Chapter Summaries

After reading Di Tian’s account of the soul beasts’ path to godhood, Snow Empress agreed to cooperate but sought more information about the Sun Moon Continent and Su Ming. Su Ming hinted at a special godhood method and Snow Empress began considering what the Far North Land could offer him, leaving the details of the method unrevealed.

• Snow Empress believed Di Tian’s scroll and asked why he had come to the Far North Land, then agreed to cooperate if he shared more information about the Sun Moon Continent.
• Di Tian told Snow Empress that Su Ming was central to the soul beasts’ pursuit of godhood and had revealed the secrets behind their path.
• Snow Empress followed Di Tian to meet Su Ming as he finished absorbing the Ice Jade Scorpion’s Spirit Ring and gained an ultimate ice mode.
• Su Ming recognized Snow Empress as Di Tian’s chosen partner and suggested her special identity might receive favorable treatment at the Herka Spatial Anomaly.
• Snow Empress decided to seek Su Ming’s help with surviving her approaching seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation and considered what the Far North Land could offer him.
• Su Ming searched the Three-One Jade Pendant for a special method of becoming a god and took out a book.

Su Ming explained the Primal Spirit God-Attainment Method to Di Tian and Snow Empress, revealing that it let humans and soul beasts transform into primal spirits to improve their chances of godhood. Snow Empress wanted to learn it, but could not offer Su Ming a worthy exchange, so Di Tian volunteered to pay for her.

• Su Ming described how elemental beings in another world became gods, then explained that their consciousness was erased and they became puppets of the world's laws.
• Su Ming introduced the Primal Spirit God-Attainment Method, which involved transforming into a primal spirit before pursuing godhood, and explained its risks and benefits.
• Snow Empress asked whether the method was safe, and Su Ming reassured her that its creator had intended it as a genuine path to godhood for beings of their world.
• Su Ming said the method suited Snow Empress because she was already formed from elemental essence, and she offered the Far North's treasures in exchange for learning it.
• Su Ming asked what price Snow Empress could pay, and Di Tian offered to pay on her behalf.

Di Tian offered to cover Snow Empress’s exchange for the Primal Spirit God-Attainment Method, and Snow Empress pledged her fortune, the Far North’s support, and future cultivation insights in return. Su Ming proposed that she gamble on completing the Trinity Gate’s unfinished Soul Spirit System, then revealed its first step: Snow Empress would become his Spirit Ring.

• Di Tian offered to pay for Snow Empress to obtain the Primal Spirit God-Attainment Method, and she promised compensation and future cooperation if she succeeded or failed.
• Di Tian decided Snow Empress’s cultivation insights could benefit the soul beast race, while Su Ming listened to their private exchange with his Truth-Listening Divine Ability.
• Su Ming explained that the Trinity Gate had preserved the method because the Three-One Patriarchs had tried to develop a new system from it.
• Su Ming offered Snow Empress the Trinity Gate’s friendship and support if she helped complete the system, while warning that the attempt could kill her.
• Su Ming named the system the Soul Spirit System and declared that Snow Empress’s first step was to become his Spirit Ring.

Su Ming explained the Soul Spirit System to Di Tian and Snow Empress as a way to reduce the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. Snow Empress agreed to become the first Soul Spirit, and Su Ming planned to return to the Far North Land within three months to complete their contract.

• Su Ming described how Three-One Patriarch developed the Soul Spirit System and explained its benefits and risks to Di Tian and Snow Empress.
• Di Tian agreed that the system could benefit the world, and Snow Empress chose to become Su Ming's Soul Spirit in exchange for a free and mutually beneficial contract.
• Su Ming gave Snow Empress a scroll detailing the system and said he would cleanse away his Spirit Rings to commit to it fully.
• Su Ming and Snow Empress agreed to complete the contract within three months, and Di Tian asked to witness the ceremony.
• Snow Empress left to prepare, while Su Ming and Di Tian departed from the Far North Land.

Su Ming and Di Tian returned to a town whose residents had been massacred by a Fallen Spirit Master, and Su Ming uncovered the faction’s connection to the evil god Zhakexi and Great Dark Sky. Di Tian learned that the cult could become a grave threat, but Su Ming assured him it was not an invasion and that greater powers would handle such a crisis.

• Su Ming chose to return immediately with Di Tian so they could prepare for the matter of spirit souls.
• They found the town silent and bloodstained, and Di Tian brought back an unconscious Fallen Spirit Master who had been eating people.
• Su Ming extracted the man’s soul, read his memories, and created a Memory Orb containing information about the Fallen Spirit Master faction.
• Di Tian viewed the Memory Orb and learned that the faction worshipped Zhakexi, one of the eight elders of Great Dark Sky, and sought to spread betrayal and destruction.
• Di Tian feared the cult could bring disaster to the continent, but Su Ming explained that it was a local cult rather than a Great Dark Sky invasion and urged him not to panic.

