Chapter Summaries

At the tournament opening, Platinum Bishop Salas drew controversial matchups and offered finalists a chance to join the Martial Soul Sacred Hall. Blue Tyrant Academy Team 1 prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2, with Zhu Zhuqing sitting out as the match began.

• Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi addressed the tournament, and Ning predicted the champion would come from the empire.
• Salas drew the qualifiers, pairing several favored academies against one another, then denied accusations of fraud and promised finalists entry to the Martial Soul Sacred Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Maomao to compete in the opening match and instructed her team to focus on the opposing captain.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhulin enter the arena instead of Zhu Zhuqing, while Ling Dang and Min'er discussed their targets.
• The two teams took their places, and the master of ceremonies started the match.

Blue Tyrant Academy overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 when Zhu Zhulin and Maomao unleashed the Nine Nether Spirit Cat fusion skill. The victory left the other academies and Platinum Bishop Salas wary of Blue Tyrant Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The academies and VIP guests reacted with surprise to Blue Tyrant Academy’s lineup of Soul Ancestors, while Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that the apparent balance between the teams was misleading.
• Jing Ling summoned skeletons as Zhu Zhulin and Maomao fused into the enormous Nine Nether Spirit Cat, whose aura resembled that of a Soul Emperor.
• Dai Mubai tried to protect the female vice-captain, but the fusion skill’s tails struck them both off the platform, leaving Dai Mubai unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong and Ling Dang defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2’s remaining members, and the team yielded.
• Platinum Bishop Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about the Nine-Tier Pagoda, while Ning Fengzhi kept its secrets and privately knew the offensive power had not spread to the other clansmen.
• The announcer declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner and scheduled Blue Tyrant Team 2 against Blazing Fire Academy next.

The Shrek Team defeated Blazing Fire Academy after Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, drawing the attention of Spirit Hall and the imperial court. By the twentieth day, the Blue Tyrant Elite Class faced the Shrek Team in the latter’s final preliminary match, which would decide whether Shrek advanced to the finals.

• Huo Wu’s team knocked Xu Mei, Xu Yu, and Oscar off the platform, leaving Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Huang Yuan, and Tai Long to face the seven members of Blazing Fire Academy.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and fought three opponents alone, leading the Shrek Team to victory.
• Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and Emperor Xue Ye took note of Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, while Xu Mei and Xu Yu discussed their plan to kill him as a remnant of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Over the following days, the Blue Tyrant Elite Class earned thirteen victories without a loss, while the Shrek Team lost to Thunder Academy.
• On the twentieth day, the Blue Tyrant Elite Class and the Shrek Team met for Shrek’s final preliminary match, with victory needed to advance to the finals.

Tang San’s Shrek Team faced the Blue Tyrant Team for a place in the finals, but several Shrek members withdrew and the match was interrupted before he could concede. Ning Fengzhi proposed that the Blue Tyrant Team advance while Shrek merged into the Heaven Dou Royal Team, leaving Salas furious but unable to challenge Xue Ye.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang objected to the teams being forced to compete, but a vote upheld the match.
• Tang San challenged the Blue Tyrant Team after Zhu Zhuqing stayed away because of her cultivation.
• Xu Mei, Xu Yu, Ma Hongjun, and Huang Yuan withdrew or refused to fight, leaving Tang San unable to continue the match.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed voiding the match, sending the Blue Tyrant Team directly to the finals, and merging Shrek into the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Salas protested, but Xue Ye rebuked him and asserted his authority as emperor.

Zhu Zhuqing traveled with the Heaven Dou teams toward Spirit City, wary of danger and determined to keep her sister close. After Xue Qinghe’s speech rallied the teams at the border, Zhu Zhuqing emerged having mastered the second turn of White Tiger Nine Turns.

• Salas stormed out of the Soul Fighting Arena, while Xue Ye announced the qualifying teams and Xue Qinghe outlined the journey to Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing prepared for danger, left Maomao, Min’er, and Tiger Fang at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and reluctantly agreed to let Zhu Zhulin accompany her.
• Three days later, the Heaven Dou City teams departed under Royal Knights’ escort, with Zhu Zhuqing traveling behind Heaven Dou Royal Academy alongside Zhu Zhulin.
• Yu Tianxin and Dai Mubai argued outside Zhu Zhuqing’s carriage over her, but Ning Rongrong invoked Liu Erlong and sent them away.
• Zhu Zhulin reflected on the Zhu Family’s suffering under the Dai Family and vowed that the sky over the Star Luo Empire needed to change.
• Two days later, Xue Qinghe rallied the fifteen Heaven Dou teams near the border, and Zhu Zhuqing emerged from her carriage after mastering the second turn of White Tiger Nine Turns.

