimate Fire martial soul as the teams took their positions.
• Jiang Hai's flame of civilization strengthened East Cang's team, while Ma Xiaotao's Divine Fire Phoenix cleared Huo Yuhao's descending clouds.
• Bingqin and Huo Wu fused their ice and fire powers, empowering Jiang Hai as Ma Xiaotao launched her Blazing Phoenix at him.
• Jiang Hai sent his Engraving Knife into a metal pillar, causing the arena's barrier to divide the battlefield and halt Ma Xiaotao's attack.

Jiang Hai reshaped the arena with its barrier soul tools, splitting Shrek Academy’s team and defeating Jiang Nannan before facing Ma Xiaotao. The two clashed with ultimate flames in the arena’s center, while Dai Yueheng struggled to withstand the shock waves.

• Jiang Hai altered the arena’s barrier arrays to divide the stage into nine regions, and Huang Jinxu ruled that East Cang Academy had not broken the rules.
• Wang Yan urged Xuan Zi to reform Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department, and Xuan Zi agreed to call a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Jiang Hai trapped Jiang Nannan with transparent threads and froze her before Huang Jinxu removed her from the arena.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei fought East Cang’s members as barriers and spiritual interference limited their coordination.
• Jiang Hai met Ma Xiaotao in the center region, and their evenly matched ultimate flames forced Dai Yueheng to focus on surviving the shock waves.

Jiang Hai fought Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng in the team battle, badly injuring Dai Yueheng with a lucky critical hit before surviving Ma Xiaotao’s strongest ordinary-state attack. Ma Xiaotao began spreading phoenix fire across the arena, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Ma Xiaotao suppressed Jiang Hai’s civilization divine fire while Dai Yueheng attacked him with White Tiger Annihilation Strike.
• Jiang Hai used Azure Light Flight to bypass the strike and landed a critical punch that nearly crippled Dai Yueheng’s arms.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen suspected Baozi’s Fortune Star Buns were boosting East Cang Academy’s critical-hit luck, while Xuan Zi recognized the value of Baozi’s martial soul.
• Ma Xiaotao struck Jiang Hai with Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, but his Diamond Body, defensive soul tools, and Bronze Coffin absorbed the attack.
• Ma Xiaotao chose not to use Martial Soul Avatar and spread phoenix divine fire across the central section of the arena.

Jiang Hai countered Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Domain with the Snow Empress’s Xue Wu Radiance, while Huo Yuhao fought Xu Yunxiu, who controlled Wang Dong. Shrek Academy conceded the team battle to preserve its injured fighters for the remaining matches, leaving East Cang with the victory and the crowd cheering its name.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix Domain, suppressing Jiang Hai and his Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Snow Empress lent Jiang Hai Ultimate Ice power, allowing him to use Xue Wu Radiance to resist Ma Xiaotao’s domain.
• Huo Yuhao returned his attention to the arena and fought Xu Yunxiu, who had taken control of Wang Dong.
• Wang Yan conceded the team battle for Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi backed his decision.
• Wang Yan explained that preserving Ma Xiaotao and the other fighters would improve Shrek Academy’s chances in the remaining matches.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared East Cang Academy the winner, and the crowd cheered for East Cang.

Feiyan defeated Xu Sanshi with her water-draining Rippling-Wave Feiyan technique, but Jiang Nannan quickly eliminated Feiyan in the next match. Jiang Nannan then drew against Sun Yunhai, leaving Wang Yan to send He Caitou into the arena.

• Feiyan used Rippling-Wave Feiyan to drain Xu Sanshi's body moisture, and Wang Yan conceded before Xu Sanshi could risk dying of dehydration.
• Jiang Nannan replaced Bei Bei and countered Feiyan's dance with Gravity Control, kicking her out of the arena in under thirty seconds.
• Sun Yunhai trapped Jiang Nannan in his Cloud Illusion Technique, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared the match a draw after more than thirty minutes.
• Wang Yan sent He Caitou out for the next round.

The individual matches between Shrek Academy and East Cang Academy continued, with He Caitou and Huo Yuhao drawing against exhausted opponents while Shrek and East Cang traded victories. After Ma Xiaotao entered the arena, Jiang Hai stepped forward to face her.

• Xu Wenqing and He Caitou fought a fifteen-minute battle of ranged firepower against close combat before both exhausted themselves and drew.
• Huo Yuhao faced the depleted Huo Wu, using Tang Sect Secret Arts and his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion abilities to survive her attacks until both were spent and the match ended in a draw.
• Xue Linglong recognized that the Ice Empress had become Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring while retaining her soul, and also identified the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Wang Dong lost to Bingqin, but Bei Bei defeated Bingqin with his Tang Sect Secret Arts before losing to Xu Yunxiu's Golden Needles and Threads.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Xu Yunxiu, who withdrew after Jiang Hai called her down, and Jiang Hai then walked onto the arena to face Ma Xiaotao.