Chapter Summaries

Su Wen’s upgraded Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning rejected the Shrek group when they tried to enter a branch, exposing them as would-be thieves and leaving them unwelcome. Su Wen then arrived in Blazing Fire City to open its branch, where Huo Tianyang eagerly welcomed him.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to receive a Soul Seal at the Suotuo City branch, but his Book Page displayed “Go eat farts” instead of granting him entry.
• The branch’s guide and nearby soul masters condemned the Shrek group, and Yu Xiaogang restrained Flender and Liu Erlong before they left under hostile stares.
• Su Wen learned that Shrek had tried to steal Cultivation Methods and explained that he had upgraded the system to block the Shrek Seven Devils, the Golden Triangle, and Clear Sky Sect descendants.
• Huo Tianyang welcomed Su Wen to Blazing Fire City and told him that local soul masters were eager for the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning to open.
• Su Wen told Huo Tianyang that he understood the urgency but was exhausted after spending three months opening branches.

Su Wen opened the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning at Blazing Fire City Academy and gave Huo Tianyang soul-skill pages for Wushuang and Huo Wu. He proposed merging every academy’s Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning into a single continent-wide space and asked Huo Tianyang to oversee it, leaving Huo Tianyang feeling pressure to cultivate harder.

• Su Wen opened the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning at Blazing Fire City Academy and formed a Soul Imprint Tome for the gathered Soul Masters.
• Huo Tianyang noticed Su Wen’s spirit was exhausted, and Su Wen explained that he was constantly controlling the Mountains of Books and Seas of Learning at dozens of academies.
• Su Wen gave Huo Tianyang Myriad Laws Tome pages containing Blazing Sun’s four basic soul skills for Wushuang and Huo Wu to study.
• Su Wen invited Huo Tianyang to serve as an academy elder and later oversee the academy’s Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning.
• Su Wen proposed fusing all the academies’ Mountain of Books and Seas of Learning into one shared space connecting the continent.
• Huo Tianyang realized the responsibility Su Wen intended for him and felt a renewed urgency to cultivate.

Su Wen finished establishing the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning across the Heaven Dou Empire, but maintaining them placed heavy pressure on his Visualization World. He prepared to travel to the Star Luo Empire and asked Ning Fengzhi about contacting the Great Soul Arena.

• Huo Tianyang believed Su Wen’s Cultivation Methods could help him overcome his bottleneck and reach Titled Douluo before his body weakened.
• Three months after Blazing Fire City, Su Wen completed the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning in every major Heaven Dou Empire city and had advanced to rank sixty-four.
• Su Wen determined that the strain of maintaining the projected Mountains of Books and Seas of Learning prevented him from using his Visualization World to condense Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi told Su Wen that the Star Luo Royal Family was pressing for the project and that its cities would make the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning easier to arrange.
• Su Wen planned to leave for the Star Luo Empire in a few days and asked Ning Fengzhi whether he had contacted the Great Soul Arena.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed the contact and explained that the Great Soul Arena operated independently while maintaining a mutually restrained relationship with the major forces.

Su Wen proposed that the Great Soul Arena invest in a virtual battle arena within the Academy’s Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning, demonstrating its capabilities to Zhang Tianlei. After Ning Fengzhi accepted Su Wen’s assurances that he had no plans to seize power, Su Wen returned to the Academy and learned Lin Dong was close to reaching rank eight.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Su Wen to meet Zhang Tianlei, who asked what he wanted from the Great Soul Arena.
• Su Wen demonstrated a virtual Martial Arts Arena where Zhang Tianlei could fight with his martial soul and limited Soul Power.
• Su Wen invited the Great Soul Arena to invest in and manage a battle arena inside the Academy’s Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning, but Zhang Tianlei said he needed approval from his superiors.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Su Wen against overreaching, and Su Wen said he had no interest in unifying the continent or establishing his own force.
• Su Wen returned to the Academy and learned that Lin Dong was in seclusion, preparing to break through to rank eight.

Su Wen advised the students at Supervisory Peak on using the Myriad Laws Tome and encouraged them to develop the Soul Master World’s cultivation methods further. Lin Dong broke through to Rank 8, and Su Wen urged him to keep training toward absorbing a Thousand Year First Soul Ring.

• Su Wen told the students they could apply for Myriad Laws Tomes and explained when they should use them to avoid delaying their cultivation.
• Su Wen described how he developed his Cultivation Methods with the help of earlier scholars’ work and encouraged the students to build on them.
• Su Wen praised Zhou Yuan’s Light Dragon Martial Soul and told him he had general Soul Skills suitable for Dragon Martial Souls.
• Lin Dong broke through to Rank 8 after three hours, then credited Su Wen’s Cultivation Method for his progress.
• Su Wen assessed Lin Dong’s Body Tempering Method, estimated that he could withstand a Five-Hundred-Year Soul Ring, and urged him to keep cultivating the Soul Ascension Method and Soul Fusion Skill.

