Chapter Summaries

Su Mu protected the little girl from her cruel elder sister and the servants sent to take her back, killing two attackers when they charged him. He then faced the young woman, who remained unfazed by the bodies on the ground.

• The little girl agreed to go with the servants to spare Su Mu, but her elder sister ordered a servant to attack him when he objected.
• Su Mu stopped the little girl from kneeling, reassured her, and told her to call him Brother Mu as he prepared to fight.
• Su Mu kicked the first servant away, then refused the young woman's demand to hand over the girl.
• The young woman sent A Da and A Er to cripple Su Mu, and Su Mu killed A Da with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade.
• Su Mu killed A Er with a slash across the neck, then asked the young woman whether she knew what a head-pat kill was.
• The young woman ignored Su Mu and showed no panic as she looked at the three people lying on the ground.

Su Mu fought Uncle Yun after the servant revealed himself as a Soul King, using twin blades to overwhelm him. As Uncle Yun stood broken and buried in the earth, he began pleading for his life, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• The young woman ordered Uncle Yun to attack Su Mu, who set the little girl down beside scattered Gold Soul Coins before facing him.
• Uncle Yun revealed his Cloud Swallow Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, while Su Mu manifested twin blades from his Three-Headed Flood Dragon.
• Su Mu used a Gold Soul Coin and a leaf to switch places and launch his attack on Uncle Yun.
• Uncle Yun tried to use his third Soul Skill, Dance of the Swallow, but Su Mu's successive slashes kept growing faster and heavier.
• By the eighth strike, Uncle Yun's legs were buried in the earth and both arms were broken; he began begging Su Mu not to kill him.

Su Mu killed Uncle Yun and stopped the young woman from attacking the little girl, then faced the relatives who arrived to avenge Yun Hao. As Su Mu fought a six-ring Soul Emperor, his increasingly violent aura drew the attention of the Asura God and a gigantic being beneath the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Su Mu killed Uncle Yun with Ninth Stop, and the beast-eared young woman blamed the little girl and attacked her.
• Su Mu knocked the young woman unconscious and reassured the little girl, who begged him to flee because she feared he would die.
• Two Soul Grandmasters arrived, and Su Mu knocked them down before defeating another attacker who rushed in.
• A six-ring Soul Emperor accused Su Mu of killing Yun Hao and charged him, while Su Mu taunted him and unleashed a more violent aura.
• The Asura God sensed Su Mu's violent presence, and a gigantic figure deep beneath the Star Dou Great Forest opened its eyes and looked toward the fight.

Su Mu fought the Soul Emperors to protect the little girl, then faced the Great Elder, whose Soul Saint pressure could not suppress his Three-Headed Flood Dragon Martial Soul. Just as the Great Elder moved to kill him, the Bargain master arrived in the form of a giant golden crocodile.

• Su Mu battled the Soul Emperor with his Martial Soul and physical attacks, then endured a strike from Fifth.
• Su Mu saved Third from Fifth's attack, taunted his enemies, and reassured the crying little girl that he was still alive.
• The Great Elder arrived, learned that Su Mu had killed Yun Hao, A Da, and A Er, and tried to crush him with Soul Power.
• Su Mu's Three-Headed Flood Dragon Martial Soul roared at the Great Elder's white tiger phantom and partially suppressed it.
• Su Mu called for the Bargain master as the Great Elder prepared to strike, and a giant golden crocodile descended from the sky.

Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the Zhu Family attackers who had harmed Su Mu and sent Zhu Zhuqing home with a warning. The next morning, Su Mu realized that being far from Nuoding City had stopped his system from notifying him about an interception target, while Tang San spotted a scruffy man and chased after him.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the Soul Saint and several other Zhu Family attackers, then warned the survivors to protect the injured girl.
• Su Mu teased little Zhu Zhuqing as she left with her family, and she looked back at him, determined to remember him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Su Mu whether he liked Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Mu mocked him for being an old bachelor.
• The next morning, Su Mu realized his system had not notified him because he was too far from the interception target, and he resolved to return to Nuoding City after hunting a Soul Ring.
• Tang San spotted a scruffy, hooded man from the roof of Nuoding Academy, ignored Yu Xiaogang, and chased after him when the man hurried away.

