Chapter Summaries

Gong Yu defeated Feng Xiaotian’s challenge with overwhelming force and warned the other academies not to provoke him. Later, Qian Renxue met him in disguise and asked him to provide one of his people as her crown princess.

• Feng Xiaotian challenged Gong Yu to withstand his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and attacked from the air.
• Gong Yu stood his ground through Feng Xiaotian’s attacks, then struck him with the first form of the Nine Forms of the Scarlet Dragon and sent him flying.
• Gong Yu defended his actions by citing their life-and-death contract, revealed that he had trained in Slaughter City, and threatened anyone who challenged him.
• The referee declared the Academy of the Gods Team the winner, and Salas and Ning Fengzhi took note of Gong Yu and Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue visited Gong Yu disguised as Xue Qinghe, spent time alone with him, and asked him to help her choose a crown princess from among his people.

Gong Yu negotiated with Qian Renxue over a crown-princess match and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then gave her an immortal herb to improve her cultivation. The Academy of the Gods prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy, and Gong Xue entered the arena to fight its team alone.

• Gong Yu agreed to arrange a suitable crown princess for Qian Renxue in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and proposed Cat Girl as the match.
• Gong Yu discussed Qian Renxue's cultivation and feelings, then gave her a narcissus jade muscle bone to absorb after returning to the palace.
• Gong Yu and the girls cultivated the Purple Demon Eye at dawn before heading to the training grounds for their match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Gong Yu warned Gong Xue about Huo Wu's Ring Fusion, and Gong Xue said she would be careful while fighting the team alone.
• Gong Xue entered the arena as the Academy of the Gods' first contestant, and Huo Wushuang took the field for Blazing Fire Academy.

Gong Xue defeated Blazing Fire Academy’s contestants one after another, then countered Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion with her domain. She stood before the suppressed Huo Wu, leaving the match unresolved.

• Gong Xue defeated Huo Wushuang by sending him out of bounds, then knocked out Huo Yun and four more Blazing Fire Academy contestants without using a Soul Skill.
• Huo Wu entered the arena as Blazing Fire Academy’s final contestant and charged Gong Xue after the referee began the match.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring twice, forcing Gong Xue into the air before combining all four Soul Rings in Ring Fusion.
• Gong Xue released her domain, suppressed Huo Wu, and dispersed the white sphere produced by Ring Fusion.
• Gong Xue landed before the trembling Huo Wu, who remained unable to move freely under the domain’s pressure.

Gong Xue defeated Huo Wu and drove her from the arena, while Na'er persuaded Zi JI to become Gong Yu’s Contract Soul Spirit and his woman. After spending the night together, Gong Yu urged Zi JI to delay the contract and argued that becoming a Soul Spirit could limit her potential as a god.

• Gong Xue defeated the Blazing Fire Academy team, threw Huo Wu out of the arena, and threatened her when she attacked after the referee declared the match over.
• Huo Wushuang apologized for Huo Wu and asked Gong Xue to spare her, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Academy of the Gods’ ruthlessness and Slaughter City.
• Na'er asked Zi JI to become Gong Yu’s Contract Soul Spirit and encouraged her to become his woman, warning that Soul Beasts could not escape increasingly deadly Heavenly Tribulations on their own.
• Zi JI agreed to become Gong Yu’s Soul Spirit and his woman, then visited him that night; Gong Yu accepted her and they spent the night together.
• In the morning, Gong Yu asked Zi JI to postpone their contract and explained that becoming a Soul Spirit might restrict her divine potential compared with keeping her body and bloodline.

Gong Yue defeated Ma Hongjun and accused Shitrek Academy of hiring outside competitors after facing its next contestant, Luo Huan. The crowd erupted, and Xue Ye struggled to respond because the tournament rules did not forbid the practice, so he agreed to let Shitrek defend itself.

