Chapter Summaries

Su Wen retrieved the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and took the juvenile Blue Silver Emperor from its valley before helping Old Jerry prepare to absorb a thousand-year second Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo agreeing to advise them on finding a suitable soul beast in Sunset Forest.

• Su Wen found the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, stored it, uprooted the juvenile Blue Silver Emperor, and recorded the valley's terrain before leaving.
• Su Wen taught Old Jerry a Soul Power Circulation Route designed to help him withstand a Soul Ring beyond his normal limit.
• Su Wen and Old Jerry traveled to Sunset Forest and met Dugu Bo, whom Su Wen introduced as someone who had helped him.
• Old Jerry revealed that his Sweet Potato Martial Soul had evolved into Land Dragon Golden Melon and said he wanted a healing or soul-power-restoring thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help them look for a suitable soul beast, while Su Wen assured him Old Jerry could handle the thousand-year Soul Ring.

Su Wen admitted that he had developed a method for absorbing Soul Rings beyond one's level and planned to reveal it while founding a force called Academy. Dugu Bo agreed to help establish the force and brought Su Wen and Old Jerry to a lush valley to find Soul Rings for Jerry.

• Su Wen confirmed that he had a method for absorbing over-level Soul Rings and told Dugu Bo he would make it public during the Soul Master Competition.
• Su Wen proposed founding a force, and Dugu Bo agreed after realizing the method's reputation and their allies could support it; Su Wen named the force Academy.
• Dugu Bo asked Su Wen to teach Yan Jie the method, but Su Wen explained that guiding its complex Soul Power routes inside another person would not be suitable for her, so she would need to learn gradually.
• Su Wen recommended Life Attribute Soul Rings for Old Jerry, and Dugu Bo said he knew of a thousand-year Plant Soul Beast.
• Dugu Bo led Su Wen and Old Jerry into a lush valley in Sunset Forest, where Su Wen noticed its dense life aura and abundant medicinal herbs.

Su Wen helped Old Jerry obtain his second and third Soul Rings, using the process to study his Soul Ascension Method and improve his understanding of his copying abilities. After registering their Soul Master information and collecting Su Wen’s overdue stipend, the three headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Su Wen chose a fifteen-hundred-year Earth Origin Ginseng for Old Jerry, who absorbed it as his second Soul Ring while Su Wen and Dugu Bo stood guard.
• Su Wen warned Old Jerry to avoid summoning his Martial Soul or releasing his Soul Rings in public, then demonstrated how he could change his simulated Soul Ring colors without changing his Martial Soul.
• Su Wen recorded Old Jerry’s experience with the Soul Ascension Method, then Dugu Bo helped Old Jerry obtain a five-thousand-year healing-type third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo brought Su Wen and Old Jerry to the Martial Soul Holy Hall, where a deacon registered Old Jerry as a Soul Grandmaster and confirmed Su Wen was Level 39.
• Su Wen collected his unclaimed Soul Master stipend, and the three set off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Su Wen returned to Qin Ming’s team at Rank 39 and learned of their plans to challenge Great Soul Arenas across the Heaven Dou Empire. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to his hidden valley and discovered that Ah Yin and the Soul Bone he had left for his son were gone, leaving him furious and collapsed.

• Qin Ming invited Su Wen to join the team’s upcoming tour of major cities, where they would fight seven Soul Battles in each Great Soul Arena.
• Yu Feng told Su Wen that Qin Ming had become a Rank 60 Soul Emperor, and Su Wen revealed that he had reached Rank 39.
• Su Wen suggested Dugu Yan might soon experience rapid Soul Power growth, while Dugu Yan realized her grandfather had held back cultivation aids because of her poison.
• Qin Ming set the team’s departure for half a month later, and Ning Rongrong told Su Wen that her father wanted to meet him.
• Tang Hao returned to his valley, found Ah Yin and the Soul Bone missing, and collapsed after raging against whoever had taken them.

Dugu Bo arranged for Dugu Yan to receive Old Jerry’s strengthening sweet potatoes and pressed Yu Tianheng to provide a ten-thousand-year dragon Soul Bone as betrothal gifts. Elsewhere, Tang San endured absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring, Grandmaster organized a training battle at Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Crown Prince.

• Old Jerry gave Dugu Yan a sweet potato that strengthened her body and carried Dragon Qi that could help evolve her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo questioned Dugu Yan about Yu Tianheng and demanded a ten-thousand-year dragon Soul Bone as betrothal gifts, explaining its importance for her poison and Martial Soul evolution.
• Tang San suffered through absorbing a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring, and eight spider legs grew from his back.
• Grandmaster introduced himself to Shrek Academy’s six students, then split them into two teams for a three-versus-three practical battle.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Crown Prince, where he greeted Su Wen.