Zhu Zhuqing sensed danger in the Heavenly Spirit Mountains and refused the Crown Prince’s request to join his carriage, warning the procession to avoid the trail. Most of the assembled teachers doubted her claim that Spirit Hall might attack, until two newcomers arrived to support her warning.

• Zhu Zhuqing detected strange auras near the mountain trail and told the Crown Prince’s knights that the procession should take another route.
• Zhu Zhuqing gathered Blue Tyrant Academy and the other groups, then warned them that an ambush might be coming.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang dismissed Zhu Zhuqing’s suspicion that Spirit Hall was responsible, while Liu Erlong defended her.
• Yu Tianxin backed Liu Erlong by displaying his Thunder Academy badge, but the other teachers remained skeptical.
• Two figures approached, and the one on the left said Zhu Zhuqing’s warning might be true.

The Heaven Dou convoy was ambushed by more than a thousand Soul Masters from several sects, and its defenders were quickly overwhelmed. As Tang San joined the battle, the Heavenly Armor Goddess faced a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo who demanded that the sisters submit.

• Zi Qi and Zi Li returned from scouting and confirmed Zhu Zhuqing’s suspicions, alarming the group as Tang San continued cultivating in the carriage with Xiao Wu beside him.
• Hu Qianxing and the other hidden sect forces lost patience and charged down from the hills, pelting the convoy with waves of boulders.
• The Royal Knights and academy Soul Masters formed defensive lines, but the attackers soon scattered the knights and drove the defenders back.
• Tang San left the carriage and recognized an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo among the attackers as a member of the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing, her Third Sister, Zi Qi, and Zi Li confronted four foes, while the sisters’ Heavenly Armor Goddess faced a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo who offered to forgive them if they submitted.

Xu Yu and Xu Mei turned against Zhu Zhuqing after she refused to join Spirit Hall, while Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan attacked Tang San and Xiao Wu. As the Zhu sisters fought back, Xu Yu and Xu Mei began their Star Crown Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Starlight Thunder.

• Xu Yu invited Zhu Zhuqing to join Spirit Hall again, and Xu Mei mocked the Zhu sisters when Zhu Zhuqing did not respond.
• Yue Guan unleashed his Aura Barrier around Tang San and Xiao Wu, then charged at them while Zi Qi and Zi Li sent the Heavenly Armor Goddess after him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhulin broke through the barrier, and Xu Yu decided to attack them rather than keep pursuing Zhu Zhuqing's recruitment.
• Xu Yu and Xu Mei began combining their Star Crown martial souls, but Zhu Zhuqing's tiger roar disrupted their fusion as dark clouds and a silver moon appeared overhead.
• Xu Yu and Xu Mei recited incantations, joined hands, and transformed into starlight as they activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Starlight Thunder.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhulin completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning a powerful White Tiger that battled the Spirit Hall forces and disrupted the Xu sisters’ fusion. As Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Tang San, Xiao Wu stepped in to protect him and faced what seemed to be certain death.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhulin’s fusion caused strange weather across a thousand-mile radius as they rose into the air.
• Hu Qianxing ordered an attack on the pair, and Liu Erlong, Flender, and the others fought to protect them.
• A White Tiger emerged from the gold and silver pillars, killed Que Ming, and clashed with Que Shi.
• The White Tiger’s force shattered Xu Mei and Xu Yu’s Star Map fusion, sending them crashing to the ground.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo knocked away Zi Qi and Zi Li and moved to kill Tang San.
• Xiao Wu shielded Tang San from Chrysanthemum Douluo and prepared to die protecting him.

Dugu Bo arrived to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu, forcing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to retreat with several fighters. After Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin joined the group, Dugu Bo tried to make amends with Zhu Zhuqing by giving Tang San a soul bone and a bag, but Ning Rongrong exposed his past mistreatment of her.

• Zhu Zhulin's Netherworld Shadow Clone fooled Chrysanthemum Douluo, and a golden blade arc drove him back from Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo arrived to defend Tang San and Xiao Wu, taunted Chrysanthemum Douluo, and kept him occupied while the Heavenly Armor Goddess fought him.
• Ghost Douluo called Spirit Hall's fighters to retreat, and he and Chrysanthemum Douluo withdrew with Xu Yu, Xu Mei, and Dai Mubai.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Ning Rongrong asked Chen Xin to help Zhu Zhuqing as she fought the Sparrow Bee Sect Master.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang San a Ten-Year Torso Soul Bone and a bag to make amends with Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong revealed that Dugu Bo had hit her before.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhulin used White Tiger Nine Turns to battle the Sparrow Bee Sect’s Soul Douluo, who escaped after their devastating attack. After the fighting, the group recovered and prepared to resume their journey, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected the prospect of joining another faction.