• Gong Yu sent Gong Yue to face Shitrek Academy, and Gong Yue entered the arena without initially releasing her Martial Soul.
• Gong Yue taunted Ma Hongjun, evaded his fire attacks, and knocked him out of bounds after pelting him with Emerald Cabbages.
• Luo Huan, a hired outside contestant, entered to face Gong Yue, who asked whether he would surrender or be beaten out of the arena.
• Luo Huan admitted he had taken money to compete, and Gong Yue amplified the revelation across the arena, prompting the crowd to condemn Shitrek Academy.
• Xue Ye consulted Ning Fengzhi, Salas, Prince Xue Xing, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy bishops, but none offered a solution.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe proposed letting Shitrek's team leader defend the academy, and Xue Ye agreed.

Gong Yue dominated Shitrek Academy’s team, forcing Tang San to enter the arena as its final contestant. After revealing their second Martial Souls, she clashed with Tang San and gained the upper hand, but he abruptly counterattacked with a powerful hammer strike as she pursued him.

• Gong Yue defeated Shitrek’s third and fourth contestants quickly, then another substitute surrendered before fighting.
• Ji Taimei insulted Shitrek and Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang sent Dai Mubai into the arena to fight Gong Yue.
• Gong Yue broke Dai Mubai’s arm, forcing him to surrender, and Tang San took the field as Shitrek’s final contestant.
• Gong Yue’s Emerald Cabbage Martial Soul overwhelmed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, so he revealed his Clear Sky Hammer; Gong Yue then revealed her Yue Tian Divine Spear and claimed that everyone had a second Martial Soul.
• Tang San grew jealous and resolved to kill Gong Yue after she hinted that he had taken over another person’s body.
• Gong Yue’s Silver Dragon Spear Technique interrupted Tang San’s hammer swings, but Tang San suddenly stopped retreating and struck at her with a powerful hammer blow.

Gong Yue defeated Tang San by knocking him out of bounds, and Ye Lingling chose to become one of Gong Yu’s women. After spending time alone with her, Gong Yu began condensing a second Soul Core, drawing in his Soul Power and the energy of heaven and earth as the process remained underway.

• Gong Yue overwhelmed Tang San with a series of spear attacks, and he landed with one foot outside the arena, giving the Academy of the Gods victory.
• Ye Lingling left the Imperial Fighting Team and caught up with Gong Yu, telling him she had decided to be with him despite his other women.
• Gong Yu took Ye Lingling through a wormhole to a hotel, and the two spent several hours together before he returned her to the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Gong Yu returned to his barracks and began condensing a second Soul Core after noting that his Spiritual Power had reached the Middle Stage of the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Gong Yu formed a solid vortex of Soul Power that drew in energy from its surroundings, and nearly half of his Soul Power had entered it as he continued maintaining its stability.

Gong Yu endured the formation of a second Soul Core with Zi JI's help, using spatial power to complete the core despite nearly exhausting his Soul Power and Spiritual Power. He absorbed the Spiritual Soul Core into his upper dantian, where a golden vertical eye appeared on his forehead and began drawing in energy from the surroundings.

• Gong Yu's solid Soul Power absorbed most of his Soul Power and drew energy from the heavens, prompting Bone Douluo to recognize signs of a Titled Douluo breakthrough.
• Na'er guarded Gong Yu's barracks while Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived; Ning Fengzhi left, and "Xue Qinghe" stayed outside to cultivate and keep watch.
• As Gong Yu neared collapse, Zi JI appeared and replenished him with her cultivated origin power, allowing him to continue forming the Soul Core.
• Gong Yu's solid Soul Power absorbed power from spatial rifts, and he used his remaining Spiritual Power to compress it into a black-hole-like Second Soul Core.
• After recovering, Gong Yu pressed the Spiritual Soul Core to his brow and absorbed it into his upper dantian, causing a golden vertical eye to appear and gather the surrounding energy.

