Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue prepared to absorb the Blazing Lion King's Soul Ring while Yang Podi's group kept their encounter with her secret and searched for Soul Rings. They poisoned an eighty-thousand-year-old Diamond Mammoth and defeated it, leaving its Soul Ring available for Yang Podi's mother, Niu Jinfeng.

• Qian Renxue learned that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team was approaching an all-Soul-Ancestor lineup and prepared to absorb the Blazing Lion King's Soul Ring.
• Yang Podi warned his family and companions not to reveal Qian Renxue's identity, and they agreed to avoid further trouble with Spirit Hall.
• Yang Podi's group found an eighty-thousand-year-old Diamond Mammoth and chose it as a suitable Soul Beast for Niu Jinfeng.
• Yang Zhentian poisoned the leaves the Diamond Mammoth ate, and the group tracked it for five days until it grew weak.
• Yang Podi's group attacked the weakened mammoth, and Niu Gao held it back before the others brought it down.

Niu Jinfeng became the Breaking Clan’s fourth Titled Douluo after absorbing the Diamond Mammoth’s Soul Ring, and Yang Podi gained an eighty-thousand-year Golden Lion King Soul Ring and a Head Soul Bone. Back at the Breaking Clan, Yang Podi warned his family that Spirit Hall might attack the major powers within five to ten years, leaving Yang Wudi troubled by the threat.

• Niu Jinfeng absorbed the Diamond Mammoth’s Soul Ring, reached rank 91, and became the Breaking Clan’s fourth Titled Douluo.
• After searching for seven days, Yang Podi and the others found an eighty-thousand-year Golden Lion King, surrounded it, and killed it.
• Yang Podi absorbed the Golden Lion King’s Soul Ring over two days, and Niu Gao and Dugu Bo recognized that he had Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Yang Podi found a golden Head Soul Bone while dissecting the Golden Lion King and kept it for later consideration.
• After returning to the Breaking Clan, Yang Podi urged his family to strengthen their Titled Douluo quickly and warned that Spirit Hall might attack the major powers within five to ten years.
• Yang Wudi questioned whether Spirit Hall would attack the Breaking Clan without cause.

Yang Podi convinced Yang Wudi to avoid provoking Spirit Hall and assessed the changes from his sixth Soul Ring before returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, he found the team unsettled by Tang San’s growing ties to the major sects and Yu Xiaogang’s proposed appointment as leader.

• Yang Podi warned Yang Wudi that Spirit Hall could target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and argued that the Four Single-Attribute Clans were being pushed into a dangerous conflict; Yang Wudi planned to accept Spirit Hall’s investiture with Niu Gao.
• Yang Podi reached level sixty-three after absorbing the Golden Lion King Soul Ring, gained Golden Lion Heaven-Roaring Break, and noted improvements to his Soul Breaking Spear, External Soul Bones, and Body Martial Soul.
• Yang Podi learned that Tai Long had lost to Tang San, Tai Nuo had been defeated, and Tai Tan had recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and ordered Tai Long to acknowledge him as young master.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Tang San, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ordered five hundred sets of hidden weapons while promising Tang San its support.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed leading the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team with Tang San and his companions, leaving the team anxious as they awaited Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s decision.
• Yang Podi resolved that he would not let Yu Xiaogang join without his approval and wondered whether Sword Douluo might discover Xiao Wu’s identity during the Soul Master Tournament.

Yang Podi reassured the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team amid rumors and academy pressure, then shifted the group from physical conditioning to Soul Power training. As the Soul Master Tournament approached, news of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, lavish prizes, and the Breaking and Defense Clans’ investiture stirred tensions across the Soul Master world.

• Yang Podi told the team that their unity and improvement mattered more to him than tournament rewards, and said he would disband the team rather than accept an imposed leader or training method.
• Yang Podi ended weighted obstacle runs for everyone except Yang Tianyue and ordered the others, especially Tai Long and Bai Xiaofei, to focus on meditation and breakthrough to higher ranks.
• Yang Podi considered the team’s loyalties and planned to take them to Sunset Forest later for life-and-death training.
• News spread that Pope Bibi Dong had named Spirit Hall’s elite disciples the Golden Generation and that the tournament finals would be held in Spirit City, with three Soul Bones over thirty thousand years old as prizes.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao announced they would travel to Spirit City to receive their Titled Douluo investiture, while challenging Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo over their past feud.
• Spirit Hall dismissed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team as factions debated the tournament, while the team remained out of public view.

