Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Xiao Yan, then collapsed from his injuries, while Tang San treated him and blamed Xiao Yan. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan discussed Tang San's blood-based cultivation with Dugu Bo and was warned that Spirit Hall might target him because of Tang Hao, leaving Xiao Yan resolved to face any threat.

• Tang Hao diverted his Clear Sky Hammer into nearby buildings to cover his escape with Tang San, then told Xiao Yan he had no son like him.
• Tang Hao collapsed in a forest outside Heaven Dou City, and Tang San began treating his injuries with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San sensed Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame energy in Tang Hao's wounds and accused Xiao Yan of being a beast.
• Xiao Yan told Dugu Bo that Tang San cultivated Blue Silver Grass by drinking human blood, but declined to report him without evidence.
• Dugu Bo warned Xiao Yan that Spirit Hall might target him and explained Bibi Dong's and Qian Xunji's immense strength.
• Xiao Yan acknowledged the danger but resolved to confront Spirit Hall if it tried to bully him.

Tang Hao told Tang San about his history with Xiao Yan, and Tang San convinced him that Xiao Yan might be a demon who possessed his brother’s body. Tang Hao agreed to protect Tang San as he continued the tournament, then rebuked him for wanting to add a Soul Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer; the next day, Jia Nan Academy arrived at the arena to loud cheers for Xiao Yan.

• Tang Hao revealed that he had secretly watched over Tang San and fought Xiao Yan twice, and he warned Tang San not to provoke Xiao Yan because he was outmatched.
• Tang San suggested that Xiao Yan was a devil reborn in his older brother’s body, and Tang Hao flew into a rage and vowed to destroy him if the suspicion was true.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to withdraw from the tournament to avoid Spirit Hall, but Tang San insisted on competing, and Tang Hao promised to protect him from the shadows.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to help him hunt a Soul Beast for the Clear Sky Hammer, so Tang Hao struck him and reminded him never to add a Soul Ring without permission.
• The fourth tournament round began, and Jia Nan Academy drew a loud welcome for Xiao Yan while Tang San was absent and Qin Ming approached the team.

Xiao Yan faced Blazing Fire Academy alone in the tournament match, after dismissing his teammates and agreeing to fight all seven opponents. As the match began, he revealed an emerald-green flame that caused every flame around Blazing Fire Academy’s members to bow toward him.

• Xiao Yan greeted Qin Ming and led Jia Nan Academy’s team to the preparation area, where he confirmed he would fight Huo Wu.
• Xiao Yan noticed Tang San among the competitors and reflected that Tang Hao had destroyed the evidence of the Canghui Academy murders.
• Xiao Yan entered the arena alone and told the host that his teammates had forfeited so he could face Blazing Fire Academy by himself.
• Huo Wushuang and Blazing Fire Academy’s team activated their martial souls and fire-based support abilities as the match began.
• Xiao Yan summoned an emerald-green flame, causing the flames surrounding Blazing Fire Academy’s members to tilt toward him.

Xiao Yan defeated Blazing Fire Academy by evading their attacks and absorbing Huo Wu’s powerful flames, prompting the team to concede. After the match, Bibi Dong received a report that Tang Hao had appeared in Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Yan summoned his heavenly flames, which suppressed Blazing Fire Academy’s fire-attribute martial souls, and challenged the team to show their flame control.
• Huo Wushuang and three teammates attacked Xiao Yan, but he used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and fire ropes to evade and bind them.
• Huo Wu used Ring Fusion to launch Huo Wu Shines on the Sun, but Xiao Yan emerged unharmed and absorbed the white flames into his emerald-green fire.
• Huo Wu conceded, and the referee declared Jia Nan Academy the winner; Xiao Yan praised Blazing Fire Academy and noticed Tang San glaring at him.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported Tang Hao’s appearance in Heaven Dou City to Bibi Dong.

Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to support Bibi Dong's plan to assassinate Tang Hao's sons, while Qian Renxue learned of the threat and vowed to protect Xiao Yan. At the tournament, Xiao Yan's growing reputation drew attention from Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, and Grandmaster summoned Tang San aside.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo that Tang Hao's sons had appeared and ordered them to support Bibi Dong's assassination plan.
• Qian Renxue read Spirit City's letter, questioned whether Xiao Yan was Tang Hao's biological son, and told Snake Lance Douluo to keep protecting him.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy's rest area after his match, where Ye Lingling pulled admirers away from him.
• Feng Xiaotian promised Huo Wu he would defeat Xiao Yan, and Huo Wu said she would consider him only if he succeeded.
• Flender revealed Shrek Academy's toilet advertisement uniforms, and Grandmaster arrived to summon Tang San.

Grandmaster kept Tang San out of several difficult Preliminary Tournament matches to protect his resolve, and Shrek Academy forfeited against Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater Academies. With Shrek’s place in the Qualifying Tournament now at risk, Tang San promised to lead the team against Thunder Academy, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing worried about what defeat would mean.

• Tang San told Grandmaster that Xiao Yan had destroyed his Eight Spider Lances, and Grandmaster ordered him not to fight Godwind Academy or reveal his soul bone skills.
• Grandmaster explained that he wanted to protect Tang San’s resolve, while Flender objected to forfeiting because it would cost him advertising income.
• Shrek Academy forfeited against Godwind Academy, then also forfeited against Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy, leaving the team with twenty-one wins.
• Grandmaster warned that Jia Nan Academy could help Thunder Academy force a tiebreaker for the final qualifying spot, and Tang San confidently promised to defeat Thunder Academy.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing showed unease about the stakes of losing, as Dai Mubai faced the possible loss of his right to compete for the throne.

Xiao Yan watched Shrek Academy face Thunder Academy, where Tang San used Tai Long as a shield to exhaust their opponents’ soul power. As the battle opened in earnest, Xiao Yan suspected Tang San might have another way to drain soul power, while Xiao Wu launched toward Thunder Academy and Tang San warned her to be careful.

• Yu Tianheng told Xiao Yan that Thunder Academy captain Yu Tianxin was his cousin and a rival for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan heirship, so Xiao Yan went to watch their match.
• Shrek Academy and Thunder Academy released their martial souls, and Tang San linked most of Shrek’s fighters with blue silver grass while ordering Tai Long to take the enemy attacks alone.
• Lei Dong trapped Tai Long in a lightning net, and Thunder Academy’s fighters struck him until his soul power was exhausted.
• Xiao Yan predicted Shrek could win by surviving Thunder Academy’s initial assault and noted that Tang San might have another technique for devouring soul power.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek’s counterattack, Yu Tianxin met him with a lightning attack, and Tang San launched Xiao Wu toward the opponents before warning her to be careful.

Xiao Wu defeated Lei Tian, but Thunder Academy trapped and severely injured her with lightning attacks. Tang San rescued her from the attack and turned to confront the two opponents charging at him, leaving Ma Hongjun struggling elsewhere.

• Xiao Wu used a Flying Mushroom Sausage, Charm, and Instantaneous Shift to evade Lei Tian's attacks before kicking him into the arena floor and knocking him out.
• Thunder Academy charged Xiao Wu, and Tang San restrained its members while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger to fight Yu Tianxin.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun attacked the remaining Thunder Academy fighters, but Lei Dong trapped Xiao Wu with Thunder Net and God-Locking Ring as another fighter struck her with a barrage of lightning.
• Tang San pulled Xiao Wu out of danger with Blue Silver Grass and laid her at the arena's edge, while Ma Hongjun called for help against two opponents.
• Tang San faced the two Thunder Academy members approaching him, his eyes glowing red and black light surging around his right arm.

Tang San defeated Thunder Academy with brutal Soul Bone and Blue Silver Grass abilities, prompting Salas to accuse him of being an Evil Soul Master. Grandmaster defended him by arguing that devouring abilities alone could not prove someone was evil, and compared Tang San’s power to the Pope’s spider Martial Souls.

• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint to bind Yu Tianxin, allowing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger to knock him unconscious.
• Enraged over Xiao Wu’s injuries, Tang San froze one Thunder Academy fighter, incapacitated another with his Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bone, and trapped three more in Frost Prison while draining their life force.
• Thunder Academy surrendered, but its teacher accused Tang San of being an Evil Soul Master after seeing the injured students’ condition.
• Salas arrived with Spirit Hall warriors and threatened to seize Tang San, claiming he had drained the students’ life force.
• Grandmaster intervened and argued that Tang San’s devouring ability came from his Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bone, adding that the Pope’s spider Martial Souls also had devouring abilities.

Salas abandoned the investigation into Tang San after Grandmaster invoked his status as a Spirit Hall honorary elder, and Shrek Academy was declared the winner over Thunder Academy. Xiao Yan treated Thunder Academy’s injured students, while Ning Fengzhi concluded that Tang San had been cultivating through devouring and planned to trap him for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s benefit.

• Grandmaster defended Tang San’s devouring ability as an innate or mutated martial soul trait, and Salas withdrew rather than challenge his authority or risk Tang Hao’s intervention.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye about Grandmaster’s past relationship with the Pope, and the officials allowed the referee to award Shrek Academy the victory.
• Xiao Yan gave Thunder Academy’s injured students Wound Recovery Pills and returned to the spectator stands after they began recovering.
• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that Man Faced Demon Spider venom and the bodies’ condition suggested Tang San had drained Canghui Academy’s students before they died.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bone Douluo to set a trap for Tang San so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could use leverage to avoid paying for his hidden weapons.

Ning Fengzhi planned to trick Tang San into surrendering his hidden-weapon manufacturing methods, while Tang San and Xiao Yan exchanged hostile challenges after Shrek Academy advanced. That night, Qian Renxue defeated Feng Xiaotian with ease, and Xiao Yan questioned her about the strange fire attribute aura within her.

• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo Gu Rong that he intended to obtain Tang San's hidden-weapon manufacturing methods through a trap and conceal the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's involvement.
• Bone Douluo asked whether Xiao Yan's rapid cultivation came from devouring, and Ning Fengzhi attributed it to pills refined by Dugu Bo.
• Flender left to seek an advertiser after Shrek Academy advanced, while Tang San celebrated his victory and silently challenged Xiao Yan to the Qualifying Tournament.
• Feng Xiaotian confronted Xiao Yan at night over Huo Wu, but Qian Renxue intervened and overwhelmed him without using her martial soul.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue returned to the pavilion, and Xiao Yan asked her about the unusual fire attribute aura he had sensed.

Xiao Yan suspected Qian Renxue was connected to Spirit Hall and learned that Feng Xiaotian had been beaten and Godwind Academy forfeited. During Jia Nan Academy’s match against Skywater Academy, the teams began fighting, and Xiao Yan recalled Hai Bodong as Skywater’s ice attack formed into a blue phoenix.

• Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan that a colorless flame had descended on the day she was born, and Xiao Yan suspected she was connected to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue sent a shadowy subordinate to Spirit City to investigate Tang Hao and the soul beast from more than a decade earlier.
• Xiao Yan learned that Feng Xiaotian had been beaten by two people in black, causing Godwind Academy to forfeit its match against Jia Nan Academy.
• The tournament organizers announced that the final two preliminary rounds would be held that day, and Jia Nan Academy’s match against Skywater Academy was called.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice and Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan recalled Hai Bodong as the ice attack took the shape of a blue phoenix above the arena.

Xiao Yan defeated Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his Green Lotus Core Flame, devastating the arena and leaving Tang San shaken by the gap between them. Afterward, Tang San revealed that he planned to cultivate by devouring life and Soul Power, rejecting Grandmaster’s warning and declaring that he would make the Douluo Continent his family’s domain.

