Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ming reached the Blue Silver Forest and secured Little Ah Yin’s agreement to let Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass evolve only as far as the Blue Silver King. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that her father had known about Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s relationship, and Xuan Ming later heard that the Seven Great Families might resort to force as the tournament finals moved to Spirit City.

• Xuan Ming warned Big Ah Yin that he would kill Tang San if she did not help prevent his martial soul from awakening the Blue Silver Emperor, and she asked to see her son.
• Tang San left with Tang Hao, while Flender and Liu Erlong noticed Yu Xiaogang was missing.
• Qian Renxue questioned Salas and learned that Qian Xunji had known about Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with Bibi Dong before expelling him from Spirit City.
• Xuan Ming reached the Blue Silver Forest, and Little Ah Yin agreed to decide for Big Ah Yin and let her hate him instead.
• At the Royal Hunting Ground, Xue Qinghe told Xuan Ming the finals had been moved to Spirit City and warned that the Seven Great Families might use force against him.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er warned Xuan Ming that the finals in Spirit City put him in danger, and he urged them to consider pledging allegiance to Spirit Hall. After giving them pendants as tokens, Xuan Ming was ambushed by a mysterious assassin, leaving Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er on guard as the attacker vanished into the darkness.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er asked Xuan Ming to withdraw from the tournament because powerful families might target him, but he refused to discuss the danger.
• Xuan Ming warned Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er that Spirit Hall might expand by force and advised them to secure their families' future by pledging allegiance.
• Xuan Ming gave Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er flame-and-ice pendants as tokens for approaching Spirit Hall.
• Xuan Ming sensed a dark attacker and blocked the assassin's dagger with his Blood Spear before the figure disappeared into the darkness.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er activated their Martial Soul Possession and searched for the assassin, who praised Xuan Ming's abilities from the shadows.

Xuan Ming survived an assassination attempt by Shadow, the Seven Great Families’ legendary assassin, and learned that they were determined to kill him. At the advancement matches, Tang San appeared with a dramatically changed appearance and revealed that he had reached Soul Ancestor rank.

• Shadow vanished after failing to assassinate Xuan Ming, and Gui Mei identified him as the Seven Great Families’ strongest assassin.
• Xuan Ming told Xue Qinghe what had happened, but insisted he could protect himself when she ordered him to stay by her side.
• At the advancement matches, Dugu Yan defeated all seven members of Barak Academy, and Meng Yiran did the same for Exotic Beast Academy.
• Tang San took the stage for Shrek Academy, surprising the spectators with his handsome new appearance.
• Tang San blocked his opponent’s third Soul Skill with Blue Silver Grass, and the spectators were shocked to see his fourth Soul Ring.

Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass had evolved into the Blue Silver King and swept Silves Academy, while the hidden cost of his awakening helped restore Ah Yin. After accepting Xuan Ming’s challenge, Tang San faced him in the next advancement match, and Xuan Ming raised his hand as the fight began.

• Tang San’s martial soul evolved into the Blue Silver King and his Soul Power rose to the Soul Ancestor level, while the Ice Dragon King’s intervention accelerated Ah Yin’s recovery but exhausted Tang San’s potential to become a Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San defeated all seven members of Silves Academy, and Shrek’s team questioned him about his sudden transformation.
• Liu Erlong questioned Yu Xiaogang about his absence, while Tang San avoided explaining his awakening and wondered about the secret behind his martial soul.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu visited Tang San and told him that Xuan Ming wanted to fight him in the next match; Tang San accepted and asked Xuan Ming to take the battle seriously.
• Tang San entered the arena against Xuan Ming in the second advancement round, released his Blue Silver King martial soul, and prepared to test his limits as Xuan Ming raised his right hand.

Tang San fought Xuan Ming in the tournament arena, first using his Blue Silver Grass and then revealing the Clear Sky Hammer. As Tang San began building power with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Xuan Ming deliberately matched his blows, and their contest continued.

• Xuan Ming summoned his Blood Spear, and Tang San trapped him with Blue Silver King vines before attempting a close-range attack, but the spear’s baleful Qi tore open Tang San’s Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Tang San formed a Blue Silver Overlord Spear and clashed with Xuan Ming, but Xuan Ming shattered it and sent Tang San flying back.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and began using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, shocking the spectators and drawing Spirit Hall’s attention.
• Bibi Dong refused Yue Guan’s suggestion to use Tang San as bait for Tang Hao, saying the time had not come.
• Tang San told Xuan Ming he could swing forty-eight blows, and Xuan Ming deliberately met his growing strikes as the arena cracked beneath them.

Tang San lost to Xuan Ming after unleashing forty-eight Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer strikes, but Xuan Ming healed his backlash and earned his respect. After the advancement rounds ended, Xuan Ming showed Bibi Dong the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud he had stolen from the Heaven Dou treasury, and she urged him to keep it for protection.

