Chapter Summaries

Su Wen reflected on ways to improve his Martial Soul techniques and grew frustrated with the pace of his cultivation, so Qin Ming brought him to the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena for his first match. The chapter ended as Su Wen prepared to face Battle Axe on Arena Platform Seven.

• Su Wen realized his Book Pages could merge with himself and considered using them to strengthen teammates and elemental attacks.
• Su Wen spent half a month studying elemental control, sparring, and reviewing his progress, but remained dissatisfied with his soul power cultivation speed.
• Su Wen reasoned that he needed to refine his Second Soul Skill so more Heaven and Earth Origin Qi could expand his soul power limit instead of restoring the skill’s cost.
• Qin Ming told Su Wen to earn a Gold Soul Badge within a year while fighting without flight and relying solely on Flame Fist.
• Qin Ming and the team brought Su Wen to the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena, where he registered as Scholar Who Can Fight and was matched against Battle Axe.
• Su Wen put on his mask and took his place on Arena Platform Seven as the match was announced.

Su Wen exposed his Thousand-Year second soul ring by defeating a burly opponent at the Great Fighting Soul Arena, drawing attention from the Heaven Dou Empire and other major factions. Xue Ye planned for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to recruit him, but new intelligence left Xue Qinghe questioning a woman’s intentions.

• Su Wen revealed his Thousand-Year second soul ring and defeated Scarface Man with explosive Flame Fist attacks at the Great Fighting Soul Arena.
• Xue Ye read a report about Su Wen’s match and decided he should remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and compete in the tournament two years later.
• Xue Ye planned for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to recruit Su Wen before other factions could approach him.
• Xue Qinghe decided to meet Su Wen, then read new intelligence and wondered what a woman meant by her actions.

Su Wen’s Great Soul Arena performance drew the attention of the Heaven Dou royal family, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Salas warned Su Wen that Spirit Hall could not openly protect him, but suggested he use the Crown Prince’s likely response to arrange guards.

• Qian Renxue considered recruiting Su Wen as the Crown Prince after his performance showed he could excel on the Power Attack System path.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders discussed winning Su Wen over, and Yu Luomian agreed to contact Erlong while the clan considered other plans.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered an investigation into the Scholar Who Can Fight after learning he had a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.
• Su Wen left the Great Soul Arena with Qin Ming’s permission to collect his soul master subsidy.
• Salas told Su Wen that Spirit Hall could not protect him openly and advised him to steer the Crown Prince toward assigning him guards.

Salas instructed Su Wen to present himself as a valuable Scholar to the Crown Prince so he could stay protected from other forces. Back at the academy, Xiao Zhan explained his unusually dense soul power and warned Su Wen against compressing it, while Su Wen considered how current-era breakthroughs compared with the later Soul Core Method.

• Salas told Su Wen to seek the Crown Prince's protection by showing the value of his scholarship and research.
• Xiao Zhan assured Su Wen that his Soul Sage rank and combat skills were enough to handle the forces that might approach him.
• Xiao Zhan revealed he had reached Rank 79 but had stalled because his soul power was unusually dense and fully liquefied.
• Xiao Zhan warned Su Wen not to compress soul power during cultivation and described how soul power changed state as Soul Masters advanced.
• Su Wen considered whether current-era Titled Douluo condensed a form of personal core and explained the Soul Core Method to Xiao Zhan, who said it was not so simple.

Su Wen learned that the Soul Core Method remained unproven because coordinating Soul Power through a vortex was too complex, then met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who tried to steer him away from scholarship and toward revealing his research. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue offering royal resources to support his studies and waiting to see whether he would share the Higher-Level Soul Ring Absorption Theory.

• Xiao Zhan explained that researchers had found no theoretical flaw in the Soul Core Method, but had yet to devise a reliable way to coordinate Soul Power and form a Soul Core.
• Xiao Zhan warned Su Wen not to compress his Soul Power during cultivation and told him that the Crown Prince wanted to meet him.
• Su Wen met Xue Qinghe at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xue Qinghe asked to speak with him alone.
• Xue Qinghe questioned whether Su Wen truly wanted to be a scholar rather than focus on becoming a Soul Master.
• Su Wen declared that knowledge was power and argued that true scholars applied Martial Soul theory to their own cultivation.
• Qian Renxue offered Su Wen research materials and royal support, hoping to learn whether he would share the Higher-Level Soul Ring Absorption Theory.

Su Wen demonstrated his Soul Power Circulation Route to Qian Renxue while she posed as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, winning her approval and access to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Research Institute. Back in Spirit Hall, Salas learned that Su Wen had also been added to Spirit Hall’s circulation-route project and suspected he was hiding another achievement.

