Chapter Summaries

Su Cheng awakened an Iron Sword Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power of level 0.5, then activated the Villain Life Simulator and chose a mission to destroy Spirit Hall. He prepared to build his simulation around his knowledge of the story rather than relying on overwhelming strength.

• Su Cheng awakened an Iron Sword Martial Soul and measured Innate Soul Power of level 0.5.
• Wang Pan offered Su Cheng the village’s work-study student slot at Notting City Junior Spirit Master Academy, and Su Cheng accepted.
• Su Cheng activated the Simulator and selected the mission to destroy Spirit Hall.
• The Simulator offered three initial characters and a choice of talents, and Su Cheng rejected a powerful build modeled on Tang San.
• Su Cheng decided to use his knowledge of Spirit Hall’s structure and leaders’ weaknesses to pursue the mission.

Su Cheng built his foundation through basic sword practice and medical study, then awakened a mutated Edgeless Sword with only Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power. After reaching Soul Power Level 10 and receiving a quest to choose his future path and faction, he began investigating Yu Xiaogang’s theories while preparing to absorb his first Soul Ring.

• Su Cheng asked Chen Xin to teach him the Basic Sword Technique and spent the next three years practicing sword moves while studying medicine and sect texts.
• Su Cheng awakened a rusted, cracked Edgeless Sword and was found to have Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power, disappointing the sect elders while Chen Xin continued to encourage him.
• Su Cheng completed the First Ring quest and received the Second Ring quest to choose his development path and faction.
• Su Cheng trained for two and a half years, using sect resources and his medical knowledge to reach Soul Power Level 10 and qualify for his first Soul Ring.
• After Yu Xiaogang published “Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul,” Su Cheng studied its contents and acquired a side quest to absorb his first Soul Ring across the usual level limit.

Su Cheng persuaded Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to let him test his method for absorbing a first soul ring beyond the usual limit. After successfully absorbing a 630-year-old Scaled Armor Beast ring, he announced that he intended to spread the method across the continent.

• Su Cheng explained that stimulating acupoints with Silver Needles and medicinal liquid could let him absorb a soul ring beyond the normal limit, and asked Chen Xin to help him join Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xin agreed to inform Ning Fengzhi, who ultimately approved Su Cheng's plan and accompanied him on a soul beast hunt.
• Su Cheng defeated a Scaled Armor Beast and prepared his body before attempting to absorb its 630-year-old soul ring.
• Su Cheng successfully absorbed the ring, raised his Soul Power Level to above level twelve, and received a reward for improving his physical constitution.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Su Cheng's method could be widely applied, and Su Cheng said he intended to spread it across the continent.

Su Cheng left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under a plan to enter Spirit Hall and use his research to pursue revenge for his father-killing vendetta. Two months later, news of him transformed the situation across the continent, and his name spread throughout the world.

• Su Cheng told Ning Fengzhi he intended to join Spirit Hall and make its members beg him to enter.
• After reaching level 22 and earning a purple Second Soul Ring, Su Cheng left the sect’s research and training methods behind for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Su Cheng, then left him alone with Chen Xin for their farewell.
• Su Cheng joked with Chen Xin before leaving the sect, while Chen Xin watched him depart.
• The continent dismissed reports that Su Cheng had left the sect until events two months later made his name famous.

Su Cheng left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arranged to publish his methods for absorbing First and Second Soul Rings beyond their usual year limits. After proving the methods worked with his purple Second Soul Ring, he went to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Branch to assess his Soul Power and revealed his discovery there.

• Su Cheng gave bookstore manager Yan Mo his cultivation materials, but Yan Mo initially refused to publish them.
• Su Cheng summoned his broken sword martial soul and purple Second Soul Ring, proving his Cross-Year Absorption methods worked.
• Su Cheng persuaded Yan Mo to publish the methods cheaply and without paying him, while warning that he would approach another organization if publication stalled.
• Su Cheng went to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Branch to assess his Soul Power Level.
• Su Cheng revealed his two Soul Rings to the Female Receptionist and explained that his methods currently covered the First and Second Soul Rings.

