Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng insulted the tournament’s battle teams, while Canghui Academy secretly planned to use its spiritual illusions against the Heavenly Dao Battle Team to learn what happened to Shi Nian. The Heavenly Dao Battle Team finished the day undefeated and drew Canghui Academy for its next match, but Chen Feng warned his teammates not to underestimate them.

• Chen Feng called all the battle teams trash, angering the competitors while the host tried to smooth things over.
• Canghui Academy’s captain suspected Ye Lingling carried Shi Nian’s Seven-Colored Soul Bone and ordered his team to use illusions against the Heavenly Dao Battle Team.
• Huo Wu complained about Chen Feng’s arrogance, and Feng Xiaotian’s agreement only earned him her scorn over his earlier loss to Chen Feng.
• The Heavenly Dao Battle Team completed twenty consecutive victories and ranked first as the day’s preliminary matches ended.
• The next matchup paired the Heavenly Dao Battle Team with Canghui Academy, and Chen Feng cautioned his teammates that the opponents were stronger than they appeared.

Chen Feng warned the Heavenly Dao Battle Team that Blue Sunshine Academy might be concealing its strength and revealed that the team could know about Ye Lingling’s Soul Bone. He joined the match the next day, where Blue Sunshine Academy’s seven members revealed their rare Gem Martial Souls.

• Chen Feng cautioned Shui Binger not to underestimate Blue Sunshine Academy and said he would compete against them himself.
• Chen Feng warned that Blue Sunshine Academy might have discovered Ye Lingling’s Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing declared they would stand with him.
• At the Great Soul Arena, the crowd mocked Blue Sunshine Academy’s apparently weak lineup while Chen Feng’s Soul Ring configuration alarmed its members.
• After the referee started the match, Blue Sunshine Academy’s seven members summoned Gem Martial Souls, astonishing the spectators.

The Azure Radiance Battle Team trapped Chen Feng in a Seven-Person Fusion Skill that forced him to relive a terrifying version of his former life. When the illusion ended with him restrained in a mental hospital, Chen Feng revealed he had another way to fight.

• The Azure Radiance Battle Team combined their Soul Skills into a Seven-Person Fusion Skill, and Sword Douluo clarified that it was not a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Azure Radiance Battle Team Captain trapped Chen Feng in the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, where he appeared to wake up in his old workplace.
• Chen Feng mocked and slapped the manager in the illusion, sending him crashing through a desk.
• Chen Feng found himself restrained in a Mental Hospital as a doctor insisted that his transmigration and Soul Power were delusions.
• Chen Feng laughed at the doctor and declared that he could use more than Soul Power.

Chen Feng unleashed the Rebellion Quelling Sword Art during the Azure Radiance Battle Team’s spiritual attack, overwhelming the team with terrifying visions and leaving its members apparently insane. As healers rushed to examine them, the spectators and rival teams struggled to understand Chen Feng’s power.

• Chen Feng manifested the Rebellion Quelling Sword Art as a humanoid sword wielder and monstrous beasts, overwhelming the mental hospital illusion and breaking the minds of the orderlies and doctor.
• Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, Chen Feng, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Binger, and Shui Yuer endured visions of their worst fates before Chen Feng’s manifested sword wielder and beasts shattered the illusions.
• The seven members of the Azure Radiance Battle Team reappeared at the arena, screaming and attacking anyone who approached them.
• The referee rushed to check the Azure Radiance Battle Team, and Xue Ye ordered healing Soul Masters to ensure their safety.
• Chen Xin and Shui Hantian tried to interpret the attack, while Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with shock and fear at Chen Feng’s strange method.

After Chen Feng's attack drove the Azure Radiance Battle Team insane, the Shrek and Heavenly Dao teams discussed the fears they had seen in their illusions. Ning Fengzhi then urged Xue Ye to investigate Chen Feng and pressure the competition committee, leaving the Heavenly Dao Battle Team at risk of losing its eligibility.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted he could not identify the soul skill that had driven the Azure Radiance Battle Team mad, while Ning Rongrong began to doubt her earlier judgment of Chen Feng.
• Referees restrained the seven rampaging Azure Radiance members, and Chen Feng comforted Xiao Wu as the Heavenly Dao team shared their frightening illusions.
• Zhu Zhuqing concealed that her illusion had shown her with Chen Feng, and Shui Yuer became furious when Chen Feng teased her about turning into a dolphin.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that the Azure Radiance team's madness required a thorough investigation and urged him to pressure the competition committee to disqualify the Heavenly Dao Battle Team.
• Xue Ye agreed that the incident needed investigation because Chen Feng's unknown method made him feel threatened.

