Chapter Summaries

Bingqin and Huo Wu defeated Tianlong Academy’s Yuan Jin and Yuan Chu with their combined ice, zither, fire, and dance attacks. Tianlong Academy conceded, leaving the brothers weakened by cold poison as the crowd celebrated Bingqin and Huo Wu.

• Bingqin used her zither music and Huo Wu danced, slowing Yuan Jin and Yuan Chu and filling the stage with cold and snow.
• Yuan Jin and Yuan Chu broke free of the music’s influence by striking their shields together, then charged Bingqin and Huo Wu with their Dragon Scale skills.
• Huo Wu countered the brothers’ charge, leaped over their shields, and trapped them in her Flame Dance Whirlwind.
• Yuan Jin and Yuan Chu unleashed their fifth Soul Skills, but Huo Wu escaped unharmed and Bingqin sealed herself inside an Ice Seal Coffin.
• Bingqin’s Twilight weakened the brothers, and Huo Wu struck Yuan Jin with a palm attack as fire and cold overwhelmed him.
• Tianlong Academy conceded, and Bingqin told Dong Tianlong that the cold poison would disperse on its own before she and Huo Wu left the stage to loud cheers.

East Cang Academy and Tianlong Academy entered their deciding three-person fight, where Xu Yunxiu asked Jiang Hai and Xu Wenqing to hold Yu Yuanlong for one minute. Yu Yuanlong’s lightning assault drove Jiang Hai back and sent Xu Wenqing flying as Jiang Hai brought down his Bronze Coffin.

• Huo Wu thanked Wu Tong for supporting the team and urged Xu Yunxiu to win the deciding bout against Tianlong Academy.
• East Cang Academy fielded Xu Yunxiu, Jiang Hai, and Xu Wenqing, while Tianlong Academy relied on Yu Yuanlong and two support Soul Masters.
• Bei Bei explained that Yu Yuanlong wielded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and that Han Meng and Feng Qingqing amplified his power.
• Xu Yunxiu asked Jiang Hai and Xu Wenqing to hold Yu Yuanlong for one minute, and Jiang Hai initially matched his dragon claw with the Chosen Hand of Justice.
• Yu Yuanlong’s Thunder Dragon Claw struck Jiang Hai and sent him flying, but Xu Wenqing blocked Yu Yuanlong’s follow-up attack with her shield.
• Jiang Hai brought down the Bronze Coffin, prompting Yu Yuanlong to blast Xu Wenqing away and unleash a pillar of lightning toward him.

East Cang Academy defeated Tianlong Academy in a brutal team battle after Xu Yunxiu used her Puppeteer abilities to turn Han Meng’s Dragon-Control Bell against Yu Yuanlong. The victory left both teams badly injured, and East Cang’s trump cards exposed.

• Yu Yuanlong resisted Jiang Hai’s lightning attack and hurled the Bronze Coffin away, but Xu Wenqing pulled Jiang Hai back onto the arena.
• Xu Wenqing attacked Yu Yuanlong with the Blade of the Chosen, but he blocked her strike and kicked her aside.
• Xu Yunxiu used golden Threads to control Han Meng and reverse the Dragon-Control Bell’s effect, weakening Yu Yuanlong and suppressing his strength.
• Jiang Hai fought Yu Yuanlong and unleashed the stored power of the Chosen Hand of Justice against his Blue Lightning Tyrant Fist, leaving both fighters gravely injured before Yu Yuanlong collapsed.
• Han Meng and Feng Qingqing conceded after Xu Wenqing stopped Feng Qingqing from attacking Han Meng, and the referee declared East Cang Academy the winner.

East Cang Academy continued its undefeated run while Shrek Academy and Tianlong Academy also secured victories. With the group standings nearly settled, East Cang’s final showdown against Dou Ling Academy would decide whether Dou Ling could stay in contention for qualification.

