Chapter Summaries

Su Mo recognized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s recorded treasure as the Aromatic Silk Beauty, an Immortal Herb that could evolve Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. He resolved to help her obtain it and began considering how to give her the one he already had.

• Su Mo told Ning Rongrong that her sect’s martial soul could evolve, and she explained that an ancestor had used a rare plant to gain the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked her father about the treasure, then brought Su Mo the sect’s illustrated handbook.
• Su Mo recognized the flower in the handbook as the Aromatic Silk Beauty, the same Immortal Herb Ning Rongrong had absorbed in the original work.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Su Mo could find the flower, but Su Mo said his luck was good and thought about how to give her the one he had.

Su Mo gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and it evolved her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while raising her Soul Power. After returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gaining a soul ring, Ning Rongrong reached level 35; she and Su Mo then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to join its team.

• Su Mo gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and she absorbed it while Bibi Dong watched and remarked on how kind he was to her.
• Ning Rongrong's martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and her Soul Power reached level 30; she thanked Su Mo and suggested they return to her sect.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Su Mo for bringing the treasure to Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo took her to obtain a suitable soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong returned as a level 35 Soul Elder, and Sword Douluo explained that the rise came from her martial soul's evolution rather than the soul ring.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo praised her choice of Su Mo.

Tang San fused his Clear Sky Hammer with his forged hammer and learned that the process had lowered his spirit’s quality. Yu Xiaogang regretted guiding the experiment, while Tang San left worried that the setback had made it harder to protect Xiao Wu; meanwhile, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang that he could recall his forged hammer and then absorb it into his body together with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected the fusion could evolve a martial soul and thought Su Mo might have used the method to overcome his low-quality spirit.
• Tang San summoned his fused Clear Sky Hammer and reported that it felt lighter, prompting Yu Xiaogang to test its quality with him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San confirmed that the Clear Sky Hammer’s quality had declined, and Yu Xiaogang apologized and promised to seek better materials to restore it.
• Tang San left feeling frustrated about the setback, while Yu Xiaogang worried about Tang Hao’s reaction.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, shocking Yu Tianheng and the others when they learned how quickly the pair had advanced. The team welcomed them, leaving Yu Tianheng more confident about the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

• The Team Leader Teacher introduced Su Mo and Ning Rongrong as new members of the first team, and Su Mo revealed that he and Ning Rongrong had previously fought Yu Tianheng's team as members of Shrek Team.
• Yu Tianheng and the others recognized Su Mo and Ning Rongrong by their martial souls and welcomed them after Su Mo explained that they had left Shrek Academy.
• The Team Leader Teacher announced that Su Mo was rank 33 and Ning Rongrong was rank 35, prompting the team to learn they had each advanced eight levels in just over half a year.
• Su Mo attributed their rapid progress to fortuitous opportunities, and the team reacted with envy and excitement at the prospect of their stronger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Tianheng welcomed Su Mo and Ning Rongrong on behalf of the team and felt more confident about the coming Soul Master Competition.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong reached level 40 shortly before the Soul Master Competition, astonishing Qian Renxue with their rapid cultivation. Su Mo then questioned whether the Soul Hunting Operation would happen before Qian Renxue’s coup to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving him worried that his plan to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect rested on the wrong timeline.

• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling became close friends after Su Mo and Ning Rongrong joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Osler and Yu Feng lost their places on the first team and were relegated to the second team as the competition approached.
• Dugu Yan, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo each broke through level 40, followed shortly before the competition by Su Mo and Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue praised Su Mo and Ning Rongrong’s progress and said their strength could make them unstoppable in the next competition.
• Su Mo reconsidered the order of the Soul Hunting Operation and the Heaven Dou Palace Coup as he thought about protecting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Su Mo learned that Bibi Dong had planned to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before Qian Renxue’s coup succeeded because she wanted to spite her daughter. They agreed Bibi Dong could warn Qian Renxue when the time came, then Su Mo turned to preparing for his and Ning Rongrong’s Fourth Soul Rings.