Blue Sunshine Academy’s complaint brought Spirit Hall and imperial representatives to investigate the Heavenly Dao Battle Team, but Chen Feng escalated the confrontation by severing a teacher’s finger. As Sword Douluo arrived to defend his grandson, Yu Xiaogang produced a Pope Token to challenge Salas’s claim that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family could not represent the committee.

• Xue Ye ordered a thorough investigation into the Heaven Dou City Preliminary Tournament, while Blue Sunshine Academy demanded that Spirit Hall revoke the Heavenly Dao Battle Team’s qualification.
• Zhao Wuji warned Chen Feng that investigators would arrive, but Chen Feng stayed calm and welcomed the inquiry.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy teacher cursed at Chen Feng and pointed at him, so Chen Feng severed the man’s finger and warned that the next punishment would be losing his hand.
• Blue Sunshine Academy teachers prepared to attack, but Chen Xin arrived with Shui Hantian, Shui Xinrou, Poison Douluo, and others and vowed to protect Chen Feng.
• Ning Fengzhi cited Xue Ye’s order for an investigation, while Salas rejected the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s authority to represent the competition committee.
• Yu Xiaogang produced a Pope Token and asked Salas whether it gave them authority to represent the committee.

Yu Xiaogang used a Pope Token to demand that the Heavenly Dao Battle Team be disqualified, but Chen Feng pointed out that the token’s engraved symbols included Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword. The Blue Sunshine Academy teachers backed down and apologized, and Sword Douluo left the punishment of the students to Chen Feng.

• Yu Xiaogang revealed his Pope Token and demanded that the Heavenly Dao Battle Team lose its competition qualification.
• Chen Feng challenged Yu Xiaogang to inspect the six symbols engraved on the token, and Ning Fengzhi realized that the sword represented Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Salas pointed out that the token could not be used to restrain Chen Feng while Sword Douluo was present, leaving Yu Xiaogang embarrassed.
• Chen Feng defended his actions in the match, and the Blue Sunshine Academy teachers apologized to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo told Chen Feng to decide how the Blue Sunshine Academy students would be dealt with.

Chen Feng spared the Blue Sunshine Academy teachers, ending the attempt to investigate Heavenly Dao Academy and provoking Shrek Academy’s protests. By evening, Yu Xiaogang’s Pope Token had become the talk of Heaven Dou City, and Chen Feng began explaining the Star Crown design to Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai.

• Chen Feng pardoned the Blue Sunshine Academy teachers, and Salas declared there was no need to investigate Heavenly Dao Academy.
• Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong accused Heavenly Dao Academy of abusing its power, while the onlookers defended Chen Feng’s team.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned the Heavenly Dao Battle Team, and the crowd mocked him over his Pope Token and Honorary Elder claim.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the investigation could not continue, and Chen Feng led his team out of the Soul Arena lounge.
• Stories about Yu Xiaogang and the Pope Token spread across Heaven Dou City, where Soul Masters discussed the token’s six designs.
• Xiao Wu asked about the Star Crown design, and Chen Feng said it was a Martial Soul born for battle before asking Dai Mubai if he recognized it.

As the Soul Master Preliminary Tournament neared its end, Xue Qinghe tried to recruit Chen Feng by promising him the future position of National Preceptor. Chen Feng declined for now, leaving the onlookers astonished and Xue Qinghe caught off guard.

• Dai Mubai explained that the Star Luo Empire's three top-tier Martial Souls belonged to the Dai, Zhu, and Xu families.
• The Heavenly Dao Battle Team's growing reputation led opponents to concede, and Yu Xiaogang ordered the Shrek Battle Team to withdraw as well.
• On the final day of the preliminaries, Chen Feng's opponent conceded, and Chen Feng joined the others in the VIP stands.
• Xue Qinghe approached Chen Feng and asked why he had entered the Soul Master Competition, then invited him to work together.
• Xue Qinghe promised Chen Feng the position of National Preceptor, but Chen Feng said he wanted to know him better before making plans.
• Important figures who overheard Chen Feng's response were shocked that he had refused the Crown Prince's offer.

Chen Feng rejected Xue Qinghe’s attempt to recruit him, then led the Heavenly Dao Battle Team to first place in the Preliminary Tournament. After a month of cultivation, he visited the imprisoned Liu Erlong and hinted that he could help her escape.

