Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao broke free from his restraints in Glazed Heaven’s underground chamber and prepared to seize Ning Liu for the spiritual herbs needed to heal Ah Yin. Tang Xiao stopped his attack and revealed that Ning Liu was the only person who could save the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Tang Hao bewildered.

• Tang Hao used compressed Soul Power to shatter the locks on his chains and decided to seek the treasures needed for Ah Yin’s recovery.
• When Ning Liu entered the chamber, Tang Hao pretended to remain imprisoned before lunging at him.
• Tang Xiao stepped in and blocked Tang Hao’s attack with a forceful palm strike.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang Xiao as his elder brother and asked whether he had come to rescue him.
• Tang Xiao demanded to know why Tang Hao had attacked Sect Master Ning and said Ning Liu was the only person who could save the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Xiao confronted Tang Hao over how his choices had brought hardship to Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Hao insisted he had done nothing wrong for Ah Yin. The chapter ended with Tang Hao urging Tang Xiao to help him destroy Glazed Heaven and seize its resources, leaving Tang Xiao stunned by his brother’s greed and madness.

• Tang Xiao blamed Tang Hao for abandoning Clear Sky Sect, their father's death, and the sect's forced seclusion.
• Tang Hao defended his actions as being for Ah Yin and demanded to know what he had done wrong.
• Tang Hao pleaded with Tang Xiao to help him obtain resources from Glazed Heaven so Ah Yin could recover faster.
• Tang Hao proposed that they destroy Glazed Heaven, seize its wealth, and use it to restore Clear Sky Sect's power.
• Tang Xiao stared at Tang Hao in shock, realizing his younger brother had become consumed by selfishness.

Tang Xiao rejected Tang Hao’s plan to seize Glazed Heaven and revive Ah Yin, then subdued his brother when Tang Hao attacked Ning Liu. He asked Ning Liu how the Clear Sky Sect should deal with the unconscious Tang Hao.

• Tang Xiao confronted Tang Hao over his selfish plan to destroy Glazed Heaven and refused to help him.
• Tang Hao vowed to act alone, and Tang Xiao told him to return to the Clear Sky Sect and remain there.
• Tang Hao rejected the order and attacked Ning Liu, but Ning Liu’s mental assault stopped him briefly.
• Tang Xiao revealed his Level ninety-eight power and knocked Tang Hao unconscious.
• Tang Xiao asked Ning Liu how they should deal with Tang Hao.

Ning Liu reassured Tang Xiao that Tang Hao would remain useful and offered him the means to restore the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Xiao accepted the Great Sumeru Hammer secret technique and a Hundred Thousand Year Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, then offered to accompany Ning Liu as his guard.

• Ning Liu ordered his people to watch Tang Hao and dismissed any concern that Tang Hao's attack would cause trouble.
• Ning Liu told Tang Xiao that his level 98 Soul Power gave him the strength to save the Clear Sky Sect, but that he still needed the means and resolve.
• Ning Liu gave Tang Xiao the complete cultivation guide to the Great Sumeru Hammer secret technique.
• Ning Liu presented Tang Xiao with a Hundred Thousand Year Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to help him withstand the secret technique's demands.
• Tang Xiao thanked Ning Liu, stored both gifts in his Soul Tool, and offered to accompany him as his guard.

Ning Liu revealed that he commanded ten Titled Douluo and brought Tang Xiao, now a rank-ninety-eight Super Douluo, to meet Ning Fengzhi. He asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to help Tang Xiao reorganize the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed three former Profound Water Sect Soul Douluo into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and placed them under Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s management.
• Ning Liu arrived with Tang Xiao and another man, and told Bone Douluo that he had ten Titled Douluo under his command.
• Ning Liu introduced Tang Xiao, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, while Chen Xin sensed that Tang Xiao had rank-ninety-eight Soul Power.
• Ning Liu asked Ning Fengzhi to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect help Tang Xiao reorganize the Clear Sky Sect.

