Chapter Summaries

Su Yu and Wang Dong'er left the Clear Sky Sect for Heaven Dou City after he absorbed an Azure Dragon Left Claw Bone and reached rank seventy-seven. In Mingdu, Jing Hongchen struggled to restore Mingde Hall's finances and warned against leaks of high-grade Soul Tools.

• Wang Dong'er absorbed the Eight-petal Immortal Orchid essence, raised her Soul Power by six levels, and fell asleep beside Su Yu.
• Su Yu absorbed the Azure Dragon Left Claw Bone, advanced to rank seventy-seven, and revealed its dragon-claw power alongside his evolved Dark Gold Claw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong'er bid farewell to Niu Tian and Tai Tan; Niu Tian promised the Clear Sky Sect's support and sent Tai Tan to protect Wang Dong'er in secret.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong'er flew toward Heaven Dou City to meet Ling Guang, Lanlan, and the others before returning to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed Mingde Hall's sales and ordered Lin Jiayi to expand Soul Tool sales while tightly controlling Grade Eight and higher Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen visited Jing Hongchen, who complained about the Body Sect and Du Busi and vowed that Mingde Hall's rivals would eventually need its Soul Tools.

Jing Hongchen confronted Su Yu over returning six months late, but Su Yu calmly accepted his punishments and exposed Mingde Hall’s financial strain by offering to donate 100 million Gold Soul Coins. The chapter ended with Jing Hongchen left speechless as Su Yu withdrew the offer.

• Jing Hongchen praised Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s cultivation, warning Xiao Hongchen that relying on medicinal drugs had damaged his foundation.
• Jing Hongchen complained that Su Yu had stayed away from the academy for half a year, while Meng Hongchen defended him.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong'er arrived in Mingdu with Shui Lingguang and Lanlan, then left the two women at a hotel before entering the academy.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Su Yu and scolded him for his long absence, but Su Yu answered his complaints with cheeky remarks.
• Jing Hongchen canceled Su Yu’s allowance and rare-metal supply, and Su Yu offered Mingde Hall 100 million Gold Soul Coins if it was short on funds.
• Jing Hongchen denied that Mingde Hall was poor, so Su Yu withdrew his offer and left Jing Hongchen struggling to respond.

Su Yu returned to Mingde Hall, reunited with Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong'er, and promised to lend Mingde Hall 100 Million Gold Soul Coins. Jing Hongchen discussed the upcoming tournament with them and learned that Su Yu had reached Rank 77 Soul Sage, leaving everyone astonished by his rapid progress.

• Su Yu teased Jing Hongchen before embracing Meng Hongchen, who had rushed to greet him after hearing he was back.
• Su Yu promised to lend Mingde Hall 100 Million Gold Soul Coins to help it through its financial crisis, and Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen praised him.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Soul Fighting Tournament would begin in a little over half a year and allow sects to participate.
• Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen learned that Wang Dong'er had disguised herself as Wang Dong, while Jing Hongchen admitted he had recognized her from her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Hongchen boasted about reaching Soul Sage, but Su Yu revealed that he had reached Rank 77 Soul Sage, shocking Jing Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen.

Su Yu told Jing Hongchen that he would form a new sect rather than represent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the Soul Fighting Tournament. After debating names with the others, he settled on calling it the Holy Slaying Palace.

• Su Yu noticed Xiao Hongchen had been taking pills and explained that his own advancement came through tempering.
• Su Yu said he planned to establish a sect and compete in the tournament with his own team, while Wang Dong'er pledged to follow him and Meng Hongchen agreed to stay with the academy team.
• Su Yu explained that the new force would focus on Soul Tool research and provide a way to recruit people and take part in continental affairs beyond the Ice God Palace.
• Su Yu proposed establishing the sect in the Sun Moon Empire, and Jing Hongchen questioned his ambition and objected to his grandiose name ideas.
• Xiao Hongchen suggested the name Holy Slaying Palace, Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen supported it, and Su Yu accepted the name.

