Chapter Summaries

Jin Li'er challenged Yu Tianjie to a fight to the death and defeated him with her golden crocodile martial soul despite his higher rank. She killed him in the Martial Arts Arena and declared the golden crocodile the world's greatest beast martial soul.

• Yu Tianjie recalled how Golden Crocodile Douluo had humiliated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect seventy years earlier and hesitated to fight Jin Li'er until Azure Luan Douluo allowed the duel.
• Yu Tianjie used Martial Soul Possession and attacked Jin Li'er with Thunder Dragon Claw, but she blocked him with Southern Barbarian Strength and knocked him down.
• Yu Tianjie unleashed Thunderous Might, but Jin Li'er resisted his lightning and broke his left arm before battering him until he could barely stand.
• Jin Li'er tore flesh from Yu Tianjie's shoulder, crushed his ribs, and ignored his pleas for mercy.
• Jin Li'er slashed Yu Tianjie's neck, killing him, then declared the golden crocodile the world's greatest beast martial soul.

Jin Li'er dominated her opponent, and Yang Chang'an stepped forward to face Yu Tianhong. After Yu Tianhong insulted Yang Chang'an’s origins and threatened him, Yang Chang'an answered with a promise of violence, leaving their fight poised to begin.

• Jin Li'er crushed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master with her golden crocodile Martial Soul and returned to Yang Chang'an’s team.
• Yang Chang'an entered the arena and faced Yu Tianhong, who revealed his rank thirty-one Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yang Chang'an summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and revealed a yellow Soul Ring and a thousand-year purple Soul Ring as a Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Tianhong recognized Yang Chang'an as a subordinate of the Clear Sky Sect and called him a household slave, provoking anger among the onlookers.
• Yu Tianhong demanded that Yang Chang'an leave the arena or be taught a lesson on the Clear Sky Sect’s behalf.
• Yang Chang'an tightened his grip on his spear and promised Yu Tianhong that he would make him feel every last bit of pleasure.

Yang Chang'an defeated Yu Tianhong and tortured him to death after Yu Tianhong insulted his clan and family. Afterward, Yang Chang'an admitted to Azure Luan Douluo that he had lost control, then rejoined his worried teammates as the arena was cleared.

• Yu Tianhong attacked Yang Chang'an with his dragon claws, but Yang Chang'an blocked the strike and shattered his scales with the Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yang Chang'an broke through Yu Tianhong's soul skills, wounded him repeatedly, and brought him to his knees with the spear at his throat.
• Yang Chang'an ignored Yu Tianhong's pleas for mercy and tortured him with successive spear techniques before stabbing him through the heart.
• Yang Chang'an told Azure Luan Douluo that he had lost control, and Azure Luan Douluo asked how he felt and told him to return to formation.
• Niu Wenchuan and the others worriedly checked on Yang Chang'an, who said it had been his first time killing someone but that he had no regrets.

After the martial contest, Azure Luan Douluo rebuked the students for their weakness, while the Enshrined praised Yang Chang'an and discussed Niu Wenchuan’s potential. News of Yang Chang'an’s thousand-year second soul ring spread through Spirit Hall, and the chapter ended with eager scholars crowding his courtyard to ask how he had obtained it.

• Qingyu and Shi Hao defeated the two strongest remaining Soul Grandmasters, and Azure Luan Douluo ordered the students to fight without hesitation in future battles.
• Niu Wenchuan dragged Yang Chang'an and the others to the cafeteria as students watched them with fear and admiration.
• Qianjun Douluo boasted about Yang Chang'an to the other Enshrined, who praised Niu Wenchuan’s supportive nature but worried his lower innate soul power would leave him behind.
• Light Feather Douluo joked that exceptional soul bones might improve Niu Wenchuan’s aptitude, and the Enshrined laughed at the possibility.
• News of Yang Chang'an’s thousand-year second soul ring spread among Spirit Hall’s upper ranks, drawing scholars to the Training Camp.
• Yang Chang'an found a crowd of old scholars outside his courtyard, and Light Feather Douluo explained they had waited all night to ask about his soul ring.

