Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen explained the Soul Master Tournament rules and prepared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team for the Heaven Dou City preliminaries. As the team set off, A'li worried that people might recognize her past, but Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong reassured her.

• Mu Chen explained the tournament's age limit, combat restrictions, qualifying divisions, and rounds to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and A'li.
• Mu Chen gave the girls their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team uniforms, and the four dressed in matching outfits before leaving for the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Bone Douluo praised the team and prepared to accompany them to watch the preliminaries.
• On the carriage to the Heaven Dou City venue, A'li said she no longer wanted to compete because she feared people would recognize her past as an auctioned Cat Girl.
• Mu Chen reminded A'li that she was now a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised to protect her, while Ning Rongrong also vowed to defend her.

Mu Chen and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team arrived at Heaven Dou City's Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony, attracting attention because of their reputation and small roster. Mu Chen spotted Tang San and the Blue Tyrant Academy team, whose members were confident they could challenge him.

• Mu Chen, Ning Rongrong, A'li, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the packed Great Soul Arena, where spectators and competitors reacted to their striking appearance and Mu Chen's reputation.
• Other teams questioned how the four-person Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team could compete, while wary Soul Masters recalled Mu Chen's past victories.
• Mu Chen noticed Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and their Blue Tyrant Academy teammates, including five Soul Ancestors and three high-level Soul Elders.
• Liu Erlong recognized Mu Chen's team, and Dai Mubai grew angry at seeing his fiancée with them.
• Yu Xiaogang acknowledged Mu Chen's strength, but Tang San said his prepared team, including four talented third-generation disciples sent by the sect, could fight him.

Mu Chen met Shui Bing'er and her lovestruck younger sister, Shui Yue'er, at the Soul Master Tournament and confirmed that he was already a Soul King. He entered the arena with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team, spotted Xue Qinghe and other important figures in the VIP stands, and awaited the announcement of their first opponent.

• Shui Bing'er introduced herself and Shui Yue'er to Mu Chen, who confirmed he was a Soul King and warned them to be careful of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Shui Bing'er congratulated Mu Chen and led her still-smitten sister back to the Skywater Team.
• The staff led Mu Chen and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team into the arena, where Mu Chen recognized Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and Xue Qinghe in the VIP stands.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi gave speeches, then Salas drew lots for the day's only match against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.

Mu Chen faced Heaven Dou Royal Second Team in the tournament’s opening match after one of its members insulted A'li and provoked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He rushed the team without using his martial soul and eliminated six members, leaving the arrogant speaker as his remaining opponent.

• The announcer paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy for the first match, surprising Mu Chen.
• A Heaven Dou Royal Second Team member recognized A'li from the auction and insulted her, prompting objections from his teammate and Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Xing defended the student, Xue Qinghe apologized, and Salas mocked their excuses while the leaders watched.
• Mu Chen told Ning Rongrong, A'li, and Zhu Zhuqing to stay back, then the referee started the match.
• Mu Chen used the Invisibility Technique and his left hand to knock six of the seven opponents out, leaving the man who had insulted A'li.

Mu Chen crushed the Royal Academy team in seconds, forced its last fighter to apologize to A'li, and led the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team back to Heaven Dou City. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong questioned memories that had made her believe she was violated and wondered what awaited her when she met Tang San and Mu Chen again.

• Mu Chen stopped the Royal Academy fighter from conceding, made him apologize to A'li, then knocked him unconscious and injured him.
• The referee declared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Team the winner, and Xue Ye left while Ning Fengzhi reassured Mu Chen that he had broken no rules.
• Mu Chen and the team returned to Heaven Dou City, where Ning Fengzhi urged him to let Rongrong and the others compete in future matches.
• Bibi Dong sensed that her memories of Qian Xunji and Little Xue were false, but she could not understand who had given them to her.
• Bibi Dong thought about Xiaogang, Tang San's arrival in Spirit City, and Mu Chen before leaving Papal Hall.

