Chapter Summaries

Su Mo planned to enter Sunset Forest with Bibi Dong’s help to find Poison Douluo’s lair, and learned he could use the Eight Spider Lances to accelerate his cultivation before level 30. After secretly devouring soul beasts to grow stronger, he traveled with Shrek Team toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, concealing most of his progress from them.

• Su Mo asked Bibi Dong to help him scout Sunset Forest and agreed to use the Eight Spider Lances’ devouring ability to cultivate only until level 30.
• Shrek Team earned Silver Badges, while Su Mo and Tang San earned Golden Badges, and Yu Xiaogang gave the team two months to rest and cultivate before their next training phase.
• Ning Rongrong wanted to leave Shrek rather than join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but she chose to travel with Su Mo until he could leave too.
• Su Mo secretly devoured an eight-hundred-year Iron Claw Civet, refined its energy, and began hunting soul beasts every few days to speed his cultivation.
• Su Mo rose from level 26 to 28 while concealing his progress, then claimed he had advanced only from level 24 to 25 before Shrek Team set off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Shrek Academy’s group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Su Mo and Tang San impressed the education committee during a test of their endurance. The committee approved Shrek’s admission, but Prince Xue Beng’s opposition threatened to derail it.

• Ning Rongrong stayed in Su Mo’s room, and they joked after hearing Dai Mubai get rejected by Zhu Zhuqing next door.
• Shrek’s group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai clashed with Prince Xue Beng before Qin Ming intervened.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Shrek’s students to the three education committee members, who were impressed by Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Su Mo’s Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Zhi Lin tested Su Mo and Tang San with soul pressure; Tang San broke through to the next level, while Su Mo endured pressure close to his limit.
• Zhi Lin, Bai Baoshan, and the third committee member approved Shrek’s admission, but an unseen speaker at the doorway declared opposition.

Prince Xue Xing used Poison Douluo to drive Shrek Academy away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Poison Douluo discovered that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The chapter ended with Tang San shielding Xiao Wu and preparing to face Poison Douluo.

• Prince Xue Xing rejected Shrek's admission despite the education committee members' support, and Poison Douluo arrived to enforce his decision.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the rejection and led Shrek out, but Poison Douluo sensed something unusual and ordered them to stop.
• Poison Douluo identified Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and demanded that she stay behind.
• Xiao Wu admitted her identity to Tang San and the others, while Su Mo considered her danger but chose not to challenge Poison Douluo.
• Tang San defended Xiao Wu, declared that he would not let anyone take her, and faced Poison Douluo with his Martial Soul.

Tang Hao rescued Xiao Wu from Dugu Bo, who was badly injured and forced to retreat as his own poison flared up. After Shrek left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Mo announced that he wanted to withdraw from Shrek.

• Tang San confronted Dugu Bo to protect Xiao Wu, but Dugu Bo's soul pressure injured him before he could propose a bargain.
• Tang Hao burst through the Education Committee Office roof, struck Dugu Bo with the Clear Sky Hammer, and took Xiao Wu away.
• Dugu Bo realized Tang Hao's blow had worsened the poison in his body and hurried back to his lair for treatment.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Xiao Wu's identity to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee, and the Shrek group departed after being rejected.
• Tang San reassured his companions that he was all right, then asked Yu Xiaogang what the group would do next.
• Su Mo stepped forward and told Flender and the other teachers that he wanted to leave Shrek.

Su Mo announced that he was leaving Shrek Academy, accusing Yu Xiaogang of repeatedly targeting him, and Ning Rongrong chose to leave with him. With help from a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Douluo, they departed Shrek while Flender and Yu Xiaogang could only watch.

• Su Mo told Yu Xiaogang and Flender he was leaving Shrek and accused Yu Xiaogang of benching him and favoring Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong backed Su Mo’s accusations and announced that she would leave Shrek too.
• Yu Xiaogang denied deliberately targeting Su Mo, but Su Mo refused his apology and started to leave with Ning Rongrong.
• Flender tried to stop them, but Su Mo pointed out that they had paid tuition and were entitled to withdraw.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Douluo arrived, and Flender reluctantly let Su Mo and Ning Rongrong leave with him.

