Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao entered a lucid dream and climbed into the Sea of Collective Subconscious, where he discovered that Martial Souls appeared as spiritual projections. He began exploring the consciousnesses around him, wondering how to locate the other teams in Group Eight.

• After returning to the hotel, Huo Yuhao examined the Soul Bone fragment and Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife with Electrolux, who began awakening the fragment and promised to purify the knife and restore the Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuhao used psychological suggestion to remain lucid in his dreams, then passed through memories of his childhood and his hatred of Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Chaos Sea, climbed beyond the boundary of his dream, and reached the Sea of Collective Subconscious.
• Huo Yuhao saw that many objects associated with Martial Souls appeared above the Sea of Collective Subconscious and wondered whether Martial Souls were spiritual projections shaped by inheritance.
• Huo Yuhao explored memories and other people's consciousnesses, then considered how to find the consciousnesses of Group Eight's other teams.

Huo Yuhao explored the Collective Sea of Collective Subconscious, where he saw an ice-blue apparition that made the Ice Empress suspect it was the Snow Empress. After returning from his dream, he agreed to let Electrolux use the gold of life to restore his strength and analyze the Divinity Fragment, while preparing to absorb the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

• Huo Yuhao watched an ice-blue current reveal an ethereal woman whose presence left traces across the Collective Sea of Collective Subconscious.
• Huo Yuhao returned from the dream and told the Ice Empress, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux about his exploration and his ideas for the Spectator Sequence’s next stage.
• The Ice Empress suspected the apparition resembled the Snow Empress, though she said she had never seen her.
• Electrolux explained that he would use most of the gold of life to repair his divine consciousness and analyze the Divinity Fragment, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Electrolux said the gold of life would protect Huo Yuhao’s mother’s remnant soul but would not restore it, then told Huo Yuhao to absorb the purified Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

Huo Yuhao purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife with Electrolux’s help, transforming it into Life’s Watch and strengthening his body with the gold of life. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi recruited Wang Qingya to help Shrek Academy in its difficult match against Black Rock Advanced Soul Master Military Academy, unaware that Wang Qingya had ulterior motives.

• Huo Yuhao used the purified carving knife and absorbed its life force, which cleansed and strengthened his body without increasing his cultivation.
• Electrolux named the transformed knife Life’s Watch and explained that its Judgment ability could strip life force from targets that did not resist.
• Electrolux advised Huo Yuhao to pursue secluded cultivation after handling his immediate affairs, and Huo Yuhao thanked him.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Qingya that Wang Sheng Jia had saved the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s young sect master and other geniuses during the operation in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xuan Zi asked Wang Qingya to help Shrek Academy face Black Rock Advanced Soul Master Military Academy, presenting the chance to defend the academy’s glory as the reward.
• Wang Qingya concealed his suspicions and ulterior motives, then accepted Xuan Zi’s appeal.

Xu Jiawei suspected Tang Yin was retracing the path of an ancient ancestor and secretly ordered Black Rock Advanced Soul Master Military Academy to force him to reveal his fourth soul skill. As the match reached a desperate climax, Tang Yin finally revealed his fourth soul ring and summoned a bamboo pole to vault away from the incoming attacks.

• Xu Jiawei recalled finding the phrase "Divine Slaughter's Domain" in an ancient metal book and secretly arranged investigations into Tang Yin's origins while ordering Black Rock Advanced Soul Master Military Academy to target his fourth soul skill.
• Huo Yuhao and the spectators watched Shrek Academy face Black Rock Advanced Soul Master Military Academy in a team battle, where the soldiers' coordinated tactics kept Tang Yin and his teammates under pressure.
• Black Rock's team used its defensive formation, ice-and-fire techniques, and soul-power recovery skill to wear down Shrek, then launched a coordinated barrage of golden dragons at Tang Yin.
• A hidden old man subtly altered one dragon's path, opening a small gap in the attack net as Tang Yin decided to use his fourth soul skill.
• Tang Yin revealed his fourth soul ring and called out "Blue Silver Pole Vault" as a long green bamboo pole appeared in his hand.

Tang Yin revealed a seemingly ten-year fourth Soul Ring, then used his Blue Silver Pole Vault and poison to help Shrek Academy defeat Black Rock Military Academy. He falsely claimed the skill carried spiritual intimidation, while Zhou Yi took his performance as proof that she might raise a god too.

