Chapter Summaries

Mu Ge resumed teasing Liu Erlong at the final match of the Soul Master Competition, while commentating on the championship battle between the Star Luo Team and the Spirit Hall Team. The Spirit Hall Team won the tournament, and Qian Xunji announced that Spirit Hall had an important matter to reveal.

• Mu Ge stayed away for two days, leaving Liu Erlong feeling unsettled, then returned and explained his absence before commentating beside her.
• Mu Ge predicted that the Spirit Hall Team would defeat the Star Luo Team, whose fierce opening attack failed to overcome its opponents.
• The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Star Luo Team, and the host declared them champions of the competition.
• Qian Xunji presented the Spirit Hall Team with its rewards and announced that Spirit Hall had an important matter to share.

Qian Xunji appointed Mu Ge an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall and revealed that Mu Ge had written the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual, which Spirit Hall planned to publish for all Soul Masters. After reading the manual, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were astonished by its value and Spirit Hall’s decision to make it public.

• Qian Xunji summoned Mu Ge and appointed him an Honorary Elder, presenting him with a token before the gathered academies and factions.
• Mu Ge accepted the title, understanding that it was a reward for writing the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual.
• Qian Xunji announced that Spirit Hall would distribute the manual publicly and ordered copies given to everyone present.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo skimmed the manual and were shocked by its contents and Spirit Hall’s choice to release it.

Spirit Hall’s public Soul Master's Cultivation Manual astonished the gathered Soul Masters, and Ah Yin praised its advice against indiscriminate soul-beast hunting. As she suddenly became nauseated, her concealed soul-beast aura leaked, drawing Sword Douluo and Qian Xunji’s attention.

• Soul Masters, including Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, reacted with shock to Spirit Hall making the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual public, while Liu Erlong recognized Mu Ge as its author.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao discussed the book’s value and the knowledge it revealed about the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao privately reflected on Tang Hao’s inheritance of the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Ah Yin praised the manual’s warning against slaughtering soul beasts, and Tang Hao promised that the Clear Sky Sect would hunt them only when necessary to obtain soul rings.
• Ah Yin became nauseated, unintentionally let her hidden soul-beast aura escape, and drew the attention of Sword Douluo and Qian Xunji.

Qian Xunji ordered the capture of Tang Hao’s wife after her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast identity was exposed, provoking the Clear Sky Sect brothers and shocking the tournament’s attendees. Ning Fengzhi held back after Sword Douluo explained the reason, while Mu Ge watched to see whether the Blue Silver Emperor would escape.

• The Blue Silver Emperor’s soul beast aura leaked when she became nauseated, and Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall guards to surround her, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao shielded the Blue Silver Emperor and angrily demanded that Qian Xunji explain his actions.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that the Blue Silver Emperor was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to watch rather than intervene.
• Mu Ge realized the Blue Silver Emperor had been exposed and criticized Qian Xunji for acting without a plan, but chose not to help either side.
• Qian Xunji announced the Blue Silver Emperor’s identity, prompting shock and greed among the onlookers, some of whom speculated that Tang Hao had married her to claim her spirit ring and spirit bone.

After the Blue Silver Emperor’s morning sickness exposed her soul beast identity, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao vowed to protect her, bringing the Clear Sky Sect into conflict with Spirit Hall. Although the Blue Silver Emperor and the brothers pleaded for mercy and gained some support, Qian Xunji remained determined to capture her.

• The Blue Silver Emperor explained that her morning sickness had caused her soul beast aura to leak out and reveal her identity.
• Tang Hao declared that he would protect his wife, while Tang Xiao warned Qian Xunji that capturing her would make Spirit Hall an enemy of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji refused to back down, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao unleashed their martial souls as the Blue Silver Emperor pleaded with him to spare her.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao vouched for the Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang Hao swore that she would never voluntarily harm a human.
• Ning Fengzhi and several others spoke in support of sparing the Blue Silver Emperor, but Qian Xunji insisted that Spirit Hall would capture her because she was a soul beast.

Qian Xunji demanded that Tang Hao and Tang Xiao hand over the Blue Silver Emperor, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo declined to intervene. Mu Ge persuaded Liu Erlong that Spirit Hall was justified in treating the Blue Silver Emperor as a threat, and Liu Erlong stopped pitying her.