After leaving Shrek, Su Mo reassured Ning Rongrong about Xiao Wu and told her that Sword Douluo had approved their relationship. They arrived in Seven Treasure City, where Su Mo planned to commission a compound crossbow before meeting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Shrek was left shaken after Xiao Wu was taken away and Su Mo and Ning Rongrong departed, while Qin Ming joined the group.
• Bibi Dong celebrated Yu Xiaogang's misery and said she wanted to defeat Shrek in the Soul Master Competition.
• Su Mo told Ning Rongrong that Xiao Wu might be safe because the Titled Douluo seemed to be protecting her.
• Su Mo revealed that Sword Douluo had tested him, approved his relationship with Ning Rongrong, and given him the Purple Gold Soul Hunting Spear.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong arrived in Seven Treasure City with Old Yan and headed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's forging workshop so Su Mo could commission a compound crossbow.

Tang San parted from Xiao Wu as Tang Hao escorted her back to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Su Mo and Ning Rongrong tested a powerful crossbow and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Bibi Dong learned that Tang Hao had been seen with a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, but chose not to pursue him.

• Tang San asked Tang Hao to escort Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and vowed to grow strong enough to protect her.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong tested the Soul Hunting Crossbow, which could pierce most soul masters below level 50, and Su Mo offered its blueprints to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong read Bai Baoshan’s letter reporting the suspected appearance of Tang Hao with a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, then decided to let Tang Hao go because he had helped her kill Qian Xunji.
• Ning Rongrong brought Su Mo back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where the disciples greeted her and watched curiously as they arrived.
• Ning Rongrong happily ran to greet her father, Sword Grandpa, and Bone Grandpa, who were waiting in the sect hall.

Su Mo reunited with Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and revealed the External Soul Bone that explained his rapid rise in Soul Power. After learning that Su Mo could evolve his Martial Soul, Bone Douluo acknowledged him and proposed testing Ning Rongrong’s progress and her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Su Mo.

• Ning Rongrong introduced Su Mo as her boyfriend, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo welcomed him and Bone Douluo remained skeptical.
• Su Mo revealed that his Soul Power had reached level 28 and showed the Eight Spider Lances, explaining how the External Soul Bone had helped him improve.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo praised Su Mo for revealing his External Soul Bone, but Bone Douluo said it only proved Su Mo was lucky.
• Ning Rongrong told Bone Douluo that Su Mo could evolve his Martial Soul, and Su Mo explained his Spirit Tool Integration and Soul Tool Refinement.
• Bone Douluo acknowledged Su Mo and accepted being called Bone Grandpa, then asked Ning Rongrong to demonstrate her progress and Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Su Mo.

Ning Rongrong impressed her family by attacking Bone Douluo with the fused soul-hunting spears, and Su Mo earned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s recognition by gifting them a Soul Hunting Crossbow. After several days of hospitality, Su Mo prepared to leave and asked Ning Fengzhi for advice about choosing another academy.

• Ning Rongrong repeatedly attacked Bone Douluo with the fused Seven Treasures Soul Hunting Spear while he restricted himself to Soul Elder-level strength.
• Bone Douluo stopped the test before Ning Rongrong could defeat him, praised her performance, and recognized the power of her and Su Mo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Su Mo presented Ning Fengzhi with a Soul Hunting Crossbow, and Ning Fengzhi promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Su Mo and help him develop his martial soul.
• Su Mo stayed at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for several days, then decided to leave so he could hunt soul beasts and advance toward rank 30.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Su Mo which academy he planned to join and offered to help, while Su Mo considered the Five Element Academy and ruled out Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ning Fengzhi discussed academy options for Su Mo and Ning Rongrong, but Xue Qinghe’s arrival interrupted them. Qian Renxue brought Xue Beng to apologize for driving Rongrong and her companions out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Su Mo to understand the reason for their visit.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Five Element Academies and Heaven Dou Royal Academy were poor fits for Su Mo and Ning Rongrong, then began suggesting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might buy an academy for them.
• A disciple announced Xue Qinghe’s arrival, and Ning Fengzhi introduced him to Su Mo as his disciple and the Heaven Dou Empire’s Crown Prince.
• Bibi Dong appeared, recognized Qian Renxue beneath Xue Qinghe’s disguise, and hurried to greet her, though Qian Renxue could not see or hear her.
• Su Mo noticed a handprint on Xue Beng’s face and wondered whether Emperor Xue Ye or Qian Renxue had slapped him.
• Qian Renxue ordered Xue Beng to apologize, explaining that she had learned he drove Ning Rongrong and her companions out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and had struck him for it.
• Xue Beng claimed he would not have done so if he had known Rongrong was with the group, while Su Mo realized Qian Renxue had brought him to apologize.