Su Wen taught students at Enforcement Peak, then left for the Star Luo Empire with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe to open the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning. As they approached the border, Ning Fengzhi warned him of threats from the Clear Sky Sect and other forces, while Bibi Dong chose to focus Spirit Hall on the Clear Sky Sect rather than attack Su Wen.

• Su Wen gave Ye Luo Chen the Soul Ascension Method and urged him to obtain his Second Soul Ring soon.
• Su Wen taught the students at Enforcement Peak before leaving the Academy with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Su Wen that the Clear Sky Sect had returned with six Titled Douluo and was claiming the Soul Bone Su Wen held.
• Ning Fengzhi cautioned Su Wen that the Clear Sky Sect might attack him during the journey and that Heaven Dou could not be fully trusted.
• Bibi Dong declined to order an attack on Su Wen and said Spirit Hall's main target was the Clear Sky Sect.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu prepared Spirit Hall to exploit an attack on Su Wen by the Clear Sky Sect, while Su Wen trusted in his strength and the protection around him. As 'Xue Qinghe' reassured Su Wen that the Heaven Dou imperial family had suppressed opposition to him, a sharp pain struck between his brows.

• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall would not interfere if another force attacked Su Wen, planning to use the attack as grounds to act against the Clear Sky Sect or take control of the Academy.
• Su Wen told Ning Fengzhi that his abilities, Bone Douluo, and Qian Renxue's likely escort made him confident he could survive an attack short of one by a Peerless Douluo.
• Bibi Dong visited Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall and asked him to kill at least two people, with more deaths preferred.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the Worship Hall elders to carry out the mission against the Clear Sky Sect without fearing Tang Chen's retaliation.
• 'Xue Qinghe' told Su Wen and Ning Fengzhi that the emperor had suppressed voices opposing Su Wen, and Su Wen said he trusted her.
• A sharp pain suddenly struck between Su Wen's brows.

Su Wen and his allies were ambushed by Tang Xiao, the Haotian Sect Seventh Elder, and several other Soul Masters, who demanded that Su Wen return the Sect’s Soul Bone and die. After revealing his new Soul Emperor strength, Su Wen declared that the Haotian Sect could be erased, hinting that its destruction mattered to someone in particular.

• Xiao Zhan killed a Soul Master who attacked from the air, and Su Wen challenged the hidden attackers to reveal themselves.
• Tang Xiao and the Haotian Sect Seventh Elder emerged with three Soul Saints and two Soul Douluo, while Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi refused to abandon Su Wen.
• The Seventh Elder demanded Su Wen return the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Bone and take his own life, and threatened Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi if they intervened.
• Su Wen revealed six Soul Rings and his Soul Emperor rank, alarming Tang Xiao and the others.
• Su Wen declared that the Clear Sky Sect could be destroyed, then suggested the attackers did not understand what its destruction meant to a certain person.

Su Wen watched Spirit Hall’s growing conflict with the Clear Sky Sect and suspected Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God trial influenced her plans to destroy sects. When the Haotian Sect’s Seventh Elder attacked, Su Wen sent Xiao Zhan to face him, and Xiao Zhan demonstrated his Titled Douluo-level strength.

• Su Wen monitored Spirit Hall and concluded that it appeared to be targeting the Clear Sky Sect instead of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Su Wen theorized that Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God trial might be driving her toward war and sect destruction.
• The Haotian Sect’s Seventh Elder charged at Su Wen with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Su Wen assigned him to Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan entered his Fire Devil Form and fused his eight soul rings into his martial soul.
• Xiao Zhan struck the Seventh Elder back in their first clash and declared that the Clear Sky Hammer and Haotian Sect were nothing special.

Xiao Zhan fought the Seventh Elder head-on as the elder unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer skills and built up the power of Chaotic Cloak. Tang Xiao charged toward Su Wen and the others, but Gu Rong intercepted him, while Ning Fengzhi's amplification strengthened both Gu Rong and Xiao Zhan; the Seventh Elder then raised his merged hammer for a powerful strike.