Gong Yu awakened after ten days of cultivating his Second Soul Core and led the Academy of the Gods to an undefeated finish in the advancement tournament. While the teams traveled toward Spirit City for the finals, an ambush began in a canyon, and Gong Yu prepared to confront his enemies.

• Gong Yu emerged from his ten-day sublimation, learned the Academy of the Gods had already secured first place, and predicted Shitrek would win the final qualifying match.
• Shitrek defeated Canghui, and Xue Ye appointed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to accompany the teams to the finals in Spirit City.
• After three days of preparation, the teams departed for Spirit City, while Gong Yu anticipated that Bibi Dong might arrange an attack on Tang San.
• In a canyon, rocks fell on the traveling party and thousands of black-clad attackers appeared; Gong Yu stayed in his Soul-Forged Metal carriage and told the girls that two level-ninety-five Super Douluo were among his enemies.
• Gong Yu asked Na'er to hold one Super Douluo while he kept the other alive, and the attackers began engaging the Royal Knights and academy teams.

Tang San’s reunion with his uncle Tang Xiao turned the battle against Spirit Hall’s assassins into a clash between powerful Soul Masters. As Tang Xiao fought Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, the two prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to stop his growing hammer strike.

• Tang San led Shitrek’s fighters in firing Godly Zhuge Crossbows, killing many attackers before a nine-ringed man in white destroyed the weapons and demanded Tang San’s life.
• The man in white, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, attacked Tang San, but Tang Xiao arrived and identified himself as Tang San’s uncle, sent by Tang Hao to protect him.
• Tang Xiao fought Yue Guan while Gui Mei joined the battle, and Tang Xiao began building power with successive swings of his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei realized Tang Xiao was nearing the completion of a devastating strike, so Yue Guan ordered Gui Mei to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to freeze him and disperse his accumulated power.

Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Guan trapped Tang Xiao, but Tang Hao intervened before Lor Diarra could kill him, and the reunited brothers prepared to fight together. Gong Yu then arrived with his companions, challenged Tang Hao over their old grudge, and revealed six Blood Essence Soul Rings that shocked the assembled fighters.

• Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Guan used their Two Forms Stillness Domain to immobilize Tang Xiao and urged Lor Diarra to attack him.
• Tang Xiao prepared to self-destruct, but Tang Hao struck Lor Diarra with a flying hammer, giving Tang Xiao a chance to break free.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao agreed to fight side by side, while Ning Fengzhi arrived with Bone Douluo and demanded revenge for Sword Douluo's death.
• Gong Yu and his companions appeared, and Gong Yu claimed Tang Hao as his opponent before revealing his Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Tang Hao went to fight Gong Yu as Tang Xiao held off the others, and Gong Yu displayed six Blood Essence Soul Rings that stunned everyone.

Gong Yu nearly killed Tang Hao, but Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders intervened, forcing the fighting to end. Tang San stayed behind to compete in the Soul Master Elite Tournament, while Gong Yu remained intent on dealing with him later.

• Gong Yu smashed Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer with the Golden Dragon Spear and left Tang Hao gravely wounded.
• Tang San pulled Tang Hao away with Blue Silver Grass, but Gong Yu struck Tang Hao again with Golden Dragon King's Claw and attacked him with Golden Dragon King's Roar.
• Tang Xiao shielded Tang Hao and Tang San from Chrysanthemum Guan and Gui Mei's combined attacks, and four Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo arrived to help.
• Gong Yu called Dugu Bo to his side, and Chrysanthemum Guan and Gui Mei withdrew with the Spirit Hall forces.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders carried away Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, while Tang San chose to stay for the tournament despite Tang Xiao's warning.
• Tang Xiao refused Tang San's request to have the elders attack Gong Yu, prioritizing Tang Hao's urgent treatment.