Mu Chen overheard A'li, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing playing a confession game, then prepared for the Soul Master Tournament, where his team was matched against Elephant Armored Academy. The battle began with Mu Chen facing all seven opponents alone, and it left off as he charged at their fortified formation.

• A'li confessed her feelings to Mu Chen, then ran back to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who were playing a game together.
• Mu Chen returned to his room to meditate and worried about the gap between his Soul Power and Qian Renxue's.
• Mu Chen's team arrived at the tournament and drew Elephant Armored Academy as its opponent.
• Hu Yanli introduced Elephant Armored Academy, and its seven members revealed their Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls.
• Mu Chen told his teammates he would fight alone and charged the seven opponents without releasing his Martial Soul or soul rings.
• Hu Yanli ordered his teammates to brace themselves and strengthen their defenses, but Mu Chen's strength surpassed theirs by a wide margin.

Mu Chen overwhelmed Elephant Armored Academy in the preliminary match, then stunned the spectators by revealing a hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring. After Hu Yanli conceded, Mu Chen and the three girls left the stage as the referee declared Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy the winner.

• Mu Chen sent Hu Yanli and the other Elephant Armored Academy members flying with his fists, then evaded their attempts to surround him.
• Hu Yanzhuo used Pressing Kill to immobilize Mu Chen, but Mu Chen revealed his five Soul Rings, including a red hundred-thousand-year fifth ring.
• Mu Chen used Titan Strike to knock Hu Yanli off the stage, while controlling his strength so Hu Yanli suffered no serious injury.
• Hu Yanli conceded on behalf of Elephant Armored Academy, and Mu Chen dismissed his Soul Rings and left with the three girls.
• The referee announced Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy as the winner of the match.

After Mu Chen’s overwhelming victory, the watching academies weighed their chances and made plans for facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy. Huo Wu chose to challenge Mu Chen to measure the gap, and Feng Xiaotian vowed to try as well.

• Xue Ye praised Mu Chen’s strength to Ning Fengzhi, while Salas, Xue Qinghe, and the other teams watched him leave and reacted to his power.
• Shui Bing’er decided Skywater Academy would forfeit if it faced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy, and her teammates accepted her judgment.
• Tang San reassured Dai Mubai that Shrek Academy could rely on teamwork and its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang advised them to forfeit rather than exhaust themselves against Mu Chen.
• Huo Wushuang warned Huo Wu against challenging Mu Chen, but she said she wanted to test the gap between them.
• Feng Xiaotian declared that he would also try to fight Mu Chen, prompting his teammates to worry about him.

Mu Chen's team advanced after Thunder Academy forfeited, and he watched Blue Tyrant Academy defeat its opponents before leaving the arena. He expected few meaningful battles in the qualifiers, leaving Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and A'li wondering whether they would get a chance to show their strength.

• Thunder Academy forfeited to Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy, giving Mu Chen's team another victory without a fight.
• Mu Chen watched Blue Tyrant Academy's team, including Tang San and Dai Mubai, defeat their opponents and earn its second victory.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Clear Sky Sect's strength and Tang San's Twin Martial Souls.
• Mu Chen judged Blue Tyrant Academy strong but said he would not go easy on Tang San and Dai Mubai if they faced each other.
• Mu Chen decided to leave because the qualifier matches held little interest for him, and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and A'li asked whether they would get a chance to fight.

Mu Chen reunited with Qian Renxue and asked her to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou palace. He revealed that it was connected to Poseidon and meant to secure the divine inheritance for someone else, though he did not say who.

• Mu Chen promised his companions more chances to prove themselves in the finals, then noticed Xue Qinghe and arranged to speak with him later.
• Qian Renxue visited Mu Chen that night, and the two reunited intimately before discussing his request.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had increased the poison in Xue Ye and was now managing many of the Heaven Dou Empire's affairs, though Prince Xue Xing opposed her.
• Mu Chen asked Qian Renxue to retrieve the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Mu Chen explained that the Shroud was connected to Poseidon, a first-class god nearing the God King realm, and said he wanted someone else to use the inheritance rather than claim it himself.