Su Mu hunted a 50,000-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, absorbed its Soul Ring, and found a rare right palm Soul Bone before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Golden Crocodile Douluo. Afterward, a silver-haired woman appeared in Su Mu’s dream and touched his forehead, leaving her identity and intentions unclear.

• Su Mu reviewed his gains and prepared to fight the 50,000-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear while Golden Crocodile Douluo watched.
• Su Mu wounded the bear but could not finish the fight, so Golden Crocodile Douluo intervened and left the beast barely alive.
• Su Mu killed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, absorbed its 50,000-year Soul Ring, and discovered a golden right palm Soul Bone in its claw.
• Su Mu fused with the Soul Bone and left the Star Dou Great Forest with Golden Crocodile Douluo, while a silver-haired figure followed them from a distance.
• A silver-haired woman appeared in Su Mu’s dream, called him a black dragon, and touched his forehead, jolting him awake.

Su Mu followed Tang San and Tang Hao into the Soul Hunting Forest, where Tang Hao helped Tang San choose a first Soul Ring for his Blue Silver Hammer. As Tang San began absorbing a 450-year Black-Armored Dragon Turtle Soul Ring, Su Mu’s system detected the opportunity to intercept.

• Su Mu woke to system notifications about Tang San’s cultivation and exchanged an interception for points.
• Su Mu spotted Tang San traveling with Tang Hao and followed them to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Su Mu used Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Worship Token to enter the guards’ camp and waited nearby.
• Tang Hao found a Coral Vine Flower and a Black-Armored Dragon Turtle, and Tang San chose the turtle for its hardening skill.
• Tang Hao defeated the 450-year Black-Armored Dragon Turtle, and Tang San began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Su Mu’s system detected Tang San absorbing the Soul Ring and prompted an interception.

Su Mu intercepted Tang San's first Soul Ring and reduced it to a 14.0625-year ring, leaving Tang San devastated when he discovered it was white. Tang Hao comforted him with plans for his other Martial Soul and a Soul Bone, while Su Mu returned safely to Nuoding City.

• Su Mu exchanged Tang San's intercepted 400-year Soul Ring for 55 Interception points and chose to return a 14.0625-year Black-Armored Dragon Turtle Soul Ring.
• Tang San collapsed while absorbing the ring, and Tang Hao stayed beside him until he woke with a swollen face and an inflamed nose.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Hammer and discovered his first Soul Ring was white, then cried out in despair as Tang Hao tried to console him.
• Tang Hao reminded Tang San about his Twin Martial Souls and his mother's Soul Bone, restoring some of Tang San's resolve.
• Tang San's Soul Skill turned the hammer gray, but the hammer's shell cracked when he struck a rock; meanwhile, Su Mu returned to Nuoding City and sneezed.

Su Mu enrolled at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy to stay close to Tang San, where he unexpectedly met Gu Yuena and became her roommate. After they settled into their shared dormitory, Su Mu lay awake cultivating and sensed someone blocking the moonlight.

• Su Mu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo for permission to attend school in Nuoding City, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed.
• Su Mu arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and recognized the silver-haired girl leaving the principal's office as Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself to Su Mu, and the two learned they were transfer students who would share the academy's last available dorm room.
• Su Mu and Gu Yuena cleaned their dormitory, ate Soft Bone Rabbits at a barbecue stall, and returned to their separate beds.
• Su Mu lay awake cultivating and noticed that something had blocked the moonlight through the window.

Su Mu intercepted Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye cultivation and watched Tang San help Xiao Wu with her chores, while Tang San grew hostile toward him. When Gu Yuena appeared beside Su Mu, Tang San recognized her and angrily objected to them sharing a dormitory, leaving Su Mu narrowing his eyes at him.

