Chapter Summaries

Su Chen killed Titan, but Gu Yue Na warned that his rapid Soul Power growth could attract the attention of gods seeking inheritors. After returning to Spirit City, Su Chen ordered Titan’s head displayed on the city wall, sending shockwaves through Spirit Hall.

• Su Chen killed Titan with Susanoo and suffered severe pain after dismissing it and deactivating his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Gu Yue Na warned Su Chen that his rapid advancement could draw the attention of gods, and advised him to focus on strengthening his body and spiritual power while she worked to conceal him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Porcupine Fish Douluo arrived and learned from Yu Tianlong and Du Wudi that Su Chen had killed Titan alone.
• Su Chen ordered Titan’s head hung on the city wall and left with Du Wudi and Yu Tianlong.
• News of Titan’s death and the display of his head caused an uproar in Spirit City the following day.

After Titan’s death left Clear Sky Sect silent and the four clans fearful, Su Chen ordered an infiltration plan to exploit the sect’s internal conflicts and potentially destroy it. The tournament finals then began, with the Spirit Hall Team facing the Star Luo Empire Team before a roaring crowd.

• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Bai He mourned Titan and worried about their clans after Clear Sky Sect gave no reply.
• Qian Renxue cared for the pale Su Chen, who suggested Clear Sky Sect’s internal conflicts explained its silence.
• Su Chen asked Qian Renxue to tell Elder Ju to launch the Surveillance Group’s infiltration and disruption plan.
• The finals began at a massive arena outside Spirit City, and Sisi announced the Star Luo Empire Team and the Spirit Hall Team.
• The crowd roared for the teams, while Skywater Academy’s group reacted to the fans’ intense excitement over Su Chen.

The Star Luo team and Su Chen’s team began their match as Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling prepared to face Su Chen together. Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling revealed their determination to fight with everything they had, and black-and-white lightning surged around them.

• Dai Weisi argued with Yu Tianxin that Dai Changkong would defeat Su Chen, though he lacked confidence.
• Bibi Dong taunted Yu Yuanzhen over his troubled alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and said the real show would come later.
• Su Chen agreed to let Yin Luo and the others take the lead against the Star Luo team.
• Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling shared a final affectionate moment before turning to face Su Chen.
• Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling promised to give the fight everything they had, and terrifying black-and-white lightning erupted around them.

Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling fused into a colossal Hell White Tiger that overwhelmed the arena, prompting Su Chen to face it alone. He began combining his second and third soul rings to summon a Wood Golem.

• Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling fused into a Hell White Tiger more than thirty meters long, shocking the audience and VIP guests with its immense power.
• Yin Luo and his teammates withdrew from the arena after Su Chen told them to step down, while Yin Luo vowed not to be helpless again.
• Su Chen revealed his ten-thousand-year second and third soul rings, which Gu Yue Na concealed from observers outside the arena.
• Su Chen fused his second and third soul rings and called forth the Wood Release—Wood Golem Technique.

Su Chen summoned a colossal Wood Golem Arhat and clashed with the Hell White Tiger in a battle that shook the arena. The Hell White Tiger was thrown into the barrier, and the spectators believed the fight was nearly over.

• Su Chen revealed a Wood Golem Arhat over thirty meters tall, shocking the spectators and VIP guests.
• The Hell White Tiger acknowledged Su Chen’s power and charged at the Wood Golem Arhat.
• Su Chen met the charge with both fists, and the two giants exchanged devastating physical blows that repeatedly damaged the arena’s protective barrier.
• The Wood Golem Arhat knocked the Hell White Tiger into the barrier, leaving the crowd expecting Su Chen to win.
• Yu Tianxin admired the Wood Golem Arhat, while Dai Weisi accepted that losing to Su Chen was nothing to be ashamed of.

The Hell White Tiger unleashed its newly awakened trump card, seemingly destroying Su Chen’s Wood Golem Arhat and leaving the crowd convinced he had lost. Su Chen revealed a brief, powerful transformation and began using a Sage Art as the chapter ended.

• Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling’s winged Hell White Tiger launched Hell White Tiger Break, devastating the arena before Sisi contained the blast with her staff.
• Spectators assumed Su Chen had been defeated when the Wood Golem Arhat appeared shattered, but Sisi spotted it moving and announced that he was still in the match.
• Su Chen praised the Hell White Tiger’s breakthrough, while Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling asked him to concede rather than risk injury.
• Su Chen activated a prismatic transformation that multiplied his aura and warned that its power would last less than a second.
• Su Chen began casting Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands—Summit Enlightenment Buddha.