• Su Wen cultivated in front of Qian Renxue, who sensed his complex Soul Power Circulation Route with help from Porcupinefish Douluo’s report.
• Su Wen explained that his route could increase cultivation efficiency by twenty percent, and Qian Renxue praised him and offered access to the Royal Family’s research results.
• Qian Renxue, posing as Xue Qinghe, ordered Su Wen’s transfer to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Research Institute and asked him to call her Big Brother Xue.
• Xiao Zhan questioned Su Wen about how he had earned the transfer, and Su Wen assured him he had not revealed anything he should not have.
• Salas received an order from the Worship Hall adding Su Wen to Spirit Hall’s Soul Power Circulation Route Project and granting him access to its research results.

Su Wen refused Yu Tianheng’s offer to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, though Yu Tianheng said the clan might arrange for Liu Erlong to guide his Fire Demon Style cultivation. Liu Erlong remained reluctant to help, while Su Wen waited to see whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would approach him at the Great Soul Arena.

• Salas decided to tell Su Wen that he had secured the research opportunity for him and to conceal the Crown Prince’s role.
• Yu Tianheng offered Su Wen recruitment into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Su Wen refused.
• Yu Tianheng said his clan was trying to arrange for his Soul Saint aunt, Liu Erlong, to guide Su Wen’s cultivation.
• Dugu Yan explained that her grandfather’s Poison Attribute did not suit Su Wen, while Yu Feng asked whether the others had offers for him.
• Yu Luomian urged Liu Erlong to help recruit Su Wen, but she remained unmoved when he brought up her cousin Xiaogang.
• Su Wen wondered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would contact him at the Great Soul Arena.

Ning Fengzhi met Su Wen, examined his evolved Book Martial Soul and Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, and explained how a Soul Master’s nature shaped Martial Soul development. After hearing how Su Wen absorbed the ring, Ning Fengzhi focused on its Mental Attribute and began piecing together what Su Wen had left unsaid.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced himself to Su Wen and invited him to call him Uncle Ning, citing his connection to the Crown Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Su Wen’s cultivation and examined his yellow and purple soul rings and transformed Heavenly Book Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Book Martial Soul’s inclusivity made it adaptable, but its fragile nature and the Soul Master’s own inclinations shaped its development.
• Su Wen recounted how he absorbed his Second Soul Ring, sharing more detail than he had with the Three Great Education Committees.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled that Su Wen’s Second Soul Ring had a Mental Attribute and questioned him about it.

Su Wen explained how Monkey Wine and his Second Soul Ring helped him open his Sea of Consciousness, and Ning Fengzhi inferred that Su Wen’s evolving Martial Soul and the energy diverted into his breakthrough had let him withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Inspired to test whether similar breakthroughs could aid Martial Soul evolution, Ning Fengzhi introduced Su Wen to Ning Rongrong and proposed they team up in the Great Soul Arena.

• Su Wen told Ning Fengzhi that Monkey Wine had strengthened his Spiritual Power and that he opened his Sea of Consciousness after obtaining his Second Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi reasoned that Su Wen’s Mental Attribute Martial Soul was nearing evolution and that opening his Sea of Consciousness had consumed energy from the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, helping Su Wen endure it.
• Ning Fengzhi considered using breakthroughs during soul-ring absorption to help Soul Masters consume soul power and evolve their Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that his daughter Ning Rongrong was a level-nineteen Support System Soul Master and asked Su Wen to partner with her in 2v2 battles.
• Su Wen agreed to protect Ning Rongrong, and she greeted him as Brother Xiao Wen.

Su Wen encouraged Ning Rongrong to train her physical fitness and Spiritual Power if she wanted to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring as her second ring, then promised to explain a method if they won their match. He and Ning Rongrong began fighting the Cat Duo at the Great Soul Arena, where Su Wen summoned his Book Martial Soul and prepared to attack with flames.

• Ning Fengzhi and Su Wen explained the requirements for absorbing a Thousand Year Soul Ring as a second Soul Ring, prompting Ning Rongrong to insist she could do it.
• Su Wen challenged Ning Rongrong to defeat two Soul Grandmasters in exchange for learning his method, and she eagerly agreed.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong entered the Great Soul Arena match against Cat Duo, two sisters with feline martial souls.
• Ning Rongrong released her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted Su Wen's strength as the match began.
• Su Wen summoned his Heavenly Book, sent pages circling Ning Rongrong, and drew flames around his fists.

