Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan recruited Qian Renxue, disguised as Leng Xue, for Jia Nan Academy’s tournament team and warned Ye Lingling to hide her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Three months later, the team arrived at the Heaven Dou City arena for the tournament’s opening, where they encountered Shrek Academy and its infamous green uniforms.

• Xiao Yan learned that Qian Renxue, posing as Leng Xue, claimed to be Soul Power Level 47 and agreed to let her join the team for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Ye Lingling resolved to raise the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s standing, then asked Xiao Yan about Leng Xue when he found her in the garden and gave her his robe.
• Xiao Yan warned Ye Lingling not to use her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone’s abilities unless necessary, saying someone might kill her to take it.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy’s powerful team headed to the tournament opening in Heaven Dou City, with Dugu Bo accompanying them.
• Xiao Yan and his teammates arrived at the Great Soul Arena and saw Shrek Academy’s green-uniformed students draw mocking comments from the crowd.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Great Soul Arena with Jia Nan Academy and became the focus of several women from rival academies and his own team. After reconnecting with old acquaintances, he began considering merging Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy into Jia Nan Academy.

• Dugu Bo escorted Jia Nan Academy through a guarded side entrance, where Xiao Yan met Prince Xue Xing and greeted Xue Qinghe and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling exchanged barbed remarks over Xiao Yan before Blazing Fire Academy's Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang recognized him as the man who had saved them in the desert.
• Shui Yue'er recognized Xiao Yan from an earlier Great Soul Arena match and persuaded Shui Bing'er to approach him with her.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang thanked Xiao Yan for saving them, while Shui Yue'er thanked him for sparing her and Shui Bing'er during their earlier match.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling left together for the rest room, and Xiao Yan decided he wanted to merge Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy into Jia Nan Academy.

At the tournament opening ceremony, Xiao Yan agreed to fight Huo Wu if their academies met, while tensions rose between Jia Nan Academy and Shrek Academy. Ma Hongjun followed a blonde woman into a secluded area, where she suddenly turned to face him as he undid his belt.

• Huo Wu challenged Xiao Yan to a private match, and he agreed to fight her if Jia Nan Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er spoke with Xiao Yan, while Huo Wushuang worried that Huo Wu had doomed Blazing Fire Academy to lose.
• Ma Hongjun and the Shrek Academy group exchanged insults with Jia Nan Academy, and Flender stopped the confrontation and warned Ma Hongjun not to provoke Dugu Bo.
• Tang San urged Ma Hongjun to take revenge on Dugu Bo, and Ma Hongjun agreed as the tournament opening ceremony began.
• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi addressed the assembled Soul Masters.
• Ma Hongjun followed a blonde woman away from the ceremony, and she turned to watch him as he began undoing his belt.

Qian Renxue punished Ma Hongjun for harassing women, leaving him badly burned, while Shrek Academy prepared to face Jia Nan Academy in the preliminaries. Tang San and Dai Mubai found Ma Hongjun and, believing his injury was fatal, amputated the burned area before heading toward the coming match.

• Qian Renxue stopped Ma Hongjun from escaping, burned his legs, and turned his own flames against him when he attacked her.
• The preliminaries drew Shrek Academy against Jia Nan Academy, and Tang San chose a lineup that included Ma Hongjun while promising to defeat Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Ye Lingling discussed Shrek Academy and Tang San's likely hostility as the first tournament match began.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai found Ma Hongjun crawling in an alley and learned that a blonde woman had injured him.
• Tang San examined Ma Hongjun, decided the burned injury had to be cut away, and amputated it despite Ma Hongjun's pleas.

Jia Nan Academy and Shrek Academy prepared to face each other in the tournament qualifiers while Dugu Bo used the match to raise the profile of Soul Hall and its pills. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan revealing five soul rings, including two black rings, and shocking Tang San by appearing to be a Soul King.

• Dai Mubai brought the badly injured Ma Hongjun back to Shrek Academy, and Flender berated Tang San for saving him by cutting off his manhood.
• Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy’s team entered the arena alongside Shrek Academy, whose members were jeered for their uniforms as Tang San recognized Xiao Yan and resolved to defeat him.
• Dugu Bo told Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi that Soul Hall could provide Azure Nether Longevity Pills, prompting both men to seek a meeting with its Hall Master.
• Emperor Xue Ye tried to draw Soul Hall closer to the empire and provoke hostility between it and Spirit Hall, while Dugu Bo concealed how small the organization really was.
• The match began, and Shrek Academy’s team revealed its soul rings, including Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Xiao Yan revealed five soul rings, including two black rings, and left Tang San stunned by his apparent Soul King strength.