• Su Mo asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had followed Qian Renxue’s failed coup, and she explained that the Soul Hunting Operation and the coup had been planned at the same time.
• Bibi Dong admitted she had intended to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without warning Qian Renxue because she wanted to deny her daughter the achievement of winning the sect’s support.
• Su Mo worried that Spirit Hall would still destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bibi Dong said Qian Renxue could prevent it by warning her in advance.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong agreed that Bibi Dong would personally explain the danger to Qian Renxue when the time came.
• Su Mo set the matter aside and asked Bibi Dong about the limit for his Fourth Soul Ring, as he and Ning Rongrong prepared to absorb their fourth rings.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong hunted a sixteen-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo standing guard. Su Mo defeated it using their Nine Treasures Soul Hunting Spear, and a black Soul Ring and golden soul bone appeared over its corpse.

• Ning Rongrong absorbed a five-thousand-year Purple Soul Ring and gained the Defense Boost soul skill.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo helped Su Mo search for a suitable Fourth Soul Ring, and they found a sixteen-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong used the Nine Treasures Soul Hunting Spear to fight the Golden Lion-Tiger while the two Titled Douluo kept watch.
• Su Mo marked the Golden Lion-Tiger with Soul Chasing Blade, chased it down with Thunderclap Strike, and killed it with his spear.
• A black Soul Ring and a golden soul bone appeared over the Golden Lion-Tiger's corpse.

Su Mo absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and a left arm Soul Bone from the Golden Lion-Tiger, reaching level 42 and gaining powerful new abilities. After visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he and Ning Rongrong prepared to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against their Soul Emperor-level Team Leader Teacher.

• Su Mo absorbed the Golden Lion-Tiger's Soul Ring, gained the Fourth Soul Skill Tiger-Lion Destruction Kill, and strengthened his Soul Hunting Spear.
• Su Mo absorbed the Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Left Arm Bone and gained the group-attack sound-wave skill Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant.
• Su Mo revealed that he had reached Soul Power Level 42, and he and Ning Rongrong visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi gave Su Mo a spear forged from Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron.
• Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Mo's teammates celebrated his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while their Team Leader Teacher warned that Spirit Hall's team might include three Soul Kings and was favored to win the competition.
• Su Mo asked the Team Leader Teacher to test his and Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the teacher agreed to face them.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong learned to retain the Eight Spider Lances' enhancement during their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then attended the opening of the Soul Master Competition. Seeing Shrek Team enter, Ning Rongrong became eager to learn how her former teammates had progressed and suggested meeting them.

• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong defeated their Soul Emperor team leader with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then discovered that summoning Su Mo's Eight Spider Lances before fusing let them keep its enhancement.
• The qualifiers began, and Bibi Dong advised Su Mo to focus on his own performance instead of Shrek Team; he agreed while remaining curious about Tang San.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong joined Qian Renxue at the imperial arena to watch the opening ceremony, where Skywater Academy performed and the participating teams entered.
• The spectators mocked Shrek Team's unfamiliar name and advertising-covered uniforms, and Ning Rongrong recognized Tang San and her former teammates.
• Qian Renxue asked about Shrek Academy, then sent a subordinate to retrieve its members' records; Ning Rongrong wondered about their Soul Power Levels and proposed visiting Zhu Zhuqing and the others.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong watched the Soul Master Competition alongside Qian Renxue, while Shrek Team members wondered why they were not competing. After Shrek Team won its opening match, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong visited their former teammates, where Dai Mubai asked about their current Soul Power Levels.

• Ma Hongjun spotted Su Mo and Ning Rongrong in the stands, and Shrek Team members wondered whether the pair had skipped the competition.
• Qian Renxue reviewed Shrek Team’s records, discovered Tang San was a Level 41 Soul Ancestor, and learned Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were from the Star Luo Empire.
• Shrek Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two in its opening match, earning its first taste of fame.
• Su Mo noticed Tang San’s fourth Soul Ring was around seven thousand years old rather than a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong suggested visiting Shrek Team, and she and Su Mo congratulated their former teammates on the victory.
• Tang San asked how Su Mo and Ning Rongrong were doing, and Dai Mubai pressed them to reveal their Soul Power Levels and whether they were competing.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong reunited with their former Shrek companions and revealed that they had both reached Soul Ancestor, shocking the group. Su Mo showed off his level 42 cultivation and Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, leaving Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San struggling to accept how far he had surpassed their expectations.

