Chapter Summaries

Su Cheng faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy students in a challenge for a place on the academy team and defeated Ji Yuan without using a Soul Ring skill. His overwhelming sword techniques left the plaza silent as he asked who would challenge him next.

• Meng Shenji introduced Su Cheng as an under-eleven level-thirty-two Battle Soul Grandmaster with a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and announced that he would compete for a tournament spot.
• Ji Yuan, a level-thirty-four Silver Wolf Battle Soul Grandmaster seeking a place on the second team, stepped forward to fight Su Cheng.
• Ji Yuan launched his Silver Wolf Divine Wind Claw, but Su Cheng blocked and wounded him with Sword Dao Thirteen Forms: Sword Seven, White Tiger.
• Su Cheng followed with Sword Three, Shadowless, then used the opening stance of Sword Thirteen, Sentient All Beings, suppressing Ji Yuan and the surrounding senior students with his sword momentum.
• Su Cheng told Ji Yuan that he had won because he was stronger, then asked the silent crowd who would challenge him next.

Su Cheng defeated Ji Yuan with self-created sword techniques and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Royal Fight Team One, drawing the interest of Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue. He went with Ning Fengzhi to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Qian Renxue asked to be told when he returned.

• Su Cheng’s display of strength pleased Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, and Meng Shenji dismissed the gathered students before taking Su Cheng and the others to the Education Committee.
• Xue Beng considered contacting Su Cheng but decided to consult his Royal Uncle first because the Education Committee was close to the First Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Su Cheng about his sword techniques, and Su Cheng described them as tricks he had developed while experimenting with his martial soul.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Su Cheng to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Meng Shenji agreed to let him go.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue about Su Cheng’s victory and trip with Ning Fengzhi, and Qian Renxue ordered him to report when Su Cheng returned to the academy.

Ning Fengzhi brought Su Cheng to meet Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Chen Xin unexpectedly accepted Su Cheng as his disciple. Ning Rongrong reluctantly agreed to call Su Cheng her brother, while Su Cheng planned to use her as a visible link to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Rongrong returned to the sect with Ning Fengzhi and greeted Chen Xin and Gu Rong, while Chen Xin recognized Su Cheng from memories of a dream.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Su Cheng, who showed the elders his Longevity Sword and three soul rings, then described what Su Cheng had done at the Royal Academy.
• Chen Xin asked Su Cheng to become his disciple, and Su Cheng accepted.
• Gu Rong teased Ning Rongrong about calling Su Cheng Martial Uncle, but Ning Fengzhi settled on having them address each other as brother and sister.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Su Cheng and asked about his life, while Su Cheng considered how to use Ning Rongrong to strengthen his ties to the sect.

Ning Fengzhi gave Su Cheng the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Skill and encouraged him to grow closer to Ning Rongrong. Su Cheng quickly grasped the technique and demonstrated control over three sword phantoms, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong astonished.

• Ning Fengzhi presented Su Cheng with the sect’s Distraction Control Skill, and Su Cheng accepted it after some hesitation.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Su Cheng ask Ning Rongrong for guidance, and Rongrong confidently agreed to help him.
• Su Cheng read the manuscripts and identified perception as the key to cultivating distraction control, impressing Ning Fengzhi.
• Su Cheng activated Fractal Shadowing and smoothly controlled three Longevity Sword phantoms to perform coordinated sword moves.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Su Cheng had encountered the technique before, while Su Cheng realized his Sword Dao Domain intuition had made learning its basics unusually easy.

Su Cheng persuaded Ning Rongrong to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy by urging her to help pursue the Spirit Master Competition championship. After Xue Beng invited Su Cheng to dine, word arrived that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe wanted to meet him, leaving Su Cheng puzzled by Xue Beng’s sudden unease and the unexpected changes in Heaven Dou City.

• Su Cheng encouraged Ning Rongrong to attend an academy and compete for the championship, and Ning Fengzhi allowed her to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• On their return to the academy, Ning Rongrong asked Su Cheng about his ideas for support-type Spirit Masters, and he explained that he researched similarities between Martial Souls.
• Xue Beng introduced himself to Su Cheng and invited him to a meal, saying he admired talented Soul Masters.
• An academy student told Su Cheng that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had come to meet him, and Xue Beng’s expression changed at the news.
• Su Cheng wondered why Xue Beng seemed frightened and whether he had somehow altered events in Heaven Dou City.