Su Chen summoned a gigantic Thousand-Handed Buddha Statue, forcing Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling to surrender and helping Spirit Hall defeat the Clear Sky Sect’s attack. Six years later, Spirit Hall had expanded across the continent while Akatsuki grew into a powerful mercenary group and seller of ninja tools.

• Su Chen raised the arena above the clouds with his Thousand-Handed Buddha Statue, and Dai Changkong and Zhu Zhuling surrendered.
• Su Chen ordered Spirit Hall to arrest its enemies before collapsing, while Bibi Dong flew into the arena.
• Bibi Dong defeated Tang Tian, and Spirit Hall destroyed the Clear Sky Sect after capturing Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, and other fighters.
• Spirit Hall expanded through its cultivation method and alliances with the Four Elements Academies and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Akatsuki rose to prominence in both empires, taking mercenary commissions and selling ninja tools such as Explosive Tags, Military Ration Pills, and Sealing Scrolls.

Akatsuki’s reputation grew after it crushed an attempt to destroy the organization, while Su Chen remained absent from public view. In Sunset Forest, Akatsuki cornered Dugu Bo and offered to save his son and granddaughter if he joined; Dugu Bo eagerly accepted the possibility, and the recruiter promised a new dawn.

• Collectors and Soul Tool families hired powerful soul masters to attack Akatsuki, but the Titled Douluo vanished, one Soul Douluo died, and the other was crippled and driven insane.
• Tang San awakened his Twin Martial Souls in Nuoding City, while a scorpion-braided girl and a golden little beast secretly left the Star Dou Forest.
• Rumors spread about Su Chen’s disappearance, but the truth remained unknown.
• Akatsuki surrounded Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest after he released Stealth Poison, and its members countered the poison with antidotes, Chakra Seeds, and gas masks.
• A man from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family revealed that he represented Akatsuki’s leader and invited Dugu Bo to join, promising to cure his son and granddaughter.
• Dugu Bo reacted with desperate hope and offered his life in exchange for his son’s rescue, while the recruiter promised that Akatsuki would bring new changes to the world.

At Xue Qinghe’s birthday banquet, the Crown Prince hid his disgust with court officials behind a benevolent public face before returning to his chambers as Qian Renxue. There she reunited with Su Chen, and they discussed how Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s leaders depended on him.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed the nobles at his birthday banquet and reflected on how his reforms and alliances had secured his position as the empire’s heir.
• After leaving the banquet, Xue Qinghe privately threatened to have Akatsuki kill the useless officials, then returned to his chambers and transformed into Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue found Su Chen waiting in her room, and the two teased each other about her birthday banquet and his nickname for her.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong had agreed to let Su Chen leave Spirit Hall, recalling that its leaders depended on him and had even considered making him Pope.

Su Chen told Qian Renxue that he had discovered who supplied the poison used against her and promised her a uniquely personal gift. After leaving her, he changed into his Akatsuki robe and flew toward the clouds on Silver Dragon Wings.

• Su Chen said his meeting with Qian Daoliu had eased the conflict between Bibi Dong and the Angel Lineage, and told Qian Renxue he was recruiting for Akatsuki and traveling to the Extreme North.
• Su Chen revealed that Dugu Bo, who worked for Xue Xing, had supplied the poison used against Qian Renxue, and asked her to spare him because he would be useful.
• Qian Renxue agreed to spare Dugu Bo and asked Su Chen for something unique; he promised to give her a one-of-a-kind gift in a few days.
• Qian Renxue nervously asked Su Chen to stay the night, but he declined, leaving her confused and disappointed.
• Su Chen changed into his Auspicious Cloud Black Robe at a residence outside the imperial palace, unfurled his Silver Dragon Wings, and flew into the clouds.

Su Chen flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to use its treasures and the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King to overcome his body's bottleneck. At the site, Dugu Bo learned the Akatsuki had come for his secret treasure land, and their leader arrived as the members knelt to greet him.

