Chapter Summaries

Jun Yi learned why rival academies resented Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seeded place in the tournament and called Dugu Yan the academy’s true trump card. Meanwhile, the rival deans pressed the education committee to give up the spot, and Huo Yao said they would petition the imperial family if Heaven Dou Royal Academy lost.

• Jun Yi learned from Shui Yue'er that rival academies objected to Heaven Dou Royal Academy receiving a seeded place despite its students’ weak results and noble-only admissions.
• Shui Bing'er praised Jun Yi’s strength and looked forward to facing Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Jun Yi pointed to Dugu Yan as the academy’s true trump card.
• Huo Yao, Skywater Academy’s dean, and Plant Academy’s dean urged Meng Shenji and the other committee members to relinquish the seeded place.
• Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin said they had little power to decide, while Meng Shenji insisted they would not give up the spot for the tournament.
• Huo Yao said the deans would petition the imperial family to relinquish the spot if Heaven Dou Royal Academy lost.

The academy heads discussed the exchange tournament and agreed to petition the imperial family regardless of its outcome. After Jun Yi’s achievements stunned the visiting students, Skywater Academy’s headmistress offered to make an exception to admit him.

• Meng Shenji told the academy heads that they could petition the imperial family even if they lost the exchange tournament, and Huo Yao agreed to join the petition.
• The three academy heads and their companions left the board office, while Jun Yi and the students gathered at the campus entrance to see them off.
• Shui Yue'er told Skywater Academy’s headmistress that Jun Yi had reached Soul Power Level thirty-nine and could control ice better than Shui Bing'er.
• Qin Ming privately explained to Meng Shenji that Jun Yi’s Soul Power had increased after he took an herb from Poison Douluo.
• Skywater Academy’s headmistress offered to make an exception to admit Jun Yi despite the academy’s rule against male students.

Jun Yi declined Skywater Academy’s invitation because he had promised to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the board members celebrated his rank 39 breakthrough. In the imperial palace, Xue Qinghe received a letter from Bibi Dong ordering her to bring Jun Yi into Spirit Hall, and she resolved to keep him out of Bibi Dong’s reach.

• Jun Yi turned down Dean Bing’s offer to join Skywater Academy, while Shui Bing’er suggested he could visit as an exchange student.
• Blazing Fire Academy, Plant Academy, and Skywater Academy departed, and Shui Yue’er teased Jun Yi before leaving.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin learned that Jun Yi had reached rank 39 shortly before his thirteenth birthday and went to report his talent to His Majesty.
• Bibi Dong sent Xue Qinghe a letter demanding that Jun Yi join Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe burned it after reading it.
• Xue Qinghe told She Long that Jun Yi’s Soul Tool skills likely came from a family inheritance and vowed to keep Bibi Dong from claiming him.

Xue Ye punished Xue Beng for ordering an attack on Jun Yi after learning Jun Yi had reached rank thirty-nine at age twelve. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Jun Yi and his teammates began Qin Ming’s challenge to withstand his full strength for one incense stick.

• Xue Qinghe and Douluo She Long discussed Jun Yi’s hidden abilities and Xue Qinghe’s past decision to keep him close.
• Xue Ye summoned Xue Qinghe while berating Xue Beng and Xue Xing over the attempt to kill Jun Yi.
• Xue Ye struck Xue Beng and confined him to the palace for six months after learning Jun Yi had reached rank thirty-nine at twelve years old.
• Qin Ming challenged Jun Yi and six teammates to withstand his full strength for one incense stick, threatening them with fifty laps if they failed.
• Dugu Yan arranged the team’s positions, and Jun Yi urged everyone to attack freely while promising they would not get hurt.
• Qin Ming announced the start of the training match.

Jun Yi and his teammates fought Qin Ming inside his ROOM space, using coordinated attacks and Jun Yi’s ability to reposition people to evade Qin Ming’s blows. The fight continued as Jun Yi revealed that his spatial control could also create ice blades.

• Jun Yi enclosed the team and Qin Ming in a ROOM space as everyone summoned their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Qin Ming while the Shi Mo brothers charged him, but he smashed their shields before Jun Yi repositioned them beside Ye Lingling for healing.
• Yu Feng and Osler attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming dispelled Yu Feng’s tornadoes and countered Osler with fire and mental pressure.
• Jun Yi repeatedly used ROOM to move Osler and Yu Feng out of Qin Ming’s attacks, surprising Osler with the ability to switch positions without detectable Soul Power.
• Jun Yi told Qin Ming there was more to his Soul Skill, then created over twenty frost blades with ROOM Ice Blades.

