Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ming explained how he had taken control of Huo Wu’s flames and revealed that his domain could create a dark void that devoured energy, leaving Huo Wu determined to improve and challenge him again. After the Imperial Fighting Team prepared to face Skywater Academy, Xue Qinghe described the opposing team and its dean, while the others turned to Xuan Ming to lead them.

• Xuan Ming explained that his superior fire control had let him seize Huo Wu’s flames and that his domain’s dark void had devoured her Huo Wu’s Blazing Sun.
• Huo Wu thanked Xuan Ming, asked whether he thought she was talented, and left after he warned her about her impulsive temper.
• Huo Wushuang and the Blazing Fire Academy team questioned Huo Wu about her flushed face, then hurried away when Dugu Yan and her companions approached.
• Gu Yuena kicked open Xuan Ming’s door while he condensed Dark Demon Evil Thunder, causing the unstable lightning to explode and wreck the room.
• Xue Qinghe briefed the Imperial Fighting Team on Skywater Academy, including Shui Bing’er’s likely Ice Phoenix martial soul and the academy dean’s reputation.
• Dugu Yan and the others said Xuan Ming would carry them against Skywater Academy, and Ning Rongrong complained that he had hit their heads the previous night.

The Imperial Fighting Team faced Skywater Academy as Xuan Ming revealed his level and Shui Bing'er’s team used ice and rain to counter their strengths. Skywater gained the upper hand through coordinated tactics, leaving the match unresolved.

• Xue Qinghe learned that Xuan Ming had given the girls bumps for kicking down his door, and Xuan Ming warned them to knock next time.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she was fine after Xue Qinghe had kept her under watch all night, while Gu Rong remarked that he could not gauge Hu Liena’s strength.
• Shui Bing’er warned Skywater Academy not to get distracted by Xuan Ming, but she and her teammates were teased for watching him.
• Xuan Ming told Shui Bing’er he was a level sixty-three Soul Master, startling her and prompting Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to cling to his arms.
• Skywater Academy used rain to dilute and freeze Dugu Yan’s poison, while Shui Bing’er repeatedly froze Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates, allowing Gu Yuena to attack Shui Bing’er, but Shui Bing’er repelled the attackers and Skywater kept the Imperial Fighting Team on the back foot.

Xuan Ming defeated Skywater Team after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then returned to the hotel alone to rest. The chapter left Dugu Yan and the others wondering whether their teasing had angered him.

• Dugu Yan and the others sheltered behind Xuan Ming as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice and Snow Drifting attacked, while Bibi Dong and Yue Guan discussed the skill's power and limitations.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu transformed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill into an Ice Phoenix, and the other members of both teams left the stage as Xuan Ming faced it alone.
• Xuan Ming took control of the Ice Phoenix by pouring his own ice power into it, then released his hold and caused it to dissolve before it could strike the arena.
• Shui Bing'er conceded defeat, and Doudou announced that the Imperial Fighting Team had won.
• Dugu Yan and the others questioned Xuan Ming about his behavior toward the Skywater Team, and he left the lounge through a dark opening without explaining himself.
• Xuan Ming returned to the hotel alone to rest, while the others wondered whether they had taken their teasing too far.

Xuan Ming taught Shui Bing'er how to sense and control ice power after she thanked him for sparing Skywater Academy. He also asked her to target Tang San in their upcoming match, and their training began as he left her with an exercise.

• Shui Bing'er visited Xuan Ming to thank him for stabilizing and controlling her Ice Phoenix, then asked how he had done it.
• Xuan Ming explained that he had exploited gaps in the Ice Phoenix's power flow and agreed to teach Shui Bing'er ice control in exchange for her giving Tang San a hard fight.
• Xuan Ming revealed that he wanted Tang San's poor Blue Silver Grass performance to push him toward the Clear Sky Hammer and draw Tang Hao out, so he could resolve the matter of Ah Yin.
• Xuan Ming taught Shui Bing'er to sense and guide the ice power inside a small ice ball, warning her to control her existing power rather than rely on brute force.
• Xuan Ming described how he had learned fine ice control while making sculptures for Ning Rongrong, and Shui Bing'er remarked that he differed from the rumors about him.
• Xuan Ming began another exercise by telling Shui Bing'er to freeze a cup of water.