• Qian Xunji gave Tang Hao and Tang Xiao the time it took one incense stick to burn to surrender the Blue Silver Emperor or face Spirit Hall seizing her.
• Tang Xiao restrained Tang Hao and considered asking Ning Fengzhi for help, but Sword Douluo warned that they could not defeat Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi refused to intervene.
• Liu Erlong quietly called Qian Xunji heartless, and Mu Ge argued that soul masters were not wrong to hunt soul beasts.
• Mu Ge questioned whether the Blue Silver Emperor might hate humans or pose a danger as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Liu Erlong accepted his reasoning.
• Liu Erlong looked at the Blue Silver Emperor without pity, deciding that she was not worth pitying whether she had been pretending or had betrayed her own kind.

Tang Xiao claimed the Clear Sky Sect had planned to keep the Blue Silver Emperor until Tang Hao became a Titled Douluo, then ordered Tang Hao to restrain her. He refused to hand her over to Qian Xunji and warned that Spirit Hall would face the Clear Sky Sect if it tried to take her.

• Mu Ge told Liu Erlong that the Clear Sky Sect would refuse to hand over the Blue Silver Emperor to protect its reputation.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor to trust him and cooperate so they could leave Spirit Hall.
• When Qian Xunji demanded the Clear Sky Sect's decision, Tang Xiao claimed the sect had long known the Blue Silver Emperor's identity and planned to keep her for Tang Hao's future soul ring and soul bone.
• Tang Xiao ordered Tang Hao to seize the Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang Hao restrained her as she accused the brothers of betraying her.
• Tang Xiao refused to surrender the Blue Silver Emperor and warned Qian Xunji that the Clear Sky Sect would not tolerate Spirit Hall trying to take her.

After Tang Xiao claimed the Blue Silver Emperor as the Clear Sky Sect’s prey, Qian Xunji backed down to preserve Spirit Hall’s standing. Tang Xiao and Tang Hao left with the Blue Silver Emperor under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection, while Mu Ge tried to persuade Liu Erlong to stay.

• Tang Xiao declared that the Blue Silver Emperor belonged to the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Fengzhi and the gathered Soul Masters supported his claim.
• Qian Xunji decided not to seize the Blue Silver Emperor and ordered Spirit Hall’s guards to withdraw.
• Tang Xiao stopped Tang Long from questioning them and urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect with him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo offered to travel with the brothers, and Tang Xiao accepted their help despite his suspicions.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao departed with the Blue Silver Emperor alongside Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, while the other attendees left to study Mu Ge’s Soul Master's Cultivation Manual.
• Mu Ge saw that Liu Erlong was preparing to leave and invited her to stay so he could explain the manual to her.

After Liu Erlong rejected Mu Ge’s request to stay, she left Spirit City with the Blue Tyrant Academy team, while Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Xunji not to target the Clear Sky Sect. Mu Ge set aside his disappointment, improved his Body Tempering Cultivation Method through a simulation, and began considering whether to leave Spirit Hall.

• Liu Erlong rejected Mu Ge’s request to stay and led the Blue Tyrant Academy team out of Spirit City, though she felt troubled after he left without hesitation.
• Qian Xunji asked Qian Daoliu whether Spirit Hall should seize the Blue Silver Emperor, but Qian Daoliu forbade action against the Clear Sky Sect and prioritized spreading the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual.
• Mu Ge told Qian Renxue to focus on cultivation, returned to his residence, and cultivated before starting another life simulation.
• Mu Ge’s simulation improved the Body Tempering Cultivation Method’s effect by 20%, making it a comfortable replacement for his former physical training routine.
• Mu Ge concluded that Spirit Hall could no longer help him much and considered leaving it.

Mu Ge gained Qian Xunji’s permission to leave Spirit City while remaining an Honorary Elder, agreeing to promote the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual as he traveled. On the day he departed, Spirit Hall began selling the manual publicly across the continent, and soul masters were quickly impressed by its contents.

• Mu Ge explained to Qian Xunji that he wanted to travel around Douluo Continent, not leave Spirit Hall, and Qian Xunji agreed after asking him to help promote the manual.
• Qian Xunji refused to let Mu Ge take the young Qian Renxue out to train, and Mu Ge said he would leave after telling her goodbye.
• On the day Mu Ge left Spirit City, Spirit Hall branches across Douluo Continent began openly selling the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual for one Gold Soul Coin per copy.
• Spirit Hall members praised the manual to passersby, and soul masters began buying copies.
• The first buyers were astonished by the manual’s contents and praised Spirit Hall for making it public, prompting more soul masters to rush to buy it.