• Wu Tong ordered Xu Wenqing and Feiyan to rest and planned for Lan Ling'er and Baozi to fill in if needed.
• Shrek Academy beat Zhengtian Academy after Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan won the opening round and Ma Xiaotao dominated the second.
• Tianlong Academy defeated its opponent with Yu Tianlong, Yuan Jin, and Yuan Chu reinforcing its lineup.
• Xu Yunxiu controlled the opposing Soul King and helped East Cang Academy win, bringing its record to three victories and no losses.
• Dou Ling Academy faced elimination after losing to Tianlong Academy, leaving its final match against East Cang Academy decisive for the group standings.
• Members of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy mocked Dou Ling and predicted that the Sun Moon Empire would eventually unite the continent.

East Cang Academy and Dou Ling Academy faced off in a decisive final round-robin match, with the draw setting the contest as individual battles. Xu Wenqing entered first for East Cang Academy against Dou Ling vice-captain Qian Yuan.

• Dou Ling Academy's supervising teacher warned his team that defeat would cost them qualification and dishonor the Dou Ling Empire, and Xiao Feng vowed they would win.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Yan whether Jiang Hai and East Cang Academy could prevail, and Wang Yan weighed their unusual strengths against Dou Ling's five Soul Kings.
• Xu Jiawei praised East Cang Academy and ordered increased funding while urging the empire to retain Jiang Hai and Sun Yunhai.
• Xu Yunxiu and Lone Bamboo Sword drew lots, and the referee announced that the match would use individual battles.
• Wu Tong sent Xu Wenqing out first, and Qian Yuan entered as Dou Ling Academy's first fighter.

Xu Wenqing used the Four Symbols Radiance Armor and Blade of the Chosen to defeat Qian Yuan in the opening duel, showing Shrek Academy’s martial soul specialists the strength of melee soul tools. After the match, Ma Xiaotao wondered whether Jiang Hai had helped East Cang Academy achieve its mastery of soul tools.

• Qian Yuan and Xu Wenqing introduced themselves, and the referee began the first individual duel.
• Xu Wenqing fought Qian Yuan in White Tiger Form, using the Four Symbols Radiance Armor and Blade of the Chosen to gain the advantage despite his strength and resilience.
• Qian Yuan struck Xu Wenqing, but she switched to Black Tortoise Form to endure the blow and then to Vermilion Bird Form to evade him in the air.
• Xu Wenqing outmaneuvered Qian Yuan and landed a critical hit; the referee stopped the fight and declared her the winner.
• Wang Yan challenged Shrek Academy’s students to reconsider their pride in martial souls, and Ma Xiaotao wondered whether Jiang Hai had influenced East Cang Academy’s skill with soul tools.

East Cang Academy and Dou Ling Academy traded victories as their Illusionists fought to a draw, leaving the score tied at two apiece. Han Ling'er defeated Feiyan and then pushed Bingqin into a dangerous position, ending the chapter as she charged through Bingqin’s ice-based control.

• Xiao Feng defeated Xu Wenqing after trapping her in his illusion, then challenged Sun Yunhai to a duel of illusion techniques.
• Sun Yunhai and Xiao Feng fought with clouds, mist, and illusions until both ran out of strength, resulting in a draw and a two-to-two score.
• Han Ling'er defeated Feiyan despite Feiyan using soul tools and nimble footwork to keep pace.
• Bingqin slowed Han Ling'er with her music, Ice Ring, and Ice Command, then surrounded her with sharp icicles.
• Han Ling'er used Purple Lightning Shadow-Splitting Kill to break free of Ice Ring and charge toward Bingqin.

Han Meng'er sacrificed her left arm to defeat Bingqin, and Huo Wu then overcame two more Dou Ling fighters before conceding to exhaustion. Jiang Hai faced Chi Hengyu and stopped his Vajra Barrier through sheer strength, leaving the Dou Ling team stunned by his power.

• Han Meng'er destroyed Bingqin's Ice Seal Coffin with her soul bone's one-use skill, losing her left arm, and Bingqin conceded the match.
• Huo Wu defeated the gravely wounded Han Meng'er and then overcame two Soul Ancestors before conceding to the remaining Soul King, Lone Bamboo Sword.
• Jiang Hai entered the arena to face Chi Hengyu, who raised his Vajra Shield and strengthened its defenses with three soul skills.
• Jiang Hai battered Chi Hengyu's shield and landed a critical hit that made Chi Hengyu stagger and cough blood.
• Chi Hengyu used Vajra Barrier to send eight connected shields crashing toward Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai stopped them with his strength alone.
• Xiao Feng and Lone Bamboo Sword wondered whether Jiang Hai was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast or had a divine beast bloodline.