Su Cheng met Xue Qinghe at the Education Committee and recognized the disguised Qian Renxue by her aura and his familiar Longevity Sword. After Xue Qinghe briefly showed Killing Intent, Su Cheng wondered why she might see him as a threat, while Ning Rongrong announced she would enroll at the academy as his sister.

• Meng Shenji introduced Su Cheng and Ning Rongrong to Xue Qinghe, who asked Su Cheng to call him Brother Xue.
• Su Cheng recognized Qian Renxue beneath Xue Qinghe's disguise and showed his Martial Soul and three Soul Rings.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Su Cheng's Longevity Sword and praised his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong said she would enroll at the academy and called Su Cheng her brother because he had become Sword Douluo's disciple.
• Su Cheng detected a brief trace of Killing Intent from Xue Qinghe and wondered whether she had targeted him.

Su Cheng secured Ning Rongrong a place on Royal Fight Team One and accepted Xue Qinghe’s personal token, while Qian Renxue confirmed Su Cheng’s identity and began plotting against Ning Rongrong. As Su Cheng considered strengthening his position through Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, he remained unaware that Qian Renxue had marked Ning Rongrong for death.

• Su Cheng asked Meng Shenji to arrange for Ning Rongrong to join Royal Fight Team One, and Meng agreed.
• Su Cheng declined Xue Qinghe’s invitation to lunch but accepted his gold token after Meng Shenji explained its purpose.
• After leaving the academy, Qian Renxue confirmed that Su Cheng was the person she had suspected and considered killing Ning Rongrong.
• Su Cheng completed Ning Rongrong’s enrollment and headed with her to the team’s training grounds.
• Su Cheng considered curing Dugu Yan’s Azure Serpent Poison to gain Dugu Bo’s support.

Su Cheng and Ning Rongrong met the members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Royal Fight Team One, where Ning Rongrong revealed her knowledge of Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia martial soul. Su Cheng offered the team his medicines, and Ning Rongrong examined one without suspicion.

• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling introduced themselves to Su Cheng and Ning Rongrong in the team lounge.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia could heal everyone in an area, surprising the team members.
• Su Cheng introduced Ning Rongrong as the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leader and said she would train with the team.
• Yu Tianheng explained that the team was still selecting members and that he, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were the only guaranteed members besides Su Cheng.
• Su Cheng placed four bottles of medicine on the table as a gift and explained that he had developed them from ancient texts and medical books.
• Ning Rongrong picked up a bottle and marveled that Su Cheng had made medicines, showing no suspicion of his gift.

Su Cheng gave Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng a potion that stimulated Soul Power and helped ease meridian strain. Dugu Yan recognized its value for relieving her poison symptoms and asked for more, while Su Cheng later gave Ning Rongrong three bottles of her own.

• Ning Rongrong drank Su Cheng's potion and began cultivating as her Soul Power surged toward a breakthrough.
• Ye Lingling took a bottle, followed by Dugu Yan and then Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan felt the potion temporarily relieve the poison in her body but concealed the reason for her excitement from the others.
• Ning Rongrong's Soul Power rose to level 25, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan thanked Su Cheng.
• Dugu Yan asked for more potion, and Su Cheng gave her four bottles without asking for payment.
• After leaving the training room, Su Cheng handed Ning Rongrong three more bottles.

Su Cheng gave Ning Rongrong body-tempering potions and learned that Xue Qinghe’s change in demeanor began around the time Su Cheng entered the world, raising questions about how his actions had altered events. After a month of cultivation and training, the person Su Cheng had been waiting for arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy: Dugu Yan’s grandfather, Poison Douluo.

• Su Cheng gave Ning Rongrong three potions to improve her physical foundation, and she accepted them after he explained their purpose.
• Ning Rongrong told Su Cheng that Xue Qinghe had once been amiable and refined, but changed a little over four years earlier.
• Su Cheng wondered whether his arrival, martial soul awakening, or Simulator had changed the world’s timeline, then continued cultivating and guiding Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Tianheng probed Su Cheng about his potions on behalf of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Su Cheng asked him to wait a few days.
• Nearly a month later, an imposing old man with green hair and eyes arrived at the team lounge beside Dugu Yan, while Yu Tianheng stood nearby.