Su Ming told Di Tian about the Sun Moon God Realm, its destruction, and the Great Dark Sky’s invasion, then instructed him to eradicate the Nightmare Sect’s believers. After giving Shui He a Memory Orb to pass to Spirit Hall, Su Ming and Di Tian prepared to leave as the Skywater Academy group watched their winged-tiger carriage arrive.

• Su Ming revealed that the Great Dark Sky had once threatened the Sun Moon God Realm, which had been shattered in the War of Order and later weakened by the invasion.
• Di Tian asked how to handle the Nightmare Sect, and Su Ming told him to use the Memory Orb’s clues to wipe out its believers.
• Su Ming gave Shui He a Memory Orb and asked him to inform Spirit Hall about the Nightmare Sect.
• Di Tian summoned the Winged Tiger as Shui He and the Skywater Academy group approached and asked what had happened in town.
• A winged tiger pulling a carriage flew down before Su Ming and Di Tian, astonishing Shui He.

Su Ming left Shui He with instructions to report the Fallen Spirit Masters and continued toward Shrek Academy in a carriage pulled by a ten-thousand-year Winged Tiger. After Di Tian departed, the Winged Tiger reached the academy, where Zhao Wuji and the teachers learned that it was Su Ming’s mount.

• Su Ming told Shui He to report the Fallen Spirit Masters, then left with Di Tian in the Winged Tiger’s carriage.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the others speculated about Su Ming’s powerful background after the carriage departed.
• Su Ming directed the Winged Tiger to fly to Shrek Academy, and Di Tian left the carriage while they passed through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Winged Tiger arrived at Shrek Academy that night, startling Zhao Wuji and the other teachers with its aura.
• Li Yusong told Zhao Wuji that the Winged Tiger was Su Ming’s mount and explained that Su Ming had reassured him it would not harm anyone.
• Shao Xin and Lu Qibin arrived, heard Li Yusong’s explanation, and examined the Winged Tiger.

Su Ming visited Shrek Team before their Spirit Battle against Berserker Team and encouraged the members to prepare for a future challenge from Imperial Fighting Team. Shrek’s members resolved to face the stronger team themselves, while Su Ming agreed to gather intelligence.

• Su Ming met Berserker Team’s captain, Mad Rhino, and promised the Spirit Arena would support the team if they defeated Shrek Team.
• Su Ming visited the Shrek members in the waiting room, where Ning Rongrong warned that Gu He’s Imperial Fighting Team might soon compete in Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Imperial Fighting Team had been reshuffled and now included multiple members as strong as Gu He.
• Du Busi, Tang San, and Dai Mubai argued that Shrek should fight Imperial Fighting Team without relying on Su Ming, even if they risked losing.
• Su Ming encouraged Shrek’s members and volunteered to gather intelligence on Imperial Fighting Team.

Su Ming told Shrek that the third stage of their special training had been canceled, with its remaining content folded into the second stage, and promised to gather information on the Imperial Fighting Team. Meanwhile, the newly reshuffled Imperial Fighting Team prepared for its battles under Qin Ming, with Bai Ningbing's overwhelming strength and arrogance defining the team.

• Su Ming rallied Shrek to focus on defeating the Berserker Team and announced that the third stage of special training was canceled because its content had been integrated into the earlier stages.
• Tang San quieted the others, and Su Ming explained that Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and he had revised the training plan; he also promised to bring Shrek information about the Imperial Fighting Team by the next day.
• Dai Mubai considered how his recent progress might give him another chance to compete for the Star Luo throne, while Tang San wondered how he could help Su Ming.
• Qin Ming reminded the reshuffled Imperial Fighting Team that its battles were meant to improve teamwork, and reflected on the difficulty of bringing its new members together.
• Qin Ming described Gu He's and Senju Hashirama's backgrounds and identified Bai Ningbing, a thirteen-year-old level-forty-one Soul Ancestor, as the team's most difficult new member.
• Bai Ningbing dismissed the other team members as weak and declared that the Imperial Fighting Team would be invincible with her leading it.

Qin Ming sent Bai Ningbing and the Imperial Fighting Team’s strongest members to punish the Blood Leopard Team for its violent crimes. Bai Ningbing swiftly maimed Shi Lihao and froze him solid, leaving the spirit battle underway with the Blood Leopard Team’s captain defeated.

