Chapter Summaries

After his tournament performance made him famous, Jun Yi struggled with crowds of fans and joked with Dugu Yan about dating. When he returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, royal guards told him that His Highness Qinghe was waiting for him.

• A young woman recognized Jun Yi at the restaurant, asked for his autograph, and promised to support him.
• After the meal, a crowd surrounded Jun Yi for autographs until Dugu Yan used her pressure to make them clear a path.
• On the carriage ride back, Dugu Yan suggested Jun Yi get a girlfriend, but he said he would wait until he was an adult.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a guard told Jun Yi that His Highness Qinghe was waiting for him in the education committee's office.

Jun Yi declined Xue Qinghe’s invitation to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, while Xue Qinghe gave the academy committee members hope that Heaven Dou Imperial Academy would change its rules to admit commoners. After learning about Jun Yi’s arena performance, Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to recruit him into Spirit Hall.

• Jun Yi met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and the academy committee members at the education committee’s office.
• Xue Qinghe invited Jun Yi to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but Jun Yi said he would consider his future after coming of age and promised their brotherhood would remain unchanged.
• Xue Qinghe told the committee members that the emperor was reconsidering the proposal to let Heaven Dou Imperial Academy admit commoners, lifting their hopes for reform.
• Qin Ming declined the committee members’ invitation to celebrate and explained to Jun Yi that the academy’s privileged students lacked drive, contributing to its poor results.
• Bibi Dong read a report detailing Jun Yi’s arena victories and told Qian Renxue to bring him into Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong investigated Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s extraordinary gains and suspected Jun Yi was responsible, while considering how Spirit Hall could recruit him and develop Soul Tools. The team matches began the next morning, with Jun Yi’s group waiting to face the winner of Thunder Academy and Canghui Academy.

• Hu Liena gave Bibi Dong a report confirming that Ning Rongrong had reached rank 43 and evolved her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank 42.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ning Rongrong’s remark about Jun Yi giving them the best things suggested he had caused their rapid improvements.
• Bibi Dong ruled out a God Trial, discussed Spirit Hall’s difficulties manufacturing Soul Tools, and hoped Jun Yi would eventually join Spirit Hall.
• Jun Yi promised to support his teammates from the rear and let Osler, Yu Feng, and the others attack freely in the team matches.
• The team matches began across three sections of the platform, and Thunder Academy and Canghui Academy took the stage first in Jun Yi’s group.

Canghui Academy revealed a powerful seven-person Soul Power fusion skill against the stronger Thunder Academy, and Jun Yi predicted that it would win. After the rainbow light enveloped the platform, Jun Yi sensed that Thunder Academy's fighters had fallen into an illusion, leaving Dugu Yan's bet unresolved.

• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that Canghui Academy would defeat Thunder Academy, and they bet on the outcome, with Dugu Yan promising to do whatever he asked if she lost.
• Canghui Academy's team formed a precise formation while Thunder Academy's Yu Tianxin and Lei Dong launched lightning attacks.
• Canghui Academy's seven members joined their gemstones' light and unleashed a multicolored skill that engulfed both teams.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi whether the display was a seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ning Fengzhi said it appeared to be a Soul Power fusion skill.
• Jun Yi used Observation Haki to sense that Yu Tianxin and Lei Dong had fallen into an illusion and concluded Thunder Academy could no longer fight.
• Jun Yi considered what to ask Dugu Yan to do and looked at her legs.

Canghui Academy defeated Thunder Academy with its Seven Asura Illusion Realm, but Jun Yi identified its weakness and prepared to stop it. In their match, Jun Yi's team disrupted Canghui Academy's formation and launched a counterattack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Canghui Academy used its seven-gem Soul Power Fusion Skill to knock out Thunder Academy without injuring them.
• Jun Yi explained that the fusion skill was a mental attack and could be countered by disrupting the team or using strong mental power.
• Qin Ming told Jun Yi to break Canghui Academy's formation when their match began.
• Jun Yi's team faced Canghui Academy, and Osler struck a student who appeared in front of him after Jun Yi used his ice-blue space.
• Yu Feng formed a tornado while Shi Mo and Shi Mo sent stone fragments into the air, and Jun Yi brought the remaining six Canghui Academy students into its path.