• Ning Rongrong told Dai Mubai and the others that she and Su Mo had both become Soul Ancestors, with Su Mo one level above Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Martial Soul and showed her four Soul Rings, confirming her cultivation and stunning Oscar and the others.
• Su Mo revealed his four Soul Rings, including a black Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, and the group realized he had reached level 42.
• Tang San felt shaken as Su Mo and Ning Rongrong’s achievements challenged his belief that he was the youngest Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong explained that an unusual encounter had accelerated their cultivation, while Dai Mubai recognized that Su Mo was likely stronger than him.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San learned that Su Mo and Ning Rongrong had become Soul Ancestors, then regretted that they had left Shrek Academy as the team competed in the qualifiers. Shrek Team defeated Canghui Team’s Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion, and Su Mo told Ning Rongrong their own fused state could counter it as they looked ahead to Skywater Team.

• Dai Mubai told Yu Xiaogang that Su Mo and Ning Rongrong were Soul Ancestors, and Tang San added that Su Mo had a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring and they had advanced through an opportunity.
• Yu Xiaogang privately asked Tang San whether Su Mo had discovered Martial Soul Evolution, and Tang San said he believed Su Mo had figured it out.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Shrek Team would struggle against stronger teams, while both men regretted that Su Mo and Ning Rongrong had left.
• Shrek Team defeated Canghui Team after Canghui’s Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion left its members unconscious, and Yu Xiaogang celebrated the win.
• Su Mo explained to Ning Rongrong that Tang San had resisted Canghui Team’s mental attack with his Purple Demon Eyes, then reassured her that their fused state could withstand the skill.
• Ning Rongrong noted Shrek Team’s seven-match winning streak, and Su Mo said their next opponent was Skywater Team.

Shrek Team faced Skywater Team, whose ice-based control overwhelmed them and secured Skywater’s victory. Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer as his second martial soul, leaving Yu Xiaogang worried that he had exposed the secret before Yu Xiaogang could learn how to cultivate twin martial souls.

• Su Mo predicted that Shrek Team would struggle against Skywater Team because Shui Bing’er’s ice abilities countered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Shui Bing’er froze Shrek Team, but Dai Mubai broke free and Tang San used his Blue Silver Golden Silk Array to shield his teammates from Skywater Team’s attacks.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to freeze the arena, then Shui Bing’er’s Repelling Ice Ring pushed Shrek’s members off the stage except Tang San.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, revealing to the audience that he possessed twin martial souls.
• Skywater Team defeated Shrek Team, while Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San’s reveal would prevent Bibi Dong from sharing the secret of cultivating twin martial souls.

Tang San suffered his first genuine defeat against Skywater Team, while Bibi Dong reflected on how Su Mo might hinder Tang San’s path to godhood. Su Mo’s Soul Hunting Spear evolved into a High-Level Spirit, and Bibi Dong asked him to defeat Spirit Hall Team after learning Hu Liena had leaked her hunt to Tang San; later, Tang San lost again to Blazing Team and recognized his Blue Silver Grass’s weakness.

• Tang San lost to Skywater Team, and Yu Xiaogang encouraged him to recover before leaving for Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong suspected Yu Xiaogang was going to ask her about cultivating Twin Martial Souls and considered how Su Mo could prevent Tang San from inheriting the Sea God’s power.
• Su Mo completed refining the Purple Gold Soul Hunting Spear, and his Soul Hunting Spear evolved into a High-Level Spirit.
• Su Mo told Bibi Dong that Hu Liena had revealed her hunt for Da Ming and Er Ming to Tang San after Tang San rescued her, and Bibi Dong asked Su Mo to defeat Spirit Hall Team.
• Tang San lost to Blazing Team after its flames countered his Blue Silver Grass, and he realized his spirit was too weak.

Tang San abandoned his plan to add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, while Yu Xiaogang obtained Bibi Dong’s method for safely cultivating Twin Martial Souls. At the Promotion Tournament, Tang San became its standout fighter, and Emperor Xue Ye considered rewarding him as the Heaven Dou Empire prepared for the championship.

• Flender, Liu Erlong, and the others persuaded Tang San not to add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, and Shrek Team qualified despite losing several matches.
• Yu Xiaogang met Pope Bibi Dong and promised Tang San would not oppose Spirit Hall in exchange for the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Pope Bibi Dong revealed that a soul master needed to strengthen their physical fitness enough to withstand the power of spirit rings on both martial souls.
• Tang San repeatedly used both martial souls in the Promotion Tournament, where Ma Hongjun also defeated all seven members of Plant Academy Team.
• Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang San’s Clear Sky Sect ties and the possibility of rewarding him, then turned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One’s championship prospects.