• Tang Yin's white fourth Soul Ring shocked the spectators, and he used Blue Silver Pole Vault to escape Black Rock Military Academy's encirclement.
• Tang Yin charged back into the formation and repeatedly stunned the opponents, wounding them with his poison-coated Eight Spider Lances and killing the support Soul Ancestor.
• Huang Jinxu removed the mortally wounded support Soul Ancestor, while Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and the Hell White Tiger helped defeat the poisoned team.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Wang Qingya had secretly used spiritual power to interfere with Black Rock Military Academy, and Wang Qingya left Star Luo Plaza.
• Tang Yin told the spectators that his fourth Soul Ring was not ten years old and claimed it gave him spiritual intimidation, fooling many people, including Zhou Yi and Tang Ya.
• Zhou Yi celebrated Tang Yin's supposed power and wondered whether she could raise a god too.

Tang Yin challenged Dai Huabin’s resolve, while Huo Yuhao devised a plan to help the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy beat Four Elements Academy without Xiao Hongchen entering the match. The chapter ended as the doubles battle began, with spectators wondering whether Xiao Hongchen would take the stage.

• Tang Yin questioned Dai Huabin’s determination to grow stronger and left the arena amid the spectators’ cheers.
• The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy drew a 2-2-3 match against Four Elements Academy, whose six Soul Kings needed a win to stay in contention.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Ma Rulong lead the first round, then he and Meng Hongchen fight the second, leaving the final round flexible so Xiao Hongchen could avoid competing.
• Xiao Hongchen joked that Huo Yuhao had made a king’s loneliness feel like snow, and Meng Hongchen smacked him on the head.
• Referee Huang Jinxu called both teams to the stage for the doubles battle, while Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei watched Xiao Hongchen and another young competitor.

Xu Jiawei reviewed intelligence on Huo Yuhao and watched the Sun Moon Team defeat the Four Elements Academy in the first doubles match. As Shrek Academy prepared for its turn, Tang Yin proposed a risky way to strengthen Ma Xiaotao by drawing her evil fire into his body.

• Xu Jiawei read the undercover agent’s reports on Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao, and wondered why the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy was investing so heavily in Huo Yuhao.
• The Four Elements Academy sent two artillery-mage soul masters against Ma Rulong and He Qiankun, hoping to trade their first match for a chance at victory.
• Ma Rulong blinded the opponents with a Level 3 Instant Flash Cannon while He Qiankun disrupted their soul power with Level 5 Shock Bombs, and the Sun Moon Team quickly blasted them off the platform.
• Wang Yan reassured Shrek Academy’s team that its main members could match Ma Rulong, while Wang Dong criticized Ma Xiaotao as a reckless brute.
• Tang Yin proposed drawing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire into his body to temper it into soul power and raise her strength by several ranks for a short time.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen faced Shui Luoluo and Qin Xiao in the second round, using Soul Shock, Ultimate Ice, and coordinated attacks to overcome their opponents. Qin Xiao surrendered, while Shui Luoluo remained trapped in a losing fight against Meng Hongchen.

• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen entered the arena to face Shui Luoluo and Qin Xiao, who had expected to fight Xiao Hongchen.
• Huo Yuhao struck Shui Luoluo with Soul Shock while Meng Hongchen froze the water spreading across the arena into an ice mirror.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to disguise himself as Meng Hongchen as she hurled a rapier that froze Shui Luoluo's Water Phoenix.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted Qin Xiao's lightning attacks with Soul Shock, and Meng Hongchen kicked him as he prepared a powerful blast, sending it into the Soul Tool Shield.
• Shui Luoluo's Water Demon Soul Bone Skill failed to melt the Ultimate Ice, and Qin Xiao surrendered after Huo Yuhao aimed a Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle at him.
• Meng Hongchen pressed her attack against Shui Luoluo, whose Invincible Shield drained her remaining Soul Power until it ran out.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen defeated Four Elements Academy, while Tang Yin assessed the battle and fantasized about using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs to strengthen himself and rebuild the Tang Sect. He realized the poisonous formation guarding the well would be beyond his current ability to breach, and worried that involving a Titled Douluo would cost him control of the herbs.