Dugu Bo confronted Su Cheng about the potion he had given Dugu Yan, then tested his composure and asked about his medical knowledge. After Su Cheng identified Dugu Bo’s poisoning, Dugu Bo asked him to try treating it and Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Bo confronted Su Cheng about the potion given to Dugu Yan, but relaxed after Su Cheng calmly answered him.
• Su Cheng explained that he was Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s personal disciple and declined Dugu Bo’s offer to call him Grandpa.
• Dugu Bo took Su Cheng into a private room and questioned him about his medical knowledge.
• Su Cheng identified Dugu Bo’s poisoning from his hair, eyes, and scent, then offered to try treating him.
• Dugu Bo asked Su Cheng to treat him and, if that failed, to treat Dugu Yan.

Su Cheng examined Dugu Bo and revealed that he could treat the poison in Dugu Bo’s body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, though he refused to go there for now. He asked Dugu Bo to bring herbs so he could treat Dugu Yan and to secretly protect him from the hostile Crown Prince.

• Su Cheng questioned Dugu Bo about whether they had met before, but Dugu Bo recalled no such meeting.
• Su Cheng examined Dugu Bo and said his poison might be treatable in the special environment where Dugu Bo suppressed it.
• Dugu Bo described the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Su Cheng identified it as a place where he could cure the poison.
• Su Cheng refused to visit the Herb Garden yet and proposed treating Dugu Yan first if Dugu Bo brought him medicinal herbs.
• Su Cheng asked Dugu Bo to keep his treatment ability secret and protect him in secret because the Crown Prince seemed hostile toward him.

Su Cheng planted suspicions with Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe was a poison expert and might not be the real Crown Prince, hoping to push Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing into opposing him. Dugu Bo recognized Su Cheng’s scheme and agreed to get involved because Su Cheng could treat Dugu Yan’s poison and his own.

• Su Cheng told Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe carried traces of herbs that could be combined into a slow-acting poison, and pointed to the deaths of the Second Prince and Third Prince.
• Su Cheng suggested that Xue Qinghe’s changed temperament and questionable identity could threaten Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing, then urged Dugu Bo to share the suspicions with Xue Beng.
• Dugu Bo accused Su Cheng of deliberately arranging for Dugu Yan to drink the potion so that Su Cheng could gain his support.
• Su Cheng admitted he had known Dugu Yan was poisoned and said he trusted Dugu Bo to distinguish gratitude from grudges.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help, citing Su Cheng’s ability to cure Dugu Yan and treat him, but asked whether Su Cheng was certain something was wrong with Xue Qinghe.

Su Cheng persuaded Dugu Bo to help draw the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into opposing Xue Qinghe, offering to cure the poison in Dugu Bo and his granddaughter. He identified two rare herbs in Dugu Bo’s garden and proposed using them as payment for someone else, leaving Dugu Bo wary of Su Cheng’s plans.

• Dugu Bo recalled the suspicious poisonings of the Second and Third Princes and considered Xue Qinghe’s possible role in their deaths.
• Su Cheng proposed involving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to support Xue Beng and keep Xue Qinghe occupied, and Dugu Bo warned that the clan would be difficult to provoke.
• Su Cheng urged Dugu Bo to act as intermediary, promising to cure the poison affecting Dugu Bo and his granddaughter.
• Su Cheng sketched the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Aromatic Silk Beauty, identified them in Dugu Bo’s garden, and said neither herb suited him.
• Dugu Bo questioned why Su Cheng wanted the herbs, and Su Cheng said they would serve as payment for someone else.

Su Cheng concealed his arrangement with Dugu Bo while explaining to Ning Rongrong that he was treating Dugu Yan in exchange for a rare herb that might improve her Martial Soul. Ning Rongrong calmed down, and Su Cheng continued planning to study her Martial Soul’s evolution before seeking the secrets of the Godhood Inheritance.

• Su Cheng told Dugu Bo that his antidote potion would not affect the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s venom, and Dugu Bo agreed to keep their discussion secret.
• Dugu Bo left the lounge acting angry, while Dugu Yan apologized to Su Cheng and said her grandfather wanted to stay at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong angrily accused Dugu Yan and tried to take Su Cheng back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Cheng explained that Dugu Bo’s stay and his treatment of Dugu Yan were part of a deal for a rare herb that might raise Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul potential.
• Ning Rongrong apologized for her impulsiveness, and Su Cheng resolved to study her Martial Soul’s evolution before pursuing the Godhood Inheritance.

Su Cheng kept a low profile as the struggle over Xue Qinghe intensified, then sent Dugu Bo to deliver him a secret letter. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Xin and Gu Rong praised Su Cheng’s Longevity Sword, while Su Cheng prepared to draw the sect into the conflict through Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul Evolution.