Jun Yi’s team fought Qin Ming in a training match, and Jun Yi froze him to secure their victory. After Qin Ming praised their teamwork and treated them to dinner, Jun Yi spotted an unfamiliar yet familiar figure in Heaven Dou Square.

• Jun Yi teleported his teammates around Qin Ming as they attacked together, but Qin Ming countered with powerful flames.
• Dugu Yan used her fifth Soul Skill to break through Qin Ming’s flames, though his sixth Soul Skill overwhelmed her poison dragon.
• Jun Yi teleported behind Qin Ming and froze him, sealing his Soul Power as the training incense burned out.
• Qin Ming praised Jun Yi’s control and the team’s coordination, then offered to treat everyone to a meal in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yi explored Heaven Dou Square with the others and suddenly recognized an unfamiliar yet familiar figure in the crowd.

Jun Yi encountered Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou Square and listened as he apologized for neglecting him, arranging rumors about his talent, and the danger he had faced. Xue Qinghe’s sincere apology left Jun Yi struggling to respond as their conversation continued.

• Jun Yi left Qin Ming and Dugu Yan to greet Xue Qinghe, whom he had encountered strolling alone in the square.
• Jun Yi explained that Qin Ming had brought the academy group to Heaven Dou City for a feast and a walk.
• Xue Qinghe apologized for Jun Yi’s near-death experience, and Jun Yi reassured him that he was not to blame.
• Xue Qinghe admitted he had neglected Jun Yi during his childhood and had spread rumors about his talent to inspire the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Masters.
• Xue Qinghe bowed to apologize, and Jun Yi hurried to stop him before beginning an awkwardly affected reply.

Jun Yi comforted Xue Qinghe during a walk through a market, not knowing how deeply his words affected Qian Renxue beneath her disguise. After returning to the palace and briefly revealing her true appearance, Qian Renxue resumed her role as Xue Qinghe and resolved to be herself only after Spirit Hall unified the continent.

• Xue Qinghe told Jun Yi that years of political deception had made him forget what he originally looked like, and Jun Yi encouraged him to stay true to what he wanted.
• Xue Qinghe bought an angel mask and a spider mask, gave the spider mask to Jun Yi, and returned to the palace.
• Jun Yi rejoined Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Qin Ming, then traveled with the group back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue dismissed the guards, removed her Xue Qinghe disguise, and looked at her true face in a mirror.
• Qian Renxue put her disguise back on and resolved to reveal her true self only after Spirit Hall unified the continent.

Jun Yi attended the exchange tournament and spent time with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the students of Skywater Academy. After meeting Shui Yue'er's mother and joking about joining their academy, he settled among the girls and ignored the jealous stares from students at other academies.

• Jun Yi arrived at the crowded tournament venue with Qin Ming and learned that academies from across the region had been invited to watch.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er greeted Jun Yi, and they teased him about being a servant of two surnames after he declared that his heart belonged to Skywater Academy.
• Shui Yue'er brought Jun Yi to Skywater Academy's seats and introduced him to her mother, Aunt Yue, who was leading the team.
• Jun Yi chatted comfortably with the Skywater Academy students, sitting between Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er warned Jun Yi that students from other academies were glaring at him, but he dismissed them as noobs.

Jun Yi watched the competing academies arrive and saw Feng Xiaotian make a flashy entrance, then spend another moment trying to win Huo Wu’s attention. After the academies gathered for the opening ceremony, Jun Yi left Skywater Academy with Shui Yue’er, who asked why he had been staring at her stockings.

• Jun Yi mistook Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team for another academy because they wore matching uniforms, and Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er teased him.
• Shui Bing’er said Godwind Academy had not yet arrived and that its captain, Feng Xiaotian, had recently reached level forty.
• Feng Xiaotian arrived with a dramatic entrance, greeted Huo Wu, and rallied himself after she ignored him.
• Jun Yi and Shui Yue’er shared sunflower seeds while discussing Feng Xiaotian’s pursuit of Huo Wu, and Shui Bing’er joined them.
• After all academies arrived and the opening ceremony began, Jun Yi returned toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shui Yue’er accompanying him.
• Shui Yue’er asked Jun Yi whether he had been staring at her stockings.

