Chapter Summaries

Saint Freya Academy opened the Soul Master Competition against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, revealing seven Soul Kings with extraordinary Soul Ring configurations. Lu Jingming crushed Tianling’s team with a Soul Bone Skill, leaving Shrek Academy’s contestants shaken but Ma Xiaotao determined to challenge him.

• Dan Heng explained the team battle rules, and both academies formed up before he started the match.
• Saint Freya Academy revealed that all seven members were Soul Kings with powerful Soul Ring configurations, shocking the crowd, Xiao Hongchen, and Shrek Academy’s observers.
• Lu Jingming used a Soul Bone Skill to unleash immense gravity and force all seven Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy contestants to their knees.
• Wang Yan concluded that Lu Jingming likely possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and warned that Saint Freya Academy’s strength threatened Shrek Academy’s championship hopes.
• Beibei and the other Shrek contestants grew discouraged, but Ma Xiaotao urged them not to give up and resolved to face Lu Jingming.

Lu Jingming used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Skill, King's Might, to crush Tianling Academy in Saint Freya Academy's opening match, while Shrek Academy won with Huo Yuhao's simulated soul rings and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After the tournament's first day ended, Lu Jingming relaxed at the hotel while Zhigeniao massaged him and San Yueqi challenged his excuse.

• Lu Jingming suppressed Tianling Academy with King's Might until its captain surrendered, then withdrew the gravity and left the arena with his teammates.
• Spectators were stunned by Lu Jingming's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Saint Freya Academy stayed to watch the other teams compete.
• Huo Yuhao simulated six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings for himself and his Shrek Academy teammates, then joined Wang Dong to defeat their opponents with Golden Path.
• Spectators began to suspect Huo Yuhao's soul rings were a disguise, and the first day of the tournament ended amid intense discussion of the matches.
• At the Daydream Hotel, Zhigeniao massaged Lu Jingming as he rested on her lap, while San Yueqi said she did not believe his claim that the skill had exhausted him.

Lu Jingming and Zhigeniao fell asleep embracing on the sofa, then woke to the teasing attention of their teammates. After three days of rest, the round-robin stage approached, and the three leading academies crossed paths at the Daydream Hotel as Haiyuan City prepared for the next phase of the tournament.

• San Yueqi took Little Fox to her room, and Lu Jingming fell asleep with his head on Zhigeniao's lap.
• San Yueqi and the other teammates discovered Zhigeniao and Lu Jingming embracing on the sofa the next morning, and Zhigeniao hurried away in embarrassment.
• After three days, the tournament advanced to its round-robin stage, with sixty-seven teams divided into eight groups and competing under a points system.
• Lu Jingming's team went sightseeing before encountering Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong in the Daydream Hotel corridor.
• Lu Jingming noticed Huo Yuhao seemed more effeminate than before, then led his teammates back to their suite.
• Haiyuan City received praise for preventing any contestant deaths during the elimination rounds and continued accommodating the eliminated academies for free.

On the fourth day of the tournament, Saint Freya Academy faced Qian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first round of the round-robin stage. The chapter ended as Qian Ling formed a massive shield wall against Lu Jingming’s overwhelming Martial Soul and soul rings.

• Haiyuan City drew wealth and new businesses from the tournament, and Lu Jingming expected a period of rapid growth.
• The tournament’s round-robin groups were announced, placing Saint Freya Academy and Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in Group One.
• Saint Freya Academy was matched against Qian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening team battle.
• Qian Ling’s Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yuyan revealed their Martial Souls, while An Lengye and Fei Yuyan summoned mimicked bear and tiger forms.
• Lu Jingming released Black Abyss and his five soul rings, prompting Qian Ling’s four shield users to combine their Spirit Shields into a towering wall.

Thousand Spirits Academy fortified its defenses and Fei Yuyan empowered Shen Ce, while Saint Freya Academy let them prepare. Liu Ying transformed into a blazing silver-white armored form, leaving Elder Ma shocked by what he concluded was an unprecedented martial soul rather than a Humanoid Soul Tool.