Qian Renxue brought Xue Beng to apologize to Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Su Mo, then invited Su Mo and Ning Rongrong to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Su Mo accepted, while Bibi Dong watched and resolved not to let Qian Renxue’s efforts be ruined again.

• Qian Renxue accompanied Xue Beng as he apologized to Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Su Mo for his past behavior.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the apology, and Xue Beng left before Qian Renxue introduced Su Mo to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue invited Su Mo and Ning Rongrong to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Su Mo accepted after Ning Rongrong agreed to follow his choice.
• Su Mo considered how supporting Qian Renxue could benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and help him pursue the Sea God inheritance through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Bibi Dong watched Qian Renxue and regretted how her past decision had destroyed Qian Renxue’s plans, then vowed not to let it happen again.

Su Mo reached level 30, chose a roughly four-thousand-year Gold Devouring Beast for his Third Soul Ring, and began absorbing it. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo’s poison worsened beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and after eating a herb in desperation, he collapsed as his small green snake abandoned him.

• Su Mo broke through to level 30 and learned from Bibi Dong that his current limit for a Third Soul Ring was about 3,500 to 4,000 years.
• After consolidating his cultivation, Su Mo traveled to Sunset Forest to find a soul beast and planned to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well afterward.
• Bibi Dong found a four-thousand-year Gold Devouring Beast, and Su Mo decided to risk obtaining its offensive Metal Breath Soul Skill.
• Su Mo ambushed and killed the Gold Devouring Beast with his Soul Hunting Crossbow, then began absorbing its Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo struggled to control the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison in his body and feared he would die within days.
• Dugu Bo swallowed an herb from the Herb Garden, collapsed after spitting up blood, and his small emerald-green snake crawled away.

Su Mo reached Soul Elder and entered the depths of Sunset Forest with Bibi Dong to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They found Dugu Bo lying unconscious there, but before Su Mo could decide what to do, Dugu Bo began floating as his soul rings disintegrated one after another.

• Su Mo tested his new third Soul Skill, Soul Chasing Blade, and explained how its mark gave him a speed boost when pursuing a target.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong searched the depths of Sunset Forest, avoiding dangerous soul beasts until they found the poison-ringed entrance to the treasured land.
• Bibi Dong entered the hidden valley while Su Mo stayed outside and shared her vision, confirming the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was inside.
• Bibi Dong found Dugu Bo lying motionless and determined that he was still breathing, while Su Mo considered taking advantage of his condition.
• Dugu Bo began floating, spat out a dark green bead, and manifested his Martial Soul as his soul rings exploded in succession.

Su Mo entered the cave after Dugu Bo’s Soul Rings collapsed and his cultivation fell, then decided to spare him and use the Poison Pearl to evolve his Eight Spider Lances. The Eight Spider Lances absorbed the poison, changed color and shape, and fully fused with Su Mo’s spine.

• Bibi Dong told Su Mo that Dugu Bo’s Soul Rings had collapsed and his Soul Power Level had fallen, leaving him no threat.
• Su Mo entered the cave, examined the unconscious Dugu Bo, and chose not to kill him despite Bibi Dong’s warning about his future actions.
• Su Mo theorized that an Immortal Herb had purged Dugu Bo’s toxins and planned to make him believe Su Mo had saved him.
• Su Mo tied up Dugu Bo, took his Treasure Sack Soul Tool, and used an Eight Spider Lance to absorb the Poison Pearl.
• The Eight Spider Lances absorbed the Poison Pearl, evolved from purple to emerald green, and merged completely with Su Mo’s spine.

Su Mo harvested the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Leaf, strengthening his body and cultivation talent while their power helped Bibi Dong recover. After awakening, Dugu Bo discovered that his soul power had fallen to level 41 and all his Soul Rings were gone, then demanded that Su Mo explain what had happened.

• Su Mo tested Dugu Bo’s poison immunity with the Eight Spider Lances and suspected that Dugu Bo had eaten an herb that made him immune to all poisons.
• Su Mo harvested the Herb Garden, then absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Leaf together in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The immortal herbs’ power flowed into Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Spirit, bringing its awakening forward to when Su Mo reached level 50.
• Su Mo discovered that the ice-and-fire tempering had greatly improved his physique and cultivation talent, though his Soul Hunting Spear had not evolved.
• Su Mo woke Dugu Bo, who found his soul power reduced to level 41 and his Soul Rings gone, then accused Su Mo and demanded an explanation.