Mu Chen told Qian Renxue that he planned to create his own Divine Position so he could eventually challenge the God Realm, and he discussed the growing Tang Sect with her. He vowed to destroy Tang San’s cherished ambitions and left for the Great Soul Arena with three women for his match the next morning.

• Mu Chen explained that he intended to create his own Divine Position within ten years, and Qian Renxue affirmed her faith in him.
• Mu Chen told Qian Renxue that Na'er had revealed the God Realm’s strength to him and that the Titan Giant Ape had sacrificed itself to grant him a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Qian Renxue offered to bring Mu Chen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and warned him that Tang San had founded the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City.
• Mu Chen told Qian Renxue not to suppress the Tang Sect, predicting that doing so would push Tang San toward an alliance with the Star Luo Empire.
• Mu Chen said Tang San had hurt the people he loved and vowed to destroy the things Tang San valued; Qian Renxue promised to support him.
• The next morning, Mu Chen saw Qian Renxue off and went with three women to the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City.

Mu Chen and his teammates faced Canghui Academy, whose members attempted to use their secret Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. Mu Chen disrupted them with his Gravity Domain, and Zhu Zhuqing and A'li drove them off the platform; afterward, Shi Nian watched Mu Chen with hostility.

• Canghui Academy's captain claimed that his team would defeat Mu Chen, but Mu Chen revealed that he knew about their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Mu Chen used his Gravity Domain and sword pressure to immobilize and injure Canghui Academy's members.
• A'li slashed Canghui Academy's captain and knocked him off the platform, while Zhu Zhuqing sent the other six members flying off.
• The referee declared Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy the winner, and Shi Nian examined the injuries and glared at Mu Chen.

Mu Chen easily defeated Canghui Academy by using his domain to disrupt their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San assessed the threat he posed. Tang San headed to the stage for his match, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to seek help with Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation problem after the preliminaries.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo discussed Shi Nian’s hostility toward Mu Chen, and Sword Douluo trusted Mu Chen to handle him.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that Canghui Academy had used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Tang San realized their technique relied on high martial soul compatibility.
• Yu Xiaogang warned that Mu Chen’s domain and keen observation could disrupt Blue Tyrant Academy’s own Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Tang San reassured his teammates and reaffirmed their goal of winning the tournament before leading them onto the competition stage.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to visit a woman after the preliminaries to seek a solution to Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation problem.

During the Soul Master Tournament preliminaries, Mu Chen killed Shi Nian when the Canghui Academy Soul Sage ambushed him, then took Shi Nian’s skull bone for A'li. Mu Chen returned to the hotel intending to find a chance to wipe out Canghui Academy.

• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy’s opponents continued forfeiting their matches, leaving Mu Chen bored during the preliminaries.
• Mu Chen noticed Shi Nian following him and confronted him alone.
• Shi Nian attacked Mu Chen with his Remnant Dream illusion, but Mu Chen used Na'er's Inverse Scale to shatter it and kill him.
• Mu Chen extracted Shi Nian’s skull bone and decided to give it to A'li to strengthen her spiritual Soul Skill and resistance.
• Mu Chen returned to the hotel and said he would find an opportunity to wipe out Canghui Academy.

Mu Chen gave Shi Nian’s spirit bone to A'li and reassured Qian Renxue after telling her he had killed Shi Nian. Qian Renxue brought him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which recognized Mu Chen as a possible heir to the Sea God’s Divine Position and entered his body.

• Mu Chen gave Shi Nian’s spiritual skull bone to A'li, insisting she absorb it to grow stronger.
• Mu Chen reflected on his stored spirit bones from Tang Hao and their unsuitable origins and attributes.
• Qian Renxue noticed a bloody smell on Mu Chen, and he told her he had killed Shi Nian after the Canghui Academy teacher attacked him.
• Qian Renxue offered to have Spirit Hall eliminate Canghui Academy, and Mu Chen agreed to let Spirit Hall handle it.
• Qian Renxue gave Mu Chen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which accepted his blood and showed him the azure sea and its powers.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud entered Mu Chen’s brow, and a golden trident mark appeared before disappearing.