Ning Liu persuaded Ning Fengzhi to help rebuild the Clear Sky Sect by arguing that the Upper Three Sects should unite and that cooperation would prepare them to explore a newly discovered continent. Ning Fengzhi agreed, and the group turned to planning their next steps.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo warned Ning Liu that helping rebuild the Clear Sky Sect could provoke Spirit Hall, but Ning Liu said his business partnership with Spirit Hall protected him for now.
• Ning Liu argued that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should help the Clear Sky Sect repay an old debt and unite the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Liu revealed that another continent lay across the ocean, that the Profound Water Sect and the auctioned Soul Tools came from there, and that Spirit Hall was already exploring overseas.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to help the Clear Sky Sect rebuild, while Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo accepted his decision.
• Tang Xiao thanked Ning Fengzhi and said Ning Liu should coordinate their cooperation, so Ning Liu began discussing how they would proceed.

Ning Liu instructed Tang Xiao to reorganize the Clear Sky Sect openly, with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect support, and to bring Tang Hao before the clan assembly to surrender his title. At the Glazed Heaven Rare Item Exchange, Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing, who dismissed his taunts and tried to leave before he attacked her.

• Ning Liu told Tang Xiao to convene a clan assembly and use force openly to settle opposition within the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Liu ordered Tang Hao to attend the assembly and give up the title of Clear Sky Douluo, and Tang Xiao said he would return to the sect the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Dugu Yan the Rare Item Exchange's Tang Sect counter and explained its poisoned Hidden Weapons.
• Dai Mubai boasted to Zhu Zhuqing about his rank, Soul Bones, and place as captain of Star Luo Royal Academy, then demanded she beg to return as his maid.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai if he had finished and turned to leave with Dugu Yan, but Dai Mubai attacked her with the White Tiger Blade.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai’s attack and Glazed Heaven’s guards intervened, while Dai learned she had joined the sect. Ning Rongrong and the others revealed Zhuqing’s place on the Glazed Heaven Team, and Dai left vowing to prove himself at the tournament.

• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Blade and wounded his arm with Netherworld Hundred Claws, shocking him by revealing her Soul Elder rank.
• Glazed Heaven’s guards surrounded Dai Mubai, and their captain warned him against attacking someone belonging to the Sect Master.
• Dai Mubai called Zhu Zhuqing his fiancée and threatened to meet her at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Dugu Yan reminded him she had ended their engagement.
• Ning Rongrong arrived with Tailong, Yang Bubai, and the others, declaring Zhu Zhuqing a member of the Glazed Heaven Team and revealing her own Soul Ancestor rank and ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Tailong and Yang Bubai confronted Dai Mubai, who left with his guards after vowing to show them what a true genius was on the arena.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Ning Rongrong and the Glazed Heaven Team, while Dugu Yan asked to join them after seeing how powerful its members had become. Ning Rongrong welcomed Dugu Yan and gave both newcomers Soul Power Amplification Pills, leaving them eager to meet Ning Liu before the competition began.

• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Glazed Heaven Team, and Dugu Yan noticed that nearly everyone in it was a Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Yan asked to join the team as a level forty-two control-system Soul Ancestor, and Ning Rongrong welcomed her.
• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan three Soul Power Amplification Pills each and explained that they raised Soul Power by one level apiece without side effects.
• Dugu Yan swallowed all three pills and rose from level forty-two to level forty-five, while Zhu Zhuqing rose from level thirty-five to level thirty-eight.
• Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan to find Ning Liu ahead of the competition.

Ning Liu used three God-Bestowed Soul Rings to strengthen his Empty Dream Sword and Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, gaining powerful new abilities and reaching level eighty-five. The chapter left him with three Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a combined Soul Ring age exceeding one million years.

• Ning Liu examined Tang Hao's letter and dismissed its demands for revenge, resources, and a reckoning with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Liu gave the first God-Bestowed Soul Ring to the Empty Dream Sword, raising it to Three Hundred Thousand Years and advancing his Soul Power to level seventy-nine.
• Ning Liu gained Void Trace Instant Slash and Sword Shadow Stacking Void as the Empty Dream Sword's first two Soul Skills.
• Ning Liu absorbed a second Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring into the Empty Dream Sword and reached level eighty.
• Ning Liu gave the final God-Bestowed Soul Ring to the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, raising his Soul Power to level eighty-five.