• Gu Yue Na asked whether Su Chen could break through his body's bottleneck, and he said he would soon find out.
• Su Chen explained that Whale Rubber had done little for him and identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as his destination.
• Dugu Bo confronted the Akatsuki members who had brought him to his treasure land, and Tianlong mocked his strength and poisoned martial arts.
• One-Tail transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and threatened to eat Dugu Bo before being reminded the leader had forbidden it.
• Dugu Bo realized the Akatsuki had overwhelming power and questioned what kind of people they were.
• Su Chen arrived beneath his Silver Dragon Wings, and the Akatsuki members knelt and called him their leader.

Su Chen recruited Dugu Bo into Akatsuki and promised to help his son and granddaughter while protecting the treasured place. At the basin, Gu Yue Na recognized the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, then gave Su Chen their Essence Souls to strengthen his soul rings.

• Su Chen revealed himself as Akatsuki's leader and recruited Dugu Bo, promising to send his son and granddaughter to Spirit Hall and guard the treasured place.
• Su Chen entered the basin and admired the Blazing Sun Spring and Extreme Cold Yin Spring.
• Gu Yue Na sensed the Dragon Race Royalty auras and learned from Su Chen that the basin held the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Su Chen reassured Gu Yue Na that he might be able to bring the lost true spirits back to life with the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Gu Yue Na used a seven-colored scale to calm the springs and drew out the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's Essence Souls.
• Gu Yue Na gave the two Essence Souls to Su Chen to strengthen his soul rings.

Su Chen gained Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Water from Gu Yue Na and set out for the Extreme North to recruit its three great Fierce Beasts. Meanwhile, Gu Yue Na discovered a mysterious white tree in Su Chen’s expanding spiritual world, and a Soul Master named Xue Yi sought revenge against a Spirit Hall official’s son.

• Su Chen absorbed two halos that strengthened his fire and water attributes, and Gu Yue Na warned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well needed time to recover.
• Su Chen suggested traveling to the Extreme North, and Gu Yue Na returned to his spiritual world, where she discovered a white tree and suspected his inner world was becoming complete.
• Su Chen left Yu Tianlong to guard the well, greeted Dugu Bo, and flew toward the Extreme North to recruit Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King into Akatsuki.
• Two days later, Xue Yi traveled through a blizzard with four Soul Masters in search of legendary herbs, hoping to gain the means to avenge a girl who had been beaten to death.
• Sister Lan warned Xue Yi that her enemy was the son of a Spirit Hall official and urged her to abandon her revenge, but Xue Yi insisted she only wanted that person to pay.

Xue Yi insisted on continuing toward Akatsuki despite Sister Lan’s warnings, while Sister Lan secretly planned to betray her to a Spirit Hall official’s son. Lost in the Extreme North, Su Chen encountered the official’s son and his men, who mocked the Heavenly Holy Son before Su Chen restrained them and challenged their assumptions about Spirit Hall.

• Sister Lan warned Xue Yi that Spirit Hall controlled the resources she relied on, but Xue Yi remained determined to continue.
• Sister Lan agreed to go on with Xue Yi while secretly deciding to hand her over to a Spirit Hall official’s son.
• Su Chen realized he had lost his way in the Extreme North and searched the snowy mountains for someone to ask for directions.
• At a mountain hollow, a Spirit Hall deputy temple master’s son bragged about his power while his men mocked the Heavenly Holy Son.
• Su Chen appeared beside their bonfire and introduced himself, prompting the young man to demand that he apologize for sharing the Holy Son’s name.
• Su Chen immobilized the group with his pressure, finished eating their rabbit, and asked whether Spirit Hall forbade people from having their own names.

Su Chen confronted Spirit Hall’s arrogant subordinates and recognized how unchecked power had changed them. After Sister Lan delivered Xue Yi to Young Master Tang, Su Chen revealed himself and killed Tang and the others, then asked Xue Yi about finding Akatsuki.

• Su Chen reflected that his lack of attention had allowed Spirit Hall’s people to become arrogant and admitted fault.
• Sister Lan brought the bound Xue Yi into the mountain hollow and betrayed her to Young Master Tang.
• Sister Lan argued that Xue Yi had endangered her family by opposing Young Master Tang and seeking Akatsuki.
• Su Chen revealed his identity as the Holy Son and asked Xue Yi whether she wanted to find Akatsuki.
• Su Chen engulfed Young Master Tang and the others in flames.

Su Chen killed Young Master Tang and revealed Sister Lan’s hidden plan, then sent her to the Spirit Hall Branch Temple with a token and a two-day deadline. After Sister Lan and Xue Yi left, the Titan Snow Demon King emerged, and Su Chen prepared to fight it with his extraordinary soul rings and techniques.