• Shui Luoluo conceded defeat after Meng Hongchen pointed her sword at Shui Luoluo’s nose, eliminating Four Elements Academy after two losses in the group round-robin.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that his Spiritual Detection, Soul Shock, and Meng Hongchen’s Ultimate Ice had helped them overcome Four Elements Academy’s Water-Thunder Coordination.
• Tang Yin compared Meng Hongchen’s ice attribute to Shui Bing’er’s and admitted he would struggle to defeat Meng Hongchen with his current strength.
• Tang Yin imagined retrieving immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to improve himself, neutralize the Evil Fire, and recruit supporters to the Tang Sect.
• Tang Yin recalled that the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Poison Formation guarding the well was too powerful for him to break alone, and feared a Titled Douluo would claim control of the herbs.
• Tang Yin noted that he still had no lead on the third Divine Position because his main body had protected Douluo Star too well.

Wang Sheng Jia convinced Wang Qingya that Xuan Zi was the Holy Church’s Great Enshrined and predicted he would try to recruit Shrek students during the tournament. In the Imperial City, Xu Jiawei tasked Xu Jiujiu with investigating Huo Yuhao and explained his plans for the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo, leaving her to consider his matchmaking advice and their scheme to obtain Illustrious Virtue Hall Soul Tools.

• Wang Qingya told Wang Sheng Jia that Xuan Zi had asked him to secretly help Shrek Academy cheat, and Wang Sheng Jia linked the request to Tang Yin’s Spiritual Intimidation effect.
• Wang Sheng Jia secretly told Wang Qingya that Xuan Zi was the Holy Church’s Great Enshrined and cited Xuan Zi’s past actions as proof.
• Wang Sheng Jia predicted that Xuan Zi would use the tournament to recruit promising Shrek students into the Holy Church, and Wang Qingya became nearly convinced.
• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu to investigate Huo Yuhao through Feng Bujue, then showed her a letter revealing that Xiao Hongchen had deceived them about his strength.
• Xu Jiawei explained why he would sell the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo instead of risking it on Li Jie or Xu Jiujiu, and urged Xu Jiujiu to consider Dai Yueheng as a husband.
• Xu Jiujiu described her ideal partner as a powerful, lofty man, while Xu Jiawei planned to buy Illustrious Virtue Hall Soul Tools for research and later commission their seizure.

The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy won six straight matches, and Huo Yuhao drew attention with his strong performance as rumors spread about his rejected application to Shrek Academy. As the group stage’s final match against Di'ao Academy approached, tensions and preparations continued at both academies.

• Huo Yuhao advised Xiao Hongchen to sit out the remaining group matches, and the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy won four more matches in a row.
• Huo Yuhao blasted a Xuanming Turtle Soul Ancestor off the stage with a level five Piercing Cannon, bringing him widespread attention.
• Meng Hongchen and Feng Tingting spread news of Huo Yuhao’s rejection by Shrek Academy, while Zhou Yi publicly defended her decision and privately urged Tang Yin to use the fiercest poison against him.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochеn helped Shrek Academy stay undefeated, while Tang Yin persuaded Dai Huabin to secretly absorb evil fire despite Zhu Lu’s objections.
• Feng Tingting told Huo Yuhao that her martial soul traits could now charge enough power for up to three shots, and Huo Yuhao struggled to ask Xiao Hongchen to sit out another match.

Huo Yuhao protected Xiao Hongchen from Di'ao Academy's coordinated attack while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated their opponents. Xiao Hongchen survived, but a teleporting throwing knife struck him in the butt.

• Xiao Hongchen insisted on fighting in the final group match despite Huo Yuhao's warnings.
• Di'ao Academy targeted Xiao Hongchen with Jiang Peng's layered Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills and a barrage of attacks that froze him with a spiritual skill.
• Huo Yuhao stepped in front of Xiao Hongchen and used Red Dust Protection to shield them from the assault.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exploited Di'ao Academy's focus on Xiao Hongchen, knocked out four members, and defeated the remaining three.
• A teleporting Soul Skill throwing knife struck Xiao Hongchen beside the crack, leaving him bleeding and cursing.

After Huo Yuhao helped protect Xiao Hongchen in the quarterfinals, he learned the newspapers had turned the injured contestant into a laughingstock. Vina and Mu Xue then tried to recruit Huo Yuhao for the Body Sect, but he exposed Vina’s second Martial Soul and refused; Meng Hongchen wondered why the sect had sent recruiters rather than powerful elders.