Su Cheng publicized his cross-year Soul Ring absorption theories and became famous across the continent while Spirit Hall underwent a change of leadership. As Bibi Dong read reports about his latest work, Su Cheng prepared to draw her attention, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Su Cheng demonstrated his Thousand Year Second Soul Ring to Bishop Salas, declined to join Spirit Hall, and said he would travel to improve his theoretical system.
• While Su Cheng traveled for nearly half a year, Ah Yin was revealed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Qian Xunji died after Tang Hao injured him, Bibi Dong became Pope, and the Clear Sky Sect sealed itself off.
• Su Cheng's book, "Counterattack of Ordinary People," spread across the continent, and he published a second volume explaining how to absorb the Third Soul Ring across year limits.
• Bibi Dong received reports praising Su Cheng's new theory and frowned as she read them in the Pope's Palace.

Su Cheng accepted an invitation from Spirit Hall and traveled to Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei. As he waited to meet Bibi Dong, he prepared to perform a carefully planned act for her.

• Su Cheng overheard people praising his books and comparing him with Yu Xiaogang, while blaming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for driving him away.
• Su Cheng refused to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Yan Mo to stop calling him Grandmaster.
• Yue Guan invited Su Cheng to Spirit City on Bibi Dong’s behalf, and Su Cheng agreed to go with him and Gui Mei.
• During the journey, Su Cheng explained herbal medicine and the Medical Dao to Yue Guan, who gained new ideas about his martial soul.
• At the Pope’s Palace, Su Cheng waited alone in the Council Hall and prepared to adopt a second self to act for Bibi Dong.

Su Cheng prepared to meet Bibi Dong by presenting himself as reminiscent of Yu Xiaogang without seeming like his copy. During their first meeting, Bibi Dong offered him a place in Spirit Hall, but his remarks about his limits and the worth of his theories left her confused.

• Su Cheng reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s insecurities and decided to imitate only enough of his manner to earn Bibi Dong’s trust.
• Bibi Dong entered Su Cheng’s room, studied his resemblance to Yu Xiaogang, and challenged the words about kings and nobles in his book.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Su Cheng wanted revenge for his father, Edgeless Sword Su Shan, and he replied that Qian Xunji, the killer, was already dead.
• Bibi Dong invited Su Cheng to join Spirit Hall and offered him a chance to reclaim what he had lost from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Cheng described his theories as unable to help him overcome his limits, leaving Bibi Dong bewildered by his disregard for his own accomplishments.

Su Cheng negotiated with Bibi Dong to join Spirit Hall in exchange for unrestricted access to its library and a talented disciple to inherit his teachings. Bibi Dong offered Qian Renxue as a possible student, then told Su Cheng that he reminded her of Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Cheng rejected Bibi Dong's attempt to use his connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as leverage and said he would consider joining Spirit Hall under two conditions.
• Bibi Dong agreed to give Su Cheng unrestricted access to the Spirit Hall Library.
• Su Cheng asked for a top-talented disciple to inherit his teachings, and Bibi Dong offered Qian Renxue if he could persuade her.
• Bibi Dong advised Su Cheng to win Qian Renxue over gradually, while he decided that treating her as a pawn would not work.
• As Su Cheng left, Bibi Dong said he reminded her of Yu Xiaogang, and Su Cheng turned back to ask what she had said.

Su Cheng studied Spirit Hall’s extensive Martial Soul research and considered whether adding extreme attributes to his Broken Sword Martial Soul could overcome its flaws. In the Library Pavilion, he met Qian Renxue and left her struggling to answer his criticism of the continent’s accepted Soul Ring age limit.

• Su Cheng continued exchanging Medical Dao and Martial Soul research with Yue Guan while spending most of his time studying in Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion.
• Su Cheng examined his cracked Broken Sword Martial Soul and considered using Soul Rings with extreme attributes to improve or reverse its conflicting traits.
• Qian Renxue encountered Su Cheng in the Library Pavilion and praised his unusual achievements despite his low Innate Soul Power.
• Su Cheng challenged Qian Renxue over the continent’s unquestioned Soul Ring absorption age limit and called her a little girl.
• Qian Renxue struggled to retort and forced herself to agree with Su Cheng.