Su Yu and his companions settled on the name Holy Slaying Palace and discussed their opposition to the Holy Spirit Cult, while Jing Hongchen warned them of the danger. Su Yu gave Xiao Hongchen an Immortal Herb to strengthen his cultivation, and the group moved into Mingde Hall’s private villa district, where Wang Dong’er and Meng Hongchen both proposed living with Su Yu.

• Jing Hongchen scolded Xiao Hongchen for choosing the name Holy Slaying Palace and chased him with a whip before Su Yu intervened.
• Su Yu said the Ice God Palace would eventually have to fight the Holy Spirit Cult, and Wang Dong’er pledged the Clear Sky Sect’s support; Jing Hongchen said Mingde Hall would stay neutral.
• Jing Hongchen let Wang Dong’er join Mingde Hall’s Actual Control Soul Tool Department without an assessment after learning she was a Soul Emperor.
• Su Yu gave Xiao Hongchen a Nine Profound Golden Leaf Grass and explained that the Immortal Herb could improve his foundation and help stabilize his Soul Power.
• Meng Hongchen showed Su Yu and Wang Dong’er their new villas in Mingde Hall’s private residence district, and Wang Dong’er and Meng Hongchen each suggested living with Su Yu.

Su Yu moved into a villa at Mingde Hall with Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen, then reassured Meng Hongchen when the Divine Trial made her worry she could not keep up with him. He gave her a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving Wang Dong'er surprised that the rare herb was not unique to her.

• Wang Dong'er argued that Meng Hongchen should not move in with Su Yu, but Su Yu agreed that she could stay.
• Su Yu opened his assigned villa, and Meng Hongchen explained that its spacious rooms could be arranged for cultivation and Soul Tool work.
• Su Yu told Meng Hongchen he had spent his time away at Ice God Palace and described his Divine Trial, prompting her to fear she might not be worthy of him.
• Su Yu assured Meng Hongchen that she would always be beloved, and Wang Dong'er interrupted them before lighthearted teasing eased Meng Hongchen's sadness.
• Su Yu gave Meng Hongchen a Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained its effects and story, while Wang Dong'er reacted with disappointment that Meng Hongchen had one too.

Meng Hongchen picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red but kept it as a symbol of her love for Su Yu, so he gave her Narcissus Jade Bone essence to cultivate with instead. The next day, Su Yu and Wang Dong'er returned to Mingde Hall, where they met Ma Rulong and his group and revealed that Wang Dong had been a girl all along.

• Meng Hongchen picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Wang Dong'er showed her own flower and explained that she had also chosen to keep it as a memento of her love for Su Yu.
• Su Yu gave Meng Hongchen Narcissus Jade Bone essence, then went to bring Shui Lingguang and Lanlan from their hotel to stay at the villa.
• Meng Hongchen swallowed the Narcissus Jade Bone essence and began meditating in her villa overnight.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong'er wore their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy uniforms and returned to Mingde Hall, where Su Yu noticed the restored base and its new defensive Soul Tools.
• Su Yu met Ma Rulong, Mika, Lin Xi, Xiao Xiafeng, and the others, and told them that Wang Dong was actually Wang Dong'er.
• Ma Rulong and the others were shocked to learn Wang Dong was a girl, then teased her about always staying close to Su Yu.

Su Yu reunited with the Mingde Hall students and accepted Ji Juechen’s challenge to test his newly developed Sword Fanatic Domain: Silence. After Su Yu easily repelled Ji Juechen’s first two attacks, Ji Juechen revealed a new sword intent called Dragon Slaying, prompting Su Yu to prepare to respond.

• Su Yu met Ma Rulong and the others, then reunited with Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen at his workbench.
• Ji Juechen challenged Su Yu, and Su Yu agreed to fight him in Mingde Hall’s underground arena.
• Ji Juechen demonstrated his Sword Fanatic Domain: Silence, which Su Yu recognized as a fusion of sword intent and Soul Power.
• Su Yu deflected Ji Juechen’s first two attacks with ease, forcing him back and leaving him exhausted.
• Ji Juechen announced that his new sword intent was called Dragon Slaying, and Su Yu reacted with a smile and clenched fists.