The Promotion Tournament ended, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One began its journey to Spirit City for the Finals. After Shrek Team learned why Su Mo and Ning Rongrong had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the teams continued toward the competition, where Su Mo warned Bibi Dong to hide her Divine Sense.

• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong reached Soul Power ranks 43 and 42 respectively by the end of the Promotion Tournament, and Tang San accepted a noble title from Emperor Xue Ye.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One learned the Finals’ elimination format and discussed how its first-round bye would leave it with fewer chances to compete.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Team resented Su Mo and Ning Rongrong for joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Qin Ming explained that the Crown Prince had personally invited them.
• Qin Ming told Shrek Team the truth about Su Mo and Ning Rongrong’s invitation, easing Zhu Zhuqing’s resentment while Dai Mubai remained bitter.
• Su Mo noted that Spirit Hall had not attacked the traveling teams and learned that Bibi Dong was returning to Spirit City, then warned her to conceal her Divine Sense from the current Pope.

The tournament finals began, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team drew Shrek as its opponent in the second round. Both teams prepared for a rematch, with Shrek worried about the stronger lineup and Su Mo eager to defeat them.

• The Spirit Hall Team entered the tournament square, and Pope Bibi Dong gave a speech before the first-round draw.
• The Blazing Team defeated the Barak Team, while Shrek advanced through the first round without facing a strong opponent.
• Ning Rongrong drew the first match of the second round, which paired the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team against Shrek.
• Su Mo encouraged Ning Rongrong to set aside her hesitation and defeat Shrek, while the Heaven Dou team prepared to avenge its earlier loss.
• Tang San and the Shrek team grew solemn after learning their opponents’ strength, and Yu Xiaogang told them to use their trump card from the start.

Su Mo shocked the tournament spectators by revealing a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, then stopped Shrek Team from completing its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. The match continued with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team advancing to attack, while Shrek’s trump card was ruined.

• Both teams summoned their martial souls, and Su Mo’s yellow, purple, purple, and black spirit rings stunned the spectators and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Tang San opened the match with Blue Silver Golden Silk Array, binding Yu Tianheng and most of Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team while Su Mo dodged.
• Shrek Team formed a line and began channeling soul power into Tang San for their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Su Mo used his Soul Bone Skill, Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant, interrupting Shrek Team’s soul power circulation and ruining the fusion skill.
• Su Mo ordered Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to press their attack, and Yu Tianheng charged Tang San as Su Mo struck toward Jiang Zhu with Soul Chasing Blade.

Su Mo and Yu Tianheng overwhelmed Shrek Team in the tournament battle, while Tang San failed to stop Su Mo from targeting their support members. Watching from the stands, Yu Xiaogang realized Su Mo and Ning Rongrong could threaten Shrek’s championship hopes in the next tournament too, and regretted driving Su Mo away.

• Su Mo used his Soul Chasing Blades to mark Jiang Zhu and Oscar, then broke through Shrek Team’s defenses with Ning Rongrong’s boosts.
• Yu Tianheng forced Dai Mubai back, while Su Mo repeatedly attacked Jiang Zhu and Tang San used his Blue Silver skills to protect his teammates.
• Tang San challenged Su Mo to a one-on-one fight, but Su Mo refused and continued targeting Shrek Team’s support members.
• Dugu Yan filled the battlefield with poisonous mist, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Shrek Team was going to lose.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined Su Mo and Ning Rongrong strengthening Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team for the next tournament and regretted having targeted Su Mo.

Su Mo defeated Tang San and led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to eliminate Shrek Team from the finals. As the tournament continued, Spirit Hall Team learned about Su Mo and Ning Rongrong’s strength, while the audience discovered that Spirit Hall had three Soul Kings.

• Su Mo overpowered Tang San’s eighty-first Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, knocked away his Clear Sky Hammer, and defeated him with the Soul Hunting Spear.
• The host declared the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team the winner, and both teams left the stage as Shrek Team accepted its elimination.
• Spirit Hall Team’s Team Leader Teacher warned Hu Liena and Xie Yue about Su Mo and Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and their reported victory over a Soul Emperor.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong comforted Tang San and the defeated Shrek Team members.
• The remaining finals matches revealed that every Star Luo Team member was a Soul Ancestor and that Spirit Hall Team had three Soul Kings.