Chapter Summaries

Su Cheng guided Hu Liena toward a powerful Second Soul Ring and continued preparing to study Soul Ring attributes. After Hu Liena absorbed her ring, he set out to test a rare soul beast for his own Third Soul Ring.

• Hu Liena asked whether she could have two teachers, but Qian Renxue warned her that calling Su Cheng teacher would anger Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue took Hu Liena to assess her Soul Ring limit, and Su Cheng advised choosing a charm-type soul beast because its ring could safely exceed the usual age limit.
• Hu Liena absorbed a 1,300-year Second Soul Ring, while Su Cheng reflected that Spirit Hall's diverse members had provided valuable research data.
• Su Cheng asked Qian Renxue to inspect the soul beast prepared for his experiment and revealed that he planned to absorb a 5,000-year Cloud Pattern Copper Horn Rhinoceros descended from the Mountain Dragon King clan.

Su Cheng prepared to absorb a special soul ring after killing a Cloud Pattern Copper Horn Rhinoceros, while Qian Renxue watched over him. As Hu Liena absorbed her Second Soul Ring, Bibi Dong grew uneasy about Su Cheng’s research and summoned him to the Pope’s Palace.

• Su Cheng killed a dying Cloud Pattern Copper Horn Rhinoceros and revealed a sword strike that impressed Qian Renxue.
• Su Cheng used medicinal liquid and Silver Needles to prepare his body, then began absorbing the soul ring as Qian Renxue watched.
• Bibi Dong guarded Hu Liena during her Second Soul Ring absorption and reflected on Qian Renxue’s growing closeness with Su Cheng.
• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan about Su Cheng’s research into malignant martial spirit mutations.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to bring Su Cheng to the Pope’s Palace.

Su Cheng absorbed the Cloud Pattern Copper Horn Rhinoceros soul ring, and his Broken Sword martial soul transformed as he broke through to a rudimentary domain. He called the change Martial Soul Completion rather than a second awakening, leaving Qian Renxue and Yue Guan astonished.

• As Su Cheng absorbed the soul ring, Sword Marks and chaotic sword qi appeared around his body, then gathered into transparent swords.
• Qian Renxue and Yue Guan waited while Su Cheng continued absorbing the Third Soul Ring.
• After two hours, Su Cheng rose as the Special Prison Cage split in two and a faint domain pressure swept over them.
• Su Cheng told Qian Renxue that the domain was only rudimentary and showed her and Yue Guan his transformed Broken Sword martial soul.
• Su Cheng explained that his martial soul had undergone Martial Soul Completion, not an awakening, and said he could make up for what he had lacked from birth.

Su Cheng’s research led him to believe that reconciling conflicting attributes or purifying a bloodline could improve mutated Martial Souls, and his own Martial Soul had become flawless after reaching level 32. Bibi Dong summoned him to the Pope’s Palace and demanded to know how he had solved the mutation, but Su Cheng refused to explain.

• Su Cheng concluded that his Martial Soul’s conflicting metal and fire attributes had caused its malignant mutation, while ultimate earth energy had helped reconcile them.
• Yue Guan told Su Cheng that Bibi Dong wanted to see him and had asked about his Martial Soul research.
• Su Cheng asked Qian Renxue whether Qian Daoliu had left seclusion, then sent her to inform her grandfather before he went to the Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong sensed Su Cheng’s change and saw his flawless sword Martial Soul surrounded by one yellow and two purple Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong asked how Su Cheng had resolved his Martial Soul mutation, but he dismissed the value of helping people with poor aptitude and declined to tell her.

Su Cheng negotiated with Bibi Dong, securing one 100,000 Year Spirit Ring in exchange for his secret method, which he said was tailored to his own Martial Soul. Afterward, he recognized how deeply Bibi Dong idolized Yu Xiaogang and began considering how Yu Xiaogang might help his plans.

• Bibi Dong asked Su Cheng what he wanted in exchange for his method of remedying malignant Martial Soul mutations.
• Su Cheng demanded three 100,000 Year Spirit Rings, but Bibi Dong refused and offered one instead.
• Su Cheng accepted Bibi Dong's offer and clarified that the Spirit Ring was for Qian Renxue, not himself.
• After leaving the Pope's Palace, Su Cheng reasoned that Bibi Dong's attachment to Yu Xiaogang had become an obsession shaped by her idealized image of him.
• Su Cheng considered Yu Xiaogang an easily used piece who might prove more valuable than expected in his future plans.