Su Yu defeated Ji Juechen, recruited him and Jing Ziyan into Holy Slaying Palace, and learned that Jing Hongchen was offering the new sect a site in Mingdu. The chapter left Su Yu with a prospective base for the sect and Xiao Hongchen recovering after taking an immortal herb.

• Ji Juechen unleashed his Dragon Slaying sword strike, but Su Yu froze him with one blow and made him promise to rename the move.
• Su Yu invited Ji Juechen to join Holy Slaying Palace, and Ji agreed after hearing he could spar with Su Yu and learn from Chen Xin.
• Su Yu asked the others to join, and Jing Ziyan accepted while Ma Rulong and the others stayed loyal to Mingde Hall.
• Xiao Hongchen arrived, and Su Yu saw that the Nine Profound Golden Leaf Grass had restored his damaged foundation and raised his Soul Power to level seventy-two.
• Xiao Hongchen told Su Yu that Jing Hongchen would give Holy Slaying Palace a plot of land in Mingdu for its headquarters.

Su Yu toured a large residence in southwest Mingdu for the Holy Slaying Palace and planned to acquire the surrounding land. As he considered how to recruit Soul Engineers for his understaffed sect, Xu Tianran arranged for Ju Zi to approach him, while Su Yu devised a plan to win Jing Hongchen’s support.

• Xiao Hongchen took Su Yu and the others to inspect a spacious residence in southwest Mingdu that Jing Hongchen had arranged for the Holy Slaying Palace.
• Xu Tianran learned that Su Yu had returned and ordered Ju Zi to arrange a meeting with him, hoping to gain the Ice God Palace’s support.
• Su Yu decided to buy the land around the residence to keep the Holy Slaying Palace’s activities secret, and Xiao Hongchen agreed to consult Jing Hongchen.
• Back at the academy, Su Yu realized the Holy Slaying Palace lacked Soul Engineers and considered recruiting them from Mingde Hall.
• Su Yu thought of a way to win Jing Hongchen over and laughed, startling Wang Dong'er.

Su Yu applied for and began his Rank 8 Soul Engineer assessment, impressing the examiners with his carving skill and Holy Judgment. While he worked, Ju Zi arrived at his villa and was met by Wang Dong'er.

• Su Yu teased Wang Dong'er, then calmed her anger with a kiss.
• Su Yu asked Jing Hongchen to arrange his Rank 8 Soul Engineer assessment, and Jing Hongchen set it up for the following day.
• Su Yu began the assessment by crafting a Rank 8 Soul Tool, using the Ranked Carving Knife Holy Judgment.
• Jing Hongchen and the other examiners watched Su Yu carve numerous Core Formations, puzzled by the many acceleration formations he included.
• Ju Zi visited Su Yu's villa, where Wang Dong'er opened the door and recognized her.

Ju Zi visited Wang Dong'er hoping to see Su Yu, but Meng Hongchen suspected her motives and went to warn him. At Mingde Hall, Su Yu completed a Rank 8 Soul Engineer assessment with his long-range Sword of Heavenly Punishment, earning his badge after a successful test.

• Ju Zi visited Wang Dong'er, learned Su Yu was taking a promotion assessment, and discovered Wang Dong'er was his girlfriend.
• Wang Dong'er told Meng Hongchen about Ju Zi, and Meng Hongchen decided to warn Su Yu about her suspicious intentions.
• Su Yu finished building the Sword of Heavenly Punishment, a Soul Cannon Shell he claimed could strike accurately at five hundred kilometers.
• Jing Hongchen and the other Soul Engineers tested the weapon over two days, then Jing Hongchen awarded Su Yu the Rank 8 Soul Engineer badge.
• Jing Hongchen told Su Yu to rest and asked him to explain the Sword of Heavenly Punishment the next day.