• Chen Feng refused Xue Qinghe’s offer to get acquainted, while privately planning to win his support for the operation against Tang Hao.
• Xue Ye awarded the top five teams advancement certificates and announced noble titles and other rewards, as the Heavenly Dao Battle Team celebrated its twenty-seven consecutive victories.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds a month later and promised a Soul Ring to the team member with the most wins.
• Chen Feng and Xiao Wu cultivated during the month, reaching Soul Power Levels forty-eight and forty-one respectively.
• Chen Feng visited the haggard Liu Erlong, who accused him of coming to mock her, but he asked whether she wanted to remain confined for the rest of her life.

Chen Feng released Liu Erlong and sent her back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hoping her return and reconciliation with Yu Luomian would keep the clan occupied. A few days later, he led the Heavenly Dao Battle Team to the Promotion Tournament, where their first match was against Blazing Academy.

• Chen Feng offered to release Liu Erlong if she returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and acknowledged Yu Luomian as her father, then removed the barrier and let her leave.
• Chen Feng told Xiao Wu that Liu Erlong's return would create turmoil in the clan and hinder its ability to help Tang Hao.
• Chen Feng led the Heavenly Dao Battle Team into the Royal Hunting Ground, where they were assigned barracks for the tournament.
• The Promotion Tournament began with fifteen teams competing in a round robin, using one-on-one bouts in which fighters stayed in until defeated.
• Chen Feng drew excited attention from the crowd and spotted Meng Yiran in the stands, while Huo Wu watched him angrily.
• The first match began between the Heavenly Dao Battle Team and Blazing Academy.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing won their opening Promotion Tournament matches for the Heavenly Dao Battle Team while Shrek’s team vowed to defeat Chen Feng’s side and expose his alleged wrongdoing. Meanwhile, three visitors from Sea God Island arrived in Heaven Dou City and were recognized by Blue Sunshine Academy’s Seven Madmen as envoys of an Evil God.

• Dai Mubai defeated Huo Wushuang in a fierce power-attack duel during the first Promotion Tournament match.
• Zhu Zhuqing took the field next and won her battle with ease.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Chen Feng had forced Liu Er Long to return to her family, and Shrek’s team resolved to win the championship and reveal the truth.
• Three exhausted visitors from Sea God Island entered Heaven Dou City, including the fish-tailed Sea Woman Douluo, hoping to investigate Chen Feng’s One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
• Blue Sunshine Academy’s Seven Madmen recognized the visitors as servants of a sea Evil God and shouted warnings, even writing their claims in blood after a Titled Douluo silenced them.

Shui Yuer defeated Huo Wu with her Golden Tide after overcoming Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion, revealing the Heavenly Dao Battle Team’s depth. The team kept winning and then faced Shrek Academy, where Ning Fengzhi cautioned Xue Ye against assuming the outcome.

• Huo Wu attacked Shui Yuer with Resistant Fire Ring, but Shui Yuer’s transformed Golden Dolphin broke through it.
• Shui Yuer’s enduring Soul Power pushed Huo Wu into a disadvantage, so Huo Wu used Ring Fusion to launch an explosive sphere.
• Shui Yuer unleashed Golden Tide, extinguished Huo Wu’s attack, and swept her out of the arena.
• The Heavenly Dao Battle Team continued crushing its opponents, and its popularity rose.
• The Heavenly Dao Battle Team faced Shrek Academy, and Xue Ye predicted its victory until Ning Fengzhi said it was too early to draw a conclusion.

Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s tactics could make Shrek a threat, while Chen Feng prepared to face Tang San in the Promotion Tournament. After Dai Mubai defeated Tai Long, Chen Feng entered the arena as Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and attacked.

• Ning Fengzhi identified Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang as Shrek’s potential advantage, and Xue Ye asked to meet him after the match.
• Chen Feng explained that Shrek was dangerous and chose to enter the match second after Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai defeated Tai Long with White Tiger Vajra Claw, leaving Shrek to send Tang San into the arena.
• Chen Feng replaced Dai Mubai and faced Tang San, who planned to use his Clear Sky Hammer and two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings to injure him.
• Tang San trapped Chen Feng with Blue Silver Cage, but Chen Feng shattered it and activated One Sword, Immortal Kneels.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and challenged Chen Feng, who answered with his Heavenly Dao Sword. Their clashes escalated as both unleashed powerful attacks, leaving their battle at a decisive collision.

• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to break free of Chen Feng’s Blue Silver Grass, revealing his second Martial Soul and shocking the spectators.
• Xue Ye and other important figures recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, while Salas worried about its ties to the Clear Sky Sect and Poison Douluo remarked that Chen Feng had found a true opponent.
• Chen Feng mocked Tang San’s dramatic introduction, and Tang San attacked with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San activated his thirty-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Ring and blocked Chen Feng’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin with a powerful hammer strike.
• Tang San swung again, and Chen Feng countered by unleashing One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate as a vast river of sword qi surged forward.

Chen Feng defeated Tang San in the Promotion Tournament, and the Heavenly Dao Battle Team completed the tournament undefeated. After watching Chen Feng’s victory, Tang Hao planned to confront Sword Douluo after the Spirit Hall finals.

• Tang San unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer’s final strike with the Po Jun Soul Ring, but Chen Feng countered with the Grass Character Sword Secret and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Chen Feng told Tang San that their strength was worlds apart, then received 10,000 Villain Points for crushing the Son of Destiny’s mindset.
• The Heavenly Dao Battle Team won all fourteen Promotion Tournament matches, while rival teams forfeited rather than face Chen Feng.
• Tai Nuo told Tang Hao that Chen Feng had defeated him and fought the Shui Family head to a draw.
• Tang Hao declared that he would settle his grudges after the Spirit Hall finals and make Sword Douluo experience the Seven Kill Sword.

As the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams traveled to Spirit City for the finals, Chen Feng acquired extraordinary chess skill and repeatedly defeated Xue Qinghe. Chen Feng then proposed adding a stake to their next game, leaving his real purpose unclear.

• Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou Empire’s fifteen teams toward Spirit City, while the Heavenly Dao Battle Team prepared to compete for first place.
• Chen Feng’s Soul Power had reached the peak of rank forty-nine, while Shui Yuer stayed carefree and trusted that he would lead them to victory.
• Chen Feng visited Xue Qinghe’s carriage, where Xue Qinghe invited him to play chess and brought out a board.
• Chen Feng exchanged 5,000 Villain Points for a chess skill that gave him knowledge from across the Myriad Realms.
• Chen Feng beat Xue Qinghe three games in a row, then proposed adding a stake to their next match.

Chen Feng defeated Xue Qinghe in their eighteenth chess game and secured his promise to help during a crisis. When Spirit Hall forces ambushed the traveling party, Chen Feng rushed into battle and confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo.

• Chen Feng asked Xue Qinghe to promise to do everything in his power to help him if he faced a crisis, and Xue Qinghe agreed.
• Chen Feng defeated Xue Qinghe again, leaving him stunned after losing all eighteen games.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed the convoy, and Xue Qinghe ordered the troops to fight while protecting the fifteen teams.
• Chen Feng left the carriage, killed attackers with the Heavenly Dao Sword, and cut down three hundred black-clad men with One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived, and Chrysanthemum Douluo charged at Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng unleashed his fourth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and used the Grass Character Sword Secret with One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate against Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Chen Feng and Chen Xin drove off Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo, and their men after Spirit Hall tried to seize Tang San. The convoy regrouped, and the competitors blamed and insulted the Shrek group for bringing them into danger.

• Chen Feng used the Grass Character Sword Secret and One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate to withstand Yue Guan's attack, stunning him with his power as a Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Xin arrived and gravely wounded Yue Guan with Sword Shadow Thrust, while Ghost Douluo realized Spirit Hall's forces could not prevail against the assembled experts.
• Chen Feng refused Ghost Douluo's demand to take Tang San, citing his promise to the Crown Prince that nobody would be missing.
• Poison Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, Shui Xinrou, and Shui Hantian arrived, prompting Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan to withdraw with their men.
• The Soul Master teams regrouped and cheered Chen Feng, while competitors condemned and insulted the Shrek group for Tang San's role in the attack.

Chen Feng’s intervention against Spirit Hall earned him praise and revealed his growing strength, while Bibi Dong worried about his threat to the tournament. After arriving in Spirit City, the team learned that their first opponent was Star Luo Royal Academy, stirring Zhu Zhuqing’s excitement.

• Tang San seethed at the crowd’s insults, and Chen Feng gained 20,000 Villain Points for joining in the pressure against him.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Chen Feng for protecting the operation, and Chen Xin praised Chen Feng’s swordsmanship and strength.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo reported to Bibi Dong that Chen Feng had blocked an attack, leaving her with an ominous feeling about the competition.
• The Heaven Dou team arrived in Spirit City, where Chen Feng joked with Shui Yuer and Zhu Zhuqing about her dream of a peaceful world.
• Chen Feng drew Star Luo Royal Academy as the team’s first opponent, and Zhu Zhuqing eagerly reacted before Chen Feng teased her about losing.