Chapter Summaries

Huo Xiao’s group pursued the green-glowing man through natural caves, while Jiang Lin realized the man was doubling back to stall for time. The teams sealed all four passages around him, but he began channeling green light into the ceiling to escape upward.

• Huo Xiao identified the hidden passage as a route into the mountain caves, and Feng Xiaotian assigned the group positions while Su Mei'er guarded the entrance.
• Ji Ning led Huo Xiao, Jiang Lin, and Feng Lingtian through the branching tunnels as they followed traces of the man’s green light.
• Jiang Lin noticed the man had been circling, and Feng Xiaotian chose an unmarked passage to cut off his hidden route.
• Feng Lingtian alerted the other teams, who converged on the cavern and blocked all four passage entrances.
• The green-glowing man saw the exits were sealed and began channeling power into the ceiling to bore his way out.

Lu Hanxiao and Lu Qing confronted the green-glowing Evil Soul Master as he tried to collapse the cavern and escape. The man recognized Lu Hanxiao as the son of someone he had killed, and Lu Hanxiao ordered Lu Qing to take him alive.

• Feng Xiaotian ordered Zhong Yue to brace the ceiling and Shi Yan to guard the passage entrances while the green-glowing man tried to bring down the cavern.
• Lu Hanxiao charged the green-glowing man, and Lu Qing joined him after realizing his cousin was acting recklessly.
• Lu Qing stopped Lu Hanxiao from trading his life for a strike, and the cousins regrouped to fight together.
• The green-glowing man recognized Lu Hanxiao as the son of the man he had killed years earlier.
• Lu Hanxiao told Lu Qing to take the man alive, then warned him that he would not live much longer.

Feng Xiaotian and his team cornered the green-glowing Evil Soul Master in the cavern as he tried to escape by destroying it. With his escape routes sealed, Feng Xiaotian shattered his shield and drove a spinning wind cone into his chest, leaving the Evil Soul Master’s remaining power flickering.

• Huo Xiao burned away the green Soul Power strands spreading across the cavern floor.
• The green-glowing man unleashed explosive green orbs to collapse the cavern and flee, but Jiang Lin tracked him while Feng Xiaotian and the others blocked his route.
• Feng Xiaotian, Lu Hanxiao, and Lu Qing pressured the green-glowing man, while Zhong Yue and Ye Qingyu protected and strengthened Lu Hanxiao.
• The green-glowing man switched targets and fired at Jiang Lin, but Feng Lingtian tackled Jiang Lin out of the beam’s path.
• With Shi Yan blocking the fork, Zhong Yue holding up the ceiling, and Jiang Lin tracking him, the green-glowing man realized he could not escape.
• Feng Xiaotian shattered the man’s shield and drove a spinning wind cone into his chest, making the remaining light in his abdomen flicker.

Feng Xiaotian crippled the green-glowing man, who revealed that he was only a supplier before an unseen attacker silenced him. As Huo Xiao ordered an investigation, Lu Hanxiao and Lu Qing continued deeper into the hideout, while the attacker disappeared into the night.

• Feng Xiaotian's Soul Power destroyed the green-glowing man's remaining strength, and Huo Xiao questioned him about his subordinates.
• The green-glowing man revealed that he was only a supplier with others above him, but an unseen attacker killed him before he could name them.
• Huo Xiao could not track the attacker and ordered Feng Xiaotian to have Jiang Lin search the hideout and investigate the silencing method.
• Lu Qing comforted Lu Hanxiao, who steadied himself and agreed that their work was not over.
• Outside the hideout, an unknown figure withdrew from the mountainside and vanished into the night.

After searching the Evil Soul Master hideout, Feng Xiaotian and the others found records of a large, organized operation that had used hundreds of people in puppet experiments. They returned with evidence and clues to the faction behind it, while Feng Xiaotian realized Godwind Academy faced a threat much larger than one hideout.

• Jiang Lin found a strange numbered tag on the green-glowing man's corpse, and Huo Xiao concluded that its material and numbering pointed to a well-resourced organization.
• Jiang Lin discovered a hidden compartment containing account books and experiment records that documented supplies and at least three hundred living people used as experimental materials over three years.
• Ji Ning found rare medicinal herbs, and Huo Xiao said their suppliers could be traced through merchants' sales records.
• Feng Xiaotian's group packed up the evidence and left the hideout, where Su Mei'er confirmed that everyone had returned safely.
• Feng Lingtian reported their findings to Feng Qingxuan, who replied that they would discuss them when the group returned.
• Feng Xiaotian recalled the green-glowing man's unfinished warning and realized Godwind Academy would face a much larger hidden threat.