After becoming the youngest Rank 8 Soul Engineer in history, Su Yu returned to his villa with Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen, then drew the attention of powerful figures across the Sun Moon Empire. At Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen confronted him about the Sword of Heavenly Punishment Soul Cannon shell, and Su Yu began negotiating support for his newly founded Holy Slaying Palace.

• Su Yu returned to his villa after four days of work, where Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen celebrated his Rank 8 Soul Engineer achievement and told him Ju Zi had come looking for him.
• After Su Yu fell asleep, Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen both slipped into his room and lay beside him, unaware that he had heard their conversation and was pretending to sleep.
• News of Su Yu's achievement and his advanced Fixed Soul Tool technology spread through the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and reached influential figures in the Sun Moon Empire.
• At Mingde Hall, Su Yu insisted Jing Hongchen provide him tea before discussing the Sword of Heavenly Punishment Soul Cannon shell.
• Su Yu argued that the shell technology belonged to him because he had developed it independently, then asked Jing Hongchen to support the newly established Holy Slaying Palace.

Su Yu bargained with Jing Hongchen to borrow Xuan Ziwen for Holy Slaying Palace, trading him new Soul Tool technology and securing permission to approach Mingde Hall’s other Soul Engineers. After provoking Jing Hongchen with an outrageous rare-metal request, Su Yu escaped and headed to find Xuan Ziwen, confident he could persuade him to leave.

• Su Yu asked Jing Hongchen to lend him Xuan Ziwen, Gu Yanjun, Qin Siqi, and several dozen other Soul Engineers, prompting Jing Hongchen to angrily reject the demand.
• Su Yu negotiated for Xuan Ziwen alone, and Jing Hongchen agreed to let him try to recruit Xuan Ziwen and up to twenty others without forcing them to leave.
• Su Yu gave Jing Hongchen a booklet describing new technology, then unsuccessfully tried to use another invention to bargain for Gu Yanjun.
• Su Yu requested a huge quantity of rare metals, enraging Jing Hongchen so much that he drew a Rank 8 Soul Tool greatsword and chased Su Yu away.
• Su Yu carried Meng Hongchen out of Mingde Hall, told her he had a plan to persuade Xuan Ziwen, and headed to the teaching building to find him.

Su Yu persuaded Xuan Ziwen to join Holy Slaying Palace once he finished his Milk Bottle research, then selected and recruited twenty Soul Engineers from Mingde Hall. The chapter left Su Yu with a team of recruits, including five Rank 7 Soul Engineers, as his poaching operation continued.

• Su Yu showed Xuan Ziwen new Soul Tool designs and promised better research conditions at Holy Slaying Palace, persuading him to join after completing his research and giving Mingde Hall the technology as a parting gift.
• Su Yu explained to Meng Hongchen that Xuan Ziwen was easy to recruit because he was a devoted researcher and had no strong ties to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Su Yu and Meng Hongchen reviewed Mingde Hall’s roster, and Su Yu chose candidates for their loyalty and backgrounds rather than simply selecting the highest-ranked Soul Engineers.
• Su Yu used different appeals and tactics to recruit twenty Soul Engineers: five Rank 7, six Rank 6, and nine Rank 5.
• Su Yu’s five Rank 7 recruits included three people from the former nations of Douluo Continent.

Su Yu established the initial framework of the Holy Slaying Palace and met Ju Zi when she came to ask him to meet Xu Tianran. Su Yu revealed that he already knew about Xu Tianran’s informants, then began recounting Ju Zi’s past as she sat stunned.

• Su Yu recruited Soul Engineers and outlined plans to build the Holy Slaying Palace and recruit Soul Masters from the original Douluo Continent.
• After finishing his work, Su Yu rested with Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong'er, then welcomed Ju Zi when she arrived.
• Ju Zi praised Su Yu’s achievements and spoke with him about his talent and relationship with Meng Hongchen.
• Ju Zi admitted that someone wanted to meet Su Yu, and Su Yu identified Xu Tianran as the person behind the request.
• Su Yu told Ju Zi that he and Jing Hongchen knew about Xu Tianran’s informants, then began describing Ju Zi’s family and the events that had shattered her life eleven years earlier.