• Grandmaster predicted that Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix would defeat Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan sent his teammates offstage and asked Ye Lingling to heal the opposing team.
• Xiao Yan’s fire dragon collided with Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s Ice Phoenix, destroying the Soul Fighting Stage and forcing Skywater Academy to concede.
• Shui Bing’er admitted defeat, and Xiao Yan comforted her before leaving the arena with his teammates.
• Grandmaster told Tang San he would help him obtain a fifth Soul Ring, and Tang San revealed that his Dark Blue Silver Grass could grow stronger by devouring vitality and Soul Power.
• Grandmaster warned Tang San that cultivating through devouring would make him an Evil Soul Master, but Tang San insisted that power mattered more and vowed to turn the Douluo Continent into the Tang Family Continent.

Tang San absorbed a fire-attribute Soul Ring to strengthen his blue silver grass and prepare to defeat Xiao Yan, then proposed switching to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer. Grandmaster warned that adding Soul Rings to Tang San’s second Martial Soul could cause a deadly clash, leaving his plan uncertain.

• Tang San persuaded Grandmaster to let him continue devouring life force until he defeated Xiao Yan and won the tournament.
• Xiao Yan and the other four top captains received awards, while Xue Ye granted the competitors noble titles and announced the Qualifying Tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Ground in one month.
• Salas objected to Xue Ye’s rewards, then left the ceremony angrily as Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi watched.
• Xiao Yan led Jia Nan Academy back to the academy, while Tang San vowed revenge and expected a fire-attribute Soul Ring to help him overcome Xiao Yan.
• Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong helped Tang San absorb a twenty-thousand-year-old fire-attribute Soul Ring, giving his blue silver grass a blackish-red appearance and raising him to Soul Power Level fifty.
• Tang San asked Grandmaster to help him add four twenty-thousand-year-old Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, but Grandmaster warned that the two Martial Souls could clash and kill him.

Grandmaster advised Tang San on the dangers of cultivating twin martial souls, and Tang San decided to use only two soul rings for his Clear Sky Hammer. In the Star Dou Great Forest, he absorbed a Thousand Ton Ant’s ring, but after trying to add another ring, he was left staring at a Clear Sky Hammer bearing three rings of different colors.

• Grandmaster explained that a twin-martial-soul master had died when his body exploded while adding a third ring to his second martial soul, and he offered to find a solution for Tang San.
• Tang San reasoned that he could avoid the danger by adding only two rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, and Grandmaster agreed with his plan.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Grandmaster recommended a Thousand Ton Ant, and Flender and Liu Erlong subdued one for Tang San.
• Tang San absorbed the Thousand Ton Ant’s black ring as his Clear Sky Hammer’s first ring, enduring the strain with help from his two soul bones.
• After the Golden Iron Triangle hunted another soul beast for him, Tang San tried to add a second ring and later found three rings—black, purple, and yellow—on his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San survived absorbing a twenty-thousand-year soul ring, but the Clear Sky Hammer emerged with a black, purple, and yellow configuration, leaving him furious and blaming Xiao Yan. At Jia Nan Academy, Dugu Bo warned Xiao Yan that Spirit Hall might be preparing an operation, and Xiao Yan considered making more Fire Lotus Bottles for protection.

• Tang San nearly died as he absorbed the Thousandweight Ant's soul ring, while Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flender waited for him to recover.
• Tang San awoke after more than twenty hours and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, revealing that it had black, purple, and yellow soul rings.
• Tang San confronted Grandmaster about the strange result, then blamed Xiao Yan for making him rush to cultivate his second martial soul.
• Dugu Bo told Xiao Yan that Spirit Hall had reassigned red-robed cardinals and might be preparing a major operation against him or Tang San.
• Dugu Bo asked Xiao Yan for more Fire Lotus Bottles, and Xiao Yan considered producing several for defense against Titled Douluo.