• An Lengye strengthened Thousand Spirits Academy’s shield wall with Frost Shield and froze the arena with Ice Seal.
• Fei Yuyan used Ring of Flames, Wings of Blaze, and Azure Flame to empower Shen Ce and his Thousand Strike Spear.
• Lu Jingming let Thousand Spirits Academy finish preparing, then sent Liu Ying forward to offer them a chance to surrender.
• Shen Ce refused to surrender, and Liu Ying invoked “a firefly rushes into flame, reborn through death” and transformed amid intense flames.
• Elder Ma first mistook Liu Ying’s silver-white armor for a Humanoid Soul Tool, then determined that it was an unprecedented martial soul.

Liu Ying revealed that she wielded Ultimate Fire and demolished Thousand Spirits Academy’s defenses with a devastating punch. Lu Jingming and the rest of Saint Freya Academy overwhelmed their opponents, and An Lengye surrendered after Shen Ce was defeated and her Frost Giant Bear was shattered.

• Old Ma noticed Snow Moon Douluo watching him and abandoned his thoughts of involving Liu Ying in Mingde Hall’s research.
• Ma Xiaotao recognized Liu Ying’s flames as Ultimate Fire, and Wang Yan realized they countered Shrek Academy’s trump card.
• Liu Ying destroyed Thousand Spirits Academy’s shield wall with one punch, and Dan Heng rescued its four Spirit Shield Soul Masters from the heat.
• Lu Jingming suppressed Shen Ce while Jing Xi kept Fei Yuyan from supporting her teammates.
• An Lengye used a Ten Thousand Year head soul bone skill to create an ice tornado, but Liu Ying tore it apart and struck down her Frost Giant Bear.
• Lu Jingming pinned An Lengye with his spear after Shen Ce fell, and An Lengye surrendered.

Saint Freya Academy won its opening round-robin matches while the tournament’s academies adjusted their strategies and Ningguang’s Soul Tool auctions drew prominent buyers. As Saint Freya Academy prepared to face Dou Ling Royal Academy, the chapter left the outcome uncertain but cast the match as the tournament’s first major clash between strong teams.

• Saint Freya Academy defeated Qian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in its first round-robin match and took temporary first place in its group.
• Ningguang returned to Haiyuan City, managed Qunyu Pavilion’s commercial affairs, and held popular nightly Soul Tool auctions attended by Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Gu Yue and Ye Guyi won the first match against a newly established Soul Engineer Academy, then Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to win the second match for Saint Freya Academy.
• As Shrek Academy continued winning, spectators discovered that Huo Yuhao’s six hundred-thousand-year soul rings were fake and that his team’s highest cultivation was only Soul Ancestor level, making the academy a target for its rivals.
• Lu Jingming led Saint Freya Academy toward the Eye of the Sea Abyss for its match against Dou Ling Royal Academy, while Wang Yan predicted Saint Freya Academy would win but might reveal some of its hidden strength.

Saint Freya Academy faced Dou Ling Royal Academy in the tournament’s first group match, and Lu Jingming opened with his fourth soul skill, Judgment Heavenly Spear. The black spear raced toward Dou Ling’s layered defenses, leaving its impact unresolved.

• Dan Heng announced Saint Freya Academy’s match against Dou Ling Royal Academy, and Lu Jingming led his teammates onto the stage.
• Lu Jingming and Dou Ling’s captain Gu Zhu Jian exchanged introductions as both teams prepared to fight.
• Lu Jingming, Gu Yue, and Liu Ying released their martial souls, and Lu Jingming began charging his fourth soul skill.
• Chi Hengyu raised the Adamant Fortress while Tang Niuniu enhanced Qing Feng, who added earthen barriers around the team.
• Lu Jingming unleashed Judgment Heavenly Spear, hurling a black spear of light toward Dou Ling Royal Academy’s defenses.

