Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong urged Su Chen to study at Spirit City Soul Master Academy and enter the Pontiff Succession Tournament, he agreed for the promised reward of three Soul Bones. Qian Renxue then warned him that the tournament was far more dangerous than he imagined.

• Bibi Dong woke in Su Chen's room, remembered the previous night, and went to the council feeling refreshed.
• Su Chen trained by destroying weighted training dummies, and Bibi Dong gave him a scrap of her nightgown to wipe his sweat before inviting him to breakfast.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen he had to study at Spirit City Soul Master Academy to represent Spirit Hall in the Pontiff Succession Tournament, and he refused until she mentioned the three-Soul-Bone reward.
• Bibi Dong insisted Su Chen attend further studies and hinted at a surprise, while he thought about the tournament's scale and the Soul Bones.
• Qian Renxue arrived, took Su Chen's bun and drink, and warned him that the tournament's danger was beyond anything he could imagine.

Su Chen gave Qian Renxue a cultivation method and listened as she revealed that her mother had killed her father, asking what she should do. Seeing a chance to mend Qian Renxue’s relationship with Bibi Dong, Su Chen changed his plans and proposed a way to uncover the truth, though it might cost Qian Renxue some face.

• Su Chen shared his buns with Qian Renxue and asked why she had come to see him.
• Su Chen gave Qian Renxue papers containing a cultivation method, and she thanked him for helping her as a friend.
• Qian Renxue told Su Chen that her friend’s mother had killed her father, but that her friend had begun to doubt her grandfather’s account.
• Su Chen recognized a chance to improve the relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue and changed his plans.
• Su Chen suggested a way to pursue the truth, and Qian Renxue agreed despite the possibility of losing face.

A month after the cultivation method transformed Spirit Hall’s power struggles, Su Chen learned that major factions had gathered for a competition featuring a dangerous free-for-all. Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived in tears, exhausted from searching for Su Chen.

• Bibi Dong used the cultivation method’s popularity to purge rivals, spread support among lower-ranking soul masters, and strengthen her influence in Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen spent a month cultivating, experimenting, training, and spending time with Qian Renxue while Bibi Dong remained busy.
• Qian Renxue told Su Chen that major factions had gathered for a competition with three soul bones as the prize and a massive free-for-all round.
• Su Chen worried that competing without revealing his powerful soul rings would make defeating the gathered genius teams difficult.
• Su Xiao teased Qian Renxue about Su Chen, causing her to blush and hurry out when he announced Chrysanthemum Douluo had arrived.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo saw Su Chen and tearfully complained that he had made him search so hard.

Su Chen revealed that he had deliberately brought Qian Renxue closer to him to gradually prepare Bibi Dong to face her. After Yue Guan confronted him, Su Chen set out with Qian Renxue to meet the Pope, leaving Yue Guan terrified of the consequences.

• Yue Guan reproached Su Chen for getting close to Qian Renxue and attracting Bibi Dong's anger.
• Su Chen explained that he had planned a gradual desensitization process to help Bibi Dong tolerate Qian Renxue and eventually speak with her.
• Yue Guan demanded that Su Chen go explain himself to Bibi Dong, but Su Chen said they were waiting for someone.
• Qian Renxue arrived, and Su Chen announced that they would go together to meet the Pope.
• Yue Guan protested but hurried after Su Chen and Qian Renxue as they left.

Su Chen brought Qian Renxue before Bibi Dong and revealed that he knew she was Bibi Dong’s daughter. After Bibi Dong’s anger erupted, Su Chen told her that she was not to blame for her suffering, and she broke down in his arms.

• Bibi Dong confronted Su Chen and asked whether he knew Qian Renxue’s identity.
• Su Chen identified Qian Renxue as Bibi Dong’s daughter, shocking Yue Guan and Qian Renxue.
• Su Chen admitted that he had deliberately kept his knowledge from Bibi Dong, and she ordered Yue Guan to leave.
• Bibi Dong lost control and summoned a spider phantom, but Su Chen took her hand again and told her that the victim was not guilty.
• Bibi Dong broke down sobbing in Su Chen’s arms, while Qian Renxue was stunned to hear her mother described as a victim.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about her father and learned the truth behind her birth and their estrangement. Su Chen brought their hands together, leaving mother and daughter facing the possibility of reconciliation.

• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong whether she had killed her father, and Bibi Dong admitted it before warning Qian Renxue not to speak of Qian Xunji again.
• Qian Renxue asked whether she was Bibi Dong's daughter, and Bibi Dong acknowledged her while explaining that Qian Xunji had raped her and treated her as a means to preserve the Angel Bloodline.
• Qian Renxue apologized to Bibi Dong and tried to leave, but Su Chen stopped her and asked why she had kept her distance from her mother.
• Qian Renxue told Su Chen and Bibi Dong that she had been afraid because Bibi Dong had treated her with hatred whenever she tried to approach her.
• Su Chen said neither woman was at fault and placed Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's hands together.

Su Chen helped Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue reconcile, then accepted a rare head soul bone from Bibi Dong and used it to complete his Natural Energy experiment. He entered Sage Mode and left a ten-meter crater in the training grounds with a Sage Art: Rasengan.

• Bibi Dong remembered how she had rejected Qian Renxue's childhood attempts to reach out, and she felt guilt for her past cruelty.
• Su Chen placed Bibi Dong's and Qian Renxue's hands together, prompting both women to blush and drive him away.
• Bibi Dong gave Su Chen a rare golden head soul bone as thanks, and he hurried back to his laboratory.
• Su Chen infused the soul bone with Natural Energy and Chakra, then absorbed the resulting energy to enter Sage Mode.
• Su Chen tested his new power in the training grounds and destroyed the training dummies with a Sage Art: Rasengan, leaving a crater nearly ten meters wide.

Su Chen completed his unique Dragon Sage Mode, but his six-year-old body could sustain it for only ten seconds. Bibi Dong recruited him to win the tournament for the Pope’s ascension ceremony in a flashy display of Spirit Hall’s strength, while Qian Renxue struggled with her divided loyalties to her mother and grandfather.

• Su Chen unveiled Dragon Sage Mode, combining the strengths of the Three Great Sage Regions, but collapsed after exhausting his Chakra and realized his body could maintain it for only ten seconds.
• Su Chen resolved to pursue soul bones and a Jinchuriki contract so he could better support his powerful abilities.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen to enter the Pope’s ascension ceremony tournament, win impressively, and conceal his full strength.
• Su Chen agreed after Bibi Dong offered him another soul bone from Qian Renxue, who also consented to the reward.
• Bibi Dong warned Qian Renxue against trusting Qian Daoliu, leaving the girl troubled by her affection for her grandfather and her feelings about her mother.
• Su Chen grasped Qian Renxue’s shoulders and helped calm her turmoil.

Su Chen left the experimental base after placing mysterious space-linked dragon seals on Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, then searched the crowded Spirit City for its academy. He encountered a young man fighting Canghui Academy students and watched Ye Zhiqiu revoke the young man’s competition qualification, prompting him to attack again.

• Su Chen placed silver dragon patterns on Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong’s wrists, and Bibi Dong recognized them as the power of space.
• Su Chen left the experimental base at dawn and searched the crowded city for Spirit City Academy.
• Su Chen heard a commotion and saw a black-haired young man defeat several Canghui Academy students.
• Ye Zhiqiu struck the young man, ordered the students taken for treatment, and revoked his competition qualification.
• The young man summoned two yellow Soul Rings, transformed as his skin turned red, and charged at Ye Zhiqiu.

Dai Weisi engineered public pressure to keep Spirit Hall from intervening while Ye Zhiqiu tried to kill Du Wudi. Just as Ye Zhiqiu moved to finish him, a silver-haired boy appeared and pierced Ye Zhiqiu’s hand with a dragon-carved dagger.

• Ye Zhiqiu defeated Du Wudi and choked him while Dai Weisi watched from a teahouse and arranged for the crowd to obstruct Spirit Hall’s Enforcement Team.
• Spirit Hall attendants arrived and tried to take Ye Zhiqiu and the others away, but Ye Zhiqiu claimed the violence was an internal academy matter.
• Dai Weisi’s people stirred the crowd into accusing Spirit Hall of overreach, forcing the Enforcement Team leader to hesitate.
• Ye Zhiqiu resumed choking Du Wudi and prepared to kill him as the attendants held back.
• A silver-haired boy appeared, pierced Ye Zhiqiu’s hand with a dragon-carved dagger, and asked why they had not simply killed him.