• Su Mu secretly intercepted Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye cultivation, then returned his own fatigue to Tang San and caused him to fall from the roof.
• Tang San resumed cultivating, then swept the ground for Xiao Wu and thought about winning her love again.
• Su Mu greeted Tang San, who reacted with hostility and blamed him for Xiao Wu’s resentment.
• Gu Yuena came out of Su Mu’s dormitory, and Tang San recognized her as Gu Yuena, whom he believed was destined to be his son’s partner.
• Tang San insisted that Gu Yuena could not live with Su Mu, but Gu Yuena challenged his reasoning, and Su Mu narrowed his eyes at Tang San.

Su Mu defeated Tang San after Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons, then turned Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Skill against him and knocked both men unconscious. After Su Mu and Gu Yuena left, a black figure arrived and carried Tang San away.

• Su Mu caught Tang San’s kick, swung him around, and hurled him to the ground.
• Tang San fired a Silent Sleeve Arrow at Su Mu, who caught the arrows and sent two back, wounding Tang San in the thigh and shoulder.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived with a work-study student and challenged Su Mu with Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skill.
• Su Mu kicked Luo Sanpao so its blast hit Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, leaving both unconscious.
• Su Mu and Gu Yuena left the dormitory, and a black figure later appeared and carried Tang San away.

Su Mu followed Tang San and Tang Hao back to Holy Soul Village, where Tang Hao revealed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone left by Tang San’s mother. Su Mu intercepted and strengthened the bone, leaving Tang San without it.

• Xiao Wu kicked Tang San out of the dormitory until he washed, while Su Mu and Gu Yuena spent the night there.
• Su Mu followed Tang San out of Nuoding City and saw him meet Tang Hao, then returned to Holy Soul Village with gifts for Old Jack.
• Old Jack told Su Mu that Tang Hao and Tang San had returned to the village, prompting Su Mu to search for Tang San’s mother’s Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to a hidden cave and showed him the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone buried there.
• Su Mu intercepted the bone as Tang San began absorbing it, claimed it for himself, and strengthened it into a Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Su Mu returned Tang San’s failed absorption of the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, destroying it and leaving Tang Hao furious. Su Mu then showed Golden Crocodile Douluo a two-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, whose power caused the Blue Silver Grass outside Spirit Hall to grow rapidly.

• Su Mu chose to return Tang San’s failed absorption of the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and hurried to Nuoding City.
• Tang San’s absorption failed, and the Soul Bone withered and crumbled while the Blue Silver Emperor’s leaves drooped.
• Tang Hao blamed Tang San, beat him, and left the cave; Tang San later crawled outside and cried beneath the stars.
• Su Mu reached Spirit Hall and asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to seal them off before taking out his strengthened Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo released his nine Soul Rings and raised a stronger barrier as the Blue Silver Grass outside Spirit Hall grew several times larger.

Su Mu absorbed the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, gaining new skills and raising his Soul Power to Level 41. He tested its disguise ability by transforming into Golden Crocodile Douluo and then a woman, leaving his master exasperated.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized the Soul Bone as the Blue Silver Emperor’s and declined Su Mu’s offer to absorb it, saying it would benefit his disciple more.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stood guard while Su Mu absorbed the Soul Bone, and the energy also strengthened Su Mu’s Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Palm Bone.
• Su Mu checked his status and found that the Soul Bone granted him three skills, including regeneration, flight, and Blue Silver Disguise, while his Soul Power rose to Level 41.
• Su Mu used Blue Silver Disguise to imitate Golden Crocodile Douluo, who knocked him down and threatened to beat him.
• Su Mu transformed again into a woman and teased Golden Crocodile Douluo, who scolded him.

Su Mu searched Nuoding City and Holy Soul Village for the missing Tang San but found only traces of his absence. He left Nuoding City with Gu Yuena to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, while Tang San awakened in a forest and killed a Soul Beast with a burst of light from his eyes.

• Su Mu disguised himself as Tang Hao and learned from Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had left four days earlier to look for him.
• Su Mu returned to Holy Soul Village, found no one at Tang San's house, and discovered bloodstains and signs of crawling in the cave where Tang Hao had planted Ah Yin.
• After waiting in Nuoding City without finding Tang San, Su Mu decided to leave and seek his fourth Soul Ring, then travel toward Sunset Forest to watch over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Yuena met Su Mu at the city gate and asked to go with him, so he agreed to take her along.
• In an unnamed forest, Tang San woke as a Soul Beast attacked and struck it with purple-blue light from his eyes, leaving it motionless.