After returning to Godwind Academy, Feng Xiaotian and his team delivered evidence that linked the outpost’s experiments to a numbering system used by Spirit Hall, while Feng Qingxuan began tracing the network. As the team resumed training for the tournament, Prince Xue Xing visited and Dugu Bo gave Feng Xiaotian poison essence for his younger brother’s research.

• Feng Xiaotian led the team back to Godwind Academy with confiscated records, supplies, and a numbered token, while Lu Qing comforted Lu Hanxiao about his father’s death.
• Feng Xiaotian showed the evidence to Feng Qingxuan, who identified the token’s numbering format as matching Spirit Hall Internal Affairs and ordered the Speed Clan to investigate the outpost’s connections.
• Feng Xiaotian led the team’s tournament training, and Lu Hanxiao returned to the training grounds to practice Cold Wind · Wing Slash with Lu Qing beside him.
• Prince Xue Xing visited Godwind Academy and reminded Dugu Bo that Heaven Dou Royal Academy expected him to oversee the tournament.
• Dugu Bo gave Feng Xiaotian a bottle of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Essence for his younger brother’s research, then left the academy uncertain whether he would return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Godwind Academy’s team finished a month of training and set out for Heaven Dou City to compete in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament preliminaries. Feng Xiaotian arrived with the others, hinting that he had another purpose beyond competing.

• Feng Xiaotian assessed the team’s training and offered advice, while Feng Lingtian and Su Mei'er taught Zhong Yue to increase his shield’s strength by accelerating his Soul Core.
• A month before the preliminaries, Feng Xiaotian named the seven main team members and promised Shi Yan a chance to prove himself against Thunder Academy and Elephant Armor Academy.
• Lu Hanxiao agreed to Lu Qing’s suggestion that they demonstrate their teamwork as brothers during the preliminaries.
• Feng Qingxuan sent thirteen students from Godwind Academy toward Heaven Dou City, urging them to leave no regrets.
• Three days later, Feng Xiaotian arrived in Heaven Dou City and reflected that he had come for more than the competition.

The Heaven Dou City regional qualifiers began, and Godwind Academy revealed the strength of its three active fighters by defeating Iron Rock Academy without its other four members moving. The chapter ended with Platinum Bishop Salas ordering Shrek Academy to face Godwind Academy in the next round.

• The qualifiers opened, and Shrek Academy drew widespread mockery for its uniforms before Tang San led the team to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in under a minute.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized Tang San as his former opponent from Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena and noted his growth, but said it made no difference.
• Jiang Lin, Zhong Yue, and Lu Hanxiao revealed ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings as Godwind Academy faced Iron Rock Academy, while four teammates kept their Martial Souls unreleased.
• Jiang Lin predicted Iron Rock Academy's attacks, and Zhong Yue and Lu Hanxiao repelled them as Godwind Academy won with only three fighters.
• Platinum Bishop Salas ordered Shrek Academy to face Godwind Academy in the next round and said both teams needed close attention.

Godwind Academy and Shrek Academy faced off in a preliminary-round match, and Godwind’s seven competitors revealed ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Rings. After Shrek’s opening attacks were contained, Tang San realized his team could not win but planned to force Godwind to reveal more of its strength.

• Ning Fengzhi and Salas discussed the matchup, while Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi which academy he favored.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to restrict Godwind Academy’s control core, Jiang Lin, before the match began.
• Godwind Academy revealed that all seven of its competitors had ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Rings, stunning the spectators and Iron Rock Academy’s team.
• Dai Mubai’s attack was stopped by Zhong Yue, Jiang Lin blocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Lu Hanxiao matched Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing’s speed.
• Tang San called for Shrek to regroup and recognized that Godwind’s fighters had not used their Fourth Soul Skills or sent Feng Xiaotian into the match.
• Tang San secretly instructed Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to attack again and force Godwind Academy to reveal more of its strength.

Godwind Academy defeated Shrek Academy through coordinated defense, forcing Tang San to recognize Jiang Lin as the opposing control core and accept that Shrek could not win. After Yu Xiaogang steadied the team, Salas began arranging for Elephant Armor Academy to challenge Godwind next.

• Tang San directed Shrek’s attacks at Bai Yu and Jiang Lin, but Godwind Academy’s members anticipated and repelled each assault without using their fourth Soul Skills.
• Tang San called off Shrek’s offense, and the referee declared Godwind Academy the winner.
• In Shrek’s lounge, Zhu Zhuqing identified Jiang Lin’s team as the Nameless Team from Suotuo City, while Tang San worried about the still-unrevealed Feng Xiaotian.
• Yu Xiaogang reminded Shrek that one loss did not decide the qualifiers, and Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San regained their resolve.
• Salas assessed Godwind Academy’s strength and asked an attendant to arrange a match against Elephant Armor Academy as early as the next round.