Mu Chen gained the Sea God's approval and learned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's abilities, especially the powerful control skill Unfixed Wind Waves, but remained determined not to inherit the Sea God's Divine Position. After the preliminaries ended, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy topped the rankings undefeated, while Blue Tyrant Academy took second place and Tang San drew attention despite Mu Chen remaining the tournament's standout.

• Mu Chen explained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's abilities to Qian Renxue and described Unfixed Wind Waves, the first form of the Thirteen Forms of the Sea God.
• Mu Chen told Qian Renxue he would not inherit the Sea God's Divine Position because he intended to become strong enough to defeat the God Realm and keep his promise to Na'er.
• Mu Chen used the shroud to visit Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace without being discovered as the preliminaries continued.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy finished the preliminaries first with a perfect record, while Blue Tyrant Academy ranked second after defeating the other teams besides Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy.
• Tang San attracted attention for his abilities and Twin Martial Souls, but Mu Chen remained the most prominent competitor as fifteen teams advanced to the next round.

Mu Chen faced Huo Wu in the advancement matches after she challenged him to test the gap between them. He effortlessly countered her strongest fire attack, leaving Huo Wu to realize how overwhelming his advantages were.

• Mu Chen sent Zhu Zhuqing to compete first, then replaced her and defeated each opponent in under ten seconds.
• Huo Wushuang tried to dissuade Huo Wu from challenging Mu Chen, but she stepped onto the platform anyway.
• Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring, but it failed to affect Mu Chen, who revealed he was a level fifty-six Soul King.
• Huo Wu unleashed her Fusion Ring attack, but Mu Chen caught and crushed the fire sphere with his bare hand.
• Mu Chen told Huo Wu that his Fire Immunity and soul bone, along with his greater Soul Power, made her attack useless.
• Huo Wu recognized the gap between them as insurmountable.

Mu Chen defeated Feng Xiaotian’s challenge with ease, leaving Godwind Academy to concede and Tang San increasingly worried about whether Blue Tyrant Academy could overcome him. The tournament continued with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy undefeated.

• Huo Wu conceded on behalf of Blazing Academy, and Feng Xiaotian vowed to challenge Mu Chen for her sake.
• Several days later, Feng Xiaotian faced Mu Chen and unleashed his Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes.
• Mu Chen blocked Feng Xiaotian’s attacks with his Emperor Dragon Sword without using his martial soul or domain.
• Feng Xiaotian exhausted his attack and conceded on behalf of Godwind Academy.
• Tang San watched the fight and worried that Mu Chen could counter his strongest trump cards.

After Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy won the Heaven Dou division, Mu Chen and the other teams set out for Spirit City to compete in the finals. During the journey, Mu Chen promised Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing soul bones if they won the championship, then left his carriage to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Academy finished first in the Heaven Dou promotion rounds, with Tang San's Blue Tyrant Academy taking second.
• Xue Ye appointed Xue Qinghe to lead the Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City under the Royal Knight Corps' escort and urged Mu Chen to win the championship.
• After the three-day rest, Mu Chen, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the competing teams began the twenty-day journey to Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong complained that A'li had received a soul bone, and Mu Chen promised that she and Zhu Zhuqing could choose better soul bones if they won the tournament.
• A Royal Knight Corps soldier told Mu Chen that Xue Qinghe wanted to speak with him, and Mu Chen left his carriage to meet the crown prince.

Mu Chen met Qian Renxue in secret and discussed the tournament before they became intimate. In Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask for the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls for his disciple Tang San, leaving Bibi Dong devastated that he had come only for help.

• Mu Chen concealed his and Qian Renxue’s auras with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Qian Renxue dropped her disguise to speak with him.
• Mu Chen told Qian Renxue he would go easy on Spirit Hall Academy and might even help its team, then kissed her in the carriage.
• Bibi Dong reviewed the tournament results and hoped Mu Chen would leave Hu Liena and the others some dignity.
• A guard reported that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with a Papal Token, and Bibi Dong ordered him admitted.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to reveal how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls so his disciple Tang San could avoid dying from them.