Su Cheng helped Qian Renxue prepare to absorb a ten-thousand-year Holy Light Beast Soul Ring, explaining Martial Soul mutation and the importance of the Martial Soul Avatar along the way. When Qian Renxue admitted she had never practiced stimulating the required acupoints with Silver Needles, Su Cheng realized the procedure involved sensitive areas and angrily confronted her.

• Qian Renxue asked Su Cheng about absorbing a 100,000 Year Spirit Ring and his Martial Soul, and he explained his theories about Martial Soul mutation and second awakening.
• Su Cheng and Qian Renxue went to the dungeon, where she killed the imprisoned Holy Light Beast and obtained its black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Su Cheng told Qian Renxue to prepare to absorb the Soul Ring while he went to stand guard outside.
• Qian Renxue stopped Su Cheng and asked him to stimulate her acupoints with Silver Needles because she had never practiced the technique.
• Su Cheng realized the acupoints were near sensitive areas and angrily asked whether Qian Renxue had lost her mind.

Su Cheng struggled to get Qian Renxue to let him help prepare her for absorbing a rare soul ring, while confronting how real his feelings in the simulation had become. With the ring close to disappearing, Qian Renxue finally agreed, and Su Cheng began locating the acupoints with his eyes covered.

• Qian Renxue refused to let Su Cheng insert the Silver Needles, and she shattered two boxes he threw toward her.
• Su Cheng waited outside the dungeon, reflecting that Qian Renxue and the others were real to him even though he planned to use her as a pawn and eventually face her in battle.
• As the soul ring neared dissipation, Su Cheng returned to Qian Renxue and persuaded her to prepare for the procedure.
• Qian Renxue undressed beside the Holy Light Beast's corpse while Su Cheng covered his eyes with black cloth.
• Su Cheng used his Spiritual Power and rudimentary Sword Domain to sense Qian Renxue's silhouette and began locating her acupoints by touch.

Qian Renxue completed absorbing her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and gained an External Soul Bone, leaving her eager to challenge Su Cheng. Su Cheng accepted her invitation while considering a new Soul Skill idea.

• Su Cheng treated Qian Renxue with silver needles, then waited outside the dungeon while she absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Su Cheng heard Qian Renxue groan and returned to find a pair of External Soul Bone wings protecting her.
• Qian Renxue finished absorbing the Soul Ring, summoned her upgraded Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and showed Su Cheng her new wings.
• Qian Renxue challenged Su Cheng to spar at the Martial Arts Arena and agreed to let him choose the wager.
• Su Cheng headed toward the dungeon exit, planning to test a new idea for developing a Soul Skill.

Su Cheng and Qian Renxue fought before a crowd of Spirit Hall observers, with Qian Renxue expected to overwhelm her teacher. After she activated Angel Descent, their swordplay proved unexpectedly even, and the spectators began to notice Su Cheng’s extraordinary attack speed.

• Su Cheng and Qian Renxue prepared to duel while Spirit Hall’s leaders, elders, and students watched.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel and unleashed her Angel Domain, while Su Cheng used his sword and nascent Sword Dao Domain to resist.
• Qian Renxue activated her Fourth Soul Skill, Angel Descent, and attacked Su Cheng with a Light Blade Greatsword.
• Qian Renxue fought with careful swordsmanship, but Su Cheng met her blows evenly, surprising the observers.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo noticed that Su Cheng’s attacks were unusually fast and repeatedly disrupted Qian Renxue’s rhythm.

Su Cheng defeated Qian Renxue in a sword fight by using his newly developed Severing Meridians and Continuing Qi Method to release Soul Skills almost instantly. After explaining the technique, he agreed to teach it to her.

• Su Cheng disrupted Qian Renxue's sword attacks and gained the upper hand as his strikes and transitions grew faster.
• Qian Renxue used her First Soul Skill, but Su Cheng activated his Second and Third Soul Skills and struck before she could finish.
• Su Cheng stopped his enlarged sword just above Qian Renxue's forehead, and she admitted defeat and asked how he attacked so quickly.
• Su Cheng explained that the Severing Meridians and Continuing Qi Method released Soul Skills by directing Soul Power through specific meridians instead of the entire body.
• Qian Renxue realized she could not use the technique on her own and asked Su Cheng to teach her, and he agreed.