Jun Yi traded flirtatious remarks with Shui Yue'er before returning to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group, where Dugu Yan teased him about admiring Skywater Academy's sisters. The exchange tournament was about to begin, but Xue Ye was absent, so Xue Qinghe announced that his father was unwell and promised each contestant five hundred Gold Soul Coins, which Jun Yi privately considered stingy.

• Shui Yue'er teased Jun Yi for staring at her legs, and Jun Yi openly praised how her white stockings looked on them.
• Shui Yue'er headed back to Skywater Academy, and Jun Yi returned to his academy group and sat beside Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan challenged Jun Yi about visiting Skywater Academy, and he praised her and Ye Lingling before claiming he admired beauty in all its forms.
• Dugu Yan threatened to repeat Jun Yi's compliments to Ning Rongrong, and Jun Yi changed the subject by asking about the tournament's dignitaries.
• Qin Ming said Emperor Xue Ye was expected to attend, but Jun Yi noticed that only Xue Qinghe had appeared on the platform.
• Xue Qinghe announced that Xue Ye was unwell and promised each contestant five hundred Gold Soul Coins, while Jun Yi grumbled that the reward was too small.

Ning Fengzhi opened the tournament by offering rewards, including a Soul Bone, and the academies drew their team groups. Jun Yi learned that the individual competition would be a timed arena challenge with only one winner, and realized he had been set up again.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Ning Fengzhi, who addressed the contestants and offered each participant 500 Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Bone for first place.
• Jun Yi recognized the Soul Bone as one Ning Rongrong had given Ning Fengzhi.
• Jun Yi's academy entered the arena with Qin Ming, followed by the other teams, and Dugu Yan drew Canghui Academy and Thunder Academy as their group opponents.
• Skywater Academy received a bye, and the teams returned to the rest area after the group draw.
• Qin Ming warned Jun Yi that the individual competition had changed, and Xue Qinghe announced a two-and-a-half-double-hour arena challenge with one winner.
• Jun Yi suspected he would have to defend the arena alone and realized Xue Qinghe had set him up again.

Xue Qinghe announced an individual competition where contestants chose when to fight and the last person standing would win a generous prize. Jun Yi entered as the first arena defender, determined to help Qian Renxue’s plan by winning spectacularly, while Feng Xiaotian signed up to challenge him.

• Xue Qinghe explained the competition rules and offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and one promise to the champion.
• Xue Qinghe invited additional students to register, and Qin Ming told Jun Yi he would be the first arena defender because he was Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s only entrant.
• Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi about enduring the five-hour competition, and Jun Yi agreed to compete and claim the championship.
• Jun Yi entered the arena, recognized that Qian Renxue intended to use his talent to strengthen her position, and resolved to show off and win.
• Jun Yi declared that he would take the championship, then taunted the other contestants for not challenging him.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized Jun Yi as the one who had defeated Huo Wu and told Feng Yu to register him for the individual competition.

Jun Yi dominated the Soul Fighting arena, defeating two Elephant Armor Sect disciples with overwhelming physical strength and no apparent effort. He then unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, leaving the spectators shaken as he declared his supremacy.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er watched Jun Yi and remarked on his handsome appearance in the arena.
• An Elephant Armor Academy disciple challenged Jun Yi, but Jun Yi caught his Soul Skill-enhanced punch and threw him out of the arena in one move.
• A second Elephant Armor Sect disciple attacked with his Giant Mammoth Martial Soul and armored Soul Skills, but Jun Yi knocked him unconscious with a single punch.
• The referee caught the defeated disciple and praised Jun Yi's strength, while Jun Yi said he could fight all day.
• Jun Yi released his Conqueror's Haki, frightening the spectators, and declared that heaven stood where he stood.

Jun Yi dominated the academy tournament stage, drawing admiration from Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er and impressing Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi. Feng Xiaotian challenged him over Huo Wu, but Jun Yi blocked Feng Xiaotian's first Soul Skill without injury and provoked him to attack with something stronger.

• Shui Yue'er admired Jun Yi's presence, while Shui Bing'er realized how much strength he had held back when they sparred.
• Xue Qinghe praised Jun Yi to Ning Fengzhi, who revealed that Jun Yi had once defeated a Soul Ancestor while he was still a Soul Grandmaster.
• After Jun Yi easily defeated two Elephant Armor Academy students, Feng Xiaotian entered the stage to challenge him.
• Feng Xiaotian accused Jun Yi of bullying Huo Wu, and Jun Yi dismissed Huo Wu as too weak to bully.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with his first Soul Skill, Wind Blade Array, but Jun Yi's blackened palm repelled all ten blades unharmed.
• Jun Yi mocked Feng Xiaotian's attack, and Feng Xiaotian grew furious and vowed to show him his strength.