Su Wen revealed his Soul Ascension Method to Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, explaining how it could ease soul-ring absorption and improve Martial Soul transformation. He planned to announce the method when he established a faction, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe questioning his intentions and the faction’s purpose.

• Xue Qinghe visited Su Wen after hearing from Ning Fengzhi about his progress in absorbing soul rings beyond his rank.
• Su Wen clarified that Ning Fengzhi had led much of that research, then introduced another achievement based on Soul Power Circulation Routes.
• Su Wen explained that his Soul Ascension Method could reduce the strain of absorbing soul rings below the Ten Thousand Year level and enhance their effects on Martial Souls.
• Su Wen demonstrated the method’s intricate circulation route on his Book Martial Soul, and Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe struggled to memorize even a third of it.
• Su Wen said he would establish a faction and announce the Soul Ascension Method when it emerged, prompting Xue Qinghe to ask what the faction would do.

Su Wen outlined his plan to establish an Academy that would advance soul master theory and make knowledge accessible, winning personal support from Xue Qinghe and conditional backing from Ning Fengzhi. Meanwhile, the Shrek Academy battle began with Tang San barred from using hidden weapons.

• Su Wen told Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi that his Academy would break knowledge barriers, advance research, and rely on financial support and talent from major factions.
• Ning Fengzhi considered how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could preserve its interests through knowledge copyright and decided to support Su Wen depending on the Academy's prospects.
• Xue Qinghe personally supported Su Wen, while Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support; Su Wen thanked them and expressed confidence in the Academy.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun in a battle that Grandmaster required Tang San to fight without hidden weapons.

Grandmaster analyzed Shrek's defeat, assigned the students weighted runs, and planned spirit-arena training that required a seventh member. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Wen postponed visiting Liu Erlong until after the upcoming trip, while Yu Tianheng worried over Dugu Yan's words.

• Grandmaster criticized the six students' decisions in battle and ordered them to run weighted routes without using soul power.
• Grandmaster told Flender and the teachers that his next training stage required one-on-one, two-on-two, and team spirit battles, prompting a search for a seventh monster-level student.
• Flender hoped the new student would come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and reconnect Grandmaster with his family.
• Grandmaster thought of a promising junior as a candidate for Shrek's seventh member.
• Yu Tianheng asked Su Wen whether he would visit Liu Erlong, and Su Wen said they would discuss it after their trip.
• Yu Tianheng was troubled by what Dugu Yan had told him.

Yu Tianheng told Yu Yuanzhen about Su Wen’s rapid cultivation and Dugu Bo’s request for a Top Quality dragon-type Soul Bone for Dugu Yan. Yu Yuanzhen called an elders’ meeting to decide whether the clan would give up a treasured Soul Bone that had been reserved for Yu Luomian or himself.

• Yu Tianheng took leave from Qin Ming and returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to tell Yu Yuanzhen that Su Wen had reached Level 39 and possessed a powerful Third Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng said Su Wen would later cultivate under his aunt’s instruction and had predicted Dugu Yan would soon experience rapid soul-power growth.
• Yu Tianheng explained Dugu Bo’s request, and Yu Yuanzhen realized Dugu Bo had been using medicinal baths to accelerate Dugu Yan’s cultivation.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered the clan’s three Ten Thousand Year dragon-type Soul Bones and the Top Quality intact one reserved for Yu Luomian or himself.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered an elders’ meeting and went with Yu Tianheng to wait in the Conference Room.

Yu Tianheng told the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that Dugu Bo demanded a Top-Quality Ten Thousand Year Dragon-Type Soul Bone as Dugu Yan’s betrothal gift, and the elders agreed to provide it. Yu Yuanzhen then explained why he had kept Yu Luomian and Yu Tianheng behind and raised another matter concerning Xiaogang.

• Yu Tianheng told the elders that Dugu Yan would receive the clan’s Top-Quality Ten Thousand Year Dragon-Type Soul Bone as her betrothal gift and would absorb it immediately.
• Yu Yuanzhen approved the gift and offered Yu Luomian two other soul bones to make up for the loss, winning nearly unanimous agreement from the elders.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian that maintaining ties with Dugu Bo would also help preserve the clan’s relationship with Su Wen, since Su Wen had not yet trained under Erlong.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian and Yu Tianheng that he had one more matter to discuss concerning Xiaogang.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang was teaching at Shrek Academy and considered bringing the academy together with Blue Tyrant Academy so Xiaogang could return under the clan’s watch. Yu Luomian reluctantly accepted the plan, while Flender read Yu Yuanzhen’s letter at Shrek Academy.