Xiao Yan revealed his overwhelming strength in Jia Nan Academy’s match against Shrek, surviving their coordinated assault in Heavenly Flames Armor and quickly eliminating most of the team. The match ended with Zhu Zhuqing surrendering, while Tang San charged at Xiao Yan in a rage over Xiao Wu’s injuries.

• Xiao Yan’s Soul King cultivation and ten-thousand-year fifth soul ring shocked the spectators, and Jia Nan Academy’s team revealed two Soul Kings and five Soul Ancestors.
• Xiao Yan told his six teammates to stand back and fight Shrek alone as Tang San coordinated an attack from all seven members.
• Tang San trapped Xiao Yan in Frost Prison, but Xiao Yan emerged unharmed in Azure Flame Armor and melted the prison with his heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan knocked Dai Mubai, Tai Long, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Jing Ling off the stage, while Zhu Zhuqing surrendered and fled.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu injured below the stage, declared that he would kill Xiao Yan, and charged at him.

Xiao Yan defeated Tang San in the Great Soul Arena, overpowering his Blue Silver Grass and Eight Spider Lances before breaking the soul bones and throwing him off the stage. The chapter ended with Grandmaster rushing to Tang San and demanding that the referee declare Jia Nan Academy the losers.

• Tang San attacked Xiao Yan with his ice-attribute Blue Silver Grass, but Xiao Yan vaporized the ice and struck him back with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and attacked again, but Xiao Yan’s flames melted his Blue Silver Grass and his Flame Armor stopped the spider lances.
• Tang San insulted Xiao Yan’s family and defended Yu Xiaogang, prompting Xiao Yan to question whether the Tang San before him had possessed his younger brother’s body.
• Tang San renewed his attack over Xiao Wu, and Xiao Yan dodged the Eight Spider Lances, slammed Tang San to the ground, and snapped all eight lances.
• Xiao Yan kicked Tang San off the Soul Fighting Stage, and Grandmaster rushed to him and demanded that the referee disqualify Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan defeated Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi healed the badly injured Tang San. After hearing Grandmaster blame Xiao Yan for Tang San’s injuries, Tang Hao confronted Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan drew his Black Ruler and struck at him.

• Emperor Xue Ye declared Jia Nan Academy the winner, and Ning Fengzhi used his healing ability to treat the Shrek team.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo praised Xiao Yan, while Ning Rongrong reunited with her father and introduced her classmates.
• Tang Hao watched over the injured Tang San, then heard Grandmaster accuse Xiao Yan of acting out of jealousy and resolved to teach Xiao Yan a lesson.
• Xiao Yan prepared to face Tang Hao, but Tang Hao called him out before he could begin cultivating.
• Xiao Yan went to the grove, swung his Black Ruler through a tree, and revealed Tang Hao standing behind it.

Tang Hao confronted Xiao Yan over his fight with Tang San and threatened to kill him if he joined Spirit Hall. Xiao Yan unleashed his Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and fought back with the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler, ending the chapter as he formed the Six Harmonies Flame against Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao confronted Xiao Yan for breaking Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, while Xiao Yan insisted Tang San had tried to kill him and challenged Tang Hao's right to interfere.
• Xiao Yan questioned Tang Hao about his origins and declared that he would join Spirit Hall if Tang Hao kept withholding the truth.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and threatened to purge Xiao Yan from the Tang Family, then attacked him in midair.
• Xiao Yan blocked Tang Hao's hammer and used the first, second, and third transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength.
• Tang Hao attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Xiao Yan defended himself with the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler.
• Xiao Yan shifted his ruler's trajectory and formed the Six Harmonies Flame as Tang Hao pressed his attack.

Xiao Yan used the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler to wound Tang Hao, but Tang Hao renewed his attack until Dugu Bo intervened. Xiao Yan began fusing two Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, and the chapter ended as he formed the lotus in front of Tang Hao.

• Xiao Yan unleashed Six Harmonies Flame against Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and secretly sent a wisp of Heavenly Flame into Tang Hao's body.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and attacked Xiao Yan again, but Dugu Bo arrived and blocked his strike with Medusa's Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo confronted Tang Hao and tried to protect Xiao Yan, then sent Xiao Yan away while they fought in a cloud of poison.
• Xiao Yan began fusing his Azure Flame and blood-red flame into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, alarming Dugu Bo and Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao rushed to stop Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan evaded him with an afterimage and formed the two-colored Fire Lotus in his palms.