Jun Yi defeated Feng Xiaotian by stopping his strongest wind-blade attack with his bare hand, then kicked him out of the arena after he failed to admit defeat. Feng Xiaotian conceded, while his injuries left him unlikely to compete in the team event.

• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and unleashed his self-created Soul Skill, Gale Demon Wolf Twenty-One Consecutive Slashes, against Jun Yi.
• Jun Yi blocked Feng Xiaotian's first twenty slashes with a frost blade, which broke under the final attack.
• Jun Yi covered his right hand in black and caught Feng Xiaotian's twenty-first slash, sending Feng Xiaotian flying with the backlash.
• Jun Yi asked Feng Xiaotian to admit defeat, then kicked him out of the arena when he hesitated.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded defeat, and the referee found that he would recover with treatment but would likely miss the team competition.

Jun Yi defeated Feng Xiaotian without using a Martial Soul or Soul Skill, then challenged the watching students to fight him together. With no one willing to face him alone, he released an overwhelming pressure and invited seven opponents onto the stage.

• Jun Yi’s easy victory over Feng Xiaotian drew cheers, while Ning Fengzhi explained that Jun Yi’s strength came from six years of relentless physical training.
• Xue Qinghe and Qian Renxue were impressed by Jun Yi’s perseverance, while Dugu Yan admitted she would likely lose if she challenged him.
• No one stepped forward to challenge Jun Yi after he had won three consecutive matches against opponents of different levels.
• Jun Yi offered to fight with opponents’ teammates joining them, provoking angry objections from students in the stands.
• Jun Yi released a powerful pressure across the area and challenged the students to fight seven against him alone.

Jun Yi faced Huyan Li and six other Elephant Armor Academy contestants, then used his ROOM ability to lift them, freeze their Soul Power, and spin them helplessly through the air. He dropped them outside the arena, where Huyan Li accepted his complete defeat without understanding how Jun Yi had overcome them.

• Huyan Li led six Elephant Armor Academy contestants onto the arena to challenge Jun Yi.
• The seven contestants summoned their Martial Souls and advanced together, while Jun Yi expanded his ice-blue ROOM across the arena.
• Jun Yi used ROOM to lift all seven into the air and prevent them from summoning Soul Power.
• Jun Yi spun the helpless contestants, then sent them flying out of the arena and dropped them to the ground.
• Huyan Li regained the ability to summon Soul Power and stood up, recognizing that he had lost utterly.

Jun Yi defeated the Elephant Armor Academy and won the individual championship after no one else dared to challenge him. As the academies prepared for tomorrow’s team competition, Huyan Li vowed to study Jun Yi’s abilities and defeat him, while Qin Ming approached Jun Yi to speak.

• Jun Yi sent Huyan Li and the Elephant Armor Academy students away, then waited for another academy to challenge him, but no one stepped forward.
• After Xue Qinghe nodded, the referee declared Jun Yi the individual champion, and the spectators erupted in cheers.
• The host ended the individual competition and announced that the team competition would take place the next day at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Huyan Li said the group would study Jun Yi’s abilities and vowed to trample him in the team competition.
• Dugu Yan praised Jun Yi and flirted with him, but Qin Ming interrupted to ask Jun Yi to speak with him.

Jun Yi discussed his hidden abilities with Qin Ming, then treated his teammates to a meal after winning ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. At the restaurant, an excited young woman recognized Jun Yi and embraced him, leaving him to face his first fangirl.

• Qin Ming asked whether Jun Yi had held back in their spar, and Jun Yi said Grandpa Sword had taught him to keep some of his strength secret.
• Jun Yi invited Qin Ming to join the team for a meal, but Qin Ming declined so he could study their opponents and prepare the team for training.
• Dugu Yan led Jun Yi and the others to a luxurious restaurant, where Jun Yi offered to pay and the team ordered food.
• A young woman recognized Jun Yi from the arena, rushed over, and hugged him around the neck.
• The woman told Jun Yi she admired him, while Dugu Yan, the other teammates, and the waitress watched to see how he would respond.