Su Chen intervened when Ye Zhiqiu attacked Du Wudi, ordered the Enforcement Team to arrest Ye, and disqualified Canghui Academy from the competition. He framed Ye’s assault as an attack on a Spirit Hall enforcement officer and prepared to punish him.

• Su Chen rescued Du Wudi, healed him, and told him not to worry as he confronted Ye Zhiqiu.
• The Enforcement Team captain recognized Su Chen as Your Highness and ordered the team to arrest Ye Zhiqiu.
• Dai Weisi’s attendant identified Su Chen as Spirit Hall’s rising genius, but Dai Weisi dismissed the rumors about his abilities.
• Su Chen declared Ye Zhiqiu disqualified and ordered Canghui Academy to withdraw from the competition.
• Su Chen had the middle-aged instigator confess to inciting Ye Zhiqiu and stirring up the crowd.
• Su Chen pinned an Enforcement Team badge onto Du Wudi and accused Ye Zhiqiu of nearly beating an enforcement officer to death.

Su Chen silenced Spirit Hall’s critics and exposed Dai Weisi’s role in spreading rumors, while Dai Weisi and his attendant reconsidered Spirit Hall’s strength. In Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo weighed the danger posed by Su Chen and his rumored cultivation method, leaving Ning Fengzhi fearing that Spirit Hall’s rise might be unstoppable.

• Su Chen publicly rewrote the story surrounding Du Wudi, sent Ye Zhiqiu away, and warned the crowd that anyone suspected of ruling through power had better truly possess it.
• Dai Weisi demanded that rumors about Spirit Hall keep spreading, but his attendant told him Su Chen had already discovered them and warned him against causing more trouble.
• Zhu Zhuyun teased Dai Weisi about being jealous of Su Chen, and Dai Weisi angrily denied it.
• Ning Fengzhi surveyed Spirit City’s disciplined forces and vast numbers of soul masters, while Sword Douluo urged him to be cautious and remember that he was now a father.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo whether Su Chen’s achievements and cultivation method were credible, and Sword Douluo said the method sounded unbelievable.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that if the method truly accelerated cultivation by thirty percent, nothing might be able to stop Spirit Hall’s rise.

Yu Yuanzhen decided Su Chen was a future threat and urged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to strengthen its position, while Su Chen brought Du Wudi to Spirit City Academy after recognizing his rare Body Martial Soul. The chapter left Su Chen believing Du Wudi could achieve a Secondary Awakening.

• Yu Tianxin praised Su Chen's boldness, but Yu Lingsheng reminded him that Su Chen was an enemy.
• After Yu Tianxin left, Yu Yuanzhen ordered Su Chen eliminated and told Yu Lingsheng to arrange Tianheng's enrollment with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yu Yuanzhen dismissed rumors about Su Chen's cultivation method and asked about Yu Xiaogang, whose Golden Iron Triangle was attracting attention.
• Su Chen finally found Spirit City Academy after asking for directions dozens of times, while Du Wudi questioned why he was helping him.
• Su Chen told Du Wudi he wanted him to work under him because of his martial soul, then recognized it as a Body Martial Soul with the potential for a Secondary Awakening.

Su Chen recruited Du Wudi and his Body Martial Soul sect into Spirit Hall, then went to meet his assigned tournament teammates at Canghui Academy. He found a disorderly group of powerful students and subdued their leader, leaving them terrified of him.

• Du Wudi agreed to let Su Chen research his Chakra and begged him to accept his father's sect into Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen gave Du Wudi the Holy Son Token and ordered him to escort the sect to Spirit City within three days.
• After Du Wudi left, Su Chen went to Third Year, Class One to meet the students Bibi Dong had assigned to his tournament team.
• Su Chen found the students smoking, shouting, and striking things, then grabbed the yellow-haired leader when he tried to shove him.
• Su Chen punched a hole in the wall beside the yellow-haired boy, who stopped threatening him and called him his grandfather.

After Su Chen exposed his identity to the rebellious students, he ordered them to behave for the competition. Bibi Dong explained that she had arranged for influential elders’ descendants to become his allies and warned him not to trust the elders or consecrated ones.

• Su Chen offered Principal Gao compensation for the damaged classroom, and Principal Gao eagerly deferred to him after learning his identity.
• The students recognized Su Chen as Spirit Hall’s young genius and inventor of the cultivation method, and he ordered them to dye their hair back and wear their uniforms by the next day.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen that the students were descendants of higher-ups whose resources and loyalty could help him handle matters after he became the Holy Son.
• Bibi Dong warned Su Chen not to trust the elders or consecrated ones and promised that she could give him more than they could.