• Yu Tianheng welcomed news of Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Luomian reacted with distaste when Yu Yuanzhen mentioned him.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang taught at Shrek Academy and wanted help filling out a team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Yu Luomian and Yu Tianheng both rejected the idea of sending Yu Tianheng or Yu Tianxin to Shrek Academy.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed contacting Flender about merging Shrek Academy with Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yu Luomian agreed to prepare Liu Erlong for the reunion.
• Flender read Yu Yuanzhen’s letter in the Shrek Academy dean’s office.

Su Wen and the Royal Fight Team traveled to Blazing Fire City to train and challenge local Soul Arena teams. There, Su Wen and Ning Rongrong registered for a two-against-seven team match using their Purple Gold Soul Badges.

• Yu Yuanzhen delivered Su Wen a Soul Bone and taught him techniques for controlling thunder.
• Qin Ming led the group from Heaven Dou City toward Blazing Fire City, planning stops at cities known for the five elements and Soul Arena matches along the way.
• After ten days of travel, the group arrived in Blazing Fire City, where Qin Ming registered the Royal Fight Team and wagered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on its victory.
• Qin Ming assigned Yu Tianheng and the Main Team to face a Gold Soul team, while Su Wen and Ning Rongrong signed up for a doubles match.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong showed the registration staff their Purple Gold Soul Badges and registered for a two-against-seven team battle.

Su Wen and Ning Rongrong entered a two-versus-seven Silver Soul Arena match as the team Seeking Defeat, surprising the crowd with their Purple Gold Soul Badges. Su Wen’s powerful fire attacks overwhelmed Blazing Fire Team’s defenses, and the team split up to close in on him.

• Ning Rongrong registered a team with Su Wen called Seeking Defeat, and Qin Ming realized they planned to compete as a team of two.
• The host introduced Su Wen as Ignorant Scholar and Ning Rongrong as Tiny Support, both with Purple Gold Soul Badges, prompting the crowd to bet on Blazing Fire Team.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong wagered three thousand Gold Soul Coins on themselves at three-to-one odds.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Su Wen’s strength and speed, and he attacked Blazing Fire Team with dozens of explosive fireballs.
• Huo Xing used Blazing Fire Burns the Heavens to scatter Su Wen’s next fireball barrage, but Su Wen formed a Flame Tornado that drove Blazing Fire Team to split up and rush him.

Su Wen overwhelmed the Blazing Fire Team by countering their coordinated assault with explosive close-range attacks and his Giant Stone Array. The team surrendered, ending the match in ten breaths.

• Captain Huo Xing rallied the Blazing Fire Team to avoid Su Wen’s Flame Tornado and attack him at close range.
• Su Wen observed the team’s abilities, then let the soul masters with partial elementalization and Flame Clone techniques approach while keeping the others at bay.
• The lean soul master sent three Flame Clones at Su Wen as the elementalized soul master charged, but Su Wen wrapped himself in flames and knocked both opponents out.
• Su Wen drew blood from the two defeated soul masters and copied their Martial Souls.
• Su Wen used Giant Stone Array to trap the remaining Blazing Fire Team members, who surrendered under its crushing pressure.

Su Wen defeated Team Blazing Fire with Ning Rongrong and studied the soul skills he had copied from his opponents. Back in his room, he tested whether his Flame Clone could temporarily use the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, but the attempt failed, leaving him to consider the ongoing cost of maintaining copied martial souls.

• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong defeated Team Blazing Fire, and Qin Ming revised their training plan to include challenges against stronger teams.
• Su Wen examined the copied soul skills, finding that Flame Displacement required a flame link and Blazing Fire Body mainly increased fire resistance.
• Yu Tianheng and the Royal Team trained by watching other matches after hearing about Su Wen's victory.
• Su Wen formed a Flame Clone and tried attaching the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to it, but the bone did not react.
• Su Wen put the bone away and recognized that maintaining his copied martial souls steadily drained his soul power.

Su Wen refined his ideas about preserving copied Soul Skills and met Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu of the Blazing Fire Battle Team. He accepted their challenge, and the chapter ended as he and Ning Rongrong prepared to face them in the Great Soul Arena.

• Su Wen considered engraving copied Soul Skills onto his martial soul as a way to reduce the cost of maintaining copied martial souls.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong won their second Great Soul Arena match, though Su Wen copied no meaningful Soul Skills.
• Su Wen met Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, expressed interest in fighting them, and watched the Blazing Fire Battle Team compete.
• Qin Ming told Su Wen that the Blazing Fire Battle Team had challenged his team, and Su Wen accepted.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong entered the arena for their match against the Blazing Fire Battle Team, with Su Wen asking Ning Rongrong to withstand one opponent's attacks.