• The Seventh Elder activated Haotian True Body and clashed with Xiao Zhan, who fought back with his Fire Devil True Body and close-range attacks.
• The Seventh Elder used Hammer Soul Control and Martial Soul Avatar to attack Xiao Zhan with two flying Clear Sky Hammers, then drove him back with Dual Hammer Style and Chaotic Cloak.
• Xiao Zhan endured the growing force of the Seventh Elder's stacked hammer strikes, gaining bursts of strength from emerald-green flames and continuing to fight head-on.
• Tang Xiao left the others behind and charged toward Su Wen, but Gu Rong intercepted him while Ning Fengzhi empowered Gu Rong with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi's amplification also strengthened Xiao Zhan, who briefly suppressed the Seventh Elder before the elder's Chaotic Cloak caught up and reached eighty strikes.
• The Seventh Elder merged his two Clear Sky Hammers into one enormous weapon and gathered his strength for a devastating blow.

Xiao Zhan unleashed his self-created Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus and defeated the Seventh Elder's eighty-one-hammer strike, while the battle around Su Wen escalated as hidden enemies emerged. Su Wen remained calm as a mysterious figure arrived through space and embraced him.

• Xiao Zhan launched Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus against the Seventh Elder's eighty-one-hammer attack, and the explosion heavily injured the Seventh Elder while damaging Xiao Zhan's Fire Devil True Body.
• Qian Renxue admired Xiao Zhan's strength, while Su Wen reflected that Xiao Zhan could become even stronger after forming two Soul Cores.
• Tang Xiao called for hidden allies, and another Soul Douluo attacked Su Wen as Meng Shenji tried to stop him with mental Soul Skills.
• Three more Soul Saints and over a dozen Soul Emperors emerged, prompting Qian Renxue to watch for Su Wen's response while keeping her Guardian Supporter in reserve.
• A figure traveled through space, appeared before Su Wen, and threw itself into his embrace as brilliant light erupted around them.

Su Wen used his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ning Rongrong to create five powerful External Avatars and turn the battle against the assassins. As Tang Xiao and the remaining attackers began to retreat, Tang Xiao unleashed the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer.

• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, amplifying Su Wen and expanding the World in the Book around him.
• Su Wen created five External Avatars using top-quality Soul Bones, including two Clear Sky Sect Inheritance Soul Bones.
• Su Wen’s External Avatars overwhelmed the Soul Saints and Soul Emperors, while one Avatar held back the frenzied Soul Douluo until Meng Shenji joined the fight.
• Seeing the assassination operation fail, Tang Xiao and the other attackers began considering retreat.
• Tang Xiao exploded four of his Soul Rings and used the Great Sumeru Hammer, invoking the Haotian Nine Absolutes.

Su Wen unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ning Rongrong, overwhelming the attackers with his World in the Book and its illusions. Tang Xiao watched his allies fall and realized that even detonating all his Soul Rings might not save them.

• Tang Xiao detonated four Soul Rings and charged toward the Seventh Elder after Bone Douluo Gu Rong knocked him back.
• Su Wen used Heaven Splitting Seal and spread his Book Pages and illusion domain across the battlefield, disrupting the attackers.
• Su Wen’s Heaven Splitting Seal grievously wounded the Seventh Elder and another Soul Douluo, and Silver Wind Blades killed the Seventh Elder.
• Su Wen’s External Avatars and Meng Shenji killed the other Soul Douluo, while the attackers’ Soul Emperors and Soul Saints were also eliminated.
• Tang Xiao detonated more Soul Rings and attacked Bone Douluo, but despaired as Su Wen’s forces continued to kill the remaining attackers.

Su Wen defeated the Clear Sky Sect ambush and prepared to kill Tang Xiao, who asked why Su Wen had killed Tang Chen before renewing his resolve to avenge him. Void Douluo appeared to protect Tang Xiao, but Su Wen refused to let any of the attackers leave alive.

• Su Wen killed the last three Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints while Bone Douluo kept Tang Xiao from escaping.
• Tang Xiao asked Su Wen why he had killed Tang Chen, and Su Wen answered that he sought revenge for his murdered parents and family.
• Tang Xiao renewed his killing intent and seemed close to a breakthrough, but Su Wen stopped his Soul Power from advancing.
• Void Douluo emerged using Spatial Power and declared that he would protect Tang Xiao because he owed Tang Chen a favor.
• Su Wen refused Void Douluo's demand to let Tang Xiao go and warned that everyone who had attacked him would die.

Su Wen confronted Void Douluo, whose divine connection made him wary of opposing the Academy. Void Douluo offered to spare Tang Xiao in exchange for three favors, but Su Wen refused and proposed sparing Tang San instead, leaving Tang Xiao uncertain and Su Wen eager to learn more about a divine inheritance.

• Su Wen questioned whether Void Douluo's divine patron would object to his involvement in the Clear Sky Sect's grudge, while Ning Fengzhi asked Su Wen about the hidden powerhouse.
• Void Douluo warned Su Wen against arrogance, but grew alarmed when Su Wen threatened to make him an enemy of the entire Academy.
• Void Douluo admitted he owed Tang Chen a favor and offered to do three things for Su Wen if he let Tang Xiao go.
• Su Wen refused to release Tang Xiao but offered to spare Tang San as Tang Chen's more orthodox descendant.
• Tang Xiao dismissed Su Wen's offer as an excuse, but realized Void Douluo was reluctant to help him.
• Su Wen considered whether he could persuade Void Douluo to give him a trial for a divine inheritance.