• Qin Ming chose Bai Ningbing, Senju Hashirama, Gu He, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Yu Feng to face the Blood Leopard Team and explained the team’s brutal history.
• The Imperial Fighting Team entered the Jingxia City Spirit Arena, where spectators and the Blood Leopard Team anticipated a fierce match.
• The Imperial Fighting Team released their martial souls, and Shi Lihao recognized Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul but still expected to win.
• Shi Lihao attacked Bai Ningbing with his Fourth Spirit Skill, Leopard Shadow Charge, but Bai Ningbing’s ice blade severed his left arm.
• Bai Ningbing used her purple Spirit Ring to freeze the charging Shi Lihao into an ice sculpture.

Bai Ningbing killed Shi Lihao and ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to leave the arena, preparing to face the remaining Blood Leopard Team members alone. As the six opponents charged her, the chapter left the fight about to begin.

• Bai Ningbing froze Shi Lihao into an ice sculpture and killed him, enraging his younger brother, Shi Liqiang.
• Shi Liqiang enhanced his strength and attacked Senju Hashirama, but Hashirama used Monstrous Strength to pin him to the ground.
• Bai Ningbing ordered the other Imperial Fighting Team members to leave the arena, and Yu Feng, Dugu Yan, and the others obeyed.
• Gu He and Yu Tianheng stayed to watch Bai Ningbing fight, while Dugu Yan warned her against killing the Blood Leopard Team.
• Shi Liqiang and the remaining Blood Leopard Team members charged Bai Ningbing, believing their numbers would give them the advantage.

Bai Ningbing used her third soul skill, Blue Bird Ice Coffin, to kill the Blood Leopard Team and secure victory for the Imperial Fighting Team. Afterward, Dugu Yan revealed Su Ming’s extraordinary talents, and Qin Ming cautioned Bai Ningbing about the impact of handling future battles so brutally.

• Bai Ningbing unleashed Blue Bird Ice Coffin, killing Shi Liqiang and then freezing the remaining Blood Leopard Team members to death.
• Yu Tianheng, Gu He, and Senju Hashirama discussed the gap between themselves and Bai Ningbing, while Dugu Yan claimed Su Ming was an even greater monster.
• Dugu Yan described Su Ming’s extraordinary spirit rings and cultivation, and Gu He guessed that the person she meant was Su Ming.
• The Jingxia City supervisor announced the Blood Leopard Team’s deaths and declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner.
• Bai Ningbing returned to the private room with her teammates, where Qin Ming warned her not to handle another incident that way.

After Bai Ningbing’s violent match against the Blood Leopard Team made Jingxia City’s Spirit Arena wary of the Imperial Fighting Team, Qin Ming explained that they would move on to Kais City and then Suotuo City. News of Su Ming’s talent excited the team, while Su Ming celebrated Tang San and the others’ victory over the Berserker Team and their progress with his techniques.

• Qin Ming told the Imperial Fighting Team that they would leave Jingxia City after one match because Bai Ningbing’s actions had frightened the local teams, and he outlined their route to Suotuo City.
• Senju Hashirama told the team that Suotuo City had a Spirit Master more monstrous than Bai Ningbing, and Dugu Yan shared some information about Su Ming without revealing key details.
• Bai Ningbing became eager to meet Su Ming, while Dugu Yan explained that even her grandfather treated him seriously, ending Qin Ming’s hopes of recruiting him for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San and the others returned after defeating the Berserker Team, and Flender and Yu Xiaogang praised their performance and use of Su Ming’s techniques.
• Su Ming invited Tang San and the others to celebrate their victory at a medicinal bathhouse, with him paying.

While the students soaked in medicinal baths, Su Ming revealed plans to get Shrek Academy officially recognized and enter the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition. He promised to prepare them to achieve a good ranking, but kept the details of their future training secret.

• Tang San, Oscar, and the others asked Su Ming about what would happen after the special training phases ended.
• Su Ming explained that he had applied for Shrek Academy to become an officially recognized academy and would secure it a place in the Elite Competition.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dugu Busi discussed whether Shrek’s students could compete against advanced academies.
• Su Ming assured everyone he was confident they could earn a good ranking and said they would learn the plan after the second training phase and a break.
• Ma Hongjun fell asleep in the medicinal bath, so Su Ming made a soundproof wall around him; after the bath, Dai Mubai dragged him to the changing room.

Su Ming announced that the Shrek Team would face the Imperial Fighting Team in a spirit battle and offered free weekly medicinal baths if they won. He revealed that the match was arranged and that he would compete to face a particularly interesting Imperial Fighting Team member.

• Su Ming promised each Shrek Team member a medicinal bathhouse VIP card if they defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, raising their enthusiasm for the match.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Su Ming had confirmed the Imperial Fighting Team’s visit, and Su Ming said he had invited them to the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• In Jingxia City, Qin Ming accepted the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s invitation to have the Imperial Fighting Team face the Shrek Team, eager to see his alma mater’s students compete.
• Su Ming told the Shrek group he would join the match, restrict his strength, and target an intriguing spirit master while they faced the Imperial Fighting Team’s other members.