• Tang San struck Xuan Ming with his forty-eighth hammer blow, collapsing the arena, but Xuan Ming remained composed and used his white light to suppress Tang San's backlash.
• Tang San admitted defeat, and the referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner; Tang San thanked Xuan Ming for giving him a chance and helping him recover.
• Tang San returned to Shrek's rest area, where Yu Xiaogang questioned Xuan Ming's motives and Tang San began to doubt his teacher's claims about him.
• The advancement rounds concluded, and Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would lead the Heaven Dou Empire's teams to Spirit City after three days of rest.
• Xuan Ming showed Bibi Dong the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud he had stolen from the imperial treasury, and Bibi Dong tested its skills and told him to keep it as protection.
• Bibi Dong warned Xuan Ming not to give the artifact to other women, then accidentally gave him a painful flick on the forehead and offered to soothe the lump.

As the teams traveled toward Spirit City, Bibi Dong ordered Xuan Ming to stay in her carriage for protection and forced Xue Qinghe to leave. Bibi Dong urged Xuan Ming to expose Qian Renxue’s identity to end their entanglement, while he agreed and asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could be spared from Spirit Hall’s plans.

• After the three-day rest, the fifteen competing teams departed for Spirit City under the Royal Knights’ escort.
• Yue Guan summoned Xuan Ming to Bibi Dong’s carriage, where Bibi Dong said she would personally protect him during the journey.
• Xue Qinghe offered to stay with Xuan Ming, but Bibi Dong refused and ordered her out of the carriage.
• Bibi Dong questioned why Xuan Ming kept trying to distance himself from Qian Renxue, then proposed exposing her Xue Qinghe identity so she could hate him openly.
• Xuan Ming accepted the plan but asked whether Bibi Dong could spare the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if it submitted to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall would attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan if its plans to control them failed.

Xuan Ming joined the battle against the poisoned convoy, using his domain to turn the tide as Shadow watched for a chance to attack. Shadow waited for Xuan Ming to move farther from Bibi Dong and Ghost Douluo, leaving the ambush unresolved.

• A hidden attacker’s poisonous rain weakened the convoy’s defenders, and Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to find its source.
• Xuan Ming persuaded Bibi Dong to let him draw out the attackers, then rushed toward the struggling academy convoy.
• Xuan Ming froze the rain and selectively suppressed the black-clad attackers, allowing the defenders to counterattack.
• Shadow tracked Xuan Ming through the battlefield and waited for him to move farther from the Titled Douluo before striking.

Xuan Ming survived Shadow’s assassination attempt, tracked down Shadow’s true body, and killed him, ending the attackers’ chance to take him by surprise. With the other assassins retreating and Spirit Hall’s reinforcements arriving, the battle began to turn in Xuan Ming’s favor.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin to attack the gray-robed Titled Douluo, while Dugu Bo moved to help Xuan Ming but was intercepted by a purple-robed Titled Douluo.
• Shadow slipped behind Xuan Ming and stabbed at his heart, but Xuan Ming’s Evil God’s Protection blocked the attack.
• Xuan Ming expanded his domain, exposed Shadow’s true body, and destroyed him with a lightning-charged Blood Spear strike.
• The black-clad bandits lost morale, and the gray-robed and purple-robed Titled Douluos tried to withdraw as Bibi Dong and Gui Mei arrived.
• Chen Xin let the gray-robed Titled Douluo escape after Ning Fengzhi’s warning, while Dugu Bo continued attacking the purple-robed Titled Douluo for targeting Xuan Ming.

Xuan Ming forced the captured Titled Douluo to reveal that Golden Crocodile Douluo had organized the attack to undermine Bibi Dong and seize power. As the procession reached Spirit City, Golden Crocodile ordered the captive silenced and prepared a campaign against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Bibi Dong and Xuan Ming coordinated to defeat the purple-robed Titled Douluo, while Yue Guan returned after stopping the poisonous rain.
• Xuan Ming tortured the captive with evil energy until he confessed that Golden Crocodile Douluo had promised him a Soul Bone, a breakthrough, and a place in the Elder Hall.
• The captive revealed that the attack was also meant to destroy the competing teams and disgrace Bibi Dong, giving Golden Crocodile a pretext to seize her authority.
• Golden Crocodile ordered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to eliminate the escaped attacker, and Snake Lance and Pufferfish to kill the captive before he reached Spirit City.
• Golden Crocodile prepared the Angel Legion to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Xuan Ming and the competing teams arrived in Spirit City.

Gu Yuena led the Imperial Fighting Team in Xuan Ming’s absence and revealed herself as a Soul Emperor, securing a brutal opening victory over the Star Luo team. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that Golden Crocodile Douluo intended to eliminate Xuan Ming, while Bibi Dong found that Golden Crocodile’s seizure of the Pope’s authority had left Spirit Hall unsettled.

