Chapter Summaries

Su Mo captured Xiao Wu while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo fought Da Ming and Er Ming, then demanded that the two beasts sacrifice themselves in exchange for sparing her. Da Ming and Er Ming were willing to sacrifice themselves but doubted Su Mo would keep his promise.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo returned to Mirror Lake and fought Da Ming and Er Ming, while Su Mo waited for an opening.
• Su Mo used Teleport to reach Xiao Wu, intercepted her as she fled, and grabbed her by the neck.
• Da Ming and Er Ming stopped fighting when they saw Xiao Wu had been captured, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo regrouped around Su Mo.
• Su Mo demanded that Da Ming and Er Ming voluntarily sacrifice themselves for his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, promising to spare Xiao Wu.
• Da Ming and Er Ming showed they were willing to sacrifice themselves for Xiao Wu, but Da Ming questioned whether Su Mo would honor his promise.

Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save Da Ming and Er Ming, allowing them to escape while Su Mo absorbed her power. Su Mo gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, a Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu’s soul, and his Soul Power Level rose to Rank 67.

• Su Mo threatened to take Xiao Wu away unless Da Ming and Er Ming agreed to sacrifice themselves, and Da Ming offered to sacrifice itself so Er Ming could leave.
• Er Ming refused to leave without Da Ming, but Xiao Wu broke free and began sacrificing herself to save them both.
• Da Ming carried Er Ming away while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo remained trapped behind Xiao Wu’s sacrificial barrier.
• As Su Mo absorbed Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, he told her that Tang Hao had hunted him and that Tang San would be his enemy; Xiao Wu defended them and then secretly sacrificed her soul to protect Tang San.
• Xiao Wu vanished, and Su Mo condensed a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gained a Soul Bone as his Soul Power Level rose to Rank 67.

After Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, Su Mo absorbed her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Right Arm Soul Bone, reaching level 67 before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Da Ming and Er Ming escaped, but Er Ming still wanted to avenge Xiao Wu.

• Su Mo discovered that Xiao Wu's soul was hiding inside her Soul Bone, then examined his new soul skills and the strengthened Soul Hunting Spear.
• Su Mo told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that his Soul Power Level had reached 67 and described the skills he had obtained.
• Su Mo teleported back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling learned about his gains and Xiao Wu's sacrifice.
• Da Ming stopped Er Ming from returning to fight Su Mo's group, warning that doing so would waste Xiao Wu's sacrifice.
• Er Ming demanded that Da Ming find a way to avenge Xiao Wu, but Da Ming had no answer.

Hu Liena became a Soul Emperor and was assigned to lead the Spirit Hall Team while she learned to control her killing intent. After Su Mo mastered his Divine Slaughter's Domain, he secretly returned to Slaughter City to check on Tang San but found Tang Hao guarding him.

• Hu Liena absorbed her sixth soul ring, and Pope Bibi Dong appointed her Team Leader Teacher for the Spirit Hall Team's next Soul Master Competition.
• Hu Liena met Zhu Zhuqing on the team, learned that Su Mo had encouraged her to join Martial Soul Hall, and asked Zhu Zhuqing to keep Su Mo's strength secret from the others.
• Su Mo spent half a year restraining his killing intent and improving his control over Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue grew closer.
• Su Mo secretly entered Slaughter City to watch Tang San, but Bibi Dong told him Tang Hao was protecting Tang San because he suspected Su Mo knew his identity.
• Su Mo left after learning Tang San had won forty-eight consecutive arena matches, and wondered whether Tang San would escape Slaughter City before the next Soul Master Competition.

Shrek Academy’s leaders discussed the upcoming Soul Master Competition and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plans to disclose Su Mo’s martial soul techniques. After the techniques were revealed and spread across the continent, the chapter left the Clear Sky Sect’s elders worrying that the advances could diminish their advantage.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang discussed Dai Mubai reaching level 50 and Oscar and Ma Hongjun nearing Soul King, while Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San had not returned or sent news.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would reveal Su Mo’s Soul Tool Fusion and Soul Tool Refinement techniques.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect announced both techniques and said Su Mo was also researching a way to evolve Beast Spirits.
• Soul masters across the continent tested Soul Tool Fusion, celebrated its benefits, and drove up the demand and prices for weapons.
• Pope Bibi Dong praised Su Mo for sharing his discoveries and noted that Spirit Hall would benefit greatly from them.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders reacted to the news, and one elder warned that the techniques could narrow the gap between the Clear Sky Hammer and other Weapon Spirits.