Gong Yu fought Bone Douluo after Ning Fengzhi tried to approach Gong Niuniu, while Gong Niuniu attacked Ning Fengzhi. The Spirit Hall enforcement team halted the battle, and Chrysanthemum Guan escorted Gong Yu to meet Bibi Dong at the Pope's Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi admired Spirit City's defenses and decided to approach Gong Niuniu, but Gong Yu rejected his claim that she was his niece.
• Bone Douluo unleashed his presence, and Gong Yu repelled him before attacking while Gong Niuniu struck at Ning Fengzhi.
• Gong Yu used Golden Dragon Flies and Golden Dragon King Claw against Bone Douluo, whose Bone Dragon form shattered and left him badly injured.
• An enforcement captain tried to blame Gong Yu for the hotel ruins, but Chrysanthemum Guan intervened and exposed the captain's attempt to target him.
• Chrysanthemum Guan told Gong Yu that Bibi Dong wanted to see him, and Gong Yu agreed after securing new lodgings for his companions.

Gong Yu explained Battle Armor to Bibi Dong and used Break Evil Dragon’s power to remove the Rakshasa inheritance’s evil thoughts from her. He then proposed cooperating with Spirit Hall and introduced Soul Spirits, leaving Bibi Dong stunned by his orange Soul Ring and its nearly three-hundred-thousand-year-old spirit.

• Bibi Dong questioned Gong Yu about his Battle Armor, and he revealed that it could raise his strength by about twenty levels.
• Gong Yu embraced Bibi Dong and used his Seven-Colored Coiling Dragon Staff to drive Rakshasa’s evil thoughts from her, prompting Rakshasa God to abandon Bibi Dong as her inheritor.
• Bibi Dong demanded Battle Armor technology, but Gong Yu refused and offered to make her a set while proposing cooperation with Spirit Hall on Soul Tools.
• Gong Yu revealed his golden Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and its orange Soul Ring, then explained Soul Spirits and summoned his Thunder Jiaolong for Bibi Dong to test.
• Gong Yu said his orange Soul Spirit was nearly three hundred thousand years old but was still asleep, surprising Bibi Dong.

Gong Yu explained Soul Spirits and Spirit Ascension Platform technology to Bibi Dong, then confronted Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and suppressed them with his domain. He left with Qian Renxue, accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and was led to meet Qian Daoliu despite warning her he would not tolerate arrogance.

• Gong Yu told Bibi Dong that Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits could provide multiple Soul Rings and claimed Spirit Ascension Platforms could increase their age, while Bibi Dong agreed to consider cooperating with him.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo entered the Pope's Hall after sensing a Coiling Dragon Staff presence, but found it had vanished and left after Bibi Dong dismissed them.
• Bibi Dong questioned Gong Yu about his Coiling Dragon Staff, and he denied having any connection to the Qiangu Family before teasing her about becoming his woman.
• Hu Liena and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation arrived, and Gong Yu insulted them before suppressing the team with his Blood Dragon Annihilation Domain when Yan attacked him.
• Qian Renxue met Gong Yu outside, gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and led him toward Qian Daoliu while Gong Yu warned her he would not defer to her grandfather if he acted arrogantly.

Gong Yu clashed with Qian Daoliu after Qian Renxue objected to his dismissive treatment, and he surprised the Spirit Hall elders by revealing his strength and Golden Dragon Spear. After sending Qian Daoliu crashing into a house, Gong Yu fled to his companions and pulled Gong Niuniu into a separate room.

• Gong Yu told Qian Renxue that his women had to put him first, prompting Qian Daoliu to attack him in anger.
• Gong Yu dodged Qian Daoliu's attacks and revealed his golden Blue Silver Grass and unusual Soul Ring combination, then trapped Qian Daoliu in a vine cage.
• Gong Yu revealed the Golden Dragon Spear, which the Worships and Bibi Dong recognized as a Divine Artifact.
• When Qian Daoliu broke free, Gong Yu deployed his Three-Word Battle Armor and struck him with the Golden Dragon Spear, sending him into a nearby house.
• Gong Yu told Qian Renxue he would visit later and escaped to the hotel where Gong Lan and the others were staying, then took Gong Niuniu into a separate room.

