Chapter Summaries

Leng Xiyue reconsidered how to overcome Spirit Hall’s countermeasures after hearing Liu Qinghan describe her combat strength. Liu Qinghan then revealed that she had fled her family to escape a life-sacrifice ritual, and that she feared being watched more than being forced to return.

• Qin Menglan said their chances against Spirit Hall were slim unless Liu Qinghan defeated all seven opponents or the EMP Bomb also disabled the opposing team.
• Leng Xiyue asked Liu Qinghan about her combat ability, and Liu Qinghan said she could defeat any Soul Ancestor and weaker Soul Kings, even Oscar.
• Liu Qinghan explained that her family inherited the Azure Dragon lineage and possessed a Transcendent Martial Soul capable of fighting across Soul Ring boundaries.
• Liu Qinghan revealed that her family required the second-most-talented direct descendant of each generation to sacrifice themselves to the Tree of Life at age fifteen.
• Liu Qinghan said she had escaped after learning of the sacrifice as a child, and feared her family would send experts to monitor her and restrict her freedom.

Leng Xiyue pressed Liu Qinghan to admit how she truly felt about her family’s plan to sacrifice her, then promised to protect her. Liu Qinghan revealed that her family had stifled her cultivation to prepare her for the sacrifice, and Leng Xiyue asked Jie Yun to train her.

• Liu Qinghan said she might return to her family and sacrifice her talent to repay their care, but Leng Xiyue demanded to know her true feelings.
• Leng Xiyue promised she would not abandon Liu Qinghan, even if protecting her meant fighting the Liu Family.
• Liu Qinghan broke down and confessed that she did not want to die and believed her family treated her as an object for sacrifice.
• Liu Qinghan revealed that her gifted older brother had received the family’s resources while she had been forbidden to cultivate.
• Leng Xiyue comforted Liu Qinghan and asked Jie Yun to train her.

Leng Xiyue arranged for Jie Yun to teach Liu Qinghan dou qi and techniques, then disguised herself to explore Heaven Dou City with her companions. At the academy, she watched Xiao Wu defeat Tai Long and was greeted by Xiao Wu, who was delighted to see her back.

• Jie Yun agreed to teach Liu Qinghan, and Leng Xiyue sent them off to cultivate for the upcoming tournament.
• Qin Menglan gave Leng Xiyue a programmable Disguise Mask, which she used to take on Xiao Bai’s appearance.
• Leng Xiyue, Xiao Bai, and Qin Menglan headed out, planning to meet Miho Nishizumi, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress along the way.
• At the academy square, Leng Xiyue learned that Xiao Wu had become the female students’ champion against Tai Long and his gang.
• Xiao Wu defeated Tai Long with a Sweep Kick, then spotted Leng Xiyue and hurried over to greet her.

Leng Xiyue visited Heaven Dou’s newly renovated convention center with Xiao Wu and her companions, where she learned that the Sun Moon Trade Guild was displaying soul guidance armor. The chapter left her facing an unexpected potential competitor whose technology might become a threat if it developed further.

• Leng Xiyue invited Xiao Wu to join her group, and Xiao Wu changed into an everyday dress before they headed to the Heaven Dou Convention and Exhibition Center.
• Xiao Wu said Tang San had been working at the forge for six months and that she worried about answering his past declarations of affection.
• Leng Xiyue met Miho Nishizumi, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress at the venue, and Miho warned that unexpected developments awaited inside.
• Leng Xiyue learned that Xue Ye and the Jiuzhou Empire had become the convention center’s main shareholders after its former owner surrendered illicit earnings.
• Leng Xiyue and her companions toured the crowded exhibition, where the Nine Provinces Trade Guild drew throngs with its vehicles and other products.
• Miho Nishizumi explained that the Sun Moon Trade Guild, founded by a Victoria Kingdom duchess, was displaying experimental soul guidance armor.