Ning Rongrong returned with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, and Ning Liu approved their joining the Glazed Heaven Team. He revealed that Xiao Wu was another candidate and claimed her strength surpassed everyone present, just as Xiao Wu arrived and challenged Ning Rongrong’s confidence.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Liu that Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan had joined the Glazed Heaven Team, and he agreed to their recruitment.
• Ning Liu announced that he had another suitable candidate for the team and sent a subordinate to invite Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Xiao Wu was strong enough to join, while Zhu Zhuqing wondered why Xiao Wu was there without Tang San.
• Ning Liu claimed Xiao Wu’s Soul Power was far higher than Ning Rongrong expected and that her strength surpassed everyone present.
• Xiao Wu entered and taunted Ning Rongrong, saying she could not touch her even if Xiao Wu fought with one hand.

Xiao Wu revealed that she had reached Soul King, and Ning Liu gave the Glazed Heaven Team Soul Power Crystals to absorb before the tournament. As the team prepared for the next day's opening ceremony and elimination round, Ning Rongrong admitted she had no tactical plans.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Xiao Wu to compare Soul Power, and Xiao Wu revealed five soul rings, including two black rings, proving she was a Soul King.
• Ning Rongrong accused Ning Liu of favoring Xiao Wu, but he said Xiao Wu's constitution was special and confirmed that she would join the Glazed Heaven Team.
• Ning Liu produced Soul Power Crystals and told Ning Rongrong to distribute them so everyone could absorb them and raise their Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong said the team could simply fight without tactics, and Ning Liu told everyone to return and absorb the crystals before the tournament began.

Ning Liu summoned six Titled Douluo and assigned Li An to place them throughout Glazed Heaven, while keeping Luo Li by his side. Dugu Bo met Lady Poison and felt an unexpected attraction before reporting that urgent business had brought him to Ning Liu.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu about her relationship with Tang San, and Ning Rongrong jealously insisted that Xiao Wu was in love with Ning Liu.
• Ning Liu summoned six Titled Douluo, including the support-type Luo Li, and ordered Li An to assign five of them to Glazed Heaven's departments.
• Lady Poison asked to remain by Ning Liu's side, and he suppressed his sudden desire for her.
• Dugu Bo entered, exchanged a charged look with Lady Poison, and realized her poison-attributed martial soul matched his own.
• Ning Liu told Dugu Bo that Lady Poison would likely serve in the Tang Sect department, then asked why he had come.
• Dugu Bo grew serious and said he had an important matter to report.

Ning Liu learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had sent its Hidden Weapon department to the Tang Sect and considered making Lou Gao its master craftsman, while dismissing the theft of Tang Sect designs as Tang San’s doing. Elsewhere, Tang San absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring as Flender questioned Yu Xiaogang about Shrek Academy’s tournament prospects.

• Dugu Bo reported that Ning Fengzhi had transferred the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Hidden Weapon department to the Tang Sect, and Ning Liu ordered the sect to prioritize supplying them with finished weapons.
• Dugu Bo said Titan had recruited Lou Gao, and Ning Liu offered Lou Gao the Tang Sect master position while appointing Dugu Bo and Lady Poison as deputy masters.
• Dugu Bo reported that cheap, mediocre Tang Sect Hidden Weapons had appeared on the market, but Ning Liu identified Tang San as the likely source and ordered a public declaration that his Tang Sect was the only true orthodoxy.
• Tang San absorbed a black, ten-thousand-year soul ring from a Cave Demon Spider while Yu Xiaogang celebrated his fourth ring, and Flender asked Yu Xiaogang how Shrek Academy would fare in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San could transfer energy devoured by his Blue Silver Grass, and he and Flender planned to use the ability to strengthen a team for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. As Tang San finished absorbing his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Flender prepared to recruit struggling students in Suotuo City.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that an experiment with Tang San had shown Blue Silver Grass could transfer devoured energy into another plant, making it grow rapidly.
• Flender realized Tang San might use the ability to help others cultivate and create a powerful team.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed recruiting students from other academies and using Tang San to raise their cultivation for the tournament.
• Flender agreed to recruit unwanted students in Suotuo City and aim for the tournament’s rewards.
• Tang San finished absorbing his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Tang San’s Soul Power reached level forty-three, while Flender rushed him and Yu Xiaogang away. In Suotuo City, Luo Fan followed Shrek Academy’s recruitment notice and witnessed a mysterious method that had helped Wei Jin break through, leaving him wondering whether the academy’s promise was real.