• Gu Yuena told the Imperial Fighting Team that Xuan Ming was safe but would not compete again until the final, and she would lead them meanwhile.
• Qian Renxue confronted Golden Crocodile Douluo about his plans, but he said the Great Enshrined wanted Xuan Ming eliminated and ordered her to accept her responsibilities as the Six-Winged Angel Clan’s heir.
• Gu Yuena entered the Imperial Fighting Team’s first finals match and revealed six Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and the opposing Star Luo team.
• Ning Rongrong used Ring Fusion to boost Dugu Yan, whose Ten Thousand Snakes Binding Kill poisoned and incapacitated the Star Luo team.
• The Star Luo team surrendered after a Spirit Hall bishop ruled that the attack did not violate tournament rules, giving the Imperial Fighting Team the victory.
• Bibi Dong investigated the Pope’s Palace and discovered that Golden Crocodile Douluo’s seizure of power had made Spirit Hall’s members wavering now that she had returned.

Bibi Dong recruited Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu by ordering their teams to lose to Shrek, then the final three teams gathered for the tournament's elimination matches. As Xie Yue took the arena for Spirit Hall Academy, Yu Xiaogang struggled to choose Shrek's first contestant.

• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to hint that Gu Yuena and Xuan Ming were together and ordered him to investigate the missing Angel Legion.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu asked to join Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong required their teams to lose to Shrek in the finals as a test of loyalty.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu agreed to Bibi Dong's demand, and she sent them away with Gui Mei.
• The Imperial Fighting Team, Spirit Hall Academy Team, and Shrek Academy Team advanced to the top three, while Xuan Ming returned from seclusion and heard about Shrek's fortunate draws.
• Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared before the teams and announced an individual elimination match, with the winner advancing directly to the championship.
• Xie Yue stepped forward as Spirit Hall Academy's first contestant, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to choose Shrek's representative.

Hu Liena used her evolved Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Fifth Soul Skill to overwhelm Shrek Academy after the two teams had forfeited the morning’s individual matches. Her illusion incapacitated nearly the entire Shrek team, but Tang San resisted its first wave with the Purple Demon Eye.

• Yu Xiaogang forfeited Shrek Academy’s individual elimination matches to preserve the team’s strength for the losers’ bracket final.
• Hu Liena announced that Spirit Hall Academy would also forfeit, allowing the Imperial Fighting Team to advance directly to the championship final.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue that Bibi Dong had ordered the forfeiture and that she alone would face Shrek that afternoon.
• Hu Liena entered the arena alone and revealed her evolved Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul.
• Hu Liena unleashed her Fifth Soul Skill, Dazzling Illusory Realm, and trapped the Shrek team in visions of their greatest desires or fears.
• Tang San resisted the illusion’s first wave by using the Purple Demon Eye and his powerful spiritual strength.

The Imperial Fighting Team faced Spirit Hall’s evolved Demon Charm fusion skill, while Xuan Ming countered its domain and opened the way for his teammates to attack. The battle began with both teams clashing, as Yu Xiaogang prepared to follow Golden Crocodile Douluo’s instructions and accuse Xuan Ming.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena joined together and unleashed the evolved Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, filling the arena with a red-and-pink domain.
• Xuan Ming released a white domain that clashed with Demon Charm’s power and weakened its mental attacks and Soul Power suppression.
• Xuan Ming told his teammates to move, and Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing charged toward Spirit Hall’s remaining fighters.
• Dugu Yan confronted Yan while Ning Rongrong enhanced her allies, Ye Lingling prepared to heal, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing slipped into the fight.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Xuan Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo, preparing to accuse Xuan Ming of devouring people’s blood and Qi to cultivate.

Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena defeated Spirit Hall's evolved Demon Charm by combining their attacks with Xuan Ming's White Light Domain, securing the tournament championship for the Imperial Fighting Team. As Bibi Dong prepared to present the champions' honors, an unexpected scene began to unfold.

• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena fought off Demon Charm's seven-clone assault, then Gu Yuena's Elemental Wall of Annihilation weakened its Full Moon strike.
• Xuan Ming unleashed his White Light Domain, suppressing and dismantling Demon Charm's Martial Soul Fusion Skill and causing Xie Yue and Hu Liena to fall.
• The referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the tournament champion after Spirit Hall's team members were knocked out of the arena.
• Bibi Dong confirmed the result and invited the champion team's representative to receive the honors.
• Xuan Ming approached Bibi Dong and bowed, and she brought out the championship reward as an unexpected scene began.