Xiao Yan and Tang Hao’s battle devastated Jia Nan Academy before Tang Hao fled and Xiao Yan collapsed from exhaustion. Dugu Bo rescued Xiao Yan as Xue Qinghe withdrew the troops, while Salas discovered Xiao Yan’s extraordinary records and decided to report him to the Pope as a threat Spirit Hall must eliminate if it could not recruit him.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus exploded, badly injuring Tang Hao and wrecking Jia Nan Academy and the surrounding area.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Yan that his mother had died at Spirit Hall’s hands, then fled when Xiao Yan demanded an explanation.
• Xiao Yan exhausted his strength and fell unconscious; Dugu Bo caught him and carried him away as Heaven Dou Imperial Family troops arrived under Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Bo told Xue Qinghe that an enemy had caused the damage, and Xue Qinghe ordered the troops to withdraw.
• Salas read Xiao Yan’s records, concluded that Spirit Hall must kill him if he could not be made to serve, and wrote a secret letter to the Pope.

After waking from his battle with Tang Hao, Xiao Yan questioned the truth about his mother and recalled fragments of a woman named Cai Lin. At Shrek Academy, Tang San emerged from isolation determined to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer, but Grandmaster tried to stop him by promising a way to restore Blue Silver Grass.

• Xiao Yan woke after a day unconscious and asked Dugu Bo whether Tang Hao had told the truth about his mother’s death at Spirit Hall’s hands.
• Dugu Bo explained that his Head Soul Bone came from a fifty-thousand-year-old Medusa, prompting Xiao Yan to recall a woman he thought was named Cai Lin.
• Tang San brooded over Xiao Yan’s criticism of his martial soul and Yu Xiaogang’s theories, then decided to cultivate his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Grandmaster and Liu Erlong waited outside Tang San’s sealed room, and Grandmaster revealed that Xiao Yan was Tang Hao’s son and Tang San’s biological elder brother.
• Tang San came out and announced his decision to switch martial souls, but Grandmaster objected and claimed he had a plan to bring Blue Silver from darkness back into light.

Grandmaster talked Tang San out of adding soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer and proposed a fire-attribute fifth soul ring to counter Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong ordered an assassination of Tang Hao’s sons on their way to Spirit City for the tournament finals.

• Tang San admitted that he was tempted to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer because his blue silver grass seemed too weak to defeat Xiao Yan.
• Grandmaster reminded Tang San of the advantages of his twin martial souls and urged him to build his strength rather than abandon the blue silver grass.
• Grandmaster proposed that Tang San obtain a fire-attribute fifth soul ring, and the Golden Iron Triangle planned to hunt for soul beasts and a soul bone in Sunset Forest.
• Bibi Dong announced that Tang Hao’s younger son had reached Soul King level at fourteen and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to lead twenty Red-Robed Cardinals against the brothers.
• Bibi Dong chose a site along the brothers’ route to Spirit City for the assassination and ordered each Martial Soul Sacred Hall and Main Hall to provide a Red-Robed Cardinal.

Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle searched Sunset Forest for soul bones, where Tang San slaughtered many soul beasts and discovered that his Eight Spider Lances could drain life force while curing poison. After secretly using the ability on Yu Xiaogang, Tang San considered targeting a stronger opponent for greater gains.

• Flender, Liu Erlong, Grandmaster, and Tang San entered Sunset Forest to hunt soul beasts for soul bones, then encountered poisonous mist from the King of the Earth and Pink Lady and battled their surrounding clans.
• The Golden Iron Triangle used its Martial Soul Fusion Skill to incapacitate the soul beasts, and Tang San killed them while searching their bodies, finding a thousand-year right arm bone for Fatty.
• A roughly twenty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Tang San, and Liu Erlong struck it with her Crimson Dragon True Body after Grandmaster was poisoned while protecting Tang San.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to draw poison from Yu Xiaogang and discovered that they also absorbed the teacher's life force and converted it into Tang San's soul power.
• Tang San decided he could gain more power by devouring someone stronger and thought of his opponent in that afternoon's match.

Tang San removed the poison from Grandmaster and tortured the Man Faced Demon Spider, while the tournament’s second round began with Jia Nan Academy defeating Elephant Armor Academy. Xiao Yan quietly left the arena with Qian Renxue, unaware that a shadowy watcher followed them.

• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to remove the poison from Grandmaster, then cut apart the dying Man Faced Demon Spider until it released a black light.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue discussed Jia Nan Academy’s tournament prospects and watched the teams assemble as Emperor Xue Ye opened the second round.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong discussed the arrival of Huyan Zhen and the threat posed by Ye Lingling’s evolved Nine Heart Begonia.
• Jia Nan Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy without Xiao Yan, and Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and their teammates defeated the opposing team and badly injured Huyan Li.
• Xiao Yan quietly left the arena with Qian Renxue, while a hidden watcher followed their departure.