Xuan Ming taught Shui Bing'er covert ice techniques, gave her cultivation knowledge, and repaired the strain on her body and Martial Soul. After she left with two ice sculptures, Huo Wu visited to ask about controlling the flames in a technique Xuan Ming had taught her.

• Xuan Ming showed Shui Bing'er how freezing water from the inside out differed from freezing it from the outside in, then explained how she could gradually freeze opponents from within.
• Xuan Ming gave Shui Bing'er knowledge of ice techniques and used his power to settle her Soul Power and soothe her overtaxed Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er asked to keep consulting Xuan Ming, but he told her not to come; he let her take two ice sculptures to use as practice references.
• Huo Wu knocked as Shui Bing'er was leaving, so Xuan Ming told her to hide in the bedroom before letting Huo Wu into the room.
• Huo Wu showed Xuan Ming her unstable white-hot flames and asked for help controlling the technique he had taught her.

Xuan Ming tried to keep Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Hu Liena hidden from one another as they visited his room, but Xue Qinghe arrived and revealed herself as Qian Renxue. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue kissing Xuan Ming while the others secretly watched from the bedroom.

• Xuan Ming helped Huo Wu refine her flames, and she vowed to defeat him despite his teasing.
• Hu Liena arrived with a surprise for Xuan Ming, kissed him, and said she was prepared for his situation.
• Huo Wu and Hu Liena each entered the bedroom and discovered Shui Bing'er and the unconscious Huo Wu.
• Xue Qinghe came to check on Xuan Ming, then shed his disguise and revealed herself as Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue confronted Xuan Ming for revealing her secret identity, kissed him, and declared that she forgave him while Hu Liena and Shui Bing'er watched.

Qian Renxue discovered Hu Liena, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er in Xuan Ming’s room, then stayed with him until he fell asleep in her arms. When Dugu Yan and the others returned that night, they found Xuan Ming and Xue Qinghe emerging from the bedroom looking disheveled, and jumped to conclusions.

• Qian Renxue smelled Hu Liena on Xuan Ming and kicked open the bedroom door, where she found Hu Liena and the unconscious Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
• Xuan Ming explained how the three women had arrived and hidden from one another, and Qian Renxue believed his account.
• Qian Renxue followed Xuan Ming to bed, and the Ice Dragon King guided her to hold him until he relaxed and fell asleep.
• Dugu Yan and the others returned with food, and Xiao Wu used a key from Xue Qinghe to enter Xuan Ming’s room.
• Xuan Ming and Xue Qinghe emerged from the bedroom with tousled hair and disheveled clothes, leaving Ning Rongrong and the others stunned.

Xuan Ming watched the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament as his relationships with Xue Qinghe and Bibi Dong drew public attention. At the chapter’s end, Skywater Academy had gained the upper hand against Shrek Academy by suppressing Tang San and draining his team’s strength.

• Dugu Yan and the others confronted Xuan Ming after finding Xue Qinghe with him, then grew suspicious as the two continued to act closely.
• Xue Qinghe took Xuan Ming to the VIP stands, where Bibi Dong invited him to sit beside her after Yue Guan gave up his seat.
• Salas explained Shrek Academy’s background and record, while Xue Qinghe noticed his unease whenever Yu Xiaogang came up.
• Bibi Dong bet on Shrek Academy against Xuan Ming’s prediction that Skywater Academy would win, promising him a gift if she was right.
• Shui Bing’er repeatedly froze and disrupted Tang San, preventing his Blue Silver Grass from controlling the match and stopping his close-range attack.
• Dai Mubai helped Tang San escape an Ice Seal, but Shrek’s team remained under pressure as Skywater Academy’s control and icy rain drained their Soul Power.