Spirit Hall’s public release of Hu Ge’s Soul Master's Cultivation Manual won widespread praise, while Liu Erlong recognized how thoroughly it surpassed Yu Xiaogang’s theories. After Yu Xiaogang heard students mocking him over the manual, he bought a copy and began reading it, visibly shocked by what he found.

• Soul masters praised Spirit Hall for publishing the manual and hailed Hu Ge as a brilliant master.
• Liu Erlong carefully read the manual and realized it exposed flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong thought about Mu Ge and worried that he would never approach her again.
• Notting Academy students mocked Yu Xiaogang and compared his theories unfavorably with Hu Ge’s manual.
• Yu Xiaogang learned about the manual, bought a copy, and began reading it with a critical eye.
• Yu Xiaogang’s expression changed and his eyes widened as he read the manual.

Yu Xiaogang read Mu Ge’s Soul Master's Cultivation Manual and was devastated by how thoroughly it surpassed his own theories, so he left Notting Academy. After Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo departed the Clear Sky Sect, its clan master ordered the Blue Silver Emperor seized, and Tang Hao stood in her defense.

• Yu Xiaogang read the Soul Master's Cultivation Manual, admired Hu Ge, and realized his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul had been outclassed.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Notting Academy, packed his belongings, and left without saying goodbye.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo bade farewell to the Clear Sky Douluo after escorting Tang Hao’s group to the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo how the Clear Sky Sect would handle the Blue Silver Emperor, and Sword Douluo said the sect would not tolerate her.
• The Clear Sky Clan Master ordered the Blue Silver Emperor seized, while Tang Hao shielded her and objected.
• The Clear Sky elders urged Tang Hao to imprison the Blue Silver Emperor and eventually claim her 100,000 Year Spirit Ring, leaving her frightened.

Tang Hao defied the Clear Sky Clan Master and elders to protect his wife, Ah Yin, and said he would abandon his place as the sect master’s heir rather than leave her. After his father collapsed from rage, Tang Hao decided to take Ah Yin and their unborn child away from the sect.

• Tang Hao told his father and the elders that he would never allow them to hurt Ah Yin, even if it meant giving up his future as sect master.
• The Clear Sky Clan Master ordered the disciples to seize Ah Yin, so Tang Hao unleashed his martial soul and Divine Slaughter's Domain to stop them.
• The Clear Sky Clan Master vomited blood and fainted, and Tang Hao’s power dissipated as the hall fell into chaos.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao he would leave the Clear Sky Sect with Ah Yin and their unborn child because the sect would never accept her.
• Tang Hao stopped Tang Xiao from objecting by reminding him that he was also Ah Yin’s big brother and asking whether he wanted anything to happen to her.

Tang Hao left the Clear Sky Sect with Ah Yin to protect her and their unborn child, while the clan leader ordered the escape kept secret. Meanwhile, Mu Ge visited a Spirit Hall branch and revealed himself as the author of Soul Master's Cultivation Manual, thrilling the people there.

• Tang Xiao accepted Tang Hao's decision to leave with Ah Yin and warned him to go before their father woke up.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin escaped the Clear Sky Sect while Tang Xiao covered for them.
• After learning they had fled, the Clear Sky Clan Leader vomited blood and ordered the clan to conceal Tang Hao's actions from outsiders.
• Mu Ge decided to promote Soul Master's Cultivation Manual despite its existing popularity and went to a town's Spirit Hall branch.
• Mu Ge showed his Honorary Elder token, identified himself as Hu Ge, and received an excited welcome from Spirit Hall staff and book buyers.

Mu Ge traveled from town to town as Master Hu Ge, building his reputation and raising his Soul Power Level to 57 while keeping an eye on Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor. News then broke that Tang Hao had fled the Clear Sky Sect with his Soul Beast wife, and Spirit Hall announced a continent-wide search for them.

• Mu Ge gave lectures at Soul Master Academies and cultivated, reaching Soul Power Level 57 after two months.
• Mu Ge wondered whether Qian Xunji had stopped hunting the Blue Silver Emperor, but decided to focus on building his reputation and reaching Level 60.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple revealed that Tang Hao had left the sect with his Soul Beast wife after refusing to let the sect master capture her.
• Soul Masters condemned Tang Hao and called for his Soul Beast wife to be killed, with some seeking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Spirit Hall denounced Tang Hao, declared it would eliminate the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and offered rewards for information about the pair.