After publicly revealing Soul Tool Fusion and Soul Tool Refinement, Su Mo set aside his plan to compete against Yu Xiaogang and chose to head to Sea God Island to pursue the Sea God's inheritance. He planned to bring Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling with him, and Ye Lingling agreed to go.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders realized the newly publicized techniques would let other clans improve their martial souls, and they blamed Su Mo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for threatening the sect's status.
• After Ning Rongrong's eighteenth birthday, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong became lovers, and Su Mo spent a period indulging in their relationship.
• Bibi Dong urged Su Mo to resume cultivating and go to Sea God Island rather than delay a year for the Soul Master Competition; Su Mo agreed and decided to put Yu Xiaogang aside.
• Su Mo told Ning Fengzhi he planned to seek the Sea God's inheritance and revealed that his Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's Heart, which had recognized him.
• Su Mo said he would bring Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to Sea God Island so they could undertake trials and improve their cultivation; Ye Lingling accepted the opportunity.

Su Mo brought Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to Sea God Island, overcoming the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan with his power and long-range Teleport. After arriving at Sea God Hall, they were confronted by Bo Saixi’s secretary, who recognized them as outsiders.

• Su Mo sailed from Vast Sea City with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, and Ye Lingling secretly realized she was attracted to him.
• After half a month at sea, Su Mo used mental shocks to subdue attacking Demon Soul Great White Sharks without killing them.
• Su Mo demonstrated that he could Teleport directly onto Sea God Island, persuading Xiao Bai to let the group pass.
• Su Mo warned Bibi Dong not to reveal her Divine Sense, then took Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling straight to Sea God Hall.
• Glasses Girl Secretary stopped the three at Sea God Hall and questioned them, and Su Mo admitted they came from the continent.

Su Mo, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling entered Sea God Hall and received their trials from Bo Saixi. Ye Lingling obtained a Black Level Five Trial, Ning Rongrong received a Top Level Seven Trial, and Su Mo’s trial turned golden, leaving Bo Saixi and the others stunned.

• The Glasses Girl Secretary warned Su Mo, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling that mainlanders faced trials ten times harder and could not leave Sea God Island, but they insisted on participating.
• Bo Saixi invited the three into Sea God Hall after sensing the Sea God's aura, and recognized the Sea God's Heart mark on Su Mo's forehead.
• Bo Saixi personally began the trials, and Ye Lingling received a Black Level Five Trial.
• Ning Rongrong’s trial changed to red, and she received a Top Level Seven Trial.
• Su Mo’s trial changed from black to red and then gold, while Bo Saixi wondered whether he was the Sea God’s awaited inheritor.

Su Mo received the Sea God Nine Trials and began crossing the Sea God's Light with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, using its pressure to cultivate. After three months of progress, Su Mo broke through to level 70 and became a Soul Saint, and Bo Saixi offered him a God-Given Soul Ring.

• Bo Saixi confirmed Su Mo had been chosen for the Sea God's inheritance, welcomed him as Sea God Island's honored guest, and told him to begin his first trial the next day.
• Su Mo, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling attempted to climb the Heavenly Ladder; Su Mo told the girls to cultivate when the Sea God's Light became too strong to endure.
• Su Mo climbed to the eighty-eighth step using Divine Slaughter's Domain and Eight Spider Lances, then joined the girls in cultivating under the pressure.
• Over the next three months, Su Mo advanced from level 68 to 69, Ning Rongrong reached level 58, and Ye Lingling became a Soul King and received a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• After another three months of cultivation, Su Mo broke through from level 69 to level 70, and Bo Saixi presented him with a God-Given Soul Ring.

Su Mo condensed a second Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, awakened the Time-Space Domain, and advanced far up the Ascension Ladder, while Bibi Dong suggested that he and Ning Rongrong use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to clear her trial. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and the team worried about Tang San’s absence and debated whether Su Mo and Ning Rongrong would compete in the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

• Su Mo completed his God-Given Soul Ring absorption and formed a second Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his seventh soul ring.
• Su Mo discovered that his Time-Space Power had awakened the Time-Space Domain and climbed to the 250th step without outside assistance.
• Su Mo worried that Ning Rongrong might not reach the 136th step, but Bibi Dong reminded him that the two could complete the trial together using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San had not returned with only three months remaining before the Soul Master Competition, while Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar discussed their team’s prospects.
• Oscar warned that Shrek could struggle if Su Mo and Ning Rongrong competed, but Dai Mubai insisted that they could not have reached Soul Emperor before age twenty.

Ning Rongrong worried she could not finish her Top Level First Trial, but Su Mo revealed they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill together. After Ning Rongrong reached her limit on the Sea God's Light, their fusion carried her to the 136th step, where she completed the trial and received its rewards.