Yang Podi rejected Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to merge Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s teams, insisting that he would lead his own team according to its established arrangements. He also rejected appeals to join forces against Spirit Hall, leaving Xue Qinghe to decide whether Yang Podi’s team could remain unchanged.

• Xue Qinghe summoned Yang Podi to a meeting with Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, Ning Rongrong, the academy committee members, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San to discuss Spirit Hall’s strong tournament team.
• Yang Podi said his second team expected to have two Soul Kings and argued that its members’ years of coordination mattered more than combining it with the first team.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed merging the teams and training them for a year, but Yang Podi refused and declared that he required absolute obedience from his team and would rather withdraw than accept unwanted changes.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Yang Podi to consider the Upper Three Sects’ alliance against Spirit Hall, while Yu Xiaogang argued that the Breaking Clan owed the Clear Sky Sect and should remember its hatred of Spirit Hall.
• Yang Podi insisted that the Breaking Clan had severed ties with the Clear Sky Sect and would no longer risk its lives for others; he told Xue Qinghe he would keep leading the second team or apply for early graduation.

Yang Podi refused to merge the Breaking Clan's second team with Yu Xiaogang's first team, and Xue Qinghe later questioned him about the clan's stance toward Spirit Hall. Yang Podi traded information about Xue Beng for Mount Aermo and secured deputy leadership roles for Li Xiang and Dugu Bo, while Ning Fengzhi suspected the Breaking and Defense Clans would not lead a fight against Spirit Hall.

• Yang Podi rejected Ning Fengzhi's proposal to merge the teams, defended his decision, and left the education committee building after Xue Qinghe confirmed the second team's arrangement would remain unchanged.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo discussed Yang Podi's refusal and concluded that the Breaking and Defense Clans were unlikely to lead opposition to Spirit Hall; Bone Douluo also estimated Yang Podi was at least a high-ranking Soul King.
• Xue Qinghe summoned Yang Podi alone and asked about the Breaking Clan's attitude toward Spirit Hall, and Yang Podi said the clan hated the Clear Sky Sect more and would not challenge Spirit Hall without allies.
• Yang Podi offered information about Prince Xue Beng's pursuit of his younger sister and Dugu Yan, requesting Mount Aermo as his fief in return; Xue Qinghe agreed to grant it after the tournament.
• Yang Podi asked Xue Qinghe to appoint Li Xiang and Dugu Bo as deputy leaders of the second team, and Xue Qinghe approved the request.

Yang Podi planned how to use Qian Renxue against Xue Beng and considered retaliation against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Dugu Bo agreed to serve as deputy team leader of his academy team. As the Four Single-Attribute Clans’ gathering approached, Xue Qinghe investigated Xue Beng’s hidden allies, and Yang Podi prepared for the clans’ likely choice between him and Tang San.

• Yang Podi reviewed his plans against Xue Beng, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San, then learned the Four Single-Attribute Clans would gather at the Speed Clan’s home in five days.
• Dugu Bo visited Yang Podi, discussed the threats posed by Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and agreed to lend his name as deputy team leader of Yang Podi’s academy team.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance to investigate Xue Beng’s associates, learned that Xue Beng had secretly gathered considerable strength with an imperial uncle’s support, and decided to meet Salas.
• Yang Podi reflected on Xue Qinghe’s failure to act against Tang San and anticipated that the upcoming clan gathering would determine whether the Strength Clan and Speed Clan sided with Tang San or him.

Yang Podi watched the Four Single-Attribute Clans split after Niu Gao and Yang Wudi rejected Tang Hao and Tang San’s offer to make amends, while Bai He and Tai Tan sided with them. Afterward, Yang Podi told his family to keep a low profile and revealed his plan to move both clans to Mount Aermo after the Soul Master Tournament.

• Yang Podi asked Yang Wudi about his stance toward the Clear Sky Sect, and Yang Wudi reaffirmed his hatred and refusal to associate with it.
• Tang San revealed that Tang Hao was his father and offered to make amends, but Niu Gao and Yang Wudi rejected him while Bai He and Tai Tan supported him.
• Tang Hao arrived and asked Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to hear Tang San out, but they refused, and Bai He’s choice to remain with Tang Hao and Tai Tan prompted Yang Wudi to end the clans’ ties.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao led the Breaking and Defense Clans away, while Yang Podi, Tai Long, and Bai Xiaofei exchanged farewells and the four clans formally split.
• In a secret chamber, Yang Podi predicted that the Soul Master World would fall into chaos and told his family that both clans would relocate to Mount Aermo after the tournament.