Jiang Hai defeated Chi Hengyu after a prolonged battle of offense against defense, then faced Dou Ling Academy’s captain, Lone Bamboo Sword. With his soul power exhausted, Jiang Hai used the Glazed Heart Mirror to evade Lone Bamboo Sword’s barrage of sharpened bamboo poles, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chi Hengyu merged his Vajra Shields to trap Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai used Azure Light Flight to pass through the formation and strike with the Hand of Justice.
• Chi Hengyu blocked Jiang Hai’s critical strike with an Invincible Shield, then resumed defending with his Vajra Shields after the barrier vanished.
• Jiang Hai and Chi Hengyu fought for more than twenty minutes until Jiang Hai’s attacks exhausted Chi Hengyu and knocked him unconscious.
• Lone Bamboo Sword entered the arena and planted his Purple Radiant Bamboo, sending sharpened bamboo poles surging toward Jiang Hai.
• Jiang Hai activated the Glazed Heart Mirror and evaded Lone Bamboo Sword’s bamboo barrage with precise footwork despite having almost no soul power.

Jiang Hai killed Lone Bamboo Sword with a burst of divine fire after Lone Bamboo Sword tried to kill him in the arena. The tournament ruled that East Cang had won and cleared Jiang Hai of wrongdoing, but Ma Xiaotao’s revelation of his connection to Shrek and her warning left tensions with the Dou Ling Empire unresolved.

• Lone Bamboo Sword trapped Jiang Hai in a deadly assault with bamboo poles and then attacked him directly, intending to kill him.
• Jiang Hai unleashed divine fire that overwhelmed Lone Bamboo Sword and killed him, while also injuring the referee who tried to intervene.
• Zhang Naiji entered the arena and accused Jiang Hai and Ma Xiaotao of cheating, but the referee shielded Jiang Hai and upheld tournament order.
• Xu Jiawei’s committee declared Jiang Hai innocent, awarded East Cang the victory, and advanced East Cang and Tianlong Academy from Group Four.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that Jiang Hai was her junior fellow disciple and had gained his flames from a Divine Fire Spirit Fruit, then warned Zhang Naiji against harming him.

After East Cang Academy eliminated the Dou Ling Royal Academy, Jiang Hai recovered from using Borrow Strength and developed a new protective soul tool. The knockout-stage draw matched East Cang Academy against Blazing Plume Academy, and Wu Tong explained the two-part format.

• Ma Xiaotao revealed that she and Jiang Hai were Yan Shaozhe's disciples, and Zhang Naiji led the eliminated Dou Ling Team away.
• Spectators recognized East Cang Academy as a strong dark horse, while Jiang Hai told his teammates that he had declined Yan Shaozhe's offer to become his disciple.
• Jiang Hai rested for three days, recovered most of his strength, absorbed Lone Bamboo Sword's corpse into the Bronze Coffin, and completed a protective soul tool called the Stopwatch.
• Wu Tong announced that East Cang Academy would face Blazing Plume Academy in the round of sixteen and described its flying-type team and captain, Chi Konglie.
• Wu Tong explained that the knockout stage would begin with a seven-on-seven team battle, followed the next day by individual matches that gave the winning team a decisive advantage.

Jiang Hai disguised himself as Ji Bronze Coffin and brought his book, Materials Science, to the Starlight Auction House, hoping to auction it in exchange for items he wanted. After Yi Grandmaster recognized him as the Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle’s creator and learned what the book contained, he summoned the Princess to decide how to handle the extraordinary treasure.