Su Wen defeated the two cat sisters while protecting Ning Rongrong with his book pages and carefully controlled attacks. After the match, Ning Rongrong said she wanted to become stronger, and Su Wen hinted that he could show her how.

• Su Wen used Flame Tornadoes and a Flame Fist to knock the White Cat Soul Master off the arena.
• The Black Cat Soul Master attacked Ning Rongrong, but Su Wen's strengthened book pages blocked her claws.
• Ning Rongrong retreated as Su Wen combined fireballs and air currents to blast the Black Cat Soul Master back, then finished her off.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong praised Su Wen's power and control, though Ning Fengzhi disapproved of his using Ning Rongrong as bait.
• Ning Rongrong told Su Wen she wanted strength of her own, and Su Wen said gaining combat ability was not difficult.

Su Wen demonstrated how his book-based Soul Skills could strengthen Ning Rongrong and temporarily grant her indirect control over wind and fire. After Ning Fengzhi invited Su Wen to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gave him a bracelet, Ning Fengzhi enrolled Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Su Wen began examining the gift.

• Su Wen used his First Soul Skill to strengthen Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong confirmed that her physical fitness had reached the level of an ordinary Battle Soul Master.
• Su Wen combined enhanced book pages with his Second Soul Skill, allowing Ning Rongrong to temporarily control flames and wind.
• Su Wen explained that engraved pages could temporarily grant others indirect use of his Wind and Fire Element Control, and Ning Fengzhi recognized the ability's potential.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Su Wen to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gave him a bracelet as a first-meeting gift.
• Ning Fengzhi enrolled Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and arranged for her to join the Academy Team.
• Su Wen returned to the academy and began examining the gift inside the bracelet.

Su Wen studied the medicinal resources Ning Fengzhi had sent and realized that improving the body’s recovery could keep Soul Power cultivation near peak efficiency. He began considering whether he could use visualization and his Book Martial Soul to deliberately improve his comprehension, then demonstrated his Engraved Book Page technique to Ning Rongrong’s new teammates.

• Su Wen examined the ten-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool and discovered that its Medicinal Bath Packs could help him recover quickly between cultivation sessions.
• Su Wen connected the bath packs’ effects to cultivation and reflected on how his Second Soul Skill’s use of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi affected Soul Power growth.
• Su Wen considered using his Book Martial Soul and visualization to artificially improve his comprehension.
• Ning Rongrong joined the academy’s team and asked Su Wen to put an Engraved Book Page into her body again.
• Su Wen demonstrated the technique to Yu Tianheng and the others, and Ning Rongrong used it to summon flames and air currents.
• Yu Tianheng was astonished by how far Su Wen had developed his Soul Skills in only a few months.

Su Wen demonstrated his Engraving Enhancement ability to the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team, and Qin Ming recognized its value for training and competition. After three months of training, Ning Rongrong reached level 20 but agreed to obtain a Hundred-Year Soul Ring after Ning Fengzhi reminded her that a stronger ring would make her an even bigger target.

• Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Dugu Yan, and the others tried Su Wen’s elemental control, while Yu Feng and Osler saw its potential for training.
• Qin Ming identified Su Wen’s ability as a useful auxiliary power that could help the team fly and counter wind- and fire-based opponents.
• Ning Rongrong trained enthusiastically with Su Wen’s encouragement, continuing despite the difficulty of controlling flames.
• Three months later, Ning Rongrong reached level 20, and Ning Fengzhi told her Sword Grandfather would take her to obtain her Second Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong insisted she wanted a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but after Ning Fengzhi warned that it would make her a primary target, she agreed to obtain her soul ring right away.

Ning Fengzhi refused to let Su Wen join the search for a risky, over-limit soul ring for Ning Rongrong, while preparing to help her safely attempt an eight- or nine-hundred-year ring. Su Wen earned his Gold Soul Badge and entered a higher-level match, where he faced Tai Long.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong he would allow her to attempt an eight- or nine-hundred-year second soul ring but would not risk letting her absorb a thousand-year ring.
• Su Wen offered to accompany Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong and provide support, but Ning Fengzhi refused, citing the danger and the Sect's preparations.
• Qin Ming said Su Wen could advance to a Gold Soul Badge and explained that stronger opponents would provide more combat training.
• Su Wen received his Gold Soul Badge at the Great Soul Arena and signed up to challenge a Gold Soul Badge Soul Elder.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Tianheng watched Su Wen's match, where he was paired against Tai Long, the Wild Ape.

Su Wen tested his strength against Tai Long of the Strength Clan, then changed tactics after Tai Long unleashed a powerful technique and injured his hand. After the match, Su Wen reflected on Tai Long’s fused soul skills and broke through to Level 25.