• Ning Fengzhi demanded that Dugu Bo compensate Zhu Zhuqing with double the stolen soul bones and other damages.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhulin unleashed White Tiger Nine Turns and struck the Sparrow Bee Sect’s sect master into a crater, but he fled before they could finish him.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin stopped Zhu Zhuqing from pursuing the fleeing enemy and praised her strength, then asked whether she would join a faction.
• Zhu Zhuqing declined to join any faction, while Ning Fengzhi offered her a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Chen Xin planned to pass on his cultivation insights.
• Xue Qinghe organized the Royal Knights, Ning Fengzhi helped restore everyone’s soul power, and the group decided to set out again.

Zhu Zhuqing explained the five realms of the sword to Sword Douluo Chen Xin, helping him discover a deeper path beyond his current cultivation. Chen Xin broke through his limits and displayed a powerful new self-created soul skill, though he still sensed that his strength had a ceiling.

• Tang San passed Zhu Zhuqing the things Dugu Bo had asked him to deliver, then left with Xiao Wu as Zhu Zhuqing departed.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin stayed by Zhu Zhuqing and humbly asked her to explain the sword, while Ning Rongrong secretly listened.
• Zhu Zhuqing described the sharp sword, flexible sword, heavy sword, wooden sword, and no sword, and explained that Chen Xin had already reached the realm of a sword in hand, a sword in heart, and man and sword as one.
• Inspired by Zhu Zhuqing's teachings, Chen Xin questioned the limits of martial souls and broke through, sending a vast sword intent into the sky.
• Chen Xin unleashed his self-created soul skill, Shatter the Firmament, and his Seven Kill Sword pierced 9,999 meters into the sky, revealing his current limit.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin taught Zhu Zhuqing the secrets of sword intent, and she quickly comprehended the first realm. After Zhu Zhuqing announced she planned to become a Titled Douluo at seventeen, the procession reached Spirit City.

• Chen Xin shared his sword-intent teachings with Zhu Zhuqing, who grasped sword roar while practicing with her Short Sword.
• Chen Xin offered to treat Zhu Zhuqing as an equal and predicted she could become a Titled Douluo before twenty; Zhu Zhuqing declared she would do so at seventeen.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy group discovered Dai Mubai was missing, while Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing to teach her the sword dance and Chen Xin agreed to instruct her.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang met with Pope Bibi Dong in Spirit City, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe strengthened the Soul Master teams' escort.
• Six days later, Xue Qinghe led the fifteen Soul Master teams into Spirit City while the Ironclad Army and Royal Knights remained outside.

Zhu Zhuqing toured Spirit City with Hu Liena and learned about Spirit Hall’s organization, its defenses, and its most important buildings. She left with a new understanding of Spirit Hall and wondered whether guiding Bibi Dong could prevent future tragedies.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s soul power rose from level 56 to 57, and her sword intent reached the beginner stage of Sword Roar after Chen Xin imparted his sword intent to her.
• Hu Liena guided Zhu Zhuqing and the others through Spirit City, explaining its walls, volunteer soul-master guards, and the city’s role in supporting commoner soul masters.
• The group saw the six-sided city walls and their reliefs representing the Clear Sky Hammer, Seven Kill Sword, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and Star Crown.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw how warmly the city’s residents greeted Hu Liena and reconsidered her belief that Spirit Hall was evil.
• Hu Liena identified the Pope’s Hall, Worship Hall, Angel Hall, and Douluo Hall, explaining that honored Titled Douluos rested in Douluo Hall after death.

Hu Liena revealed to Zhu Zhuqing that she was her older sister, Zhu Qinglian, who had also transmigrated from Blue Star. After sharing memories and discussing their futures, the sisters parted, agreeing that getting stronger came first.

• Hu Liena invited Zhu Zhuqing to Spirit Hall Academy and told her that she wanted her to join Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena showed Zhu Zhuqing a wooden house that brought back her sealed memories of Blue Star, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized her older sister, Qing Lian, in Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena explained how they had transmigrated together after Zhu Zhuqing’s accident, and she tried to persuade her sister to join Spirit Hall.
• Yan entered the wooden house and annoyed Hu Liena, who shouted at him until he left.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena discussed their past and future, agreed that getting stronger came first, and parted outside the academy.