Jun Yi’s team defeated Canghui Academy, and Jun Yi confronted its teacher Shi Nian after sensing killing intent. After the competition continued and Thunder Academy forfeited, Jun Yi reminded Dugu Yan of their wager and led her backstage to hear his request.

• Yu Feng’s attack and Jun Yi’s tactic with Shi Mo’s shields left all six Canghui Academy fighters defeated.
• Jun Yi mocked Canghui Academy’s captain, then used Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki against the students in its rest area after sensing killing intent.
• Shi Nian resisted Jun Yi’s accusation, but Xue Qinghe intervened and told Jun Yi to leave the matter for later; Jun Yi walked away while resolving to kill Shi Nian.
• Thunder Academy forfeited because its members remained weakened, allowing Jun Yi’s team to continue the competition without another match.
• Jun Yi reminded Dugu Yan that she had lost their wager, and she followed him backstage as he prepared to reveal his request.

Jun Yi spoke privately with Dugu Yan backstage, then joined his companions and Qin Ming in Heaven Dou City while wearing a mask to avoid attention. They witnessed a dispute between Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy, where Huo Lie mocked Godwind's absent captain after Jun Yi's victory, and the chapter ended with Jun Yi watching a battered Godwind student limp away.

• Jun Yi whispered his request to Dugu Yan backstage, and she agreed to discuss it later while teasing him about his preferences.
• Jun Yi's group and Qin Ming went looking for food in Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan explained that Jun Yi wore a mask because fans had crowded him for autographs.
• Jun Yi led the group toward an argument between students from Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Lie pinned a Godwind student down and mocked his academy's captain for withdrawing after Jun Yi defeated him.
• City guards broke up the fight and warned the students against fighting in the street.
• Huo Lie and the Blazing Fire Academy students left, while the injured Godwind student limped away and Jun Yi watched him sympathetically.

Jun Yi had Ye Lingling heal the Godwind Academy student injured in the conflict with Blazing Fire Academy, then explained that he felt responsible for what had happened. After discussing Feng Xiaotian’s withdrawal and the expectations athletes carried, the group ate together and considered their afternoon opponents.

• Jun Yi brought Ye Lingling to the injured Godwind Academy student, and she healed his wounds with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that he had helped because he felt partly responsible for the student’s conflict with Blazing Fire Academy.
• Jun Yi and the others discussed Feng Xiaotian’s withdrawal, and Jun Yi said he would not abandon a match because others depended on him.
• Jun Yi changed the somber mood by taking the group to a restaurant for a meal.
• Over dinner, Yu Feng said Godwind Academy could still advance without Feng Xiaotian, while Dugu Yan hoped he would recover before the finals.

Jun Yi met with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who tried to learn his abilities before their afternoon match. He revealed only limited information about his Martial Soul and declined the exchange-student arrangement, leaving Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er surprised.

• Shui Yue'er admitted she wanted to learn about Jun Yi before the afternoon match and led him and Shui Bing'er to a private room.
• Shui Yue'er threatened to expose Jun Yi for sneaking glances at her legs, so Jun Yi agreed to share some information.
• Jun Yi described his blue ROOM Martial Soul and its ability to swap people’s positions and control objects, but concealed the Ice-Ice Fruit’s abilities.
• Shui Yue'er asked what Jun Yi thought about becoming an exchange student, and Jun Yi declined because he planned to leave Heaven Dou City after the tournament.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er questioned Jun Yi’s decision, pointing out that their academy had many beautiful girls.

Jun Yi declined Shui Bing'er’s exchange-student offer so he could travel the continent, then joined his teammates to prepare for the semifinals. After the draw matched Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Fire Academy, Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi and promised to wear stockings for him after the matches.

• Jun Yi told Shui Bing'er he wanted to spend the next two years traveling, and Shui Yue'er said she would wear her stockings for him when he visited as an exchange student.
• Jun Yi returned to the lounge and explained that Shui Bing'er had only asked about his Soul Skills.
• Qin Ming reviewed Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Blazing Fire Academy’s Ring Fusion, and Godwind Academy’s flying ability with the team.
• Dugu Yan drew Number 2 for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, matching them against Blazing Fire Academy in the semifinals.
• Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy took the arena for the first semifinal, and Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi before promising to wear stockings for him after the matches.