Su Yu confronted Ju Zi about her connection to Xu Tianran, dismissing her loyalty to the Crown Prince and challenging her hopes of revenge. He offered her a chance to leave Xu Tianran and work for him, leaving her shaken and uncertain whether to trust him.

• Su Yu revealed that he had investigated Ju Zi and knew she had approached him under Xu Tianran's orders, while Ju Zi insisted she had never intended to harm him.
• Ju Zi questioned why Su Yu had trusted Meng Hongchen but suspected her, and Su Yu said her feelings had not been sincere from the beginning.
• Ju Zi told Su Yu that Xu Tianran wanted to meet him, but Su Yu insulted the Crown Prince and declared that Xu Tianran would never take the throne if Su Yu opposed him.
• Su Yu told Ju Zi that relying on Xu Tianran for revenge was pointless and offered to help her if she left the Crown Prince and worked for him.
• Ju Zi fainted from anger and distress, then woke in tears and told Su Yu she hated him before he joked about forcing her to stay and repeated his offer.

Ju Zi agreed to work for Su Yu after learning he had destroyed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, while Su Yu told her to remain beside Xu Tianran and deliver a cutting insult about his inability to become emperor. Xu Tianran erupted in rage and vowed to kill Su Yu, but Ju Zi warned that doing so would be difficult and risky.

• Su Yu revealed that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had been targeted because its members had attacked one of his people, and Ju Zi thanked him for avenging her family.
• Ju Zi accepted that she had little choice but to work for Su Yu, who told her to continue as before and pass along his insult to Xu Tianran.
• After Ju Zi left, Su Yu brushed off Meng Hongchen's questions about Ju Zi and carried Meng Hongchen into a room, leaving Wang Dong'er fuming outside.
• Xu Tianran smashed objects in the Crown Prince's Residence after Ju Zi repeated Su Yu's words, then vowed to kill him to protect his secret.
• Ju Zi cautioned Xu Tianran that Su Yu was the Ice God Palace Young Master, protected by Ice Empress Hai Bodong, and that an attempt on his life could backfire.

Xu Tianran swallowed his anger and planned to deceive Su Yu with an apology, while Ju Zi secretly warned Su Yu of his intentions. Half a month later, Su Yu finished establishing the Holy Slaying Palace and revealed the Sword of Ruin, a powerful Soul Tool that Meng Hongchen suspected he had made for Ji Juechen.

• Ju Zi advised Xu Tianran to endure Su Yu's humiliation and preserve his strength during the succession struggle.
• Xu Tianran decided to visit Su Yu and apologize in order to lower his guard, while Ju Zi resolved to warn Su Yu about the scheme.
• Su Yu established the Holy Slaying Palace with researchers from Mingde Hall and five hundred Ice God Guards protecting it.
• Xu Tianran visited Su Yu to apologize, but Su Yu saw through his pretense with Ju Zi's help and ignored him.
• Su Yu completed the Sword of Ruin, and Meng Hongchen admired its powers and asked whether he planned to give it to Ji Juechen.

Su Yu gave Ji Juechen the Sword of Ruin after Chen Xin accepted him as a disciple. At lunch, Su Yu met Long Xiaoyao, who lamented his defeat and spoke of his weariness and lingering concern for Ye Xishui.

• Su Yu brought the Sword of Ruin to Ji Juechen, who had been training with Chen Xin and making progress in his sword path.
• Su Yu asked Chen Xin to take Ji Juechen as his disciple, and Ji Juechen knelt to accept him as his teacher.
• Su Yu gifted Ji Juechen the Level Eight Sword of Ruin and left with Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen.
• At a grilled meat restaurant, Su Yu recognized Long Xiaoyao and joined him for a drink.
• Long Xiaoyao called himself a remnant of the old era, recalled Mu En's death and his defeat alongside Ye Xishui, and said he remained concerned for her.