Hu Liena secretly consumed a sky-reaching chrysanthemum after rejecting her sister’s warning that she would become a bit player. The Blue Tyrant Team prepared for the tournament finals, and Zhu Zhuqing outlined their strongest rivals before the teams gathered in Spirit City for the draw.

• Hu Liena took the sky-reaching chrysanthemum Zhu Zhuqing had secretly given her, determined not to become a mere bit player.
• Liu Erlong woke the Blue Tyrant Team before dawn and urged them to win every match in the finals.
• Zhu Zhuqing briefed the team on dangerous opponents, including Godwind Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Team, Star Luo Royal Team, and Spirit Hall Academy.
• Ning Rongrong, Jing Ling, and Ling Dang expressed confidence in facing powerful opponents, and the team assigned Huang Yuan and Tai Long as substitutes.
• The tournament teams gathered at Spirit City’s arena for the fair drawing of lots.

Zhu Zhuqing watched the tournament preparations and learned that the Zhu Family had sent people to Spirit City, while she continued looking for ways to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu. After the matchups were drawn, Blue Tyrant Academy was assigned to face Skywater Academy.

• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Bibi Dong watching her and quickly deactivated her Ice-Fire Eyes.
• The Zhu Family's Uncle Fu and Zhu Yang discussed finding Zhu Zhuqing and her sister, while Zhu Zhuyun mocked them and left with a blond man.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered how to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall, but did not plan to ask Hu Liena for help.
• Liu Erlong supervised the tournament draw with Xue Qinghe and Su Yuntao, and Blue Tyrant Academy drew Skywater Academy.
• Liu Erlong reviewed Skywater Academy's roster, including Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice and Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Zhu Zhuqing planned Blue Tyrant Academy’s match against Skywater Academy, while Shui Bing’er weighed whether her team should surrender if Zhu Zhuqing entered the fight. Su Yuntao introduced both teams as they took the platform, leaving the match about to begin.

• Zhu Zhuqing assigned Tai Long and Huang Yuan to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, ordered Jiang Zhu to heal injured teammates, and gave Ling Dang, Zhu Zhulin, and Jing Ling their roles.
• Shui Bing’er offered Skywater Academy two plans: surrender if Zhu Zhuqing fought and preserve their chance at the top three, or fight to the end.
• Su Yuntao announced the Heaven Dou Empire matchup between Skywater Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy, and the spectators cheered for the female teams.
• Su Yuntao presented Skywater Academy’s members and their Soul power levels, martial souls, and roles.
• Blue Tyrant Academy’s seven members stepped onto the platform, and Su Yuntao introduced their undefeated record and first-place finish in the preliminaries.

Blue Tyrant Academy and Skywater Academy prepared to face each other in the tournament, drawing attention from spectators and powerful figures. As the match began, Jing Ling summoned and empowered a horde of skeletons under his Evil Domain.

• Su Yuntao announced Blue Tyrant Academy's lineup, revealing five Soul Ancestors, including Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shui Yue'er flirted with Jing Ling while Shui Bing'er warned her teammates to stay alert for hidden Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Zhu Yang and Uncle Fu recognized Zhu Zhulin and hoped Zhu Zhuqing was nearby, while Bibi Dong noticed Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• The teams saluted, released their martial souls, and took their battle formations as Su Yuntao started the match.
• Jing Ling used Undead Summoning, Bone Demon Empowerment, and Bloodthirsty Berserker to raise and strengthen a group of skeletons, then activated Evil Domain as he vanished.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s Tai Long and Huang Yuan unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Skywater Academy’s fighters froze and restrained them. Ling Dang and Ning Rongrong then combined their powers into the Nine-Colored Goddess, while another wondrous scene began on Skywater Academy’s side.

• Tai Long and Huang Yuan fused their Soul Rings and transformed into a two-headed wolf-and-ape monster that threatened Shen Liuyu.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er froze Jing Ling and restrained the fused monster with help from their teammates.
• Zhu Zhulin kept Jiang Zhu from joining the fight, following Zhu Zhuqing’s warning to protect the healing Soul Master.
• Ling Dang and Ning Rongrong rose into the air and combined their powers into the eight-meter-tall Nine-Colored Goddess.
• A wondrous scene began on Skywater Academy’s side as the chapter ended.