Leng Xiyue investigated the Sun Moon Trade Guild’s Soul Tools and considered using Warp Prisms to scout or invade the Sun Moon Continent. After learning that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City, Leng Xiyue could only wonder why; Qian Renxue met Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile at Douluo Hall to discuss something important.

• Leng Xiyue rejected Miho Nishizumi’s suggestion to capture Sun Moon Trade Guild personnel and ordered increased reconnaissance instead.
• Leng Xiyue and her friends toured the Sun Moon Trade Guild’s booth, where she judged its Soul Tools to be less practical and less scalable than Jiuzhou technology.
• Leng Xiyue learned from Xiao Bai that Warp Prisms were designed to explore and establish outposts, and considered using one to scout the Sun Moon Continent and send Protoss forces there.
• Leng Xiyue invited Xue Qinghe to a banquet, but learned that Qian Renxue was absent from Heaven Dou City and suspected she had returned to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue entered Douluo Hall and found Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile waiting; she said she had come to see her grandfather about something.

Qian Renxue learned more about the hatred between her parents and realized Qian Daoliu would not uncover the full truth, so she went to Leng Xiyue for answers and comfort. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue admitting that she felt she had no home anymore.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, but that Qian Xunji had wronged her first.
• Qian Renxue questioned the accepted explanation for Qian Xunji's actions, but Qian Daoliu could offer no answers and urged her to trust Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue decided to seek the truth from someone else and left Qian Daoliu without revealing whom she planned to visit.
• Qian Renxue flew through a storm to Leng Xiyue's Temporary Palace, where the guards recognized her visitor clearance and let her pass.
• Leng Xiyue welcomed the soaked Qian Renxue, dried her hair, and cared for her as Qian Renxue struggled with guilt and grief.
• Qian Renxue told Leng Xiyue that she felt she no longer had a home.

Qian Renxue sought the truth about Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, and Leng Xiyue gave her a prophetic book describing a possible future. After reading it, Qian Renxue recognized how different her life could have been and found the truth about her parents, leaving her reassured that Leng Xiyue’s presence had changed that future.

• Qian Renxue told Leng Xiyue she would pursue the truth about Qian Xunji even if it meant breaking with Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• Leng Xiyue comforted Qian Renxue and gave her a copy of Douluo Continent, explaining that its accurate contents could be treated as prophecy.
• Qian Renxue read about Tang San, Spirit Hall’s failed plans, and the future in which she wasted years infiltrating Heaven Dou and developed feelings for Tang San.
• Qian Renxue panicked at the book’s account of her godhood and its disturbing events, but Leng Xiyue reminded her that the story was not their reality.
• Qian Renxue finished the book and learned about Bibi Dong’s past with Grandmaster, then concluded that her own strange feelings for Tang San would have stemmed from loneliness and despair.

Qian Renxue worried that her future and Spirit Hall’s plans would lead to war, but Leng Xiyue promised to guide her toward a peaceful future. Qian Renxue gave Leng Xiyue her Life Pearl as a safeguard against herself, leaving Leng Xiyue shaken by the trust and responsibility it represented.

• Qian Renxue reflected on Bibi Dong’s past with Yu Xiaogang and feared what it meant for Spirit Hall’s future.
• Leng Xiyue warned that the Rakshasa God benefited from war and chaos, while Qian Renxue explained why Spirit Hall could not unify the continent without bloodshed.
• Qian Renxue doubted the purpose of her Heaven Dou infiltration plan, and Leng Xiyue promised that they could lead Spirit Hall without anyone dying.
• Qian Renxue gave Leng Xiyue her Life Pearl, explaining that it could kill her if she ever betrayed Leng Xiyue.
• Leng Xiyue examined the Life Pearl and worried about the responsibility of keeping it safe.

Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue pledged to share each other’s fate after Leng Xiyue swallowed Qian Renxue’s Life Pearl. The next day, Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Imperial Palace, while Leng Xiyue gave her Probius to protect her.