Yang Chang'an explained his soul-ring breakthrough to Spirit Hall's elderly scholars and secretly used their interest to create a path for his grandfather and Niu Wenchuan. He planned to let the scholars study Niu Wenchuan's conditioning, but left the decision to his friend and their families.

• Light Feather Douluo explained the scholars' influence to Yang Chang'an before Lu Chunbo sent him away.
• Yang Chang'an described his childhood conditioning and his grandfather's methods for surpassing soul-ring limits to the scholars.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered the scholars to keep Yang Chang'an's abilities secret until the upcoming challenge against the Papal Hall.
• Yang Chang'an realized the scholars would seek out Yang Wushuang and might use Niu Wenchuan as a research subject, bringing resources that could help him catch up.
• Yang Chang'an decided to discuss the plan with Niu Wenchuan and seek their families' approval before proceeding.

Yang Chang'an arranged for Niu Wenchuan to join Spirit Hall scholars' body-tempering research, and Niu Wenchuan's strength and cultivation surged over the following year. Just as life at the Training Camp settled into a routine, an urgent assembly call shattered the peace.

• Yang Chang'an brought Niu Wenchuan to the Niu Family, where the elders approved the research plan and Yang Wushuang promised to oversee Niu Wenchuan's training.
• Lu Chunbo and other Spirit Hall researchers recruited Yang Wushuang to lead a study of body tempering and soul ring limit-breaking, then chose Niu Wenchuan as a research subject.
• Azure Luan Douluo confirmed that Niu Wenchuan genuinely wanted to participate, and Zhou Shunwen led him away to begin the research.
• Bibi Dong investigated the scholars' secretive activities, ordered her informants to keep watching them, and chose to leave Chrysanthemum and Ghost without support because they had been neglecting their duties.
• Over the next year, Niu Wenchuan's physical strength more than doubled and he became the fifth student to reach Soul Grandmaster, while Yang Wushuang, Niu Yue, Yang Quji, Yang Xue, and Niu Ying took on new roles.
• An urgent assembly call suddenly rang through the Training Camp after a year of calm.

Azure Luan Douluo selected ten trainees, including Yang Chang'an, to enter the Worship Hall's core training roster, while the others were assigned to the Angel Legion. He brought the chosen ten to Angel God Mountain, where they began climbing toward its summit.

• Azure Luan Douluo announced that only ten trainees would join the Worship Hall and named Yang Chang'an, Jin Li'er, Qingyu, Shi Hao, Niu Wenchuan, Le Zhengxuan, Bu Feifan, and Han Yun among those selected.
• Azure Luan Douluo reassured the trainees who were not chosen that they would study in the Angel Legion and could still qualify for the Worship Hall later.
• Azure Luan Douluo used his Soul Power to carry the ten selected trainees toward Angel God Mountain.
• Shi Hao exclaimed at finally reaching Angel God Mountain, and Jin Li'er explained that trainees normally could not visit the sacred mountain.
• Azure Luan Douluo set the ten down at the mountain's foot and led them up its bluestone path on foot.

The Worship Hall arranged for the Angel Training Camp students to visit the Purple Glory Training Camp for an exchange match, with the Golden Generation expected to compete. Golden Crocodile Douluo informed Bibi Dong of the match, and she dismissed the visiting students as brats.

• Azure Luan Douluo led ten Angel Training Camp students to the Worship Hall, where four Enshrined welcomed them.
• Light Feather Douluo told the students they would visit the Purple Glory Training Camp to challenge the Papal Hall’s students.
• Han Yun raised concerns about the gap in strength, and Demon Subduing Douluo said the students would not face older students but might have to challenge the Golden Generation.
• Demon Subduing Douluo signaled that Yang Chang'an could face Hu Liena, while the Enshrined offered to answer cultivation questions during the next seven days.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo informed Bibi Dong that the Angel Training Camp would visit the Purple Glory Training Camp in half a month, and Bibi Dong mocked the young visitors.