Su Wen and Ning Rongrong faced the Blazing Fire Battle Team, whose members targeted Ning Rongrong while Huo Wu prepared her strongest attack. Ning Rongrong used wind and fire control to evade Huo Yun, while Su Wen injured the Fire Leopard Soul Master, collected his blood, and hurled a powerful wind sphere at Huo Wu’s allies.

• The Blazing Fire Battle Team chose to target Ning Rongrong, and Su Wen split the field with Flame Tornado while allowing Huo Yun to reach her.
• Huo Wu used her flame ring and energy supplied by two teammates to push Su Wen back as Ning Rongrong used wind and fire to dodge Huo Yun’s attacks.
• Huo Wushuang and the others wondered whether Ning Rongrong’s ability to control wind and fire meant her Martial Soul had mutated.
• Su Wen copied the Fire Leopard’s ability, struck the Fire Leopard Soul Master with wind and fire, and collected his blood.
• Su Wen formed and threw a spiraling cyan wind sphere toward two Fire Star Martial Soul Soul Masters as Huo Wu announced her strongest burst.

Su Wen defeated the Blazing Fire Battle Team by withstanding Huo Wu’s strongest attack and wounding her before Huo Wushuang conceded. After copying three Martial Souls and asking to leave the team to develop his abilities, Su Wen learned that Blazing Fire Academy had exceptional fire-element training grounds and reconsidered its invitation.

• Huo Wu unleashed her Spiral Flame Bullet, but Su Wen blocked it with a Rock Array and rushed into the Blazing Fire Battle Team.
• Su Wen threw a Rasen Shuriken at Huo Wushuang, then stabbed Huo Wu with a wind blade, drawing blood.
• Huo Wushuang conceded and thanked Su Wen for showing mercy, and Su Wen left the arena with Ning Rongrong.
• Su Wen realized he had copied Huo Wushuang’s One-Horned Fire Tyrant Dragon, Huo Wu’s Fire Shadow, and a support Soul Master’s Fire Star Martial Soul.
• Su Wen asked Qin Ming for time away from the team to digest his gains and develop his abilities, and Qin Ming approved.
• Qin Ming told Su Wen that Blazing Fire Academy had the continent’s best fire-element training grounds, making Su Wen reconsider the invitation to visit.

Huo Tianyang explained Su Wen’s overwhelming strength to Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, then arranged for Su Wen to visit Blazing Fire Academy for an exchange. Teacher Wang offered him a chance to learn the dean’s ultimate technique if he fought the academy’s Fire Attribute students, and Su Wen eagerly considered the bargain.

• Huo Wu asked Huo Wushuang how Su Wen had mastered such precise control over the Fire Attribute, but he had no answer.
• Huo Tianyang explained that Su Wen was Fire Demon Xiao Zhan’s disciple, had inherited and expanded the Fire Demon Style, and possessed an exceptional Soul Ring configuration.
• Huo Tianyang told Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang that Su Wen would visit Blazing Fire Academy for an exchange, lifting their doubts about their own potential.
• Teacher Wang showed Su Wen the academy’s Sea of Fire and described its other Fire Attribute cultivation grounds, including a volcanic crater.
• Teacher Wang revealed that Xiao Zhan had taught at Blazing Fire Academy for three years, then offered Su Wen the chance to learn Blazing Sun if he fought the academy’s Fire Attribute students.

Su Wen visited Blazing Fire Academy to learn Huo Tianyang’s Blazing Sun technique, and Huo Tianyang arranged a restricted gauntlet match against the academy’s students. The sixteen challengers faced the prospect of months of painful training in Flame Valley if they failed to defeat Su Wen.

• Huo Tianyang welcomed Su Wen and tested his toughness with three increasingly hard shoulder slaps, while Su Wen silently vowed to repay the grudge.
• Huo Tianyang introduced Su Wen to sixteen students and reminded them that Su Wen had helped defeat the Blazing Fire Battle Team at the Great Soul Arena.
• Huo Tianyang set the match rules: Su Wen would use only Fire Attribute abilities with Soul Power capped at the output of a thousand-year Soul Skill, and the students would fight him one at a time.
• Huo Tianyang threatened the seven Blazing Fire Battle Team members with half a year in Flame Valley if they failed, and all sixteen students with another half year if none of them won.
• Huo Wushuang stepped forward to fight Su Wen first.