Zhu Zhuyun asked Zhu Zhuqing to intercede for Dai Weisi, whose rebellion against Dai Xuanyu had left him defeated and under threat. Dai Xuanyu granted Dai Weisi exile in Jiangling Territory and a chance to atone, then asked Zhu Zhuqing how her cultivation training was progressing.

• Zhu Zhuyun pleaded with Zhu Zhuqing to persuade Dai Xuanyu to spare Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuqing hesitated because Dai Weisi had brought his predicament on himself, but she remembered that Zhu Zhuyun had once shown her leniency.
• Dai Xuanyu returned and proposed exiling Dai Weisi to Jiangling Territory, with a chance to shorten his atonement through the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.
• Zhu Zhuyun accepted Dai Xuanyu's terms and pledged loyalty for herself and Dai Weisi before leaving to tell him the news.
• Dai Xuanyu asked Zhu Zhuqing about her progress with the cultivation method, and she said she could practice it but still made mistakes.

Dai Xuanyu planned to bring the Star Crown Sect under his command and strengthen his forces for a future war to unify the continent and become a god. He left Zhu Zhuqing preparing to accompany him to the sect while considering an alliance with Quanxing.

• Dai Xuanyu praised Zhu Zhuqing for making rapid progress with the Empress Chapter of Imperial Dynasty God-Attainment.
• Zhu Zhuqing understood that Dai Xuanyu planned to deceive the Evil Eye Saint King and eventually oppose him by becoming a god through the faith of an imperial dynasty.
• Dai Xuanyu told Zhu Zhuqing to accompany him and Profound Nether Douluo to the Star Crown Sect, which had not yet submitted to him.
• Dai Xuanyu planned to offer the Star Crown Sect another drop of Saint King's Blood, believing its promise of another Titled Douluo would secure its allegiance.
• Dai Xuanyu considered contacting Quanxing because he needed more powerful allies to challenge Spirit Hall and the other continental forces.

The Imperial Fighting Team arrived at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where Qin Ming met the arena’s manager while the team rested. Dugu Yan brought Bai Ningbing to Shrek Academy to find Su Ming, who went to meet them and planned to use Bai Ningbing to put pressure on Tang San and the other students.

• Qin Ming took the Imperial Fighting Team to its private room and left to meet the person in charge of the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Dugu Yan told the team to rest and avoid trouble, while Bai Ningbing decided to seek out Su Ming and challenge him.
• Dugu Yan led Bai Ningbing toward Shrek Academy and explained that Su Ming was a School Board Director there.
• Bai Ningbing flew Dugu Yan to Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong went to notify Su Ming that they were waiting for him.
• Su Ming left the students preparing dinner and headed to the village entrance after learning Dugu Yan and Bai Ningbing had come to see him.

Su Ming reunited with Dugu Yan and met Bai Ningbing, the Imperial Fighting Team captain who wanted to challenge him. After agreeing to fight her, he led the two women into Shrek Academy while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San secretly followed.

• Dugu Yan greeted Su Ming warmly, and Bai Ningbing noticed their unusual closeness before introducing herself as the Imperial Fighting Team captain seeking a match.
• Su Ming teased Dugu Yan about becoming vice-captain, and she complained that Bai Ningbing was a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor.
• Su Ming told Dugu Yan that his plan could help her Martial Soul evolve again and eventually let her challenge Bai Ningbing.
• Su Ming accepted Bai Ningbing's challenge and led her and Dugu Yan into Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San decided to follow them secretly.

Su Ming and Bai Ningbing began their battle at the training grounds, where Su Ming’s Qi Martial Soul let him evade her attacks and batter her ice defenses. The fight continued as Bai Ningbing searched for a way to counter his transformation into Pure Qi.

• Su Ming and Bai Ningbing agreed to fight at the training grounds, while Dugu Yan invited the hidden onlookers to watch openly.
• Su Ming and Bai Ningbing introduced themselves as Level 43 Soul Ancestors, then began fighting when Bai Ningbing’s Gold Soul Coin landed.
• Bai Ningbing’s ice spikes passed through Su Ming’s transformed body without harming him, and Su Ming retaliated with the One Qi Great Hand Seal.
• Bai Ningbing raised a circular ice barrier against Su Ming’s repeated strikes, then used the shattered ice to launch a concealed counterattack.
• Su Ming refined Bai Ningbing’s ice shards and evaded her spear-like ice attack by turning into Pure Qi, while Bai Ningbing considered using the Ice Eye Technique against him.