Su Cheng taught Qian Renxue how to use the Severing Meridians and Continuing Qi Method in battle, then learned that Dugu Bo had found the place he was seeking. As Su Cheng prepared to leave Spirit City with Dugu Bo, he reflected on his first meeting with Bibi Dong in an old diary entry.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo discussed Su Cheng's skill, while Qian Daoliu explained that Su Cheng's innate defect had been greatly remedied.
• Bibi Dong watched Su Cheng's demonstration and felt jealous because he might have helped her endure the Rakshasa God Test.
• Su Cheng taught Qian Renxue how to use meridian nodes to interrupt enemy Soul Power and chain her attacks into combos.
• A guard told Su Cheng that Dugu Bo had found a suitable location, and Su Cheng arranged to meet him before setting out together.
• Su Cheng refused Qian Renxue's offer to accompany him, advised her to cultivate and improve her External Soul Bone, then read a diary entry about his first meeting with Bibi Dong.

Su Cheng prepared fabricated diary entries for Qian Renxue to discover, knowing they would set his plan in motion, then left Spirit Hall with Dugu Bo for the Heaven Dou Empire. He intended to investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gather Immortal Herbs, and verify other suspicions.

• Su Cheng’s fabricated diary portrayed his investigation into Qian Xunji’s death and urged Qian Renxue to grow stronger before learning the truth about Bibi Dong.
• Su Cheng hid the notebooks, knowing Qian Renxue would likely read them and that doing so would begin the plan’s final stage.
• Qian Renxue came to see Su Cheng off, but he refused to take her with him and advised her to cultivate and avoid Pope’s Palace.
• Su Cheng and Dugu Bo set out by carriage for the Heaven Dou Empire, where Dugu Bo had discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Su Cheng planned to use the Immortal Herbs and investigate other matters during his trip.

Su Cheng and Dugu Bo found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Su Cheng studied the spiritual herbs and treated Dugu Bo’s family. After a month, he had cured Dugu Bo and his son and developed more than ten attribute potions, leaving him ready to pursue his five-element cultivation path.

• Dugu Bo led Su Cheng to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Su Cheng asked for four Immortal Herbs and agreed to leave the other valuable herbs to Dugu Bo, then began treating his son.
• Su Cheng decided against consuming Immortal Herbs and instead focused on balancing the five elements in his martial soul.
• Su Cheng spent a month using Aromatic Silk Beauty and the valley’s herbs to research poison cures and formulate attribute potions.
• Su Cheng cured Dugu Bo and his son of their snake venom and completed more than ten potions, mostly aligned with earth.

Su Cheng left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and traveled in disguise to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He arrived at the sect gate and sent for Chen Xin, while Chen Xin was inside thinking about him without knowing he had returned.

• Su Cheng explained the uses of several herbs to Dugu Bo and chose to take the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, promising to return the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower if he could use it.
• Su Cheng asked Dugu Bo to conceal his departure from Spirit Hall, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in disguise.
• Su Cheng presented Chen Xin’s Elder Token to a guard at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and ordered him to summon Sword Douluo.
• Inside the sect, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong spent time with Ning Rongrong as Chen Xin thought of Su Cheng’s life in Spirit City.

Su Cheng strengthened Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword and asked him to help when Spirit Hall fell in ten years, while promising Ning Fengzhi a way to improve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Su Cheng headed toward Notting City to deal with Yu Xiaogang, Tang Hao, and Tang San, as Qian Renxue struggled with his absence.

• Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword transformed after he took Su Cheng’s attribute potions, and he felt its power had surpassed the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chen Xin agreed to stand with Su Cheng when Spirit Hall fell in ten years, and he kept the Golden Silk Crystal Sword Grass Su Cheng had given him.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Su Cheng’s promise to seek a way to raise the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s upper limit.
• Su Cheng left for Notting City to handle matters involving Yu Xiaogang, Tang Hao, and Tang San before returning to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue found her cultivation faltering during Su Cheng’s absence and sat in his room reading books about soul bones and martial souls.