At the Spirit Hall ceremony, Yu Xiaogang accused Xuan Ming and Bibi Dong of serving as Fallen Soul Masters, giving Golden Crocodile Douluo an excuse to seize control. Xuan Ming revealed a power that raised him to Titled Douluo level, and Yu Yuanzhen charged at him.

• Bibi Dong embraced Xuan Ming and kissed his forehead in front of the assembled crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Xuan Ming of devouring his opponents’ blood and Soul Power, and the Great Soul Arena administrator backed up his claims.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of shielding Xuan Ming, and Golden Crocodile Douluo sealed the square with the help of Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded that Xuan Ming be seized and Bibi Dong surrender her papal authority, while Yu Yuanzhen also demanded revenge for his clan’s stolen treasure and Yu Luomian’s injuries.
• Xuan Ming rejected the accusations and revealed the Ice and Fire Dragon Origin Head Crown, using the Ice Dragon King’s power to reach Titled Douluo level.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sent Yu Yuanzhen to test Xuan Ming, and Yu Yuanzhen attacked him with his Fifth Soul Skill.

Xuan Ming killed Yu Yuanzhen, then fought Golden Crocodile Douluo and humiliated him with three slaps. When Golden Crocodile Douluo broke free and attacked, Xuan Ming yielded control to the Ice Dragon King.

• Xuan Ming used his Ice and Fire Bipolar Domain and Ice Seal to slow Yu Yuanzhen and repeatedly freeze him.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed nine lightning dragons, but Xuan Ming redirected them with Heavenly Tribulation power and sent them crashing back into him.
• Xuan Ming stabbed the gravely wounded Yu Yuanzhen through the heart with his Blood Spear.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked Xuan Ming, who immobilized him with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and slapped him three times.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo broke free, activated his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul Avatar, and lunged at Xuan Ming.
• Xuan Ming let the Ice Dragon King take over, unleashing the ancient pressure of a Demigod Level dragon soul.

The Ice Dragon King used Xuan Ming’s body to freeze Golden Crocodile Douluo and silence Spirit City, then confronted the Spirit Hall elders and reassured Bibi Dong. Qian Daoliu ordered the Worship Hall to wait rather than provoke him, and after the power withdrew, Bibi Dong supported the weakened Xuan Ming as control shifted back in her favor.

• The Ice Dragon King froze Golden Crocodile Douluo and his Martial Soul Avatar in a single move, leaving the crowd and Spirit Hall elders terrified.
• The Ice Dragon King challenged the onlookers, dismissed their earlier accusations, and walked past Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to tell Bibi Dong that everything was all right.
• Light Feather Douluo tried to attack Xuan Ming, but Qian Daoliu stopped him and warned the offerings that the power within Xuan Ming had touched the God Realm.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the offerings to remain in the Worship Hall and leave the matters below the mountain to the Pope.
• The Ice Dragon King’s power receded, leaving Xuan Ming pale and weakened, and Bibi Dong supported him as her authority over the situation returned.

Yu Xiaogang exposed Qian Renxue’s disguise as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Tang Hao rescued him and Tang San during the ensuing chaos. Bibi Dong contained the fallout in Spirit City and decided to launch the Soul Hunting Plan immediately, with the Angel Legion positioned at a border stronghold.

• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, Qian Xunji’s daughter, and accused Spirit Hall of plotting to take the Heaven Dou Empire’s throne.
• Tang Hao struck at Xue Qinghe with his Clear Sky True Body, then used the confusion to rescue Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and flee.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit City sealed and threatened Ning Fengzhi, who publicly rejected Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao’s accusations and pledged support for Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong kept Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin in Spirit City under house arrest while Spirit Hall investigated Golden Crocodile’s plans.
• Snake Lance Douluo revealed that Golden Crocodile had planned simultaneous attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as part of the Soul Hunting Plan.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Soul Hunting Plan to proceed immediately and learned that the Angel Legion was stationed at a border stronghold for Qian Renxue to command.

Bibi Dong forced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to join Spirit Hall’s attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Xuan Ming weighed the coming war and his desire to preserve his quiet life. After Qian Renxue visited him and returned to the Elder Hall, Gu Yuena offered to help him face the people waiting to speak with him.

• Bibi Dong ordered the soul hunting plan to begin and told Ning Fengzhi to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or risk its destruction.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena discussed the war that Bibi Dong’s plan would bring and Xuan Ming admitted he did not want to lose his peaceful life.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had forced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to choose between serving Spirit Hall and being destroyed, then told Xuan Ming that Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and his friends wanted to see him.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Golden Crocodile Douluo would survive and why Xuan Ming had spared him; Xuan Ming said he had treated her as she had treated him, and she thanked him before returning to the Elder Hall.
• When Gu Yuena asked whether Xuan Ming would meet the others, he admitted he did not know what to say, and she offered to help him handle them.