Yang Podi secretly traveled to the waterfall near Nuoding City and retrieved the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, then returned to the Breaking Clan. Meanwhile, Tang San and his allies founded the Tang Sect, while the clans considered their future after the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan rejected them.

• Yang Podi persuaded the clans to consider Mount Aermo as a secluded base, and learned that five Titled Douluo were among them, though Niu Mang had not known.
• Yang Podi shook off Third Elder Yang Wuju and flew to a waterfall near Nuoding City, where he entered a hidden cave and took the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Yang Podi disguised himself and changed his appearance before returning to the Breaking Clan, where Yang Wudi warned him to put his safety first.
• At the Speed Clan's residence, Tang San showed Tai Tan and Bai He his Hidden Weapon designs, and they agreed to establish the Tang Sect outside Heaven Dou City with the Strength Clan and Speed Clan beneath it.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San's plans with satisfaction, while Yang Podi reflected on the Tang Sect's rise and the role of Hidden Weapons in a world built on Martial Souls and Soul Power.

Yang Podi replaced two departing members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team and planned dangerous field training in Sunset Forest. After new recruits arrived and Dugu Bo was asked to protect the team, Yang Podi was summoned to a meeting where Xue Qinghe questioned whether the roster changes had weakened them.

• Yang Podi hid the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone rather than absorb it, deciding it might suit Ye Lingling better and was too dangerous to keep openly.
• Yang Podi recruited Yang Yuxuan and Niu Kui to fill the Second Team’s vacant places and announced that the team would enter Sunset Forest for practical training in five days.
• Yang Podi asked Dugu Bo to protect the team from the shadows during its trip to Sunset Forest.
• Bai Xiaofei and Tai Long joined Yu Xiaogang’s first team after leaving the Second Team, bringing its roster to sixteen members.
• Xue Qinghe summoned Yang Podi to a meeting attended by Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong, then questioned whether the Second Team’s replacements would weaken it.
• Yang Podi insisted that the new roster was stronger and more balanced, and said the Soul Master Tournament would show the results.

Yang Podi rejected Yu Xiaogang's attempts to merge or rearrange the teams and led the second team through six months of combat training in Sunset Forest. Yu Xiaogang's imitation training injured first-team members, prompting Ning Fengzhi to seek treatment for Ning Rongrong and plan to move her to the second team.

• Yang Podi refused Yu Xiaogang's proposals to merge the teams or exchange tournament slots, and Meng Shenji warned against poaching members under Dugu Bo's protection.
• Yang Podi declined Ning Fengzhi's offer to mediate between the Four Single-Attribute Clans and affirmed the Breaking Clan's independence.
• Yang Podi took the second team into Sunset Forest with Poison Douluo and Yang Wuju providing protection from the shadows and made the seven members fight Soul Beasts together.
• The seven team members developed strong coordination over six months and became capable of contending with a twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo discovered hidden injuries in Ning Rongrong and Ning Heng, and Ning Fengzhi traced them to Yu Xiaogang's excessive training without suitable medicinal baths.
• Ning Fengzhi planned to seek Ye Renxin's treatment and transfer Ning Rongrong to the second team, while explaining that political alliances required his continued support for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discovered that the first team's copied training had caused hidden injuries because it lacked Yang Podi's carefully prepared medicinal baths, while Yang Podi's team trained on plum blossom stakes after returning to the Breaking Clan. When Ning Fengzhi and Yu Xiaogang's group visited, Yang Podi refused Ning Rongrong a place on his full team and defended himself against Yu Xiaogang's demands for help.

• Bai Xiaofei warned Tang San and Yu Xiaogang that the first team's medicinal baths were ineffective, and Tang San found hidden injuries in himself and others.
• Tang San learned that Yang Podi had prepared the second team's medicinal herbs, so Yu Xiaogang suspended the first team's overloaded training until Yang Podi returned.
• Yang Podi returned to the Breaking Clan and trained his team on plum blossom stakes to improve their balance, agility, and accuracy.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yang Podi to let Ning Rongrong join his team, but Yang Podi said the roster was full and the seven competitors would play every match.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Yang Podi about the first team's injuries, and Yang Podi rejected responsibility for their use of training methods he had kept private.
• Yang Podi reminded Tai Tan that he had spent considerable effort training Tai Long, then challenged the others by comparing his methods to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's secret technique.