• Moved by Qian Renxue’s trust, Leng Xiyue swallowed the Life Pearl and promised they would live and die together.
• Qian Renxue worried the Life Pearl could kill Leng Xiyue if it exploded, but Leng Xiyue insisted she wanted them bound together.
• Qian Renxue teased Leng Xiyue about her earlier advances, then pinned her to the sofa and turned the tables on her.
• The next day, Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Imperial Palace after several days away under the pretense of illness.
• Leng Xiyue gave Qian Renxue a pendant containing Probius, whom she described as a Level 99 control-type Peerless Douluo who would protect her from danger.

Leng Xiyue arranged for Qian Renxue’s protection, learned that their Life Pearls could enable a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and absorbed Er Ming to reach Soul Emperor. Three days later, she and her team arrived at the tournament opening ceremony, where Ning Rongrong faced the crowd’s lingering distrust.

• Leng Xiyue sent Qian Renxue back to work and asked Xiao Bai about Qian Renxue’s Life Pearl, learning it could help them develop a two-form Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Leng Xiyue summoned Tian Meng, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and Er Ming sacrificed himself to provide her sixth soul ring.
• The system announced Leng Xiyue’s breakthrough to Soul Emperor, unlocked new abilities and manufacturing access, summoned Swann, and set a mission requiring creations from three different deities before she could reach level seventy.
• Three days later, Leng Xiyue and the Jiuzhou Empire team arrived in Heaven Dou City for the tournament opening ceremony amid a huge crowd.
• Ning Rongrong was disheartened when spectators avoided her, but Oscar encouraged her to change their opinion through good deeds.

The tournament’s teams assembled for the opening ceremony, where Shui Bing’er realized the Snow Empress was overwhelmingly powerful. In the VIP seats, Tireya warned Xue Ye about the Jiuzhou Empire’s growing influence, and Leng Xiyue challenged Spirit Hall over its exploitation of Heaven Dou’s talent.

• Flender paid for the Little Monsters’ elaborate new uniforms, while the first team and its companions dressed plainly.
• Shui Bing’er felt the Snow Empress’s pressure and warned Skywater Academy that they should surrender if they faced her in the finals.
• The academies gathered in the arena, and Flender explained that the day’s ceremony would be followed by an exhibition match and a draw for future opponents.
• The teams entered the arena before cheering fans, while Leng Xiyue sat beside Xue Ye and the newly appointed Platinum Bishop Tireya in the VIP seats.
• Tireya warned Xue Ye that the Jiuzhou Empire’s influence in Heaven Dou City had surpassed the empire’s, and Leng Xiyue demanded to know what Spirit Hall had done for Heaven Dou after draining its talent.

Leng Xiyue challenged Spirit Hall’s standing at the tournament opening, drew the preliminary matchups, and watched Victoria Academy decisively defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team. The victory humiliated Xue Ye, while Ning Fengzhi revealed that Tireya was stronger than a Titled Douluo, leaving Leng Xiyue to consider the powerful factions gathered in Heaven Dou City.

• Leng Xiyue and Tireya traded barbs over Spirit Hall’s role and the earlier assassination attempt before Xue Ye urged them to focus on the tournament.
• Xue Ye declared the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament open, and Leng Xiyue insisted on drawing the lots before Tireya.
• The draw scheduled Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team to face Victoria Academy, and Leng Xiyue studied Victoria’s unusually young Soul Engineer roster.
• Victoria Academy defeated the Heaven Dou second team in under two minutes using combat techniques without revealing its captains’ abilities or Soul Tools.
• Xue Ye left the arena humiliated, while Tireya teased Leng Xiyue before departing; Ning Fengzhi then told Leng Xiyue that Tireya surpassed Titled Douluo strength and described the many powerful factions in Heaven Dou City.