• Su Chen revealed that he had seen through Sister Lan’s plan and warned her against attacking him with the hidden weapons she carried.
• Sister Lan begged Su Chen to spare Xue Yi, and the two women wept together until he clarified that he intended neither of them harm.
• Su Chen gave Sister Lan a dragon-patterned token and ordered her to show it to the Purple Bishop, giving the Spirit Hall Branch Temple two days to settle Young Master Tang’s death.
• Sister Lan and Xue Yi left, while Su Chen reflected on using the incident to curb corruption and strengthen Akatsuki’s reputation.
• The Titan Snow Demon King smashed the mountain hollow and turned toward Su Chen, who revealed his six soul rings and summoned a Wood Human covered in Susanoo armor.

Su Chen defeated the Titan Snow Demon King, healed his ruined jaw, and used Tsukuyomi to make him agree to lead the way to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. As the Snow Demon King guided him through winding paths, he hoped Su Chen would give up before reaching the Snow Empress.

• Su Chen trapped the Titan Snow Demon King with a Wood Human and Wood Dragon, then used Tsukuyomi to subdue him after he tried a surprise attack.
• Su Chen told the Snow Demon King he wanted to speak with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and the Snow Demon King reluctantly agreed to lead him there.
• Su Chen healed the Snow Demon King's destroyed jaw, leaving him astonished by the human's abilities.
• At the heart of the ice plains, the Snow Empress learned the Titan Snow Demon King had been beaten and decided not to harm him for it.
• The Titan Snow Demon King led Su Chen along winding routes, hoping to shake him off and spare him from the Snow Empress.

Su Chen followed the Titan Snow Demon King into the snowfield and confronted the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, who demanded that he defeat her before she would submit. He unleashed his Dragon Sage Mode and badly wounded her, but she escaped his grasp and trapped him in her Eternal Freeze Domain, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The Titan Snow Demon King led Su Chen deeper into the snowfield until they encountered the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
• The Ice Empress told Su Chen that Snow Empress knew his purpose but insisted he defeat her before she would obey.
• Su Chen activated his Bloodline Power, opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, activated Lin Dragon's Armor, and entered Dragon Sage Mode.
• The Ice Empress attacked with her ultimate ice, but Su Chen punched through her pincer, seized her, and slammed her into the ground, shattering her shell.
• The Ice Empress unleashed her Eternal Freeze Domain, froze Su Chen in midair, and fled a hundred meters as cracks appeared in the ice around him.

The silver-haired youth broke free of the Ice Empress's ice and overwhelmed her attacks, shattering her ultimate defense and killing move with his punches. As he prepared to strike the defeated Ice Empress, the Snow Empress intervened, and he released her.

• The Ice Empress attacked the silver-haired youth with Ice Emperor's Rain, but he countered with Sage Art: Morning Peacock.
• The youth caught the Ice Empress off guard and shattered Ice Emperor's Body Protection with one punch.
• The Ice Empress unleashed Ice Emperor's Wrath, but the youth smashed every block of ultimate ice and lifted her.
• The youth told the Ice Empress he would show mercy for Tian Meng's sake, then prepared to strike her.
• The Snow Empress restrained the youth's arms with ice flowers and asked him to show mercy, so he set the Ice Empress down and apologized.

Su Chen reflected on the Golden Dragon King's influence and his strength after defeating Ice Empress, then faced Snow Empress, who demanded that he leave the Extreme North. He challenged her belief that she could stay out of larger conflicts and revealed a mysterious speck of light that drew both Empresses’ attention.

• Su Chen recalled that the Golden Dragon King's Essence Soul made him more violent during close combat and resolved to limit that fighting style until he obtained a Yin Release Soul Ring.
• Su Chen reviewed his status and considered his unusual strength, while wondering why Gu Yue Na and Tian Meng had been silent.
• Snow Empress appeared and told Su Chen to leave the Extreme North, saying she wanted to avoid involvement in his affairs.
• Su Chen argued that even powerful beings such as Di Tian could not escape being used as chess pieces, and Snow Empress replied that Su Chen was one too.
• Su Chen declared that they had overturned the chessboard and drew a translucent white speck of light from between his brows, captivating Snow Empress and Ice Empress with its unfamiliar power.