• Ning Rongrong fretted that she could not reach the 136th step before her deadline, and Su Mo reassured her that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could help her pass.
• Ning Rongrong supported Ye Lingling as she climbed the Sea God's Light and completed her Black Level First Trial at the 108th step.
• Ning Rongrong climbed to the 119th step before exhaustion stopped her, while Bo Saixi watched and hoped she would fail.
• Ning Rongrong fused with Su Mo, whose endurance let her continue climbing without feeling the Sea God's Light's pressure.
• Ning Rongrong reached the 136th step and completed her Top Level First Trial, gaining one soul power level and 500 years of age for each soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated as her Second Soul Ring became a Thousand Year Soul Ring and wondered whether her First Soul Ring could turn purple too.

Su Mo completed the first Sea God trial and used his teleportation ability to take Bo Saixi to the continent, then returned with her to Sea God Island. Meanwhile, Tang San escaped Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter's Domain and asked Tang Hao to take him to see Xiao Wu before returning to Shrek Academy.

• Ning Rongrong supported Su Mo as he climbed Sea God's Light, and Su Mo passed the First Trial, earning 5% Sea God Affinity.
• Su Mo told Bo Saixi he could teleport between Sea God Island and the continent, and Bo Saixi agreed to let him return for the Soul Master Competition while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling stayed behind.
• Su Mo teleported with Bo Saixi to Vast Sea City, where she sensed Tang Chen's direction, then he took her back to Sea God Island.
• Tang San emerged from Slaughter City after two years, having won a hundred consecutive victories and obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain; Tang Hao confirmed he was rank 58.
• Tang Hao agreed to take Tang San to see Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest before returning to Shrek Academy for the Soul Master Competition.

Tang San and Tang Hao learned that Su Mo had made Soul Tool Fusion and Soul Tool Refinement public, then searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Xiao Wu. Da Ming revealed that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself to keep the others from being implicated, leaving Tang San devastated and demanding to know what happened.

• Tang Hao questioned a team of soul masters using Soul Tool Fusion and learned that Su Mo had made it and Soul Tool Refinement public across the continent.
• Tang Hao told Tang San the Clear Sky Sect faced trouble, and Tang San reasoned that Su Mo had exposed the methods after Tang Hao attacked him.
• Tang Hao and Tang San found Mirror Lake deserted and discovered signs of a battle, so Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to search the forest.
• After half a month, Tang San located Er Ming beside another deep pool, and he and Tang Hao hurried there.
• Da Ming and Er Ming told Tang San that Xiao Wu was gone and had sacrificed herself to keep them from being implicated.
• Tang San erupted with Divine Slaughter's Domain and demanded that Da Ming explain what had happened.

Tang San learned that Xiao Wu had died after being forced to sacrifice herself and blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Su Mo, but Tang Hao restrained him and persuaded him to return to Shrek Academy for the Soul Master Competition. A week before the competition, Su Mo returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Ning Fengzhi and the others about the Sea God trials, while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling remained on Sea God Island.

• After Da Ming explained Xiao Wu's death, Tang San became furious and tried to attack Da Ming and Er Ming, but Tang Hao stopped him and took him away.
• Tang San wanted to confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang Hao warned him that he was not strong enough and needed to master the Divine Slaughter's Domain first.
• Tang San insisted on returning to Shrek Academy for the Soul Master Competition, hoping to find a chance to take revenge on Su Mo, and Tang Hao agreed on the condition that Tang San control himself.
• Yu Xiaogang welcomed Tang San back and learned that he had reached level 58, gained the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and heard that Su Mo might already be a Soul Emperor.
• Su Mo returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling were still completing their trials on Sea God Island.
• Su Mo explained that he, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling had received powerful Sea God trials, delighting Ning Fengzhi and the others.

Su Mo returned from Sea God Island as a Level 71 Soul Saint with two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and agreed to compete for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After surprising the academy team with his strength and teleportation skill, he visited Qian Renxue and told her he had obtained the Sea God's inheritance trial.

• Ning Fengzhi and the others learned that Ning Rongrong had reached Soul Emperor and that she and Ye Lingling would remain away for several years, while Su Mo revealed his two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Su Mo said he would try to win a second consecutive Soul Master Competition championship, then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The academy team welcomed Su Mo, who revealed he was a Level 71 Soul Saint; the team members abandoned their doubts and celebrated his return.
• Su Mo gave Teacher Mu Ge a Positioning Jade Token and demonstrated that his Self-Created Soul Skill could teleport him between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Mo went to see Qian Renxue, reassured her that he had obtained the Sea God's inheritance trial, and said he had returned to help Heaven Dou win another championship.