With two days remaining before the succession tournament, Spirit Hall announced a hundred-person melee in which only one team could advance, alarming Skywater Academy. Teacher Lin reviewed a black-market threat dossier and was shocked by the profile of six-year-old Su Chen, just as a young woman arrived to look at the notebook.

• Spirit Hall announced that the tournament's preliminary round would be a hundred-person melee with only one advancing team, prompting concern at Skywater Academy.
• Teacher Lin discussed the risks of temporary alliances with Xiao Ma and asked for the intelligence she had gathered.
• Xiao Ma gave Teacher Lin a black-market dossier ranking major faction competitors and their threats.
• Teacher Lin read that Su Chen was six years old, had defeated a four-ringed Soul Ancestor, and was suspected of possessing a thousand-year first soul ring.
• Xiao Ma told Teacher Lin that Su Chen had recently caused Canghui Academy to be removed from the tournament.
• A young woman entered and reached for the dossier after hearing them discuss Su Chen.

Qiu Ruolian studied the tournament threat rankings, fixated on the handsome opponents, and was ordered by Teacher Lin to train. As rival factions prepared for a looming contest, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City with two companions.

• Qiu Ruolian objected to her eighth-place ranking and complained that Shui Liuyun could compete with her in beauty and popularity.
• Teacher Lin redirected Qiu Ruolian’s attention to the rankings, where she admired Yu Tianlong and the Star Luo Empire prince before becoming infatuated with six-year-old Su Chen.
• Teacher Lin confiscated the list and sent Qiu Ruolian and Xiao Ma out, then destroyed an envelope bearing the Clear Sky Hammer seal.
• Other factions, including Godwind Academy, Thunderclap Academy, Blazing Academy, and Elephant Armored Sect, reacted to the coming competition between two colossal powers.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City with two travel-worn companions and declared that he had returned.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City with Liu Erlong and Flender, fantasizing that Bibi Dong might take him back now that he had gained power as the Golden Iron Triangle’s core. Qian Renxue tried to brief Su Chen about the upcoming competition, but he disappeared before reading the materials.

• Yu Xiaogang secretly resented losing the status he had enjoyed as Bibi Dong’s boyfriend and imagined she might forgive him because he had become powerful.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang discussed finding a place to stay before the competition and agreed that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong would teach at Flender’s future academy.
• Qian Renxue warned Su Chen to watch Yu Tianlong and Dai Changkong and left competition materials for him to read.
• Su Chen vanished from Pope’s Garden, leaving Qian Renxue to discover that he had ignored the documents and shout angrily after him.

Su Chen successfully fused the powers of his two soul rings using Spiritual Power and Sage Art Energy, creating a skill that could let him combine Chakra natures. He planned to pursue a third ring and unlock Wood Release, but he remained focused on the important tournament.

• Su Chen attempted to connect and fuse his two soul rings while Tian Meng watched anxiously and Sage Art Energy stabilized his spiritual body.
• Su Chen succeeded in Ring Fusion and changed the colors of his two rings, turning the second ring purple and the first ring black.
• Su Chen realized Ring Fusion could let him combine Chakra natures and use Wood Release after obtaining a third soul ring.
• Su Chen checked his improved system stats and considered reaching level thirty before the tournament ended.
• Su Chen left Tian Meng sleeping in the spiritual world and planned to take it on an adventure in a few days.

Su Chen briefed his team on their upcoming opponents and explained his abilities, while asking Yin Luo to find the author of a black-market ranking. He encouraged his teammates to focus on their coordination despite his own broad strengths.

• Su Chen reviewed Spirit Hall Academy's opponents with the students, including Yu Tianlong, Dai Changkong, and Zhu Zhuling.
• Yin Luo gave Su Chen a black-market Threat Ranking that placed him seventh, and Su Chen asked Yin Luo to contact its compiler about working for him.
• Su Chen explained that his Chakra suppressed conventional martial souls, could heal, and supported varied attacks, strong defense, and exceptional speed.
• Yin Luo asked whether Su Chen even needed teammates, and Su Chen told the group not to worry about him disrupting their coordination.