Xiao Yan gave Dugu Bo a Fire Lotus Bottle and spent a month practicing the fusion of three Heavenly Flames before the Qualifying Tournament began. Jia Nan Academy drew Shrek Academy for its first match, and the chapter ended as Dai Mubai and Little Dragon Girl took the stage.

• Dugu Bo told Xiao Yan how a Fire Lotus Bottle had turned his losing battle against Chrysanthemum Guan and Old Ghost around, and Xiao Yan gave him another bottle while warning him not to rely on it.
• Xiao Yan decided to prepare for Spirit Hall by practicing the fusion of three Heavenly Flames, making gradual progress after a month of failed attempts.
• The Qualifying Tournament began at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Jia Nan Academy entered under the guidance of Roxon and Xiao Yan recognized him from an earlier encounter.
• Xiao Yan learned Jia Nan Academy would face Shrek Academy in the first round and had secretly added Little Dragon Girl to the roster.
• Grandmaster ordered Dai Mubai to lead Shrek Academy's lineup and instructed the team to wear Xiao Yan down before Tang San fought.
• After the tournament opened and the first match began, Dai Mubai stepped onto the stage, followed by Little Dragon Girl climbing onto the Soul Fighting Stage.

Little Dragon Girl defeated Dai Mubai with one punch in the Qualifying Tournament, and Dugu Bo intervened when Shrek Academy’s members rushed onto the stage. The confrontation was halted, but Grandmaster filed a complaint against Jia Nan Academy, prompting Dugu Bo to ready his soul power.

• Dai Mubai mocked Little Dragon Girl, but she entered the match without releasing her Martial Soul and warned that she would go easy on him.
• Little Dragon Girl shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Protection Barrier with one punch and sent him flying, winning the match for Jia Nan Academy.
• Shrek Academy’s teachers and students rushed onto the stage, and Dugu Bo appeared to confront them with his overwhelming presence.
• Salas ordered both sides to keep off the arena unless permitted, then let the first offense pass after Flender said Shrek had only come to retrieve Dai Mubai.
• Grandmaster complained that Jia Nan Academy had violated the rules, and Dugu Bo darkened his expression and began circulating soul power as his nine Soul Rings lit up.

Little Dragon Girl severely injured Grandmaster after he provoked Dugu Bo, prompting a dispute over whether Jia Nan Academy should be investigated. Xiao Yan challenged Tang San to a one-on-one match and quickly knocked him down, leaving Tang San to remember his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Little Dragon Girl broke Grandmaster's hand and struck him into the arena floor, while Flender restrained Liu Erlong from attacking her.
• Tang San accused Jia Nan Academy of assaulting a Spirit Hall elder, but Salas ruled that both teams would either be disqualified or neither would be punished.
• Flender asked the organizers to investigate Little Dragon Girl, and Xiao Yan entered the arena to defend her and challenge Tang San.
• Tang San accepted Xiao Yan's challenge, and the brothers faced off as Grandmaster urged Tang San to overcome the shadow of his elder brother.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to entangle Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan burned it away and struck him from behind before repeatedly stomping him down.
• As Xiao Yan pinned him to the ground, Tang San remembered that he could use the Clear Sky Hammer.

Xiao Yan turned Tang San’s fire-resistant Blue Silver Grass against him, then publicly denounced Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and drove him to collapse. Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and began the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer as Xiao Yan brought out a black ruler, setting up their next exchange.

• Tang San used Lie Yan Thorns to trap Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s emerald flame made the Blue Silver Grass turn on Tang San and bind him.
• Xiao Yan slapped Tang San and exposed Yu Xiaogang’s background and martial-soul advice, prompting the crowd to condemn him.
• Yu Xiaogang fainted after the crowd and Shrek members questioned his theories, and Liu Erlong rushed to help him.
• Tang San broke free, defended Yu Xiaogang, and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, shocking the spectators with his twin martial souls.
• Tang San attacked with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Xiao Yan summoned a black ruler marked with strange patterns.