Su Mo returned to Sea God Island to prepare for the Soul Master Competition, while Shrek Team dominated the Heaven Dou qualifiers and Promotion Tournament. As the teams reached Spirit City, Dai Mubai and the others saw Zhu Zhuqing competing for Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong confirmed Su Mo’s strength to Qian Renxue, and Su Mo said he planned to enter the competition to stop Yu Xiaogang’s Shrek Team from winning.
• Su Mo returned to Sea God Island and began his Second Trial by breaking through the Ring Sea, where Xiao Bai challenged him.
• After learning the reason Su Mo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect revealed their Secret Technique, Bibi Dong decided the Soul Hunting Operation would not target the sect and considered how to keep Su Mo out of the competition.
• Shrek Team stunned the Heaven Dou division with four Soul Kings, and Yu Xiaogang and Flender learned that Su Mo had returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team without Ning Rongrong or Ye Lingling.
• Shrek Team won the qualifiers and Promotion Tournament, then traveled with the other teams to Spirit City, where Dai Mubai and the others saw Zhu Zhuqing among Spirit Hall Team.

At the Soul Master Competition, Zhu Zhuqing appeared with the Spirit Hall Team, and the crowd learned she had become a Soul King. Su Mo finally took the stage for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, but kept his Soul Rings hidden as Tang San watched him with murderous intent.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San spotted Zhu Zhuqing on the Spirit Hall Team, while Zhu Zhuqing felt no regret about leaving Shrek Academy.
• The competition began, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached Soul King level as the Spirit Hall Team won its first match.
• The Star Luo Team also won before the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team faced the Barak Team in the final match of the second round.
• Su Mo appeared with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, and Tang San restrained his Killing Intent after Liu Erlong noticed his agitation.
• Su Mo realized Tang San likely knew Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself for him and considered using the competition to kill Tang San, while Tang San planned to use a Hidden Weapon against Su Mo.
• Su Mo summoned his Soul Hunting Spear but withheld his Soul Rings, disappointing the crowd as Hu Liena told Zhu Zhuqing to guess his Soul Power Level.

Su Mo reunited with Hu Liena, who revealed that her evolved Nine-Tailed Fox had helped her reach level 64, and he told her about the Sea God's Inheritance. The Soul Master Competition reached the top three, where the Shrek Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team advanced through the Individual Competition; the Spirit Hall Team was reduced to Zhu Zhuqing, who faced Dai Mubai.

• Hu Liena reunited with Su Mo, embraced him, and spent the night with him at the Couples Hotel.
• Hu Liena told Su Mo she had reached level 64 after her martial soul evolved into the Nine-Tailed Fox, and Su Mo shared how he obtained the Sea God's Inheritance.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, Shrek Team, and Spirit Hall Team became the competition's top three, while spectators favored Shrek as the strongest.
• The three teams began the Individual Competition, and Ma Hongjun defeated successive opponents until only Su Mo and Zhu Zhuqing remained for their respective teams.
• Dai Mubai replaced the exhausted Ma Hongjun and faced Zhu Zhuqing, taunting her not to surrender too quickly.

Su Mo faced Zhu Zhuqing in the tournament after Dai Mubai was forced to leave the arena. He revealed that he was a Soul Saint with two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, but Zhu Zhuqing chose to keep fighting, and Su Mo prepared to defeat her with his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Dai Mubai challenged Zhu Zhuqing before his turn, but the host and Yu Xiaogang made him leave the arena.
• Su Mo entered the match, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked him for helping her escape her clan’s fate before asking to fight him seriously.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Su Mo with her shadow clones and soul skills, forcing him to admit that she had improved and to reveal his soul rings.
• Su Mo’s seven soul rings stunned the spectators and Shrek Team, revealing that he was a Soul Saint with two hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Despite realizing how outmatched she was, Zhu Zhuqing continued the fight, and Su Mo activated his Soul Hunting Spear Avatar.

Su Mo defeated Zhu Zhuqing and then badly injured Dai Mubai, revealing his strength and Teleport Spirit Bone skill during the Shrek match. Tang San entered the arena afterward, his hatred of Su Mo intensifying over Xiao Wu’s sacrifice.

• Su Mo struck Zhu Zhuqing out of the arena, and the host declared her defeated and called for Shrek Team’s next fighter.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai to test Su Mo’s abilities, and Yu Xiaogang eventually agreed despite initially wanting Shrek to conserve its strength.
• Su Mo taunted Dai Mubai about his lost crown prince position and his role in Zhu Zhuqing leaving him, provoking Dai Mubai into attacking with his Fifth Soul Skill.
• Su Mo used Teleport to evade Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower, then pierced Dai Mubai’s wrist and shoulder with Overlord Strike.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded the match, and Flender and Zhao Wuji carried the injured Dai Mubai away while Oscar and Ma Hongjun criticized Su Mo.
• Tang San brooded over Su Mo’s role in Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, then stepped onto the arena.