Gong Niuniu told Gong Yu how Ning Fengzhi’s schemes led to her mother’s death and her own expulsion from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then declared her intention to destroy the sect herself. Three days later, the competition finals began, and the Academy of the Gods learned its first opponent was a combined Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy team.

• Gong Niuniu revealed that she was a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and that her mother had been framed by Ning Fengzhi, who arranged her conception and later drove her from the sect.
• Gong Niuniu explained that her mother died fighting Ning Fengzhi’s mother and that she was sold into slavery after awakening the Nine-Colored Amethyst Lamp with no Innate Soul Power.
• Gong Niuniu told Gong Yu she wanted to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to fulfill her mother’s dying wish, but insisted she would take revenge herself.
• Gong Yu and Gong Niuniu discussed using Tang Hao Clones against the sect before she rejected the plan and they resumed their private affair.
• The Academy of the Gods team arrived at the finals, where its members heard the competition format and learned the first round would eliminate fifteen of the thirty non-seeded teams.
• Liu Erlong returned from the draw and told Gong Yu and the team that Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy had joined forces as their first-round opponent.

The Academy of the Gods defeated the merged Blazing Fire and Godwind team in under a minute, with Gong Lan’s fire-immune Blue Silver Emperor binding the opponents. As the team prepared to face Star Luo Royal Academy, Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her older sister was on its roster and explained her former engagement to Dai Mubai.

• Gong Yu dismissed the Blazing Fire and Godwind merger as no threat, while Spirit Hall allowed it to proceed despite other academies’ protests.
• Gong Lan led the Academy of the Gods’ team against Blazing Fire Academy, whose lineup included Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian.
• Gong Lan’s vines bound the opposing team despite their fire attacks, then her sisters knocked six opponents from the arena as a flower bud spat Feng Xiaotian outside.
• The Academy of the Gods won, and Gong Lan rebuked Huo Wu, who fainted after the defeat.
• Before the next round against Star Luo Royal Academy, Zhu Zhuqing said her older sister was on its team and explained her family’s marriage alliance with Dai Mubai’s family.

Zhu Zhuqing fought and defeated her sister Zhu Zhuyun as the Academy of the Gods beat the Star Luo Royal Academy team. Gong Yu stayed to watch the Spirit Hall Team face the Imperial Fighting Team, where Hu Liena began using her charm-based abilities.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained why she had left the Zhu Family, and Gong Yu let her replace Gong Lan for the match against the Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun confronted each other before the match, while Dai Weisi spoke of claiming Zhu Zhuqing after he became emperor.
• Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhu Zhuyun while Gong Xiao knocked Dai Weisi out and the Academy of the Gods eliminated the other Star Luo Royal Academy members.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun with her fourth Soul Skill, securing the Academy of the Gods' victory.
• Gong Yu watched as the Spirit Hall Team and Imperial Fighting Team entered the arena, and Hu Liena began activating her charm ability against Yu Tianheng's team.

Shrek faced the Spirit Hall Team in the losers’ bracket, while Gong Yu’s Academy of the Gods watched ahead of its championship match. Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed their Demon Charm fusion skill against Shrek, and the chapter ended with Tang San advancing into the red mist as Gong Xi’er considered Na’er’s advice about illusion skills.

• Gong Yu taunted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at the hotel before Liu Erlong reminded Flender that she expected him to repay his debt for her dowry.
• The Spirit Hall Team and Shitrek Team prepared for their losers’ bracket match, and both sides released their Martial Souls without Shrek attempting its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Hu Liena tried to charm Shrek, but Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye disrupted her opening move; Tang San then took a pink item from Oscar and bound his teammates with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Demon Charm, using support from their auxiliary teammate to fill the arena with red mist that weakened and blinded Shrek.
• Gong Xi’er dismissed Demon Charm’s illusions as inferior to hers, while Na’er explained that the skill drew power from emotion and suggested that Gong Xi’er use that approach.