• Wu Tong asked Jiang Hai about his recovery and his ability to summon his earlier burst of power, then planned tactics for the next match against Blazing Plume Academy.
• Jiang Hai disguised himself as Ji Bronze Coffin and went to the Starlight Auction House to offer a treasure for auction.
• Qing Ya escorted Jiang Hai to chief appraiser Yi Grandmaster, who initially questioned the value of the book Materials Science.
• Yi Grandmaster recognized Jiang Hai as the creator of the Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle and learned that the book contained his research and projections on soul guidance technology.
• Yi Grandmaster asked Qing Ya to summon the Princess because the Starlight Auction House could not decide how to handle the book alone.

Xu Jiujiu tried to recruit Jiang Hai and discovered the immense value of his book Materials Science, which he agreed to auction. Jiang Hai settled into a VIP suite at Starlight Auction House and explained possible uses of Light-Guide Screens to Qing Ya as the auction was about to begin.

• Xu Jiujiu offered Jiang Hai an imperial preceptor position and a free auction item, but Jiang Hai declined and asked to enter Materials Science in the auction.
• Xu Jiujiu appraised the book's first third, recognized its value to the Star Luo Empire, and agreed to a starting price of two hundred million gold coins with a three-hundred-million credit limit for Jiang Hai.
• Xu Jiujiu placed Materials Science in a Crystal Soul Tool Box and escorted Jiang Hai to VIP Room Two in Auction Hall One.
• After Xu Jiujiu left Qing Ya with him, Jiang Hai examined the Light-Guide Screen and described how it could record and replay images.
• Jiang Hai told Qing Ya that the principles in Materials Science could help even ordinary people develop image-storage and display Soul Tools as the auction was about to begin.

Xu Jiujiu presented the first three lots at the Starlight Auction, including a Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle developed by Ji Bronze Coffin and the Bronze Coffin Research Institute. The vehicle sold to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Dai Yueheng and Wang Yan won the next two lots.

• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle and demonstrated that an ordinary person could operate it without using Soul Power.
• Hong Lian told the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy that the vehicle was developed by Ji Bronze Coffin of the Bronze Coffin Research Institute in cooperation with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy.
• Elder Ma bid two million gold coins for the vehicle, and Ning Qingdeng noted that the buyers from the Sun Moon Empire had earned them a profit.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which Dai Yueheng bought for one million six hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
• Wang Yan won the Fixed Soul Cannon Shells after bidding on the third lot.

Jiang Hai bought a Rose-Red Seven-Colored Left Arm Soul Bone for his Bronze Coffin and secured heavenly fire meteoric iron that he suspected contained heart of time. The chapter ended after the World-Cleaving Cannon sold at auction, with Jiang Hai having confirmed the metal could help him create the Time's Second Hand Soul Tool.

• Jiang Hai won the Rose-Red Seven-Colored Left Arm Soul Bone for 2.7 million gold coins, planning to test whether it could help his Bronze Coffin form a fifth layer.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced 173 kilograms of heavenly fire meteoric iron, and Jiang Hai examined it with his Glazed Heart Mirror.
• Jiang Hai outbid Xiao Hongchen and the other bidders, winning the heavenly fire meteoric iron for 2.3 million gold coins.
• Jiang Hai confirmed that the meteoric iron contained heart of time, bringing the Time's Second Hand Soul Tool within reach.
• The World-Cleaving Cannon, a Level 8 long-range soul tool, sold for seven million gold coins.

The auction’s ninth lot, an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, sold for thirty million gold coins before Xu Jiujiu revealed that the second-to-last lot was Ji Bronze Coffin’s book, Materials Science, with a starting price of two hundred million. The chapter ended as the auction house began displaying three pages of the book, whose research into soul-tool materials and technology could reshape the continent.

• Xu Jiujiu presented the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, which sold for thirty million gold coins after Jiang Hai judged it unsuitable for him.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the second-to-last lot had a starting price of two hundred million gold coins, shocking the guests and Shrek Academy’s representatives.
• The screen revealed Materials Science, and He Caitou explained that its Bronze Coffin Research Institute mark identified it as a work by the mysterious developer of the Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle.
• Dai Yueheng argued that soul tools usable by ordinary people could transform warfare and give a nation the power to rule the Douluo Continent.
• Xu Jiujiu identified the book’s author as Grandmaster Ji Bronze Coffin and said it catalogued thousands of known materials, more than a thousand new ones, and research into soul guidance technology.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the auction house would display three pages of Materials Science for ten minutes each.