Golden Crocodile Douluo told Bibi Dong that the Worship Hall would send ten Angel Training Camp students to challenge the Purple Glory Training Camp, and Bibi Dong accepted. Half a month later, the Worship Hall’s carriage arrived at the camp as Spirit Hall watched the contest that could shift its balance of power.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo informed Bibi Dong that the Worship Hall would send ten students to the Purple Glory Training Camp in half a month, regardless of whether she agreed.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said the Worship Hall would send seventeen-year-old students if the Papal Hall sent anyone over fourteen, and Bibi Dong realized the challenge was aimed at Hu Liena and her disciples.
• Bibi Dong accepted the challenge and summoned Nana, who left the Papal Hall with confidence and a flicker of cruelty in her eyes.
• News of the contest spread through Spirit City, prompting officials and undecided factions to watch the coming clash between the Papal Hall and the Worship Hall.
• Half a month later, the Worship Hall’s black carriage drawn by six Dragon-Scale Horses headed toward the Purple Glory Training Camp.

Yang Chang'an and the Worship Hall group arrived at the Purple Glory Training Camp, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei escorted them to meet Pope Bibi Dong. As Yang Chang'an's rivalry with Hu Liena became apparent, he noticed a conspicuous red-haired student among the camp's ranks.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei greeted Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo at the camp entrance and led the group inside.
• Yue Guan discovered Yang Chang'an had reached rank twenty-nine at age nine, while Gui Mei warned that Yang Chang'an was targeting Hu Liena.
• Yang Chang'an and the others reached the plaza, where Bibi Dong sat on the dais and received the two Enshrined.
• Niu Wenchuan pointed out a flamboyant red-haired youth among the students, and Yang Chang'an turned to look.

Yang Chang'an's group prepared to challenge the Papal Hall's Golden Generation, but Bibi Dong changed the final Soul Fighting matches to two-on-two battles. Yang Chang'an recognized that Hu Liena and Xie Yue could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and chose to face them with Niu Wenchuan, while Jin Li'er prepared to fight Yan.

• Yan mocked Yang Chang'an's group, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena cautioned him not to underestimate them.
• Yang Chang'an assigned Jin Li'er to fight Yan and Niu Wenchuan to hold off Xie Yue, leaving himself to face Hu Liena.
• Light Feather Douluo announced that the final two Soul Fighting matches would be two-on-two battles, changing the previously agreed format.
• Yang Chang'an told his companions that Hu Liena and Xie Yue possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yang Chang'an chose Niu Wenchuan as his partner against Hu Liena and Xie Yue, and Jin Li'er reluctantly agreed to fight Yan.

The Angel Training Camp and Purple Glory Training Camp began their assessment, with Qingyu defeating Deng Bing in the opening duel before the Angel team fell behind four to one. Yan and Jin Li’er stepped forward for the final one-on-one match, leaving the contest poised for their clash.

• Bibi Dong announced the assessment rules and rewards, then ordered the contest to begin.
• Deng Bing challenged the Angel Training Camp, and Yang Chang'an chose Qingyu to face him.
• Qingyu used his Wailing Wind and Wind-Slashing Arrow Feathers skills to defeat Deng Bing, winning the opening match for the Angel Training Camp.
• The Purple Glory Training Camp won the next three duels, taking a four-to-one lead.
• Yan and Jin Li’er rose to fight in the final one-on-one match.

Jin Li'er fought Yan in the Martial Arts Arena and overcame his higher level with her Golden Crocodile martial soul and Golden Earth Dragon King soul bone. After defeating the level-thirty-five Soul Elder, she stood battered but victorious as the spectators lowered their eyes.