• The healer told Xiao Hongchen to rest for five to seven days, and Xiao discovered newspapers mocking his lost Soul Rings and defeat.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Xiao Hongchen and later thanked Meng Hongchen for her concern, keeping his Imprint Soul Skill and Invincible Golden Body secret.
• Vina and Mu Xue approached Huo Yuhao and asked about his Martial Soul and knowledge of the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that Vina had a second, Body Martial Soul, used Intimidation to reveal that it had awakened, and declined to join the sect.
• Vina left with Mu Xue to report Huo Yuhao’s refusal, while Meng Hongchen wondered what had kept the Body Sect’s powerful elders away.

Jing Hongchen captured and punished the Body Sect Soul Douluos Lang Ya and Yu Tao for trying to poach Huo Yuhao, then joined the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy delegation at the Starlight Auction. The auction began with the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a Level 8 Soul Tool connected to Lin Xi’s grandfather.

• Jing Hongchen whipped Lang Ya and Yu Tao until they lost consciousness, then shot them with the Level 8 Spirit-Severing God-Banishing Tower and buried them in Cheng Gang’s pit.
• Jing Hongchen flew toward Star Luo City, intending to arrive before the auction began.
• Auctioneer Qing Ya led the academy delegation to a VIP room, where Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen recognized the masked Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen signaled the delegation to keep his identity secret, and the group settled in to watch the top-tier auction.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which Lin Xi identified as a Level 8 Soul Tool developed under his grandfather.

At the Starlight Auction House, Jing Hongchen explained why the Sun Moon Empire tolerated some soul tools reaching foreign buyers, then spent lavishly on soul bones and pursued an Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone for Huo Yuhao. The bidding began at twenty million Gold Soul Coins, while Tang Yin started scheming to make a fortune by hunting powerful soul beasts.

• Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen explained that the Sun Moon Empire’s technological advantage made the sale of some soul tools abroad relatively harmless, while Tang Yin mocked the auction and urged Dai Yueheng to use evil fire.
• Jing Hongchen bought five soul bones for over ten million Gold Soul Coins and planned to recommend them as additional tournament championship rewards.
• The auction revealed a rare Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, and the Ice Empress urged Huo Yuhao to obtain it for its powerful Ice Explosion Technique.
• Huo Yuhao learned that only someone with Ultimate Ice could absorb the bone, and Jing Hongchen decided to conceal that fact while bidding so the Starlight Auction House would not reclaim it.
• Jing Hongchen raised the price to twenty million Gold Soul Coins in two bids, while Tang Yin imagined getting rich by slaughtering hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

At the Starlight Auction House, Jing Hongchen won a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, while Huo Yuhao learned it might be a Snow Woman and resolved to find a way to save it. After the auction, Xuan Zi took Tang Yin away to practice the Blue Silver Secret Art for the coming elimination matches.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that the auction was a cover for a plan to attack the Illustrious Virtue Hall's underground base, then sent her to introduce the grand finale.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the sealed embryo's connection to the cold currents he had sensed in the Collective Sea of Collective Subconscious, and the Ice Empress confirmed it was likely a Snow Woman who should be saved.
• Jing Hongchen bid 150 million Gold Soul Coins for the embryo, outbidding the other factions, while Tang Yin considered whether it could be rescued through a Sacrifice instead of absorbed.
• Xu Jiawei left through a secret passage after the bids ended, while Jing Hongchen stayed behind to pay for and collect the embryo.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed the threat posed by human Soul Tool advances as Tang Yin and his companions left the auction house.
• Xuan Zi met Tang Yin's group outside the auction house, sent Wang Yan and Zhou Yi to escort the students to the hotel, and took Tang Yin to train.

Xuan Zi brought Tang Yin to the Dai Family Mausoleum so Tang Yin could use the Blue Silver Secret Art, unaware that Dai Hao and two other Titled Douluos were lying in wait. Tang Yin opened Dai Hao’s coffin and triggered an ambush, leaving Xuan Zi facing three attackers who doubted his identity and saw his injuries as an opportunity.