Godwind Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, and Shi Yan’s unusual Void Resonance Bell Martial Soul drew attention as he stood at the center of a one-year pact to prove his place at the academy. With the match about to begin, the spectators and officials watched to see whether he could meet the pact’s first challenge.

• Godwind Academy announced a lineup that replaced Zhong Yue with Shi Yan in the defensive position, prompting questions from the spectators and Iron Rock Academy.
• Both teams entered the arena and released their Martial Souls; Elephant Armor Academy displayed its Diamond Mammoth defenses, while Godwind Academy revealed its ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings and Shi Yan’s bell.
• Spectators learned that Feng Xiaotian had vouched for Shi Yan and made a one-year pact for him to defeat opponents from Elephant Armor Academy and Thunder Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian recalled bringing Shi Yan to Godwind Academy and supporting him through objections, while Shi Yan’s Martial Soul later evolved into the Void Resonance Bell.
• Huyan Zhen viewed the match as a score to settle, Salas memorized Shi Yan’s name, and Ning Fengzhi praised Feng Xiaotian’s judgment as the referee prepared to start the match.

Godwind Academy used Shi Yan’s Void Resonance Bell to disrupt Elephant Armor Academy’s Diamond Mammoth defenses and turn their advancing formation against them. The match continued with Elephant Armor Academy’s formation breaking apart as Shi Yan repeatedly shattered Huyan Li’s Diamond Shield from within.

• Elephant Armor Academy advanced in a tight formation, breaking Cheng Luo’s vines and forcing Godwind Academy toward the arena’s edge.
• Shi Yan raised a protective sound shield that reduced the impact of Huyan Li’s punch, then interrupted Huyan Li’s Soul Power and helped Lu Qing strike through his faltering defense.
• Huyan Huo blocked Lu Qing’s attack but was left with a shallow wound, revealing that Shi Yan’s bell could counter the Diamond Mammoth’s defense.
• Huyan Li split his team into two rows, but Shi Yan’s sound waves disrupted their Soul Power while Cheng Luo and Lu Qing attacked their weakened formation.
• Shi Yan repeatedly shattered Huyan Li’s Diamond Shield from within as Godwind Academy pressed its advantage.

Shi Yan used the Void Resonance Bell to disrupt Elephant Armor Academy’s Soul Power and lead Godwind Academy to victory, clearing the first hurdle of his one-year promise. As Shi Yan joined Feng Xiaotian, Tang San faced Canghui Academy and its seven-in-one fusion skill.

• Shi Yan’s sonic waves repeatedly shattered Huyan Li’s Diamond Shield and disrupted Elephant Armor Academy’s defenses until Huyan Li conceded.
• The referee declared Godwind Academy the winner, and spectators and academy representatives discussed Shi Yan’s counter to the Diamond Mammoth’s defenses.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai concluded that disrupting Shi Yan’s rhythm would be more effective than meeting his sonic waves head-on.
• Huyan Zhen left the VIP seats as Shi Yan passed the first hurdle of the one-year promise, while Ning Fengzhi praised Shi Yan’s new approach to breaking defenses.
• Shi Yan approached Feng Xiaotian, received a quiet “Not bad,” and left with him after being reminded that Thunder Academy remained.
• Canghui Academy gathered its Soul Power for a seven-in-one fusion skill as Tang San and Shrek Academy prepared to face them.

Shrek Academy faced Canghui Academy and discovered that its seven members could combine their Soul Power into a formidable defensive formation. Tang San identified the formation’s weak point and used hidden weapons to disrupt its synchronized connection, leaving the match poised for a decisive turn.

• Yu Xiaogang suspected Canghui Academy had concealed its strength as both teams entered the arena.
• Canghui Academy’s seven members combined their Soul Power into a formation that repelled Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and absorbed Dai Mubai’s attack.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked the formation’s flanks but failed to break through its coordinated defense.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to locate the formation’s central node and discovered that it briefly opened when the team defended its captain.
• Dai Mubai covered the field with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave while Tang San fired seven Silent Sleeve Arrows at the formation’s Soul Power nodes.
• The arrows struck their targets, briefly breaking the connection between Canghui Academy’s seven members.

Tang San helped Shrek defeat Canghui Academy by worsening the spiritual backlash that broke their formation, then watched as his teammates beat the disoriented opponents. The committee cleared Shrek but later banned weapons and hidden weapons, leaving Tang San to accept the rule while Yu Xiaogang knew his token could not protect him again.

• Tang San amplified the spiritual backlash after Canghui Academy's seven-in-one formation broke, and Shrek's fighters knocked all seven opponents down.
• Shi Nian gave the injured Canghui members Pill Pavilion pills, while Tie Hu reflected on Shrek's ruthlessness.
• The refereeing committee rejected Canghui Academy's complaint and ruled that Shrek had committed no violations.
• Several days later, the tournament committee banned weapons and hidden weapons other than Martial Souls in future matches.
• Feng Xiaotian and Feng Lingtian discussed how the ban would affect Tang San, while Tang San silently accepted the rule and Yu Xiaogang recognized that his token could only be used once.