While walking with Qian Renxue, Xiao Yan was ambushed by Shi Nian of Canghui Academy, who trapped them in his illusion. The illusion forced Xiao Yan to relive fragments of his past, and he remained engulfed in emerald flames as Shi Nian tried to torment him to death.

• Xiao Yan told Qian Renxue that his weakened aura came from fighting a powerful Spirit Hall attacker, and she suspected Bibi Dong was involved.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue realized they had been led off course, and Shi Nian appeared and revealed that he intended to kill them for Canghui Academy's tournament prospects.
• Shi Nian trapped Xiao Yan in his illusion, where Xiao Yan relived his humiliation in Wutan City and memories of his father and Nalan Yanran.
• The illusion showed Yao Chen being captured by black chains after sending a streak of white flame into Xiao Yan, prompting Xiao Yan to cry out for his teacher.
• Shi Nian watched Xiao Yan suffer inside the illusion as emerald flames shielded his trembling body, and he urged the genius to fall.

Xiao Yan broke Shi Nian’s illusion, killed him, and took the soul bone he left behind before carrying the unconscious Qian Renxue away. At the tournament, Tang San used Canghui Academy’s fusion skill as cover to drain life force and soul power from both opponents and his unconscious teammates, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo suspicious of him.

• Xiao Yan broke Shi Nian’s Nightmare illusion with the help of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then killed Shi Nian with his emerald-green flame.
• Xiao Yan collected Shi Nian’s roughly twenty-thousand-year-old head soul bone and wondered whether to give it to Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Qian Renxue away, unaware that she had been pretending to be unconscious.
• Canghui Academy’s seven members formed a fusion skill that enveloped the arena in rainbow light, while Grandmaster recognized it as a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and believed Shrek could learn to use one.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to knock down Canghui Academy’s team, then drained their soul power and life force through his Eight Spider Lances and secretly did the same to his six unconscious teammates.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed that Canghui Academy’s members had lost their life force and soul power, and told Bone Douluo that Tang San’s Man Faced Demon Spider lances could have devoured them.

Tang San concealed his role in crippling Canghui Academy and later attacked its inn to test his evolved Blue Silver Grass, killing two students and absorbing their blood energy. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue warned Xiao Yan about Spirit Hall and ordered She Long to protect him, as Xiao Yan approached the inn where Tang San was attacking.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo decided to keep quiet about their suspicions of Tang San because they lacked proof and wanted to preserve their partnership with him.
• Tang San told Flender he had injured his Shrek teammates to disguise his attack on Canghui Academy, while Flender and Grandmaster advised him to claim he knew nothing about the fusion skill.
• Qian Renxue warned Xiao Yan that Spirit Hall might target him, and She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo worried about his time alone with her before She Long sent him away.
• Qian Renxue learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had lost to Dugu Bo, then asked She Long to stay close to Xiao Yan.
• Tang San attacked Canghui Academy's inn with his evolved Blue Silver Grass, crushed two students, and absorbed their blood energy as Xiao Yan approached.

Tang San massacred Canghui Academy’s students and Ye Zhiqiu, using the Eight Spider Lances to devour their vitality. Xiao Yan sensed the bloodshed, intercepted Tang San as he fled, and left him sprawled in the street.

• Tang San stormed into the Canghui Academy inn and killed several students with Dragon Whisker Needles and blue silver grass.
• Tang San fought Ye Zhiqiu, broke through his defenses with his soul skills and Eight Spider Lances, and drained his vitality.
• Tang San killed the remaining Canghui Academy students and resolved to use their vitality to grow stronger than Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan sensed the blood inside the inn and spotted Tang San fleeing from the scene.
• Tang San used blue silver grass to break Xiao Yan’s Suction Palm, but Xiao Yan pursued him through the air and slammed him into the street.

Xiao Yan confronted Tang San over using human blood to cultivate and tried to cripple his martial souls. Tang Hao intervened before Xiao Yan could finish, then attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Xiao Yan accused Tang San of draining the Canghui Academy victims' blood to increase his soul power, and Tang San admitted he would not let Xiao Yan discipline him.
• Xiao Yan burned Tang San's blue silver grass, defeated him in combat, and restrained him while offering him a choice between death and losing his martial souls.
• Tang San pretended to repent but secretly prepared to attack Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan engulfed him in yin-yang twin flames and began destroying his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang Hao arrived and struck the ground between Xiao Yan and Tang San with the Clear Sky Hammer, interrupting Xiao Yan's attempt to cripple Tang San's blue silver grass.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and Chaotic Cloak, bringing a colossal hammer down toward Xiao Yan.