• Yan threatened Jin Li'er after she warned Hu Liena not to covet what was not hers.
• Yan and Jin Li'er activated their martial souls, and Yan struck first with Hell Magma Surge, which Jin Li'er blocked with Southern Barbarian Strength.
• Jin Li'er damaged Yan's Granite Rock shield with Giant Crocodile Strike, then endured his Hellfire and charged into close combat.
• Yan tried to finish the fight with another Hellfire attack, but Jin Li'er unleashed Golden Radiance from her Golden Earth Dragon King Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Jin Li'er's strike broke Yan's chest and knocked him out of the fight, leaving her the victor despite her own injuries.

Jin Li'er defeated Yan with a devastating punch, leaving him gravely injured, while the spectators discussed her soul bone and the rivalries within Spirit Hall. As the two-on-two matches began, Qian Renxue recognized Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan as members of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

• Jin Li'er defeated Yan, and Xie Yue carried him away for treatment before suspecting that Jin Li'er possessed a soul bone.
• Hu Liena learned that Yan's injuries were severe and watched Jin Li'er with increased concern.
• Bibi Dong and Light Feather Douluo exchanged barbed remarks over the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, while Azure Luan Douluo remained silent.
• Qian Renxue congratulated Golden Crocodile Douluo on Jin Li'er's victory, and he explained how the Golden Earth Dragon King's soul bone had strengthened her.
• The one-on-one matches ended, and Little Lion and Le Zhengxuan stepped forward for the two-on-two matches.
• Qian Renxue recognized Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan as members of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

Qian Renxue watched the Angel Training Camp’s two-on-two match and considered cultivating Yang Chang'an, while Le Zhengxuan and Shi Hao defeated the Papal Hall team. Their victory tied the score at four apiece, leaving Yang Chang'an to prepare for the next match.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to calm Qian Renxue’s distrust of the Four Single-Attribute Clans by pointing out that Yang Chang'an had grown up in Spirit Hall and was Qianjun Douluo’s disciple.
• Qian Renxue became interested when Golden Crocodile Douluo said Yang Chang'an might defeat Hu Liena’s team and said she might cultivate him if he taught Hu Liena a lesson.
• Shi Hao endured the Papal Hall team’s attacks while Le Zhengxuan healed and strengthened him, keeping the fight even despite their opponents’ higher soul power.
• Le Zhengxuan slipped past the fighters and knocked the opposing support Soul Master out of the Square with a palm strike.
• Shi Hao used Lion’s Wrath to defeat the remaining opponent, earning the Angel Training Camp two points and tying the score at four to four.
• Hu Liena clenched her hands as Yang Chang'an prepared for the next match, while Qian Renxue watched with interest.

Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan faced Hu Liena and Xie Yue in a two-on-two match, with both sides needing a victory to prove themselves. Niu Wenchuan’s near-limit second soul ring and Yang Chang'an’s thousand-year second ring shocked the crowd, and the chapter ended as the battle began.

• Yang Chang'an and Hu Liena traded barbs about his rejected invitation to the Purple Glory Training Camp and their respective levels.
• The four fighters revealed their martial souls and soul rings, shocking the arena when Yang Chang'an displayed a thousand-year second ring.
• Bibi Dong suspected the Worship Hall had developed a way to break soul-ring limits, while Qian Renxue took an interest in Yang Chang'an.
• Niu Wenchuan insulted Hu Liena’s scent, and she threatened to skin him alive.
• Ghost Douluo started the match, and Yang Chang'an charged Xie Yue as Niu Wenchuan rushed Hu Liena.

Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan fought Hu Liena and Xie Yue in a brutal Soul Fighting match, with both sides relying on their partner to decide the battle. The chapter ended with Hu Liena and Xie Yue badly wounded, Yang Chang'an still standing despite a severe back injury, and Niu Wenchuan helped off the platform.