Jun Yi teased Dugu Yan about the stockings she owed him after losing their bet, then watched Skywater Academy face Godwind Academy in the semifinal. Skywater Academy won after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting, and forced Godwind Academy to surrender.

• Dugu Yan accepted that she would wear stockings as the condition of her lost bet with Jun Yi.
• Godwind Academy’s students took to the air while Skywater Academy prepared its defense and Xue Wu began summoning rain.
• Shui Bing'er froze two opponents with water on their bodies, while Shui Yue'er shielded Xue Wu from the other attackers.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, turning the rain into a violent storm of ice and snow.
• Godwind Academy’s students surrendered, and the referee announced Skywater Academy as the winner of the semifinal match.

Jun Yi’s side faced Blazing Fire Academy in the second semifinal, while Huo Wu prepared her Ring Fusion attack against him. The chapter ended as her white orb expanded toward Jun Yi, its surface marked by faint golden patterns.

• After Skywater Academy defeated Godwind Academy, Jun Yi and his teammates prepared for their match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Dugu Yan summoned her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon, whose presence made Huo Wushuang’s Martial Soul tremble.
• Huo Wushuang attacked Jun Yi, but Shi Mo and Shi Mo blocked him with their Black Tortoise Shields.
• Osler intercepted a Fire Leopard Soul Master, and the two exchanged a series of rapid attacks.
• Yu Feng used whirlwinds to hinder Huo Yun and Huo Yu as Blazing Fire Academy’s auxiliary Soul Masters strengthened Huo Wu’s flames.
• Huo Wu completed her Ring Fusion and sent an expanding white orb toward Jun Yi.

Huo Wu unleashed her Ring Fusion skill, Blazing Sun, against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Yan stepped forward to counter it. Dugu Yan revealed that she was a Soul King with a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and transformed alongside her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon as the crowd watched.

• Huo Wu used her Ring Fusion skill, Huo Wu's Blazing Sun, after her teammates bought her time, leaving her exhausted.
• Jun Yi asked Dugu Yan whether she wanted to act, and Dugu Yan chose to face the attack herself.
• Dugu Yan revealed five Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, astonishing the spectators and Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Xue Qinghe that Dugu Yan's fourth ring was possible because Soul Ring absorption depended on physical constitution, though absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring caused Soul Shock.
• Dugu Yan used her fourth Soul Skill, Five Poisons Gather and Disperse, then merged with her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon and charged toward the blazing sphere.
• Yu Tianxin questioned how Dugu Yan could use a Dragon Transformation despite possessing the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan defeated Blazing Fire Academy in the second semifinal by overcoming Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion Soul Skill and forcing the team to surrender. After Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory, Jun Yi promised Dugu Yan that he would only watch during their next match against Skywater Academy.

• Dugu Yan broke Huo Wu’s Huo Wu’s Blazing Sun with her Seven-Colored Giant Python ability and captured Huo Wu.
• Huo Wushuang conceded, and Huo Wu surrendered after Dugu Yan’s toxins left her unable to fight.
• Jun Yi teleported Huo Wu to her teammates, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Shui Bing’er wondered how Dugu Yan had risen to Soul King so quickly and suspected Jun Yi was involved.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan he would only watch and would not interfere in the next match.

After Yu Feng and Osler invited Jun Yi to visit a brothel, Dugu Yan scolded them and warned Jun Yi to avoid such places while he was young. Her awkward offer to help him when he grew older left Jun Yi flustered, and they prepared to return to the academy.

• After the meal, Yu Feng and Osler invited Jun Yi to go relax with them, but Dugu Yan rebuked them for involving a twelve-year-old.
• Yu Feng and Osler left, and Dugu Yan explained that they had meant a brothel in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yi admitted he was curious about visiting one, so Dugu Yan pinched his ear and warned him to focus on cultivation.
• Dugu Yan shyly told Jun Yi that if he could not hold back when he grew up, he could come to her for help, then clarified she meant in other ways.
• Jun Yi promised to remember her offer, and he and Dugu Yan prepared to return to the academy.