Saint Freya Academy crushed Dou Ling Royal Academy in the first group-stage round robin match, with Liu Ying, Gu Yue, and Lu Jingming quickly disabling their opponents. The chapter ended with the other top academies watching Saint Freya Academy with alarm after Gu Zhu Jian surrendered.

• Chi Hengyu, Qing Feng, and Tang Niuniu survived the black-sun blast with an Invincible Shield, but Chi Hengyu lost the ability to fight when his Adamant Shield was destroyed.
• Gu Yue attacked Gu Zhu Jian with a fire dragon while Xiao Feng concealed Dou Ling Royal Academy’s team, but Liu Ying’s Death Star Overload revealed their positions.
• Liu Ying knocked Qian Yuan into Xiao Feng, and both were caught against the arena barrier; Lu Jingming knocked out Tang Niuniu and Qing Feng with his new fused attack.
• Liu Ying caught Han Ling’er as she fled, and Gu Yue’s empowered fire dragon overwhelmed Gu Zhu Jian’s attack, prompting Han Ling’er to surrender.
• Gu Zhu Jian surrendered, and Dan Heng declared Saint Freya Academy the winner; Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy watched with grave concern.

Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Zheng Tian Academy, drawing the Snow Empress’s attention when Huo Yuhao used the Ice Empress’s power. As the tournament progressed, Saint Freya Academy advanced to the round of sixteen, and Lu Jingming’s group attended Ningguang’s auction, where they encountered Jiang Nannan.

• Shrek Academy won a difficult match against Zheng Tian Academy, while Huo Yuhao’s use of the Ice Empress’s power caught the Snow Empress’s attention.
• The Snow Empress considered taking the Ice Empress back from Huo Yuhao but decided not to act in the Eye of the Sea Abyss.
• Ling Luochen led Shrek Academy’s main team to a decisive victory after the reserves’ exhausting matches.
• Saint Freya Academy won all seven group matches and advanced to the round of sixteen alongside Dou Ling Royal Academy.
• Lu Jingming agreed to take San Yueqi and the others to Ningguang’s Tianquan Auction during the break.
• At Qunyu Pavilion’s VIP Room One, Lu Jingming’s group met Ningguang and saw Jiang Nannan beside her.

Lu Jingming and his companions attended the Tianquan Auction, where Xu Jiujiu served as auctioneer after Ningguang used his influence to invite her. The first item sold to Shrek Academy, and Lu Jingming reacted strangely when the second item, a spiritual-attribute gemstone, was revealed.

• Lu Jingming welcomed Jiang Nannan to Haiyuan City and learned that Shrek Academy's team was waiting in VIP Room Three, though Wang Dong had stayed behind.
• Ningguang introduced Lu Jingming as the true force behind Qunyu Pavilion, and Jiang Nannan was surprised by their intimate relationship.
• Xu Jiujiu appeared as the Tianquan Auction's chief auctioneer, prompting Lu Jingming to wonder if she was supporting a competitor to her own Starlight Auction House.
• Xu Jiujiu presented a Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which Dai Yueheng bought for 1.6 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced a spiritual-attribute gemstone, and Lu Jingming's expression changed as he recognized it.

Huo Yuhao won a spiritual gemstone for 1.8 million Gold Soul Coins, then Shrek Academy outbid Mingde Hall for the Blazing Heaven Holy Armor at 50 million. The auction moved on to a rare Ice Jade Scorpion left arm soul bone, whose appearance enraged the Ice Empress and caught the attention of Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen.

• Electrolux urged Huo Yuhao to bid on the gemstone because it could strengthen Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power and restore Electrolux’s divine consciousness.
• Wang Yan bought the gemstone for Huo Yuhao for 1.8 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu presented Black Tower’s Blazing Heaven Holy Armor, and Ma Xiaotao and Xiao Hongchen urged their respective groups to bid for it.
• Wang Yan’s bids secured the Blazing Heaven Holy Armor for Shrek Academy at 50 million Gold Soul Coins after VIP Room Four withdrew.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced a more than fifty-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion left arm soul bone with the Ice Burst Technique, and its appearance enraged the Ice Empress while Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen watched intently.