Su Wen fought off Tang Xiao’s final assault while Void Douluo watched, and the assassination team was wiped out. After Tang Xiao died, Su Wen asked Void Douluo to talk.

• Tang Xiao asked Void Douluo to protect Tang San for Tang Chen’s sake, and Void Douluo agreed.
• Tang Xiao detonated his Soul Rings and attacked Su Wen, while Gu Rong intercepted the force aimed at Ning Fengzhi.
• Su Wen used the World in the Book to distort space and redirect Tang Xiao’s attacks, then blocked his hammer with the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he shared with Ning Rongrong.
• Tang Xiao shattered part of Su Wen’s spatial domain and unleashed his full strength, but Su Wen shifted space so the final blow struck a distant mountaintop.
• Tang Xiao collapsed and died, leaving the assassination team defeated, and Su Wen asked Void Douluo to talk.

Su Wen discussed his plans for creating his own Divine Position with Void Douluo, who revealed that the Sea God had spent 1,001 years becoming a god. Their conversation ended with Su Wen questioning the reported lifespan of Titled Douluo.

• Su Wen decided not to pursue the Clear Sky Sect or Tang San for the time being, though he would retaliate if they continued to oppose him.
• Su Wen met privately with Void Douluo, who said Su Wen’s self-created path to godhood was difficult and urged him to seek an existing Divine Position inheritance.
• Su Wen said he would keep pursuing his own Divine Position but wanted to communicate with gods without accepting a time-limited divine trial.
• Void Douluo said the Sea God had spent 1,001 years gaining faith across the ocean before becoming a god.
• Void Douluo explained that Titled Douluo could theoretically live for centuries, and Su Wen questioned whether their lifespans were truly that long.

Su Wen questioned Void Douluo about Titled Douluo lifespans, then gained permission to attempt the Space God's assessment. After Void Douluo left, Su Wen developed a preliminary theory linking lifespan and difficult high-rank cultivation to Martial Soul compatibility and transformation.

• Void Douluo explained that secluded Titled Douluo lived longer by cultivating in a way that brought them closer to their Martial Souls, while worldly cultivation offered more inspiration.
• Su Wen asked whether he could attempt the Space God's assessment, and Void Douluo agreed to an ordinary assessment after Su Wen handled his affairs on the continent.
• Void Douluo left Su Wen a silver-white small sword imbued with spatial power before departing.
• Su Wen reconsidered Titled Douluo lifespans and proposed that Martial Soul fusion, compatibility, and transformation could affect longevity.
• Su Wen connected the difficulty of breakthroughs after rank ninety-five to the growing importance of Martial Soul compatibility and planned to organize and test his theories.

Spirit Hall launched a large-scale assault on Clear Sky Sect, using Su Wen’s attempted assassination as justification. The sect’s four remaining elders faced Bibi Dong’s forces as Qian Daoliu and two powerful Worships arrived, and the attack began.

• Spirit Hall surrounded Clear Sky Sect and the nearby mountain village, then killed the village’s soul masters.
• Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo confronted Clear Sky Sect’s four elders, claiming they had come to seek justice for Su Wen.
• Qian Daoliu appeared on a nearby peak, alarming the elders because his presence threatened the old agreement between him and Tang Chen.
• Cyan Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo arrived as Spirit Hall reinforcements, leaving Clear Sky Sect’s elders badly outmatched.
• Bibi Dong ordered the assault, and the four Spirit Hall Douluo advanced toward the sect’s gate as the elders summoned their Clear Sky Hammers.

Clear Sky Sect’s four elders were overwhelmed as Spirit Hall’s Douluo broke through their defenses, leaving the sect in imminent danger. Outside Suotuo City, Tang San finished correcting his Mysterious Heaven Skill and opened his eyes with renewed confidence.

• The four Clear Sky Sect elders linked their hammers to block Cyan Luan Douluo while Ghost Douluo attacked Second Elder from the mist.
• Mighty Lion Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo disrupted the elders’ Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer attacks, preventing them from building their full strength.
• Cyan Luan Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined forces and gravely injured Second Elder, while the other elders were suppressed.
• Second Elder regretted that the elders had refused to learn the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Soul Detonation Secret Technique as Clear Sky Sect faced imminent danger.
• Outside Suotuo City, Tang San completed his cultivation and opened his eyes as Yu Xiaogang asked whether he had succeeded.