• Xuan Zi told Tang Yin that Xiao Hongchen relied on medicines to raise his cultivation and asked him to explain Meng Hongchen’s unusual attacks, suggesting she might be recruited to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Hao waited in a coffin at the Dai Family Mausoleum with two other Titled Douluos, hoping to catch the Evil Soul Master he suspected would come to disturb the graves.
• Xuan Zi detected no Soul Power around the mausoleum and sent Tang Yin to dig into the new graves, attaching a strand of Spiritual Power to him for protection.
• Tang Yin opened a coffin and recognized Dai Hao, who unleashed his White Tiger abilities and attacked him.
• Xuan Zi rescued the unconscious Tang Yin and identified himself, but Dai Hao accused him of being an Evil Soul Master and persuaded the other Titled Douluos to attack.

The tournament reached the semifinals, and Shrek Academy defeated Di'ao Academy in the opening team battle. Huo Yuhao studied Shrek’s dangerous tactics as the next semifinal team battle, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy versus Star Luo National Academy, was about to begin.

• Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er said Tang Yin's shattered left leg would likely never heal without special soul bones or an extraordinary encounter, while Xuan Zi blamed Dai Hao for the injury.
• The knockout rounds narrowed the tournament to Shrek Academy, Di'ao Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Star Luo National Academy; Tang Yin continued fighting with a crutch and gained the nickname "One-Legged Poison King."
• Huo Yuhao prepared his Level 6 Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle and Ice Explosion Technique, then watched Xu Jiujiu draw lots that matched Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Shrek Academy against Di'ao Academy.
• Shrek Academy overpowered Di'ao Academy in the team battle, with Tang Yin fighting effectively on his spider lances and the Hell White Tiger displaying black flames and increased strength.
• Huo Yuhao warned his teammates that Ma Xiaotao's savage attacks could cause casualties and noticed that Zhu Lu had acquired an Evil Fire aura after the Hell White Tiger's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• After Shrek Academy's victory, the arena was repaired and Huang Jinxu called the participants for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Star Luo National Academy team battle.

The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced Star Luo National Academy in the semifinal, where Huo Yuhao’s team used concealment and overwhelming firepower against Xu Jiujiu and Li Jie. Li Jie’s mysterious cauldron countered Xiao Hongchen’s weapons and destroyed more than a hundred Level 5 Soul Tools, leaving Xiao Hongchen helpless as the match continued.

• Huo Yuhao warned his teammates that Xu Jiujiu resisted Spiritual Detection and that Li Jie had Soul King-level power.
• At the start of the match, Huo Yuhao concealed himself, Feng Tingting, and Meng Hongchen, while Ma Rulong attacked Xu Jiujiu with his Bloodburn Soul-Piercing Cannon.
• Xu Jiujiu used the Light of Spiritual Marking to reveal the hidden fighters, but Huo Yuhao’s full-power Simulation quickly erased the marks.
• Meng Hongchen, Lin Xi, and Mi Jia engaged the approaching Soul Kings while Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong used Huo Yuhao’s guidance to suppress the enemy team with ranged attacks.
• Li Jie activated his ten-thousand-year soul skill and a soul-bone ability to lock onto Xiao Hongchen and make the metal in his Level 5 Soul Tools change phase.
• More than a hundred of Xiao Hongchen’s Level 5 Soul Cannon barrels melted and collapsed, leaving him unable to stop Li Jie’s attack.

Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy struggled against Li Jie’s ability to destroy soul tools and Xu Jiujiu’s powerful barriers, while Star Luo National Academy seized control of the match. As Lin Xi and Mi Jia neared defeat, Huo Yuhao prepared a sniper rifle and promised help within three breaths.

• Huo Yuhao warned his teammates that Li Jie needed to lock onto a soul tool to destroy it, and told them to gather near his invisibility if they could not counter him.
• Xu Jiujiu trapped Ma Rulong in an Absolute Defensive Soul Tool, then used Star’s Protection to divide the battlefield and enclose Meng Hongchen, Lin Xi, and Mi Jia with Star Luo National Academy’s fighters.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock partly penetrated Li Jie’s Barrier of the Spirit and interrupted his attack, giving Meng Hongchen’s trio a chance to push back, though they remained outnumbered.
• Xu Jiawei told Wang Xian’er and Dai Hao that he had deployed Li Jie to defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and attract talent from the Original Three Douluo Kingdoms.
• Feng Tingting gave Huo Yuhao a Level 6 Excited-State Human Soul Power Configuration Milk Bottle, and he loaded it into his Level Six Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle as Lin Xi and Mi Jia called for help.
• Huo Yuhao told Lin Xi and Mi Jia to hold on for three breaths.