After Tang Hao left the Clear Sky Sect with the Blue Silver Emperor, Spirit Hall and other factions sought the soul beast, while Tang Hao’s allies and family worried about his safety. The Clear Sky Sect faced internal division over whether to expel or hand him over, and the Clear Sky Clan Master went to confront the dissenters.

• Ning Fengzhi decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stay out of Tang Hao’s predicament, while the Elephant Armor Sect and other factions chose to observe Spirit Hall’s actions.
• The heads of the Four Single Attribute Families agreed that Bai He and the Speed Clan would search for Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Clear Sky Clan Master refused to retrieve Tang Hao or acknowledge the Blue Silver Emperor, fearing Spirit Hall would destroy the weakened sect.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua urged the Clear Sky Clan Master not to abandon Tang Hao, but a disciple reported that the Seventh Elder’s supporters wanted him expelled or handed over to Spirit Hall.
• The Clear Sky Clan Master headed to the main hall with Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua to stop the sect from expelling Tang Hao.

Clear Sky Sect's Clan Master died after the elders and disciples argued over whether to expel Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao succeeded him. Tang Hao learned of his father's death but stayed away to protect Blue Silver Emperor and their child, while Mu Ge chose to keep his distance and continued building his reputation.

• Seventh Elder and several elders demanded that Tang Hao be expelled, and the Great Hall erupted into a quarrel between the opposing factions.
• Clear Sky Clan Master collapsed and died in the Great Hall; days later, Tang Xiao became the new Clear Sky Clan Leader.
• Clear Sky Sect concealed the Clan Master's death by blaming his old injuries, and news of his passing intensified the search for Tang Hao and Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Hao grieved his father's death but refused to return for the funeral, and he comforted Blue Silver Emperor by promising to protect her and their child.
• Mu Ge decided not to help either Tang Hao's family or Spirit Hall, then resumed giving lectures as Master Hu Ge.

Spirit Hall tracked Tang Hao and the pregnant Ah Yin to Black Tiger City, where they rested until Ah Yin’s morning sickness eased. As they tried to break out, Mu Ge arrived and learned who was in the city, then witnessed Tang Hao reveal himself at the gate.

• Spirit Hall members followed traces of Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer to Black Tiger City and called for reinforcements to surround him.
• Ah Yin sensed Spirit Hall’s forces closing in, and Tang Hao took her to a doctor before they hid and rested for two days.
• After Ah Yin’s condition improved, she urged Tang Hao to leave before Titled Douluo arrived, and he agreed to force their way through the city gate.
• Mu Ge arrived at Black Tiger City, identified himself as Spirit Hall’s honorary elder, and learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin were believed to be inside.
• Gate guards stopped two suspicious figures as they tried to leave, and Tang Hao blasted the guards aside before Spirit Hall members attacked him.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer as more than twenty Soul Kings and a Soul Douluo charged at him.

Tang Hao overwhelmed the Spirit Hall forces blocking his way with the Clear Sky Hammer and the Clear Sky Nine Wonders. After defeating them, he turned his attention to Mu Ge.

• Tang Hao used Soaring Sky Strike to shatter the Spirit Hall Soul Douluo's shield and the Soul Kings' combined defenses.
• The Soul Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Spirit Skill, but Tang Hao broke the attack with Quake Word Incantation.
• Tang Hao unleashed Collapse Word Incantation and struck down the Soul Douluo and the Spirit Hall Soul Kings.
• Mu Ge watched the fight and compared Tang Hao's techniques with his own abilities.
• Tang Hao fixed a cold, terrifying gaze on Mu Ge.

Mu Ge fled from Tang Hao but was captured and forced to follow him and the Blue Silver Emperor as a hostage. Spirit Hall pursued them using Snoopy’s scent-tracking skills, and the Blue Silver Emperor discovered that their pursuers were already close.

• Mu Ge tried to escape, but Tang Hao blocked his way with the Clear Sky Hammer and ordered him to come along as a hostage.
• Mu Ge agreed to follow Tang Hao, who carried the Blue Silver Emperor away while Mu Ge ran after them.
• Bishop Kabis arrived with Spirit Hall reinforcements and had Snoopy use his scent-catching and tracking skills to pursue Tang Hao’s group.
• Tang Hao stopped so the Blue Silver Emperor could use her domain to check for pursuers.
• The Blue Silver Emperor told Tang Hao and Mu Ge that Spirit Hall had kept tracking them and was already very close.