Qian Renxue discovered Su Cheng’s childhood diaries and, while reading them, found his suspicion that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji. Shaken, she sought answers from Qian Daoliu, who explained the agreement preventing Spirit Hall from attacking the Clear Sky Sect.

• Bored while waiting for Su Cheng, Qian Renxue opened a locked desk drawer and found his diaries.
• Qian Renxue read about Su Cheng’s life and reached his entry suggesting Bibi Dong had devoured Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue felt devastated by the revelation and remembered Su Cheng’s wish that she not learn the truth yet.
• Qian Renxue visited Qian Daoliu and asked whether he knew the true cause of Qian Xunji’s death.
• Qian Daoliu repeated the story that Tang Hao’s injuries had killed Qian Xunji, then explained his agreement with Tang Chen barring Spirit Hall from the Clear Sky Sect until he defeated him.

Su Cheng returned to Spirit Hall and comforted Qian Renxue after she learned the truth about her father's death, while steering her toward strength instead of revenge. He gave her the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower but hesitated and offered her another Immortal Herb to try first.

• Su Cheng investigated Tang Hao, Tang San, the Soul Hunting Forest, the Blue Silver Emperor, and Yu Xiaogang before returning to Spirit Hall.
• Su Cheng found Qian Renxue waiting in his room and realized she had learned about her father's death.
• Su Cheng urged Qian Renxue to focus on growing stronger so she could uncover the truth for herself.
• Su Cheng suggested Qian Daoliu had his own difficulties, leading Qian Renxue to believe he was protecting Spirit Hall from internal conflict.
• Su Cheng showed Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, then offered her a different Immortal Herb to try first.

Qian Renxue successfully plucked and consumed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Su Cheng gave Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in exchange for a future favor from him and Gui Mei. The chapter ended with Yue Guan agreeing to help as long as the request did not violate his principles.

• Qian Renxue plucked Lovesick Heartbreak Red by watering it with her heart's blood, and Su Cheng urged her to consume it despite her reluctance.
• Qian Renxue swallowed the flower after Su Cheng reminded her that she wanted to learn the truth about the past.
• Su Cheng gave Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and asked him and Gui Mei to do something for him in the future.
• Su Cheng offered Yue Guan a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone as final payment for Gui Mei, to be delivered after the favor was completed.
• Yue Guan accepted the chrysanthemum, agreed to help within his principles, and promised to keep the arrangement confidential.

Su Cheng and Qian Renxue grew far stronger as years of cultivation and preparation passed, while Spirit Hall’s allies also advanced. Su Cheng named his transformed Five Elements Martial Soul the Longevity Sword, and Qian Renxue began the Angel Nine Trials under Qian Daoliu as the final battle approached.

• Qian Renxue reached level 50, absorbed a 36,000-year Fifth Soul Ring, and became a Soul King.
• Su Cheng completed his Five Elements attributes, later reached level 40 and became a Soul Ancestor, then absorbed a sacred Right Leg Bone and reached level 50.
• Yue Guan advanced to level 97, while Qian Renxue reached level 60, then became a Soul Sage with a 100,000 Year Seventh Soul Ring before turning twenty-two.
• Su Cheng returned the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to Dugu Bo and entrusted the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to him for Chen Xin to safeguard.
• Su Cheng named his transformed longsword Martial Soul the Longevity Sword and declared that the final battle was near.
• Qian Daoliu appeared before Qian Renxue in Douluo Hall, began the Angel Nine Trials, and summoned nine golden panels of light.

Su Cheng wondered about the Angel God’s Ninth Trial as Qian Renxue began her inheritance, while Bibi Dong resolved to strengthen herself by devouring the Worship Hall’s powerful Beast Martial Souls. After learning that Yue Guan’s recent growth came from Su Cheng’s help, Bibi Dong still judged Qian Renxue to be the greater threat.

• Su Cheng considered the strange details of Qian Renxue’s Angel God trials and questioned what the Ninth Trial would demand.
• Bibi Dong sensed Qian Renxue beginning the Angel God Test and vowed to ruin the Angel Clan in revenge against Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong reread Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Beast Martial Souls enhancing willpower and decided to consider devouring the Three Great High Priests.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan and asked about his time with Su Cheng; Yue Guan revealed that Su Cheng had given him a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Bibi Dong realized Su Cheng had helped Yue Guan prepare for this situation, but dismissed him as a minor concern and focused on Qian Renxue.