Yang Podi refused to share the Breaking Clan’s medicinal knowledge and helped defuse a confrontation with Tang Hao, who had demanded it. After revealing that Tang Chen was trapped in Slaughter City, Yang Podi decided to prepare a move against Tang Hao and looked for someone to use against him.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang urged the sects to share their knowledge, but Yang Podi challenged Tang San to share his own techniques and weapons methods before asking others to do so.
• Yang Podi refused to provide medicinal bath ingredients, and Tang Hao arrived to demand the Breaking Clan’s inherited techniques; Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo stood with Yang Podi.
• Ning Fengzhi withdrew from the discussion after Yang Wudi rejected a connection between their families, and Tang Hao left with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang after Yang Wudi warned him about his injuries.
• Yang Podi told his family that Tang Chen was trapped in Slaughter City and had become a mindless monster, assuring them that he would not escape.
• Yang Podi decided to act against Tang Hao sooner than planned and began looking for someone to use against him.

Yang Podi secretly spread forged letters exposing the Clear Sky Sect’s strength and its ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting Spirit Hall to investigate and prepare for war. Bibi Dong secured the Worship Hall’s support against the Clear Sky Sect, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect realized the revelations could bring Spirit Hall’s wrath upon it.

• Yang Podi wrote five kinds of letters under Su Yuntao’s name, then flew out at night and secretly delivered copies to Spirit Hall branches near Heaven Dou City.
• Spirit Hall received more than twenty letters, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo confirmed that much of their information about Tang San, the Tang Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect was true.
• Bibi Dong took the letters to the Worship Hall and persuaded Qian Daoliu to send two enshrined to Heaven Dou City and let the Worship Hall participate in the Soul Hunting Operation against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue read the letters and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to ask Qian Daoliu for help dealing with Tang Hao and avenging her father.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo examined the two letters received by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and feared that Spirit Hall would treat the sect as an enemy.

Yang Podi watched the powers of the continent contend in the wake of Spirit Hall’s attack on the Strength Clan while his team prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. As the tournament approached, he questioned Tang San’s sudden growth and Xiao Wu’s concealed Soul Beast presence, and remained doubtful that Yu Xiaogang’s team could win.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo investigated the anonymous letters and searched unsuccessfully for the powerful flying Soul Master who delivered them.
• Spirit Hall’s Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo attacked Tang Hao at the Strength Clan’s grounds, devastating the clan before Tang Hao escaped.
• The Strength Clan survivors moved into Heaven Dou City with the Speed Clan, while Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire traded accusations without starting a war.
• Yang Podi’s team improved during the year, with Yang Podi reaching rank sixty-seven and Yang Ping'an breaking through to Soul King; Dugu Yan neared the same realm.
• Heaven Dou Team One gave up its automatic tournament slot, and Tang San reached rank forty-five while Xiao Wu advanced to Soul Ancestor without revealing her Soul Beast presence.
• Yang Podi retrieved the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from his father and later doubted Yu Xiaogang’s confidence, judging that his team could face stronger tournament opponents.

Yang Podi explained that he would sit out the preliminaries and advancement rounds while the Heaven Dou Second Team competed, and Teacher Li Xiang reviewed the tournament rules and format. The tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, where the teams were introduced and lots were drawn; Heaven Dou Team One faced Blue Tyrant Academy, while the Heaven Dou Second Team was scheduled to compete the next day.

• Yang Podi told the Heaven Dou Second Team he would reserve his strength and let them face the pressure of competition, then declared that he aimed to win the championship.
• Teacher Li Xiang explained the tournament’s age, safety, fairness, and match-format rules, including the preliminaries, advancement rounds, and finals.
• The twenty-nine teams entered the packed Soul Fighting Arena, where Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas gave speeches before Salas drew the lots.
• Heaven Dou Team One was paired with Blue Tyrant Academy, while the Heaven Dou Second Team drew an ordinary academy and was scheduled to fight the following day.
• Heaven Dou Team One fielded Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing against Blue Tyrant Academy, while Yang Podi noticed Tai Tan had lost his right hand.