Yu Xiaogang learned from Tang San that sustained Spirit Tool Integration could let a soul master control a forged weapon with spiritual power, and he suspected Su Mo had been hiding the technique. Meanwhile, Su Mo told Dugu Bo a fabricated story about saving him and taking his herbs, then suggested Dugu Bo might be able to absorb Soul Rings again.

• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang that he could make a forged hammer tremble and said strong spiritual power was needed to control it.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Su Mo likely had powerful spiritual strength and instructed Tang San to keep experimenting with the hammer.
• Su Mo told Dugu Bo that a Top Grade Herb had expelled his Soul Rings and Poison Arts, and showed him the Eight Spider Lances he claimed had absorbed the toxins.
• Dugu Bo thanked Su Mo, learned that Su Mo had taken his Treasure Sack and Herb Garden, and accepted the herbs as payment for being saved.
• Su Mo told Dugu Bo that his new constitution was immune to all poisons and suggested he might be able to absorb Soul Rings again.

Su Mo left Dugu Bo with the possibility of recovering his cultivation and tested his new immunity to poison as he departed Sunset Forest. Elsewhere in the forest, Qian Renxue and two Spirit Hall elders searched for a soul beast for her Sixth Soul Ring, leaving her eager for more independence after years undercover.

• Su Mo told Dugu Bo that he might absorb soul rings again, advised him to pursue a new cultivation path, and revealed that Ning Fengzhi was his future father-in-law.
• Dugu Bo reunited with his Nine Section Jade and thanked Su Mo before Su Mo left, walking through the poison circle unharmed.
• Su Mo declined to help Dugu Bo hunt a soul beast, explaining to Bibi Dong that leaving Sunset Forest quickly was the priority.
• Qian Renxue asked Thorn Blood Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to find a suitable Sixth Soul Ring after reaching Level 60.
• Snake Lance Douluo kept close to Qian Renxue as they searched, while she grumbled about his protectiveness and resolved to hunt for herself next time.

Bibi Dong was delighted to see the young Qian Renxue, while Su Mo tried to avoid her. A Cave Spider ambushed Su Mo, but Snake Lance Douluo rescued him and brought him to Qian Renxue, who pretended not to know him and questioned why he was alone in Sunset Forest.

• Bibi Dong spotted Qian Renxue in her youthful appearance and was overjoyed, while Su Mo recognized her and Snake Lance Douluo nearby.
• Su Mo changed direction to avoid Qian Renxue, but a ten-thousand-year Cave Spider ambushed him and chased him through the forest.
• Snake Lance Douluo noticed Su Mo being pursued and suspected he was the talented spear wielder Qian Renxue had mentioned.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to save Su Mo, and he drove off the Cave Spider with his Third Soul Skill, Shadow Splitting Nine Slashes.
• Snake Lance Douluo carried Su Mo to Qian Renxue, who pretended not to recognize him and asked whether he was alone and why he had entered the forest.

Su Mo was rescued by Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo, then escorted out of Sunset Forest while Qian Renxue got to know him and asked about his views on Spirit Hall. After they parted, Bibi Dong asked Su Mo what had happened to Xue Er in the end.

• Su Mo thanked Qian Renxue and explained that he had underestimated the danger in Sunset Forest, while Qian Renxue introduced herself as Sister Xue.
• Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo escorted Su Mo out of the forest, and Qian Renxue recognized him as the soul master rumored to have absorbed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue asked how Su Mo had advanced so quickly, and Su Mo modestly praised Spirit Hall for awakening ordinary people's martial souls for free.
• After reaching the forest's edge, Su Mo thanked Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo and left.
• Bibi Dong returned to Su Mo and asked what had happened to Xue Er in the end.

Su Mo told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue was alive but had lost her godhood in the original future, and reassured her that history had changed. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he showed Ning Rongrong that the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb had greatly improved his cultivation talent.

• Su Mo explained Qian Renxue’s fate in the original future, and Bibi Dong decided that Xiao Xue would have a different future now that history had changed.
• Su Mo considered how to identify the remaining immortal herbs and decided to keep them until he could find clues through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or obtain information from Yang Wudi.
• Ning Rongrong sensed Su Mo’s increased Soul Power when he returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked how his cultivation had improved.
• Su Mo told Ning Rongrong that he had absorbed two miraculous plants with ice and flame powers, reached Soul Elder, and obtained his third Soul Ring.
• Su Mo demonstrated his cultivation speed with his original Meditation Method, and Ning Rongrong saw that it now matched her own.