Jun Yi and Dugu Yan flirted on their way back to the academy and again the next morning before heading to the finals. At the venue, Qin Ming announced the team would get a week off after the competition, then advised Osler and Yu Feng to show restraint after guessing how they had spent the night.

• Jun Yi complimented Dugu Yan beneath the moon and suggested they stay at an inn, but she hurried him back to the academy.
• Dugu Yan entered Jun Yi's room the next morning and teased him about his cultivation and his interest in her stockings.
• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan went to the competition venue, where Qin Ming and the others were waiting.
• Qin Ming told the team they would receive a week off after the finals as a reward for their performance.
• Osler and Yu Feng arrived late, and Qin Ming inferred what they had done the night before and urged them to focus on cultivation.

Jun Yi and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team prepared for the tournament final after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited the third-place match, giving third place to Godwind Academy. Jun Yi exchanged teasing greetings with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, prompting Dugu Yan's jealousy, before both teams took the stage for the championship match.

• Qin Ming warned Yu Feng and Osler to perform well, then led the team toward the waiting area.
• Qin Ming explained that Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn after negotiations, and the referee announced Godwind Academy as the third-place winner.
• Osler admitted he had spent the night cultivating, and Jun Yi teased him before the team prepared for the final.
• Jun Yi waved to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Dugu Yan pinched his waist and accused him of flirting with the opposing team.
• Yu Feng and Osler speculated that Jun Yi had won Dugu Yan over, but Ye Lingling stopped their talk and the team entered the arena.
• The referee welcomed both teams and began introducing the championship and runner-up match.

Jun Yi’s team overwhelmed Skywater Academy as Dugu Yan’s poison incapacitated five opponents, but Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu combined their powers to summon a giant Ice Phoenix. Dugu Yan began to unleash her Soul King-level power as the clash continued.

• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and Shui Bing’er opened the match with ice attacks against Jun Yi’s formation.
• Jun Yi sliced through Shui Bing’er’s ice attacks, while Xue Wu summoned rain that Shui Bing’er froze into a massive ice pillar aimed at Jun Yi.
• Dugu Yan used her Seven Poison Dragon Dance to shatter the ice pillar and spread poison across the arena, knocking out five Skywater Academy students, including Shui Yue'er.
• Jun Yi transferred the unconscious students to Ye Lingling’s side, while Shui Bing’er prepared to continue fighting despite the widening gap in strength.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu fused their powers to create a giant Ice Phoenix, and Dugu Yan released Soul King-level Soul Power as dragon scales spread across her hands.

Dugu Yan defeated Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu, securing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team championship. The teams received their prizes, and Xue Qinghe urged the competitors to prepare for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Dugu Yan used her Dragon Transformation and poison to overcome the Ice Phoenix and defeat Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu.
• Shui Bing’er conceded the match, and Dugu Yan withdrew the poison from her and the unconscious students while Jun Yi covered Shui Bing’er with a robe.
• The referee announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the team competition champion, drawing cheers from the audience.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi presented Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a Man Faced Demon Spider Torso Bone and eight Soul Tool rings, then gave Skywater Academy its runner-up prize.
• Xue Qinghe encouraged the academies to cultivate diligently for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament in two and a half years.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy celebrated its victory, Ye Lingling explained to Dugu Yan that she was learning to handle family affairs related to the Undying Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall. Jun Yi then took Dugu Yan to a blacksmith’s shop, leaving her frustrated when she realized he had not planned a romantic outing.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi departed after the competition, and the crowd cheered for Jun Yi, Dugu Yan, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At a celebratory feast, Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that she was going home to learn about family affairs and could only reveal that the Undying Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall concerned Soul Tools.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that Qin Ming, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo had left, then persuaded her to go somewhere with him.
• Dugu Yan wondered whether she had fallen for Jun Yi as she followed him through Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yi brought Dugu Yan to a blacksmith’s shop, and she grew angry when she realized where they were.
• Jun Yi asked Dugu Yan why she was angry.