Su Cheng accepted Qian Renxue’s wager to fight for his place in Spirit Hall and followed her to the Martial Arts Arena. Their battle began with Qian Renxue revealing her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and Su Cheng blocked her first attack despite her overwhelming strength.

• Qian Renxue challenged Su Cheng to a spar, wagering that he would join Spirit Hall if he lost.
• Su Cheng accepted and followed Qian Renxue to the Martial Arts Arena.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue had gone to meet Su Cheng, and Qian Daoliu watched them from afar.
• Qian Renxue unleashed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and attacked Su Cheng with her Soul Skills.
• Su Cheng strengthened his Broken Sword with his Tenacity Soul Skill and blocked Qian Renxue’s first punch with Sword Brace.

Su Cheng turned Qian Renxue’s assault aside with his defensive swordsmanship, then broke through her Angel’s Protection with a powerful counterattack. Qian Renxue unleashed her Angel Domain and prepared a final attack, while Su Cheng gathered himself for one last strike.

• Qian Renxue repeatedly attacked Su Cheng, but his defensive swordsmanship deflected her blows and redirected their force.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Su Cheng’s defense as a self-created soul skill and explained that he was building momentum for an attack.
• Su Cheng activated Sharpness and struck Qian Renxue with a powerful slash that shattered her Angel’s Protection and wounded her.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Domain to suppress Su Cheng and challenged him to withstand her final attack.
• Su Cheng raised his longsword and thrust it forward, preparing to unleash his last all-out strike.

Su Cheng defeated Qian Renxue by exploiting flaws in her Angel Domain with three sword techniques, then harshly criticized her reliance on innate talent. Qian Renxue was left unable to defend herself against his judgment.

• Su Cheng used his sword to find and exploit weaknesses in Qian Renxue's Angel Domain, reaching her and declaring her defeated.
• Qian Daoliu explained how Su Cheng's linked sword techniques had countered Qian Renxue and said her developing domain would improve after she gained her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Renxue praised Su Cheng's supposed Seven Kill Swordplay, but he revealed he had used only three moves from the Basic Sword Technique.
• Su Cheng mocked Qian Renxue's comprehension and intelligence, and she struggled to answer him despite her exceptional talent and cultivation.
• Su Cheng called Qian Renxue fragile and said she was nothing without the advantages she had been born with.

Su Cheng invited Qian Renxue to become his first and only disciple, despite the painful history between their families. He appealed to her loneliness by describing a harsh childhood, while privately admitting that much of his story was fabricated; Qian Renxue listened with tears in her eyes.

• Su Cheng showed Qian Renxue his research on absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring as a fourth soul ring.
• Qian Renxue admitted that Bibi Dong had recommended her as Su Cheng’s potential disciple.
• Su Cheng revealed that Qian Xunji had killed his biological father, then said the past generation’s debts were settled and asked Qian Renxue to inherit his legacy.
• Su Cheng told Qian Renxue he wanted her as his only disciple because he understood her loneliness, and recounted a story about being neglected while living in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue recalled her strained relationships with Bibi Dong and the elders, while Su Cheng privately acknowledged that his account of his own hardship was mostly fabricated.

Su Cheng persuaded Qian Renxue to become his disciple and laid out a plan to strengthen her cultivation and character. When she revealed that an assignment kept her away from Spirit City, he questioned why the Pope was making her neglect her training.

• Su Cheng reflected on how he had deliberately challenged Qian Renxue’s pride, shaken her convictions, and reached out to her loneliness.
• Qian Renxue asked Su Cheng to become her teacher, and he agreed to guide both her cultivation and her heart.
• Su Cheng explained how persistence had let him overcome his poor talent and defeat her, then prescribed medicine, reading, and focused cultivation.
• Qian Renxue said she lacked time because her mission kept her away from Spirit City.
• Su Cheng questioned why the Pope had assigned Qian Renxue a mission during her prime years for cultivation and asked whether she and the Pope had a grudge against each other.