Skywater Academy defeated Shrek, while Bibi Dong gave Xuan Ming and Hu Liena rare Head Soul Bones and warned Xuan Ming to stabilize his mind before entering Slaughter City. Xuan Ming accepted his Soul Bone, and the chapter left Bibi Dong still considering whether the tournament finals should be held in Spirit City.

• Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Skywater Academy defeated Shrek after freezing every member of the team.
• Bibi Dong took Xuan Ming aside and asked him to use his connections with Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu to influence their academies’ leaders.
• Bibi Dong told Xuan Ming that the tournament finals would most likely be held at the border, while Xuan Ming said he was willing to go to Spirit City and face Golden Crocodile there.
• Bibi Dong gave Xuan Ming and Hu Liena two rare mental-attribute Head Soul Bones, explaining that Xuan Ming needed the blue one to steady his mind before entering Slaughter City.
• The Ice Dragon King urged Xuan Ming to accept the Soul Bone and offered to improve it, while Bibi Dong told Hu Liena she had prepared the white Soul Bone for her long ago.

Xuan Ming absorbed the Wisdom Skull, and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King upgraded it with their dragon-bone energy, causing his mental power to surge. After adjusting to the new power, he returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Grand Hotel and told his companions about the Head Soul Bone.

• Bibi Dong gave Xuan Ming and Hu Liena Soul Bones and stood guard while they absorbed them.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that the Dragon Kings' bones could provide gains comparable to completing eight divine trials, while warning Xuan Ming about the risks of faith-based godhood.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King poured their energy into Xuan Ming's Wisdom Skull, sharply increasing his mental power and perception.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena worried over Xuan Ming as he struggled to control the influx of information and awkwardly recover from scanning the room with his new mental power.
• After spending a day and a night absorbing the Soul Bone, Xuan Ming learned that the Imperial Fighting Team had already won its match and returned to the hotel with Bibi Dong.
• Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the others asked about Xuan Ming's condition, and he told them that the Pope had given him a Head Soul Bone.

Xuan Ming recovered his spiritual power with Gu Yuena’s help, while Gu Yuena confronted Xue Qinghe about her feelings for him. The preliminaries then brought the Imperial Fighting Team to a match against Godwind Academy, whose captain Feng Xiaotian arranged a one-on-one duel with Xuan Ming.

• Gu Yuena calmed Xuan Ming’s unsettled mind, and he fell asleep with his head in her lap.
• Xue Qinghe admitted she liked Xuan Ming, and Gu Yuena challenged her to accept him as he was rather than torment herself and him.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Gu Yuena feared Xuan Ming would leave her, and Gu Yuena said she trusted him and her place in his heart.
• Xue Qinghe told the Imperial Fighting Team that Godwind Academy had beaten Skywater Academy and Thunder Academy, while Dugu Yan said her poison was countered.
• Xuan Ming revealed Feng Xiaotian had asked him for a battle between men, and both captains sent their teammates off the arena before the match began.

Xuan Ming defeated Feng Xiaotian after revealing the strength of his Black Dragon Martial Soul and stopping Feng Xiaotian’s reckless final attack. After the Imperial Fighting Team won, Xuan Ming said he would fight Thunder Academy alone and asked Ye Lingling to heal their opponents.

• Ning Fengzhi argued that Godwind Academy could not forfeit without losing face, so Feng Xiaotian faced Xuan Ming alone.
• Xuan Ming explained that his Black Dragon Martial Soul had been present all along, then blocked Feng Xiaotian’s attacks with his Colorless Wall.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his fourth soul skill alongside his self-created skill, and Xuan Ming froze the attack and shattered its power before it could cripple him.
• Godwind Academy’s team leader thanked Xuan Ming for showing mercy, and Doudou announced the Imperial Fighting Team’s victory.
• Xuan Ming said he would face Thunder Academy alone and told Ye Lingling to heal their opponents.