The auction’s final two lots drew intense bids: “Materials Science” sold for 350 million gold coins, and Xu Jiujiu introduced a rare Soul Beast embryo as the last item. Jiang Hai recognized the embryo as his true objective, while dangerous bidders began seeking the book’s buyer and its author.

• The auction displayed pages from “Materials Science,” revealing nickel alloy, cement, and Jiang Hai’s plans for Soul Guidance Trains.
• Ning Qingdeng worried that Jiang Hai had provoked the Starlight Auction House and summoned Uncle Li.
• Wang Yan decided Shrek Academy would join the bidding after Huo Yuhao vouched for Master Ji’s work.
• Elder Ma secured “Materials Science” for the Sun Moon Empire with a bid of 350 million gold coins.
• A black-robed man and his thin companion ordered the auctioneer to identify the book’s buyer and the person who had consigned it.
• Xu Jiujiu presented a mass of white air as a rare, single-use treasure, and Jiang Hai recognized it as the embryo of a transforming hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Xu Jiujiu revealed that the final auction lot was a sealed hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo that could grant its absorber a second martial soul. As the Star Luo Empire considered how to approach Ji Bronze Coffin, Jiang Hai won the embryo for 160 million gold coins, while sensing that someone had targeted him.

• Xu Jiujiu explained that the soul beast embryo could provide a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone or potentially grant a second martial soul, and that it had to be bought with its Level 9 God-Sealing Platform.
• Xu Jiujiu met with Xu Jiawei, who decided to befriend Ji Bronze Coffin and offer him the embryo, while instructing Xu Jiujiu to capture him secretly if he refused.
• Jiang Hai sensed through the Glazed Heart Mirror that an almost imperceptible aura had locked onto him as the viewing period ended.
• Jiang Hai opened the bidding at 150 million gold coins, and after another bidder raised the price to 155 million, Jiang Hai bid 160 million.
• Xu Jiujiu struck the gavel and declared Jiang Hai the winner of the hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo.

Jiang Hai rejected Xu Jiawei’s offer to serve the Star Luo Empire and escaped the city while its forces tracked him. Beneath the moat, he freed the Snow Empress from the God-Sealing Platform and watched her reincarnate, leaving the two facing a possible partnership.

• Xu Jiawei offered Jiang Hai a royal title and the position of imperial preceptor, but Jiang Hai refused and left the auction house.
• Xu Jiujiu ordered Huang Jinxu to pursue Jiang Hai, who escaped Star Luo City and hid beneath its moat inside the Bronze Coffin.
• Jiang Hai offered the Snow Empress freedom and help with her growth in exchange for lending him her power three times.
• Jiang Hai released the Snow Empress, and her reincarnation strengthened his soul power as Xu Jiujiu mistook the event for a soul-ring fusion.
• The Snow Empress took infant form and appeared as a beautiful woman, then assessed Jiang Hai as a potential companion.

Jiang Hai helped the Snow Empress complete her reincarnation as Xue Linglong and borrowed her power to confront the threats in Star Luo City. He tracked down an Evil Soul Master who was controlling ordinary people and began freeing them with his Ice Mirror.

• The Snow Empress accepted Jiang Hai's help, chose the human name Xue Linglong, and agreed to let him borrow her power.
• Xue Linglong merged with her reincarnated body, grew to six years old, and reached level 29 with two purple soul rings.
• Jiang Hai used the Ice Mirror to survey Star Luo City, alarming powerful residents and drawing the attention of Xu Jiujiu and Huang Jinxu.
• Jiang Hai flew to an ordinary residence, sealed it in a Frost Cage, and confronted an eight-ring Soul Douluo and a mind-controlling black-clad man.
• The black-clad man sent more than a hundred controlled residents against Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai's Ice Mirror dispelled the man's influence and a blizzard swept the residents away.