Huo Yuhao warned that the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice soul master, and San Yueqi was chosen to buy it. The auction then unveiled a Hundred-Thousand-Year Stigmata, Mountain Moving Ape, whose ability to grant a soul ring and be inherited by descendants left the crowd eager to possess it.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan and Ling Luochen that only an Ultimate Ice soul master could absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, so Wang Yan informed the auction staff.
• Xu Jiujiu brought the warning to Lu Jingming, who identified San Yueqi as an eligible buyer because of her Six Phases Ice martial soul.
• VIP Room One bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins for the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, forcing the other bidders to withdraw.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Hundred-Thousand-Year Stigmata, Mountain Moving Ape, explaining that it could grant a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and enhance its user's strength and defense.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that an awakened Stigmata could grant gravity control and pass through descendants, prompting an uproar among the bidders.

The auction of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Mountain Moving Ape Stigmata drew fierce interest as bidders scrambled to raise funds and weighed its power to grant Soul Rings and awaken bloodlines. Xiao Hongchen’s group won it for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and they planned to have Old Ma carry it back to Mingde Hall while they stayed in Haiyuan City.

• Xu Jiujiu announced the Stigmata’s starting bid, and Sword Intent from Snow Moon Douluo broke the crowd’s greed before anyone acted rashly.
• Old Ma ordered his companions to sell their Soul Tools, while Gu Yue asked Lu Jingming about the cost of creating Stigmata and learned Möbius could collect a living Soul Beast’s information without killing it.
• The Body Sect’s Big Brother vowed to obtain the Stigmata for the Young Master, even if his people had to seize it after the winner left Haiyuan City.
• The bidding reached 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen’s group won after selling most of their valuables and several Class 9 Soul Tools.
• Xiao Hongchen arranged for Old Ma to deliver the Stigmata to Mingde Hall while the others stayed at the Daydream Hotel, and Lu Jingming said the sale price met his expectations.

After the Sacred Mark auction shook the Douluo Continent, Lu Jingming awakened the Sacred Mark of Thunder and gained a Fragment of Thunder Authority. He discovered that Sacred Mark Spaces could hold divine seats, opening a path for Haiyuan City to cultivate god-level power beyond the God Realm.

• News of the Sacred Marks spread across the continent, drawing factions and envoys toward Haiyuan City.
• Lu Jingming assessed Haiyuan City's formidable top-tier fighters and its growing alliance and technology.
• Lu Jingming used True Power to awaken the Sacred Mark of Thunder, survived its lightning, and opened a Sacred Mark Space containing a sleeping figure.
• Lu Jingming gained a Fragment of Thunder Authority and learned that Sacred Mark Spaces could contain divine seats and help their holders avoid the world's rejection of god-level power.
• Lu Jingming realized that multiple Sacred Marks could create multiple Sacred Mark Spaces, potentially allowing one person to condense several divine seats.

Saint Freya Academy met Zheng Tian Academy in the top-sixteen team battle, while Huo Yuhao discovered that San Yueqi possessed Ultimate Ice. Lu Jingming fielded Ye Guyi against Zheng Tian’s Angel wielder, and both teams entered the arena as the match began.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone in San Yueqi and realized she was an Ultimate Ice Soul Master.
• Lu Jingming and Ma Xiaotao traded barbs as San Yueqi brought the girls from the rival teams together on their way to the arena.
• Huo Yuhao told Shrek Academy’s team about San Yueqi’s Ultimate Ice, and Ma Xiaotao worried that Saint Freya Academy’s ice and fire powers countered her.
• The rules for the top-sixteen stage were explained, with team battles followed by individual elimination matches on separate days.
• Lu Jingming replaced Jin Xi with Ye Guyi for Saint Freya Academy’s match against Zheng Tian Academy, whose lineup included Angel martial soul wielder Yu Mengdi.
• Both teams entered the arena for the team battle, and Lu Jingming assessed Zheng Tian Academy’s seven members.