Su Cheng persuaded Qian Renxue to reconsider her mission to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, arguing it would consume decades of her life. Bibi Dong confronted him over his influence on Qian Renxue, and Su Cheng remained confident she would not kill him.

• Qian Renxue told Su Cheng that Bibi Dong had ordered her to impersonate Xue Qinghe and seize the Heaven Dou throne.
• Su Cheng described the mission as a decades-long gamble and urged Qian Renxue to reconsider it.
• Qian Renxue hesitated to explain her conflict with Bibi Dong, and Su Cheng said he would find another successor if she returned to the mission.
• After three days, Yue Guan warned Su Cheng that Bibi Dong was in a bad mood and summoned him to the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong accused Su Cheng of making Qian Renxue abandon Spirit Hall's plan, and Su Cheng challenged the mission and said she would not kill him.

Su Cheng refused to back down from Bibi Dong and endured her illusion and crushing pressure without fear. He reached Bibi Dong and challenged her to show him something real, forcing her to end the illusion.

• Bibi Dong unleashed her pressure on Su Cheng and trapped him in an illusion.
• Qian Renxue watched Su Cheng's predicament with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, but Qian Daoliu refused to intervene.
• Su Cheng crossed an increasingly narrow, wind-lashed path above a vast abyss without letting the illusion shake his resolve.
• Su Cheng reached Bibi Dong, exhausted by the real pressure, and challenged her; Bibi Dong dispelled the illusion.

Su Cheng challenged Bibi Dong over her plan to send Qian Renxue on a dangerous mission, then offered her research on absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a fourth Soul Ring. Bibi Dong learned that Su Cheng would only continue his research if the method was made public, and he left open the possibility of publishing it under Spirit Hall's name.

• Su Cheng refused to let Bibi Dong dictate Qian Renxue's future and criticized her for treating Qian Renxue with disgust.
• Su Cheng told Bibi Dong to be kind to Qian Renxue, provoking her Killing Intent while Qian Daoliu prepared to intervene.
• Su Cheng changed the subject and gave Bibi Dong a manuscript describing how to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a fourth Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong objected when Su Cheng insisted the research be released across the continent.
• Su Cheng offered to let Spirit Hall publish the results without his name, while explaining that he needed more data to refine his theories.

Su Cheng gave Bibi Dong his method for absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a fourth ring and left the Pope’s Palace without joining her camp. After learning that his Third Ring quest was complete, he considered three new optional paths for destroying Spirit Hall.

• Su Cheng offered to test his fourth-ring method himself, but Bibi Dong dismissed him after he refused to explain further.
• Bibi Dong cut off the observers’ view and brooded over her betrayals, while the Rakshasa God’s Will continued corrupting her.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Su Cheng, and Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to focus on cultivation under her new teacher.
• Su Cheng received an A+ completion rating for the Third Ring and a 30% increase to his final settlement bonus.
• Su Cheng reviewed the Fourth Ring’s options: unite forces against Spirit Hall, drive Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue into mortal conflict, or help Spirit Hall grow stronger.

Su Cheng’s simulated life showed him guiding Qian Renxue for three years while helping Dugu Bo’s son suppress his poison, and both Su Cheng and Qian Renxue advanced in Soul Power. Back in the present, Hu Liena entered Su Cheng’s room, and Qian Renxue challenged her for calling him Teacher.

• Su Cheng rejected the quest to sow discord between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue because he feared strengthening Spirit Hall would put his plans at risk.
• Su Cheng guided Qian Renxue’s studies and cultivation, while Bibi Dong published his fourth soul ring theory under Spirit Hall’s name as “The Core Competitiveness of the Fourth Soul Ring.”
• Dugu Bo asked Su Cheng to treat his son’s Azure Serpent Poison, and Su Cheng suppressed it temporarily while directing him to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After three years, Qian Renxue reached level 40 and Su Cheng reached level 30; the simulation ended and Su Cheng returned to his room with Qian Renxue beside him.
• Hu Liena entered and called Su Cheng Teacher, so Qian Renxue told her that the Pope should be her teacher instead.