Xuan Ming and Ye Lingling faced Thunder Academy in a brutal match, where Xuan Ming effortlessly overwhelmed the team despite their coordinated attacks. As the surviving students unleashed everything they had, Xuan Ming remained unharmed.

• Yu Tianxin rejected Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng's warnings and insisted on fighting Xuan Ming to defend Thunder Academy's honor.
• Xuan Ming and Ye Lingling entered the arena as Thunder Academy's seven members attacked, with Lei Tian targeting Ye Lingling and Lei Dong trapping Xuan Ming with God-Locking Ring.
• Xuan Ming shattered the lightning restraint, knocked Lei Tian out, and his two Black Dragons bit through Lei Mie and Lei Jiuzhong's arms.
• Xuan Ming caught Yu Tianxin's dragon-enhanced fist, slammed him into the platform, and broke his right arm, but Yu Tianxin refused to surrender and continued attacking.
• Xuan Ming swung Yu Tianxin into Lu Chen, then stood unharmed as Lei Dong led the remaining Thunder Academy members in a desperate barrage of attacks.

Xuan Ming defeated Thunder Academy through a brutal cycle of breaking and healing their injuries, then stopped short of killing Yu Tianxin when Liu Erlong cried out. After the match, Qian Renxue challenged Xuan Ming, and their battle began in the mountains outside Heaven Dou City.

• Ye Lingling repeatedly healed Thunder Academy as Xuan Ming broke the team's bones, until her Soul Power ran out.
• Xuan Ming prepared to kill Yu Tianxin but stopped when Liu Erlong screamed, healed Yu Tianxin's arm, and secured the Imperial Fighting Team's victory.
• Xuan Ming told Xue Qinghe that he had given Yu Tianxin a chance to vent and offered Xue Qinghe the same chance if he ever sought revenge.
• Xue Qinghe challenged Xuan Ming to a fight, and they went to an uninhabited mountain area outside Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, while Xuan Ming summoned the Blood Spear and explained its danger after absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue and Xuan Ming exchanged attacks, and their clash sent shock waves through the surrounding trees and stones.

Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue fought to a draw, but Tang Hao ambushed them afterward and forced Xuan Ming to reveal the Ice and Fire Dragon Origin Head Crown. Tang Hao escaped before reinforcements arrived, leaving Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue injured as Ning Fengzhi began healing them.

• Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue unleashed their strongest attacks, leaving both injured and unable to continue fighting.
• Xuan Ming told Qian Renxue that their paths had become irreconcilable, but Tang Hao suddenly attacked her with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xuan Ming shielded Qian Renxue and fought Tang Hao, using his Soul Rings and Blood Spear against Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain and Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao unleashed Clear Sky True Body, so Xuan Ming revealed the Ice and Fire Dragon Origin Head Crown and struck him with its ice-and-fire power.
• Tang Hao, injured and worried that reinforcements would expose him and implicate Tang San, escaped into the mountains.
• Qian Renxue caught the collapsing Xuan Ming and disguised herself as Xue Qinghe before Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi arrived; Ning Fengzhi began healing them.

After the preliminaries ended, Xuan Ming warned Tang Yuehua not to interfere in the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, then began training the Imperial Fighting Team for the ranking tournament. Gu Yuena confessed that she liked him for who he was, leaving Xuan Ming quietly affected by her answer.

• Bibi Dong questioned Xuan Ming and Xue Qinghe about the ruined battleground, and Xuan Ming explained that Tang Hao had attacked them after their sparring ended.
• The Heaven Dou Division preliminaries concluded, with the Imperial Fighting Team, Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, Skywater Academy, and Shrek Academy taking the top five places.
• Tang Yuehua asked Xuan Ming about his ties to Spirit Hall, and he warned her to stay out of the conflict and said he intended to stand on his own side.
• During the month before the ranking tournament, Xuan Ming arranged training for the Imperial Fighting Team while Gu Yuena trained without needing his guidance.
• Xuan Ming asked Gu Yuena what she had told the Pope, and she admitted she liked him for all of who he was and took his hand.