Heaven Dou Team One swiftly defeated Blue Tyrant Academy, while Heaven Dou Second Team revealed its overwhelming strength by crushing Purple Star Academy. Afterward, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang identified supposed weaknesses in the second team, but Ning Rongrong recognized the threat they posed and suspected Yang Podi could defeat Team One by himself.

• Tang San trapped Blue Tyrant Academy with Blue Silver Cage, and Yu Tianheng's lightning attack left its members severely injured as Heaven Dou Team One won in under half a minute.
• Heaven Dou Second Team stunned the crowd with three Soul Ancestors, a Soul King, and Yang Ping'an's rank-fifty-one Soul Power and black Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Purple Star Academy's members, and the second team quickly defeated them before Ye Lingling healed the opponents.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed the second team's weak points, citing its lower-ranked members, limited lineup, and lack of tournament tactics.
• Tai Long and Bai Xiaofei silently recognized their difficulty keeping pace with the second team's talented members, while Ning Rongrong doubted Yu Xiaogang's assessment and recalled Yang Podi's formidable strength.

The Heaven Dou Second Team kept its unbeaten record through overwhelming strength, while Heaven Dou Team One's reliance on Tang San was exposed when fire-attribute opponents countered him and Skywater Academy defeated the team with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter left the Second Team, Skywater Academy, and Godwind Academy unbeaten as Tang San's standing came under increasing doubt.

• Heaven Dou Team One defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Tang San and Yu Tianheng overwhelmed Huyan Li, who was seriously injured despite using his Head Soul Bone.
• The Heaven Dou Second Team beat Elephant Armor Academy and Thunder Academy, with Niu Meng defeating Huyan Li in a one-on-one fight.
• Blazing Fire Academy's fire-attribute Soul Masters burned away Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and forced Heaven Dou Team One into its hardest victory, exposing its dependence on him.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used Ice and Snow Drifting to freeze Tang San and the rest of Heaven Dou Team One, giving the team its first tournament defeat.
• Spectators questioned Tang San's vulnerability to fire and ranked Niu Meng, Yang Ping'an, and Ye Lingling among the division's leading specialists.

The Heaven Dou Second Team faced Skywater Academy in a widely anticipated battle for first place, and Yang Ping'an countered Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his fifth Soul Skill. After the team won, Shui Bing'er asked Yang Ping'an about his strength and learned that Yang Podi aimed to help the Breaking and Defense Clans rise.

• The Heaven Dou Second Team continued its winning streak, defeating Blazing Fire Academy as Niu Meng blocked Huo Wu's powerful attack and Yang Ping'an kept his strongest Soul Skills hidden.
• Skywater Academy began the match by freezing the Heaven Dou Second Team, but Niu Meng protected his teammates while they broke free and Yang Ping'an forced Shui Bing'er to use her defensive Soul Skill.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu activated their Ice and Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill while the Heaven Dou Second Team stayed in position rather than trying to interrupt them.
• Yang Ping'an used his fifth Soul Skill, White Tiger Destruction Kill, to pierce the Ice Phoenix as Niu Meng shielded the team and Ye Lingling healed them; Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu fell unconscious, and the Heaven Dou Second Team won.
• Shui Bing'er asked Yang Ping'an how he had become so strong, and he credited Yang Podi's training and said his brother sought the rise of the Breaking and Defense Clans rather than the tournament's Soul Bones.
• The crowd cheered the Heaven Dou Second Team, whose victory kept its undefeated record intact.

After Heaven Dou Second Team defeated Skywater Academy, Yang Podi let Shi Nian lure him into an illusion and defeated him with Blood Rain and Gory Wind. Yang Podi captured Shi Nian and brought him to the Breaking Clan, where Yang Wudi agreed to keep him imprisoned while he recovered; Yang Podi then returned to the Soul Master Tournament.

• Heaven Dou Second Team’s victory over Skywater Academy left the other teams wary, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed how difficult Ye Lingling made the team to defeat.
• Yang Podi encountered Shi Nian and Canghui Academy, dismissed Shi Nian’s challenge, and later left his team to follow Shi Nian’s illusion.
• Yang Podi shattered Shi Nian’s illusion with Blood Rain and Gory Wind, leaving Shi Nian gravely injured.
• Yang Podi fed Shi Nian medicinal pills, placed him in a Soul Tool that could hold living things, and took him to the Breaking Clan.
• Yang Wudi agreed to keep Shi Nian imprisoned while he recovered, and Yang Podi returned to the Soul Fighting Arena.