• Niu Wenchuan used his Golden Armor Fortress to resist Hu Liena's Fox Charm and endure her attacks, while the two waited for their partners to gain the advantage.
• Yang Chang'an held off Xie Yue's Moon Blade attacks and wounded him with a powerful strike from his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Hu Liena activated Heavenly Fox Transformation, but Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan trapped her in a pincer attack and struck her down.
• Yang Chang'an pierced Hu Liena's shoulder and worsened her injuries as Xie Yue slashed his back and Niu Wenchuan blocked another attack before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Xie Yue helped Hu Liena up but left his back exposed, allowing Yang Chang'an to send him flying with another spear strike.
• Qingyu and Shi Hao helped Niu Wenchuan off the platform while Le Zhengxuan hurried over, leaving the three remaining fighters gravely wounded.

After Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, Yang Chang'an fought through its red mist and mental interference. He formed his own spear intent and launched a decisive attack, leaving the clash between his emerald spear shadows and Demon Charm's Moon Blades unresolved.

• Bibi Dong restrained her anger over Hu Liena's injuries, while Qian Renxue watched with faint schadenfreude.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue joined hands and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, enveloping Yang Chang'an in red mist.
• Demon Charm attacked Yang Chang'an with hidden Moon Blades and mental interference, but he closed his eyes and began countering by instinct.
• Yang Chang'an's spear intent took shape as he blocked Demon Charm's attacks and pierced through the mist's confusion.
• Yang Chang'an combined his spear intent with his Emerald Demon Bird left leg Soul Bone Skill and sent a storm of emerald spear shadows toward Demon Charm.
• Demon Charm gathered its Moon Blades into a storm to meet Yang Chang'an's decisive attack.

Yang Chang'an’s battle against Hu Liena and Xie Yue ended in a draw after he comprehended spear intent, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue were left unconscious and gravely injured. The Worship Hall protected Yang Chang'an from Bibi Dong, and healers assured the Enshrined Douluos that he would recover.

• Yang Chang'an’s full-strength spear attack collided with Demon Charm’s Moon Blades, and Bibi Dong rushed into the Red Mist to save Hu Liena as Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo moved to protect Yang Chang'an.
• The Red Mist cleared to reveal Yang Chang'an exhausted but alive, Hu Liena gravely wounded in Bibi Dong’s arms, and Xie Yue unconscious on the ground.
• Bibi Dong held back from attacking Yang Chang'an when she saw Light Feather Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, Qianjun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo ready to defend him.
• Azure Luan Douluo declared the match a draw, and Bibi Dong accepted before leaving with Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo rebuked the Purple Glory Training Camp students, while Spirit Hall’s healing Soul Douluo stabilized Yang Chang'an and predicted his full recovery within a month.
• Qianjun Douluo praised Yang Chang'an for standing against two Soul Elders and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and comprehending spear intent.

After Yang Chang'an comprehended spear intent and entered Deep Meditation, the Worship Hall celebrated its victory over the Papal Hall and left the Purple Glory Training Camp. News of the duel shook Spirit City, while Qian Renxue became interested in Yang Chang'an.

• Qianjun Douluo and Light Feather Douluo praised Yang Chang'an for comprehending spear intent during his battle with Hu Liena and Xie Yue, and Azure Luan Douluo predicted he would become an Enshrined.
• Demon Subduing Douluo reassured Niu Wenchuan that his efforts had helped Yang Chang'an endure the battle and urged him to grow stronger.
• Azure Luan Douluo carried Yang Chang'an away on a stone slab and treated the Angel Training Camp trainees to a feast as the group departed the Purple Glory Training Camp.
• Qian Renxue thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo for the Worship Hall's support, and he advised her to speak with Light Feather Douluo about Yang Chang'an.
• News of Yang Chang'an's draw against Hu Liena and Xie Yue spread through Spirit City, and wavering factions became wary of siding with the Papal Hall.