Tang San questioned his decision to cultivate Blue Silver Grass and resolved to switch to the Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Yu Xiaogang to seek guidance from Bibi Dong. At the Martial Soul Holy Temple, Qian Renxue confronted Salas about what he was hiding, while Yu Xiaogang’s audience with Bibi Dong remained delayed.

• Tang San, shaken by the tournament’s powerful Martial Souls, decided to abandon Blue Silver Grass and cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Flender that switching Soul Rings could endanger Tang San, then went to the Martial Soul Holy Temple to ask Bibi Dong about cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao returned to Shrek Academy, learned of Tang San’s state, and decided to take him away for a while.
• Yue Guan learned that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with a Pope Token and tried to keep him from meeting Xuan Ming before Bibi Dong was free.
• Qian Renxue arrived with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, confronted Salas, and demanded to know what was happening at the temple.

Qian Renxue disguised herself as Bibi Dong and insisted on meeting the visitor from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Bibi Dong continued cultivating with Xuan Ming. Yue Guan stopped Qian Renxue before she could enter the council hall and tried to persuade her to wait for Xuan Ming.

• Salas told Qian Renxue that someone bearing a Pope Token had come to see the Pope, and she ordered him to lead her to the visitor.
• Qian Renxue changed into papal robes, then set out for the council hall with Salas, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Yue Guan brought Hu Liena to the training grounds, where Xuan Ming explained that Bibi Dong was cultivating and should not be interrupted.
• Xuan Ming deduced that Yu Xiaogang had arrived and told Yue Guan to make him wait until Bibi Dong finished cultivating.
• Yue Guan encountered Qian Renxue disguised as Bibi Dong and blocked her path, warning that the visitor was Bibi Dong's guest.
• Qian Renxue refused to wait, so Yue Guan asked her to pause while he fetched Xuan Ming.

Qian Renxue impersonated Bibi Dong and waited in the council hall for Xuan Ming, who later brought her away so the real Bibi Dong could meet Yu Xiaogang. Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request to help Tang San cultivate his Twin Martial Souls and threatened him for calling her “Dong’er,” while Qian Renxue later wanted to burn him.

• Qian Renxue entered the council hall disguised as Bibi Dong and waited with Yu Xiaogang while Yue Guan brought her an ice-flame rose from Xuan Ming.
• Xuan Ming arrived at midnight, pulled Qian Renxue into the adjoining hall, and made her change back before the real Bibi Dong entered to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang why he had come, and he requested advice about cultivating Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong refused to help Tang San, citing his connection to Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, and threatened Yu Xiaogang when he called her “Dong’er.”
• Qian Renxue tried to keep Xuan Ming watching the encounter, then said she wanted to burn Yu Xiaogang, but Xuan Ming stopped her and said it was Bibi Dong’s private business.

Xuan Ming stopped Qian Renxue from attacking Yu Xiaogang while Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request and destroyed his Pope Token. Golden Crocodile then took Yu Xiaogang away for his own scheme, while Tang Hao prepared to awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and Xuan Ming resolved to prevent it for Ah Yin’s sake.

• Qian Renxue tried to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Xuan Ming restrained her and persuaded her to let Bibi Dong handle him.
• Bibi Dong refused to help Tang San, reclaimed and destroyed the Pope Token, and dismissed Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue dragged Xuan Ming into the council hall, where she and Bibi Dong traded insults before Xuan Ming left.
• Golden Crocodile intercepted the weakened Yu Xiaogang and decided to use him in a plan to seize authority and suppress the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass could evolve and planned to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul after dawn.
• Xuan Ming revealed that he would stop Tang San’s awakening to preserve the younger Ah Yin’s chance to revive as the Blue Silver Emperor.