Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

Tiandou Academy.

Qi Dao had no idea that the Shrek Academy students were eager to give him a good beating on the field.

Of course, even if I knew, I wouldn't take them to heart.

Even with Yu Tianheng's addition, the Shrek Seven Devils, who hadn't consumed the immortal herbs, were still nothing more than chickens and dogs in Qi Dao's eyes.

Let alone him, they couldn't even get past Dugu Yan.

Once Dugu Yan breaks through to the Soul King level, she can instantly kill all Shrek Academy members except Tang San once she releases her Martial Soul Toxin.

Even Tang San could only barely defend himself by relying on his high poison resistance from absorbing poison-attribute soul rings and his Xuan Yu Hand, which was known as "immune to all poisons".

In Qi Dao's dormitory.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling gathered in the living room.

Today is the day the Royal Fighting Team returns from their training, so Dugu Yan invited Ye Lingling to come to Qi Dao together.

Ye Lingling also learned during the chat that Dugu Yan and Qi Dao had broken through to level 50, which surprised her so much that her mouth opened slightly and her face was full of astonishment.

"Sister Yanzi, Qi Dao, you two have actually broken through to the Soul King realm!"

"You two must be the only two Soul Kings in this year's Soul Master Competition!"

The reason for this statement is that in the last two Soul Master Tournaments, no team has produced a single Soul King.

Knowing the plot, Qi Dao shook his head and laughed, "That's hard to say!"

The Spirit Hall's golden generation, judging solely by talent, is absolutely top-tier on the continent.

Hu Liena is a Soul Master at fifteen years old; her talent is almost comparable to that of a fully innate Soul Master.

Xie Yue and Yan are both sixteen-year-old Soul Masters, at the same level as Dai Mubai.

In the original story, Tang San had absolutely no chance of winning without using cheat codes.

Even in this Soul Master Competition, if Heaven Dou Academy relies solely on Dugu Yan, even if she can raise her soul power to level 55 or 56 before the finals, her chances of winning are still not high.

After listening to Qi Dao's words, Dugu Yan asked curiously, "A-Dao, do you have some inside information?"

Qi Dao nodded, and then told the three of them about the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.

During this period, the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall should not have broken through to the Soul King level yet, but they should have reached at least level 48 or 49.

After listening, Dugu Yan sighed.

"As expected of the Spirit Hall, it truly has a galaxy of geniuses."

After all, she knew very well that her current achievements were inseparable from the help of the immortal herb.

If it weren't for the immortal herb, her talent would be far inferior to that of the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall.

As for Ye Lingling, even without relying on the immortal herb, her talent is not much worse than that of the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall. It's just that as an auxiliary spirit master, her cultivation speed will be a bit slower.

Qi Dao laughed and said, "Don't worry, with me here, our Heavenly Dou Academy won't lose!"

Dugu Yan chuckled upon hearing this, her beautiful eyes falling on Qi Dao, filled with admiration.

"That's true. The Spirit Hall's Golden Generation could have won the championship in any other Spirit Master Tournament."

"But they're unlucky to have run into you!"

Beside her, Ye Lingling whispered, "I feel like I'm completely superfluous here!"

......

There are one year and two months left until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.

Almost every high-level academy that qualified for the competition mobilized, formed teams, and intensified training.

The Heavenly Dou Academy is no exception.

In fact, one of the two teams from Tiandou Academy was even guaranteed a spot in the finals of Wuhun City.

The members of Team One of Tiandou Academy are as follows: Captain Qi Dao, Vice Captain Dugu Yan, members Ye Lingling, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Oslo, with no substitutes!

Of the seven, the happiest was undoubtedly Oslo.

Before Yu Tianheng left, Oslo had already been secretly informed that he would be transferred to the Tiandou Second Team as captain.

This was certainly not what he wanted.

After all, it's better to be the tail of a phoenix than the head of a chicken.

Moreover, with Qi Dao and Dugu Yan in this year's Tiandou Academy, their chances of winning the championship are very high.

Oslo naturally wanted to also become the champion of the Continental High-Level Soul Master Competition.

He had already resigned himself to his fate, but Yu Tianheng made a series of blunders at the crucial moment and dropped out of school to go to Lanba Academy.

That's perfect for him!

As for the other team, the gap between them and the first team is much larger than a fraction.

The captain of the second team was named Solo, the grandson of a marquis. His talent was no less than that of the Shi brothers, but he was a playboy who never did anything productive. He only reached level thirty-seven at the age of twenty-two.

There's no hope of breaking through to Soul Master before the Soul Master Tournament!

Even the team leader was only level 37, so the rest of the team members were naturally even worse off, generally only level 34 or 35.

Clearly, their participation in the Soul Master Competition was merely to make up the numbers; even the three education committee members didn't think they could pass the preliminary rounds.

The Soul Master Competition is divided into three events: the preliminary rounds, the qualifying rounds, and the finals.

The preliminary rounds are divided into slots.

Centered on Heaven Dou City, the Heaven Dou Empire organizes all high-level Soul Master academies within its territory that do not belong to other kingdoms or duchies to compete in the Heaven Dou City-specific slots.

There are a total of 29 teams in the Tiandou City division. Apart from the Tiandou Royal Academy Team 1, which is guaranteed a spot in the finals, there are 28 other teams that will compete in the preliminary rounds.

Each team will compete in 27 matches, and the five teams with the most points will qualify for the Tiandou City Division Slot.

There are four kingdoms and one duchy remaining, with two teams qualifying for advancement from each slot.

The fifteen teams that qualified will continue with the qualifying rounds.

Ultimately, the two great empires, along with the Spirit Hall team, making up a total of thirty-three teams, will compete in the finals in Spirit City.

The finals will be a knockout tournament conducted by drawing lots.

Time flies, and Qi Dao broke through to level 59 two months before the start of the preliminary rounds.

Although Dugu Yan's level increase speed was not as terrifying as Qi Dao's, she still broke through to level 55 the day before the start of the preliminaries.

It had only been three years and nine months since she broke through to level 40.

...

The opening ceremony of the preliminary rounds was held at the Tiandou Grand Arena in Tiandou City.

As the grandest festival in the Soul Master world, the tickets for the opening ceremony of the preliminary rounds were sold out a month in advance.

As the main arena for the Tian Dou division slot, the Tian Dou Grand Soul Arena had already suspended all Soul Battle competitions a month ago and underwent internal renovations.

All the sub-areas and the main Soul Arena of Tiandou City have been combined into one, forming a huge competition venue.

Now, apart from the VIP area on the north side of the arena, the renovated Tian Dou Grand Arena can accommodate 80,000 spectators to watch the game at the same time.

On the opening day of the preliminary rounds, the streets of Tiandou City were already packed with spectators, and the lines to enter the Great Soul Arena stretched into long queues.

Meanwhile, in the crowd.

Several young people stared in shock at the long queue.

"Isn't it just the opening ceremony of a qualifying tournament?"

"That's way too much!"

"When will we ever get a table?!"

The group chatted amongst themselves, when one of the young men said, "What do you guys think? If we see the boss later, should we go up and say hello?"

"I heard that our boss is quite famous in Heaven Dou City now!"

"Hehe, I knew the boss was no ordinary person."

Xiao Chenyu looked at his companion and grinned, "Alright, after the opening ceremony, let's go to Tiandou Academy to visit our boss and give him a surprise."

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Liu Long, Wang Sheng, and Ling Feng, who were standing next to him, suddenly fell silent.

Immediately afterward, a familiar voice rang out from behind him.

"What kind of surprise do you have for me?"