• Tang San reported that his Soul Power had reached level forty-three after absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Flender used his Martial Soul Avatar to carry Tang San and Yu Xiaogang away before Yu Xiaogang could stabilize him.
• Luo Fan, a Canghui Academy student rejected from its tournament team because of his Nether Wolf’s weakness, decided to investigate Shrek Academy’s recruitment notice.
• Yu Xiaogang led Luo Fan into a hidden basement, where black-purple vines drew energy from Thousand Year Soul Beast corpses into several people.
• Wei Jin of Thunderclap Academy broke through from level thirty-five to level thirty-six after only three days, and Luo Fan suspected Shrek’s recruitment promise might be true.

Yu Xiaogang recruited desperate academy students into a dangerous cultivation method that rapidly increased their Soul Power while damaging their potential. He revealed to Flender that the students were also filtering energy for Xiao San, and that they would suffer hidden dangers even though he had told them about the method’s personal cost.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Luo Fan that the cultivation method could ruin his future prospects, but Luo Fan chose to join Shrek’s plan.
• Yu Xiaogang had Luo Fan absorb energy from a Thousand Year Soul Beast corpse through a vine, and Luo Fan’s Soul Power surged past level thirty-six.
• A resentful reserve player from Heaven Dou Royal Academy arrived at the inn seeking Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang took him to the backyard.
• Flender reported that Shrek had recruited eight people and supplied Soul Beast corpses, while Yu Xiaogang said two recruits might reach level forty before the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that the recruits’ bodies filtered chaotic Soul Beast energy before it flowed to Xiao San through Blue Silver Grass vines, boosting Xiao San toward level forty-four.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted the recruits would suffer hidden dangers and said he had concealed only that they were also filtering energy for Xiao San.

Ning Liu arrived at the Glazed Heaven Soul Fighting Arena and took the seat of honor, drawing the attention of the assembled dignitaries and spectators. The tournament opening ceremony began, and Doudou started explaining the competition format.

• Ning Liu woke Xiao Wu and told her to get ready for the opening ceremony while Li An reported that the venue was prepared.
• Spectators at the Glazed Heaven Soul Fighting Arena recognized kings, princes, Pope Bibi Dong, and three Titled Douluo among the guests.
• Ning Liu entered the grandstand, took the empty seat of honor, and ordered the ceremony to begin.
• Doudou welcomed the guests and announced that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had officially begun.
• Doudou began introducing the tournament's format.

The tournament preliminaries began with a divisional round-robin format, and Glazed Heaven showcased its influence by supplying six Titled Douluo as chief referees. The opening match was set between Elephant Armor Academy and the Glazed Team, captained by Ning Rongrong.

• Doudou explained the points system, qualification rules, and match limits before academy leaders drew their divisions and numbers.
• A goateed Blue Cat Academy leader argued with a Godwind Academy man over Liu Ruyan distracting Feng Xiaotian.
• Ning Liu watched the draw as Prince Xue Xing remarked on the tournament’s expense.
• Doudou introduced the referees, including six Soul Douluo deputy chiefs and six Titled Douluo elders from Glazed Heaven as chief referees.
• Doudou announced the tournament’s opening match between Huyan Li’s Elephant Armor Team and Ning Rongrong’s Glazed Team, which included Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er.

Ning Rongrong's Glazed Heaven team faced the Elephant Armor Academy team amid heavy mockery and doubts about their strength. The Glazed team revealed six Soul Ancestors and Xiao Wu as a Soul King, leaving the arena stunned before the match began.

• Spectators mocked the Glazed team and placed bets on the Elephant Armor team, while one young soul master angrily blamed Glazed Heaven for Shui Bing'er joining them.
• Referee Doudou introduced the teams, and Elephant Armor captain Huyan Li ridiculed Tailong for only recently reaching Soul Elder rank.
• The crowd recognized Dugu Yan and learned that the Elephant Armor team had three Soul Ancestors and four high-ranking Soul Elders, prompting Dai Mubai to relish the Glazed team's apparent disadvantage.
• Ning Rongrong told the referee her team was ready and ordered the members to reveal their soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong and five teammates showed four soul rings each, including a ten-thousand-year ring on Ning Rongrong, then Xiao Wu revealed five rings and her Soul King rank.