• Su Cheng stayed out of Heaven Dou City’s factional struggle as Xue Beng and Xue Xing gained ground and Xue Qinghe faced mounting suspicion.
• Dugu Bo told Su Cheng that Xue Ye wanted the conflict to stop and that Meng Shenji and the others were protecting Xue Qinghe.
• Su Cheng gave Dugu Bo a sealed letter for Xue Qinghe and warned him not to read it or expose himself.
• Su Cheng planned to use Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul Evolution to involve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the conflict.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin about Su Cheng, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong said the Longevity Sword could lead Su Cheng to the Peak Douluo realm and was no weaker than the Clear Sky Hammer.

Ning Fengzhi considered Su Cheng a valuable future ally while wondering whether something was wrong with Xue Qinghe. After discovering that Su Cheng had exposed her disguise and was traveling with Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue abandoned her imperial plan and headed for Sunset Forest to confront him.

• Ning Fengzhi discussed the recent imperial turmoil with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who told him to focus on Ning Rongrong.
• Five days later, Qian Renxue weighed the pressure from Prince Xue Xing, Dugu Bo, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xue Ye’s growing suspicions.
• Snake Lance Douluo delivered an anonymous letter that identified Qian Renxue as the Young Master of Spirit Hall and warned her to return to Spirit Hall or face exposure.
• Qian Renxue recognized Su Cheng’s writing habits in the letter and realized he had uncovered her identity.
• A Soul Emperor reported that Ning Rongrong had left for Sunset Forest with Su Cheng, and Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to summon Pufferfish and go after them.
• Qian Renxue declared she was abandoning her mission and dismissed Snake Lance Douluo’s suggestion to send Soul Kings instead.

Qian Renxue ordered Spirit Hall to withdraw from Heaven Dou City and set out with Porcupine Douluo to pursue Su Cheng and Ning Rongrong, while leaving Snake Lance Douluo to watch the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Su Cheng traveled toward his meeting with Dugu Bo, he considered how his letter had forced Qian Renxue into a difficult position and believed no one would suspect his involvement.

• Qian Renxue threatened a Soul Emperor who questioned her decision, then ordered Spirit Hall personnel to leave Heaven Dou City within three days.
• Qian Renxue, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupine Douluo traveled toward Sunset Forest, and she assigned Snake Lance to watch the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue took Porcupine Douluo with her to pursue Su Cheng and Ning Rongrong.
• Su Cheng reflected that his letter had exposed Qian Renxue's vulnerable position and could make her restrain her actions while her opponents gained the initiative.
• Su Cheng reasoned that Qian Renxue was unlikely to trace the letter or Heaven Dou's political changes back to him.

Su Cheng took Ning Rongrong into Sunset Forest to give her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but two powerful strangers intercepted them. The newcomers were Xue Qinghe and a Titled Douluo, and Su Cheng sensed that Xue Qinghe posed a serious threat.

• Su Cheng told Ning Rongrong that Dugu Bo had obtained a rare treasure compatible with her and brought her into Sunset Forest to take it safely.
• As they neared their meeting place with Dugu Bo, Su Cheng sensed two powerful auras approaching and ordered Ning Rongrong to conceal her presence.
• A Titled Douluo called for them to come out, so Su Cheng led Ning Rongrong from their hiding place while hoping to stall for time.
• Su Cheng discovered that the approaching Soul Emperor was Xue Qinghe, accompanied by a Titled Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe teased Su Cheng about holding Ning Rongrong's wrist, while Ning Rongrong sensed his hostility and Su Cheng realized he might have made a grave mistake.

Qian Renxue revealed her true identity and threatened to kill Ning Rongrong, forcing Su Cheng to realize she had targeted Rongrong before. Qian Renxue offered to spare Rongrong if Su Cheng went with her.

• Su Cheng told Ning Rongrong to fall back as Qian Renxue arrived with Porcupine Douluo and confronted him.
• Qian Renxue removed her Xue Qinghe disguise, and Su Cheng noticed her appearance and aura had changed from what he remembered.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether Su Cheng planned to become the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's son-in-law, and Su Cheng insisted he saw Ning Rongrong as his younger sister.
• Qian Renxue ordered Porcupine Douluo to move toward Ning Rongrong and threatened to kill her, while Su Cheng attacked him with sword qi.
• Su Cheng realized Qian Renxue had wanted to kill Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and warned her about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's retaliation.
• Qian Renxue offered to release Ning Rongrong if Su Cheng went with her.