Lu Jingming recruited Ye Wuqing and the other Zheng Tian Academy students before the match began, then Saint Freya Academy gained the upper hand as Castorice overwhelmed her attackers and Lu Jingming struck Ye Wuqing. The chapter left Shangguan Can badly injured by Lu Jingming’s Mental Shock while the battle continued.

• Lu Jingming invited Ye Wuqing to join Haiyuan City and offered the same opportunity to Yu Mengdi and the other Zheng Tian Academy students, and Ye Wuqing agreed to consider it.
• Dan Heng started the match, and Ye Guyi and Yu Mengdi clashed while San Yueqi intercepted Tang Xiaolei’s arrow.
• Yang Yifan and Blood Wolf attacked Castorice, but she summoned her scythe and drove them back with powerful purple blade strikes.
• Yan’er launched fireballs at Castorice, and Gu Yue summoned a water dragon that collided with them and filled the arena with mist.
• Lu Jingming crossed the arena and thrust his spear at Ye Wuqing, while Shangguan Can’s Soul Stab prompted Lu Jingming to unleash a Mental Shock that injured him.

Saint Freya Academy defeated Zheng Tian Academy in the team battle and advanced, while Ye Guyi and Gu Yue won their individual fights. As the competition moved toward the quarterfinals, Shrek Academy emerged as a major championship threat, and Saint Freya Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Lu Jingming shattered Ye Wuqing’s golden tornado with a towering thunder giant, leaving Ye Wuqing paralyzed, while San Yueqi froze Tang Xiaolei in an iceberg.
• Ye Guyi defeated Yu Mengdi in their aerial clash, and Gu Yue subdued Yan'er; Castorice also stood over the defeated Yang Yifan and Blood Wolf.
• Dan Heng announced Saint Freya Academy’s team victory over Zheng Tian Academy, which later lost its individual elimination matches and exited the tournament in the top sixteen.
• Shrek Academy entered the competition with Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen, and Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Sage cultivation led spectators to favor Shrek for the championship.
• Saint Freya Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy in the quarterfinals, prompting regret among spectators over the two Star Luo Empire teams meeting so early.

Saint Freya Academy faced Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Royal Academy Team in the quarterfinals, setting Lu Jingming against his lover in her tournament debut. The team battle began with both sides revealing their Martial Souls and abilities, leaving the match poised for combat.

• Lu Jingming and the Saint Freya Academy team entered the arena to cheers, while Xu Jiujiu led Star Luo Royal Academy onto the stage and provoked him.
• Lu Jingming said he would treat the match seriously and would not go easy on Xu Jiujiu.
• Dan Heng started the team battle, and Zhigeniao used her first Soul Skill, Wingbeat White Sound, to boost her teammates' Soul Power.
• Jing Xi summoned a platinum blonde divine dragon, and Beibei sensed that her light energy surpassed his Light Holy Dragon's.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown Martial Soul, and both teams released their full lineups of powerful Soul Kings.

Lu Jingming and his teammates battled the Star Luo Royal Team, whose support skills strengthened their fighters, while Jing Xi revealed how her sword skill could strike multiple targets at once. The match turned against Xu Jiujiu’s team, and she used Star Attraction Technique to mark Lu Jingming and his allies for an undisclosed purpose.

• Lu Jingming used lightning to seal the Black Abyss Spear’s Decomposition Power before throwing it at the Star Luo Royal Team, and Wang Shiying blocked it with strength amplified by Xu Jiujiu’s Star Shine Technique.
• Liu Ying charged Xu Jiujiu, but Huang Heyun and Dugu Shangshan intercepted her; Liu Ying sent them flying with one punch, and they powered up and attacked again.
• Chen Xiaojie rushed toward Zhigeniao, but Jing Xi used Shi He Sui Ren and Floating Light Winter Chill to strike his true body despite his Lightning Clone technique.
• Xu Jiujiu saw her team fall behind and used Star Attraction Technique to bathe Lu Jingming and his allies in golden light, secretly marking their positions.