Leng Xiyue met Qian Renxue in secret, learned that Spirit Hall had sent Titled Douluos after Tang Hao, and explained her plan to confront Bibi Dong in Spirit City after the tournament. She reassured Qian Renxue that her forces could protect her and later ordered Xiao Bai to scout the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qian Renxue invited Leng Xiyue to a secluded teahouse and told her that Bibi Dong and Tireya had been restricting her authority in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue gave Leng Xiyue a letter reporting that Spirit Hall had sent five Titled Douluos to intercept Tang Hao, and they agreed he might soon return to Leng Xiyue's side.
• Leng Xiyue told Qian Renxue she planned to visit Spirit City after the tournament to challenge Bibi Dong and strengthen deterrence, but Qian Renxue warned her the trip was dangerous.
• Leng Xiyue assured Qian Renxue that her forces, including three hundred Stalkers, could deploy to Spirit City and confront Spirit Hall.
• After parting from Qian Renxue, Leng Xiyue stopped worrying about Tang Hao and the tournament, then ordered Xiao Bai to send Warp Prisms across the East Sea to scout the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Muan headed to the Imperial Palace with a map and a secret order to assassinate the Empress, but a veteran imperial guardsman’s account of his past made her reconsider her mission. The guardsman then received orders to raid a former prince’s estate suspected of plotting to destroy the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

• Xu Muan recalled how her uncle had threatened her family and arranged for her to deliver a map to the Empress and kill her.
• A group of Soul Masters attacked a lone black-armored guard, who subdued and killed them with a grenade and gunfire.
• Xu Muan questioned the veteran guard about killing the attackers, and he told her how nobles had abused him and stolen his wife and daughter.
• The guard explained that the Empress’s army had avenged the commoners, but his wife and daughter had died, and he warned Xu Muan to consider whether her choices were worth it.
• A guard reported that Lord Raynor had ordered a raid on a former prince’s estate over a plot to blow up the Heaven-Reaching Tower, and the veteran led his patrol out.

Xu Muan visited the transformed Imperial Palace and learned from Colonel Blair how the new Empire organized its military and bureaucracy. She began to understand that rank no longer determined a person's standing, though she remained unable to imagine the equality Blair described.

• Xu Muan reached the Imperial Palace, where Colonel Blair greeted her and said the Empress had been waiting.
• Blair escorted Xu Muan through the fortified palace and explained that its departments had clear duties and that Mingde Hall had joined the Academy of Sciences.
• Xu Muan recognized a resemblance between Blair and the old soldier she had met, and Blair confirmed that the soldier was his father, a decorated war hero.
• Blair explained that a person's standing in the new Empire depended on their contribution, not their rank, and that officers and soldiers socialized as equals outside work.
• Xu Muan struggled to picture officers and ordinary people living without the barriers she had known in the old Empire.

Blair escorted Xu Mu'an to the Heaven-Reaching Tower and explained how the Empire was organized around the Empress, who lived in isolation despite commanding its vast administration. He also revealed that the Empire planned to let citizens acquire Soul Master abilities through genetic technology, before attendants led Xu Mu'an onward to meet the Empress.

• Xu Mu'an learned that the Heaven-Reaching Tower housed the Empress and the Empire's central administration, while the Empress's palace occupied its top ten floors.
• Blair explained that the Empress had no friends and that her younger sister had left, leaving the Empress isolated despite her immense authority.
• Blair described how the Tower coordinated the Empire's local administrations, trained future officials, provided jobs, and monitored local officials for corruption.
• Blair told Xu Mu'an that chief biological scientist Ariel had cracked the genetic code of Soul Masters, allowing ordinary people to gain Martial Souls and potentially reach powerful cultivation levels.
• Blair left Xu Mu'an with two maids at the elevator, and one maid respectfully escorted her toward the Empress.

Xu Muan met with Xu Binglan after bringing her a map rigged as an assassination device, then revealed that she had also been forced to carry a bomb. Xu Binglan had Nova knock her out and chose a violent response against the people behind the plot.