Godwind Academy continued its unbeaten run while keeping much of its strength concealed, and Feng Lingtian knew Tang San had killed Shi Nian but kept the truth to himself. Feng Xiaotian warned Huo Wushuang about Tang San before Blazing Fire Academy faced Shrek, where Huo Wu targeted Tang San as the match began.

• Godwind Academy won its matches with its first three Soul Rings and Self-Created Soul Skills, leaving its hidden strength unclear to other academies.
• Feng Lingtian recalled that Tang San had killed Shi Nian and obtained his Soul Bone, but chose not to reveal what he knew.
• Feng Xiaotian visited Shui Bing'er and then warned Huo Wushuang that Tang San was dangerous, while Huo Wu heard Tang San's name and resolved to vent her anger in the arena.
• Blazing Fire Academy and Shrek Academy entered the arena, with Huo Wu preparing to burn through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass as the match started.

Shrek Academy struggled against Blazing Fire Academy as Huo Wu’s boosted flames countered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and suppressed Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame. With Shrek at a disadvantage, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances, leaving the match poised for a new phase.

• Huo Wushuang and Dai Mubai clashed while Huo Wu’s support-enhanced flames blocked Ma Hongjun and burned away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were intercepted, and Shrek failed to gain an advantage after three rounds of attacks.
• Tang San decided to reveal his external Soul Bone rather than risk losing the match.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to obscure the arena and exposed the Eight Spider Lances to the spectators and Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wu sensed the Eight Spider Lances’ poison and felt her flames weaken as Tang San prepared to continue the battle.

Tang San used the poisonous fragments of his Eight Spider Lances to disrupt Blazing Fire Academy’s ultimate attack and secure Shrek Academy’s victory. Huo Wushuang conceded, while Tang San quietly bore the injury caused by shattering his External Soul Bone.

• Tang San shattered his Eight Spider Lances and fired the poisoned fragments at all seven members of Blazing Fire Academy, weakening their Martial Souls.
• Huo Wu fused the support members’ Soul Power with her flames and unleashed Huo Wu’s Brilliant Sun at Tang San.
• Xiao Wu teleported in front of Tang San and blocked the fire with Invincible Golden Body as Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun helped hold off Huo Wu’s attack.
• Tang San struck the two Support System members with the remaining fragments, cutting off their support and causing Huo Wu’s attack to collapse.
• Huo Wushuang conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Salas, and Feng Xiaotian noted Tang San’s External Soul Bone and precise tactics as Huo Wushuang helped Huo Wu leave the arena.

Tang San recovered his Eight Spider Lances and removed the poison from Blazing Fire Academy’s team, but the treatment left their Martial Souls weakened. Huo Wushuang later noticed the lingering damage, while Feng Lingtian concealed that he knew the poison had devoured their Martial Soul essence.

• Tang San told Huo Wushuang he could not remove the poison until his shattered Eight Spider Lances grew back, and promised to treat the team the next day.
• Huo Wushuang gave Huo Wu and the other poisoned team members Antidote Pills to stabilize their condition.
• After his Eight Spider Lances regenerated, Tang San drew the poison from Huo Wu, the two Support System members, and the other affected team members.
• Huo Wu’s symptoms eased, but she sensed that her flames and Martial Soul had changed, while Tang San left without explaining the lingering effects.
• Huo Wushuang told Feng Xiaotian that the team seemed different after Tang San removed the poison.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Feng Lingtian about lingering effects, and Feng Lingtian concealed that the poison had devoured the essence of their Martial Souls.

Shrek Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy in a decisive match for the qualifiers’ fifth-place spot, but its attacks could not break through the opponents’ defenses. With Shrek’s chances dwindling, Tang San withdrew his Blue Silver Grass and revealed a black hammer bearing the words “Clear Sky,” leaving the arena stunned.

• Spectators explained that Shrek Academy and Elephant Armor Academy had equal records, and the winner of their match would claim the final qualifying spot.
• Feng Lingtian and Feng Xiaotian watched as Shrek’s lineup included Tai Long, while Ning Rongrong remained outside the arena with her support Martial Soul concealed.
• Elephant Armor Academy’s seven Diamond Mammoths formed a powerful defensive wall that blunted Shrek’s opening attacks and steadily pushed the team back.
• Oscar supplied Recovery Big Sausages, and Tai Long joined Dai Mubai on the front line, but Shrek still could not break through the defense as its Soul Power ran low.
• After Yu Xiaogang silently nodded, Tang San withdrew his Blue Silver Grass and revealed a black hammer engraved with “Clear Sky.”