Six years after settling in Sunset Forest, Su Mu returned from the Far North with Golden Crocodile Douluo after surviving a pursuit by scorpions, then agreed to help Qian Renxue in the Star Dou Empire. He left a letter for Gu Yuena before departing, while a young woman in black stumbled at the edge of Sunset Forest.

• Su Mu told Golden Crocodile Douluo he would wait one more year in Sunset Forest, then planned to leave.
• A gigantic scorpion ambushed Su Mu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Su Mu used Dark Gold Roar to suppress the pursuing scorpions so they could escape.
• Su Mu and Golden Crocodile Douluo returned to their courtyard, where Gu Yuena was absent, likely searching for her fourth Soul Ring.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Su Mu that his Big Brother had ordered them to help Xue'er in the Star Dou Empire, and Su Mu agreed to go.
• Su Mu left a letter for Gu Yuena before departing, while a young woman in black stumbled at the edge of Sunset Forest.

Su Mu rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Purple Leopard-type Soul Beast in Sunset Forest and stayed nearby while she recovered. When he returned with two rabbits, Zhu Zhuqing had woken and recognized him, overwhelmed by seeing him again after six years.

• Su Mu disguised himself as Golden Crocodile Douluo and flew through Sunset Forest toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Su Mu spotted Zhu Zhuqing fighting a Purple Leopard-type Soul Beast and knocked the beast down just as it was about to collide with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Su Mu while he was still disguised, asked why he was there, and fainted from her injuries and depleted Soul Power.
• Su Mu dispelled his disguise, checked Zhu Zhuqing, carried her to a river, and waited while she slept.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke alone and worried that Su Mu had forgotten her, then recognized him when he returned carrying two rabbits.

Su Mu reunited with Zhu Zhuqing in the wilderness, shared a meal and a kiss with her, and invited her to travel with him. Meanwhile, Tang San returned to the Star Dou Great Forest seeking the Blue Silver Emperor, but found the Blue Silver King’s clearing empty.

• Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing roasted rabbits by a river, teased each other over the food, and spent the night beside the campfire.
• In the morning, Su Mu asked Zhu Zhuqing why she had come; she admitted she had snuck out, and he invited her to come with him.
• Tang San entered a grove of Blue Silver Grass and used his Blue Silver Hammer to reveal a path through it.
• Tang San reached the clearing where the Blue Silver King had stood and found it empty.

Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing checked into a hotel in Heaven Dou City, but Golden Crocodile Douluo interrupted them and brought Su Mu to meet Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue. Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Su Mu to disguise himself as Xue Qinghe, leaving Su Mu wondering why they wanted him to do it.

• Su Mu led Zhu Zhuqing to a hotel, where the receptionist said only one room remained, and the two checked in together.
• After Su Mu teased Zhu Zhuqing, Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned him away from the hotel.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Su Mu to a carriage, where he met Xue Qinghe, whom Su Mu recognized as Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Su Mu to disguise himself as Xue Qinghe, and Su Mu wondered what they intended.

Su Mu used his Soul Bone skill to imitate Xue Qinghe so he could cover for Qian Renxue, but he took the disguise examination as an excuse to touch her and make her repeat phrases. Qian Renxue approved his imitation and brought him to the Crown Prince's residence to observe how she handled her attendants, while Zhu Zhuqing found their hotel room empty.

• Su Mu used his Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to transform into a deliberately imperfect likeness of Xue Qinghe.
• Su Mu examined Qian Renxue's face and neck under the pretext of refining his disguise, then asked her to repeat everyday phrases so he could copy Xue Qinghe's voice.
• Qian Renxue praised Su Mu's imitation, and Golden Crocodile Douluo arranged for him to cover for her for a few days.
• Qian Renxue told Su Mu to accompany her to the Crown Prince's residence and watch how she treated her attendants and dealt with spies.
• Su Mu took Golden Crocodile Douluo's appearance and rode with Qian Renxue to the Crown Prince's residence, while Zhu Zhuqing came out of the bathroom and found the hotel room empty.