• Xu Muan passed the guards’ security inspection and entered Xu Binglan’s residence, where she overheard Xu Binglan and Stetmann discussing the Empire’s plans to reach another continent.
• Xu Binglan welcomed Xu Muan and explained why she had left her behind, while Xu Muan said she understood and had learned about the Soul Masters’ unrest.
• Xu Muan gave Xu Binglan the map and warned that it would discharge electricity when opened, then disclosed the bomb implanted in her body and asked Xu Binglan to make her death look like a failed assassination.
• Xu Binglan refused and had Nova knock Xu Muan unconscious, then asked Nova for a way to retaliate against the person who had threatened Xu Muan’s family.
• Xu Binglan chose a card depicting a mushroom cloud, and Nova prepared to carry out the plan in person.

Oscar defeated Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, securing Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Second Team’s qualifier victory. At the awards ceremony, Tireya tried to use Victoria Academy’s Soul Tools to stir conflict between Leng Xiyue, the Jiuzhou Empire, and Spirit Hall, but Leng Xiyue resolved to wait for the Finals to answer the provocation.

• Oscar copied the Ice Phoenix with a Mirror Sausage and fought Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Frost Phoenix in the air.
• Oscar overpowered the Frost Phoenix, and Shui Bing’er conceded the match for Skywater Academy.
• The qualifiers ended with Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Second Team and Victoria Academy tied for first, and the top teams received certificates and prize money.
• Tireya accused Leng Xiyue of using Victoria Academy’s Soul Engineers to provoke traditional Soul Master teams and undermine the alliance.
• Leng Xiyue reminded Tireya that Spirit Hall had approved the tournament rules, while Xue Ye chose not to take sides.
• Leng Xiyue planned to keep Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect steady until the Finals, where she intended to strike back at Spirit Hall.

Leng Xiyue used Tang Hao to destroy Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Sacred Hall and redirect public attention, then arrived at the advancement tournament as the teams gathered at a military camp. The tournament was about to begin, and the Shrek Seven Monsters faced the challenge of competing with Ning Rongrong unable to contribute effectively under the rules.

• Leng Xiyue sent Tang Hao to demolish the Martial Soul Sacred Hall, where four Titled Douluo drove him into another flight from Spirit Hall.
• Leng Xiyue condemned Tang Hao’s attack at a press conference, shifting public attention away from Soul Engineers and leaving Spirit Hall unable to implicate the Jiuzhou Empire without evidence.
• During the month before the advancement tournament, Xiao Wu reached rank forty, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The competing teams gathered at the Heaven Dou Empire’s Royal Hunting Ground, where the New Army’s drills alarmed teams from the kingdoms.
• Qian Renxue welcomed Leng Xiyue to the tournament camp, where she met Ning Fengzhi and settled into a separate house.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters discussed their tactics, knowing that Ning Rongrong’s lack of combat and shooting ability left them effectively fighting one against six.

The Shrek Seven Monsters finalized their lineup for the advancement rounds and drew Victoria Academy as their first opponent. Dai Mubai fought with custom Soul Tool armor and defeated three of Victoria Academy’s fighters, then faced a white-clad girl as the chapter ended.

• The Shrek Seven Monsters discussed their tactics and settled on a lineup for the advancement rounds.
• Tireya drew a match between the Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Second Team and Victoria Academy, and Leng Xiyue let the pairing stand.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu defeated seven Barak Academy fighters between them, and Huo Wu provoked Oscar after leaving the arena.
• Dai Mubai entered the match against Victoria Academy wearing his custom external Soul Guidance Armor and defeated Tie Yu with an amplified sword strike.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Meteor Shower Plus to defeat Ling Feng, then overcame Hong Yu with a close-range combination and threw her from the arena.
• A young girl in a spotless white combat outfit challenged Dai Mubai and immediately unleashed her Third Soul Skill.