• Su Wen recognized Tai Long’s Vigorous Orangutan martial soul and chose to meet his strength head-on in the arena.
• Su Wen and Tai Long traded repeated blows, and Su Wen used compressed air currents to wound Tai Long’s fists.
• Tai Long unleashed a surge of strength that shattered Su Wen’s cyan sphere and injured his right hand, prompting Su Wen to switch tactics.
• Liu Erlong invited Su Wen to train at Blue Tyrant Academy through Yu Tianheng.
• Ye Lingling treated Su Wen’s hand, and he reflected on Tai Long’s technique before breaking through to Level 25.

Su Wen investigated how Source Soul Power, soul power recovery, and Heaven and Earth Origin Qi interacted, developing a theory that his body assimilated Origin Qi to restore soul power. After Yu Tianheng noticed Su Wen had reached Level 25, the chapter left him poised to test whether his theory could accelerate his cultivation further.

• Su Wen reflected on the term Original Soul Power and decided that Source Soul Power was a more accurate name for it.
• Su Wen used his visualization library and innate talent to study how Source Soul Power was produced and consumed.
• Su Wen exhausted his soul power with repeated soul skills and concluded that his body assimilated Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to recover it.
• Su Wen theorized that Source Soul Power came from the body and soul digesting Heaven and Earth Origin Qi together.
• Yu Tianheng and the others finished their match, and Yu Tianheng realized Su Wen had advanced to Level 25.
• Yu Tianheng asked whether Su Wen had used some kind of cheat after learning how quickly he had advanced.

Su Wen tested how suppressing the body’s and soul’s independent use of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi affected Source Soul Power, then developed a cultivation approach that increased his cultivation speed. He discovered that generating and storing excess Source Soul Power could break the limit imposed by his Martial Soul quality, but he struggled to control it alongside his existing cultivation.

• After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Wen suppressed Source Soul Power generation and found that his soul power and Spiritual Power recovered faster, though the tradeoff made the method unsuitable for ordinary battle training.
• Su Wen reasoned that suppressing the body’s and soul’s independent digestion of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi during meditation could direct more energy toward generating Source Soul Power.
• Su Wen spent the night using his Second Soul Skill to gather Heaven and Earth Origin Qi at a sustainable concentration and increased his cultivation speed by at least ten percent.
• Over the next half month, Su Wen explored directly cultivating Source Soul Power and concluded he could store it whenever its generation exceeded its consumption.
• Su Wen realized that stored Source Soul Power could break the cultivation-speed limit imposed by Martial Soul quality and later raise his Soul Power Level after obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Su Wen recognized that controlling Source Soul Power while maintaining his existing Internal Energy circulation would require more multitasking than his Enhanced Perception could readily support.

Su Wen continued developing his cultivation and multitasking techniques while Ning Rongrong returned with a nine-hundred-year Second Soul Ring and reached Level 23. After Su Wen revealed he had reached Level 26, Ning Fengzhi connected his rapid cultivation to his exceptional compatibility with his Martial Soul and agreed to teach him Heart Separation Control.

• Su Wen decided to explore techniques for cultivating Source Soul Power and improving his multitasking.
• After two and a half months of searching with Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong absorbed a nine-hundred-year Soul Ring and rose to Level 23.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Su Wen had reached Level 26 and abandoned her belief that she could catch up to him through cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Wen how he had advanced so quickly, but he kept the cause of his progress to himself.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized that Su Wen's strong Martial Soul compatibility was accelerating his cultivation and agreed to teach him Heart Separation Control.

Su Wen learned Heart Separation Control and revealed that he had mastered Xiao Zhan’s Soul Fusion Method, prompting Xiao Zhan to teach him a distinct, learnable Soul Ring fusion technique. The chapter ended as Xiao Zhan demonstrated his seven Soul Rings joining into a layered disc and began explaining its main purpose.

• Ning Fengzhi urged Su Wen to learn Xiao Zhan’s ability to use soul skills without revealing his Soul Rings, which could help conceal his conspicuous Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to teach Su Wen Heart Separation Control and gave him its method before leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy two days later.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xue Qinghe probed Ning Fengzhi about Su Wen, and Ning Fengzhi praised Su Wen’s theoretical knowledge and practical approach to research.
• Su Wen told Xiao Zhan that he had gotten started with the Soul Fusion Method, and Xiao Zhan was surprised by how quickly he had mastered it.
• Xiao Zhan taught Su Wen a postnatal Soul Ring fusion technique and demonstrated his seven Soul Rings joining into a seven-layered disc.